The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-25
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steady. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial, demand
&.S21a; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 5.2212; Swiss, sixty days, 5.227s;
marks, sixty days, 9414
Domestic Exchange-Ste banks are
buying al Lie per cent. discount, and SELL
ing as follows: Amounts up TO $25, 10 cents
$25 TO $50, Is cents; $50 to 800, 20 cents; 800
to $3.50, % cents; $3.50 to $3.50, lilo per cent
premium, and $50 and over, 70 cents per
81. Co.,
Securities-The market is fairly active;
but offerings are light. Georgia state and
Savannah City Bonds are hardly OBJ
tainable.
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Geor-
gia 31a per cent. bonds of 1880, 107 bid, 1882
asked; Georgia S1a per cent, due 1915, 1O4
bid, 106 asked; Georgia Az per cent bonds
1915, III bid 1lS asked; Georgia per
cent, due 1920, 113 bid, ia asked South
Carolina 41as, 10 bid, Ill asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta, AZ per cent. 1923. 1O6
bid, - asked; Augusta 41as, 1925, 1O7 bid, 1OS
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 10 bid, Iii
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, Ill bid, 113
asked; Columbus per cent, 105 bid JOG
asked; Macon 6 per cent, lis bid, 1l6 ask
ed; Macon 41as, 1926, 10412 bid, 1857 asked
Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly October
coupons, Ill bid, liz asked; Savannah
per cent quarterly November coupons
110%4 bid, Ill asked Charleston As, "a
bid 95 asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, 11S bid 119
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent, gold bonds, due
1924, 1912 bid 106 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral 5s 81
bid 92 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds
1l71a bid, 119 asked Central of Georgia Rail-
i.
81 asked; Central of Georgia Railway,
first preferred incomes. AZ bid, 43 asked
Central of Georgia Railway, second pre-
ferred incomes, 1872 bid, 1412 asked
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes, bid, 61a asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 11S bid, ia Asked
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta first IS,
1O5 bid, 1O6 asked Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is. 11S bid 100
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
IS, 1861 bid. 1862 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1929 bid, 1872
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 1929 bid, 1882 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent, bonds, 1926, 103 bid
1O5 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage per cent. bonds, - bid,
1902 asked: Alabama Midland per cent, in
dorsed. 90 bid, 81 asked Brunswick and
Western As, Y bid IS asked; South
Round Railway 5s, Is bid, rs asked; Ceor-
eia and Alabama first preferred IS, 1O3 bid,
104 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. IS,
% bid 81 asked; Eatonton branch 80 bid.
% asked; Central of Georgia, Middle Geor-
gia and Atlantic division 5s, S17a bid, So
asked.
nah. 97lh bid 981a asked; Southwestern, SO
bid, 80 asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock. 1O6 bid, 1O7 asked; Atlanta and West
Point 6 per cent. certificates, 103 bid, 104
asked: Georgia common, 1872 bid, 1893 asked;
savannah Construction Company, so bid,
81 asked.
22n bid. % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company. Il bid, 121a asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 11OA
bid III asked. Chatham Bank. AZ bid, 4S
asked: Germania Bank 1101a bid, lily
asked: National Bank of Savannah, 125
hid 1876 asked Merchants National Bank,
50 bid. S415 asked; Ogethorpe Savings
and Trust Company, 10i bid, 105 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia.
1870 bid 131 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, 102 bid, l03 asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany, A, 55l5 bid, Sc asked; 3. 541a bid, So
asked; Peoples Savings and Loan Compa-
ny, 90 bid, 95 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 105
bid. 1906 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid, 1902 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, So bid.
e5 asked: Granitevie Factory. 14O bid 145
asked; Langley Factory 100 bid 101 ask
ed: Enterprise Factory, common. 80 bid.
"a asked; j. r. King Manufacturing Com
pany, 100 bid. 10l asked; Sibley Manufac-
turing Company, 70 bid. 76 asked Savan-
nah Brewing Company 95 bid. 100 asked
New York Aug. 24.-Money on call was
firm at 1iba2 per cent; the last loan was
at 2 per cent; prime mercantile paper,
si.64K per cent. Sterling exchange easier,
with actual business in bankers bills, At
sLSd4s5il for demand and az $LS3lza4S3A
for sixty days; posted rates We're 4.SiHi85
and g. SG04 $751;: commercial bills. A.S2ia.
silver certificates, 59Aa5934c. Bar silver,
6Oilc: Mexican dollars, 46izc Government
bonds were steady; state bonds were dun;
railroad bonds were easier.
New York. Aug. A-There were several
ouite important clements of positive
strength in the stock market to-day but
the prepondcring influence Of several fca-
lures ana the very heavy pro1t taking
by large holders Of leading stocks nulll-
fed them The last prices were 10 nearly
an eases below those a. last night The
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