New-York tribune., 1881-12-24

Governments were dull and prices were barely
steady. For the As the biddngs were ls lower. An
nexed are the closing quotations:
Bid Asked BidAsked
Is - q IEEs Ess EEs ca: g; ss; is -
4s 1921 reg II53. Il?1a T. cur 6s 1893 I99 49,, IN
Sa S. S. 1899 2S ss Kss' Of Go 5S; 07 log
State bonds quiet and only steady. Louisi-
ana consols rose q to SO, but ended at 67l2 Ten.
neSsee Is were off q to 724, and North Carolina
special taxes sold at 8. OF city bank stocks, Park
sold l1OD at 1856.
Railroad bonds were not active and generally
We're lower for the speculative issues, but where
there were late dealings the prices symDathized
with the improvements in the share market BOs-
ton Hartford and Erie frsts declined from 81 to IS
| and recovered to &C. Missouri. Kansas and Texas
first consols steady at 1868 but seconds fell
from 1879 to 70971 and general mortgages from So
to sOa SOl2. Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
irsts were of from 81 Il to 90 Erie second consols
in laie dealings were 81 higher at 09&. Canada
Southern irsts yielded from 80 to 0Sl2a9ssi. New
York Elevated frsts steady at 10, and Metro
potan rsts werel2 lower at 1922 land seconds were
y lower at 80. East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia incomes were up l2 at 53l2. st. Paul and
Omaha consols were steady at 99l4d99l2
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern frsts were
4 lower at 90 and Wabash general mortgages were
steady at SS Denver and Rio Grande
consols were up l2 at 104. Texas and Pacific
frsts. Rio Grsnde division, were of I24 at 81,
New-Orlcans and Pacific firsts 1l lower at 8 and
Northern Pacific tirstS l per cent lower at 102L2.
The business of the Sub Treasury for the week
ending tonight includes the receipt of S71S6,s6O
and the payment of $l0,360673 The result Is
loss to the general balance of S} 10 and leaves
il at SsS,37S,6l6 against S91,50l I29 December
l6 The particular changes of the week are coin
los, OF 81 ss30 OH and currency loss of $209, sol.
Whatever of Improvement III the amount OF the
total reserves tO-mOrrow's bank statement may
show Will, however, be chiefly due To the better
condition the banks were IN at the beginning OF the
week over the report of the last statement because
the shipments for the week have been large. The
common rate for money to-day was q per cent and
TIL balances were well made up the rate was all
the time bid. The last quotation, however, was
saJ per cent. The domestic exchanges on New
York are without change from last quotations.
The United States Treasurer at Washington
to-day. received $l4l 900 National bank
notes for redemption The customs receipts were
$iG3,0SS, and the revenue receipts $t69SSO.
The Clearing House statement to-day Is as follows:
Exchanges S1s3, 794609; balances, S5,749,O97
The transactions at the Sub-Trcasury covered
aSSSPS aaePeS Ssaade' Iti s,S5555i ' coin balance
Some of the leading drawers of exchange today
reduced their nominal quotations Tor sternhg =
cent but for actual business we do not learn that
quotations lower than yesterday, which are
rs follows: Bankers bills, sterling, ~ SO and
81 81 for long and short sight respectively;
frame, 5.255s and 5.2OHs; reichmlrks 9i1 and
90 gulcrs 39osa4O.
In London British consols opened unchanged but
later advanced X and closed at 90 3-l6 for money
and 80 ZIG for account. United States bonds
were quoted as quiet and unchanged" American
railways declined sharply at the opening, but atter
ward made some partial TecOyer!es. In ParlS,
French per cents were OFT to SD 50 lr Yesterdays
statement of the Bank of France shows an increase OF
100000 francs gold and decrease OF 7OOOoo
francs silver.
HEw-YoRK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD.
The Ncw-York Centrpl and Hudson River Rail-
road Company has furnished for publication only q
H.. .,f it, fanrt IN al
for its fiscal year ended September 80, 1881. The
interesting portion of the report that is not fur;
nishcd il the general balance sheet, which will
show how much If any, has been added to the con-
sructIon account, and the general condition of the
cOmpanys finances September 80 as compared with
a year ago. The synopsis furnished for publication
is rs follows:
Years ed'd sept 30. 1880 1881.
From pa stHEeTs M sG9lllse $695Sc3S Inc s3sSs7s
FROM FROM Hsccancous aii l56i7S7 G65S65S Inc 2SsS4i
Total earnings l7j9l3 $32 3iS296 Dec Ss275I
Net earnings r$I5, ,32OOIS *I2ss38lO Dec.s. ll2los
Interest rentals and
eapiai aIfs ~ 4756799 499o7s3 Inc 2SSosi
pssa Ea per cent 5s siS;5 ss5 Bss 'sS5
surplus ............ ssI277o0 s75Lis5 Decs2G7ssss
E;gss @ ss4 $3.50 s55s5 sSi sfi Pss Hss a
Included in the operating expenses for this year
are 9Oll tons of steel rails, Al locomotives, 40
passenger cars, AIS freight cars.
The following is all the information given III tho
synopsis of the traffic movements, ETC.:
1880. lsSl
AfFli' irasGt 't 0s7 cts O7s cts oOS cts
Expenses per ton mile on 49,, -. n % o.,
freight. Oof Gus. VOo NlS. Inv 'N-
Profit .... 0SS cts. O29 cts. Dec. oil cts,
Earns gs per Pas. mile -, - "a e,s
l99 cts. loO CTS b'S' Va" -
on passeIsefs'' M 1926 cts. l22 cts Dec. o0i cts
Proht ...........-. O.73 cts 0.64 cts Dee V,O' 0T
Earnings per train ~. so0h
mile ON freight. 81 92 81 10 Dee' W
Exp, per train -. =, oo5
mile on freight ..... Is ~ p''
profit so74 sO47 Dec ssS
Earnings ler train "a e,o- In. SOO5
mite on paSscngcrS. 81 oo ~ % AM " :
Expenses tram H., On3
mile passengers. JOE ooo iN'
Profit. .......... sO4s SO7 Dec sOdi
Average number tons
freight hauled per o,o 90, nae
Average number
miles ton 10
freight hauled 23S Ezo w.
Average num umber pas
sengurs hauled per
train ...........,.. O5 70 Inc
Average number
miles passenger NJ =, rrc 2
hauled ----...---.-- oo -
LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAIloth thc
The statement of the business OF 0luaad
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern IN ares1
Company is for the year ending December oA' A''T