The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
FINANCIAL.

Money-Ine market Is easy demand
Foreign Exchange-Market steady The
following are net Savannah quotations.:
Commercial demand, 81. SEA sixty days.
81. AZ: ninety days 81 S8la; francs, Paris,
and Havre, sixty days, $40; Swiss. sixty
days. 5217s; marks, sixty days, 9434;
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, zoe premium; $500, and up to
81 900, x per cent. premium; $1,000 and
securities-The market is perfectly fiat
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
az per cent. bonds of 1880, 102 bid, 1929
asked; Georgia 31a per cent, due 1915, 1919
bonds, 1915. ia bid, 1l4lA asked. Georgia 4
per cent, due 1926, 10 bid, Ill asked; South
Carolina 41As, 10S bid, 10l asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 104 bid;
1OS asked; Augusta 41ss, 1925, 1OS bid, 1Oi
asked; Augusta per cent ITO bid, iii
asked Columbus per cent, 102 bid, 103
asked Macon 6 per cent, 11415 bid, lis
asked Savannah per cent, quarterly
April coupons Jos bid 1GSIs aMs a Sayan
lOS bid, 1OS1s asked; Charleston As, 90 bid,
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent interest coupons, 112h bid, ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
and July maturity, 1897 1901 bid, 1O1 ask
ed Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold 5s, So bid, 81 asked;
S. 50-year gold bonds, 112 bid, ia asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first CONSOLE
Central eSrI Of Georgia Railway first preferred
incomes, IS bid, 80 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway. second preferred, in
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes
bid, Z asked; Georgia railroad 6s, 1910,
1859 bid, 1O71A asked; Ch fGe Columbia
and Augusta first IS, 106 bid, lO7 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage Is. 11S bid 11o asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, new 5s. 9412 bid, 95lz
mortgage rs, 104 bid, 1912 asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
cent. bonds, 1926, 101 bid, 102 asked; City
and Suburban railroad first mortgage
per cent bonds. 50 bid, So asked 10 A Ma
95 asked; Brunswick and Western As,
bid 20 asked; South Bound railroad 5s, 68
bid, 20 asked; Southern Railway IS, S91a
Dreferred IS, 100 bid 102 asked; Georgia
and Alabama first consols, 80 bid 81 asked.
Railroad StockS-AuguSta and Savan-
nah, 931s bid, 9i19 asked, ex-dlV. Georgia
common, 1853 bid, 100 asked; Southwestern,
92% bid, 1894 asked, ex-div.; Atlanta and
West Paint railroad stock, 80 bid, 100 ask
ed; Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent.
certificates, SO bid, SO asked; Savannah
Gas Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
! 2215 bid, 2315 asked, eX-diY.; Electric Light
and Power Company, 60 bid. 6S asked, ex-
Bank Stocks, Etc-Citizen's Bank, 1854
bid, 1O9 asked ex-div. Chatham Bank,
451s bid, 46A asked, ex-div. Germania
| chants National Bank. 80 bid, 92lz ask
ed, ex-div.: National Bank of Savannah,
ings and Trust Company, 1Olls bid, 1021a
asked eX-div.; Southern Bank of the State
of Georgia, =. bid, l66 asked, ex-div.;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 100
bid, 101 asked, eX-div.; Chatham Real Es-
tate and Improvement Company A, 53ls
bid, 81 asked; 3. 50 bid, 30 asked, ex-
div; PEOPLES Savings and Loan Com
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, SIS, 100
| hid 1O2 asked Enterprise Factory 6s 1O1 bid,
| 102 asked: Eagle and Phenix Manufacture
| ing Company, per cent. bonds, 40 bid.
so asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
| tory, bid. 40 asked; Augusta factory, 80
bid, 81 asked, ex-div.; Graniteville Fac
tory. l45 bid, 1871 asked; Langley Factory.
| 1O3 bid 10l asked; Enterprise Factory
common, 96 bid 80 asked; j; r. King
Manufacturing Company, JOB bid, loi ask
| bid rs asked; Savannah Brewing Com
| pany, 90 bid. 90 asked
London. Feb. 20.-Bar silver, % 11-l6d.
| Consols. m 11-16 for money, and 111%4
New York. FEB. 2O.-Money on call was
at liga2 per cent Sterling exchange
! at S4S4AmAS5h for sixty days, and AS6A
m4dl5 for demand. Posted rates. SiS5i2n
! 4.@. commercial blllS, Hi.oIH2u lbfA bar
silver, 645sc Government bonds We're
steady: state bonds were dun. and rail-
road bonds were firm Silver at the board
was neglected.
New York. Feb. 2O.-The treasury bal
auces were as follows: Coin. Sl26,919, SIS;
! currency S60,S6i,0iS.
| New York. Feb. 20-The weekly state
ment of the associated banks shows the
following changes: Reserve. increase,
| 1907, 725; loans, decrease, sl,62O100; specie,
| increase. S2.S2i500 legal tenders. increase.
81 595,500; deposits. increase $5,569,l0O; cir
/ culation, decrease. $1,000 The banks
now hold, S55.592,950 in excess Of legal re-
| quirements.
New York. Feb. ~. noon.-The stock
market opened at the following quota
TONS
| Erie .............. tiil Bait. q Ohio . 1919
| Northwestern .10i Can. Southern q. HA
do pref ........i5i 81. Paul ......... 7S3a
4 Lake Shore ....156N Del. g. Hudson 1914
/ N. 81 W. pref e.. ~ Dell l.. a. W.. 1874
/ Western Union S2'sl Manhattan 900. TSs
/ So. Ry com &C.. 81. Mich. Central o.. 500
! do pref ....... IS ~ Y. Central q. 929s
/ Am. Sugar .....1ial
| New York Feb 20-- The dealings to-
/ day footed up only 33Si5 shares. and
l tings were on par with the trale. The