New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-11
respectively for Nos and pig. OF the anthracite
coal tradn The EHaiaeerina and Mnina Journal saws:

respectively Tor NOS ana pig. VI the anthracite
coal trade, The Engineering and Mining Journal says:
The market is quietsnd inclined 10 dulness There are
occasional orders prompt delivery which fetch good
figures but the whole, the tendency f. in buyers
which Is placed with concessions the basis being about
~ 80 for stove coal The steam sizes are suffering rom
the competition OF bitumnOus coal which Is selling az
low figures and crowdng In at many points. notably IN
the East II values OF the best bInnous Goals con-
tlnue as low appro Iimafey they now, the
anthracite producers will have either 10 make very sub
stana reductions In the prices or will break the
coal into smaller sizes and stand the waste that entails
Unless they take action In this matter sO0n they VIII ma
OF their OF consumption closed against then
In the East trade du. very few orders coming from
that quarter The output fCr ine year 10 IegIliy Il
l,sl9,921 tons In 1882.
| The money market presented no change, except
| that which came from further accumulati0ns OF
idle capital. Call loans on Stock Exchange collat-
eral sold az 2 "a per cent and very little was done
in time loans; but they can be obtained at 32ai i2
per cent on satisfactory collateral Money now -
not easy in New-York alone but at all the CONNER
ca centres; but of course elsewhere the rates are
not as low as here. The condition Of the banks as
shown by a statement that reports Sill ,443,3O0
of specie and legal tenders hand. but which RS
fscts an actual holding Of not less than Sl13,-
600 000 best tells the situation Yesterday sstate-
ment compared with that Of the corresponding date
of last year as follows LisbilitIes-depOsits in
creased $50, 2S5 200 and circulation decreased
1851 500; net increase in liabilities SIS, 1893, 400
Assets-Cash increased $27 ,246,000 Specie $751;
S33 300 and legal tenders 81 412. ZOO, and loans
increased $40 427 800; net increase in assets, Sf7-
673 900. The surplus reserve now (S2l ,094, 400
is S14. 074 700 greater than year ago. and tho
percentage of the total reserve to the deposit
liabilities now C31.s4 per cent is 3.7o per cent
more than then The domestic exchanges all ruled
favorable to New-York. The foreign exchanges
were not specially active, but the higher rates for
money in London stifened the rates so that they
are only about u cent to the below the specie
shipping point Continental bills were as strong az
the sterling which closed on the basis of 81 s6S and
81 SS34 respectively for long and short bills.
The upward movement of prices at the Stock
Exchange last week was less uniform than during
the preceding week, and not without some i'm
portant reactions After Monday the speculation
dragged somewhat and prices fiuctuated irregular
ly till late on Thursday. The departure from that
time marks the harmony that was developed at the
meeting of the executive committe of the Eastern
trunk lines and their connections, which was held
on that day, and was more apparent in the adj
vances made for the stocks of the companies sup
posed to be more particularly affected thereby.
The business of the week l2,3i0,27s shares) was
nearly GOO 900 shares less than for the preceding
week. aud of the total nine stocks, which each
contributed 10000 shares or more, furnished
LIS, $50 shares. thus; Northwestern, $1,000;
Northern Pacific preferred, $500; Western
Union. 1880; Oregon and Transcontnentai,
1876, 900; Lake Shore, 166, 500; Reading 1s5, 100;
Union Pacific 252,900j Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, 333, 900; and st. Paul, $4,000
shares. The final changes In the principal active
stocks were as follows: Advances-St. Paul pre-
ferred and Omaha preferred, each /; Canada
Southern, st. Paul and Michigan Central, each
1l2; Missouri Pacific, 1os; Northwestern and
Reading each 2is; Lake Shore, 2l4 Northwestern
preferred 2l2 Central of New-Jersey, 25s; Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy and Long Island each 2st;
Central and Hudson, 3; Manetoba, 3ss; Rock
Island 3l2; Manhattan, 4; Delaware and Hudson,
10y; and Delaware, Lackawana and Western, IA
per cent. Declines: Northern Pacific and Wabash
preferred each Il; Central Pacific. 49, Northern
Pacific preferred, ia; Oregon Railway and Navlga-
ton, 3D. and Oregon and TranscOntinental, pa.
The week ended with the market buoyant and
. The business in Government bonds at the Ex-
change was small, but some large transactions
were made Ontside of the Board at full prices Ex-
State bonds were dull, but In better request, and
the sales of and bids for the Arkansas rs TO the rail-
roads were at high figures There was an improved
demand for railroad bonds, which extended to the
made important advances.
The Official statement of the Eastward rail-
way shipments from Chicago last week makes
a curious showing. The Grand Trunk and the
Nickel Plate took 40 $40 per cent of the total,
while the two Pennsylvania lines were down to
II 10 per cent The total movement was 1,O07
tons greater than tor the preceding week, 0,706
tons greater than for the week of 1888, aud 10029
tons smaller than for the week OF 1852. The abb
sence of the detailed movement for the week OF
So leaves our comparison for this week incom-
plete.
The following table shows the tons and percent
ages shipped by each of the railroads east OF CHI
,ago of lOur, grain and provisions for the week
ended last saturday, in comparison with the same
week of 1858 and 1882;