The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14
RICE.
FINANCIAL.



Foreign change-Market steady. The
following are net Savannah quotations:
Commercial demand, $4.S51a; sixty days,
$4S31a ninety days, $4S21s; francs. Paris
and Havre, sixty days, sci; Swiss, sixty
days 5.223s; marks, sixty DAYS, "a 11-16
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: I'D
to SIS, 10c premium; SIS to $50. 15c premium;
$50 to 500, zoe premium; $500, and up TO
$1,000. = per cent ond premium; $1,000 and
securities-The market is quiet and mac
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Georgia
49, per cent. bonds of 1880, 1O3 bid, 102h
asked: Georgia 515 per cent, due 1915, 1917
bid, 1O2A asked; Georgia Az per cent.
bonds, ISIS, ia bid, 114la. asked; Georgia 4
Carolina 415s. 1903 bid, 1Oi asked.
City. Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 104 bid;
105 asked; Augusta AIS, 1925, 1903 bid. 1O4
a ASKED: Augusta per cent. 1io BID DID, III III
asked; Columbus per cent, 102 bid, 103
asked; Macon {, per cent. 1141s bid, lis
April coupons. 1O8 bid, 1854 asked; Savan-
nah per cent. quarterly May coupons,
l0S bid, 1cS1s asked; Charleston As, 81 bid.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, 11212 bid ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated z per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1904 bid, 101 ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
5s 50-year gold bonds, liz bid, ia asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first consoh-
dated mortgage 5s, 81 bid, 80 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first preferred
incomes, % bid, 80 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway. second preferred in
comes, 1115 bid, 12A asked; Central of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes,
6 bid, asked; Georgia railroad IS, 1910,
1852 bid, 10712 asked; Charlotte. Columbia
and Augusta first IS, LOG bid, 107 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage Is lib bid l15 asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, new IS, 94la bid, PSF
asked: South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, 104 bid, 1912 asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage rs,
102 bid. 103 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent. bonds, 1926, 101 bid, 102 asked: City
and Suburban railroad first mortgage
per cent. bonds, so bid, IS asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent. Endorsed; 80 bid,
So asked; Brunswick and Western As,
bid 20 asked; South Bound railroad 5s, 6S
bid, 20 asked; Southern Railway 5s, S9l2
bid, 9O1a asked; Georgia and Alabama first
and Alabama first consols. 80 bid, 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 93l4 bid, 941R asked, ex-div.;. Georgia
common, 1853 bid, 100 asked Southwestern,
80 bid, "a asked, ex-div.; Atlanta and
West Point railroad stock, 991s bid, 100 ask
ed; Atlanta and West Point per cent.
certificates, 9S bid, 80 asked; Savannah
Construction Company, 40 bid, " asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
2lIs bid, 22A asked, ex-div.; Electric Light
flank Stocks, Etc.-citizen's Bank. 1903
bid, 1o9 asked. ex-div.; Chatham Bank,
Bank, lO7 bid, lOS asked, ex-div Mer-
chants National Bank, 921A bid, SO ask
ed, ex-div.: National Bank of Savannah.
126 bid, 1913 asked, ex-div; Oglethorpe Saw
ings and Trust Company, 1917 bid, 1924
asked, ex-div.; Southern Bank of the State
g GsoPSSB Bank ana Tust Company @
bid, 101 asked, ex-div. Chatham Real rs
tate and Improvement Company A, 5SA
bid. 81 asked; B, 5lls bid, 81 asked, ex
pany, 90 bid, SO asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, IS, 100
bid, 102 asked; Sibley Factory 6s, 100 bid,
101 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 101 bid,
1O2 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufacture
ing Company, 6 per cent. bonds. 40 bid,
Factory stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid. 80 asked; Augusta Factory. so
bid, 81 asked. ex-div; Graniteville Fac
1903 bid. l04 asked; Enterprise Factory
common. 96 bid, 90 asked: j. r. King
Manufacturing Company. l0S bid, lO4 ask
ed; Sibley Manufacturing Company Is
bid, rs asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany 90 bid 90 asked.
London Ireb. 13.-Bar silver. 29#d. Con-
soils. ll2 TIC for money and III 9-l6 for the
account.
Paris Feb. 1s.-Three por ccntrentes. iOg
francs, A. contimes for the account.
New York, Feb i3.-Money on call, IL
per cent. Prime mercantile paper. per
cent. Sterling exchange. firm, with aciu.
al business in bankers bills at @SlA6p
4.Sj for sixty days. and SS6a4m4.s7 for de-
mand; posted rates, %.S5lsa1.S7ta. Com
mercial bills. A.ShG4SfA. Bar silver,
6lAc Government bonds were steady;
state bonds were dull railroad bonds were
weak. Silver &C the board was neglected.
New York, Feb l3.--The weekly state
ment OF associated banks shows the fol-
lowing changes: Reserve. decrease. s.
Gi,S25 Loans, increase, S2.S5i.i 100. Specie
increase, $6SS00O. Legal tenders decrease
S3,lJ650O. Deposits, decrease. S8s6.7O0 Cir
culation, decrease, $4,000 The banks now
hold $5l 56J,225 In excess OF the legal re-
quirements.
New York. Feb. 10. noon.-rhe specula-
tive market was steady az the following
quotations:
Erie ............. 1th Salt & Ohio 80. Is
Northwe stern ..1O3Nl Can. Southern . 4iih
do pref .......1SiiAS ST. Paul ........ n
Lake Shoro ...i52if Rock Island 49,. Gih
n ". pref b.. i6,i phl g Hudson. 1889,
Western Union S3'dnai IT, n WINE
So; ny. com .... SNManhattan 800. $50
do pref ........ BIS Mlch. Central 49, s.
Am. Sugar ......1ii ~. y. Central qst
Ncw York. Fsh i&--lr1cgulnritv was
.he chic, onararterigi.c on the stock mar
ZEE - ihc cvcniug riis morning After
the iritu trading. however. spccula ton