The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market eLendv


The bank clearings during the past week
were 81, 797, 5766s. against 1888, 6O9.67 during
the corresponding week last year and
8, 776, SO during the same week In 1897.
Foreign EXchange-Market is steady
The following are the Savannah ouo-
tatons: Commercial demand 81. s5Ik: sixtv
days. $iSSlt; ninety days, $4.s21k: francs.
Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5221s Swiss
sixty days, 5.26sa; marks. sixty DAYS. 94s6
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows
Amounts UP to s25, 10 cents; $25 to $50 Is
cents; $50 TO 500, 20 cents 500 10 $500 x
per cent. premium; $500 to 81 600. at u per
cent. premium; 1000 and over, 81 per 81
600.
Seourites-The market Is active In de-
msnd; offerings light; prices advancing
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
Sls per cent bonds OF 1880. 1l3 bid, 1le ask
ed: Georgia 81 per cent, due 1915. III
bid, 112 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds
1916, 1924 bid. 1923 asked Georgia per
cent. due 1920, 100 bid. 1871 asked; South
Carolina 4iRs, III bid, 11S asked.
city Bonds-Atlanta Az per cent. fgez
106 bid. asked; Augusta 3jks, 1923. 10iH
bid. 1902 asked: Augusta as, 1925. 1O7 hld
Jos asked; Augusta per cent, III bid. 119
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, Ill bid liz
asked; Columbus per cent, 107 bid 10R
lt., ~.
Macon 4i5s 1926, l05 bid, asked; Savan-
nah per cent. quarterly April coupons
ia bid. 1l4A asked; Savannah 5 per cent
quarterly May coupons. 11S% bid, i14A ask
ed; Charleston As 1854 bid, 1861 asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent interest. coupons, 100 bid 13j
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds. due
1924 113 bid, 115 asked Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterals IS. g5
bid, 96 asked: Central OF Georgia Railway
first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds, ll7H
bid, 1877 asked; Central OF Georgia Rail-
way first consolidated mortgage 5s 95Ib
Did 90 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes, 40 bid, Il asked:
Central Of Georgia Railway second pre-
ferred incomes, 12R bid, 1874 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, bid, asked; Georgia Rail-
road SIS, 1910 f151s bid, III asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta first 5s. LOG bid, 1O7
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage rs, 1l9 bid, 12t asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS, 1924
bid, 40 asked; South Georgia ard Flor
ida second mortgage Is, 100 bid, 10i asked;
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926,
1O5 bid, 106 asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage per cent bonds,
cent. indorsed, 80 bid. 100 asked; Bruins
wick and Western as. 50 bid SO asked;
South Bound Railway IS, 101 bid, 1902
asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred IS, 10734 bid, 108h asked; Georgia
and Alabama consolidated IS, 1902 bid, 1903
asked; Eatonton branch, 99sf bid lO0M
asked; Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia
and Atlantic division SIS, 99& bid, 1903 ask
ed
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah, 1O7 bid, asked; Southwestern, 10
bid, - asked Atlanta and West Point
stock, 125 bid, asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent certificates 1Os
bid, 1924 asked; Georgia common 2O5 bid,
206 asked Georgia and Alabama stock,
IS bid SO asked.
Gas Stocks--Savanna Gas Light stock,
q bid, % asked
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citlzens' Bank, III
bid 1l8 asked; Chatham Bank, 104 bid
1919 asked; Germania Bank. III bid -
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1291z
bid, asked; Merchants National Bank
of Savannah, 80 bid, 81 asked; Oglethorpe
Savings and Trust Company, lO7 bid, -
asked; Southern Bank OF The State of
Georgia, 12SA bid 100 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company, 107 bid - ask
ed: Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company A, Sc bid, 81 asked; p. SIS
bid. So asked Peoples Savings and
Loan Company, 81 bid, SO asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 101
bid, 1O2 asked; Sbey Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 1O2 bid, 1903 asked; Eagle and Phe-
nix Mills. 6 per cent bonds, due 1923, 1Olk
bid, 1903 asked; Bib Manufacturing Com.
pany. 1913 bid, 1854 asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, IS
bid, 80 asked; GraniteVile Factory, 80
bid, 155 asked; Langley Factory, 81 bid,
1917 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
80 bid, 80 asked; ]. X. King Manufacturing
Company, 81 bid, 1O1 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company 6s bid, 70 asked; savan-
nah Brewing Company. l04 bid. 105 asked.
New York, March 17.--Money on call
was firm at 305 per cent; the last loan
was at per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
3Hm4H per cent Sterling exchange steady
with actual business In bankers bills, at
81 s5hG a.. S5ik for demand, and at 1891 for
sixty days Posted rates, A.s4q4.S4lz and
81 .s6l54. S6h Commercial bills. S4SR& Sill
yer certificates, nominaly, 50Q6Oikc. Bar
silver. 595sc. Mexican dollars, 47ikc, Gov
eminent bonds were strong. Slate bonds
were steady. Railroad bonds were irreg-