The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-27
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FINANCIAL.



Foreign Exchange-Market firm. The
following are net Savannah quota
lions: Commercial demand, S4.S6H; sixty
days, S4S315; ninety days, $4.S2B; francs,
Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.21; Swiss,
sixty days, 5.227s; marks, sixty days. 949s.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at Is per cent. discount and SELL
ing as follows: Up to S25, 10c premium; SIS
to $50, 15c premium; $50 to 500, zoe pre-
MUM; 500 to $780, 25c premium; $500 and
over at par.
Securities-The market is quiet. E5any
quotations are nominal.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgla
312 per cent. bonds of 1880, 1902 bid, l02Ih
asked; Georgia 31a per cent. due 1915, 1912
bid, 102h asked; Georgia Az per cent.
bonds, 1915, ia bid, 1141b asked; Georgia 4
per cent, due 1926, 10 bid, Ill asked; South
Carolina, 41as, 10S bid, 1O4 asked.
City BOnds-Atlanta Z per cent, 104 bid,
105 asked; Augusta 4i9s, 1926 103 bid, 10i
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid ll3
asked; Augusta per cent, no bid, Iii
asked; Columbus per cent, 1902 bid, lG3
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 11415 bid, lis
asked; Savannah per cent. quarterly
April coupons, 1919 bid, los asked; Savan-
nah per cent. quarterly February cou-
pons, 1851 BID, 1888 asked; Charleston As,
81 bid, "a asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent interest coupons, 1l21a bid Ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 100 bid, 10015 ask
ed Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold SIS, % bid, 81 asked !:
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
5s, 50-year gold bonds, ITO bid. 112 asked !;
Central of Georgia Railway first CONSOLE
dated mortgage IS, 81 bid, 80 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway first preferred
incomes, % bid, 30 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway second preferred in
comes, 11ia bid 121a asked; Central Of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes.
6l5 bid, ~ asked, Georgia railroad 6s 1910
1861 bid, 1919 asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta first 5s 106 bid, 107 asked:
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage rs, 113 bid, It's asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, new IS, 9il5 bid, 95lA
asked South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage IS 104 bid, 1O5 asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is.
102 bid, 1903 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent. bonds. 1926, 101 bid. 102 asked; City
and Suburban railroad first mortgage 7
per cent bonds, 80 bid, 50 asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent endorsed, 30 bid
% asked; Brunswick and Western 4s 49,
bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad IS, 70
bid, 70 asked; Southern Railway 5s, 30 bid
81 asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred 5s, 9Sl5 bid, 100 asked: Georgia and
Alabama first consols, so bid. 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 92ls bid, "a asked, ex-dv.; Georgia
common, l5S bid 100 asked; Southwestern,
81 bid 80 asked, ex-div. Atlanta and
West Point railroad stock, 80 bid, 100 ask
ed; Atlanta and West Point per cent.
certificates, IS bid 90 asked: Savannah
Construction Company, 20 bid, "a asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
q bid, 2li5 asked, eX-div. Electric Light
and Power Company, 65 bid, 81 asked ex-
div.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, iOS
bid, 1Os5 asked. eX-div.; Chatham Bank.
IS bid 45l asked eX-div. Gcrmania
Bank, l06 bid. lO7 asked, ex-dlv. Mer-
chants National Bank, 92l5 bid, 93iA ask
ed ex-div.. National Bank of Savannah,
l26 bid, 127 asked. ex-div.: Oglethorpe Saw
ings and Trust Company 100 bid, 10i ask
ed, ex-div.; Southern Bank OF the State
of Georgia. bid, 16s asked, ex-div.
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 100
bid, l0l asked, eX-div,; Chatham Real Es-
tate and Improvement Company. A, SO
bid. asked y. 81 bid. 5ils asked. ex-
div. Peoples Savings and Loan Com
pany. % bid. 80 asked.
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory. 6s. 100
bid, 1O2 asked. Sibley Factory 6s. 100 bid,
lqi asked. Enterprise Factory 6s, lO2 bid,
l03 asked: Eagle and PheniX Manufactur-
ing Company per cent. bonds, 40 bid,
80 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, bid. so asked: Augusta Factory,
81 bid SO asked ex-div.; Graniteville Fac
tory. AS bid. 10 asked; Langley Factory
as bid. 107 asked; Enterprise Factory
common, 90 bid. 1902 asked; j. r. King
Manufacturing Company. io3 bid, 10i ask
cd; sib!ey Manufacturing Company %