The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-24

Railroad Bonds.-SaVapnah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, ll3 bid, III
asked; Savannah. Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds, due
1884, 1861 bid 1O6 asked, and interest; Cen
trial Railroad and Banking Company col
lateral gold 5s. 80 bid, "a asked Central
of Georgia railway first mortgage SIS 50
year gold bonds, 1lSls bid. 1l4l2 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia railway first consolidated
mortgage 5s, 92la bid, 9312 asked; Central of
Georgia railway first preferred incomes,
SO bid, 81 asked; Central of Georgia
railway. second preferred incomes, II
bid. u asked; Central of Georgia railway,
third preferred incomes, bid. 6 asked;
Georgia railroad 6s 1910 10 bid, III asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first IS,
105 bid - asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is. 1l3 bid, lis
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida, new
5s % bid. sc asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is 1929 bid 1882
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 102 bid. 103 asked Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926. 100 bid
- asked City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, 80 bid SO ask
ed; Alabama Midland per cent. indorsed
IS bid, 80 asked; Brunswick and Western
As 60 bid 70 asked; South Bound railroad
IS, 67la bid, 69l5 asked Southern railway
5s 9012 bid,91i2 asked Georgia and Alabama
gia and Alabama first consols, Is bid 70
asked
Railroad Stocks-Augus.a and Savan-
nah 90 bid 92l5 asked ex-div; Georgia
common, 1876 bid. 1877 asked, ex-div; South
western, 91% bid, 921a asked, ex-dv. At
lanta and West Point railroad stock. 1O1
bid, 102 asked; Atlanta and West Point 6
per cent certificates. 101 bid, 1902 asked !;
Savannah Construction Company, SO bid,
20 asked.
Gas Stocks-SaYannah Gas Light stock.
q bid, p asked, ex-dlv. Electric Light
and Power Company, So bid, 90 asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, Jos
bid, 1903 asked Chatham Bank. A bid. 4424
askesS Germana Bank, 1906 bid, 10S asked /;
Merchants National Bank. s. bid, 81 ask
ed; National Bank of Savannah. 124 bid
125 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company, l02 bid, 1903 asked; Southern
Bank of the State of Georgia. $50 bid l5J
asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 100 bid, lOl asked; Chatham Real
Estate and improvement Company. n, a}4
bid, 5514 asked: r, SO bid, 81 asked; Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company, 80 bid,
SO asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s, l0l
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s 100
bid, 10l asked; Eagle and PheniX Manu-
featuring Company, per cent. bonds, 40
bid, AZ asked; S;bley Manufacturing Com
pany IS, lOl bid, l02 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, bid. 25 asked, Augusta Factory,
so bid, SO asked Graniteville Factory, las
bid, ISL asked; Langley Factory. 1O4 bid
1854 asked; Enterprise Factory, common.
SO bid Sc asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 1Oi bid, 105 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company. 20 bid, &c asked Sa-
vannah Brewing Company. - bid S8 asked.
New York, July 23.-Money on call was
steady at per cent; the last loan was a
per cent, and the market closed, offered
at 1 per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
36t4 per cent. Sterling exchange firm. with
actual business in bankers bills at $4.S7A
for demand and at S4S6i4 for sixty days.
Posted rates $4S7M4s7lA and $SSd4. $50.
Commercial bills A.85Ia. Silver certif-
Gates, 59hn59Ac Bar silver 59%c Mexi-
can dollars, 46Ac. Government bonds were
strong; state bonds were duh. Railroad
bonds were strong.
New York July 23.-Evening Posts Lon
don financial cablegram: '"rhe stock mar
kets were quiet today, in view of the hol-
iday tomorrow. Nevertheless more pub
lic interest was shown in Americans to-
day than for some time past. Large line
of Chesapeake were bought here. The
selling this afternoon slightly damaged
the market here, which closed under the
best. Insurance companies here continue
TO absorb a good class of American bonds
Chillan bonds were fiat. The Paris and
Berlin markets were steady"
New York, July 23.-Discussion as to the
probability of increased earnings bene-
fitted Burlington 2b per cent and all
Changers to the extent on an average or
/ per cent. rise, although wheat suffered
an approximate average decrease of &c.
IL was argued, however, that when tee
farmers we're enriched by the good prices
expected for their products they would
so expend a portion of the proceeds that
fro OH Ia. hav
by a heavy return traffic as well as a
large grain tonnage to meet the demands
Of Europe and South America. While
their motives are hardly dislnteres.ed,
some bulls likened the present conditions
with those prevailing seventeen years
back. and would have Il believed that the
boom OF 1SS0-si may be duplicated I'm 1897
9S London bought some 10000 shares,
against 1900 sold yesterday. These pur-
chases may have been due 20 the fact
that tomorrow Is "A holiday In London,
and the traders there will have only I'M
al Monday TO carry over stocks into the
new account The first Of next week will
disclose Londons true speculative position,
showing whether recent transactions there
have been short sales Of Americans or
POPULATIONS by professionals. as British
advlces are that the public for the nrst
time In a year or two Is becoming inter-
ested In American securities Traders
mere rather ignored the engagement or
81 10000 gold for export, a. they were more
than balanced by receipts OF the precious
metal from the Klondike region and i'm
pending imports OF gold from Australia
TO discharge obligations for American
grain imported became known. The GUS
tcmary condition Of the weeks pront tax
Ing sales we're Offset by foreign and COM
mission houses buying Foreshad0wlng
decided shrinkage IN imports after the en-
actment Of the tarin bin the weekly i'm.
ports decreased for the week a third OF
million, being the smallest amount IN
many weeks. Sugar fell on X only on
IN effort 20 have u appear that the sugar
schedule but inadcquntely protected the
company and that the company waa 10
experience Increased competition. The
stock rose 80 points. n trade journal pre-
dieting hat insiders would disclose richer
and more nrospfctlvo uroauocfa Alter the