New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-17
At Philadelphia the Money market Is

At Philadelphia the Money market Is
easy at sd9 p cent on frat class paper
1t will be seen by telegraph dlspa'on
,nat,be Committee Of Stockholders of The uni'ed
States Bank have decided no. 10 recommend sen-
eral assignment.
Tho creditors Of Texas in Philadelphia
had meeting in the Exchange few evenings
since at which some steps were tsseh 20 press 'nen
claims on the attention OF the preseh' oon5tesS.
Among other things, Committee was aPPon'ea
to determine the course OF acuon 10 Dc PURSUIT.
and an agent selected to go to Washington to press
the matter on the attention OF Congress ana '"e hN
ecuiive.
hill to authorize the Pennsy lvanla Rail
road 10 construct lateral road in Wesmoreland ana
Fsyete Counties passed the Senate on SATURDAY
In the House on the same day Dlis were reported p"
REQUIRE the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 20 re-
duce the tolls on their road % aRhonzs the nego'
tiation of loan of ssOO,OC to complete the Norm
Branch Canal, and to provide for refundlns tae
relief notes issued by the Banks of the Common
wealth.
The total amount of the State deot OF
Kentucky Is $5,726,SO7 81, Of which sl,S26,17S vi
exists in the form Of bends 10 the Board oil Eiuca-
ton-jn other words debt Of the State to herself.
Deductine this the remainder of the debt is 81 S99-
537 81. But this amount should be practically con-
sidered still further reduced by the fact tha' the
State OWLS 81 42O 500 in Bank stocks tne d.Tdends
from which considerably exceed the interest pald oy
the State on the sane amount OF her DEBT bu' de-
Quoting this amount viii be the pracncal opera
ton of winding up the Banks the public debt wouIa
then be 50 979,037 81. The whole amount invested
bv the State in Turnpike roads is 50 69i 2s9 9s Bat
isfi Siy
Railroad stocks owned By the State are profitable
investments at present
The Directors of the Southwestern Kali
road Bank OF South Carolina, have recon- nended
an assessment Of sc IS y share to be made on the
stockholders. This is to make good losses sustained
during the early adm nstTation OF the affairs OF tne
Bank, and which are now carried TO the pfohs and
loss account The present business OF the biaN Is
reported as successful and profitable
The annual report of the Vermont and
| Massachusetts Railroad has been made
| The gross income OF the road, for the
year 1851, was---- 'SSo 81
Expense -.---------------------- IIi,ooo 81
| Net income Sol,OfS 20
Inteies, paid on bonds and floating debt 6s $40 10
Balance Of income after deducting ex-
penses ard interest," SiSdes 10
| Balance Go. III iSig-- - zto ~
| Balance do III 1870 ----------- ~o,oSf 20
The result of the years operations EXHIBITS a
diminuton OF net increase III ine year 1881, after
paying expenses and interest, of $1,000 oil as cou-
pared with 1872 and Sll,l3 G5 as compared with
! 1850
| The gross income shows an excess OF SIS 22S so
over $780, and $50,S05 IS Is49. The Liabilities
| of the Company mainly as follows:
| Mortgage Bones due IN 1855 -$9i0,61O 90
| Old Ronds aue in 1852 $500 90
| 1883 "A 100 90
| Floating don't - 76 082 fl
| s25 Al
| Against which the Company have assets 500 5So 81
Balance of liabilities 1896 81
Some conversation having taken place concerning
competing lines, Mr.. President Whittemore gave it
as his settled conviction that the Railroads of New
England must combine to raise the prices on all the
| Roads, in order TO save themselves.