The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
FINANCIAL,
Money-Market steady.

MOney-MdFkeI STEADY.
Foreign Exchange-The market is
firm. The following are net Sa-
vannah quotations: Commercial demand.
q! S45s; sixty days, 4S17s; ninety days,
days, 5.22A; Swiss, sixty days, 5.24b;
marks, sixty days, 943s.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
ing as follows: Up to $25, 10c premium;
$50 to $50, l5c permium; $50 to 800, 20c
premium; $500 and upwards at par.
SecuritieS-The market is quiet and very
dull.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
3la per cent. bonds of 1880 1912 bid, 1O6
asked; Georgia 3I5 per cent, due 1915, 1O4
bid, 105 asked; Georgia Az per cent, bonds
1915, III bid, lis asked; Georgia 4 per cent,
due 1926, ~ bid; ll$ asked; South Caro-
lima 41as, 10S bid, l09 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta 7 per cent, 1912
bic, l051a asked; Augusta 412s, 1925 100
bid, 1Q6 asked; Augusta per cent, 1OS bid,
109 asked; Augusta per cent, 1903 bid,
1O6 asked Macon pei. cent, 1l6 bid. u
asked; Macon, 41ss' 1926 1o53a bid, 1O6l4
January coupons, 11O15 bid. Ill asked; Sa-
vannah per cent, quarterly February
coupons, 10 bid IL asked; Charleston As,
Railroad Bonds-Savannah. Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
5 per cent. interest coupons, 11S bid ia
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds due
1884, los bid, 1903 asked; Augusta Southern.
Railroad and Banking Company collate-
raj 5s 80 bid 9119 asked; Central of Geor-
gia railway first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold
| bonds, 1141s bid, l15l2 asked; Central of
Georgia railway first consolidated mort
gage IS, 9112 bid, 92 asked; Central of Geor-
gia railway first preferred incomes 1872
bid, 39l5 asked Central of Georgia rail-
way, second preferred incomes, 1919 bid,
1872 asked; Central of Georgia railway
third preferred incomes, bid, asked;
Georgia railroad 6s, 1910, 1852 bid, III ask
ed; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first
IS, 100 bid 10 asked Charlotte, Column
bia and Augusta second mortgage Is, 116
bid, III asked: Georgia Southern and
Florida new IS, SO bid. 81 asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage Is, 1929
bid, 1882 asked: South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage Is, 1903 bid. los asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent. bonds 1926
1O5 bid 106 asked; City and Suburban rail-
road first mortgage 7 pei. cent. bonds, 81
indorsed, = bid, s. asked Brunswick and
Western n A. , % bid ,773a % asked South
ern Railway 5s,, 81 bid, 80 asked; Georgia
and Alabama first preferred IS, 101 bid
102 asked; Georgia and Alabama first con-
soils, 70 bid, so asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 81 bid, 941a asked; Georgia, common,
172 bid, 175 asked; Southwestern, "a bid,
9412 asked; Atlanta and West Point stock,
Point 6 per cent. certificates, 102 bid 1872
asked; savannah Construction Company,
Gas stocks-savannah Gas Light Stock,
q bid, 221a asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company, 81 bid, 60 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 1O93t
bid, HOG asked; Chatham Bank, A bid, is
asked; Germania Bank 100 bid, ITO asked;
Merchants National Bank, S916 bid, 9Olb
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1876
bid, - asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 104 bid, -. asked; South
ern Bank of the state of Georgia, 1872 bid
1913 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 101 bid, 1902 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A IS
bid, 81 asked; B, SO bid, 55i5 asked: Peo-
pies Sayings and Loan Company, 50 bid
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory IS. 1O1
bid, 1902 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s. 100
featuring Company 5 per cent. bonds, 40
bid, AZ asked; Sibey Manufacturing Com
pany 6s 101 bid. 102 asked;
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, = bid, Is asked; Augusta Factory
so bid, SO asked; Granitevile Factory, las
bid. Isl asked; Langley Factory, 1914 bid
80 bid, SO asked; ]. r. King Manufactur-
ing Company, 104 bid, 105. asked; Sibey
Manufacturing Company, 20 bid 70 asked:
Savannah Brewing Company, SO1s bid, SO
New York, Nov. 22-Money on call nom
inally at l1aQ2 per cent; the last loan was
at ~ per cent, closed at 2aper cent. Prime
mercantile paper, S1gg4a per cent: Ster-
ling exchange steady, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at $4S51sQ4.S55s for
days Posted rates, ASSlad4 s6l9. Com
merclal bills, S4.S2A. Silver certificates,
5S@59c. Bar silver, 5S2sc Mexican dollars
455sc Government bonds strong; state
bonds were dull; railroad bonds were
Washington, Nov 22.-To-days state
ment of the condition of the treasury
Available cash balance, s2O25el. 1876; gold
reserve $156 246.
New York, Nov 22--The Evening Posts
London financial cablegram says: 1.-THE
stock markets We're stagnant to-day in
advance of the settlement which is to
commence in mines tomorrow. Americans
were steady; New York absorbing all the
stock offered, especially frst-class secufi-
ties of which there is quite a famine.
Northern Pacific was especially strong
Gold IS rs 1%d. The new gold coinage
is dribbling away from japan and is be-
ing bought up here for Germany The
Indian government announces the issue
of $4,000 pounds in sterling, six or twelve
month bills A permanent sterling loan
is expected next spring. The Paris and
Berlin markets were quiet and dull.
New York, Nov. 22.-There was no
change in the character of the general
dealings in the stock market to-day. but
some special stocks showed marked
strength and other weakness, Trading