New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-31
A CON parison of the footipgs of the week., Bank
Statement of the Boston Banks with those of the state
ment for the pre- vous week. exhibits the following re-

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The Independent gives the annexed weekly list OF
fsilmes:
B,rip Morse Co Boston, Mass, failed.
Crown Eoer,. Boston. M..'. gone into insolvency.
Geors- N. Nic6ol. Boston Mass, failed
JP Day. BG:'pp Mas failed :,..n,.a
va Hin salem Mass, failed.
Jacob Boum. Hartford, Com, failed
Phelps, Arleq y.a. Ss-. Y G City. .u.psnded.
" TomPsiu.. New Yofi City .ed l,bilitie. ,boas
h Rs:, T Hss.sys s S:.ys. CITY city, :.ss.
s S:P. ss @;'i h SasJ \ i. :''a'4
Ea,. Bacon w9 G phs ;a'Rs. soa sa
" Rs.snwie B.timSIs Nd failed, and eomprim.ed ..
}cin =. McJiton, Baltimore, Nd, assigned.
w HRst h Baltimore re, Nd Nd : s..snsd
S% s's"s1. Co.. S~ S11foli V. i.isd
Gso,1r oy.iseier CineiDn.d Ohio failed.
I 4 s.lo'him. Cincinnati. Ono failed
ThouM SNOW Gre.ph-ld Ind. assigned
J L. alnck Madison, Ind. "s'd out"
n H. Hail Co.. ws6:,.r. Iowa assigned to J; z. Smith
Ben F;el winou. AnSs.o. Territory ...: .o% ont,
John Z. Brocfs, Chsthsm C. w. sold out.
the Cd of July inform that they rebuilding and will be in
full OPe'sO9 formerly By the let Of septemSssId b,
able through the knd intervention of friends to go on with
s, p,, usual T.e Them .r 5a heg
party under IL this city , 10 ws,1
has the hand the same but rets'e
Tn. trade in foreign goods has partially opened for
the FAN season. Prices are hardly fixed; but 1t ap,
pears that the advance in the cost in goods imported
EQUALS in most cases the reduction of goods under the
tariff Importers sre firm at old prices. Assortments
are however not yet complete. Goods are arriving
freely from Europe: The jobbers are buyiog very
spariDgy. mi'ed deDaid is springpg no from the
Il oI.s autn
The trade IN goods of domestic manufacture is more
forward than in those OF foreign.
Cotton goods are heavy generally In price. Printed
goods are in fair demand and some large sales have
been made Tor the Southwestern trade Delanss, fau'
cassineres AMI lo.. shaws are beginning +" love
Wcolen 90, d geneTS"y mucu sseadness and the
price of wool has not declined
The subject of coal as fuel for railroads. as sub
stitute for wood is attracting large degree Of
after ton among railroad The annexed extract
from the report Of the NewJersey Railroad just pub
lsbed gives the experience of that road in burning
coal in their express engines;
COST OF FUEL PER aILE-coAL AND WOOD.
Among the various efforts To introduce economy in
the operations Of the Company. the subject OF fu1l
has engaged considerable attention. One OF the most
approved coal bu ming machines, of Boardman' patent
boiler, built by VIM. Mason 81 Co. OF Taunton Mass,
celled "PbGDix No. "A, was placed on our Road last
Summer, and about The same uiie ilrstcia's ana s
peror locomotive constructed for burning wood with
economy by Rodgers Ketchum IL GrOsveuor OF
Paterson, n j., named Gov. Pennington No. -, -
was also purct ased and the two engines have the
Pbilade pba Express and Mail trains IN fair compet-
tIou with u view TO ascertain with exsctness tue reid
tive cost per nile Of coal aud wood fuel. The per-
formauce If each engine hes proved quite satisfactory
az the result exhibits the comparative cost of coal
and wood estimating the former at 81 q tun aud the
latter At Sc y cord to be 10 6i-iOO per mile for
COIL and 10 liO0 c.Dts per nile Tor wood being an
increaatd expense of so y cent for wood over coal
Ills is shown in detail, as f,lows: