New-York tribune., 1881-12-24


rentals diyidds
guaranteed
sSSS s2IS09G5 5SG oG the sooos7l 2aGoOOO Dec 1854
balance g598o982 $3724oOO Dec. $l"OGoS2
Deduet-Divhas
! claTed per cent S5,"2'o-V q''o''''-O
surplus tqg 1850 al.57aeoa 900 Dec s'''Oo.9s2
Fxpepsos for 1850 include 100000 pad for
I 500 new freight cars and also cost OF 1000 tons
OF steel rails -f,, 600 .o,s of
steel rails and nothing for new ears 90 On 1000.
The operating expenses in 1851 are $50 per cent
of the gross earnings against 5o.06 In Iooo. 900,
By the foregoing statement the earnings OF 1921
will lack $233,320 of being suhicieht 20 pay @ tno
cent being declared to day, payable February !,
1851 But in addition to that we learn from the
report t. the state Engineer Of NeW-i ork that
fLere has been an expenditure for cqulpnehl,
second track etc. in 1881 (up to September 3Ol, TO
be charged TO proper accounts at the end OF ISSal @
year IS6l ifo GoUan sun Of Si Se foTeaonS
statement L Is diSpOses OF all the surplus renlan,
ing from 1880 and with the shortage OF S233,3Zo
for ISL, makes deficit for the Two years Oh ABOUT
MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
The statement for 1881 of the Michigan Central
Railroad Company like that OF the Lake ohoreii Is
estimated for part of the month of Decem6er The
report of 1881 also includes from Aprl !, the earn
ings of the Detroit and Bay City Railroad Slf3}
mesl The following is the statement compared
with that Of the preceding year;
Ss! GesT' ssT1nri ending Dec 81 s85ooo Dec $io
osStati sSd tx " 673S75l e752ooO Inc. lOlS249
Net esraip7s $S,S4699S So $4,000 Dccsl 162008
DfSHG rentals interest " l5seO 1GosOoO Inc lOG5ao
Balance ......... s176O5s8 849I,OcO Decsl 269,5ss
ISL. 9 per cent m l499o56 4Cs455 lOsO6O1
1850 per coaI.
surpIus. ............. s26l582 s22545 Dec S28S9s7
3 The operating expenses of 1881, which are 1888
~ nor
cent in 1880 include the cost of lO,25O tons oil steel
rails Hn increase of $3.50 tons over last year,
eight new locomotives and four new iron bridges.
Thus while for 1850 the business paid a dividend
of s per cent on the stock and left surplus OF
S261, ,532. that of 1881 leaves surplus of only
S22 $40 after paying 2l2 per cent on the stock
CANADA SOUTHERN.
The report of the Canada Southern Railroad Com
rany for the year 1881 shows a surplus Of only
,5O1 above interest on bonds, against $906,924
for 1880. The incrra in the interest charge OF
900 S25 is due to the bonds bearing . per cent
after January /, 1881 instead OF per cent as they
did before that time. The following is the compar
ative statements
yesys EGa9 Dee 81 90 isso e. so5 pe6 s
sos3 ana taxes iSGSi G7jS53 Inc 26953
Rectsfrom from otaers 1855 iG673 pee l7l5
Total receip,s-ue .sl3l472t s595l2? Dec. $Go5599
Less interest Oh 0onds 4O"199 o'S'1-7 Inc %'"8-0
Balance .............. s0O692l s2s5OI Dec $s7sl28
The operating expenses for 1881 include the fol-
laid; 1,4G0 tons steel rails, equal 10 1925 miles
laid G1 new of various classes built; lS4 cars
OF various classes rebuilt. This however, cannot
be called an extraordinary expenditure as Il prn-
cipally is for necessary renewals
Denver aud Rio Grande Railway Consoh!dlatsd
mortgage coupons. due January /, 1852, VIII be
paid ON and after that date
The attention of investors is called TO the general
mortgage gold bonds of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad, having fifty wears to run, interest at the
rate Of per cent per annpm " paJyaRe pJ,, Nay ana
a4..f ffFaf
Mr. William c. Duvall, at present secretary to
Mr. Robert Lenox Kennedy, has been appointed as
sistant-cashier to the National Bank Of Commerce
in New-Iqr 10 succeed MI W. ". sherman,
elected cashier, taking effect LIST January next
The following shows the imports OF dry. goods
at the Port of New-York for the week ending De
cember IS, and since the beginning OF the year.
as compared with the corresponding periods OF pre-
Yious years:
ss's$s s. $: s5s5 5s:5s5 zsf
ES5sSS 4 @s s9s ilaS3 5ss3
The recelpts of -four and gram at the principal
Atlantic ports this 23d day Of December were:
-Four NeEGssl iS5ss 4ia5 1n5 5a2 ss5S Hei}a S's
c9s x9sa a9ss 5s9s 2s!5P 1899 ssS 1879
Bgs Bgfiey gria 5a, a57S5 d9S5 e555ss 100 500
4, Total bush. ......... 1908 44.669 2SO5O Ass
= The following were the receipts and shipments at
and from Chicago and Milwaukee to-day:
Recsip;% St1 ne1tL
CaicIEp. Iuw'Ssh CaiclgL AIw' Ssa
r1our 1891 1l,S3S lt6G9 1897
WhAat. bush 4f,i83 G2,l5O 3lpS1 3,.,1U
Corn,bush. ....-.... 12!519 Z,loO o3S3e lZI9
OatS bush......... lOE,UtZ l',iU ti,OtI poto
Rye. Dusn..--..... lu,fZS .35@z .9DOy ,@'=45
Barley. BUSH. 4l49z lo,ooO II'fJ1 IO''o
rotalbus 8SU37i s9592, lG037O 242G5
corroy MARKETs-BY TBLEGRAPA
IlvERPooi. Dec. 2$l23o D m.Cot193- steady Md; sI
pales 900 bales speculation
ceiDts $50 bales including 161O bales American. Fu
Middlng clause. December delivery
Gbd .als0 Cs12d. DO. December and J2nuary delivery
February delivery, Gi32d
also esd bruary and March delivery Gl lid DO March
and hDrl delivery esd e2azc. April ami May
iiyerg Gd 40 May and delivery 65lad also G27a2d
lime and delivery SD. also Cz'a0d.