New-York tribune., 1879-03-13

pi7,dSnd Of peT cent Jan. Is 1879. 625o56
Surplus. January lls79--....-..,........- S21s''fo
The foregoing statement shows that the estimated
statement of December II, 1873. underestlmated
the net profits $50, ,2S7, and the first charges
s. .6J1, making the actual net earnings OF the
Quarter S44 G35 greater than the estimate.
% estimate for the current quarter TO end March
9 "a 40 was submitted, as follows:
proas for the quarter ending March Fl ha - Tn1n
on e' % IS s,ps" m he basiiess foT march Ieseving
amount Ure "a meet tc CLAIMS OF TIE AtlaIuc aId "a
cite Telegraph undeT existing agleemcbtS wiz We
Interest on bonded debt $50
eonrGc,an SasqS f@aa serIopriauon' 1000
Net surpins for the quarter s7oS677
Dividend per declared payable April 15- 5259S6
Er,rrs f,r quarter 20 end March 500
AID surplus Of January /. ls79.-...-...... 2Jo.''o
Trta surplus March 81 1879 Sj26,5l7
From the foregoing statement it appears that
what the company calls net profits" are estimated
for the current quarter to he S146,O99 less than
the actual of the preceding quarter, and that The
net after paying first charges are Sl1S,324 less
this quarter than they were for tie quarter
ended December 81. 1873. Nevertheless, the state
ment for the current quarter is remarkably favor
able exhibit. and one that. under the working
ranrements betw cen the Western Union and Atlantic
and Pacific Companies, wond seem 10 warrant
greater dividend BY the latter named company than
the 8i Of ! per cent that yesterday was declared
upon its stock.
In the receipts of grain at the principal Atlantic
norris for the week ended March IL, New-YOrk does
not make quite as poor showing as it did the pre-
e4ding week. The totals of all grains received at
Kew-York were sos. 759 bushels. against 2.032,-
ss5 bus els received at the three ports of Baltimore,
Phadeph and Boston. Compared with the same
week of SIS New-York gained 206.000: Baln-
more, JOG, 900 Philadelphia. 219OoO and Boston.
p63 900 bushels. During the ten weeks since jan
nary New-YOrk has received ID $50 bushels
this year. against 14.00S,s01 bushels last year
decrease 1jJ.921 bushels Baltimore has received
s64j OS1 bushels. against 5,55l ,049 bushcls-lh-
rrease, 3,093,5S2 bushels; Pnladelphla, Gl29.-
POS bushels. against 6,1C9,2S1 bushel~-
decrease 80 073 bushels: and Boston. 3.046.531
bushels, against 2.619, S37 busnels-incre@st 32O,-
694 bushels. The receipts at Chicago aud Nll"au-
kee show an increase, as compared with the pre-
eedlng week Of this year, but lar|e decrease al
Chicago and small one al Milwaukee, compared
with the same week Of 1873. At Chicago the ship
merits for the week show a decline compared with
the preceding week and with the week Of Last year,
but at Milwaukee the shipments Tor the week were
nearly 2OUOOO bushels greater than 1Ol the pTectu-
Ing Neek although they were 10000 bushels less
tb,n for the CORES bonding week OF 1873.
In general terms, this another Gu!l day IL the
stock market. Yet the market was not without lis
positive and negative poles. lhe NOfthwesttrn
common stock may be considered as the positive,
n
again going up, while Wabash NAV 20 regarded As
tie negative, because it declined to ~ without any
reason for doing 50 other than those that should
have prevented the advance from H. the price at
wmcn IL was selling asst Autumn. The dealings IN
Northwest common only amounted TO lI2OO shares,
but the feeling concerning IT Is so Unanimous
that the remaining members Of TIE pool, VINO dld
not sell out, OF necessity must advance It's price 10
make a uaI for sales 50 that II Is easily moved
up without the purchase of much stock. The pre-
felTed stock to-day sympathized by nslng 10 o5o5a
S5I2. The It. Pauls were dull and steady Wlihlh
range OF 3s and q per cent he coal stocks eNhlD-
ited io,s YIN on the result of the Harrisburg meet
2Hg OF miners that II was supposed would order
general suspension of mining The result OF the
sale OF coal by the Delaware and Hudson Company,
showing uiatcIIal change IN prices from lle last
sale Oi the Delaware, Lackawanna aud Western
Company, was without effect Oh pIlces at the STOCK
Exchange.
\ glance at the subj0ned table will show how
dull were the trunk line shares Lake Shore clos
lng a, its best, 7I5s Michigan Central at ITS low
est, sSls; Ere at oh, Canada southern at %.
ana Cen tral and hudson at ll6. 1 he investments
were duh and steady. Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Continued active. and rose TO 1O34, Kansas
Psclbcs dull and firm, and the ~. LOuis and san
FraL cisco stocks irregular. Wes erh Union was
dull and huCtuated between 1883 and lO44 y, but
Atlantic aud Pacific dropped to IS.
the market closed Irregular and positively void
OF feature.
RANGK or THE STOCK NARKRr