New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-16

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TIE busress Of the Clearing ilou'e wac 81 'O',V0o'
The Ere Railroad Company has issued the following
order
"o'orN 4yG t Sa,F E' Ma cG i3g.
GENERAL ORDER, no l..
c.sIs dent OF and tie Board oi Directors
hayog Acotped the SAM 20 tax effect "a ne ION he
Sas of M General s0peiioen ient VIII deyoive on the ffe
den, commencing win thst date. observation-disclosures
OI AID 4feT TIE ' Of APl nt1 ne so.d y" o.
Union Railroad and Il, Eaten a. az G
po.ed OF bu.qqehAnns and Western Divisions under me
base. s ..Sed in Tie name Of D. @cCuum, General
Superintendent previous 20 the let Of AP to De sool ei
erhn the limits therein prescubed-Io passes 10 Dc eo'd
''''-' INC '''' - HOMER RAMSDELL, Pfs,iieat'
Atep On is called ~ the Advertisement OF the rfus
tees Of the Second Mortgage Bonds Of the Northern
CfOss Railroad Co. in another column.
The work of construction OF the unfinished portion
q tie PIttsboIg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad,
viz: between Plymouth, led, and the city of Chicago
distance Of 81 miles, has re commenced, aud Will be
rYose cuteG 10 Immediate completion. Inc wrole IL
pnder contract ard 1000 tuns rails have been pur-
chased from the Cambria, Pa, works. is expected
the line will be opened TO the crossing Of the new Al
tspy and Salem road about G'y ndles east OF CocaSo
BY July next.
Ire StcIttdIJ VI JIG li'u-uiJ nus "N'~AN''~@ N'
he viii continue to redeem until LET Of June next
The public debt Of the Ubied states at IL q cent pre-
MUM on the losn due in 1861 1868; 10 q cent on tae
loan due in 1862, and T. cent on the Texan Indemnity
Stock These premiums in addition TO the &C erued
inte7es. 1t was thought probable that the Secretary
would increase the bid, as the market value Of the
stocks higher than the Government price, but be has
nc; considered it the policy of the Government to do So
The deposits ct the New Orleans Mint in February
were sl32, 1913. There was no coming done.
The coal tunnage on the Reading Railroad is gradu'
ally increasing. The amount brought down Tor the
week ending Thursday last was q 49l tuns against
~ 1886 tuns for the previous week. The tunnage over
the road the present fiscal year 36, 33 tdns against
3l 579 tuns 10 corresponding time last year-benS al
excess Of 1872 tuns. The coal tunnage over the
Lehieh Valley Railroad for the week ending Saturday
los. was only $3.50 tuns, against so tuns on III" PRO
yious week, beng small decline. For the season to
the same time the tunnage reaches 63 3l2 tune Inc
increase in tunnsge from the two regions over last
wear 10 the came time is ll909f tuns. There Is no
reason TO anticipate short supply of coal
The Baltimore papers state that writ of INJUNCTION
has been served on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, restraining it from issuing any certificates
Of indebtedness" the object of course, berg to pre-
vel, the propose issue of bonds TO represent the 81
a. cent dividend" on the heretofore undivided earnings
Of the road.
The Buffalo Board of Trade ba, appointed Messrs.
Dean Richmond j. 5. Buel and +. 5. Prosser Com
ntee TO visit Albany to press fer 40 appropriation Tor
the removal OF the bar at Caste,on.
The Albssy Board Of Trade had Il eeting on Sat
1rdty. The Committee appointed at previous meet
ing reported that the Legislative Committee would
unanimously report appropriation OF 80 ooO Tor re-
moving he distractions in the rver a'ove and oel)S
Albany. The moneyto be expended under the drec-
ton q. three Commission t@o Ct whom to be de'g
mated by the Board of Trade and the other 10y cuze
OF Troy These Commissioners are 70 receive no com
pepsauon and are to give bonds for the faithful per-
formsnce of their duties The Committee recommended
the appointment OF Alfred Van Santwoo ord and Thomas
SclUyler as such Commissioners on the part OF the
Board OF Trade which was unanimously concurred 10
6y the Board. 4 communication was received from
Troy, designating Gordon GRAFT as the third Commits
soner Gov. Kug is in favor Of making the appropr-
alton.
Water we understand was let into the Penney lvania
Canal on Wednesday, and navigation will be fSGy
opened in few days
At Philadelphia there is a fair demand for Money,
bu the supply is equal to the dcmand, at about =
cent for rstclsss paper and lOa2 for good railroad
paper.
diana 70 the Legislature of that State, sent in with the
petition OF the Committee of Bondholders asking relief.
The memorial was received with great courtesy and
referred to the appropriate Committees:
GenEemc. Of the House Of ReproeHtdtirel.
The Hon. William l.. Dayton and j. +. - Lanier,
efQ have addressed letter of the date of March T.
1887 with an accompanying memorial, signed by
Nessrs. Palmer, Machulop DEM n Co., aud Others OF
the London Committee for the conversion of the debt
Of Indiana George Peabody of Washington and said
Lanier and others, Committee, in bshai OF nelcAn
hodeTs 20 me, as Governor OF the State, asking that
said memorial should be presented TO The Legislature
Of the State and through you to the people you repre-
sent The memorial Is respectful in It's character and
appeal 10 the citizens OF Indiana 70 consider their
rela 10 the State of Indiana to all Of which they
the citizens you represent. AsHEEL Z WILLARD.
To hs ETee!eaey p WiLLAkD G0rs'nor Of the STATE Of
lHdigad:
SIR: The undersigned have been appointed by the
Committee OF the holCers both foreign and domestic,
OF thc stock Of the Wabash and Erie anal present
20 your Exceency, sld through you 10 the Legislature
and people OF Indiana, memorial, touching the rights
and interests Of sad stockholders under the at Of 18Th
JanasTy, 1916 and il supplement OF January y, lSN
Tue celsy in the sntatiIn Of this me oria 10
period so near the close OF the present Session OF the
Legislature, hes arisen from facs over which the me-
morsls,s had no control. The report OF the Trustees
OF the Wabash and Erie Canal for the year 1870 Was
essential 10 the full preparation Of the memor al and
is subsequent transmission 70 London for Atures
and the return thereof have precluded the possibility
OF presenting the same at an earlier day
The undersigned likewise beg 10 ststs 70 your Ex-
ceency that they have in their possession for nspec
top list or scne oule Of the shareholders IN the sid
Wabash and EIie CaDsl, more especlsly represented
by the names of the committees attached 70 the me-
moria from which list it will appear that the shares
are the property of persons IN oil the ysred conditions
of lie; that they hsve no. generally passed into the
hands of dealers and spectators, but remain 10 the
possession OF those who originally inside the invest