The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-07


Foreign Exchange-The market is
steady The following are the net Savan-
n1h quotations: Commercial demand,
$fS5; sixty days. 1881; ninety days,
SlS25s; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days 523A; Swiss sixty days, 5.26; marks,
sixty days, "a 7-16.
Domestic Exchange--Steady; banks are
buying az 1-16 per cent. discount and sell
ing as follows: Up to SIS, l0c premium;
So 10 $50, l5c premium; $50 to $780, zoe
premium; $500 20 $1,000 Goo premium; $1,000
and over 1-l6 per cent. premium
Securties-The market is quiet, but
firm 1t is difficult to buy readily state
and municipal securities.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia 3l5 per cent bonds of 1890, l07 bid, l0Sl2
asked; Georgia 3la per cent, due 1915, lO5
bid, 1G asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds.
1915. me- bid u5la asked; Georgia 4 per
cent due 1920. 40 bid III asked; South
Carolina 4as, 1C9 bid, l12 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, l02 bid.
asked; Augusta 4I5s, 1925, 105 bid. 106
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 10 bid, III
asked; Augusta g per cent, 112 bid, 113
asked; Columbus 3 per cent. 1872 bid. 1914
asked; Macon per cent, lis bid, 1l6 ask
ed Macon as, 1926 l0S bid iO4 asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly October
coupons 40 bid, III asked; Savannah
per cent, quarterly August coupons. 1l0A
BID, III asked; Charleston As, 951a bid, 961s
asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent interest coupons, 115 bid, 1l6
asked Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent gold bonds, due
1924 104 bid 100 asked Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral 0s, 81
bid. 90 asked Central Of Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage IS, 5O-year gold bonds,
1l524 bid III asked Central of Georgia Rail-
~ 1t sfrrstf. rs Ia
80 asked Central Of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes 80 bid, 40 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes 12% bid, 1879 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes, bid, 61a asked;
Georgia Railroad IS, 1910 1l2 bid, ia asked
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta fret 90,
1O7 bid 1O8 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is. lis bid, ZIG
asked: Georgia Southern aud Florida new
Is 1913 bid 104 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 10l bid, lO2
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage U.s. 10l bid, 102 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds, 1926, 1903 bid,
104 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage per cent. bonds l0l bid, l03
asked; Alabama Midland per cent in
dorsed IS bid, SO asked; Brunswick ard
Western As, u bid, Is asked; South
Bound Railway IS, So bid, u asked; Geor-
ana
l04 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons So,
40 hid. 81 asked; Eatonton branch, 81 bid
81 asked; Central of Georgia. Middle
Georgia and Atlantic division S. 1914 bid,
81 asked
Railroad stocks-Augusta and Sayan-
nah "a bid, 95 asked, ex-div,;
Southwestern. "a bid, 95 asked, ex-
div; Atlanta and West Point
stock. 1Og bid l0i asked; ex-dlv. Atlanta
and West Point 6 per cent. ceruhca les. 100la
bid. 1917 asked. ex-interest; Georgia COM
mon. 1870 bid 1872 asked; Savannah Con-
structlon Company, IS bid, 70 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid, 23A asked Electric Light and
Power Company, 10 bid, u asked ex-dv.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citzens Bank. 1O91a
bid. 1lOiR asked, eX-div.; Chatham Bank,
49, bid, 46 asked, ex-div. Germania Bank,
40 bid III asked, ex-diY. National Bank
of Savannah, 124 bid, l25 asked ;ex-div. ;Mer-
chants National Bank, 80 bid, S. asked,
ex div; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Co.,
1903 bid, 10i asked, ex-div.; Southern Bank
of the State Of Georgia i271z bid, 100 asked
ex-d,v.; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 100 bid 102 asked, ex-dv.; Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company
A. So bid. 55ls asked; Is, 81 bid, 549t asked
ex-div.; Peoples Savings and Loan Com
pany, 50 bid. So asked
Factory Bonds. Augusta Factory, lO1
bid, 102 asked; Sibiey Manufacturing Com
pany, 6s 100 bid. 102 asked.
Factory Stocks.-Augusta Factory, sS
bid, Is asked; Graniteville Factory, 145
bid, Isl asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
lOi asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
90 bid, "a asked J. Il. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid l0l asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company 20 bid rs asked;
Savannah Brewing Company. SO bid %
asked
New York, July 6. p m-Money on
call was steady at 1M1h per cent; the
last loan was made at ~ per cent Prime
mercantile paper, 31zq4 per cent. Sterling