New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-30
TIE following sae. wele made at auction By A. H. Mic.

sSs % feelior White zinc Co per share ......2ac
Simeon Drapers semweekly sale Of Stocks and Bonds
will take place at the Merchants Exchange tomorrow at
| l2I O'Clock.
The Merchants Bank has declared a dividend Of five
p cent. for the past six months.
The aggregate Imports this port since January are
e757Oj 49, against <7s 1872 500 time last year. The
aggregate Exports s2s ,3ss against 69i95
The Exchanges OF the Clearing House this morning were
s25,sH,754.
The exchanges at the Clearinghouse for the week were
sl23 O53 442 and the balances paid ss3sls The total
Of exchanges since the establishment oi the Osa
ing-House is s3 COB, 1925.
Tho amount Of Public Debt redeemed la.. week
1882 900.
The amount Of public debt Of California paid off since
Jan. is 1924, ,49l. 80
Tie Cincinnati Gazette announces that the ohlo ana
Mississippi Railroad Company have negotiated loan on
81 500 900 of their second Mortgage Bonds-the money.
be furnished in Eastern bank notes to be circulated IN
the West We should be glad to know that this state
nent is correct for this is very important road, and
much needed in the district of country through which it
runs but we fear the amount negotiated is much
stated Mr. Bacon Page & Bacon is this City en-
deayoring TO negotiate two and half millions Of the
Bonds alluded to- and has with fair but not
We think the extent spoken Of above. Enough how
ever has been done keep the contractors this impor
tant road vigorously work and when completed TO the
junction Of the Jeersonville Road, it will be, it
is believed that it will the interest the entire
amount expended on the work.
meeting Of the stockholders of the Cleveland Panes-
vile and Ashtabula Road has been called to take into
consideration the act of the late Pennsylvania Legislature
in regard to the Sunbury and Erie Road subscription and
other cognate matters.
Tile Cbicono Democrat makes the following statement
"Messrs. w. p. Burial, President ID. A. Neal, Vice
President and r. Il. Mason Engineer OF the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad from Ceiro whittier they went by the line
of the road passing the Chicago Branch from this
point The WORK of grading TO Urbana 1875 miles Is COM
pletod and the iron is going down rapidly From Cairo
TO Bloomington the main line the grading mostly
done There has been slight delay at Salt Creek, where
there is heavy embankment and the low lands be-
tween the Cachee River and Cairo Otherwise the grading
out Of the way of the track kayers lron during the
present high stage Of water is easily transported up the
Big and Little Muddy Rivers, and to Decatur by the
Great Western Road that the track is being laid both
ways The work Cairo is going well, and has al
ready progressed far TO afford protection against any
food Tie Hon. S. d. Lockwood Of Batavia, andthe Hon.
John Moore Of Springfield, Trustees of the Company were
NJ Chicago taking measures to organize the land depart
mept preparatory selling. They will sell credit
authority having been given them to do SO by recent
act Of the Legislature and in accordance with the recon-
mendation of Mr. Neal in his report this subject CIV
ing time to settlers and cuvators but dscouras-
ing purchases by speculators 1t Is probable that the
COmy any will insist upon occupancy ana cultivation d
condition of sale
The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company and Della
ware and Raran Canal Company (acting jointly have
called meeting for the 31s at Princeton for the purpose
OF improvipg the conveyances between New-York and
philadelphia. double railroad track is proposed, and
also change of tracks, as we understand.
The annual meeting of stockholders Of the Northern
Railroad Company was held in Concord on Wednesday.
A dividend Of y cent was declared payable TO share
holders May 81 at such time the Directors may here
after determine. The following gentlemen were chosen
Directors viz: Onsow Stearns John A. Burnham, Geo
w. Nesmith, Josiah Mnot, Joseph w. Clark, Urel
Crocker George A. Ketoll In recent sketch from
the annual report of this Company stated the amount
of extra expenses at slO9 1897 81 including by
the sum Of s69 paid dividend in November, ls53
The acu, Of extra expenses was s4Ol27 81 and
the net income of the year s3s 299 90, than
cent. on the capital stock
Edward Crane Esq., has been chosen President of the
Vermont Central Railroad Company, and w. H. Brown,
for some time past connected with the Treaurers depart
mon has been appointed Treasurer in place of Mr. ol-
brook who resigned some weeks since.
From the report the Engineer of NewYork for
1889 which was submitted the Legislature in February
last it appears that the length Of all the railroads in opera
ton in the State is 432 miles The number of ocomo-
tvos in use is $780, the number Of passenger cars, s34
the number a baggage and freight cars 6s95; the whole
number OF miles by passenger anss about 693
by freight trains, 1927 ,sO7; making aggregate of
10 s22 77O miles The whole number of miles Travelled by
passengers is put down at 53l ,572,29s.
Twenty Railroad Corporations have made full reports,
from which the following statements appear:
The capital stock ehais ~
The capital stock, suhscnbed Suio.ds, y,
The capital stock paid in s6o ~
The smouni Of funded debt SS67Sl y
The .mo1ni Of goslns debt
equipment including grading and supesue- -, ,,..o,o,o
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