The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-08
RICE.
FINANCIAL.


good.
Foreign Exchange-The market is
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand %S7;
sixty days, S4.S5A; ninety days. $4SFa;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 519B;
Swiss sixty days, 521; marks, sixty days,
9424.
Domestic Exchange Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
to SIS, 1Oc premium; $25 to $50. 15c premium;
$50 to 500, zoe premium; $500 and up 70
600, Is per cent. premium; 81 900 and
over, 81 per $1,000.
Securities-The market is quiet and duh.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
S15 per cent. bonds of $780, 1902 bid,
asked; Georgia So per cent, due 1915, l01ls
bid, 102A asked; Georgia AZ per cent.
bonds, 1915, ia bid, lis asked; Georgia
per cent, due 1926 ITO bid, Ill asked; South
Carolina 41as, 108 bid. 109 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 10i bid,
105 asked; Augusta 412s, 1925, 1903 bid, lO4
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 112 bid 1l5
asked; Augusta per cent, 10 bid, III
asked; Columbus per cent, I6z bid, ltS
asked; Macon, 6 per cent, lis bid, lie
asked; Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly
July coupons, 107 bid, 1071a asked; Savan-
nah per cent quarterly May coupons, 10S
bid, 1882 asked; Charleston As, 921z bid,
9S15 asked.
Railroad BOnQS.-SdVdnndn, + lOElud anu
Western railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, 11212 bid -
asked; Atlantic and Gulf, first mortgage
consolidated Z per cent. coupons January
and July maturity 1897 1904 bid, 1G1 ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold 5s 95 bid, 81 asked
Central of Georgia railway first mortgage
SIS. 5O-year gold bonds, liz bid, LA asked
Central of Georgia railway first CONSOLE
dated mortgage IS, 81 bid, 80 asked; Central
of Georgia railway first preferred incomes.
271h bid, 2S12 asked; Central of Georgia rail-
way, second preferred incomes, bid, 10
asked; Central of Georgia railway third
preferred incomes, bid asked; Georgia
railroad 6s, 1910, 1862 bid, 1917 asked; CHAR
lotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s, lO6
bid, asked; Charlotte Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, lis bid, 1l6
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida, new,
IS. "a bid, IS asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1O4l5 bid 1O5 ask
ed; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 1922 bid, 1882 asked; Ocean
steamship per cent. bonds, 1926 l01 bid, -
asked; City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage, Z per cent. bonds, 80 bid IS ask
ed; Alabama Midland per cent. Endorsed,
80 bid 80 asked; Brunswick and Western
as. 65 bid. 70 asked; South Bound railroad
SIS. SO bid II asked; Southern railway IS.
STU bid, SS1a asked; Georgia and Alabama
first preferred IS, 1902 bid, 1N asked; Geor-
gia and Alabama first consols, so bid, 81
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah. SO bid. 931s asked Georgia common,
1873 bid, 100 asked; Southwestern, 931a bid,
"a asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock, SO bid 80 asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates, 9S
bid. 100 asked: Savannah Construction
Company, 671z bid, 20 asked, ex-div.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
22lb bid 2Sl5 asked; Electric Light and
power Company, 81 bid SO asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 1851
bid. 1924 asked; Chatham Bank, 45% bid,
46iL asked; Germania Bank 108 bid, 1882
asked: Merchants National Bank, Sc bid,
- asked; National Bank of Savannah, 126
bid. 12S asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1921 bid, 1924 asked;
southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
= bid. 1865 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company 100 bid, 10l asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A, 81 BID, Sl1s asked; B, 52A
hid. So asked; Peoples Savings and Loan
Company. 81 bid, 80 asked, ex-div
FACTORY Bonds-Augusta Factory Is, 101
MIA 1O2 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s 1902
hid. 1903 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company 6 per cent bonds.
40 bid. so asked; Sibley Manufacturing
Company 6s, 101 bid, 1902 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory. - bid, 35 asked; Augusta Factory, so
bids 81 asked, ex-div. Graniteville Fac
tory. las bid. Isl asked Langley Factory,
iO4 bid, 1854 asked; Enterprise Factory,
common, 9S bid 80 asked j. r. King
Manufacturing Company, iOl bid, los ask
ed: sibley Manufacturing Company. rs
bid, rs asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany. 90 bid, 80 asked.
London. April 7.-Bar silver. 23skd Con-
soils, 112 3-l6 for money, and ll2 5-l6 for the
account
Paris, April 7.--Three per cent rents, l02
francs 75lk confines for the account.
New York, April 1.-The treasury bal
ances were as follows: Currency, $780,
955. d53: coin. Sl3l, 562.94.
New York, April Z, noon.-The stock
market was firm at the following quo
tations:
Erie ............. i2ikBalt. & Ohio -. 1881
Northwestern ..l04i4 can. Southern .. 46h
do pref. ........l5f ST. Paul ......... %
lake Shore ....l65 Rock Island 49, GziS
~ & W. pref. D. 25ii Del. & Hudson. l04Ik
West Union s0isDel. l. q W....li9A
So. Ry. com .... 6islManhattan .....8
DO pref ....... % Mich. Central . %
Am. Sugar ....il2lslN. \. Central ..l0i4