The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-23
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.

MOneN-Mdrket STEADY.
Foreign EXchange-The market Is barely
steady The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand Asa;
sixty days, A.SlB; ninety days, $4.797s !;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, SPAS .
Swiss, sixty days, 5.277s; marks, sixty
days, 94is.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at * per cent, discount and sell
ing as follows: Up to $25, 10c premium;
S25 to $50 15c premium; $50 to 500, 20c pre-
MUM $500 and upward at par.
Securities--A fair demand to-day for all
classes of securities.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
3i5 per cent. bonds of 1880, 106 bid 1913
asked; Georgia 3l2 per cent, due 1915. 1O5
bid. 107 asked; Georgia Az per cent bonds
1915, 11712 bid, 1882 asked Georgia per
cent due 1926 112 bid, ia asked; South
Carolina 4l9s, los bid 1909 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta Z per cent, 1872 bid
1C5ls asked; Augusta, 412s, 1925, 105 bid, 1916
asked: Augusta Z per cent. los bid 1O9
asked; Augusta per cent, los bid, 10 ask
ed; Columbus per cent, 105 bid 1876 ask
ed; Macon per cent, 116 bid III asked;
Macon 41as, 1926. 105l5 bid 1852 asked; Sa
vannah per cent, quarterly January cou-
pons, III bid, 1l1l5 asked; Savannah per
cent quarterly February coupons. 11Os,
bid, III asked; Charleston As, SO bid. 95
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, III bid -
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 8 per cent gold bonds. due
1924. 10S bid, l09 asked; Augusta Southern
hrsts IS, 1924, - bid 80 asked; Central Rail-
road and Banking Company collateral IS.
90 bid, SO asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
way first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds
III bid, lis asked Central of Georgia rail-
way first consolidated mortgage IS, 90
l. "a ~
way first preferred incomes "A bid, 45
asked; Central of Georgia railway. second
preferred incomes, Is bid, 16 asked: Cen
trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
comes, bid, 10 asked; Georgia rail
road 6s. 1910 1151a bid, III asked; Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta first IS. 100 bid 10
asked: Charlotte Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is, 116 bid. III asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new 5s 101la
bid, 1929 asked; South Georgia and Florida
first mortgage Is, 1922 bid, 1882 asked !;
South Georgia and Florida second mort
gage rs, 103 bid. 105 asked; Ocean Steam
ship per cent. bonds 1926 Jos bid, -
asked; city and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, 81 bid ask
ed; Alabama Midland 5 per cent. indorsed
90 bid, 81 asked; Brunswick and Western
Is rs bid. 77ia asked; South Bound rail-
way IS, "a bid, % asked; Georgia and Ala
bama first preferred Is, l0l bid, 1872 asked
Georgia and Alabama cons. 5s, 50 bid, 50
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savannah,
95ia bid, 9612 asked; Georgia common, 10
bid, 175 asked; Southwestern. 95ta bid, 96lt
asked; Atlanta and West Point stock, 102
bid. 104 asked; Atlanta and West Point G
Der cent. certificates, 1912 bid. 1O3 asked;
Savannah Construction Company, 65 bid,
68 asked.
Gas Siocks-Savannlh Gas Light stock,
2lia bid, q asked; Electric Light, ana
Power Company, IS bid, So asked x-div.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, los
bid, asked, ex-diy.; Chatham Bank, As
| bid as asked, ex-div.; Germania Bank, 100
| bid 10 asked Merchants National Bank.
80 bid. 80 asked; National Bank of Savan-
nah, 1876 bid, r. asked. Oglethorpe Savings
| and Trust Co 1G3 hid asked eX-div:
! Southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
- bid. - asked; Savannah Bank and
! Trust Company, 1G1 bid, - asked: Chatham
| Real Estate and improvement Company.
| a, Sc bid, 81 asked b, IS bid, 55ls asked
| Peoples Savings and Loan Company 81
| bid, 100 asked.
| Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s 1Ol
| bid, l02 asked; Enterprise Factory IS. 100
| bid, 10l asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent, bonds, --