The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-19
FINANCIAL.
.oney-Market steady


Foreign Exchange-The market Is
steady The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations.; Commercial demand.
$4.S45s; sixty days, 4S3; ninety days,
$.S212; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 522A; Swiss. sixty days, 5.22s;
marks, sixty days, 94A.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at 1-16 per cent. discount and SELL
ing as follows: Amounts up to $25 10 cents;
$25 10 $50, Is cents; $50 to 500 20 cents; s1OO
to $3.50, % cents; $3.50 to $3.50, ITO per cent.
premium, and $3.50 and over, Is cents per
81. 0O0
Securities-The market is fairly active;
but offerings are light
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Ceor-
gia 31a per cent. bonds of $780, 107 bid. 1881
asked; Georgia 31a per cent, due 1915. 104
bid, 106 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds.
1915, 1T bid, 118 asked Georgia per
cent, due 1920, 113 bid, ia asked; South
Carolina 412s, 40 bid, Ill asked
City Bonds-Atlanta, AZ per cent. 1923, 106
bid, - asked; Augusta AIS, 1926 1O7 bid 10S
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 10 bid Ill
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid 113
asked; Columbus 5 per cent. 1O5 bid JOG
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 115 bid, 116 ask
ed; Macon 412s, 1926 1912 bid, 1851 asked
Savannah per cent, quarterly October
coupons, Ill bid, liz asked; Savannah 5
per cent. quarterly November coupons
110A bid, 11OA asked Charleston As, 81
bid, IS 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, 1041A bid, JOG asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral IS, 81
bid 80 asked Central of Georgia Rail
road first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds
III bid, 11S asked Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage IS, 80 bid,
81 asked; Central of Georgia Railway,
first preferred incomes AZ bid, 43 asked
Central of Georgia Railway, second pre-
ferred incomes IA bid, 141s asked:
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes, bid, 615 asked;
Georgia Railroad IS, 1910 113 bid, ia asked
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first S.
1O5 bid, 106 asked Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage rs, 11S bid 100
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
IS, 1O5 bid, JOG asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1921 bid, 1881
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is 1021s bid, 1922 asked Ocean
Steamship per cent, bonds, 1926, 1903 bid
Jos asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 9 per cent bonds, - bid,
102 asked; Alabama Midland per cent, in
dorsed, So bid, 50 asked; Brunswick and
Western As, Y bid, 70 asked; South
Bound Railway 5s, u bid, Is asked Geor-
eia and Alabama first preferred IS, 1903 bid
1O4 asked Georgia and Alabama cons. IS,
80 bid, 81 asked; Eatonton branch, 30 bid,
80 asked; Central of Georgia, Middle Geor-
gia and Atlantic division 5s, sly bid So
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 971k bid, 981a asked; Southwestern, 971b
bid. 9SI5 asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock, JOG bid, 107 asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent. certificates, 1913 bid, lO4
-
Savannah Construction Company, rs bid,
asked
Gas Stocks-savannah Gas Light stock.
22A bid. % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, Il bid. 72lz asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc-C4lzens Bank, 11OA
bid. Ill asked; Chatham Bank, A bid, As
asked; Germania Bank 1101A bid, 11l1h
asked; National Bank OF Savannah, 1875
bid 126 asked; Merchants National Bank,
SO bid. s4lh asked; Ogethorpe Savings
and Trust Company. 10l bid 105 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia
1870 bid. 1871 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, l02 bid, 1903 asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany. A. SOLE bid. IS asked; b, sly bid 55
asked; Peoples Savings and Loan Compa-
ny, SO bid 81 asked
Factory BOnds-Augusta Factory 105
bid. 1O6 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany. Gs, 100 bid, 1902 asked. /
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, 55 bid |
65 asked: Granitevuie Factory, 40 bid, 145
asked; Langley Factory 100 bid. 10l ask !
ed; Enterprise +. ctory, common, 30 bid, |
81 asked: j. r. King Manufacturing Com
pauy. 100 bid 10l asked Sibley Manufac-
turing Company 70 bid. &c asked; savan-
nah Brewing Company. IS bid. 100 asked
New York. Aug. IS. y. m.-Money on
call was steady at ihalA per cent; the !
last loan was at ia per cent Prime mer- /
camille paper. 3la0i4 per cenE Sterling cx-
change easier, with actual business in |
bankers bills at Si85ii for demand and |
at &tSsst64.A for O. days. Posted rates |
were S4.spl0fs5 ard A,sGaiSGla. CONNER !
cial bills. $LS3. Silver certificates. 5stJ9iAc. |
Bar silver $3.50. Mexican dollars, 45c, |
Government bonds We're Irregular.
New York, Aug lS-The reaction Of /