The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-17
FINANCIAL.
MoneY-Market sfeadv


Foreign EXchange-The market Is
steady. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial, demand,
S4S43s; sixty days, $4.S3; ninety days,
&.S212; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 5.221a: Swiss, sixty days, 5227s;
marks, sixty days, 9414.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at lie per cent. discount, and sell
ing as follows: Amounts up to $25, 10 cents:
$25 10 $50, Is cents; $50 to 500, 20 cents; 500
to $3.50, 25 cents; $3.50 to $3.50, lilo per cent.
premium, and $3.50 and over, rs cents per
81. 900.
Securities-The market Is fairly active;
but offerings are light.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia 49, per cent bonds of 1890, 107 bid, 1882
asked; Georgia 312 per cent due 1915. 1O4
bid, loo asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds,
1915 1T bid, lis asked; Georgia per
cent, due 1920 113 bid, ia asked South
Carolina 41as, 10 bid, III asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta, AZ per cent. 1928, log
bid, - asked; Augusta AIS, 1925, 107 bid, 1O8
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 10 bid, III
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid, 113
asked; Columbus 5 per cent, 105 bid 100
asked; Macon per cent, 1l5 bid 116 ask
ed Macon fps, 1926, 1912 bid 1852 asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly October
coupons, III bid 112 asked; Savannah 5
per cent. quarterly November coupons
l10A bid, 11O4 asked; Charleston As, 81
bid. 95 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent. interest coupons 118 bid, 119
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent gold bonds due
1924, 1912 bid, 1O5 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral SIS 81
bid. 90 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds
1T bid, 11S asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage 5s 80 bid
81 asked; Central of Georgia Railway,
first preferred incomes, AZ bid, AZ asked ;
Central of Georgia Railway, second pre-
ferred incomes, IA bid, 141a asked ;
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes, 6 bid, 6ls asked /;
Georgia Railroad IS, 1910 113 bid, ia asked /;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first 5s
1O5 bid, 106 asked; Charlotte Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, 11S bid, 120
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
5s, 1912 bid. 105 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage rs, 1929 bid, 1882
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage rs 1929 bid, 1922 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent, bonds, 1926, 1O2 bid
1O4 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 6 per cent. bonds, bid
1O2 asked; Alabama Midland per cent, in
dorsed, So bid IS asked; Brunswick and
Western As. Y bid, rs asked; South
Bound Railway IS. Y bid, rs asked; Geor-
gia and Alabama first preferred S. 103 bid,
104 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. 5s,
80 bid, 81 asked; Eatonton branch, 80 bid
go asked Central of Georgia, Middle Geor-
gia and Atlantic division 5s, Sl1a bid, So
asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 971k bid 1872 asked; Southwestern, 971a
bid 9S1A asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock 106 bid, 107 asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent. certificates 1913 bid, 104
- aelr
Savannah Construction Company, Y bid,
"A asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
22H bid. % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, II bid, 72l5 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 11OA
bid. Ill asked; Chatham Bank, AZ bid, As
asked; Germania Bank, 1902 bid, 111l2
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 125
bid. 1876 asked; Merchants National Bank,
81 bid S41b asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company, 104 bid, 105 asked;
Southern Bank of the State Of Georgia,
1870 bid 13l asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company. 102 bid, 1903 asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany. A. 55k bid. Sc asked B, 515 bid, 80
asked: Peoples Savings and Loan Compa-
ny, 90 bid, "a asked.
FACTORY Bonds-Augusta Factory, 105
bid. 1906 asked: Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s. 100 bid, l02 asked.
,
g. asked: Graniteville Factory. 14O bid, AS
asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid, 1o1 ask
ed: Enterprise Factory, common, 30 bid,
"a asked: j. n. King Manufacturing Com
panv 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Manufac-
turing Company, 10 bid, 20 asked; Savan-
nah Brewing Company. IS bid 100 asked
New York. Aug. 16.-Money on call was
at l15G2 per cent, the last loan, ~ per
cent Prime mercantile paper, Shd4 per
cent. Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills al 81 S5l4Q4 S534
for demand and at SlSl04. 84i4 for sixty
DAYS. Posted rates, 81 S4i544.S5, and 81. Sc
al s61s Commercial bills "a. S3d4 S3i2. Sill
yer certificates. 5S34 05Sl9c. Bar silver, 59ssc
Mexican dollars, Acc. Government bonds
steady.
New York. Aug. 16.-There was a stiu
further advance in the price Of stocks all
along the line TO-DAY and stan further
Increase ia the number OF shares sold
during the day The number Of different
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