New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-26

The Err. three Seets in hsrcb....''...'siir1 40
Game tine last year' .'.'.''''''''''''''' -,
Increase. ~'''o''
Tia dividend of the Rock Island Road VIII DC v
cent, payable 10th April ., d.
mar. o, the Illinois Central Rfrosd Company but
have no room to-day for full aosuscf. Inc increase
ID the capital secoup. during the year was t3,SVo,
su Is The erors earnr ~ for the year were s., 6-
AIS ~ against g. 1l8 81 in 1855, increase of %
= cent. TIE operating expenses have beeo SO cent
# the sross receipts including $40 672 81 for repairs
n track The road and eqap.ge il lie stated has been
Aeut In good reSsir The NUMB Of passengers
carried was 653,2Ol aganss 464 s23 in 1870.
puire the year II miles of road have been
soutleted making 704 miles in operation. The gen.
ard balance. sheet shows the aggregate cost OF the
mad ;ncue the payments Of interest, to have been
H23 100 339 6s. 10 which thou be added Losses on
,.yo,ia,i,n OF bonds, &C., which increases tue total
.ostto $25. $40 3H 81 OF the cock, 1858 shares
are n,.s,usd and 1887 shares issued. The Com
,.nv ,.,ll own s626 500 OF Construction Bonds. The
amount of floating d. BIT is s. 9l7 CO. against which
ths COMPANY ho'd assets OF various kinds, reducing
The amount to % 229 81, to pay which the Com
napv had 1926 500 Of Construction BONDS, and the
lat in.talinen IS share, amounting to SOl, |ao on
the stock The total amount OF lands received under
the rrapt vss 595 coo acres. The sales up TO Dec.
81, 1856 were:
dcvss soid ia 1856
$50 esb ~ acres Construction Lands including in. -
.s,: sold for Fn, Land: ;od sssis II
1897 a scres Free Lands sold for...... 12aAoio "a
r.,. sss 81 90 acre. sold s5o1s4sl
Add town lots sold for....-............. asles 81
Total Of sales for 1885,. So
Ada sses per Report Of Dec ST. s,6.. oSSs" ~
which mates the sssr4s,ts Of sales to dsteslos2& Al
The sales Of land 1856 made in 2,627 differ
slt contracts, averaging l28 acres. The Company
have remaining 729 789 acres estimated to be worth
o. the bssis Of the sales Of 1885, $3 3S6746 These
lands are situated as follows:
L. Between Cairo the extreme Southern point Of the
s~s the average line Of the Ohio and Mis-. oo ~
he syss.:c line Of the Ohio and Mi.
aipp Road and the .ysI.se line Of he TeHe 10, o,
g.. beiwseD The average lie Of the Ters Haute and
Rsii.o.d' on our main ssI54ss
and that of the Fort Wayne and Lscon Road on ,
Bsmt %na The line Of the FcIt wsya: and Isccn
lena branch 7Sa4sa
IN the norbws tern pa. Of the State s5ssIs
Terre H.ute and Alton Road on the Chicago
81 the Great western on the cSic.so Banch asoos7
that Of the Fort wsy ne and Laeon Road on the ~.
the oe Of the Fort Wayne .nd I.ccn
Road and Chicago ",NH."
Maiips the total hand January l. 1857 ,a 10. 90
above mentioned. ....'...l, hN,"sss
The amount Of Bonds Cancelled is &9o, O0O.
The Bo,ton Post Of yesterday thus notices the
nsney market OF that city:
money seems to be gradually growing easier.
cent the current rate for the very best paper win
occasional transactions at 81 OWING perhaps, to the
dulpees If trade the country bank distances are larger
than they usually in March. Tue means OF the cy
bsl ks therefore, are pretty ample, and had It not
been for the recent large losses of specie to New-Yok
ne think that for the moment there would DC very
cay money market. The bank specie Is nov on .ne
increase and the favorable aspects of the New
make ct Ddicste that the flow OF coin hltherward may
continue TIE rates Of money for anything Dut nreE
clSs noss, the supply OF which Is limited IN proper
tbey were fortnight snce but high rates are still
paid in many transactions. and the curren. proe OF the
average Of bankabe paper that finds lite way into the
street ranges from 10 PIP y cent. The brokers boz
row Of from ga 10, and lend at l29lS"
The Pott.riAe Miners Journal of Saturdays says
"The meeting of the Coal Trade held yesterday, at
the call OF Mr. Tucker was very largely attended two
thirds Of the entire tunnsge being represented Ioe
chief object OF the meeting was to adopt measures 10
regulate the supplies shipments of coal TO meet, bat
not precede the demand. Most effective measures were
suggested and unanimously adopted by written agree
ment, which was promptly entered into and signed oy
every gentlemen at the meetiog. The power hereto
fore given TO Mr. Tuckerto regulate the ship nens was
greatly en- srged and extended. On this occasion, there
Wae perfect and entire unanimty-in fact it was the
most united and harmonious meeting ever convened in
the coal rgioD-and they all united In memorial to
the presidents CT the two carrying companies TO ex-
tend their aid and cooperation with the trade in secur
ing to the organic alton fair trial. and if it should fail
in Ienovir the great evils which have grown up and
encompass The trade, it can then be abandoned"
TIE N. o Price Current gives the following CON-
narrative statement Of the New Orleans banks for tT3
weeks:
Mar IL.
SIMULTANEOUSLY 5i2tsa So ss sfl Dec..".esSl5l
Ciseulaton...... lo,9iS82s lo9905.S Dec zee. 800