The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18
FINANCIAL.
Money Market steady

Money Market steady
Foreign Exchange-The market Is
weak. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial, demand.
4.SO1s; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 525$s; Swiss, sixty days 5.277s
marks, sixty days, 1878.
Domestic EXchange-Steady; banks are
buying at * per cent. discount, and sell
ing as follows: Amounts up to $25, 10 cents:
$25 to $50, Is cents; $50 TO 500, 20 cents; $500
or over at par.
Securities-Iuactive. Desirable securities
are difficult to obtain and yet the demand
is yet good investments, readily taken at
quotations.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia 49, per cent. bonds of 1880. 1O7 bid, 1881.
asked; Georgia 312 per cent, due 1915 los
bid, 10e asked Georgia Az per cent bonds,
1915, 1872 bid. 80 asked; Georgia per
cent. due 1920, ia bid, lis asked; South
Carolina 414s, Ill bid, 112 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta, AZ per cent. 1928. 1Os
bid, - asked; Augusta 41as, 1925, 107 bid, 10s
asked Augusta per cent, ITO bid, Ill
asked Augusta 6 per cent, Ill bid, lib
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 1O5 bid, JOG
asked Macon per cent, lis bid, 116 ask
ed; Macon 412s, 1926, 105 bid, 1O6 asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly October
coupons, Ill., bid, 112 asked; Savannah 3
per cent. quarterly November coupons.
lllt2 Dlu, liz dehSuJ SudAASStOn As, 10
bid So asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent interest COUPONS. 118 bid. 119
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent, gold bonds, due
1924 1OG bid, 107 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral IS. 81
bid 80 asked Central Of GEORGIA Rail
road first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds
lis bid, 116 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage IS. 80
bid. 80 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
way first preferred incomes, 10 bid. Al
asked: Central of Georgia Railway second
nreferred incomes. 10 bid, IA asked.
Central of Georgia Railway third
nreferred incomes, 6 bid, 61b asked.
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 113 bid, ia asked.
charlotte. Columbia and Augusta first Is
1O5 bid 1906 asked; Charlotte Columbia and
Aueusta second mortgage rs, III hid 10
asEe6. Georgia Southern and Florida neuy
Is 1857 bid. 1861 asked; South Georgia and
FLORIDA first mortgage Is, 1921 bid 1O31h
aslIed. South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 1924 bid, 1857 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent, bonds, 1926 1O5 bid
1oc asked: City and Suburban Railroad
Grs+ mortgage per cent. bonds 100 bid
1o2 asked; Alabama Midland per cent. in
doreed 90 bid, "a asked: Brunswick ana
western As Y bid, 20 asked; South
pound Railway IS, 50 bid, asked: Geor-
er;a md Alabama nrSt preferred S. 100 hid
1o4 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. IS
SO hid 81 asked Eatonton branch. 90 bid
Of asked; Central of Georgia, Middle Geor
Ella and Atlantic division IS, 81 bid. 81
asked.
Railroad stocks-Auguste and savan-
nah 9Sib bid, 99la asked; Southwestern. $751;
bid 9el5 asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock 1O6 bid. 1O7 asked; Atlanta and West
POINT per cent certificates. 1Oi bid Jos
asked: Georgia common, 1872 bid, 1893 asked.
Savannah Construction Company, SO bid
81 asked.
Gas stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
22L bid q asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, 70 bid. rs asked
Rank Stocks. Etc.-Citzens Bank, 11OH
hid III asked; Chatham Bank, 49, bid. 49,
asked; Germana Bank. 1101a bid, l1lIh
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 125
hid 12G asked; Merchants National Bank,
So bid. say asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company. 105 bid, 107 asked:
Southern Bank of the State Of Georgia,
1870 bid, 182 asked: Savannah Bank and
Trust Company. 102 bid, 10S asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Enforcement Com