The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-09
FINANCIAL.


Foreign Exchange-The market was
hrm. The following are net Sa-
hannah quotations: Commercial demand.
Sass; sixty days, Si.S7h ninetydays
days. $5.l7A; Swiss, sixty days, S5.1S;
marks, sixty days. 80.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling az follows; For
amounts to S25. Toe premium to $50, l5c
premium: 10 500. Doc premium; to $500 25c
premium; from $500 up to $1,000, Is per cent.
premium; amounts over $1,000. at s1.OO per
$1,000.
securitles-The market is quiet; quota
lions irregular.
stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor-
gia, S3s per cent. bonds OF 1890. 1O1 bid.
l02 asked; Georgia Sis per cents, due 1915.
10lh bid, 1914 asked; Georgia ~ per cent
bonds, 1915, ll2ia bid, 113lk asked; Georgia
Z per cent, due 1926, 1854 bid, 1904 asked
South Carolina 4hs, l04 bid, 1b5 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent los bid;
log asked; Augusta AS, 1925, 1903 bid, 104
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 1l3 bid ia
asked; Augusta per cent, ~ bid, lls
asked; Columbus 5 per cent 1903 bid, lO4
asked; Macon per cent, ia bid, lis
asked Savannah per cent, quarterly Oc-
tober coupons, 1O9 bid, 1884 asked; Savan-
nah per cent, quarterly November eou-
pons Jos bid, 1851 asked; Charleston Is,
"a bid IS asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent. interest coupons, 112 bid, liz
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage.
consolidated per cent coupons, January,
and July maturity, 1897. tOl bid, lOlla
Company, collateral gold 5s. 50 bid.
SO asked Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage IS. 1915, - bid,
li2 asked; Central of Georgia railway
bid, 81 asked; Central of Georgia railway
first preferred incomes, % bid, 2il5 asked;
Central Of Georgia railway second pre-
ferred incomes, bid, IL asked: Cen
trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
comes, bid, asked; Georgia Rail-
road 6s 1910. 40 bid. 1l2 asked;
first IS. bid. 1914 asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage
Z, - bid, liz asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida new 5s, bid, 9SI5
asked: South Georgia ana Florida first
mortgage rs, bid, l06 asked; South
Georgia and Florida. second mortgage rs,
- bid, l05 asked; Savannah, Americas
and Montgomery 5s, bid, GS asked:
- bid, IS asked City and Suburban
railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds
bid, IS asked; Electric Railway Isl
due 1885, - bid, - asked; Alabama Mid
land 5 per cent. Endorsed, bid 90 ash
ed; Brunswick and Western As, - bid 7s
asked; South Bound railroad 5s, - bid
10 asked; Southern railway 5s SOIL hin
Slh asked; Georgia and Alabama S con.
soils bid, ~ asked.
Railroad stoeks-Augusta and savan-
nah sc bid, SO asked, ex-div' .
asked; Southwestern, Sl94 bid, So asked asked
| ex-div; Atlanta and West poinf
railroad stock IS bid, 80 asked; Atlanta
and West Point per cent certificates, IS
/ bid, IS asked; Savannah ConstTDction
| Company 69is bid, Il asked
Gas Stocks-SaVannah Gas Light STOCK
| % bid, q asked, ex-div.; Electric TjSbf'
and Power company % bid, 60 asked, ex-
Bank stocks, Etc.-Citizens Ran,, -,
bid. llll3 asked, eX-dy.; Chatham Bank.
| AZ bid as asked. eX-div.; Germanfa Rani~'
! 1851 bid. los asked, ex-div; Merchants NJ M
| tional Bank, 80 bid IS asked: NatiooaI
Bank of Savannah, $50 bid, 1872 asked eS,
div; Oglothorpe Savings and Trust Corn
pany. 1885, bid, 1041A asked, ex-div. Sontb
ern Bank of State of Georgia. l6S bid
169 asked eX-div; Savannah Bank ana
Trust Company, 104 bid 105 asked. eV
div Chatham Real Estate and ImproVe
ment Company A, 5Sh bid, "a asked: "A
50ib bid. IL asked, eX-div.; Peoples SAVINGS
and Loan Company, 9lla bid, 92lb ASKED
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory Is. l02
bid. l0S asked; Sibley Factory 6s, 100 bid
1O2 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, los hid
104 asked: Eagle and Phenix Manufae,
turing Company, per cent bonds, = bid.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, bid, so asked; Augusta Factory.
n bid. so asked, ex-div.; Granitevlle Fac
tory, las bid $50 asked; Langley Factory
1OS bid 10 asked; Enterprise Factory
common. 9S bid, 102 asked, eX-div.: J. p
King Manufacturing Company, 1O5 bid
lUS dSkeus ElOleS MdHHIacIufl0g COmpa-
ny. 20 bid. IS asked; Savannah Brewing
Company, 49, bid IS asked.
London, Aug. 8. Bar silver 31hd. Con-
soils. 112 1916 for money, and 11S for the
account.
$50 p. m.-Paris advices quote per cent.
rentes 1902 francs, S2l5 confines for the ac-
count.
New York, Aug. s.-Money on call was
offered at 4 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper. ed61s per cent. Sterling exchange
dun, with actual business in bankers bills,
at $4.G15@4SS for sixty days and S4 SSlb6o
4S9 for demand. Posted rates, ST. sS151r
: 1884, Commercial bills. S4.S7Q4S72t. Bar
silver, 6SSsc. Government bonds were
steady; state bonds were dull: railroad
bonds were heavy. Silver at the board
was firm.
New York, Aug s-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin. $1l4. 500 go;
currency, $50, 065 eco
New York, Aug. S.-The weekly state
ment Of The associated banks shows the
following changes: Reserve, decrease,
sS'JEjU25; loans, decrease, 81, 49S, 800; specie.