The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-21
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.


Foreign Exchange - The market is
weak. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand, $4S43s;
sixty days, $4.S2; ninety days, $4S1; francs,
Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.23; Swiss,
sixty days, 5247s; marks, sixty days, 94A
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as fol-
lows: Up to $25, 1Oc, premium;
s25 to $50, 15c premium; $50 to $780, zoe pre-
MUM; 5000 to 81 900, "a per cent. premium;
$1,O0 and over, 81 per 600.
Securities-The market is dull and very
inactive; many quotations are nominal.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
31a per cent. bonds of 1890, 106 bid, 10S
asked; Georgia 315 per cent, due 1915, 105
bid, 107 asked; Georgia Az per cent. bonds,
1915, 116 bid, III asked: Georgia per
cent, due 1926. 10 bid 112 asked; South
Carolina 41ks los bid 1O9 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 103 bid,
1O4 asked; Augusta 41as, 1925, 1882 bid, 1O4
asked; Augusta Z per cent, JOG bid, 107
asked; Augusta per cent, 107 bid, 10S ask
ed; Columbus per cent, 1872 bid, 1854
asked; Macon 6 per cent, ia bid, lis asked;
Macon 412s 1925, 104 bid, 1O5 asked; Sa-
vannah per cent, quarterly April cou-
pons, 11O1s bid, Ill asked; Savannah per
cent, quarterly February coupons, 110A
bid, 111A asked; Charleston As, SO bid 95
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, III bid, 1l8
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage, per cent. gold bonds, due
1924, Jos bid, 100 asked; Augusta Southern
first 5s, 1924 - bid, SO asked; Central Rail-
road and Banking Company collateral 5s,
81 bid 911s asked Central of Georgia Rail
way, first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds,
118 bid, 119 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage SIS, go bid,
no .,-1ro 4. at1anI Of oil uo fret
preferred incomes, 431s bid, Az asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway second preferred
incomes, IA bid, Is asked; Central of
Georgia Railway, third preferred incomes,
bid. asked; Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910,
113 bid, 1141h asked; Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta first 5s, 10 bid III asked;
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage Is, 116 bid, III asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida new 5s, 100 bid, 10l
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, 1922 bid. 1857 asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage Is,
1OS bid 105 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent bonds 1926, 105 bid, - asked; City and
Suburban Railroad first mortgage per
cent bonds "a bid asked; Alabama
Midland per cent. indorsed, 80 bid, 81
asked; Brunswick and Western As, Is bid,
tn asked; South Bound Railway 5s, % bid,
rs asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred IS, 1O2 bid, 10S asked; Georgia and
Alabama cons. SIS, so bid, 50 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savannah,
q21h bid. 941a asked; Georgia common, 175
bid. 1870 asked; Southwestern, SO bid, 93A
asked; Atlanta and West Point stock 10lls
bid. 1O2 asked; Atlanta and West Point
nor cont. certificates, 1917 bid, 1921 asked
Savannah CONSTRUCTION Company, ~ Do -
asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
81 hid - asked. ex-div; Electric Light
and Power Company, u bid, rs asked
Rank stocks, Etc.-Ciuzens Bank, 100
hid ITO asked: Chatham Bank 4SA bid,
Asih asked. ex-div.; Germania Bank, 108
hid 109 asked: National Bank of Savan-
nah 1874 bid. 126 asked; Merchants National
Rank. 81 bid, 50 asked Oglethorpe Saw
ings and Trust Company 103 bid, 105
asked; Southern Bank OF the State of
Georgia. 1873 bid, 40 asked, ex-dlv.; Sa-
vnnnah Bank and Trust Company, 101si
hid. 102Ih asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, A, 54l2 bid, 55la
asked: y. "a bid, 5tis asked; Peoples Saw
ings and Loan Company, 97lz bid, 9SA
asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory g. 1O1
bid. 102 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 100
hid 1O1 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu-
featuring Company 5 per cent. bonds, -
bid. 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany IS, 10l bid. 102 asked.
Factory StocISs-Savannah Cotton Fac
tory. - bid. Is asked; Augusta Factory, so
bid. Sc asked; Grnniteville Factory. las bid,
Isl asked; Langley Factory, 10i bid, 1854
asked; Enterprise Factory. common. 80
bid. 96 asked; j. r. King Manufacturing
company, 104 bid, Jos asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 40 bid, rs asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company. 50 bid, IS asked
New York. Jan. ,2O--Money on call was
easy at 2 per cent. The last loan was at
Q per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3d3A
per cent Sterling exchange quiet and
steady with actual business IN bankers
bills at S4.S4ikaASiM for de-
mand and @.S2AQLS2a for six