The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-27
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days, 80 1916.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows.
Amounts up TO $25 10 cents: SIS 10 $50. is
cents; $50 to 500. 20 cents; $500 TO $500. a
per cent premium; 5000 to 81 900 at "A per
cent. premium; 81 600 and over, 81 per ST.
0O0
Seeurities-The demand is not so urgent
for investments
Stocks and Bonds-State acknowledgements
3ih per cent. bonds of 1880, no bid, Ill ask
ed; Georgia 31a per cent. due 1915. 1903
bid asked: Georgia Az per cent bonds
1915. l2l bid. 100 asked; Georgia per cent.
due 1920, li6 bid 1l9 asked: South Carolina
AIS, lis bid ZIG asked
City Bonds-Atlanta AZ per cent. 1929,
106 bid, asked; Augusta 3d. 1928. 10lii
bid 1902 asked; Augusta 4las 1926 lO7 bid
los asked Augusta per cent, III bid. 1iS
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid 1l3
asked Columbus per cent. 1O7 bid 1903
asked: Macon per cent, lis bid, - ask
ed; Macon 41as, 1926, 1906 bid, asked; Sa-
vannah per cent, quarterly April cou-
pons, 1l2la bid IFS asked: Savannah per
cent quarterly February commons, liz
bid, 11S asked; Charleston 4s. 100 bid, 1O1
asked.
00RAilroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent interest coupons, 11s bid, 119
asked; Savannah Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds. due
1924, 10 bid, III asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterals S. o.
bid, IS asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first mortgage 5s. 50-year gold bonds, 1is
bid, 1l9 asked; Central Of Georgia Railway
FIRST consolidated mortgage S. 931a hid.
9ila asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes, 4O1a bid, 41lk asked:
Central of Georgia Railway second pre-
ferred incomes ID bid, 1872 asked: Cen
fNuI Of rsrsa 1aHIv.
comes. bid, 81 asked; Georgia Railroad
IS, 1910, ia bid, 116 asked: Charlotte. Co
lumbia and Augusta first 5s 1Oe bid, 1O7
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage 7s III bid. 11g asked:
Georgia Southern and Florida new IS. l09
bid, 40 asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage Is 100 bid 1O1 asked.
Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds 1926.
lOo bid, 106 asked city and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage per cent bonds.
lOl bid, lO2 asked Alabama Midland per
cent. ndorsed. so bid. 100
asked; Brunswick and Western
As, SO bid, SO asked South
Bound Railway S. 80 bid - asked; Geor-
gia and Alabama first preferred IS. los
bid, 1O6 asked; Georgia and Alabama con-
solidated 5s, 100 bid. asked Eatonton
branch, 81 bid 100 asked; Central of Geor-
gla, Middle Georgia and Atlantic division
IS, 96 bid, 9s asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, JOG bid, 1917 asked; Southwestern.
1864 bid. 1O7 asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock 1lS bid, 100 asked. Atlanta
and West Point per cent certificates
1914 bid 1902 asked Georgia, common. 2Oo
bid. 1908 asked
Gas stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock,
"a bid Is asked, ex-div.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Cltlzens Bank. 1t1H
bid = asked; Chatham Bank, 100
bid, - asked; Germania Bank 112 bid.
asked; National Bank of Savannah.
1877 bid, asked; Merchants National
Bank of Savannah, So bid, 81 asked;
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
l0419 bid 1854 asked; Southern Bank OF
the State of Georgia, 127 bid, 1854 asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 1914
bid, asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, A, SO bid, "a ask
ed; B, 52h bid, SO asked: Peoples
Savings and Loan Company, 1914 bid, "a
asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory 105
bid, 106 asked; SLbley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid, 1O2 asked; Eagle and
Phenlx Mills per cent. bonds due 1923
1O1h bid. 1903 asked; Bib Mfg. Co., 105 bid,
40 asked
Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, IS
bid, SO asked; Graniteville Factory, 40
bid, las asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
101 asked; Enterprise Factory, common 80
bid, "a asked; j. r. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid. 101 asked; Slbley Man
ufacturlng Company, 70 bid 76 asked Sa-
vannah Brewing Company, 105 bid, 100
asked.
New York, Jan. 26.-Money on call Yves
steady, 21sGt3 per cent; the last loan was
at per cent Prime mercantile paper.
21k03 per cent; sterling exchange, firrner
with actual business in bankers bills at
4Sf1404.S4a4 for demand. and at $AS23tGb
4.s3 for sixty days; posted rates, S4.S31kn
1857; commercial bills, $4s2a4. S21z; silver
certificates nominal, 5915M601sc; bar. sill
yer. 59Ac Mexican dollars, 47c. Govern
ment bonds, steady; state bonds were
inactive; railroad bonds were strong
New York. Jan. 2G-Stocks made sub
stanual progress upward to-day tin the
closing dealings when there was the usual
profit taking, accompanied by vigorous
selling for the short account which sent
prices down an average of about / point,
but leaving fair gains for the day. Trans
actions were in excess of /, 10000 being the
second largest day in the history of the
exchange.
Expectations Of an early settlement of
the peace treaty, and the frmness of
Americans In London were important fea-
lures In the markets strength The UNI
rest In the Philippine Islands was passed
unnoilced, and had no appreciabIe effect
on trading The Changers made extreme
advances of from / to 2A, the latter in
ST. Paul. on it's showing of a net increase
for December of $4,000 Northern Pacific
and Union Pacific displayed strength, al
though the latter eased off considerably
on limitations that the Vanderbilt deal
was suspended for the present.
Other railways displaying special
strength were Reading and Southern pre-
ferred. and among the Inactive shares 81.
Louis, Southwestern preferred and Mime
apolis and ST. Louis were features of
strength. while Long Island rose 4 points.
and ST. Louis and San Francisco first pre-
ferred advanced So and over points for
the common and second preferred. Metro
polltan continued Its sensational advance
OF yesterday jumping l1% to 220h, but in
the final dealings reacted 10 217ik. Among
the Flower stocks, Brooklyn Transit, Peo-
pies Gas and Federal Steel preferred at
one time made notable gains Sugar. Glu-
cose Rubber Pacific Mail and Tennessee
Coal and Iron were likewise strong fea-
lures among the specialties.
number OF low priced stocks moved
no sharply The ease of money. which Is