, 1881-04-02
Absence Of Outside Suppors-An-
other Dividend on Rock
Island.
Chicago Finances Quict-Movc-
mont OF Currcncy-FOreign
Exchange.
The Produce Markets Rather Less
Aotive-Provisions Firmer After
Early Weakness.
BroadstufFs gtrong, living to Continued
Stormy Wuathor-Paclsing
OF the West.



Stocks wcro strong Mt tho opening, excepting
Michigan Central. Prices weakened tiurnB tho
day. closing w!lhn s!ight rAlly. Had wcnlhor
md tight money were the catlses for tho t1opres-
sioll. Will slrcrt Is watching oltr Western storms
with great deal of nervousness, md IL fnst
coming tn nyrc1 with Mr.. Trnvcrs. tho suffering
wit Hf Wall street, TINT "thleaYA hns HIM
c-c-climntc, but yrrntsl-tlcu Ut w-w-wpatlor.
Thr pt,u In st. rAul were rct,ortrl 10 be selling.
This puol Il crctll,cst with having II loud Of
is,ED shares. Another ca,lsG nt weakness
WIS rsl.nnr ,Ininsortbe to tho SPECIFY excc,'-
tim Of Mr. WEulDHi's policy of tuklnu ", tao
maturing lNtttsls. THIS Ind hut temporary cf
feEt. liack Island was In rGtliest, md advanced
on tho prospects VI division M,lltslig tho shNre-
holders of $S,0V0,0U) OF tho stock held In tho
Treasury. Tho dividend Wall street believes TO
10 as good as settled hit tho slslcers 1T the Coh,-
pnry dong TINT 1t IL 10 bu mule, nnd pont to tho
f0ct TINT tho lAws OF Illinois prevent sitct dis
trlbntIon, as they provile tint no stock shall be
ISSUED except Tor valuo received equal to tho
fnce value Of tho Sioux. As tho stock uutstatil-
Ing IL 81: Cor, ,tN, te dividend wod bo nearly 70
per cent. Burlington & Quincy WIS wcnk for
no apparent reAson. 1fnnnihRl & st. Joe
went up OH reports that tho ChIcnRo I,ur.
lngton Il Quincy 1lnilroad WINS ncEottat-
ing for 1t. IL further rlso OF ~ Is freely
predicted for st. Joe eoInmon. GotM
VIE suttl to he buying Wabash an'l Union raelllc.
but with hts nEllAl ahrewtInesa managed to put
tho price down by doing 10. Tho coal stocks,
though nut subjected to my special pressure,
weakened considerably. Chesapeake 4 Ohio
lost most uf tho improvement gained tho tay
l,eiarc. Denver & Ko GrAn1c lost !. 10 10aat. tho
rlse having bcen for the most punt II tcniunstra-
ttotl n4ni1tst beur who Ind sOtl tleMrily SHIRT.
\ tcntiro Of tho tlty'a business WIS tho utmost
cunpletI absence uf buying orders from tho
clitsfAg public.
THO New York Stock Exohnupo has been notl-
flcd OF proposed nercnse in the stock OF tho
WMbngh, st. Louis & paeIltc Rallroa,l Company.
The DireutorA Of tic raad. It will bu rencnl-
bcrcl, decided upon tho inercase some t!me
since. Tho Issue Is Intended for The purpose Ut
tk[nx IN the l,unts. Ut which there nrc $3G.5,-
tUO outstanding, mud 500 stnrrs uf tho Mls-
Boltrt, Town & Nebraska Rond, sOn,e l51 miles III
length. For these securities tho WnhNsl Com
puny wfil issue 1850 sharcs preferred anl 7,.al@
colltion stock and $..:D, ,0nl bouds, Or, In other
words, about $;,,3B1,ON II, Nil to tnkn tip souo
$h.Ta, ,GGu of the Missouri, Iowa & Nebraska s.,-
curlslcs. In the atlnunl report Ut tho Company
tho President refurs to this matter In tho follow
ing angl1ngo: ......... .......
An extension Of tho pcorn Division yin tho
.nwn rracI,cs Iinmcston, frtsIN which p,nt tho
rnntl ia in process ut construction lnfntly with
ts Ghes1 ~ rnE tnSs t1sy nvsS s %sst t1,,s t.
trnlt to Council l.fulrs nud Oulat,1, connecting
with tho linton Facitlc.
The tross earnings OF tho following railroads
aru rcpnrlet:
nrML.SaroS, CEDAR nA1sps & so!trnEuS.
3s;, g3s: u ssss .!s !s f:s: !.. , ss: ss' @
TT. tnrls. ,uuS Mnt'STAlS T. sou7,IEnS.
Ts': 3as vsst Is &ass, Il ss'' &c., i 3 : t Iss I" @ IS
ut. rAut. MiSSEApoils 4 MANITOBA.
?h,rq week II Msreas M;;; s;.:' ,ns...s 1tm st!l