The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-03
FINANCIAL.

Money-The market Is easy; demand
good.
The bank clearlngs for the past week
were 81, 1872 a. against S14O1, 1913. &c for the
same week last year, and 81, $50, 1880 for
the same week in 1895.
Foreign Exchange The market Is
weak. The following are net Savannah
quotations. Commercial. demand. $aS7I;
sixty days. $4S5}4; ninety days. $.SoH.
francs. Paris and Havre, sixty days.
Sis; Swiss. sixty days. 5.l97s; marks
sixty days, IS lie.
Domestic Exchange-Steady. Banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
TO S25 l0c premium; S25 to $50, l5c premium:
$50 to 500. 20c premium; 500 and up to
$1,000 VI per cent. premium; 5000 and
over. 81 per $1,000.
Securities-Market is firm.
Stocks and Bonds-Staie Bonds-Georgia
3ib per cent. bonds of 1880, 1887 bid 1854
asked; Georgia 3l2 per cent, due 1915, l02h
bid, 1885, asked; Georgia ~ per cent.
bonds, 1915, 116 bid, III asked; Georgia
4 Der cent, due 1926. ll01a bid. 1l2 asked.
south Carolina 4ias los bid, 1909 asked
City B0nds Atlanta per cent, i0i bid
l05 asked; Augusta lias. 1925, lOi bid, 1915
asked, Augusta per cent, ll2 bid ll3
asked; Augusta per cent, III hid ll2
asked. Columbus per cent, 10S bill, 104
asked; Macon per cent, 115 bid, 1i6
asked; Macon AZ. 1926 1914 bid 1O5
ntked Savannah per cent, quarterly
October coupons, 1881 bid, 1903 asked: Sa-
capnah per cent, quarterly August cou-
pos. 1924 bid. 1924 asked, Charleston As,
- bid, IS asked.
Railroad Bonds Savannah. Florida and
Western railroad genera. mortgage bonds,
5 per cent interest coupons. 1I2ik bid.
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
frst mortgage per cent gold bonds, due
1884 1O5x bid, 106 asked; Cen
ira. Railroad and Banking Com
IL M
Central Of Georgia railway first mortgage
IS, 50-year gold bonds, 113le bid, 114lh asked;
Central of Georgia railway first CONSOLE
dated mortgage 5s, 30 bid, 81 asked;
Central Of Georgia railway first preferred
incomes, 3311 bid, 34ls asked; Central of
Georgia railway. second preferred in
comes, lCA bid; II asked; Central
incomes, 5 bid, 6 asked Geor-
gia railroad IS, 1910 107 bid
lO8 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta first IS, 1071s bid, = asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage
Is 112 bid, 113 asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida, new 5s, 94lz bid, 951z asked;
South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
7s 1921 bid, 1914 asked: South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage Is. 102 bid, 1903
asked; Ocean Steamship per cent bonds,
1926, 100 bid, - asked City and Suburban
railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds,
cent. Endorsed. IS bid, 80 asked; Brunswick
and Western As 65 bid, 10 asked South
Bound railroad S. 67l5 bid, 69h asked;
Southern railway SIS, 81 bid 80 asked
Georgia and Alabama first preferred IS,
1903 bid l04 asked Georgia and Alabama
first conso,s. Is bid. - asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 92l5 bid, 93l5 asked; Georgia common,
1856 bid, 100 asked; Southwestern, 9OA bid
91A asked .ex-div.; Atlanta and West Point
railroad stock. SO bid. asked: Atlanta
and West Point per cent. certificates 80
bid, asked; Savannah Construction
Company. 60 bid, 20 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
q bid, q asked; Electric Light and
Power Company S. bid. 60 asked; ex-div.
Bank Stocks Etc.-Cit.zens Bank. 1OS bid,
109 asked ex-div: Chatham Bank. As bid
45h asked ex-div.; Germania Bank 1O6
bid, lOS asked, ex-d.v; Merchants Ma
uonal Bank IS bid. 81 asked;
ex-div. National Bank OF Savannah,
l24 bid, 125 asked, ex-div.; Oglethorpe Saw
ings and trust Company, l01 bid, 102 asked
ex-div.; Southern Bank OF the State of
Georgia, lH bid. 1866 asked, ex-div. Savan-
nah Bank and Trust Company, So
bid, 100 asked ex-d.v; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, "a
bid dia asked b. SO bid. - asked. both ex-
div; Peoples Savings and Loan Company,
91is bid. 92la asked.
Factory BOuQh-AukuStd E1clOfy %, lVl
bid. iO2 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s 100
bid. i0i asked; Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring COMPANY, 8 per cent. bonds. 20
bid q asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s i0i bid, i02 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory = bid. Is asked; Augusta Factory.
30 bid, SO asked; Graniteyllle Factory, iS
bid i5i asked; Langley Factory. i0i bid.
1854 asked; Enterprise Factory. common,
80 bid, IS asked j. r.. King Manufacturing
Company, iOl bid los asked; sibley Man
ufacturing Company. 70 bid, rs asked: 6a-
vannah Brewing Company, - bid 81 ask
ed
New York. July 2.-Money on call was
easy at lM0ih per cent; the last loan
was at ~ per cent. and closed at IA Der
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3G4 per
cent. Sterling exchange was weak, with
actual business IN bankers bills al NsGk
Glg7 for demand. and fl.s5A 04se for six
~ days; posted rates 81 s5izfi487ik and
yer certificates. GOAa60i4c Bar silver. COO.
were Arm; state bonds were dull: railroad
bonds were firm.
New York. July 2--The Evening Posts
London financial cabieRram says. "The
IN India and the proceedings
before the South African commission de-
pressed all the stock markets here to-day.
except American. which were firm. IN
sympathy with the rise IN New York. but
there 81 practically no buying here at
present Tomorrow and on Monday latRc
sums cash will come into the market. This
Ia expected ere long 20 ease the money