New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-09
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be- month of February were:

were s35 $40 10 againet so 3i5 TO- sn increase OF
%65l4 76 The westward bound freights are showing
considerable increase. This road, the TICK OF Wocn
has been the football Of the street at from $50 10 SiV
v share for the last tix months, has been graduay
brought int condi ion OF financial stability more
souDd and satisfactory than at any tine 10 its history
The floating debt has been entirely qu5ated, and the
bonds of 1880 are provided for in cash. or by renewal
at the option Of tie holders The last official state
rent of bssiness for the six months ending Dec L,
1859 was under the state Of depression IN the West
yery satisfactory The road earned during that time
the interest on its bonded debt, the sinking fund oil
s75CCO and about U cent TIE eutire capIta STOCK
Under ,uch circumstances, it is evident that but
moderate increase of busoess requisite TO enable the
Company to resume dividend pay Glents. The present
cssh of the Company to the credit OF income
account will in point of fact, warrant dividend oil
" cent in Jnly neat: but this will be Contingent upon
the business prospects Of the road the directors pro-
posinr as we understand to commence dlylderds only
when the prospects warrant the expectation Of contn-
uonce The probability is that in Jny or January this
pojnt of promise will be reached. The road is In CON-
plete working order throughout, with ample equip
mept for large business with Substantial brick ana
stone depos and machine shops at Detroit and Caesgo
and ample depot grounds. Ia point of fact, 1t Is the
most thoroughly finished road, in all respects, in the
Noth.West The local business Of this road alone Is
sufficient 70 assure TIE stockholders of large trsfc,
and the thrifty towns upon it's line, between Detroit
and Chicago, will bear favorable comparison with
come of the best of our Eastern roads.
Hessrp. Raynor & Blackwell have sold four lots
southwest corner Of Lexiogton-Gy. and 55thst for
50 0O0 alec lots on the rear, fronting 5sth-st, at
81 SEQ g lott also, adjoining aud fronting 4thav.,
being the southeast corner ssh ct aud 4tb-sv, for
s90eO All of saa lots full in size except the foar
cor1 er 4tb-av which are Il , feet i'll depth. Also
lots orheast corner 4b-sv. and S9th-s each 25xlO5
az a. Geo. also lots adjoining and fronting 59th it,
and running within 100 feet Of Lexir gton.av being
all full in size % ois in all amounting in the ag3re-
gate To- $53 400. John McClave has cold one lot on
east ride of Broadway, commencing % # q in north
OF G6th-st thence runDng northerly on Broadway %
# ill., thence easteJly 100 f. 81 H.. thence southery
rs ft.I in and westerly SO it. l0s in. to the ine on
Broad ay for So 7C0. Mr.. McCl.ve also reports the
sale of one threes,ory and basement high toop brick
front dwelling on north sioe of 35th-st, between 9Th
and l0tb-avs., for $4,000.
There has been no important change in the genera
Dry Goods trade since last review Its ceutraiz'
ion TO the great distributing housee is becoming
apparent and with that class there appears to be
falling off in sales while the increase Of arrivals from
the has given activity &c those houses who
DID not participate in the distribution of goods in Jan
nary and February. The South.W trade is
abou, over bat many nearby Southern buyers are in
tbe market. In Domestic Coitons there has been a
moderate business and more conf ence felt as to the
future price of our chief fabrics from the ac that the
extraordinary demand for the productions Of the En-
elieh manufactures for expectation 10 all parts Of the
world, will give them full employment, without at
temptirg an expansion of their trade in this country.
The official returns Of the British Board Of Trade for
lS59sepresent important increase of their exports
over that of 1885, although the exports Of that year
were larger than ever before known. Yet it can.
not be denied that the general business Of the sea-
son has diSa pointed many, and those par.
lies who are looking for a large trade late In
Il season will alse be Disappointed particularly in
the wooden department. Tue stocks of woolens 10
the interior as well as in the chief centers are large
snd there no 81 init 10 the trade among ,bbere the
large clothing houses. Few purcba es of goods will
be made for Autumn ssleg until sixty days least have
passed away while last year, at this tiue, we were
in The mids, OF large business. What is done at
present is coofned to the sorting up of stocks. Toe
goods however, are not pressed on the market and
those arriving generally going into bonded
warehouse 10 be withdrawn, if possible, under N ,re
favorable market than the present.
There excsp,ione TO thisfeature of tbs market in
fire styles of Casameres-in which good taste is dis
the heavy Continental shipments give
the tone to the trade, and the buyers have the ad
vantage.
We annex our usual table ofexports of Domestic Cot