The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-17
FINANCIAL.

Money-The market is easy; demand
good.
The bank cIearings for the past week
were $2.270 l5l.09. against $1.79S.757.N for the
same week last year, and S2,O0i,6l4.52 for
the same week year before last.
Foreign Exchange The market is
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand, ST. S6s4
sixty days, $4S5S4; ninety days, SASSY
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days,
5.1Sis; Swiss. sixty days, 521ss; marks,
sixty days "a Isle
Domestic Exchange Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
to $25, loo premium; $25 to $50, 15c premium;
$50 TO 800, 20c premium; $500 and up 70
$1,000, Is per cent. premium; $1,000 and
over, 81 per $1,000.
Securties-The market is inactive and
duh.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
3R per cent. bonds of 1880, 102 bid, -
asked; Georgia S12 per cent, due 1915, 1914
bid, 102A asked; Georgia Az per cent.
bonds 1916 ia bid, 115 asked; Georgia 4
per cent, due 1926, 10 hid. Ill asked; South
Carolina AIS, 1OS bid, lU9 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 10i bid,
Jos asked; Augusta 419s, 1925, 1903 bid, lO4
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 112 bid, 1l3
asked; Augusta per cent, ITO bid, III
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 102 bid 1(3
asked: Macon, 6 per cent, lis bid, lie
ac.1ed; Savannah per cent, quarterly
July coupons, 107 bid, 107la asked; Savan-
nah 5 per cent. quarterly May coupons,
1854 bid 1881 asked; Charleston As, 92ia
bid, 9S15 asked.
Railroad Bonds.-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons. 112la bid. -
asked; Atlantic and Gulf, first mortgage
consolidated per cent. coupons. January
and July maturity 1897 1904 bid, 1C1 ask
ed Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold 5s 81 bid, 81 asked;
Central of Georgia railway first mortgage
S. 50-year gold bonds, 11212 bid, 1872 asked
Central of Georgia railway first consoli-
dated mortgage IS, 81 bid, 92 asked; Central
of Georgia railway first preferred incomes,
Is bid, 2S12 asked; Central of Georgia rail-
way, second preferred incomes, 10 bid 1912
asked; Central of Georgia railway third
preferred incomes. bid, asked; Georgia
railroad 6s, 1910, 1851 bid, 1914 asked; Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta first S. l06
bid, asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is. lis bid, 116
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida, new,
5s, 81 bid, IS asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1919 bid, los ask
ed; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage rs, 1929 bid, 1882 asked; Ocean
steamship per cent. bonds, 1926 102 bid, -
asked; City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, - bid "a ask
ed; Alabama Midland per cent. Endorsed,
80 bid, go asked; Brunswick and Western
As, S. bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad
SIS, So bid, II asked; Southern railway 5s,
S7lb bid, 8S1A asked; Georgia and Alabama
first preferred 5s, 10212 bid, 104 asked Geor-
gia and Alabama first consols, so bid, 81
asked
Railroad stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 80 bid, 9Slz asked; Georgia common
159 bid, 100 asked; Southwestern, 9215 bid
931h asked; Atlanta ana West Point rail-
road stock SO bid, 80 asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates, 9S
bid, 100 asked; Savannah Construction
Company, 6S bid, 70 asked, ex-div.
Gas .Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid, 2Sh asked, Electric Light and
Power Company, 81 bid, 651a asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, lOs%
bid. asked; Chatham Bank, As bid.
As asked; Germania Bank, l0S bid 109
asked: Merchants National Bank, Sc bid,
= asked; National Bank of Savannah, 12415
bid, 1851 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1929 bid, 1917 asked
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
- bid, 100 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A, 81 bid, SAY asked; B, 52A
bid, s5S asked; Peoples Savings and Loan
Company. 81 bid, 80 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory IS. 1O1
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 1O2
bid. 1OS asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company. per cent bonds.
40 bid, 50 asked; Sibley Manufacturing
Company 6s, 101 bid, 102 asked
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, % bid. 80 asked; Augusta Factory, 50
bid, 81 asked; Graniteville Fac
tory. 145 bid, ISL asked; Langley Factory,
104 bid. 1854 asked; Enterprise Factory,
common, 9S bid. SO asked; j. r. King
. Manufacturing Company. 104 bid, los ask
ed; Sibley Manufacturing Company, rs
bid rs asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, = bid. So asked.
New York, April a6-The total bank
elearings in the United States for the
week were 1856 264, 10; per cent. decrease
80. Exclusive of New York, s4S2, 1874. 7ss;
per cent. decrease 3.9.