The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-31
FINANCIAL.

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Foreign Exchange Market barely
steady. The following are tine Savannah
quotations Commercial demand, 81 S534
sixty days. A.Sl& ninety days, I.793s,
francs, Paris and Havre. sixty days, 5.23l3;
Swiss, sixty days 5.279s marks. sixty
days. $685. ninety days 93a.
Domestic Exchange banks are
buying at = per cent. discount and sell
ing as follows: Amounts up to SIS, 10
cents; $25 to $50 10 cents; $50 TO 500, 20
cents; 500 TO $500, % cents; $500 and over,
par.
Securlties-The offerings are very light,
yet demand is slow. Quotations are nomi-
nal
Stocks aud Bonds-Statc Bonds-Georgia
So per cent. bonds Of 1880 IL bid ia
asked Georgia 3ia per cent. do 1915, 107
bid. 1903 asked; Georgia ~ per cent bonds,
40 bid. l22 asked; South Carolina AS,
116 bid, 11S asked
city Bonds-Auanta AZ per cent 1928,
llS bid, rs asked; Augusta Slas. 1929, 100
bid, l02 asked, Augusta ias, 1925. no b!d,
ll21a asked; Augusta Z per cent, 100 bid,
III asked; Augusta 8 per cent, III bid,
1l3 asked; Columbus % per cent, 10S bid,
10 asked; Macon per cent. IFS bid. il9
asked; Macon as, 1926, los bid, 40 ask
ed; Savannah per cent quarterly Jan
uary coupons. ll3 bid, III asked; Savan-
nah per cent. quarterly November cou-
pons. 1875 bid. llii4 asked Charleston A.,
1Oi bid, 1906 asked
Railroad Bonds Savannah Florida aud
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent. interest coupons, rs bid 1876
asked. Savannah, Florida ana Western
first mortgage 3 per cent. gold bonds. due
1924, ll3 bid, ia asked; savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Company, ST. Johns
division first mortgage 4s "a bid 96 ask
ed; Central Railroad ana Banking Com
pany collateral 5s 80 bid q asked Cen
tral of Georgia Railway first mortgage S.
50-year gold bonds, III Did, 119 asked;
Central Of Georgia consols per cent
bonds 962l bid, 97la asked; Central Of Geor.
sia Railway first preferred incomes
81 bid, 80 asked. Central OF Geor-
gia Railway second preferred in
comes, II bid, 1tia asked; Cen.
trail Of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes. bid, asked Georgia Railroad
6s 1910, ll6 bid asked; Charlotte, Co
lumba and Augusta first IS, 1903 bid 100
asked; Charlotte. Columbia ana Augusta
second mortgage rs bid l25 asked
Georgia Southern and Florida 107 bid.
lOS asked; Ocean Steamship per cent
bonds, 1926. l07 bid, - asked; city ana SUI
burban Railroad first mortgage per cent
bonds, 1903 bid, 40 asked; Ala bama Midland
S per cent Endorsed, 9S bid l01 asked
Brunswick and Western 4s, - bid, So ask
ed: South Bound Railway 5s, 80 bid 100
asked; Georgia and Alabama first prefer
red IS, l05 bid l07 asked; Georgia and Ala
bama consolidated IS, 100 bid l01 asked
Iiatonton Branch, IS bid. % asked; Cen
tral Of Georgia. Middle Georgia and At
lanuc division 81, 80 bid, 9l16 asked
Railroad Stocks-A ugusta and Savannah
1903 bid 40 asked; Southwestern 1903
bid, 40 asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock, 120 bid, 125 asked, ex-div; Atlanta
and West Point 6 per cent certificates,
104 bid, 105 asked; Georgia common, 20i
bid, 206 asked. Georgia ard Alabama
stock. 30 bid. IS asked; Savannah Hotel
Company stock. "a bid. 81 asked.
Gas Stocks and Bonds-Savannah Gas
Light stock. % bid, q asked; Edison Elec-
trio Illuminating Company per cent
bonds. 1o5 bid. 1C7 asked: Edison Electiis
Illuminating Company stocks, 100 bid, l0J
asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank. 12)
bid asked; Chatham Bank. 1903 bid,
10 asked; Germania Bank, l20 bid ask
ed; National Bank Of Savannah, 1879 bid
l41 asked; Merchants National Bank Of Sa-
vannah 10l bid. los asked; Oglethorps
Savings ana Trust Company iO8 bid 10
asked; Southern Bank Of the STATE Of Geor-
gia, 40 bid. III asked; Savannah Bank AMI
Trust Company, IA bid lis asked: Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany. A, 81 bid, s. asked y, J6 bid, 81 ask
ed; Peoples Savings and Loan Company
80 bid. 100 asked
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory. 100
bid. 1O2 asked: Siblcy Manufacturing Com
pany 6s. 1929 bid 1921 asked: Eagle ana
Phenix Mills, 6 per cent. bonds, due 1928
1O7 bid, asked.
Factory Siocks-Augusta Factory. II
bid, 20 asked Graniteyille Factory l6)
bid, 165 asked; Langley Factory, rs bid
asked Enterprise Factory common IS
bid. 80 asked; }. r. King Manufacturing
Company l0jh bid lO7ls asked. sibey
Manufacturing Company, 81 bid. 81 asked
Savannah Brewing Company, 1903 bid, 100
asked.
New York oct. 3O.-Money on call was
firm al GN30 per cent; the last Joan was
az 20 per cent Prime mercantile paper,
a5h per cent. Sterling exchange, easier
with actual business in bankers bills at
s. 86ssGi4SG3, for demand. and at $i S3GD
1884 for sixty days; posted rates. $3.50
4 84lh and s3.SS04SSia Commercial bills
SiS2lk Silver certificates 5S059hc. Bar
silver. Sc Mexican dollars, INC. Cow
ernment bonds were strong; state bonds
were Inactive; railroad bonds were firm.