The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-19
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.


Foreign Exchange-The market n
steady. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial demand.
&.S5; sixty days, %.SI; ninety days.
$Ls3A; francs, Parts and Havre, sixty
days, 5.2l9s; Swiss, sixty days, 5.24I5;
marks. sixty days, 941h.
Domestic 1xchange-Steady; banks are
buying al 1-l6 per cent. discount, and SELL
ing as follows Amounts up to S25, 10 cents:
SIS to $50, Is cents; $50 to 500, 20 cents: 500
10 $3.50. 25 cents; $3.50 to $3.50. 1-10 per cent.
premium, and 800 and over 20 cents per
81 600
s3ecurities-The market Is steady. but nor
much doing, on account of light offerings.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia 31s per cent bonds of 1880. 107 bid, 1OsIh
asked; Georgia 31a per cent, due 1915 1O5
bid, 107 asked; Georgia IA per cent. bonds,
1915, JIG bid. III asked; Georgia per
cent. due 1920, 10 bid Ill asked: south
Carolina 416s, 100 bid. 40 asked
city Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1902 bid.
asked; Augusta 41as 1925, 105 bid. 1O6
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 110 bid. III
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid. 113
asked; Columbus per cent. 1O3h bid. 1914
asked; Macon per cent. 115 bid, 1l6 ask
ed Macon AIS, 1926 1903 bid IO4 asked:
Savannah per cent, quarterly October
coupons, III bid 1111s asked Savannah :
per cent. quarterly August coupons. III
bid, 111h asked; Charleston As, 95l5 bid 96lk
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannnh. Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds.
per cent. interest coupons, JIG bid, M
asked Savannah, Florida and Western,
first mortgage per cent gold bonds, due
1924, 1919 bid, 1851 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral IS, 81
bid SO asked Central of Georgia Rail-
road first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bonds.
1854 bid, III asked Central OF Georgia Rail-
consolidated Ee- 2 a
50 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred Incomes 3S1s bid, 391k asked:
Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes, 13 bid, IA asked:
Central OF Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes. bid 81 asked.
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first So.
10S bid, 100 asked; Charlotte Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage Is, 100 bid l2f
asked Georgia Southern and Florida new
IS. 1903 bid, 104 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage Is 1902 bid. 1O3i5
asked South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage Is, 102 bid, 108k asked Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds. 1926 1903 bid
104 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
fret mortgage per cent. bonds 101 bid 1O3
asked Alabama Midland 5 per cent in
dorsed So bid, So asked; Brunswick ard
Western As, " bid, IS asked; South
Bound Railway 5s, 6S bid, y asked; Geor-
gia and Alabama first preferred SIS, 1O3 hid.
104 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons 81
80 bid, 81 asked; Eatonton branch, Sc bid
80 asked; Central of Georgia, Middle
Georgia and Atlantic division IS, 70 bid.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 96 bid, 81 asked, ex-div:
Southwestern, 96 bid. 81 asked, ex
div; Atlanta and West Point
stock, 1903 bid 1Ol asked; ex-div. Atlanta
and West Point per cent. certificates, 1Clh
bid, 102lR asked, ex-interest; Georgia com.
mon, 1870 bid, 1872 asked; Savannah Con-
struction Company, IL bid, 70 asked
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock.
231z bid, "A asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, 20 bid, II asked, ex-
div
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Citzens Bank, 1Oo1s
bid, 1lO1s asked, ex-div.; Chatham Bank,
46A bid, az asked, ex-div.; Germania
National Bank of Savannah.
1914 bid, 126 asked. ex-div.: Mer.
chants National Bank, SO bid, S41k asked
ex-div.; Ogiethorpe Savings and Trust Co.
104 bid, 105 asked ex-diy.; Southern Bank
of the State of Georgia, 129 bid 100 asked.
ex-diy.; Savannah Bank and Trust Conn
pany 1919 bid. 1924 asked ex-div; Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company.
A, 50 bid. 551a asked; -, "a bid, 54% asked.
ex-div; Peoples Savings and Loan Com
pany, 80 bid, So asked.
Factory Bonds.-Augusta Factory, 10l
~,
pany, Gs 100 bid. 102 asked.
Factory Stocks.-Augusta Factory, es
bid, IS asked; Graniieville Factory, l45
hid, 151 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid.
10t asked; Enterprise Factory, common.
80 bid, "a asked j. r. King Manufacturlng
Company. 100 bid 101 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company 20 bid. rs asked:
Savannah Brewing Company. SO bid, IS
asked
New York July 1s.-Money on call was
steady at M@1s per cent; the last loan
was at 1M per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, 3404 per cent. Sterling exchange
steady, with actual business In bankers
bills at A.S53lG4S6 for demand, and at
Sf8fiaG48iA for sixty days. Posted rates.
stS5k046 Commercial bills, $4.S3Gf4 ssts.
silver certificates. 59IsQ59A Bar silver.
594c- Mexican dollars, 455sc. Government
bonds irregular
New York. July 1S.-The forward moye-
nlent In stocks to-day was cheoLad t,afo--