The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-19
FINANCIAL.
Money-The market is easy

FOREIGN Fxchange-Market steady. The
following are net Savannah quotations:
81 8414; ninety days 81 $50; francs Paris,
and Havre, sixty days, $40; Swiss, sixty
days, 5.2l7s; marks, sixty days, 9i34;
Domestic EXchange-Steady Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
to S25, 1Oc premium; SIS to $50, 15c premium;
$50 to $780, 2Oc premium; $500, and up to
81 900, - per cent. premium; $1,000 and
Securites-The market is perfectly fiat
Stocks and Bonds-state ao Bonds-Georgia
asked; Georgia 31s per cent, due 1915, 1914
bid. iO2A asked; Georgia AZ per cent.
Ca Carolina Dina 4IGs, 1G3 bid, iOi asked.
City Bonds-Auanta per cent, 104 bid (;
1O5 asked; Augusta 414s, 1925, 1O3 bid, 1O4
asked; Augusta per cent, no bid, Ill
asked; Columbus per cent, 102 bid, 1903
asked: Macon per cent, 11415 bid lis
April coupons, 10S bid, 10S1a asked; Savan-
nah 5 per cent. quarterly May coupons,
1OS bid. 1OSls asked; Charleston As, 81 bid
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, 11212 bid, ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated Z per cent coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1907 bid, 1Ol ask
ed: Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold 5s, IS bid, 81 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
IS. 5O-year gold bonds, 112 bid, ia asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first consoh
dated mortgage IS, 81 bid 90 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first preferred
incomes, % bid, 80 asked Central of
Georgia Railway second preferred in
comes, liz bid, 12A asked; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes.
bid, Z asked; Georgia railroad IS, 1910,
1862 bid, 10712 asked; Charlotte. Columbia
and Augusta first IS, JOG bid, 107 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage rs. 1l3 bid. 115 asked; Georgia
Florida
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, l04 bid, 1917 asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
1O2 bid, 1913 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent bonds, 1926, 101 bid, 102 asked; City
and Suburban railroad first mortgage z
per cent. bonds, so bid, 80 asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent Endorsed, 80 bid,
95 asked; Brunswick and Western 4s
bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad IS, 6S.
bid, 20 asked; Southern Railway IS, S91a
bid 90i5 asked; Georgia and Alabama first
preferred IS, 100 bid, l02 asked; Georgia
and Alabama first consols, so bid, 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 931s bid, 9412 asked, eX-dtV.; Georgia
common 1853 bid. 100 asked; Southwestern,
% bid, "a asked, ex-div.;o Atlanta and
ed; Atlanta and West Point 8 per cent.
certificates, 9S bid, so asked; Savannah
Construction Company, 20 bid, Y asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
2215 bid 23h asked. ex-diV.; Electric Light
and Power Company, Go bid, 6S asked, ex-
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizen's Bank. 1881
bid, 100 asked, ex-div.; Chatham Bank,
45la bid, 1914 asked, ex-div.; Germania
Bank. 107i5 bid. 1882 asked, ex-div. Mer-
chants National Bank, 90 bid, 92IA ask
ed, ex-dv.; National Bank of Savannah
1876 bid. 12s asked ex-div; Oglethorpe Saw
ings and Trust Company 1919 bid, 1021s
asked. ex-div.; Southern Bank of the State
of Georgia, bid, 166 asked, ex-div.;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 100
bid, 10l asked, ex-div.; Chatham Real Es-
tate and Improvement Company A, 53A
BID, s. asked; J. 5lA bid So asked, ex-
div; People Savings and Loan Com
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. 6s, 100
tory, - bid, lO2 asked; Augusta factory. 80
10l asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 10i bid
102 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufactur-
ing Company, 8 per cent. bonds. 40 bid,
Factory stocks--savannah Cotton Fac
tory. - bid, 40 asked$ Augusta factory, so
bid. 81 asked. eX-div.; Graniteville Fac
tory, l45 bid. 15l asked; Langley Factory.
common, 90 bid % asked; j. r. King
Manufacturing Company, i03 bid 10i ask
ed: Slbley Manufacturing Company, Is
bid. IS asked. savannah Brewing Com
pany, 90 bid % asked
London Feb 1S.-Bar silver, % f1-i6d
Consols. Ill 1915 for money, and Ill for
Paris. Feb. 1s.-Three per cent. rentes,
1902 francs. 37l5 confines for the account
New York, Feb 1S.-,Money on call easy
~ per cent, and at the closing was Of
fered al - per cent Prime mercantile
paper per cent Bar silver, 6iesc. Ster-
ling exchange steady with actua. business
in bankers bills az Sis5dAS5i4 for sixty
days, and Si.I for demand Posted rates.
S4S5la6tISS Commercial bills, Si.S3ih0b
4Siia. Government bonds were steady
state bonds were duh, and railroad bonds
were Irregular Silver at the board was
neglected.
New lork. Feb. is-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin. Si25.3li 039:
currency. $50. sos 003.
New York. Feb. r.. Noon.--The specula-
tive market was weak. az the following
quotations.:
Erie ............ ifiki Bait & Ohio 80. i5K
Northwestern ..i0f Can. South ...... Az
do pref ....... ia2isSt. Paul ........ 75is
Lake Shore ....15liA Book Island 49,. &C
y. * w. pref. l7As Del & Hudson 1854
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