The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16
RICE.
Nominal
FINANCIAL.

Money-The market is easy; demand
good.
Foreign Exchange - The market is
steady. The following are net Savannah
Quotations. Commercial, demand, S4S71b;
sixty days, $4.86; ninety days $4S5ss !:
francs. Paris and Havre, sixty DAYS.
SIS; Swiss, sixty days. 5.197s; marks
sixty days, 95 1-16.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Ur
to $25. loo premium; $25 to $50. 15c premium
$50 to 500, zoe premium; $500 and up t.
$1,000, Is per cent. premium; 81 900 and
over, 81 per $1,000
Securities-A fair investment demand
for local bank stocks, with prices stiffen-
ing. Railroads securities are still neglec-
ted. Prices generally are nominal
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
S1a per cent. bonds of $780, 102h bid. 1031b
asked; Georgia 31a per cent, due 1915, 1Olj6
bid, 102A asked; Georgia AZ per cent.
bonds, 1915, 114la bid, 1151z asked; Georgia
per cent, due 1926, 10 bid, Ill asked;
South Carolina AIS, 1OS bid. 100 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent. 1O4 bid.
105 asked; Augusta 41zs, 1925. 1903 bid, 1O4
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid, 1l3
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid, 112
asked Columbus S per cent, 1O3 bid, 1O4
asked Macon per cent, lis bid, ZIG
asked Savannah per cent, quarterly
July coupons, 1071A bid. 10S asked; Sa-
pons, 1O7s4 bid 1854 asked; Charleston As,
"a bid, 50 asked.
Railroad Bonds.-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, 11215 bid, -
asked; Atlantic and Gulf, first mortgage
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897. 1011s bid 1O21b ask
ed Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold 5s, 902 bid, 9l1a asked ::
Central of Georgia railway first mortgage
IS. 5O-year gold bonds, III bid. 113 asked:
Central of Georgia railway first consoIi-
dated mortgage IS, So bid, SO asked Central
of Georgia railway first preferred in
comes 2715 bid, Is asked; Central Of
Georgia railway, second preferred in
comes. 10 bid, 1912 asked Central of Georgia
railway third preferred incomes, Az bid 5Ib
asked: Georgia railroad 6s, 1910, 40 bid,
III asked: Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta first IS, 107l2 bid, - asked; Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage
Is ia bid 115 asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida, new 5s, 95IA bid, 961k asked:
South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
Is 1921 bid, 1882 asked; South Georgia and
FLORIDA second mortgage Is, 1O2 bid, 103
asked; Ocean steamship per cent. bonds,
1926 1O2 bid asked: City and Suburban
railroad first mortgage z per cent. bonds,
- bid. S4 asked: Alabama Midland 5 per
cent Endorsed, 80 bid, 80 asked; Brunswick
and Western As. s. bid, 70 asked; South
Southern railway 5s, 81 bid, SO asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred -,
1921 bid 104 asked; Georgia and Alabama
first consols 80 bid, 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 80 bid, SO asked; Georgia common,
1856 bid. 100 asked Southwestern, 9l1a bid,
92lb asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock, 9S bid, 80 asked; Atlanta and
West Point b per cent. certificates, 90
bid, 100 asked; Savannah Construction
Company IS bid, 70 asked, ex-div
Gas Stocls-Savannah Gas Light stock,
20ls bid, 2l1A asked: Electric Light and
Power Company. - bid, 81 asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 1O9
bid, 10 asked Chatham Bank. a. bid IS
asked; Germania Bank, los bid, 100 asked:
Merchants National Bank, s6l5
bid. S1i5 asked; National Bank
OF Savannah, l25 bid, asked;
Oelethorpe Savings and Trust
Co 1903 bid, lO5 asked; Southern Bank
OF the state Of Georgia. i55 bid, 159 asked;
Savannah Bank ana Trust Company, 1Ol
bid. 102 asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company. A, 5ilA bid. 50
asked; r. 52h bid, 50 asked; Peoples Saw
lngs and Loan Company, 81 bid, % asked
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s, l0l
bid, iO2 asked Enterprise Factory Gs, 100
bid. iOl asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent. bonds, 10
bid ~ asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, l0l bid, l02 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory. bid % asked; Augusta Factory, 80
bid, SO asked Granlteville Factory, l45 bid,
i5l asked; Langley Fac tory l0 bid 1854
asked. Enterprise Factory common, SO
bid, % asked; j. r. King Manufacturing
Company. lOi bid. JOS asked; Slbley Manu-
featuring Company, 20 bid 20 asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company bid. IS ask
ed
New York. May l5.--Moncy on call was
easy az lhllis per cent. prime mercantile
paper. 3i4Nlc. Sterling exchange easy
with 7ctual business IN bankers bills at
fLS40AS7is for demand and Ms6i lQAS6iz