New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-16

,.d for AsssyOAce, sa,s5s e.; paid on disbursng
ehecks. al9o,lee 25 The payments include ssoo,ooo
sent 10 Washington.
Tho Re.tman Fire.Insursnce Company has declared
, sern-appual dividend Of seven per cent., payable
February J. not five per cent--es printed yesterday
In another column will be found the advertisement
Of the semi-annual dividend of the Milwaukee and
Mississippi Railroad Company Y cent IN cash and
= cent in stock payable on the 2sth inst. Messrs
Atwood A. Co will pay the dividend 10 New-York
-kboders The earnings for 1885 $esl 2s -
Operating NS' 7"
Net 20
Orof, ssIne q ays4 ,Tf 1854 abon, 50 y cent
These earnings are the more remarkable a. having
been made entirely from local business, the road at
present reaching only to Madison. When completed 10
Prairie du Chen on the Mississippi River and the travel
and freight Of Northern Wisconsin and Iowa and Mime
sofa poured over it. the business Of this road will
probably be second only to that of the Galena and
Chicago.
The receipts of the Western Railroad, (Alass.) for
the year 10 Dec. l, were 81 l,s6s, 673-passengers,
s7e3 O37 freight 81 OO7 992; mails and miscellaneous,
ss7 ssl: Hudson and Boston road, slO,e1l. The ex
peDdiures for the same time were as follows: Repairs
of road way $3.50, ,93l repairs Of engines, s92 500;
repairs of passenger and freight cars, sl22 9i9 repairs
Of buildings ferries &C., s36, ,4i2; cars and
gines to cover depreciation S3j377 transportation
penses sJf 2jl general expenses, s27 ,l97-tOtal
penses 236 $50. The profits Of the year thus:
$685. OLA out of which come interest State loans,
s297, ,s6O = cent TO sinking funds, s5O,O 3 cent
dividend to stockholders $500, ,5Oo loss lease of
Pittsfeld and North Adams road, sl,335-in all,
s7O9 749 which creates minus on the years accounts
of s76,735. But there was a surplus or contingent
fund at the beginning of the year of sls4923, from
which this excess is taken, and still leaves a conn
gent fund Of sO 57 The gross receipts Of the year on
the main line as compared with the receipts of 1854,
stand thus:
Years. PASSENGERS F5sisht; Other sources. rS:sL
is55...F Isj:. 1851 1851 iS6ass s1sSi is5ssSi
1ncresn..s654 $4,000 +5-565 s9i9l7
The great increase Of the expenses Of 1884 and 1855
mainly attributable to the necessity of large renewals
of the superstructure, and heavy additions to the
equipments of the road the latter made necessary by
contract with the Worcester to furnish all the cars for
the joint business of the two roads.
The gross receipts Of the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road for the year amount TO -, 1894, which is
increase of about FL T. cent over the year 1854:
Receipt. from Jan 1885, 70 Jan. j. 3l53Si SO
same period last S'o29' %
1ncreose....,. s763fS7 10
An official statement issued from the Office of the
Company in the early part of last month showed the
gross earnings for eleven months to have been
So 492 49, and the expenditure 2O69 l9l Co. leav
ing for net profits 81 95s, 300 -. Assuming the net
profits on the business of the month of December to
have been 5000 OOO il would leave for net earnings for
the wear 81 95s, 300 -. The capital stock of the
Company is $3.50 00O and bonds issued 81 900 O00
making the total investment sl9, $40, 900. OF this
sum, however 81 5O 900 have been invested in West
ern roads, which reduces the actual investment in the
PENNSYLVANIA road to sl7, O,0OO On this basis,
after deductng = cent interest on loans U.s. $50 00o
there remains net earnings 81 ,625 800, which Is
equal to l3 cent on the capital stock of the Com
pany.
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
Company have Just declared an extra dividend of q
cent payable in stock out Of the surplus earnings of the
road to such stockholders on the 2lst of De-
cember last The New-York dividends will be paid
by Messrs. Winslow, Lanier Il Co. Stockholders hav-
ing fractional shares coming to them cannot obtain
share Of stock by paying the differences they must re-
ceive the money for such fraction.
As We stated yesterday the Reading dividend IS p
cent p cent in cash clear of tax, and p cent in
stock In cases where the dividend is less than half
share the Company pays the cash. and when it is over
difference at par The business of the year ending Now
30 has been:
Traa,poroton and Income Aeof for II months ending Nor
80, 1855.
RECEIPTS.
Travel 6l7 equal Ill 22hrough passengers S30l9j 70
Freight merchandise I5i S8I 31B5l %
Freight coal 2,2l3 92 3664O9i 30
Nscellsneons rece irts 1886 70
1898 Sc
EXPENSES.
Transportation Department. : i 225 ,2j8 70 $1,000 -
Roadway Department 20ooi< 6S-l''lo,oSl %
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s28lO9l2 10
Drawbacks dulppage ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 26996 81
Net profit for the 593,9l5 q
Interest Bonds AM Mortgages. 1904 on % - .
Renewal lisi0- ID o0''SS 20
Dividend Fund for the 9i0,4O5 10
Out Of which has been paid:
Balance OF Interest Account. Slbi,Z76 "
Balance Renewal Fund 1856 52 29 98Sj u
Sr king und for Bonds payable 1860. 5000 OO .. 80
Sinking Fund for Bonds payable lSO 5000 90 lOOVN "
July, 1855, dividend y cent on... SlojS5,l6 20
Preferred and Common Stock...... 4i,160 81 - .
State Tax, lS55.,..''.'.''''''' 4Ssp 70 o<i'o' 70
SlIl5s43 30
Out Of which y has been declsred.., 42iai2 6i
s69l6 6l5 66
To which add the surplus Of 1874 1851 ls
Total surplus ont of which y cent has been
issued IN stock, leaving the balance as a Con- - -. .
ungent eol'|4- o.