The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-02
Han &NCIAL.
Money-Markel steady.

Foreign Exchange-The market Is
easy. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial, demand
"a. 84A; sixty days $83; ninety DAYS,
1925; francs. Paris and Havre, sixty
days 5.S4; Swiss, sixty days, 5.25 marks.
sixty days, 94A.
Domestic EXchange-Steady; banks are
buying al 1-l6 per cent. discount, and sell
ing as follows: Amounts up to $25. 10 cents.
S25 TO $50, 10 cents; $50 to $780, 20 cents. S1OO
to $3.50, % cents; $3.50 to $3.50, Ito per cent
premium, and $3.50 and over, rs cents per
81. 600
Securities-The market is fairly active:
but offerings are light. Georgia state and
Savannah City Bonds are hardly Oh
tainable, consequently trading is unsatis-
factory
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia S12 per cent. bonds of 1880, 1O7 bid, 1881
asked; Georgia S15 per cent. due 1915 100
bid, 10e asked; Georgia Az per cent. bonds.
1915, III bid, 11S asked; Georgia 4 per
cent, due 1920, 11S bid, ia asked; South
Carolina 415s, 10 bid, Ill asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta, AZ per cent. 1923. log
bid, - asked; Augusta 412s, 1925, 1O7 bid 1OS
asked; Augusta per cent, no bid, Ill
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, III bid 113
asked; Columbus per cent, 1G5 bid JOG
asked; Macon per cent, lis bid 116 ask
ed; Macon 41as, 1926, 1O41a bid, 1861 asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly October
per cent quarterly November coupons.
Ill bid, 1111a asked; Charleston As, "a
bid, 95 asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent. interest coupons, l1S bid. 1l9
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
1924, 1912 bid 106 asked Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral IS 81
bid, 80 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds
1l71s bid, 119 asked Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage 5s, STU
bid, SS15 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
way first preferred incomes, Az bid. 421b
asked; Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes, 1872 bid, 141A asked:
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes, bid, asked:
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 1l3 bid, ia asked;
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta first as
105 bid, JOG asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, lis bid 100
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
SIS, 1861 bid. 1861 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage rs, 1921 bid. 1O31b
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage rs, 1921 bid, 1881 asked: Ocean
Steamship per cent, bonds, 1926, 1O3 bid
1O5 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, 100 bid,
1O2 asked; Alabama Midland per cent, in
dorsed, 921z bid, "a asked; Brunswick and
Western As. 70 bid, 30 asked; South
Bound Railway 5s, 70 bid rs asked: Geor-
gia and Alabama first preferred 5s, 103 bid,
1O4 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. SIS.
80 bid 81 asked; Eatonton branch, 30 bid
so asked; Central of Georgia, Middle Geor-
gia and Atlantic division 5s. S115 bid, So
asked.
Railroad stocks-Augusts and savar>
nah,'9S bid, 90 asked; Southwestern, 9S
bid, 80 asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock, 106 bid 107 asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent certificates 1903 bid. 1O4
asked; Georgia common, 1872 bid, 1893 asked;
Savannah Construction Company, 81 bid,
50 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
22A bid, % asked Electric Light and
Power Company II BID. ,2h asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc-Citizens Bank, 110A
bid, Ill asked; Chatham Bank. AZ bid, As
asked; Ge-mania Bank, 11012 bid, 11115
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 125
bid, 126 asked; Merchants National Bank.
SO bid, S413 asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company. 1O4 bid, 1O5 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
100 bid 1871 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, 102 bid, 1903 asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and improvement Com
pany, A. 55l5 bid, Sc asked; u, SAY bid, 50
asked Peoples Savings and Loan Compa-
ny, SO bid, 95 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augustn Factory, 105
bid 106 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, Is, 100 bid, 1902 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory So bid
s. asked; Graniteville Factory, 40 bid, 145
asked; Langley Factory. 100 bid 10l ask
ed; Enterprise Factory, common. 80 bid,
81 asked; j. r. King Manufacturing Com
pany 100 bid 101 asked; Sibey Manufac-
turing Company, 20 bid, rs asked; Savan-
nah Brewing Company. SO bid, 101 asked.
New York, Sept Mooney on call was
frmer at 2Q3 per cent; the last loan was
at 2 per cent; prime mercantile paper,
3AG5 per cent. Sterling exchange weak
er. with actual business in bankers bills,
at $4S4a404.S5 for demand and $4.S2lka4 S2s4
for sixty days posted rates, $4.S3lR04S4
and S4.S6; commercial bills, $4.S2. Silver
certificates 59h660c bar silver, soc; Mex
can dollars, 461zc. Government bonds were
steady
New York Sept. 1.-To-day's stock
market was duh to the verge of stagna-
tion for practically all of the standard
stocks. There was no severe pressure or
liquidation, but neither was there any de-
mand to buy. Evidently the elaborate
manipulation of the bull clique which, in
s,et -, l.Ty o.