The morning news., 1897-05-18

Quotations. Commercial demand, a.g7ib:
sixty days, A.s6; ninety days. M.s5ss.
francs. Paris and Havre. sixty davs
Sis. Swiss. sixty days, 5lg7k; marks
sixty days, 95 lie
Domestic Exchange-steady. Banks ara
buying at par and selling as foIlows: I'm
90 S25, l0c premium; $25 to $50 15c premium
$50 to 800. zoe premium; $500 and up fe
$1,000, X per cent. premium; 81 900 and
over, 81 per $1,000.
Securities-A fair investment demand
for local bank stocks, with prices stiffen-
ing.
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Georeia
3lh per cent bonds of 1890, l02Ik bid. 10siL
asked; Georgia 3h per cent, due 1915 1OIis
bid 1O2h asked; Georgia ~ per cent.
bonds, 1915, 114h bid, 1151a asked; Georgia
4 per cent, due 1926. 40 bid, III asked;
South Carolina AIS. 10s bid. 100 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 104 bid,
105 asked Augusta 41ss, 1895 1903 bid, 1Ol
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid. 1I3
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid, 112
asked: Columbus per cent, 1Os bid. IO4
asked; Macon s per cent, lis bid, 1is
asked; Savannah per cent, quarterly
July coupons, 107lz bid. 10s asked; Sa-
vannah 5 per cent. quarterly August cou-
pons. 10TH bid 1854 asked; Charleston As,
"a bid, 95 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent interest coupons, 112lk bid, -
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated z per cent coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897 1011s bid. i02h ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral gold IS. 9O1h bid, s1lz asked;
Central of Georgia railway first mortgage
IS. 5O-year gold bonds, 112 bid. 113 asked:
Central Of Georgia railway first consoll-
dated mortgage SIS, So bid, SO asked Central
OF Georgia railway first preferred In.
comes Z7lh bid, 28 asked. Central Of
Georgia railway, second preferred in
comes, 10 bid, 1914 asked; Central OF Georgia
railway third preferred incomes. AZ bid, 5ls
asked; Georgia railroad 6s, 1910, 10 bid,
iii asked: Charlotte, Columbia and Au.
gusta first 5s 107iz bid, - asked; Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta second MORTGAGE
rs. ia bid. lis asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida, new s.. 95lh bid, 96lk asked:
South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
Is, lO2lh bid. 1884 asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage rs, 102 bid, 10S
asked; Ocean steamship per cent. bonds.
1926. 1O2 bid, asked; City and Suburban
railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds.
- bid, "a asked: Alabama Midland S per
cent. lndorsed, 20 bid, so asked; Brunswick
and Western As, 65 bid, 20 asked; South
Bound railroad So, 67h bid. e9Ik asked:
Southern railway IS, 81 bid. IS asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred -
l02Js bid. 1N asked: Georgia and Alabama
first consOl8, 30 bid, II asked.
Railroad 6tocks-Augusta and Bavan-
nah 90 bid, 93l5 asked: Georgia common.
l55 bid. 100 asked; Southwestern, 9iIh bid.
9zik asked; Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock 9S bid 80 asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent certificates, 90
bid. 100 asked; Savannah Construction
Company. 6s bid, 70 asked. ex-div.
Gas stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
20h bid, 2lia asked: Electric Laght ana
Power Company. - bid. 81 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 1O9
bid. 10 asked; Chatham Bank. IS bid. s
asked Germania Bank, l0S bid. 100 asked:
Merchants National Bank, s6M
bid. 9ih asked; National Bank
OF Savannah. 125 bid. asked:
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Co. 1903 bid. f05 asked: Southern Bank
Of the State OF Georgia, 1856 bid. i59 asked;
Savannah Bank ana Trust Company, iOi
bid, i02 asked; Chatham Real Estate ana
Improvement Company. A, 5fh bid. S.
asked y, b2h bid. So asked; Peoples Saw
ings and Loan Company. 81 bid. % asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory Gs 10i
bid. ZOE asked: Enterprise Factory s., 100
bid, i0i asked: Eagle and Phenix Manu-
featuring Company, s per cent. bonds, 20
bid. ~ asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany g. iOi bid. lO2 asked.
Factory Stocks-Savannah Cotton Fac.
tory, - bid. 25 asked; Augusta Factory. %
bid. 50 asked: Craniteville Factory. ifS bld
i5i asked. Langley Factory, i0f BID. fO5n
asked, Enterprise Factory common. AZ
bid, 96 asked J, r. King Manufacturing
Company. iN bid 105 asked: sibiey Manu-.
faeturing Company 70 bid, " asked; sa-