The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-23
FINANCIAL.

Money-Good demand at 7 per cent.
Foreign EXchange-The market is
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations; Commercial demand, S4S3A !;
sixty days, A.G; ninety days, $3.50;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5,241s ;
Swiss, sixty days. 5.26; marks, sixty days,
"a Lie.
Domestic Exchange-Steady banks are
buying at 3-16 per cent. discount and sell
ing as follows: Up TO $25, 1Oc premium;
S25 to $50, 15c premium; $50 to 500, zoe pre-
MUM; 5000 to $1,000 at par, and $1,000 and
upwards at Lice discount.
Securites-The market is steady.
Stocks and Bonds-State BondS-Georgia
31s per cent. bonds of 1880, 104 bid -
asked; Georgia 31a per cent. due 1915, 1872
bid, asked; Georgia AZ per cent
bonds, 1915, 1862 bid, 117A asked; Georgia
per cent, due 1925, 11114 bid, 11212 asked;
South Carolina 4i2s, 108 bid, 109 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1903 bid.
10412 asked; Augusta AZ, 1925, 1882 bid 1912
asked; Augusta per cent, 10S bid, 109
asked; Augusta per cent, 108 bid, 10
asked; Columbus per cent, 1882 bid, 1912
asked; Macon per cent, 11412 bid, ZIG
asked: Macon Az, 1926, 104 bid 1O5 ask
ed; Savannah per cent. quarterly Octo-
Der coupons, 10 bid, - asked; Savannah
s per cent, quarterly November coupons,
40 bid. asked; Charleston 49, "a bid,
IS asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, 1872 bid. Ill.,
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds,
due 1884, 1862 bid, 106 asked and interest;
Augusta Southern, first IS, 1924 SO bid 100
asked Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral 5s 90 bid, 96 asked; Central
of Georgia railway first mortgage IS, 80
year gold bonds, ia bid, lis asked; Gem
drcf la 4
mortgage IS, 80 bid sc asked Central of
Georgia railway first preferred incomes,
49, bid 451A asked; Central of Georgia
railway, second preferred incomes, II bid,
Is asked Central of Georgia railway third
preferred incomes 9 bid, 10 asked; Geor-
gia railroad 6s, 1910 Hay bid 1852 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s
1051a bid, asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta second mortgage Is, ia bid
115 asked; Georgia Southern and Florida
new S. So bid, 80 asked; South GeorgiN
and Florida first mortgage Is, 1929 bid
1882 asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage Is, 102 bid, l03 asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent bonds, 1926
1903 bid. 105 asked; City and Suburban rail
road first mortgage Z per cent. bonds, so
bid 50 asked; Alabama Midland per cent
Endorsed, So bid, 80 asked; Brunswick and
Western As, 65 bid, 10 asked; South Bound
railroad IS, G5 bid, 70 asked Southern Rail
way 5Ss 9l5a pa, 10 ASKED beOrsld anu
Alabama first preferred IS, 103 bid, 10i
asked and interest; Georgia and Alabama
first consols, 80 bid, SO asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah. "a bid 95 asked; Georgia common,
III bid, 17S asked: Southwestern, 81 bid, 80
asked; Atlanta and West Point stock, 1929
bid 1885, asked; Atlanta and West Point
6 per cent certificates, 1921 bid, l0Sl2 ask
ed Savannah Construction Company, 65
bid 6S asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light Stock,
22Ia bid % asked: Electric Light and Pow
er Company. So bid 60 asked.
Bank Stocks Etc.-Citzens Bank, lO9A
bid. - asked; Chatham Bank, AZ bid, 4212
asked; Germania Bank, 1881 bid, 1924
asked; Merchants National Bank, $50 bid
S7ls asked National Bank of savannah
125 bid. 126 asked; Ogletnorpe Savings ana
Trust Company 1OS bid, 1Of asked; South
ern Bank OF the State of Georgia, l52 bid
l55 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, 100 bid, 1o2 asked; Chatham Real