The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-15
RICE.
FINANCIAL.

Money-The market is easy; demand
good.
The bank clearings for the week we're
1884. 31455. against 81, 1872, 6s5.3O for the same
week last year, and $l,512.4S 1880 for the same
week in 1895.
Foreign Exchange - The market Il
steady. The following are net Savannah
Quotations. Commercial, demand, $AS71s;
sixty days. A.S6; ninety days, $4S5sk:
francs. Paris and Havre, sixty days,
5lS; Swiss, sixty days. 5.197k: marks
sixty days. 95 1-l6.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
to $25, 1Oc premium; $25 to $50. 15c premium.
$50 to $780, zoe premium; 800 and up 20
$780, * per cent. premium $1,000 and
over, 81 per $1,000.
securities--A fair investment demand
for local bank stocks with prices stffen-
ing. Railroads securities are still neglec-
ted.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georeia
3Ih per cent. bonds of 1880, 1021z bid, l031A
asked; Georgia 31z per cent, due 1915 1919
bid 102h asked; Georgia "a per cent.
bonds, 1915, ll4iz bid 115h asked; Georgia
4 per cent, due 1896 40 bid, Ill asked:
South Carolina AS, 1O8 bid. 100 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta z per cent, 104 bid,
1916 asked; Augusta AIS, 1925. 1903 bid 100
asked; Augusta per cent, 1i2 bid 113
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid, liz
asked; Columbus per cent, 100 bid 104
asked: Macon per cent, us bid, 116
asked; Savannah per cent, quarterly
July coupons, 107lh bid 10s asked; Sa-
vannah per cent. quarterly August cou-
pons, 1O7N bid 1854 asked; Charleston As.
"a bid g5 asked.
Railroad Bonds.-savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent. interest coupons. 112ik bid,
asked: Atlantic and Gulf, first mortgage
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897. 1914 bid. 102k ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold IS. 90ls bid, 9l5z askeds
Central OF Georgia railway first mortgage
Is. 5O-year gold bonds, 1l2 bid. il3 asked:
Central of Georgia railway first CONSOLE
dated mortgage IS, 50 bid. 50 asked Central
OF Georgia railway first preferred in
comes 27k bid. q asked; Central of
Georgia railway, second preferred In.
comes. 10 bid, 1917 asked; Central OF Georgia
railway third preferred Incomes. ~ bid. So
asked: Georgia railroad IS. 1910. 10 bid.
III asked; Charlotte. Columbia and Au-
Rusta hrst s. 1914 bid. - asked; Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage
~ ia bid. 1i5 asked; Georgia Southern
ana Florida. new s., IS bid. 81 asked;
South Georgia ana Florida hrst mortgage
IL 1O2iL bid 1884 asked; South Georgia ana
Florida second mortgage ~. 102 bid l03
asked /; ocean steamship per cent. bonds,
1905 1O2 bid, - asked. City and Suburban
railroad FIRST mortgage per cent bonds.
: bid. "a asked; Alabama Midland per
cent. lndorsed. 90 bid. % asked: Brunswick
and Western a., s. bid, 20 asked; South
Bound railroad 81, 67lh bid. G9ik asked:
Southern railway s.. 81 bid. s. asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred -.
iO2ik bid iOi asked. Georgia and Alabama
first consois. 80 bid, 81 asked.
Railroad stocks--Augusta and Savan-
nah. " bid, 80 asked; Georgia common,
lbs had, 100 asked; Southwestern. 9ih bid,
q2ik asked: Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock. 0S bid, % asked Atlanta ana
West Point pcr cent. certificates 20
bid, 100 asked Savannah Construction
Company. IS bid. 20 asked. cxsdlv.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
20ik bid. 2ih asked Electric Light and
Power Company. - bid. "a asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Ciuzens Bank, 100
bid. asked; Chatham Bank. f5 bid. t6
asked; Gcrmania Bank. i0S bid. 100 asked:
Merchants National Bank, seq
bid. @h asked. National Bank
OF Savannah. 10 bid. asked;
Ogiethorpe Savings and Trust
Co. 1903 bid. io6 asked: Southern Bank
Of the state Of Georgia. 100 bid, $50 askeds