The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-24

Money on call onsier ut 3a4 T. cent. Sterling
exchange. s4SGh 1887 for prime 6o-day nllIs.
Sales OF stocks were made Mt auction at the
Merchants Exchange ms follows: Forty shares
BROOKLYN Bank 100; 16 Long Island Bnnk ";
80 NATIONAL Mechanics' Bank, l32 TX net-
chants Exchange National Bank. II; 90 PEG,
pies Bank. ia: 10 Bank Of North America Told
stockl 40; Bank Of Commerce. 1926; Leather
rast Company 5sS 81 90 New }drE and Erie
kalro9d Company sec9nd o mqrtsnae en-;
n,ond due lSl9 1929 t2Oo3 Pntsnmrsn, I@rt
mortgage p cent bonds, 1872 $1,000 New York
Central Railroad Company Z cent bonds, due
Central Railroad Company first mortgage sink
ing fund bond. 1907 $1,000 Cincinnati Hnml-
ton and Dayton Railroad Co. first mortgage
I q cent, bonds, 1885. 6 shars Union Ferry co.
ex dividend 500 each. 1921: SO New York
Central md Hudson River lt!ilro1d Company.
llG&; $3.50 Nassau Ggslght Company s"rin;
piA GO shares Union National Bnuk i2t 100
Manhattan Gaslight Company, ls2 20 ls6; 81
Brooklyn Gaslight Company. 1890 1903 1l6
Nassau Guslight Company. 70 % New York
Equitable Insurance COmpany, lNl; 81 St.
nicholas Insurance Company p; D E,qa ,flr f
Bank. III; "a CITY Fire Insurance Company
1913; 10 Globe Fire Insurance Compnny, ia 10
sey City and Bergen Horse Railroad Comnuny
$50; 0 Warren Railroad Company. y; A.
r roSdNyay BANK r 2S Bank GiR Of
55l Brookl Ign Trust Company thypJ lO2; % 900
County Of New York e cent gold cons. stock.
due 1901, ll3 and interest.
Northern Pacific Railroad preferred stock IL
selling at the Philadelphia Stock EXchang" At
83 to 81 The time for converting ~" bonds OF
the old company into this stock will expire on
June 80.
Tho subscriptions 10 the p cont refunding
certificates since yesterday amount 70 sos,5OO.
The subscriptions To- date are S2u2G4 40
joint letter. addressed by Mr. VANDERBILT
| and Mr.. Jeweit to the Special Committee on Rail
roads 81 the Assembly OF this State. replying TO
charges made against the railroad companies. Of
which these gentlemen ARE respectively Presi-
| dents by the Chamber OF Commerce ia this city,
| has been published in a handsome pamphlet Of
| sixty pages. II is somewhat severe in IT. crit-
csm ot the authors OF the memorial OF the
| Chamber OF Commerce. and intimutrs that they
| wrote under the influence either OF Ignorance
| or Of malice. II declares positively that neither
| the New York Central nor the Erie Railroad
| Company is making unjust determinations
| against New York city orugainst the interior ~
| the State, and explains TINT the low through
freights from the West complni ned Of are cHused
| by the competition Of tho Grand Trunk. tho
| Pennsylvania. and the Baltimore and OHIO Rail-
roads. The whole pamphlet Is highly interest
ing and will doubtless DE extensively clrculnt d.
The number Of mills owned aud operated 10y
| the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
| according to liz report Of July. 1878. We Ni6
! us capital WIS ;9OO0OOO. aud iis debt Ell 5On.-
| 600; vrnss earnings for the year ending June
| 30 1878 20. 6OI .59s runniny expenses s3,2i3.-
| 1856; net earnines. ~ 3i42i2; interest. slu2i,-
| 2Si: rentals, s1O3 l3i suudrics $50. IGS; dNl-
| dends. 3 = cent. $27Ol7i; surplus, S3l5.972.
| A call WIS issued to-day 10y the Treasury De.
| partment for the balance ~ the loNu ot 1858 live
| per cents. amounting 10 s2G0,OOO. These bonds
| are all registered. The holders may NJ ans
| time within ten days exchange them for foul
per cents nj par, with interest computed on
not exchanged they will be paid at the maturity
OF the call.