The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-11
FINANCIAL.

FOREIGN Exchanse-M Market strong. The
following are the Savannah quotations:
Commercial demand, As5ss; sixty DAYS,
81 $685.; ninety days A.7Si9; francs Paris
and IIavre. sixty days, 5.25si Swiss, sixty
days. 5.29sl marks, sixty days, 80 9-l6;
ninety days SO 5-l6.
Domestic Exchange Steady; banks are
buying at q per cent. discount and sell
irg as follows Amounts up TO S25, 10
cents; S25 to $50, Is centsi $50 to 800. 20
cents Sl00 10 $500 % cents; $500 and over,
par.
Securities-The security market Is very
dun and il is difficult to quote with any
accuracy.
Stocks and Bonds-state Bonds-Georgia
80 per cent. bonds of 1890, liz bid. III
asked Georgia Sls per cent, do 1915, l07
bid. 1909 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds,
100 bid, 122 asked South Carolina 4las,
l16 bid, IFS asked
city Bonds-Atlanta AZ per cent. 1929.
11S bid, 1l5 asked; Augusta SI3s, 1929 100
bid. 1902 asked; Augusta i1as, 1925, 10 bid,
ll2b asked: Augusta Z per cent, 1903 bid,
Ill asked Augusta per cent, Ill bid,
1l3 asked; Columbus per cent. 1903 BID,
1l0 asked; Macon per cent, lis bid, 1l9
asked Macon 4las 1926. l0S bid, 10 ask
ed; Savannah per cent. quarterly Jan
uary coupons. 113 bid, ia asked Savan-
nah per cent quarterly November cou-
pons, 1872 bid 1144 asked; Charleston As,
l04 bid, 1O6 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 per cent. interest coupons, 125 bid. l27
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage ) per cent. gold bonds. due
1924, 113 bid, ia asked; Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Company, 81. Johns
division first mortgage As. bid SO ask
ed: Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany collateral 5s, 96 bid, 81 asked; Gen.
trail of Georgia Railway first mortgage
5s 50-year gold bonds, III bid, 119 asked;
Central of Georgia cons. per cent. bonds.
80 bid, SO asked Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes. IS bid, 80 asked
ex-div.; Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes. Ia bid, II asked: Cen
trial OF Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, bid, asked Georgia Railroad
SIS, 1910. 116 bid. asked; Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta LIST IS. 1903 bid 100
asked; Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is. bid. 1875 asked
Georgia Southern and Florida, 10719 bid,
1851 asked Ocean Steamship per cent.
bonds 1926, 107 bid asked City and Su-
burban Railroad first mortgage per cent.
bonds 1O7 bid. 10 asked; Alabama Midland
per cent, indorsed, 9S bid, 10i asked
Brunswick and Western As. - bid IS ask
ed; South Bound Railway IS. 97la bid, 9SIa
asked; Georgia and Alabama first prefer
red S. 1O6 bid l0S asked; Georgia and Ala
hama consolidated IS. 100 bid, 101 asked;
Eatonton Branch, IS bid, 81 asked; Cen
traI of Georgia. Middle Georgia and At
lantlc division IS, SO bid, 95la asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savannah.
iO9ih bid, 10Y asked; Southwestern, 109l5
bid. 1101a asked; Atlanta and West Point
stock. 40 bid asked ex-div.. Atlanta
and West Point per cent. certificates,
1O4 bid 105 asked; Georgia common. 207
bid. 2O9 asked; Georgia and Alabama Stock,
30 bid IS asked; Savannah Hotel Company
stock, 81 bid 81 asked.
Gas Stocks and Bonds-Savannah Gas
Light Stock, rs bid q asked; Edison Elec-
trio Illuminating Company per cent.
bonds 105 bid. l0S asked; Edison II &C.
trio Illuminating Company stocks. 1O5 bid,
1O7 asked.
Bank Stocks Etc.-Citizens Bank. 12)
bid, - asked: Chatham Bank. iCS bid
1903 asked Germania Bank 80 bid, ask
ed: National Bank OF Savannah, $40
bid. asked Merchants National Bank
Of Savannah, 10S1a bid, lOi1s asked; Ogle-
thorpe Savings and Trust Company, lO5
bid. - asked; Southern Bank Of the
state OF Georgia, $40 bid, l4l asked; Sa-
vannah Bank and Trust Company, l12 bid.
1l3 asked: Chatham Real Estate and I'm
provement Company, A, 81 bid, IS asked.
b. 81 bid 81 asked; Peoples Savings and
Loan Company, 80 bid, 100 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. 100
bid. 1Os asked Sibley Manufacturing
Company S., lO2ll bid, 1c3lz asked; EaeIs
and Phenix Mills, s per cent. bonds, dpe
1928, lO7 bid, asked.
Factory Stocks-Augusla Factory, Is
bid. 80 asked; Granitevlle Factory. 16I
bid I65 asked; Langley Factory. 10S bid
- asked; Enterprise Factory. common 90
bid. 9S asked; j. r. King Manufac-
turing Company. l05& bid, lO7lz asked
SlbIey Manufacturing Company. "a bid 81
asked; Savannah Brewing Company, 10l
bid. 1857 asked.
New York. oct lO.-Money on call
steady, 4010 per cent; last loan, per
cent Prime mercantile paper, 51zu6 per
cent Sterling exchange Arm, with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S8hGt4 s6l5
for demand. and al 81. s2Q4 .S2z for sixty
DAYS; posted rates. 81. s2is94.s3 and "a. S7Ih /;
commercial bills. AsiGi4 slA. Silver cerfif-
icates. 5sG59c. Bar silver, 5s5sc. Mexican
dollars, &c. Government bonds easy:
state bonds inactive; railroad bonds irreg-
ular.