New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-20
And the following for Railroad bonds:

Money was active at per cent with transactions
reported in coin interest The banks not lenders on
stock coaterals and the demand from brokers supplied
from private lenders.
Sterling Exchange was unsettled by the heavy offerings
OF bills against bonds which sold many instances
lowsi Prime bankers bills sold at 1884, and declined
10 1881 aud transfers for cash bills were made by tele-
graph at Og The market closed at 1851 1851 for prime
60 day bills.
The transactions the Office OF the Assistant Treasurer
were Receipts for Customs s397ocG for gold notes,
ST. OOO total receipts t74045 Is; total payments, $685.
sol IS; balance, sos 4s7, S29 SO.
The following the custom receipts from March to
1s incusve Boston, ss26,2s9 NewYork s2S6s $780, Phil
adelphia t2s67; Baltimore so7 zoe; San Francisco from
Feb. to Is. t2Ss,547; total. p,5Oe,5os.
AT an election for Directors OF the Forty secondst and
Grand-st Railroad held the nth nst the old Board
was reelected without opposition. Mr. John Green was
elected President and Spencer H. Smith Of Smith, seaver
& Bowen, bankers, made Treasurer.
Tho earnings OF the Toledo, Wabash and western Rail
road for the second week in March were;
lsso...SsoOso 81 1888. $500, IS Ine.....s''ce
Tho following Is the movement in Dry Goods for the
week Entered for consumption. tale2lo; withdrawal
ssls.S34 warehoused. sSO2.SSO.
Tho Directors OF the Chicago and Alton road have
made their annual report the road for the year ending
Dec 81 1862 from which we extract the following
The earnings for the year D. sos. Sls ~; the ex
penses s2,2l6s2 81, leaving fho e. shnss
OsSo 49, The sssrsss te seven months exceed the
ssTns q en- Py.Sn Isss re.s earnings a Hrs
0 49, about "a cent in excess OF the EARNINGS OF
OF 1851 The proportion of operating expenses 20 gross
cent Tor the preceding year Tho results OF the year
large increase In the business OF the road both IN
and freight The track road bed AMI bridges
have been kept excellent order throughout the year.
and are at time in far better condition than ever DO
fore
The Presdent OF the Illinois Central Railroad Company
makes the following report of the business of the road
for the year ending December 81. 1907
The gross earnings for the year 1863 amount to $751;
$40 a. the operation expenses TO A906S 81 State taxes
TO s47 and rent OF leased line In Iowa to H.
leaving net s2lsS4 S. against ssO6o7 u In 1867 The
per centago Of expenses TO earnings, including State
taxes Ia q 3OO against Is $40 in 1861 These figures in
cude earnings over leased line in Iowa, which amount to
81 H. operation expenses s5595 co. State taxes
200 o. and rent $50 49, leaving net profit OF s27
O7s 10 after making liberal expenditures In improve
haye received ali necessary repairs The expenditures
for the of way INCLUDE the cost OF s tnns
labor amount to 81 04the length OF track relad
with iron being 76 miles, and with repaired ana old
iron 100 miles This amount includes also the cost OF re-
pairs of bridges The motive power and rolling stock Of
the Company have received special attention. and s21S
NJ permanent expenditures was $572Ol4 20, OF which
20 account OF construction, lncluulng 10r
new bridges, $661 "a baasting % miles OF track
N9,00S o. new station Dull9ihss anu "oIA snoPs'
500 water works, s6S62 IS ~ miles new sidlnKs
crumbs extending the grounds at Chicago Car Works
and for new wlarves and basins s69,96O 10 and for
making the tunnel and approaches 10 Dunleith bridge,
t77 G o. or these expenditures 1867 o. was for new
sdugs station buildings, baasting, &C. on the leased
line The equipment has been increased by the addition
Of three new rstcass locomotives built at our shops,
at cost OF sO9s0 sleeping cars $4,000 100 new stock
and three grain cars costing SSO3i2 S with other
expenditures on shop machinery and tools. The bridge
across the Mississippi between Duneith and Dubuque was
completed and opened for traffic ON the LIST January as
Our trains are passing over IT, and we md great
benefit In operating the line During the past year the
amount paid for dividends Mt the rate or 10 per cent
ON the capital stock; In addition TO which stock was dis
Irbuted 10 the stockholders In August last 1T the rate OF
eight per cent the share capital In accordance win
resolution PASSED at the last annual meeting OF snare
holders After paying State taxes rent OF leased ne
and an other claims upon the operations OF the year. we
had balance on the first day OF January OF net cash
assets amounting s2Ol29G s3, out OF which cash
dividend OF five per cent was paid during the present
month. The stock of working supplies Inventories AT
cost amounts TO ts44 1850 Is Tho funded debt was re-
duced al 6T COO and amounted on the LIST OF January TO
so37T 500 In the Land Department the collections
amount 10 S. 400 n account OF old aud new sales,
OF which tlO7Oial 81 Is applicable to the cancellation OF
consructlOn bonds s55S 10 81 10 Tree lana fuo' ana
tl0 l5 So 10 interest fund The eNpenses for the year
goro sl309 ~ There we're surrendered TO t1e trustees