The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
FINANCIAL.

Inc Ddnk clearlnSS LOT the past week
were $685., 1898 against $5,027, 4OO51 for
for the same week in 1895.
Foreign EXchange-The market is
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand, S4Sl15;
sixty days $4.Sl15; ninety days, $4.SOA
francs Paris and Havre, sixty days, 522A;
Swiss, sixty days, 5.2412; marks sixty days
9i9s
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at Is per cent, discount and sell
ing as follows: UP to $25, 10c premium;
s25 to $50 15c premium $50 to $780, zoe pre-
MUM; $500 and upwards at par.
Securities-The market is quiet and very
dun. excepting Southwestern stock, which
is in demand
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
31a per cent bonds of 1880, 1912 bid, LOG
asked; Georgia 312 per cent, due 1875 10I
hid, 105 asked; Georgia Az per cent, bonds
1915, III bid. 11S asked Georgia 4 per cent,
due 1926, 112 bid, 11S asked; South Carolina,
4lAs, Jos bid, 100 asked.
City Bonds-Auanta per cent. 1912 bid.
1852 asked; Augusta 41as, 1926 1O5 bid, 106
asked; Augusta 7 per cent 10s bid 100
asked Augusta 6 per cent, 10S bid. ITO ask
ed; Columbus per cent. 105 bid 106 ask
ed; Macon 6 per cent, 116 bid, III asked;
Macon 41as, 1926, 1852 bid, 10612 asked; Sa-
yannah per cent, quarterly January cou-
pons, Ill bid, 1111a asked; Savannah per
cent, quarterly February coupons 110ls
bid, III asked; Charleston As 94l4 bid, 95A
asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, 1l3 bid, ia
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds due
1924. los bid, 1903 asked Augusta Southern.
firsts 5s, 1924; bid, SO asked; Central
Railroad and Banking Company collateral
IS, 81 bid, 80 asked; Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage IS, 50-year gold
bonds 1l5 bid, 116 asked; Central of Geor-
gia railway first consolidated mortgage 5s,
9l1s bid 80 asked; Central of Georgia rail-
way first preferred incomes, 40 bid, AZ ask
ed; Central of Georgia railway, second
preferred incomes, IA bid, 10 asked; Central
of Georgia railway third preferred in
comes, s bid. 8 asked; Georgia railroad Is,
1910. 1l515 bid, III asked; Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta first 5s, 109 bid 40
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage rs, lie bid III asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new S. 80
bid, 100 asked South Georgia and Florida
first mortgage IS 1021a bid, 1884, asked;
South Georgia and Florida second mort
gage rs, -lOS bid. lO5 asked; Ocean Steam
ship per cent. bonds, 1926, 105 bid 106
asked; City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent. bonds, 81 bid. - ask
. l.. lluOrS6Q
80 bid, So asked; Brunswick and Western
As rs bid, 7715 asked; South Bound rail-
road, 5s, - bid, 20 asked; Southern rail-
W0y 5s, 81 bid 80 asked; Georgia and Ala
bama first preferred 5s, 101 bid 102 asked;
Georgia and Alabama cons, IS, II bid 70
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah. 94l3 bid, IS asked; Georgia. common,
172 bid, 175 asked; Southwestern, s49 bid,
so1s asked; Atlanta and West Point stock,
l02 bid 1Q asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent. certificate, 1919 bid, 1O3
asked; Savannah Construction Company,
GA bid, 6S asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
2l1a bid, p asked; Electric Light and
Power Company. 5S bid, GO asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 10
bid asked; Chatham Bank, "A bid i6
asked; Germania Bank 100 bid, 40 asked;
Merchants National Bank. So bid 90
asked; National Bank of Savannah 12G
bid. asked: Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1G4 bid asked; South
ern Bank of the State Of Georgia. 15lla bid.
1853 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 101 bid asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A. Sc
bid 81 asked b. 80 bid, 55l5 asked; Peo-
pies Saving and Loan Company, "a bid,
SO asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusla Factory 6s, 10l
bid l02 asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 100
bid l0l asked: Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company per cent bonds, 49,
bid 30 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com.
pany IS, l0l bid, 1902 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, bid, Is asked; Augusta Factory,
80 bid SO asked; Graniteville Factory, 145
bid. 15l asked; Langley Factory, 10I bid,
1864 asked; Enterprise Factory common,
SO bid SO asked; J. r. King Manufacture
ing Company, 1O4 bid, 1O5 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company 70 bid rs asked;
Savannah Brewing Company, SOla bid, SO
asked.
New York, Dec. 1O.-Money on call was
easy at 11aQ2 per cent; the last loan was
at per cent, and closed at 1&4d2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3d4 per cent.
Sterling exchange firmer, with actual
business in bankers bills a $4. $685. for de-
mand and at 81. S21ad4 S25s for sixty DAYS.
Posted rates, 81 S3iaG4.S4 and 81 s6Ika4. 81.
Commercial bills. A.s1%. Silver certifi-
Gates, 56la@5914c Bar silver, 5Sc; Mexican
dollars, 46l4c. Government bonds were
strong; state bonds were dull; railroad
bonds We're dull.
New York Dec. 10.-The Evening Posts
London financial cablegram saws. UThe