The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-16
Cnnlmnrcinl Notcs.

Tho llfteOn car manufacturing estab iah'
nents OF tho United States turned out Inst
yar 37,350 pieces of rolling stock.
II Is rumorcd In railroad circles that II
movement Ia on foot TO combine all tho rail-
mad lines in tho country under tho general
6Joction Of iew roads.
Says the Now York Indicator; Borro gcrs
hive paid over $50 per cent. for money on
s,y. Thanks to the absurd usury law.
The Chicago journal of CONNER thinks
N attempt to hold u Worlds Fair in New
York in 1888, Is bound to prove II Mmcntu-
Nc failure and advises the public against
mixing any stock in the concern.
Railway men arc now having n boom in
fhoir wages. The Age thinks IL is snle 10
nay that If the present outlook for business
continues, all the railway companies which
iGvo not already restored wages TO the anti
yanic basis, will do 80.
Canada intends to improve and util2o her
annals ut u cost OF S30,000,00 SO ~ to lc
role TO carry a cargo OF 1000 or 1000 tons
BON Chicago to tho Atlantic without inter
mission. The total length of tho canals from
lfie to Montrealis estimated nv $40 miles.
T.aks navigation is now open, vessels hav-
ng already left Chicgo for Buffalo Freight
rates are firm at &c. per bushel TO Buffalo,
equivalent t. 1910. per hundred Rail rates
nj last reports were still maistained ut 35c.
Som Chicago to Now York, but were expect
vi to be reduced soon.
The average value of home grown food
ssaff in the United Kingdom of Great
BSitain and Ireland human and catllel
snounts to E2i0OVOU0o year, while the
average yearly imports are valued at el5O,'
no 600; but, owing to the shortage IN the
home crop Of 1879, an additional Ei6,UOO,OOO
vorvh will need to DO imported to make up
Ne deficiency.
From seyenty.nye cents worth of iron ore
my bo made, |, is said, SIS so worth of bar
ron. $40 worth of hol se.shoes, $3.50 worth
Sao $50 worth of shirt buttons, 5000 OOO
worth of watch.springs, 100000 worth of
hair springs, or S2,500,OOO worth of pallet
wbors fused in watches).
Rro.as,ufr. a, Nav York on tbo Doth ina,
,,oSa cownlste,v domoraii1ed nj . cer,s %s
,l;n, on al LINDA Of Grain md locSoo an
a. With Int l;gbt exnort demand and a
rro,tv Iarro nn,inn hnsinasa at the aocl;Na IN
p p;ewy IF Lager receints at RutfJo and The
NV v, "a - i u l,arl'a,s all anor thn W.,
Wa; J., "" T,r ~, ,h,nh nausoJ Joo;Sad u, 49,
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The list OF dividends, paid by the metal
mining companies during March, Is not so
long or large in amount as that OF February
The total tor February was Sl,0t2'o00, but
ct this amount one quicksilver mine furnish-
nj $4,000, and the copper mines, mostly
s~ned in Boston, paid SlsS,OO9. The gold
AID silver mines paid in February SSS2, 800,
against SjlB,S5o in March. Now York again
tpok the lead last month. for the ten comps
Res paving in San Francisco, including the
Sodie, Excelsior, Eureka, Homeslake, On!a-
no and Standard, which are very largely
@wned In tho East, only pnid out $3.50
While five companies paid in New York
S3S1,250, of which the Crysolite paid $780,
900 and the Little Chief 100000. The to.
snl dividends discussed to date by the lead
ing companies arc as follows; Eureka, S4,-
$4,000; Ontario, S2,650,000; Standard, ST.
$4,000, and Crysolite $l,000000. None of
,he others have paid over million
IIf the general passenger and ticket
agents belonging to the National associa-
non mean business" says the Railway Age
Athe costly practice of paying commissions
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