New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-11

ev.eadod those of the same month last year. The
receipts for sales Of land continue TO increase '''
add materially to the funds Of the Trustees Tor 'e
completion of the canal. The receipts rom ol4S al
No.. mounted ~ -$l7,59l .
For same month, 1850 .----------------. w. "
500 .
The land receipts for May. were l S55 -
For Nav, 1850 800 -
Increase about 6lf T. cent------------ 1921 q
Tho cash receipts for sales OF land during
the months ending June l, were ----SI1.'99S55 ~
During months ending June lo5O, were tbs. .
Increase O33 q cent? --.------------- $59'gl2 D
The earnings Of the Rutland and Bur
hnqton Railroad for the month Of May, Iool'
were Observation-Disclosures Wy o.
In the same month last year ------------ l5.it3 -
Increase 80 y cent? l'JJ' -
A new Bank has been located at Free
hold, M.
The Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
Company have declared a semi-annual dividend OF 3
- cent. 10 holders on the sth OF May----The Con-
cord Railroad Company has declared semi-annua
dividend Of p cent. payable to holders on The 7th
The Boston and Maine Railroad Company have
declared dividend Of 81 y cent. for the last mos
At Boston the Money market Is easy at
cas- = cent.
At Philadelphia the market is also easy
at legal rates
The Baltimore and Susquehannah Rail
road is doing a steadily increasing business.
The project of the Hamburg and Erie
Railroad is beng urged on the attention OF that part
of the country Interested and a meeting has been
held a: Warren. PA. at which strong resolutions
were passed IN favor of Road from Pittsburgh 10
Olean on the New-York and Enc Railroad, along
the valley Of the Allegheny. resolution was
passed TO open the books 81 subscription.
Alta meeting of the stockholders of the
Plainfold Railroad Corporation, the amendments 10
the charter, authorizing a union with the Hartford
Company were accepted and vote was passed.,
authorizing the Directors TO form a union upon such
terms and conditions they might deem best for the
interests Of the stockholders.
The Attica Atlas, referring to the Buffalo
and New-York City Railroad, formerly Attic and
Homollsville says Books were recently opened at
Warsaw for subscriptions to the increased stock for
extending the road TO Buffalo and $1l,O0O were
taken. The engineers and surveyors are now al
work locating the line from Attica westward Ar
rangements are being made for subscriptions 10 the
balance Of the stock and the road will probably be
all under contract by the LIST OF July and finished
through to Buffalo by the 1t Of January next"
Commencing at Attica, the road passes through the
towns of Alexander and Bethany in Genesee county,
Middlebury Warsaw, Gainesville, CASTLE and Gene
sec Falls, IN Wyoming Portage and Nunda, IN Liv
mgston, Grove and Burns IN Allcgany, TO Hornells-
vile Ii is So miles IN length and has an average
grade Of IS feet 10 the mile The road crosses the
GeneSee river less than half mile below the village
Of Portage at right angles-here being straight lines
on both sides
The business on the Mississippi and Mil
waukco Railroad. both passengers and freight, is
steadily and rapidly increasing. The increase for
April over March was about 49, per cent, ana for
May over April not less than AZ per cent.
From a list in the Boston Advertiser of
thirteen Railroads and their branches ia Msssachu-
sets. with 23S miles OF double TRACK, 375i OF single,
costing IN the whole S33SlO6s9 it appears that more
than half the companies paid dividends IN 1880 from
the net profits OF the year, = cent and the aver
age dividend on the whole exceeded - cent. each
having retained greater or less reserve While IN
England, the past year no company PAID more taan
3 4 cent, with the exception OF four, whlch paid
respectively Il las p cent, Z cent, ;; l. cent.
and 81 D cent. SIX other companies paid ? = cent
several from to and a number nothing The
Great Westom, with a capital of nearly cl4o03 coo.
9ci miles Ions, paid y cent. The London and
south Western, capital GS.39o0O0, 1 y cent. the
South Eastern and Greenwich, capital t0,i60,000.
81 = cent the Midland and Bristol, 400 miles. cap
ual fl5,5iO,Oo0, y & cent. the Lancashire and
Yorkshire, POO miles, capital III $4,000, > + cent
We annex statement of the exports
from this por, from the 3lsi of May TO the 7th June