New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-21
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| New YricRs Icy OH Dealers aud ReffnPYs-
Beer 13reReBs0 OrSnnfzafiOn-,gay
&;OGId and Ghe Erie Railroad SettEes
mcns-Cnknswn yhree-NHastes Ashore.
NEW YORK, December 2O.-The executive
! committees of oil dealers and refin0rs have
! agreed upon new prices, which, HiI he 9R-
! n0uhce&l Mondayo
The beer brewers Have Formed an 0ResG.
| iZatioD against aH increase Of tax.
! She real estate and securities transferred
| by Jay Gould to the Erie Railroad Com
! Qany were formally surrendered to-day in
| the usual legal form.
| The settlement by Jay Goql3 q7itf tHle
! Erie Company was the main topic OF cen
versation throughout the city last night. 1t
| is everywhere regarded as q grand triumph
! Tor the Erie.
Yhe proposal for seStfeme4rt was coYnnsu
nicated in q letter by Jay Gould addressed
! to President Watson, of che Erie railway,
! on December II. He stated that since bis
| resignation of the presidency he had been
! prepared te make conveyancea to the com
! pany Ot property belonging TO 10 whic2. he
| held IN lis names but to which he says he
| never made any claim.
! During bis administration 6G made SA-
riOus purchases of property tor the com
| pany with moneys of his own, the Oenefis ss
! Of which accrued to the road.
| Upon the construction placed BY Sfp
| w StBoA Slb LIS dCGVuubSy H6 Was 4l&TPBU
| with these moneys, and he believed the
prope rites in question belonged to him, and
| if they were now transferred he should be
credited with their value
Owing to the state in which ne was com
PEELED to leave his accounts on his with.
drawal from the company. and the loss Of
his accounts and bookso some gbings Ee.
Mained unexplained.
Rhe sarious pieces of real estate AZ dis.
hbppefnra ba rTpnnEaR TH an -,
the company, and in addition 20 the Grand
Opera House and adjacent properties ovneS
by himself and Fisk.
do this, he says, Eo9 ehS sake OF oeace.
Mr Watson thereupoD seplied shat he con,
sidered shis a fair offer, and would ar once
lay Che subject before g special committee
Gould yesterday made the following state
ment to s. reporter:
Since the Erie war my objecS mas been 20
obtain series OF g0ads. under practically
one management, from New York to San
Francisco, and in Shig way obtain fair
share of all the traffic on the intervening
route and that which accEUeR at ejGheT Gey
minus
Gould's object SCENE now Co Bg 90 nel
nance the price of Erie stock. TO the end
that he may be measureably reimbursed
An unknown three- -nasteG Rchoones il
ashore near Great Egg harbor.
Government bonds closed firm bue steady,
Skies of 1881, Il7lg; fve-twenties of 1862.
III; 1864, 1928; 1863. 4I2h; new, 4I4M:
1867, ZIG; 1868, Sl6; new 6veso llf: ter,
f5rties I09ls.
State bonds very dull. Tennessee aiRes
80, now 8Ol2; Virginia skies As, new 50:
consolidated ssh, deferred Is Louisiana
SKIES So, new So levee sizes 50, eights 50;
Alabama eights 50, fives 55; Georgia sizes
10, sevens 81; North Carolina SKIES 3342,
new ~, special tax II; South. Carolina OLD
50. new %. April and October 254a
The Louisiana committee has determined
to remain here few days in order to in
dorse the statement to the country, which
is in course of preparation. The committee
are all well. They have little hope of sue
cess, except through Congress, and prompt
action is not anticipated.
Major Edgar Seelye, special agent of the
Postofdce Department, was to-day pro-
NOTED by the Postmaster General to the
position Of assistant superintendent Of rail