The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-23

and Hartford Railroad opened In
New Britain. Pennington and Bristol on the asth inst
Subscriptions amounting to about $2400 900 have already
been pledged Hartford, and is expected they will
be increased amount in the towns interested su
Gent TO construct the road from Hartford Bristol and
perhaps further.
The amount Of taxes in the city of Boston for
the year 1916 was as follows:-
valuation of real estate. $50. sec llS S 500 500
PERSONAL. oo,i1V,VVV
$l4s $3.50 6o0--$6. $1,000
Polls 1894 .......... .Si ~ esch'
Increase lS45:-Polls 81 6S7 property, $l2
being about per polls and about 10 cent on
property.
The Union Insurance Company of St. Louis have de-
csred dividend of fifteen per cent out Of the profits Of
the last six months.
The Boston money market 10 represented as being
very easy and in healthy condition. Within the past
week Worcester Railroad shares have advanced in that
market one half Of one per cent, Norwich and Wor
cester and half East Boston Company one, and
Boston Maine onehalf Westerns have declined ono
eighth, and Old Colony per cent the latter sup.
posed to be account Of the creation Of new shares
There was little alteration in the other quotations
Bank manufacturing and insurance stocks are not in
demand and very few sales have been made The ap-
proncsng dividends these securities, estimated at q
million of dollars have tendency to keep these stocks
ont Of the market
The Worcester Railroad in the past eight months, has
received large obusness from its great feed
or the Western road and its shares have in
advanced in price, and in demand The increase on
tAs Western Railroad is already three and half per
cent last years receipts which Eve and
half per cent beside the interest accruing the half
million in the sinking funds, which is equal to per
the share capital making the total ten per
cent subjected however, to increased expenses which
will probably be covered by the gain in receipts for the
remaining third of the year
The Boston and Maine road is said to have gained
$4,000 receipts for the past quarter The Danvers
branch of the Eastern road will be completed this fall
aording that section accommodation which may pre-
sent bar to a renewed application for an independent
route this city. The gain the Norwich road this
year to the LIST inst is sls79s The Long Island road
also exhibits handsome increase since the raising of
the fares from ruinousy low rates The sub
scription to the Michigan Central road has been filed
and the purchasers have cause to congratulate them
selves upon securing such valuable and productive
work of internal improvement in the great West Bos
ton capital has entered largely into this purchase and
Boston management will secure its success.
The commissioners of public works of Ohio and Indi-
ana agreed upon tariff Of tolls to be charged upon
merchandise transported upon tho Wabash & Erie Ca
nal We annex table Of rates. from the Official returns
Of the commissioners -
WABAsH AND ERIE CANAL, ONO AND INprANA-RATEs
For tho wabash and Erie Canal in the States of Ohio
and Indiana and aftor the 10th day Of September
On each 1000 pounds, and in the same proportion for
lesser greater vefght.
l. or ale, agricultural Implements animals
(domestic) beans bread, beer, beeswax, bris-
ties, cheese, crackers, cordage cotton begging,
cotton in bales, coopers' ware. carpenters and
Joiner work, carriages candles (of lard or tai
lox) eggs fax fruit dried U. States), ginseng,
hemp, hides, horns and tips, hair, names, lime,
(hy drauIic) MANILA malt, marble dust nuts (U
81; oil (ef Western lard), peas provisions salt
leaf, potters' ware resin, PITCH rags, seed, sale
twestsrn), allow tails (caltlesp. tar, vine
gar, wool, wood ware (Western), and wagons.
For each mLe not exceeding 100 .......... smills
Beef butter, bs soI brooms broom handles.
broom corn barley, -four. lard pork. soap, tobsc-
co mot msnufactured), wheat, whisky, and high
wines:
For each mile not exceeding 100. ..........7
Anvil. b,ooms .'e cIooHs fsa,b:r, sac: ifor
chair ho,tom5 hops tWes.ernl' household fuHni
ture accompanied by and belonging TO fami-
. si s%euSns over p" los eash leather s
or unfin hed), marble twroughD, machinery,
mechanics tools, nails, paper (western), pow
der (Wesiern) and spikes:
For each mile no, exceeding 100. ....... IS
4. Fresh water fish and salt (6ne)
For each mile not exceeding 100. IN
r.rv..s dom IN sde'. s1pi,; c,ber than whi,
ky), furniture (househod), furs and peltries (ia-
Guiding deer buffalo and bear), lead lin pigs or
bars). merchandise Including dry goods, hard
ware. cutlery, crockery, groceries not other
wise enumerated, and all articles not speched),
shot and steel:
For each mile not exceeding ioo.. ...... 40
in addition 10
g. Buckwheat, barrels, (empty) cider, fruit
Qrssh U 81 grindstoncs, gypsum, grease, iron,
(pig or scrsp) meal, oats, potatoes and other We
getsbles rye, shorts and ship stuffs screenings
tombstones mot marble) trees, shrubs and plants
Qving)
For each mile not exceeding 100 .,...
. In addition
Z nd mi hi pd
sorn)
For each mile not exceeding 100 .. ..... Ia
8 Crockerv, (western)
For each mile not exceeding 100 :. 10
in addition ........,...S
o Salt coarse or rock,)
For each mile not exceeding 100 ....5
in addition .............. az"
TO- Corn-3 mills in indiana
Not to exceed for any distance in Ohio as cts
H. Coffee. crockery, lin cratss) glass and
glass ware moIasses and sugar lin hhds bbls)
tobacco, (manuiactured) white lead and West In
dia fruits,
For each mile not exceeding so 40 mills
" in addition 10 "
All articles enumerated in the Ohio and Indiana toll
sheets which not provided for in this, to be left to
the control Of the commissioners perncndents Of
their respective States.
Provided, That the foregoing rates Of toll are to be