The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-16
RICE.
FINANCIAL.
Monev-Market steady.

MOney-MaIket Sl6auy.
The bank clearings for the past week
were S4.9OO. 1881, against $4O77, 296.O8 for
the same week last year and A,6O2, 97S, %
for the same week In 1885
Foreign Exchange-The market is
steady The following are net Sa-
vannah quotations: Commercial, demand,
s4.S27s; sixty days, $SO5s; ninety DAYS.
$4.793s france, Paris and Havre, sixty days
5.236s; Swiss, sixty days, 5.25A; marks, six
ty days, "a lie.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at Is per cent. discount and SELL
ing as follows: Up to S25, l0c premium; S25
to $50, 15c permium; $50 to 800, zoe prem
Jun; $500 and upwards at par.
Securities-The market is steady but
dull Limited trading all round, yet
prices are firmly held.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
3Ib per cent. bonds of 1880 1O4 bid. 1O6
asked; Georgia 312 per cent, due 1915. 1914
bid, 105 asked; Georgia Az per cent, bonds
1915, 116 bid, 1T asked; Georgia per cent.
due 1926. HE bid, 112la asked South Car
DINA AS, 1OS bid, 1903 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent. 1O4 bid.
1O5 asked Augusta AIS. 1925, 1882 bid, 1O4Ib
asked Augusta Z per cent, 108 bid 1O9
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, 1OS bid, 10
asked Columbus per cent, 1924 bid 1O4A
asked; Macon per cent, 114h bid, 116
asked Macon 41zs 1926, 1912 bid 10S asked :
coupons, 10 bid, Ill asked; Savannah per
cent, quarterly November coupons, 1iOh
bid, III asked; Charleston As, 81 bid, IS
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent. interest coupons, 113 bid, ia
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds,
due 1894, 1O5 bid, 1O6 asked and interest;
Augusta Southern, first 5s 1924, IS bid 80
asked; Central Railroad and Banking
Company collateral S. "a bid, IS asked;
Central of Georgia railway first mortgage
IS. 5O-year gold bonds, 11315 bid, 1141s asked :;
Central of Georgia railway first consoli-
dated mortgage IS, "a bid, 9415 asked; Cen
coupon; Central of Georgia railway fire.
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 1857 asked;
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta first IS
1862 bid, 1914 asked; Charlotte. Columbia
and Augusta second mortgage rs, 115 bid
116 asked; Georgia Southern and Florida
new IS, 97Ia bid, 9S1a asked; South Georgia
and Florida first mortgage Is, 1921 bid
102Ib asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage Is, 1912 bid 1903 asked;
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926,
1903 bid. l05 asked; city and Suburban rail-
road first mortgage per cent. bonds, SIS
bid asked: Alabama Midland s per cent
indorsed IS bid, 81 asked; Brunswick and
Western IS, IS bid, 80 asked South Bound
railroad IS. g. bid, 10 asked; Southern Rail-
way IS, 81 bid. SO asked; Georgia and
Alabama first preferred IS, iO2 bid 103
asked; Georgia and Alabama first consols
81 bid, 50 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah. 81 bid, % asked; Georgia Common,
172 bid, 173 asked; Southwestern. 81 bid, 95
asked Atlanta and West Point stock, 7
1903 bid, l05 asked; Atlanta and West