New-York tribune., 1881-09-12
). loIlowins nrc NJ tota-. ol ~ s,a,..n.n,. 81

III" local money markc, worked fair V casv dur
ing the week with per ut ~ tn" general rate t"r
call oaus. Later lolrs. however, wrr' nudr every
day al 4G3l2 per cent. The banks sill dcinau
aud OBTAIN 6 per cent, 100 h call and tinlc loans,
and we hear Of no standing loans at g per cent
being paid on Up to last evening the per cent
coupons AMI registered bonI. had been presented
to the Treasury for redemption to the amount (
OF 81 ,OOO, 900. Since August ID. the AstlF O.hrr
has gwen It's gold check upon hc Sub re- tsury for
$500, 1876. in payment of imported Id, leaving
yet tn he paid for. including yesterday. rcccipt.,
about 81, 900. 900. Yet notwithstanding these
traordiuary p lymrnts the Ncw-York banks repor
now ~ OoO 900 l"ss specie and lcgil-cndcrs than
they reported in the statement of Angus, l3. The
Sub-rr"asury's payments last wecg included
Assay Office checks for 81 SG2 700. Tn
total payments of the Sub-Treasury last week
amounted to S12,2GS, ,0)7 bnt its local receipts
amounted to So, ,432, ,42s. There j. little or no i'm
provemcnt in amount of business done in the for
eIgn exchange markets, but rates higher than II
week ago. For actral business he closing quo
tatIous about ~ follows: Bankers sterling
81 SOA0Si S02i and ~ S33,0S4 81 for long and
short sight respectively; commercial sterling 81 IL
afi rs 2 for 90 days; francs 5.2Gli and 522i2 for
long and short bills; reichmarks o37s and 94ai;
Ruders 30l2 and 40. There was little change in
the domestic exchanges, and the final quotations
are about the same rs they were a week ago.
The Stock Exchange markets last week presented
little that not of purely local interest Govern
ment bonds were duh but about steady as to prices,
the final changes IN the bidding figures from week
ago being ~ per cent alvance for the continued ~
and the 4l2s. state bonds were more than usually
dull but without any material change in quota
tions. Railroad bonds generally were dull. but
there were spasns of activity in some issues that
were kindred TO stocks in which special movements
made. The feature of the market still is the
nt
at the current quotations.
The gross earnings of the following railroads are
reported;
sas1s Hssa % Z:s S5sl Inc
sr PAUL, MISNEAroLIs AND MANITOBA.
S1'@ T'Ts 5SSS s!Ss2 @ I"s 3s
he recelpts Of hoqr an gran ,As prnclpal
Atlantic ports Saturday September 10. We're!
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Flour pp 'an 'F 4o '&' sss lss @ f's isSs "'a SS44
10 izS 3{3G d5scc $500 aSs 5?Ss
Barley SS SaSa BUSH @ 1880; 72"S 72"S IA 600 .:
Totalbush. s9d s3s,495 80. I69093 $4,000 s02i2
The stock market was startled by the
development of corner" in Hann-
bal and St. Joseph common stock, and talk
of threatened corners" in other stocks. The
price of Hannibal and 81. Joseph stocllwas advanced
from 96 to 22J, and the end is not yet Some of
the larger "shorts have not settled, aud the mat
ter threatens to be the subject Of litigation. I'm
doubtedly there a conflict of personal interest
in the companysN board of manage
ment that may lead to serious complications.
sharp upward twist in the prices of two
or three other stocks followed the development of
the Hannibal and st. Joseph corner" among which
an advance of over 20 per cent in Ohio and Mssis-
sipp; 62 in Denver and Rio Grande in ST. Paul.
and in Michigan Central were CONSPICUOUS. These