The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21

we" ioIh, May D.-RoSn steady;
strained, common to good, $L45d1 Az.
Turpentine quiet and steady, 42c.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange-Market Is steady.
The following are the Savannah quo
tations: Commercial, demand 1867: six
ty days. 1874; ninety days, S4.S3; francs.
Paris and Havre, sixty days, s. 215s; Swiss
sixty days, 526ss; marks, sixty days,
"a 5-16
Domestic Exchange-steady banks are
buying at par and selling as follows;
Amounts up to $25, 10 cents; SIS to $50, Is
cents; $50 to 500, 20 cents; 5000 to $500 u
per cent premium $500 to $1,000, at u
per cent. premium 81 900 and over, 81 per
$1,000.
Observation-Disclosures is fairly brisk.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
S1a per cent bonds of 1880. 112 bid, lib ask
ed; Georgia 31a per cent, due 1915. Ill
bid, 112 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds.
1915, 122 bid, ia asked; Georgia 4 per cent
due 1920. 100 bid, III asked: South Caro-
lima 415s, 116 bid, 1T asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta AZ per cent. 1929
1O7 bid, - asked; Augusta 31hs, 1928 1OIE
bid, 102 asked; Augusta 41as, 1925, 1O6 bid
los asked; Augusta 7 per cent 10 bid. III
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid 113
asked; Columbus per cent, 107 bid lOS
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 116 bid. 12O ask
ed; Macon 4las, 1926 106 bid, asked Sa-
vannah per cent quarterly July cou
pons, ia bid, 114A asked; Savannah 5 per
cent. quarterly August coupons, ia bid
114% asked; charleston As, l6 bid, 107
asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent interest coupons, 125 bid 19e
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 8 per cent. gold bonds. dine
1924. l13 bid, ia asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral Is o.
bid. 100 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first mortgage 5s, 50-year gold bonds III
hid. 11S asked; Central of Georgia Cons
per cent. bonds, 80 bid Sc asked.
Central of Georgia Railwav
first preferred incomes, 4112 bid, AZ asked.
central of Georgia Railway second pre-
ferred incomes 10 bid, IA asked; Cen
trail Of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, bid, asked; Georgia Rail-
road Is. 1910, 1161A bid, III asked; Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta first IS, 1O9 bid, 10
asked; Charlotte Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage rs, 1913 bid, 124 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new 5s 1G9
bid, 10 asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage rs, 100 bid, 1O1 asked;
| Ocean Steamship per cent. bonds 1925,
105 bid, 107 asked City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage Z per cent. bonds,
103 bid, 1N asked; Alabama Midland per
cent. indorsed, SO bid, 101 asked; Bruins
wick and Western As, 80 bid, SO asked;
South Bound Railway 5s, 1914 bid, 1O0A
asked; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred 5s, 106 bid, 107 asked; Georgia and
Alabama consolidated 5s, 1O1 bid, 102 ask
ed; Eatonton Branch, 80 bid, 10015 asked;
Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division IS, SO bid, 100 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
nah, 113 bid, 1l31a asked Southwestern,
1131s bid. ia asked ATLANTA and West Point
stock, 124 bid, 1875 asked; Atlanta and
West Point per cent certificates, 1881
bid, 104 asked; Georgia, common, 2O6 bid,
27 asked; Georgia and Alabama stock,
"a bid, So asked; Savannah Hotel Co. stock
So bid 90 asked.
Gas Stocks and Bonds.-Savannah Gas
Light Stock, rs bid, q asked. Edison Elec-
trio Illuminating Company per cent.
bonds, 1861 bid, 1861 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank, 12O
bid, 121 asked; Chatham Bank 1O7 bid,
1OS asked; Germania Bank, 11S bid, 100
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 129
bid, - asked; Merchants National Bank of
Savannah 94A bid, IS asked; Oglethorpe
| Savings and Trust Company. 107 bid, los
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia. 131 bid, 1872 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company Ill bid, 112 ask
ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, A, 5ela bid, 81 asked; B,
55h bid, Sc asked; Peoples Savings and
Loan Company, "a bid 95 asked.
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory, 101
bid, 102 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s. 102 bid. 103 asked; Eagle and Phe-
nix Mills, 6 per cent. bonds, due 1923, 1O3
bid, 1O5 asked; Bib Manufacturing Com
pany 103 bid, 1851 asked.
Factory Stocks.-Augusta Factory, IS
bid, 50 asked; Graniteville Factory, $50
bid, 155 asked; Langley Factory, 81 bid,
1917 asked; Enterprise Factory. common,
80 bid so asked; j. r. King Manufacturing
Company 81 bid l01 asked; Sibley Manu-
featuring Company. IS bid 70 asked Sa
vannah Brewing Company, l04 bid. 105
asked.
New York. May 2O-Money on call was
steady at 21aQ3 per cent; the last loan
was an 3 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per 31ad415 per cent. Sterling exchange,
steady. with actual business in bankers
bills at S4S75sGI4S724 far demand, and at
S4S515G4S534 for sixty days; posted rates,
81. S61b and $751; Commercial bills, $4S40
1856 Silver certificates, 6l@6lAc Bar sill
YER Gle Mexican dollars, 4S1ac State
bonds were inactce; railroad bonds were
irregular; government bonds were firmer.
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statement shows the following changes:
surplus reserve, increased 7,493, 100; loans,
decreased S7.2l3,9OO specie, increased,
81. $50 200; legal tenders. increased $l,145,-
53O. deposits, Increased S63,GO) circulation,
decreased so. 200 The banks now hold
ssl 6s1, 625 in excess Of the requirements Of
the % per cent rule
New York. May 20.-Transactions in 20
days short session were apparently comm
hxr traders who
seeI, n DAYS turn in prices. either up or
down. Prices in the majority Of cases are
consequently little changed from last
night. The course Of their fluctuations
during The two hours trading reflected
considerable hesitation and uncertainty IN
| the mihds Of the trading element
The London Exehange, Wafselosed for