The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-20


steady. The following are the Savannah
quotations; Commercial demand Ss4Js;
sixty days' $LSl; ninety days, $A79lk;
francs, Paris and Hayre, sixty days. 528;
Swiss, sixty days, 5.292s; marks. sixty
days, 93A
Domestic Exchange Steady: banks are
buying al par and selling as follows:
Amounts up TO $25 10 cents S25 10 $50 Is
cents; $50 10 Sl00, % cents; 500 to $500 "A
per cent premium; $500 20 81, 40, al 4 per
cent premium; $1,000 and over. Sl0o per
$1,000
Securities-The market Is somewhat
quieter, but the undertone Is firm.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgla
Sla per cent bonds of 1880. 1l0 bid, Ill
asked; Georgia 3ia per cent, due 1915, 1903
bid, l09 asked; Georgia AZ per cent
bonds. 1918. 100 bid l22 asked Georgia
per cent, due 1920, ia bid. Is asked South
Carolina as III bid. III asked
city Bonds-Atlanta ~ per cent, 1923,
JOG bid, asked; Augusta 35s. 1928, 1878
bid, lo2l2 asked; Augusta iiks. 1925, l07 bid
los asked Augusta per cent, Ill bid, li2
asked; Augusta per cent, III bid, 1i3
asked; Columbus per cent 107 bid. 1903
asked; Macon per cent 1l6 bid, III ask
ed, Macon 4i2s 1926, 1C5 bid. lO6 asked; Sa-
vannah per cent, quarterly January cou-
pons, liz bid, 1924 asked; Savannah
per cent, quarterly February commons
llll2 bid, li2 asked Charleston As 100 bid,
l0lla asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah florida ans
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent interest coupons 11s bid, f19
asked; Savannah, Florida aud Western
iirst mortgage per cent gold bonds due
1924 10 bid, III asked: Central Railroad
and Banking Company, colateraIs S.. 81
bid 80 asked; Central Of Georgia Railroad
first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds. 1ls
bid, ll9 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first consolidated mort gage 5s. 929f bid. 9sl.
asked; Central of Georgia Railway 1rst
preferred incomes, 30 bid fl asked.
Central OF Georgia Railway second pre-
terred incomes, 1879 bid, 14h asked; Central
OF Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, 8 bid asked: Georgia Railroad
Is, 1910, lis bid, III asked; Charlotte, Co
iumbia and Augusta first 5s 1876 bid l07
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage 7s III bid, 118 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new SIS, 109ls
bid llOla asked; South Georgia and Florida
hrst mortgage Is, 100 bid, l0i asked; South
Georgia and Florida second mortgage -
100 bld' l0l asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent. bonds, 1926 105 bid, 106 asked: CITY
and Suburban Railroad first MORTGAGE =
per cent bonds, 100 bid, 102 asked Ala
Dama Midland per cent Endorsed, 90 bid.
"a asked; Brunswick and Western Is. so
bld, y asked; South Bound Railway 81
81 bid, 90 asked Georgia and Alabaua
flrst preferred 5s, JOG bid. 1914 asked; Geor.
ga ana Alabama cons. 5s, 101 bid 1902
asked hatonton branch, "a bid, 80 asked;
central OF Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division IS, 96 bid 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savau-
nah, lO5 bid, 1O6 asked; Southwestern 10s
bid' lOl asked. ex-dv.; Atlanta and West
Point stock, 10 bid, 112 asked: Atlanta ana
q
p,d' lO2 asked, ex-int.; Georgia common.
lsl bid, 200 asked.
Gas stoeks-savannah Gas Light stock.
bid, % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, 67 bid II asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 102
pa, lO9 asked; ex-div. Chatham Bank. Az
bid, 4S asked; Germania Bank, 11Oi5 bid.
Ill5s asked National Bank OF Savannah. 1926
bid, III asked; Merchants National Bank
S51s bid.s4h asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
trust Company 1872 bid, 103 asked; ex-div.
southern Bank of the State Of Georgia. 100
bid. l8l asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, 1854 bid, 1862 asked. Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company.
A, 55A bid, &c asked; -. S. bid. 55Is asked:
ropes Savings and Loan Company, 92ih
bid 93h asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory fo5
bid JOG asked; sbey Manufacturing Com
pany 6s 100 bid, l02 asked; Eagle and Phe-
nix Mills per cent. bonds, due 1928. 10iis
bid 103 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory XIX
bid, 60 asked; Granitevile Factory. 14O bid
lio asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid. f0i
asked; Enterprise Factory. common 90
bid "a asked; J. r. King Manufacturing
Company 100 bid, l01 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 10 bid, 7G asked; sa
vannah Brewing Company. 10i bid, 10s
asked.
New York. Dec. 19.-Money on can was
firmer al 2hM3 per cent, the last loan
was al 21s per cent Prime mercantile ma
per, Sq4 per cent. Sterling exchange with
actual business IN bankers bills at 81. s3Ib0D
ASA for demand and at 81 S1s46D4. so for
sixty days. Posted rates. 81 .S2Ib6e4 .s5ih
Commercial bills "a S015. Silver certificates.
53R@G01ac. Bar silver. 591se Mexican doh
lars, 46Ac. Government bonds were strong.
state bonds were weak. Railroad bonds
were strong.
New York, Dec. 19.-The market TODAY
moved irregularly and resulted in mixed
changes In prices. The general market
had good undertone, but was devoid Of
interesting features. Little was done in
the standard stocks and to Industrials
except Sugar. which broke nearly points
and rallied fractionally. The conirma-
ton on the report that Secretary and
Treasurer Searles would retire owing 10 in
health was used in depressing Sugar.
Central Pacific was strong in anticipa-
ton of a reorganization plan which was
expected 10 follow any settlement watch
the company may make with the govern
ment Southern Pacific, which would
benefit in any favorable developments in
Central Pacific, rose three points. Balti-
more and Ohio stocks were affected IA
vorably by reports that the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern plan of reorganization
was well received abroad Lake Erie and
Western was aggressively strong without
any new developments in the property be-
coming known.
Metropolitan Street Railway gained 3
points after having been comparatively
inactive and weak. The revival Of talk OF
underground rapid transit was probably
the cause OF weakness IN Manhattan.
Prices were well held untin the last hour,
when there was a break in Atchison and
the Changers. Traders worked for a de-
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