The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-18
FINANCIAL.

M0ney-Good demand at per cent.
The bank clearings for the past week
were $3642, 2SSS7, against S,i900ll.n for
the same week last year, and 81, S57 115.19
for the same week in 1895.
Foreign EXchange-The market is bare
ly steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand, &S27s;
sixty days, S4815s; ninety days, $4SOss;
francs Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.231a;
Swiss, sixty days, 525ss; marks, sixty
days, "a 5-16.
Domestic Exchange-steady; banks are
buying at 1s per cent discount and selling
as follows: Up to $25 10c premium; S25 to
$50, 15c premium; $50 to 800, zoe premium;
5000 and upwards, at par.
Securities-The market is steady.
Stocks and Bond1A State Bonds-Georgia
S1a per cent. bonds of 1880, 1O4 bid, =
asked; Georgia 31a per cent, due 1915, 1881
bid, asked; Georgia AZ per cent.
bonds 1915, 11615 bid, f171l asked; Georgia
4 per cent, due 1926, Ill., bid. 11215 asked;
South Carolina 415s, 1OS bid, 100 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1O3 bid,
1919 asked; Augusta AZ 1925, 1OS1s bid 1O41s
asked; Augusta per cent, 10S bid, 109
asked; Augusta per cent, 108 bid, 10
asked; Columbus per cent, 1882 bid, 1912
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 1141s bid, 116
asked; Macon A. 1926, 1O91s bid, 1912 ask
ed; Savannah per cent, quarterly Octo-
Der coupons, ITO bid, asked; Savannah
3 per cent, quarterly November coupons,
ITO bid, asked Charleston As, "a bid,
95 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, 1131a bid, 11415
asked Savannah. Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds,
due 1884, 1857 bid 106 asked and interest;
Augusta Southern. first IS, 1924 SO bid, 100
asked; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral 5s, 50 bid, 96 asked; Central
of Georgia railway first mortgage IS 90
year gold bonds, ia bid, 115 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia railway first consolidated
mortgage IS. 95 bid, SO asked; Central of
Georgia railway first preferred incomes
AZ bid, As asked Central of Georgia
railway, second preferred incomes, II bid
Is asked; Central of Georgia railway third
preferred incomes, S1S bid, 9i5 asked; Geor-
gia railroad 6s 1910, 114j2 bid, 1862 asked
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s
1861 bid, asked Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta second mortgage rs, ia bid,
lis asked; Georgia Southern and Florida,
new So, 9S1a bid, 9915 asked; South Georgia
and Florida first mortgage rs, 102l2 bid,
1922 asked South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage rs, 1902 bid, 1903 asked
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926,
10i bid, 105 asked; City and Suburban rail-
road first mortgage per cent. bonds, 80
bid, 81 asked; Alabama Midland per cent.
Endorsed, SO bid, so asked; Brunswick and
Western As 65 bid, 20 asked; South Bound
railroad 5s, 65 bid, 20 asked; Southern Rail
way IS, 94S bid, So asked Georgia and
Alabama first preferred IS, 1913 bid, 1O4
asked and interest; Georgia and Alabama
first consols, 50 bid, So asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 1874 bid, 95 asked; Georgia common,
172 bid, 17S asked; Southwestern, "a bid,
% asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock, 1927 bid, 1887 asked; Atlanta and
49, = .vaftf Ts.E So
bid, 1031z asked Savannah Construction
Company So bid, 6S asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light Stock,
22l2 bid, % asked; Electric Light and Power
Company, So bid, 60 asked.
Bank Stocks Etc.-Citizens Bank, 1891
bid, - asked; Chatham Bank 42la bid,
43 asked; Germania Bank, l08la bid, 1924
asked; Merchants National Bank, S51a bid,
ST. asked; National Bank Of Savannah
125 bid. 1875 asked: Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1903 bid, l0l asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Geogia, 152 bid.
1876 asked Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, 100 bid, 1902 asked Chatham Real
Estate and improvement Company, A, s.
bid. So asked; b, 54ls bid 50 asked Peo-
Pies Savings and Loan Company, 90 bid.
"a asked. ex-div.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s, 1Ol
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 100
bid 101 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds,
10 bid AZ asked; Sibley Manufacturing
Company Is, l0l bid, l02 asked
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory - bid % asked; Augusta Factory.
50 bid, SO asked; Graniteville Factory, ll5
bid Isl asked: Langley Factory, l04 bid
1854 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
80 bid, SO asked; J. II. King Manufacture
ing Company. 1914 bid 1O5 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 10 bid 76 ask
ed; Savannah Brewing Company, II bid SO
asked.
call was steady at 1stGl2 per cent: the
last loan was at 2 per cent. and closed at
1la02 per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
4GI4ls per cent. Sterling exchange weak,
with actual business in bankers bills at
S4.S434Q485 for demand, and at S4 .S2MT