The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-24

pr ton and on the Pssc ste ct Panama and San Juan
Del Sur at about % per This viii give thsm 1t the
ports ON this side cear profit Of ~ per ton and ON the
her tide profit say $40 per ton These figures would
give the company aggregate net income Cor the frat
year OF operations, Is 'ollows:-
Total consumption at the Gulf ports 200 tons 81 per
Do do At Pacific ports loo TONS at ;io do. do. Il 600
Ne. ; ncoms per Soo
Ne' hcefhe per annum .$VOJ 6V0
This Ia pretty fair exhibit for company with An &C.
tual capital Of only 81 900. But 1t Is not all
ravsgant provided Of course that the supply o.
holds out and the quality proves equal to that reported
The company have taken the proper seps place
question these important matters. That immense
bsdy fbitumnous coal exists upon the property OF the
Chiriqui Improvement Company there be doubt,
from the evidence already in the compsuys possession
but extensive explorations necessary to erabe
the company to commence operations at tine most acce
sible point, with the least expendi
The Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company have
made a contract for ten more first class locomotives
The company is also negossdng for three hundred add
ticna freight This increase OF equipment Is pur
chased anticipation OF the early completion next
sen The read the Mississippi river of which there is
doubt II is estimated that by the LIST of Febra-
AIRY, 1856 nearly AL the grading from Madison to the
viii then be ready for the superstructure and the
naming portion of the grading be flushed in two
three months from thst time. The contractors have
in Milwaukee twenty three hundred tons of iron
sufficient to lay to Mazomsnie, to which poin. they in
Tend having the road completed very early in the spring
The remaining portion Of the to complete the entire
road is contracted for TO be delivered In New York.
ready for shipment first opening Of the navigation
in the spring.
The London Chronicle of the It'll inst gives the follow
ing movements of specie:-
IMPORTS BuIIIoN-Ihe arrivals Of tbs precious me-
tails In England during tho past week have been fol
lows
From New York, per America ............. sos 14a
From West Indies and Mexico, per Tyre ,IsG, sl3
The specie brought BY the Tyne which arrived at south
weighed nearly eighty TONS and princi ally listed Of
silver from Mexico. 1t will take train Ut twenty rail-
way to convey it to London, sni il the agess
specie freight brought Southa oton in sup
AS the Tyre entering the dock the East India steam
Pers going out with nearly 40 tons Of silver
board nearly 81 400 coo worth of specie for India
china and Egypt The mail packets passed close t.
each other aud the spscie board ooh amounted ia
value 70 nearly ST 800 600 5000 600 sterling was
120 in weg hit and consisted of nearly 600 900 ozs
Of gold and silver Two such richly fceghed argoses
never before saluied each other in Southampton
ExioR1s or srhIz1he official return OF the Ports Of
bullion rom the port Of LONDON the week en- aing
Ounces
Gold bars Observation-Disclosures. 800
The asCer;aned shipments from the ou.pord been
to the extent Of about E2T1 GOO
The exports Of bullion for The tx months ending De-
cember 81 were:-Gold e. 52S $50; siive f6 933 $780,
together 50 2l0 whils 10 the corresponding period
Of 1854 they asnounted only to f4871 $50 The total
shipments Tor 1854 SO 902 ST.; and for 1876, Gl
ga go irrespective Of the large gold aad silver
by FoiAstone and Dover France during the
same period which according TO the official
amounted to el5 $50 20 in 1854 AMI 366 $50 In the
past thus raising the aggregate exp g. 400
1874 90 1866 Showing
OF 81 20 st3 the later year The consgnments
chiefly 70 lnci., China and the Peninsula.