New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-09

,crs from, Chicago stating that the roads east are
bockod mn with loaded trains and also from Buffalo that
the New-YJTk Central has nearly 5,Voo ears Oh s'o
tracks waiting the motive power to As the Official
reports of the shipments O produce from the west 10 o
East for the past day. shows 1t not to have been IN ex
cess of previous scas0ns tie conclusion ID ineVlia
bio that the car equipment has been permt'ed
% deteriordte large extent and tbe motive equip
ment to a much greatcr. This state OF affairs inJ nc
counts for the reduced cost Of maintenance OF equipment
which been feature in recent railroad reports anu
10 which THE TRIBUNE has called special attention one
or two more accidents like that at Ashtahnla Will equally
confirm the theory u neglect the maintenance Of road
ways and tracks, and then all viii comprehend no" dl'
drnds have been pad-not from earnings but from de
probation Of the properties.
The stock market to-day was little esc than brohF -
aided somewhat by the same manipuarors who profess
to have controlled it for the past six months Ihe open
ing was steady followed by advance, in which Central
ANA Hudson was made to perform prominent part by
being rapidly advanced from l0lai 10 1924 with ne"
mechanic the bellows bidding lU2l2 for looo' 'Den
succeeded dun and sagging market ana hnay 'eaS
in ayOes OF l20I y cent closing Wlth 81 s"'
rally for some Of them. Lake Shore, eXiyidcnd sod ~
54G5J4 @55. 054lqd j4as Michigan Central at ~ sc
4s0I7Ia; Central and Hudson, 10l7s@ l024@lol+~
1Ol3: st. Paul 20 a2Oal; Preferred $3.50 1sa % q;
North Western at $685. Preferred 57G572 Illinois
Central operied at 60, decline Of Ia per CENT rom
Saturdays final price, and quickly sold at 0s rom 'hS
rally 10 GOl2, ana maj ciOsr ~ o"'
The moving canse for he drop and activity 10 tins STOCK
was the announcement the savings for the m1nth
OF December showed decline Of over % per cent Bui
this did not fleet tine stocks OF other roads whose Ousl
ness must suffer from the causes as AFFECT H. ROCK
Island which opened 1904, advanced to ioo clos
ing at OI showing in the words Of one OF us dIfect
oYs as applied TO Western the good ELECTS OF not
publishing earnings. The coal shares were very du put
stra.v Delaware Iaciawanna and Western selling at
7Ja74s- Delaware and Hudson at II 2@7l. and jersey
learn the cont the fOrticOmIng report OF the Pa'
lephIa and Reading Railroad, which was made to-day
rs q meeting held ia Philadelphia. For what we nave AZ
time OF writing we indebted to hieTHd"s
Fiaduc,aI Bured,, which reports the meeting
a entirely harmonious aud that the report was
accented without objection. resolution was passed
sangoBiHg TIE issue vi 1lO,OG0,0UO OF income O9lIs
portion Of when, believe had already De'll zone
enable the company 20 meet It's January interest," -tiu
DrcctOTs all III e;ted, excepting
M Char Smith (!ecnel, wEOi1 hf Henry LAVE
WIS substituted The misrc laneOus stocks io-lay pie
seated no feature, excepting Adams Express, which sof
iOl and 100 seller 80 days Je tD'fht gen ;fdy
clp,eu weak with final chauges rom me ciO,lnS prices o
saturday as follows: Observation-Disclosures, Laos tWahhd
western aud North csterD Preferred eacn g; Nurth-
Western OAlO and Mississippi and Am. rican E1prcss
each II; Delaware and Hudson and Union Patht eleh
.. ; Ham bal and ST. Joseph aud Adams Express, each
-, lax Shore aud WabasI, each =: Chicago aHd AtoI
preferred, and IinOis Central, ia. Adyahcrs-At
autic and Pacific and ~. Paul Or tcfir 'tch
J.: Erie, Paul, b Rock Island, > aud United
sttcs Express, % per cent The following tabie SHOWS
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