New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
found IN the reports Of the company. The fol,ov,,n
shows tho
COMPARATIVE MOVEMENT on pAssEyoyss
ThcOugh passengers buffalo and and Cheaaoi

COMPARATIVE MOVEMENT on PASSENGERS.
Though Passengers buffalo and and cheagol
First Glass. 55ssaSS; 55ss,a,SS; 5ssss4ts;
SsSG.@ sfaSs..':::.: S!a..:: f.fdi sfi sSsH2ss sSsH2ss
Total through .es,sio 74.2s7 Dec s.ss7. or 7,. a
First class 81 .so7G4s7 2.s9l277
E%israass..: ssSS1s S''a' lzszs Aszs ffSisl fSisl
Total way. slOl,2oi s,O2LsGs Inc. 7ss28. or ~,.n.
and way ,l7o2a4 sooG25s Inc 1901 or9+opa ct
no Ss s
.al7Q25i 5,oss,9ss 7ssn
H.S F. Pas s55S e stt5s g sss 4
Total ss.922 o7 50 424go22 81 s2e224 49, or 7'.pr Ct
Is; $.. 81 s ,sSsss sss ss.SSs
Total l6495O,86l I7a.29i,572 8,27s.7ii. or :s,re.
Average Travelled by through SO isst
Average distance Travelled by each way pass pger "a
Average distance Travelled BY all passengers. 90 Sc
IL will be seen that the number Of through pas-
sengers declines 72lO per cent producing loss If
1910 per cent, while increase Of 26lO per cent In
the number Of local passengers makes loss in care.
Ings of per cent. so MUCH for the value of the
1898 increased local passengers referred on page
TO- Other tables, for which cannot spare room.
explain the cause for the foregoing results, and
show that local rates passenger business have
been more affected than have through rates, viz
that the average way fares were less in 1873 than in
1874 as well as the average per mile From 1870
TO 1875 the rate per mile for through passengers de-
clfned on 1910 miles, while the rate local travel
was reduced 27lo miles. The lowest rates for pas
sengers to and from New-York and Chicago in 1875
was S170$IS 1t is now $13 with propOrtionate
reduction to competitive points like Cleveland To.
ledo, DC. To what extent this reduction viii affect
the average rate for way passengers must be left to
conjecture until the appearance of the next annual
report Michigan Central was dealt in TO an unu-
sua extent at declining prices which ranged from
43as to 3Sl2, subsequently,. rallying to 4ll2 and
closing at 403i The Granger stocks were weak on
reports of smaller earnings The ST. Pauls declined
to 1856 for Common ard GGl2 for Preferred on the
officially reported loss of S12S coo for the last week
in July as compared with 1873 but later recovered
to 37lea 3G7s and 6Sl2G6Sls on clique manipula-
tons he heavy decline in the receipts Of wheat
at Milwaukee during the first four days of August
l2f,4G2 bushels against 1928 in 1879 reduc-
lion of nearly 70 per cent renders it probable that
the st. Paul road will continue to show a very
siderable falling off in gross earnings. The North
West stocks declined for the reason
as ST. PauIs although the company have
apparently again stopped reporting eaTningsh
the Common selling at 393iG3sd304,
and the Preferred at 63ll a 6O'o a 62l2
Rock Island was unusually active late IN the week,
declining from 1854 to 1919, subsequently rally
ing to 1864, yet the dealings exhibited 10 little
feyershness. The public seemed to be surprised to
learn that the supposed heavy surplus of this COM
pany was not available if indeed it has any exist
suce at all beyond pleasant fiction of bookkeeping.
The coal stocks were still further depressed and
fhe loaning rates for use might be accepted as q
criterion we should say By sales of investors stock,
because those rates have grown daily easier ranging
from le per cent per day at the opening of the week
down to l0i to-day. Delaware, Lackavanna aud
Western declined from OLA to 90, seller 90 days but
closed at 9ios regular. New-Jersey Central dropped
from 6i3i to 603i, and Delaware and Hudson Canal
from lOl to 99l2, all of these stocks, how
ever, closing with natural reaction OF from
u to 17s per cent. New-iork Etentral
became active the Unfayorabe turn in the health
of Nr. Vanderbilt and sold down to 1914 recover
ing, however to 100. Tie light weights were gen.
orally dull and neglected Western Union has been
cratic 4; at times extremely dull and then very,
active, at prices ranging from 70li to 69ls07l9
7Oas Pacific Mail has not attracted much specu-
lative interest the stock. like the cOmpanys big
steamers, seeming inclined to go into ordinary"
About , 600 shares of the stock sold at 23L3
a225sG23la The declines of tho week were in
Northwest Preferred, Producers Petroleum, and
Pittsburgh each Is Morris and Essex and Wabash,
each Il; Missouri Pacific and Wells Fargo, each 81
American Express, st. Louis, X. c. and ", Union
Pacific, and c., c., c. and J., each L c., c. and
l. c., IS; Rock Island, la Michigan Central, is;
Chicago and Alton Preferred, Erie Preferred,
Mariposa, Ohio and Mississippi Preferred and Quick
silver, each 1l2; Mariposa Preferred, l'S; Della
are Lackawanna, and Western and n. j. Central,
each 2ls, and Illinois Central per cent. The few
stocks which advanced were Lake Shore, Isl Fort
Wayne Northwest Common Pacific Mail, and
United States Express, each L Ohio and Mississippi
and Western Union, each y; ct. Paul, both kinds,
81 st. Joseph Preferred, /; st. Louis and Iron
Mountain lis; Chicago and Alton, 1l2, and Canton,
per cent. The business of the week has been very
rair in volume FOR this season Of the year. amount
ing TO trife over 100000 shares, and the following
table shows tho
WEEKLY RANGE OF PRICES.
Fl ne week No shares