The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-30

gets fairly under way. Most OF them have been con-
siderably depressed fer many months and there Is
VIDE margin for Improvement Money is daily getting
more abundant. 1t lie slmost q drug at Eve per
cent, and there Ia very little but that capital will
be plenty throughout the present year any time
since the discovery Of gold ines in California At the
second boaro prices drooped ttls Reading Railroad
fell of Il per cent Harlem ri Erie Railroad Can
ton Company, a; Edgeworth. "a.
The receipts the Office y the Assistant Treasurer Of
this port, to-day amounted 20 sleo a7e 90; payments
SO 019 14-baance, 1896 ISL SO.
The annual statement OF tho Astor Mutual Insurance
Company shows that the earned net premiums for the
year 5000 col CO from which deduct the amount OF
iores reinsurance expenses, Sc, SiB,6S9 q, and
1854 Goa IS remains the net profits Of the year. and
making with the accumulated PROFITS from April 1S4e,
to December 81, 1850, 70, which certificates pre-
viously issued fetal ssa22oi 10 Tho asssts OF the
company amount to Sel0sl5 20 The trustees of the
company have declared dividend CT twenty four per
cent the earned premiums FOR year. for which
t6cates will be isued the 7th of April next. Also,
interest at the rate OF six per cent Per scrip
heretofore issued ii cash the Cd OF February
next
The Stony Brock Railroad has declared o cem annual
dividend Of ga per cent. dividend OF four per cen.
has been declared to the tockh oders Of OReys Wss-
tern Line Of Telegraph being the profits Of the year.
after akng many repairs and Improvements.
The following paragraph is going the rounds Of the
press credited to paper that claims usually to b. ,og
rect in all its statements:
THREE. CENT PucEs The scarcity Of this convenient
coin ia thus accounted for by Hunts Merchants Muea-
zine 80 The die for the coin has been prepared and the
coinage would he proceeded with at the Mint in
Philadelphia but tor defect in the Law, which makee
provision for procuring thu materials silver and cop
per, to so on with the work Consequently the coinage
delayed till the proper steps taken By Congress to
remedy the deficiency
The Treasurer Of tho Mint dsposes Of this story as
follows -
o. 8. MINT, PHnApELAHIA, JANUARY %, 1862
The above statement Is entirely incorrect II
mPutes the scarcity Of the three coin to the
law or to the Mint So isr from the coinage Of that
piece having been delayed for any it is SUN
cient TO answer that have sresdy issued over eix
millions OF pieces. With reference to the alleged
scarcity it must be expected course that coin not
eight months before the public, will be SONS time in
nndng its way into circulation But every acconmo-
datioD is afor ded at the Mint for that purpose Not
only 40 We coin supply for local demands but we
send them 10 the Assistant Tres and
OF the United states and to postasers on tie line Of
the express companies at our expense aud Ia
change for gold shall be happy iii orders Ior suus
or $50, 500 or sl50, their iultipes bags CON
E. q. DALE Treasurer.
The twenty second annual report Of the Boston and
Worcester Railroad Company gives the annexed exhibit
Of operations during the year ending Nov scth lS5l:
Bosros WORCESTER RAILROAD.
Inaome for the year ending Nov.
Reserved income Of the previous 3
From which has been paid On as-
count Of an accident in 1871. $3.50 SO 63,l56 rs
Total credit to income account Ss07 O19 80
Which has been disposed Of and appropriated as fol-
lows
Work'pg expenses. ............ S3S7 s327 10
interest,". .................... 70 422 "a
Two dividends, So cent eSch $4,000 90 s722i9 80
surplus income OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SS4, 500 90
The expenses exceed those Of the preceding
year by slo2s6 81, principally account Of
repairs Of engines, passenger cars, damages, and
law expenses. Two engines Of great power and
satisfactory speed have been added the passen.
cars have received unusually large REPAIRS twenty
merchandise have been broken up worth 70.
pairing and sixteen substuted an appropri-
alton Of So ESQ has also been made to rebuild the re-
maipder. claim Of long standing against the Old
Colony Rel road Company has resulted in verdict in
favor Of the Worcester Corporation for $4,000 or Of
$4,000 depending upon the decision Of law question
reserved The passenger receipts show increase OF
SO liz 49, the freight receipts decrease OF SlS47
rents and mails an ircfease of $l29 8i-making total
decrease ct $1,000 "a In the income Of the road The
decrease in freight is attributed to the competition Of
other roads which have used cxertons tc
divert freight from the West by reducing prices and by
active solicitation through their agents In other
pects the income Of the road has had steady advance
at opce the proof and consequence prospers and
growth Of the towns on its line
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