The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-08
FINANCIAL.

Money-Market steady.
The bank clearings for the past week
were S25O4, 1926, against $2771, 6002O for
the same week last year, and $2,26l, l2lS5
for the same week in 1896
Foreign Exchange The market is
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand, $4.842s
sixty days. %S17s ninety days $4S07s !;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.227s;
Swiss, sixty days, 52.26; marks, sixty
days, 94A.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at h per cent. discount and SELL
ing as follows: Up to $25, 10c premium;
$25 to $50, 15c premium; $50 to 800, 20c pre-
MUM; $500 and upward at par.
Securties-The market is quiet with a
fair business doing, but some difficulty
found in filing ORDERS owing to scarcity of
offerings.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgla
3tb per cent. bonds of 1880, JOG bid, 1903
asked Georgia 312 per cent. due 1915, 105
bid, 107 asked; Georgia AZ per cent bonds
1915, 115ia bid. 11611 asked; Georgia per
| cent, due 1926 40 bid, liz asked; South
Carolina 4las, 1906 bid. 109 asked
City Bonds--Atlanta per cent, 103 bid
| 104 asked; Augusta Ans, 1925, 1922 bid. 1914
| asked; Augusta Z per cent, 106 bid 107
! asked: Augusta per cent 1W bid, 10S ask
| ed; Columbus per cent, 1857 bid 104 ask
| cd; Macon, per cent, ia bid, l15 asked:
vannah per cent, quarterly April cou-
| pons, 40 bid, Hoy asked; Savannah per
| cent, quarterly February coupons. 1l0lb
bid 111A asked; Charleston 4s, 80 bid 90
| asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
! Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
| 6 per cent. interest coupons liz bid 11S
| asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
| first mortgage per cent. gold bonds, due
! 1924. 10S bid, 1903 asked: Augusta Southern,
| frsts IS, 1924 - bid, 90 asked; Central Rail-
| road and Banking Company collateral 5s
9Olk bid, 911k asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds.
! 1l7i5 bid, 11S1a asked; Central of Georgia
| railway first consolidated mortgage SIS 92
| bid 90 asked; Central of Georgia rail-
! way first preferred incomes "A bid 45
asked; Central of Georgia railway. second
preferred incomes, IS bid. IS asked; Cen
| trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
| comes, bid 9 asked Georgia rail-
road 6s 1910, 113 bid, 1l412 asked; Charlotte.
| Columbia and Augusta first IS, ITO bid, III
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
| second mortgage Is. 116 bid III asked :
| Georgia Southern and Florida new SIS 100
| bid l01 asked; South Georgia and Florida
| first mortgage rs, 1921 bid, 103I5 asked.
| South Georgia and Florida second mort
| gage Is, 1903 bid 105 asked; Ocean Steam
| ship 5 per cent. bonds. 1926, 104 bid, -
| asked; City and Suburban railroad first
mortgage per cent bonds. "a bid. - ask
ed Alabama Midland 5 per cent Endorsed
| 80 bid 81 asked; Brunswick and Western
| As, 20 bid, 77i4 asked; South Bound rail-
way SIS. 70 bid. asked Georgia and Ala
bama first preferred 5s, 1902 bid, 1903 asked
| Georgia and Alabama cons IS, so bid. SO
! asked
Railroad Stocks-Augustn and Savannah.
| 931k bid, 04ia asked, ex-div.: Georgia com
mon. ia bid, 176 asked; South
western, 93h bid. 94k asked.
ex-div.; Atlanta and West Point
stock, 1902 bid, 104 asked: Atlanta and
West Point per cent. certificates. 10l1z
/ bid. 1O3 asked; Savannah Constructor
| Company, IS bid, so asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
! % bid, % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company IS bid n asked
! Bank Stocks Etc. Citizens Bank, 100