New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-25

Passenger. ...........................s4l 2n -
Nal Eapre.: and miscellaneous TENS 842 so
Tota.......................... s7zasl IS
Receipts Tor April 1854. 44HS 10
Increase 81 y cent...........".S H6S IL
The business of the Clearing House was ga iol wv.
The United States Trust Company, it is stated, is to
be appointed the Registrar of the stock OF the South
ern Michigan Railroad Company.
Two vessels from Tampico arrived at New-Oreans
on the l4tl inst, bringing 100000 in silver. The
British mail steamer left Tampico for Havana, VIA
Vera Cruz on the 4th inst. with s2OO0,OOO in specie
Albert H. Nicolaly's regular semi-weekly auction
sale of stocks and bonds will take place on Monday
next the 18th inst al hafpast Il o'clock, at the her
chants Exchange.
The Knickerbocker Fire Insurance Company has
declared semannual dividend Of ten per cent psya-
bic on the first of June.
Anew house for the transaction of general bank
ing business, including the negotiating OF ioans ior-
eign and domestic, exchange, the buying and selling
of stocks bonds &c, has been formed under the title
Of A. n. Lewis & Theodore Stout and offices have
been taken in Messrs. Duncan, Sherman d Co.'S
building, corner of Pine and Nassau streets. These
gentlemen have been connected with Messrs Duncan,
Sherman & Co., Mr.. Lewis as cashier and Mr. stout
as general bOokkeeper, since the commencement OF
that house. and they have had large experience in the
management of banking business. They have an
extensive circle of influential friends, and with the
friendly Offices of Messrs Duncan, Sherman d Co.,
will have peculiar advantages for conducting their
business. The new house refers TO Messrs. d., y q
Co.: j. T. Soutler, President of the Bank OF the Re
public: James Barnes, President of the Merchants
Fxcbanaa po-r. W. ID ->sevr tire non. w III. hent,
Erastus Corning and Chas. II. Fisher.
The anthracite coal trade still continues dull. The
entire tunnage Of the last weekly report by the four
principal line. is within hundred thousand tuns,
when II should be at least one hundred and fifty
thousand. especially so, considering how much it is
b.bipd what il was to the date last year. The
Lehigh Valley Railroad reports for the week ending
on Saturday last only 4i tuns, making for the year
49, 344 tuns The business by this route, it will how
ever be remembered is somewhat interrupted by the
destruction of bridge on the line of the NewJersey
Central Railroad.
The Lehigh Navigation company reports shipments
for the week ending Saturday last of - sS5 tuns
and for the season az ll3 inns The Schuylkll Nav-
CATION shipped for the week ending on Thursday
30 2S5 tups, and for the sason 1000 tuns. The
Reading Railroad brought own for the week ending
Thursday 81 eco tuns, an for the year 696 2 tuns
being a loss on last year Sunnage 10 the same date
of 49, $50 tuns. The Schuylill Canal is less than two
thousand tuns behind last yers tunnage. The supply
from the Schuyk region isabout ~ OOO tuns behind
last year. and from the Lehig region some I3ii' tuns
ahead.
We have received the anneed card from the Presi-
dent of the Racine and Mississippi Railroad:
The Mauke Sentinel says: portion OF the Racine and
Mississippi Railroad at P0n e eseT,sa % the ws q!
trains The hole bad Onand viii cost good deal
Vi ''A'' OFFICE OF THE RAcrs AND Mss; R. R Coz
EEw.YoRK. Nc. Al Eschsnge,sce, May - 1857.
The above paragraph havig gone the rounds Of
the press and my netice been called
10 the same have AT length DENIED 1t proper to say,
that the whole thing has sprug from the trivial cir
cumstances Of the settling of ew feet less than one
hundred) OF our track at the point indicated, ana
which we have long expected 80 far from Its having
interrupted our trains" cost good deal OF money
10 fill it." the statement is bob malicious and con,
temptible as the same caused no interruption ana
cost less than $500 TO fill solid an permanent Such
places are by means rare, a at least TWO VI tne
II. J. )URAND, President.
The earnings of the Cleveland md Pittsburgh Road
for the first four months of the var compare very ia
vorably with those OF the same mnths OF 1876. Ihey
were as follows:
February february ' iSSs ss FebIuGs S57 !2s1S %
March isSs.. sc. MAJ MAI S5Ts 20
e eo' Soi !; cent, s 81
The Beaver and Wheeling extensions have, now
ever. been added to the Road snceApril 1856. The
Annual Report Of the Company fc the year ending
November 30 has Just been ISSUED, and from 1t we
gather that the business Of that yea, gave the follow"
ing results: ,
The earnings of the Company DUNG the year have
been o...o.
From Freight. ........'.''''''''''''@9 gSs is
From Passengers.
From Mails express fsl's ~e'''''' - sssg77 81
ri, = ...i,, .............. 2Ss $50 on
sSlss2 80
~. ...orr, Nov 90 s55... S., sS5 s.
IT,, ............. ssaas 50
Totsl.... ...........''.''''''''''': Vac; Al
Interest paid las - %
Dividend, July, 1885,. ...........'''' 900 "a
DIVIDEND January lSo''''''"'''''' S1 q
Balance Of credit net esrnings 30 oos
The earnings of the year show an increase OF sfV'4
over 1850 Ii is considered 10 be favorable feature
of the traffic of this road that per cent OF the pas
senger business is from loca, sources. Inc reason
given why the freight traffic does not exhibit large
increase over the previous year the protaeted low
stage of water in the Ohio River The Beaver e1-
tension was completed Cd the 10Th Of October and the
Wheeling extension 10 Belare about the same time.
The business on these extensions has fully met the
expectations of the Company. We annex the general
account of the road:
Railroad with main track and sidines 81. Hs-,s,
the Of wa q. including TiSat OF Wy 49,
ground, depot baidirgs discount on eoNos, L.e.-
~, engineering AID other coISnfe1l AP' 90 an %