The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-08
rixANcIAL avn commEso,.1.

"WEDNESDAY, June 7-P. M.-The volume
OF business at the Stock Exchange was re-
strictcd. but a generally heavy and respondent
tone characterized the operations, with a de-
cline ranging from !. tots y cent in tho Lat
OF active srecialtes. The weakness of Western
Union and Pacific Mail attracted much atten-
tion' and tho decline of Lake Shore to 5J%
served To further unsettle the general market
western Union dropped K to 0sI, notwitn-
standing the fact that the directors Of this COM
pany to-day declared dividend Of IN " cent,
payable July IS; aud Pacific Mail sold down
from 25H to 25,f, the bears meeting with no ap.
parent opposition. The poo in Lake Shore.
however, succeeded in tallyina its price to 53A
AZ tne close on Ieporls tn 4 adivdend Will DC
clared IN July. The Western shares sympathizod
common yielding y " cent. TO 8gH. and tho or :
iened = to 6S>s, while tho Northwosterns wero
common and preferred respectfully. New Jer.
| seyCentral broke 3 v cent. to g. Delaware,
Io7%, and Delaware and Hudson X e. ife..
| New YORK Central was also weuk nj i0gNNDl,a.l,
and Pacific and Missouri dropped 2 " cent To !.
nes. QUOTATIONS. OF Yesterday. This road will DO
wnenss an IN ABOUT % days. and The Question
rights ia the reorpanizntiOn OF the company
aepends upon the magnaniT'ty " the bond
AT the annual meeting Of the Boston and New
iork AR Line Railroad Company held on Tues
tors were elected samuel s. sands, President:
d. Hatch, Treasurer; II. Il. Hammond, Gen,
! Tll Manager; Ripley Ropes, Charles Dana, t.
Ellery Anderson, Th0s. l.. Watson, Secretary;
Henry Lewis, Isaac Anderson. Allyn IA. Cole
sr9ye. l. N. Camp, benjamin Douglas, aud Geo.
he gross earnings OF the road for the year
ending June l announced to $l05gS0.S3 and the
Operating expenses for the same lime were sl2s,
O91.l6 leaving net earnings Of S31,3jI.H. About
t24OOO however were extraordinary disbuIse-
ments. but cluHsed under operating expenses.
he annual meeting Of stocknoldere Of the
ChlcagO, Rock Island and PdciHc Railroad
COMPANY was held In Chicaeo to-day. The
amounted 90 $3.50, l6lW, and operating ex-
penses, including taxes, TO $3,GS7 i2S63 being a
uecrease ~ the ElOfs eafniuue Of S4G4447p,
though showing an Increase OF net earnings for
the same period of slH, 12j:is.
Tue following were to-day elected dire tor3
Railroad Cornelius Vanderbilt, VIM. 4. Van
derbilt. Augustus Schell, Samuel t. II. rser,
Joseph harKer. Chauncey NJ. Depew, John K.
iurrill, Walter :. Church, Chester W. Chaplin,
Geo. j.. whitney and james NJ. Marvin
I'll he e, books OF tne Western Union Telegraph
The total number OF shares dealt in wss Ios,-
III; OF which Lake Shore represented 27,0U0;
Ps a as M sS %ss.sIn S do $50 ST.
Central, 500; Erie, 2lO0; Rock Island. as. New
York Central, 200; Ohios, 1.l0o; Pacific OF Mis-
sour. 2'wU; Union Mining Co, 600 Michigan
Central, SO; Delaware, Lickawanna aud Vest
ern, GU; Northwestern 100; the preferred LOO;
Marposa Land and Mining Co., 900; wels-Fargo
Express, CAL Delaware and hudson Canal, 2OO;
Harlem. l5O; Hannibal and Sc. Joseph. 100; ths
preferred, ~; Illinois Central, IA; 81. Louis
and Iron Mountain. 100 Consolidation Coal, 100;
Atlantic and Pacihc Telegraph Co., 20; Fort
Wayne. 80; and Morris and B-sex. 90
The gold market was dull throughout the day
though near the close Of business there WIS
more activity, during which time the price ad-
vsuced from 1l2t to 1129s on less favorable news
from Turkey.
The following the principal transactions
1000 A. Niles 1888 r. M..lloA 300 =. ". 1i2A
Ia loans the rates Dad for the use Of rold were l.
IN and cent, ahd nai, snd Tor carrying, IN 3 aud
3k y cent ~
The total cearngs at the Gold Exchange Bank ver-
i12,sff, no; gold balances. 81 i37 currency
balances S7ps 5O7 ne sub rcasury rcdcp nc1 All 1o
In csiiei bonds aud paid coin interest GA tne
public debt $4,000.
The 1ays bu'ness AZ the United state. Sub Treasury
7p5 20 DO balance. t37 gia 455 currency recepts
tl4lU7l3ysi 10 paynients sl,sl 9sb ~ DO balance
to354O,silO3 customs t2OVO00; a. 100000 cancelled
g0ld cert ircates sent to Washington, n. L.
The bullion IN the hank kngland was increased
f230Oo The internal revenue rec.ipts
were $4,000 each The Treasury at Washington
orcgn exchange ruled quiet but steady at a aud
t4pO for time and demand drafts.
Tue abundance OF money Offering coll caused the
rates TO gecine 70 cent Prime Commercial paper
The Government DoISd market displayed unusual &C.
tiyy. and brisk demand for the 2O noted
In pOnt Of activity and advance Of 4 10 X y cent
was fully estsbIished-coupOn 1879 rising to l22sts
lA coupon lso5s new, 10 l2oIs, and coupon 1868,
Tue chiefly due TO purchases for account
OF national ~ nks and saving Institutions, who sat
l-hrd that the Treasury w call for nv more bonds
un II alter the alton c. mes into poHer
ana also because the London recorded AZ mn
| port ut lmproN enent to-day.
Inc FOL owing were tne highest and of
OF Government bonds one ago this date:
Coupon &c. 81 12tasGl2S Coupon t5 old 19g.a1 oo1x