New-York tribune., 1867-04-15
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account has been increased as follows
IN 1864 .s27O3,741 In t2ooo9lo
In 1850 .......... lIlG,g55
IN three years. -So''JD''-'
The expenditures for construction in lsG6 should
have been charged almost wholly to operating ex-
penses and ordinary repairs, and would have been so
if the road was not the football of spcculators in
Wall-st.
Money is in better supply at per cent and stock
houses make up their accounts readily. Commercial
bills sell at 7a14 for best, and SG1O for second
grades. A favorable bank statement is expected.
and borrowers are elated The banks of the Atlantic
cities arc in 40 condition to foster speculation, or 10
advance money upon new enterprises, and borrowers
cannot be too careful. These institutions are now
expanded unduly and, a mass" operating outside
| of the spirit of the National Banking law What
| they call reserve" are investments which they
| could not realize upon in any event Many of the
old banks Of this city make statements which Will
bear examination. and carry them through any crisis
but il is equally true that there Is a long list Of
"young and cnterprsing concerns which, under the
contraction policy Of the Treasury liable at any
moment TO he thrown into utter confusion. The fol
lowing table shows the proportion OF legal tenders
and compound notes to liabilities:
Compnund Notes :25 s39 fsO sI, I,S3i $50 ssJis,47e
Other lawful money B'IVJ2 OOo0ON a4IO2'J
Total Legal Tendcr..... CoC9os5a i7elCas7 iG75ssOo
Proportion Of Legal Tenders
Ddmo0a IN c0%PG%@ai Pa,ls Per coo8oSS 4,lcs
Proportion Of plain Legal
Tenders dncludln2 CIS
House CerfIficates) 10 De-
lnand Liabilities, per cent. lOt
An evening paper very justly remarks that " this IS
materially below the proportion of specie to deposits
and circulation maintained by the banks previous to
the war and cannot be said to be satisfactory CON
dion of things in these unsettled and risky times
I'm Boston the condition OF the reserve is positively
alarming. the amount OF PLAIN legal tenders being
only as one dollar of to eleven of the call LA
biitics."
Bills at 60 days London are quoted at l0S.6l0s9
for commercial lO9a1094 for bankers; do at short
sight 100. allO. Paris at 60 days, 5.2l05l6.; do.
at short sight, 51505.13.; Antwerp, 5.2lt@5lSs;
Swiss, 52l. a51sl; Hamburg, S5s0S6t; Amsterdam,
4O.QH.; Frankfort 4Osa4l; Bremen 7si079; Prus-
sian thalers. 72G72.
The New York imports of foreign dry goods COM
pare as follows:
ruiccG 5G q at Fs iGs port .sl sSs s7 Ss .ss;e sSs
Thrown on markcl S2 IsS126 2SSa' isds i5ss,' iSss.
Entered The sSsoI 800 s9s s9s
The total imports at New.York for the week COM
pare as follows:
@ g Az AEI 3a 80 .;rs I. Oh; % o., N MTf9 si4 70 e,
Total. sclC7,s7 s475sm s2i22OO sC,327,SCs
RAILROAD EARNINGS FIRST WEEK IN APRIL.
Rock Island s '5sss 4 y Inc Inc 's4sI s.91
The return from tire Bank Of England for the week
ending March q gives the following results when
compared with the previous week:
23 ss2is3 Increase .ssals ssMs
Public deposits 9S23;SSS 1mcrease'- Sa39I1 StgI1
Other 7,lOsSl2 DECREASE o.. Hi,-f'
/ On the other side Of the account:
| Government securities 1lS,lll,oGs NO change; ore
Notes unemployed. I,2i6455 Dec....... S3l3oo
The amount of notes in circulation is 22,$37 49,
being an increase of E4SsO and the stock Of bullion
in both departments El9627232 showing an increase
Of clGj. .7S6 when compared with the preceding re-
1 turns
The weekly return Of the Bank of France shows the
| following changes:
4Ge 900; Government deposits H53Og notes ia cifcud-
tion, e22OOOO; private deposits R333,5OO Decrease
Advances a2 900 The chief feature is the continued
increase In the coin and bullion, the total STOCK O winch
is now less than sSO,957,7OO.
The following figures will show the earnings and
expenses Of the Cleveland and Toledo road from
Nov. l, 1866 to May !, 1867: -....
Running expenses. es.........................S7265I7
All other expenses il2OyJ
Due sinking Fund ................-...'. ii'lS
Pad maturing Donds.- Ibo"uC
1i2s,rO
Remaining for stock Sl23,Sl6
which upon s4,s4 600 of stock is a little over q per
cent. Throwing out the sl35,OOO of bonds paid, and
$4,000 for engines, the income of the road for
this the best six months of the year, and
There is 1893 $40
April dividends. t2gp,l95
Maturcd bonds. IiE,NO
New engines. 10000
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