The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-16
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady,

Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market Is
steady. The following are the Savan-
nah quotations. Commercial demand
S4.S29s; sixty days, $479B; ninety DAYS.
A.7S3s; francs. Paris and Havre. sixty
days, 5.27; Swiss, sixty days, 5291b /:
marks sixty days 93%.
Domestic EXchange-Steady; banks .ro
buying at 3-16 per cent discount, and sell
ing as follows. Amounts up to $25. 10 cents.
s25 to $50. Is cents; $50 to 500, 20 cents. soo6
or over at par; $1,000 and over at liz
per cent. discount
Securities-A fair investment deman,7
but light offerings.
Stocks and Bonds-Stale Bonds-f,eor
pia. 81 per cent. bonds of 1880, 1O7 bid 1osiL
asked; Georgia 31A per cent, due 19i5 1nE
hid LOG asked; Georgia AZ per cent ho,5s
1e15. 1884, bid, 120 asked; Georgia 4 rs, ya,
cent. due 1920, ia bid, 115 asked: Sonth
Carolina AS. Ill bid. 112 asked
Citv Bonds-Atlanta, AZ per cent 1000
LOG bid - asked; Augusta, AVS. 1925 1o1
bid 1OS asked; Augusta, per cent ~
hid 112 asked; Augusta per cent iii ,td
112 asked; Columbus, per cent 1Oe hi1
1O7 asked: Macon 6 per cent, l16 hid III
asked; Macon 41as, 1926, 1O4 bid, 1876 asked !.
Savannah per cent. quarterly Jannsr,,
coupons, 11OA bid l1OA asked; Savan-
nah per cent, quarterly November 90,
Mons ILL., bid, 112 asked; Charleston A.
~ bid, 9S asked
railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida ana
western Railroad general mortgage bonds
ner cent interest coupons 11S hid 10
asked. Savannah, Florida and Western
6rst mortgage per cent, gold bonds a.
1904 1OS bid, 1O9 asked; Central RaiIroad
and Banking Company, collateral IS On
hid 81 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds
11S bid, III asked: Central of Georgia Rail.
wav frst consolidated mortgage as 90
bid % asked; Central of Georgia RaiIo
wev first preferred incomes, 81 bid %
asked; Central of Georgia Railway secon6
nreferred incomes, 1912 bid, liz asked.
Central of Georgia Railway thIr8
nreferred incomes, 5 bid. asked.
Georgia Railroad Is, 1910 ia bid, III asked.
charlotte. Columbia and August first IS
los bid. LOG asked; Charlotte. Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage rs, III bid 11S
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
IS 1861 bid, 1O7 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is, 1924 bid, 103h
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage rs, 1921 bid 1891 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds 1926, 1041s bid.
1854 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage per cent. bonds, 100 bid.
1902 asked; Alabama Midland per cent, in
dorsed 9215 bid, 9315 asked; Brunswick and
Western As, 70 bid, rs asked: South Bound
Railway 5s, so bid, 81 asked; Georgia and
Ala hama nrSl preferred OS, JUN Dlu, lUf ask
ed; Georgia and Alabama cons. 5s, 80 bid
81 asked; Eatonton branch 80 bid .91asked;
Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division IS, S11a bid. S216 asked.
Railroad Stocks - Augusta and Savan-
nah 99l5 bid 100 asked; Southwestern, 1872
bid 100 asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock 10S bid ITO asked; Atlanta and West
Point 6 per cent certificates. 1884 bid, 1914
asked; Georgia common. 1876 bid. 1877 asked.
/. Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
% bid. % asked Electric Light and Pow
er Company, "A bid, Is asked.
Bank Stocks. Euc.-Citizens Bank. 110A
hid 1903 asked; Chatham Bank 4S bid,
49, asked: Germanla Bank. 1101a bid, 111h
asked: National Bank of Savannah, 125
hid 1926 asked; Merchants National Bank,
"a bid. Sc asked; Oglethorpe Savings
and Trust Company, 1O5 bid. 107 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
130 bid. 1871 asked Savannah Bank md
Trust Company 1929 bid. 1881 asked:
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, A, 5Jla bid, SIS asked; B. 90 bid.
55b asked: Peoples Savings and Loan
Company, SO bid, "a asked.
Factory Bonds Augusta Factory 100
bid Jog asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, 6s, 100 bid. 102 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory %
bid 65 asked; Graniteville Factory, 140 bid.
las asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid, lOl
asked; Enterprise Factory, common, 80
bid "a asked J. r. King Manufacturing
Company. 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company, 70 bid, 70 asked; sa-
vannah Brewing Company, 101 bid, 1903
asked
New York. Oct 15.-Money on call was
steady at ~ per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, SAQ4 per cent. Sterling exchange
steady with actual business in bankers
bills at $i.S4Q4 Sil4 for demand and at
81 S1t66l4 Sfs, for sixty days Posted rates,
"a S2GI4. s2Ih and $4.s5. Commercial bills,
"A .S0dI4 .sO1l. silver certificates, 5934G5015c.
Bar silver, COO. Mexican dollars, 46Ac. State
bonds inactive. Railroad bonds steady.
Government bonds easier.
New York, Oct 15-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve. increase, 97950; loans,
increase. S10,Q2S 800; specie, Increase. $5,O9i-
50o; legal tender. decrease, 1872, 200; deposits.