The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-31

| 81 per cent. bonds of 1880. lOl bid. lOs
| asked: Georgia 80 per cent, due 1915. 102
| bid 10Slb asked Georgia Az per cent
| bonds, 1915, l14ia bid, 1854 asked Georgia
| 4 per cent, due 1926, llOl2 bid, 1l2 asked:
| South Carolina AIS, 1OS bid, l09 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta 7 per cent, lu4 bid
| lO5 asked; Augusta 4las. 1926 1855 bid, 1OiM
| asked; Augusta Z per cent, ll2 bid 113
| asked: Augusta per cent. Ill bid, III
| asked; Colum0us per cent, 1881 o.d 1nl
asked: Macon 6 per cent. li41s bid. lie
| asked: Mason ,bs 1876, 1882 bid l04 asked
! Savannah per cent. quarterly October
/ coupons 1884 bid 10934 asked; Savannah
| per cent. quarterly August coupons.
| 1O9% bid, 10 asked; Charleston As, "a bid.
| IS asked.
| Railroad Bonds.-Savannah Florida and
| Western railroad general mortgage bonds
| per cent interest coupons, ll3 bid. ia
| asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
| first mortgage per cent, gold bonds. due
| 1884 1851 bid. 1O6 asked, and interest Cen
trail Railroad and Banking Company col
lateral gold 5s. SO bid "a asked Central
| of Georgia railway first mortgage IS, So
| year gold bonds, ia bid, lis asked; Cen
| trail of Georgia railway first consolidated
| MORTGAGE SIS 93i5 bid, "a asked; Central of
| Georgia railway first preferred incomes,
| 36Ia bid, 37i2 asked; Central of Georgia
| railway, second preferred incomes 1921
! bid, 1879 asked Central of Georgia railway
| third preferred incomes, - bid asked:
| Georgia ralrOad bS, lSlu, llV Dl0, Ill asked,
| Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s
| 1O5 bid, 49, asked; Charlotte. Columbia and
| Augusta stcond mortgage Is, ll3 bid 115
| asked; Geotgia Southern and Florida new
| So 951k bid, 9612 asked; South Georgia and
| Florida first mortgage Is, 1924 bid 1884,
| asked; South Georgia and Florida second
| mortgage Is, 102 bid, 10S asked, Ocean
| Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926 100 bid
- asked City and Suburban railroad first
| mortgage per cent. bonds, so bid, SO ask
4 z
| So bid, 80 asked; Brunswick and Western
| As So bid. 20 asked South Bound railroad
| IS, 671R bid, 691s asked; Southern railway
| 5s, 80 bid, 81 asked; Georgia and Alabama
| first preferred S. 1902 bid, 1913 asked Geor-
gia and Alabama first consols IS bid, 70
| asked.
Railroad stocks-Augus.a and savan-
nah, SO bid, "a asked Georgia
common, 16S bid, 10 asked. ex-div; South
western. 921a bid, 1872 asked; At
| lanta and West Point railroad stock. 1O1
| bid, 1902 asked Atlanta and West Point
| per cent. certificates, 101 bid 102 asked:
Savannah Construction Company, SO bid,
| 70 asked.
Gas stocks-savannah Gas Light stock,
2115 bid % asked; Electric IJght
and Power Company, SIS bid, 50 asked.
| Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank los
bid, 100 asked; Chatham Bank, "A bid, 44%
| Germania Bank, 106 bid los asked; Mer-
| chants National Bank, S615 bid, S715 ask
ed; Natl al Bank of Savannah, 124 bid,
| 125 asked Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
| Company, 1902 bid, 1903 asked Southern
Bank of the State of Georgia, $50 bid, 1856
| asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
| pany 100 bid, 10l asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A. So
| bid, 551a asked; B, "a bid, IS asked Peo-
| pies Savings and Loan Company, 80 bid,
SO asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s, 1Oi
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory IS. 100
bid. 101 asked Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, per cent bonds, 40
bid, AZ asked Sjbley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 1O1 bid, lO2 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, 25 asked; Augusta Factory,
so bid. SO asked Graniteville Factory Jas
bid, 151 asked; Langley Factory, 104 bid,
| 1854 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
SO bid SO asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company104 bid, 105 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 20 bid, 76 asked Sa-
vannah Brewing Company. - bid So asked.
New York, July 90.--Moneys on call was
steady at l per cent; the last was at l per
cent and closed offered. at / per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3d4 per cent.
Sterling exchange easy, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at S4S714 for demand
and &S6hG4S61s for sixty days. Posted
rates, $4.S704S71s and $685. Commercial
bills, &S6. Bar silver, 575sc. Mexican
| dollars 45c Government bonds strong;
New York. July 30.-Bonds were the
star performers in to-day's market, the
volume of trading therein being the larg
est in long time, exceeding 100000
par value. Mortgage securities were gen.
| orally strong, special animation being
shown in those of reOrganized roads and
those undergoing rehabilitation. Stocks
were considerably less active than usual,
| but bore up fairly well under the an
| nouncement of the engagement for export
of some S4OO0,OO0 gold, which was larger
| than anticipated A sustaining feature
was the pronounced strength In wheat,
the European engagements being an
| nounced of some 100000 bushels from out
| ports. The standard securities moved
| very narrowly, as. in fact did the low
| priced shares. Several usually active
| securities such as Delaware and Hud-
| son, Jersey Central, Sugar and Tobacco,
failed to fuctuate beyond a point. The
| foreign trading was considerably mixed,
| Il being on the eve of the holidays in
| London, trading was restricted there and
| such as there was came mainly from New
| York and the market abroad closed firm.
| The gold exports were partly due to three
months bills settlements from Aprips
| large importations now becoming due.
| Northern Pacific preferred. was the most
active stock in the list and advanced 19s on
| favorable earnings. and buying by inter
| ests i'm harmony with the president OF
|
| vlved that Daniel Lamont would be an
| nounced as the president of the Northern
| Pacific next week. Consolidated Gas rose
8 points and sustained all but a
| fraction of the gain on purchases
by the same houses interested In the pend
ing consolidation OF East River and Equl-
table Gas Companies and to-day's pur-
| chases were considered confirmatory OF
| the reported attempt az consolidation OF
various local gas companies. Brooklyn
| Union Gas gained 2ik, and Equitable sold
| al 2G0 ST.. Paul only temporarily re-
sponded to the statement for the fiscal
year, showing that about'5 10 per cent
| had been earned on the common stock.
Some of the low priced stocks which have
thus far failed TO partcipateiin the re-
cent rise such as Chicago, Great West
ern. North American and Baltimore and
| Ohio were more active to-day and show
| ed a fractional Improvement The reOr-
| ganizcd Monon stocks Chicago. Indianap-
| Oils and Louisville, were dealt In for the
| first time to-day. The quotations were
! 9AniO for the commomi E36i602S for the
! preferred and 50 was the ruilng price for
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