The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-10
FINANCIAL.


Foreign Exchange-Market is weak.
The Following are the Savannah quota
tons: Commercial demand, 81 S6A six
ty days S4S3; ninety days, A.8l7s;
francs Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.21l2;
Swiss, sixty days, 5,227s; marks, sixty
days, 94l4
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at 1-l6 Per cent discount and SELL
ing as follows: Amounts mp to SIS, 10
cents; So to $50, Is cents; $50 to 800, %
cents; 800 10 $3.50 y Per cent premium,
$3.50 10 $3.50; LILO per cent. premium; 80
and ove1, Is cents Ter $1,000
Securities-The local security market is
quite dull.
Stocks and Bonds-S ate Bonds-Georgja
So per cent. bonds of 1880, 40 bid, 1l2 ask
cd; Georgia 3l2 per cent, due 1915. los bid.
10 asked; Georgia ~ per cent bonds,
due 1918, l22k bid 129i5 asked; South Caro-
lima il2s l16l5 bid, III asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta ~ per cent, 1924.
100 bid. 10 asked; Augusta, 3l2s, 1929, 100
bid, 102 asked; Augusta 412s. 1925, 1l2 bid,
1l3 asked; Augusta per cent, 10S bid, 10
asked; Augusta s per cent, 1l2 bid ll5
asked; Columbus ) per cent. l05 bid, 10S
asked; Macon, per cent. III BID lis
asked; Macon AS, 1926, 1862 bid, asked,
Savannah per cent. quarterly October
coupons, 1872 bid, ia asked; Savannah 5
per cent. quarterly Angus. coupons, ia
bid. IFS asked. Charleston As, 104 bid, 1O5
asked.
Railroad Bonds-savanna Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage
bonds, per cent. interest coupons 127
bid, asked; Savannah, Florida and
Western first mortgage 3 per cent. gold
bonds. due 1924, ia bid, asked;
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Company, 81. Johns division, first mort
gage As 95 bid, 81 asked;
Central Railroad and Banking Company
collateral 5s 96 bid, 81 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway first mortgage IS, 50-year
gold bonds. III bid, asked; Central of
Georgia cons per cent. bonds, 81 BID,
9S asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes ~ bid, 43 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second pre-
ferrad incomes 10 bid, II asked Central
of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, bid, Z asked; Georgia Rail-
road Is, 1910, 1l3 bid, 115 asked Char
1ntte. Columbia and Augusta list IS. los bid,
1897 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage Is, 123 bid,
- asked: Georgia Southern and Florida
new IS. Jos bid, 1882 asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent. bonds, 1926,
1o7 bil l0S asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage Z per cent. bonds,
10G hid los asked: Alaba anna Midland
ner cent. indorsod 98 bid, 101 asked Bruins
wick and Western As, 1872 bid, Sil2 asked
South Bound Railway 5s 99l2 bid, 100
asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
forred S. 1O5 bid, 1O7 asked; Georgia and
Alabama consolidated IS, 102 bid. 103 asked;
Eatouton Branch, IS bid, 81 asked; Cen
raj Of Georgia. Middle Georgia and Al
lantic division 5s, 81 bid as asked
railroad Stocks-Aususta and Savan-
nah, no bid, III asked: Southwestern,
1lnh bid. III asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock, l2j BID, l26 asked;
Atlanta aud West Point per cent. Ger
,iecotes 1903 bid, 104 asked; Georgia COM
rnon 257 bid 209i3 asked; Georgia and Ala
balna stock, q bid. 81 asked Savannah Ho-
lei Company stock, "a bid, 81 asked
Gas Stocks and Bonds-Savannah Gas
rfgbt stock. % bid, p asked Ed
son Electric Illuminating Company per
cont bonds 1864 bid, 1914 asked; Edison
Electric Illuminating Company stock, 105
bid 107 asked
Rank Stocks, Executions Bank. 119
MA 121 asked Cha ham Bank i08 bid.
rco asked; Cermania Bank 100 bid. 12l
,sl,ed. aiooal Bank Of Savannah 1877
IA tt0 asked: Merchant Natioua Sank Of
esvanuqh. 1885, bid. 1G4i2 asked; Oglethorpe
savings and Trust Company, 10s bid 100
ael-ed. Southern Bank of the State Of
Caorpi9 flO bid1H asked; Savannah Bank
ana trust Company, ll2 bid, 1lS asked
chatham Real Estate and improvement
company A. % bid, 81 asked y, 5ji2 BID,
5Gi. asked. People savings and Loan
company. g5 BID. & asked.
FACTORY Bouds-Augus FACTORY i0,h
asa ia,. asked: Slblcy MANUFACTURING
Comnany. IS. l2ls bid, 1927 asked Eagle
ana Pbonlx Mills, per cent bonds. due