New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-25

,,rshels and by the railroads Az 400 bushels.
.roinst 3 112 O35 and COS 900 bushels for the pre-
ealing week and against 3.S96.109 and 4e2.1Oo
boshels for the same week of 1875. The shipments
from Buffalo last week were: By canal 2.ooo,6o7
bushels and by the railroads 1.O5S,OS0 bushels.
against 3G26.77O and 1491 30 bushels for the
corresponding week of 1878. At Chicago and Mil
vsukce the total receipts Of Iast week were
4.252.9lS bushels. AGAINST 4.O0S.573 for the pre-
cedinr week and $685., s97 for the corresponding
week Of ISIS. The total Of shipments from the two
morris was 3.53s. sos bushels last week. against
9qsL9lt for the preceding week and 2,993,50S
for the corresponding week of last year.
The stock speculation to-day ran largely to the
coal stocks. the sales Of which amounted to over
100000 shares, or to more than So per cept Of the
total transactions I'm ali stocks for the dav. Their
prices were extremely strong and continued to adj
vance. They were hardly disturbed bv the lower
rates obtained for Zoe. 900 of coal at the Della
ware. Lackawanna aud Western auction sale. The
prices al the coal sale were the lowest ever
era stock sold higher than ut any time since
March. 1877; Delaware and Hudson al figures that
have not been reached since August. 1873. whom II
was hilher than Delaware. Iackawanna and West
erp Ncw-Jcrsey Central higher than since August,
1876: and Morris and Essex az a price that untll
recently il has not touched since December 1876.
The extreme figures not fully sustained hut the
fna sales showed gains follows: Morris and Essex
u Delaware and Hudson and Ccntml of New-Jer-
Z.
Western 1os per cent. The trunk line shares gen
orally are q little lower: Lake Shore having de-
olned Il. Michigan Central J.. Ere y and preferred
stock Il per cent but g, C., 1. ana l. was =
higher, and Canada Southern, with an unusual
amount of business WAS pa per cent higher M
G5l4 after having sold up TO 81.
The long-lisputed question about dividends on
The 81 Paul stocks settled To-day by declara-
tion of dividends Of S2 per cent on the Preferred
stock and ~ per cent ON the common stock, pay
able October - ont of the earnings of six months
ended June 80 1879. The company ON Is rs usual
statement ~ the six months business ont Of when
the dividends are declared Invtctofc. as inns l.
the first dividend declared on the common
stock by the sent company. We repubhsh IRON
last Mondays TRIBUNE the comparative statement
Of the gross earnings from January I TO june 80 IN
ISIS and 1879:
Gross earnings months ISIS or LA miles si25d.oo5
aNont i'''' ii''o'-- -'''
7,e,r.,.s 1874 sssl.oo5
50. with an increased roadway of about 27G
miles ANA corresponding increase OF expenses, ana
much greater dcbt, raising the interest chIr2 Is,
aud with r2-l ,oo3 less gross ea,hine, ital i 1910
-. corananv now is able 90 do hat IL was not
able 10 dom t~7S-to pay a dividend on its com
mon stock. The stocks were strong early ~ the
DIV hut later weakened, So that inal sales showed
advance. of only : per cent each Tor the common
ana retelr. locks he Mort lNesfrrnS wore strong
and higher early. hut afterwaid dc lined aud closed
with losses of = for each class. Buiil tipu Cedar
Eau-i. ANA Northern WIS - higher 80 -. Inc
eouflwe ern shares geneT'iN We're hEner I'D ,"e
early dealings. put al tuc END, Nhl" ihr C. anSe>
50 ic ul.li ag'"t. the Pro la i"aJ"l-i az case
v.if ID iIf. lower. It'erri'h-c stocks ver"
unusually CnN. and their pric turiuaicd only
anon, the small fractions. pac hc Aiaii again
active aIl aiNancci 81 l"r cent to- d. clos - .l
I..r Hr.c. Hlt. INNire~ -I''h. were = "''i
an advance ei per cent for Adams and q. per- cent
f.r .I.f.I. ~fI'"-.
Arrr 3D.. o. outside securities to-da, w, note
tlo,.ol ~.. Paul and Sioux N..y st'c. at D. pre-
1cfr.o 3d.. tI. ..1 .ist uioit is- ' 80 a' 500 'a
al, -..li. market closed l.y0ii. . ain unset 'i,f.
lt.sr ot tnl -In.A ,,.>aL
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