The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-16

ed semiannual dividend Of FIVE per cent, and the
Niagara Insurance Company semiannual dividend
Of ten per cent
The earnings Of the La Crosse and Milwaukee
Railroad Company for the first week in August,
amounted 70 to,els 90.
The indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad Com.
pany earned in July t40,42s, against s2a s23 Tor the
same month last year.
The Boston journal Of the Il.h inst, says:-
There was a better demand for Fitoh6rrr Railroad.
winch advanced 70 coy bid, and TO stck ~as offered
ab VA no.ins'n improved ~ c'o-Ss Of IL bid,
Boston and Worcester duh al 50 ased Grand Junction
s .sa &C. % - bid - sssd sd colssy ,As2x Port,
wss X per cent lower closing at a. bid Wesern de-
eined !; and was dull Al So. ogdersbsrs Railroad x
bid al which rate several hundred shares were sold yea
terdsy afier tbe seioarEmcnt OF ths Boari.
The market for copper shares = unsetled and prices
Ielower Minnesota sold At ~, decline Of yer cent
from asking rates yesterday Isle Royale was shade
bieher but MOI very nrm al quotations Tax oered aud
30 bid rbontx, 3; sups rior, c, and .ockand ~ bid
Hank socks arc in steady dcuAni al Improved qncta.
ions Howard aeysnced x, sioeiss a, 90. bid; few
Boston, CO., OIL Eagle. ioe Eliot io7,; Exchauge III;
North, io2; North America, ios aud fraeers Ios < bid
Maverick in rvquep, al sSg ana none 9ssred Sor sso
less than f5 Market, 81 So. Maiden. 20 = o. wash
Railroad bonds are variable and Irregular a. 10 prsccs
Rutland let rs have declined 70 40 asked 81 : BID. Tho
report OF trustees OF ths rcaf will be made LIST
Of september Gross earnings Of the road year
ending June J. were st0l, coo OF which $3.50 600 had
been absorbed IN running expenses road repairs rail
newals, cars aud locomotives reducing actual
earnings 10 s5l,0t0. lvtra esterritrres have bcen
nearly double that amount Vermont Cen ri Ist mort
age I's were IN demand al 2ix AMI wre Cor sale
tss thar q - Tue 2ds also rc1ua.t nj o. aui
one for sale. The consolidation committee s ~
work, and u 70 be horcd that by aud b. their sbors
VIII result IN grand uudn q I'll conflicting interests
The importance q railroad route reaching the
West that sytvo N han uni,
tenuItcd means Of transit for their etriy spring
usincss, renders the project Of the Allentown Rail.
road q topic Of much ipteres. with our jobbers al
this time. We have heretofore shown that this link
Of road about 3s miles Ia length, running from Al
lentown 70 kuturn, Pennsylvania, viii, together
with roads now In operation, connect the New Jer.
sey Central with The Pennsylvania Contra road, and
thereby with roads running from Pittsburg TO Gin.
cnnasi thus forming almost an air line road from
New York 10 Cincinnati, and consequently making
the distance between the two cities by this route In
miles shorter than by the route over the New York
Central, and giving 10 this city line Of roa Ia that
win not be obstfuc,ed by snow, az Is often the
case with our Northern routes Every one viii
readily admit that these are important fea-
lures in favor OF this route. There il yet
another, which, Il would appear, has escaped
the attention OF the directors Of The Allentown e.
terprse as we see references 20 Il in their crcu
ar We refer 70 the scst VI this Inc Of roads 10