The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-15
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
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| Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market is
steady The following are net Sa-
vannah quotations: Commercial. demand
81. SS1s; sixty days, $4S07s ninety DAYS
81 1875 francs Paris and Havre, sixty DAYS
$685.; Swiss, sixty days, 5.25A; marks. six
ty days. 81 lie.
! Domestic EXchange-Steady; banks are
buying at u per cent. discount and sell
ing as follows: Up to $25, 1Oc premium. S25
ium; $500 and upwards at par.
| SecuriteS-The market is steady but
dull. LIMITED trading all round, vet
prices are firmly held. Railroad earn
ings are increasing owing to traffic being
directed this way on account of fever In
the Gulf ports.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georsia
S1a per cent. bonds of 1880 1O4 bid. 1O6
asked; Georgia 49, per cent, due 1915 1O4
bid, 105 asked Georgia Are per cent, bonds
1915, 116 bid, III asked : Georgia per cent,
due 1926, 11115 bid, 1922 asked South Car
DINA 415s, 1OS bid, 100 asked
| City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 104 bid
105 asked Augusta 41as, 1925, 1887 bid, 1O41b
| asked; Augusta 7 per cent, 10S bid, 1O9
| asked; Augusta per cent, 10S bid, 40
asked; Columbus per, cent, 1881 bid, 1912
! asked; Macon per cent, 1141A bid, 116
asked; Macon l1as 1926. 14 bid, los asked;
Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly January
coupons, 10 bid, Ill asked Savannah per
cent, quarterly November coupons, 1lO1k
| bid, Ill asked; Charleston is, "a bid IS
asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, 1872 bid, 11415
| asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 8 per cent. gold bonds,
due 1884, 1854 bid, los asked and interest;
! Augusta Southern, first IS, 1924 Sc bid. 100
asked; Central Railroad and Banking
Company collateral 5s, "a bid, 50 asked ;
Central of Georgia railway first mortgage
5s, 50-year gold bonds, ia bid 115 asked;
Central of Georgia railway first consoIi-
dated mortgage IS "a bid, 941b asked; Cen
coupon; Central of Georgia railway frs
preferred incomes, 43 bid, 40 asked, ex-
dividend; Central of Georgia railway, Sec
ond preferred incomes, II bid IS
asked; Central of Georgia railway third
preferred incomes. 8 bid, 10 asked; Geor-
gia railroad 6s, 1910, 1141a bid, 1867 asked ::
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first S.
1861 bid, 10712 asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta second mortgage rs, 115 bid
ZIG asked; Georgia Southern and Florida
new IS, 9716 bid, 9S15 asked; South Georgia
and Florida first mortgage Is, 102Is bid
| 1884 asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage rs, 102 bid, 103 asked;
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds, 1896
l03 bid, 105 asked; City and Suburban rail-
road first mortgage 7 per cent. bonds So
bid = asked; Alabama Midland per cent
Western As, rs bid, 50 asked; South Bound
railroad SIS, 65 bid 20 asked; Southern Rail-
way 5s, 80 bid, SO asked; Georgia and
Alabama first preferred IS, 1902 bid. l03
asked; Georgia and Alabama first consols,
81 bid, So asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, "a bid. IS asked; Georgia Common
172 bid, l78 asked Southwestern, "a bid, 95
asked; Atlanta and West Point stock,
JOB bid. 105 asked; Atlanta and West
point per cent certificates, 1902 bid, 1884,
asked; Savannah Construction Company
81 bid, 70 asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light Stock
211a bid, % asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company. So bid, So asked
| Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 1897
bid, = asked; Chatham bank 40 bid A
asked; Germania Bank, 1851 bid, 1891
asked; Merchants. National Bank, 81 bid
96 asked; National Bank of Savannah
l2512 bid.1N asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company. 103 bid, 1O4 asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia. 1873 bid
1855 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, 10l bid, 102 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, 55Ib
bid, 561s asked; B, 541a bid, So asked; Peo-
pies Savings and Loan Company, SO bid
"a asked .D
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 6s. 1Ol
bid. 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 100
bid, 1Ol asked Eagle and Phenlx Manu-
bid, AZ asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 101 bid. 102 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid, Is asked; Augusta Factory.
so bid SO asked; Granitevlle Factory 145
bid, Isl asked; Langley Factory, 104 bid,
1854 asked; Enterprise Factory, common
SO bid, 96 asked; ]. II. King Manufacture
ing Company, 104 bid. 105 asked; Slbley
Manufacturing Company, 70 bid 76 asked;
| Savannah Brewing Company, 50 bid IS
asked.
New York, Oct. H--Money on call was
| steady at 21AQ3 per cent, the last loan was
made at per cent, and closed at 2G3
per cent. Prime mercantile paper 4d5
per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with
| actual business in bankers bills at $4Si8s
for demand and at $4a%d4.S2 for sixty
days. The posted rates were S4S2Gi4. S3Jk,
and $4.S5a4.s51a. Commercial bills, S4S1l5
| Silver certificates, 5716G5Sc. Bar silver,
| 57%c. Mexican dollars, 4fc. Government
bonds were firm. State bonds were dull.
| Railroad bonds were weak.
New York. Oct. 14.-Evening Posts Lon
don financial cablegram. says: "The
stock markets were quiet and irregular
| to-day. The rise in the bank of England's
minimum discount rate from 2Ik63 per
cent. had no effect. There was a sharp
decline in Grand Trunk, because at the
| meeting to-day no provision was made by
! the directors for funding the accommodating
| deficits. Inc best informed people, how
ever. neither expected nor desired such a
scheme. The speculation in West Aus
tralian mines increases. Americans were
| dun on the New York Lead, but they raj
lied tonight on New York prices The
| disposition here is TO stand aside on
| Americans, awaiting "A clearer definition Of
the New York position Details of the
| gold movement for the week show the sale
, Of $4,000 In eagles. the export Of 1915 900
! to Egypt, Of 100000 TO the continent, and
of 10000 to South America, and the re-
ceipt Of eco from Australia ] under
' stand, but cannot confidently assert. that