The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-05
FINANCE AND OOMMEROE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TErEep Apu
Tuesday Fehruarv x 1oes ~

OFFICE OF THE EVENING TE1EeRAPH.
Tuesday, February 5, 1867.
The Stock Market was moderately active thia
morning, and prices were higher, owing 10 the
rapid advance in gold. Government bonds were
in fair demand at an advance. 6s of 1881. sold
at los, a slight advanc; l040s at lOOI an ad-
vance 4: and 7'3Os lO4}, no change. City loans
were dull; the new issue sold at 100, no change
Railroad shares continue the most active On
the list. Reading sold largely at from 52E@5sf
closing az %, no change; Pennsylvania Railroad
Sl4 no change; and Camden and Amboy atl9l.
an advance of lc. 334 was bid for Little
Schuylkill; Gig for Norriston; Sc for MinehilI:
"a ior North Pennsylvania; 628 for Lehighs
Valley; 80 for Elmira common; 40 for preferred
DO; 81 Tor Philadelphia and Erie; and AZ for
Northern Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares were dull.
l93 was bid for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 81 for
Spruce and Pine; 524 Tor Chestnut and Walnut;
l44 ior Hestonville; and 2s4 for Germantown.
. Bank shares were firmly held. 1865 was bid
Tor Farmers and Mechanics: 33k TOR Mechanics:
LOO for Tradesmen's; &C Tor City; Al for Consoli.
dation; and So for Common wealth.
In Canal shares there was nothing doing. %
was bid tor schuylkill Navigation common; 92A
tor Schuylkin Navigation preferred; 5II for
Lehieh Navigation; l24 tor Susquehanna Canal;
and 81 for Delaware Division.
Quotations of Gold-lO4 A. NJ, 1879; IL A. M,
1888; IL NJ, 1884; l P. NJ. 1881, an advance of i
on the closing prices last evening
The annual meeting of the Union Canal
Company was held this morning and from the
report read to the stock holders we obtain the
following facts, viz
Total receipts in 1885, $3.50 6s961
Total expenditure in nlS66............... 242277S4
Balance January l, s67................. ga, ,Sei77
Personal property on hand January l, 1867 valued at
| "A new feeder has been constructed, and all
| the locks deepened on the Western Division.
| Also feeder to the summit level, which is
| 14,300 feet in length by 80 inches diameter.
| composed OF brick laid in hydraulic cement
| below the reach of frost. Three accumulating
reservoirs, covering 104 acres, and having
| storage capacity for forty-four millions of cubic
| feet, nave been constructed, and are already
! filled in readiness for use. These reservoirs are
| for the supply OF Summitlevel, and ii is believed
will afford ample quantity to maintain cont-
nuOus deDtb OF 6 II feet throughout the whole
| season, allowing for double the tonnage ever
previously moved.
The following officers were elected
President Isaac ]. wistar; Managers, William
| X. White, Thomas Williamson, James b. Nc
Farland, Daniel Haddock, Jr., Charles P.
Bayard, Joshua Spering, James Young lot Mid
inson, William p. Cresson, William H. GaJz-
mer, William 9. Longstreth; Treasurer and
Secretary, Oscar Thompson.
The New York Tribune this morning says:-
money continues to increase in ease, and
all good houses are fully supplied at 6@7 per
cent, with transactions at lower rates on Gov
ernments.
I ''Foreign exchange is unsettled. Bills at 60
days on London are quoted at l0730l0s4 for
commercially 1Os!@lOSS for bankers; do. at
short sight, l09@l09S; Paris at go days, 5'2230
5'lSS; do. at short sight, 5'lS40l5'l64: Antwerp,
5'223@5'lsl; Swiss, 5'22B@5'l64; Hamburg, $500
$685. Amsterdam, 4@4ls; Frankfort A@4lt;
Bremen, 7ss@79; Prussian thalers, 72@72}.
"FreightsWre duh and heavy; the engage.
meDts to Liverpool are 900 bales cotton at $500
3d., and per steamer, 700 bales cotton at 9l6@
Cd. To Bremen, per steamer, 500 bales cotton
at l. Id. A barque was chartered from here to
Bath. and thence to Waterford, Ireland, with
corn at 94d. per bushel.
| The import trade of California during the
past year was Sl400O0OO export trade, $l7, $780,
! 00O exclusive of treasure, which amounted to
$45, ,250, 900. This does not include So, 500, 900
shipped by the United States Treasury on ac-
count OF the Government Wheat exported past
| year, 100000 bushels valued at $96S, 900. The
total amount OF California productions exported
| during the year was valued at Sll 800, 900. The
wool manufactured there during the past year
was 100000 pounds.
| Sixteen of the largest railroads in the West
| earned, for the twelve months ending on the
| 3lst of December last $74,077,62l, against
| SIC, 1883, ,l35 in twelve months of 1865, showing
a decrease of $2,27O,5l4.
| PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
| Reported by Dehaven & Bro No. 40 S. Third street
| 49,, BEFORE BOARDS.
i00 sh Phll & E.."c- 3l4 100 sh Read R.""bS0- 53z
4SS ddo...i;;; 6S 81 81 50 sh Penna R'"''- 50<
! - FIRST BOARD.
| $1,000 Penna r m 6s..l0O 10 sh Cam & Am R..ln
S2Oo0 ) g, lSsl~cp-l0S 60 sh Sp Il Pine."... 81
$500 sos. 62 ls-l0s 100 sh Read r. b3O 5sJS
| $500 dom. 65.-lOs3S 200 do ~ Is 5S5s
$1,000 Long Bs IN zoos % 9O do DO. $50 5s' s.
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