The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-17
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Money-The market is easy.
Foreign Exchange-Market steady.
The following are net Savannah quota
tions: Commercial demand, Sassy; sixty
days, $4.S3A; ninety days, $4.S21s; francs,
Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.21; Swiss,
sixty days, 5227s; marks, sixty days, 94%.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at Is per cent. discount and selling
as follows: Up to $25. 10c premium; $25 to
$50, 15c premium; $50 to 500, zoe premium
500 to $500, Csc premium; $500 and over al
par.
Securities-The market is quiet with a
little investment buying, but no specula-
tive ventures.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
31h per cent bonds of 1880, 1O11a bid, 1O21k
asked; Georgia S1a per cent, due 1916 101
bid, 1O2 asked; Georgia Az per cent. bonds,
1915, 1872 bid, 1141a asked; Georgia per
cent, due 1926, 10 bid, Ill asked; South
Carolina 41ks, 1919 bid, 1881 asked.
City Bonds-Atianta per cent, 104 bid,
1O5 asked; Augusta 41As, 1925, 1O3 bio, 1Ol
asked Augusta Z per cent, liz bid. 113
asked; Augusta per cent, 40 bid Iii
asked; Columbus 8 per cent, 102 bid, l03
asked; Macon per cent, 11412 bid, lis
asked; Savannah 5 per cent. quarterly
April coupons, 1071a bid, 1OS asked; SaVan-
nah 5 per cent, quarterly February. cou-
pons. 1Os bid, 1882 asked; Charleston As,
81 bid SO asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent interest coupons, 112h bid ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent coupons, January
and July maturity.s1S97. 100 bid, 1O01h ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold IS, So bid 81 asked
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
5s 5O-year gold bonds, 10 bid. liz asked
Central of Georgia Railway first CONSOLE
dated mortgage 5s, 81 bid. 80 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway first preferred
incomes, q bid, 20 asked; Central OF
Georgia Railway second preferred in
incomes, 10 bid, II asked; Central Of
Georgia Railway third preferred incomes
5Il bid 615 asked; Georgia railroad Is, 1910
1O7 bid 1903 asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta first IS, l06 bid, 107 asked !;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage rs. 113 bid, 116 asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, new IS, 9S bid, 94ih
asked South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, 10i bid, los asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is
1902 bid. 1O4 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent. bonds. 1925, 10l bid, 102 asked City
and Suburban railroad first mortgage
per cent. bonds, so bid, So asked; Ala
hama Midland per cent. indorsed 81 bid
bid, 70 asked; South Bound railroad IS. 70
bid 70 asked; Southern Railway S. SO bid
81 asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred IS, 9Sla bid, 100 asked; Georgia and
Alabama arst consols. so bid, 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusra and Savan-
nah, 92la bid, 9Si5 asked, ex-div. Georgia
common, 100 bid. 1853 asked; Southwestern,
9l1h bid, 92Ia asked ex-div ATLANTA and West
Point railroad stock, 100 bid, l0l asked; At
lanta and West Point 8 per cent certih-
Gates, 9S bid, 90 asked Savannah Con-
struction Company. 20 bid. "A asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannsh Gas Light stock
22la bid % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, S. bid, 81 asked. ex-div
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citizens Bank, l0S
bid. 10S1a asked ex-dlv.; Chatham Bank
~ bid. as asked, ex-div; Germania
Bank, 1861 bid. l07is asked, ex-div.; Mer-
chants National Bank. 92iA bid. 95h asked
ex-div.; National Bank Of Savannah, 1876
bid, 127 asked. ex-div.; Og.ethorpe Saw
ings aud Trust Company. 100 bid,
lOi asked, ex-div.; Southern Bank
of the State OF Georgia. - bid, 1853 asked
ex-div,; Savannah Bank and Trust Compa-
ny. 100 bid. 1Ol asked. ex-div.; Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company.
q. 52la bid, asked; b. 5Oia bid, 81 asked,
eN-div: Peop.e's Savings and Loan Com
yany, o. bid. SO asked.
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory, es, 100