New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

"a saompared with the preceding year Inc y, s
h esrninEs from freight has announce e @ % e
ia and in passenger traffic S0,Olv,SS1SJ OK and
ce1s@Ses 49, ~ cent Tho dividends have fallen on
20 s1S a56 and areless than for any year slnee
The total amount Of capital ssSes @ 0as s9S giving
deDos w. rsts of per cent. No DIVIDENDS were
naid on any of the railroads IN the STATES VI A;s
sasU Colorado Florida, Kansas, Louisiana I'D Yer
sinn Missouri Nebraska, Oregon, IeXas anu, anu ga
mGpfnor. excepting leased lines III Iowa anu
Minnesota. ca. -, the;r geographical
.;tios, ~ nsual the gross earnings for the New
fnsiand States were S44, 800, ,465, against $a9'-
T60903 for 1876, $4S,32S922 for 1872 S9VHHo, 49,
774 for 1874 aud Sol 6Ioooo Ior CO. traOsnorta
fion of freight mails, etc, and S2gOOo,tU5 Io onS
TRANSPORTATION of passengers, Ihe mel ei ga
were az $iS5Soo4o 5S fo4 s5 snd $i67i$s3 for 1874
The dividends paid alnounn55ee ny eoo 0aG for 1874
against 81 6O7, ,973 for 1876 SS'|eoVfO iOA Ao'''
and LOT Of the railroads in the Middle
c+0tas were SI55. 943, 12l, against $1IG GoIS,4VI
for 1876 7S5 KS 9 50f for loS 1878 Of gross earn.
TO- M ss7 Sal were received for transportation
nffTeieht mails, ETC.. and 81, ,2o5,ToO ior trans
gortSatS9n a nsd % PgSanst SEQ $50 5I7 for 1915 $685.
60041s for 1875, and $50, ,1SS,9 " Tor ISI4. Inc
dividends paid amounted to 24;S9O, $50, against
$33,69Cl11 for 1875 SS9,5o''Aoo lor 1870 anu
$4,000 154 for 1S74.
ern States were $39 3oS against $2&0 & I5 q 03S s
for 1876, $50,399227 for 1873, $52,259,24l for
1874 and S53, ,696, 400 for 1878. OF the earnings,
500 26S were received for the transportation OF
freight and So 953 090 for that of passengers. The
net earnings were 81 664 346 against Sl7, ll903l
for 1876, $16,741 900 for 1875 and S17,269,332
for 1874. The dividends pald amounted TO 50. .74O-
7o3 against 81, ,S60,351 for 1876, 81 496,9O6 for
1875 and 81, ,0GS, ,455 for 1874. The railroads in
the States of Arkansas and Texas are this year
grouped with those Of the western States, thus
causing greater apparent than real decrease IN the
earnings in the Southern States: Including these
States the gross earnings would be S4S,966,376,
and the net earnings $1S,211,3Z7.
ern States we're $193, ,204 5l6 against $1S6 242 S32
for 1876 S2O6 217, ,654 for 1873, S214 S69 Az for
1874 and $211, ,717,7S1 for 1878. OF these. $14S-
767477 were received for transportation OF freight
mails, etc, and $44, ,437,039 for passengers. The
net earnings We're $66,0S5, ,243, against $63,912,;
S75,5{6. .695 for 1874 The dividends paid
amounted TO $14,556,462, against $780,
632 for 1876, SIS, ,23O, ,511, for 1875, and
the operations of the railroads in Arkansas and
Texas were aggregated with those of the Southern
States. Making the necessary deductions for those
States the gross earnings for 1877 would be SlS4,
O5O,49S, and net earnings S62, 200.
The gross earnings of the railroads in the Pacific
States were 81, ,766,922, against S5,S64,316 for
1876, 500 1929 for 1875. $16,774, ,OS6 IN 1874,
and $15,276,747 for 1873. of the gross earnings,
50 $50 079 were received for the transportation of
passengers and So 436, ,845 for the transportation
of freight. The net eaTnlngs were S2,Go5'l31'
The dividends paid were $24O,O99.
"The earnings and expenses of the Central Pacific
Railroad we're included among those of the Pacific
States IN 1875 aud the preceding years, which ex-
plains the apparent decline in earnings"
The gross earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad Company for three years
compare as follows:
Third week Of June s2O4360 Sl34 1876 $1,000
Previously reported. 363l035 264l95S S9O9OOO
gO.al since January s3835395 s2778O89 $lO6lOoO
The gross earnings of the Wabash Railroad for
fhe third week in June compare as follows:
1877 1873 Decrease
sS5.579 S7z3G9 Ell,2l0
The following official statement Of the canal col
yector at Albany, showing the total quantity Of
freight carried on the canal and arriving at New
York from June to %, inclusive, as compared
with the same period last year, received al the