New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-18

The Treasury purchased $4,000 I-2 per
cents at Os Ii
state issues were neglected. Tennessee settle
mcnt IS sold at 72a72 is. OF city bank stocks
Central National sold ga at - l-2, Fourth Ma
tional 800 at l42 1-2 German American uoOl
at lle IL, Merchants Exchange g. 2" at
The general bond market ruled dull and firm.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas general Is rose from
6l IA to GO l-2. Philadelphia and Reading
first IS were firm at about 90 l-2 and the sec,
onds at ~ 5-s and the general As sold at so IA.
Chesapeake and Ohio As reorganization certih-
Gates. sold up TO 10, and currency 6s certificates
port of bond sales
In the unlisted department of the Stock Tx
change Cotton Oil certificates sold 10000 at
90 l-2a54a53 7-s, Lehigh and Wll<esbarre Coal
400 at 30. North River Construction scrip (20O)
at 81 Brunswick Co. 400 at IA Ia st. Louis,
New-Orleans and Ocean Canal tsl4 900 ~ 81
Buffalo Iron 600 AZ 50 SO 81 l2, and Kings
ton and Pembroke Iron 400 at 81
The local money market abundarty sup
rlied Business opened at per cent, quickly fell
to 3 f.? per cent, which was the rate for the
day, and closed at 8 per cent, with offerings
at the current rate.
The Clearing House statement to-day was as
follows: Exchanges Ss3,6l9,5s3; balances,
The Sub-Treasury to-day was debtor to the
ance on Saturday and to-day was 81, LAP, 96, made
M by losses of s329,274 currency and si,sl2,-
092 coin. The two days operations covered:
Receipts. s5,Oll, 90s: payments. s7.l54,l04; re-
sulting in a general balance Of 81 $50 336. con-
sisting Of 81 IS, s35, S64 coin and sl5,Ole,422
currency.
REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.
The United States Treasury at Washington re-
ccived to-day s20S,0s0 National bank notes for
redemption. - .
internal revenue receipts were S69l .S51.
To-day's Washington Treasury statement Of
cash on hand and deposits in bank compares with
the figures of the last previous statement as
follows:
Ne, GOLD on hand 8ic a5 De-? Il ISIS Dee ear I
Net silver hid 23,i259io - 755. OBJ Dec 370s97
N on ' hand 'y"o~r asso277 asosss5 Inc aesSs
Treas'y vaults
over jutstanrg - -
Depo.is a banks Ss Dee Dee
Net cash balances 1905 o95 1901 AIS Dec ass i
The foreign exchanges We're quiet with quota
tions for business barely steady as follows Bank-
ers' bills, 81 81 l-2 and - IS 81 respectively
for long and short sterling; French francs az
52i IA and 5.lS l-s: reichmarks at 05 IA
and o. and guilders at 40 and 40 l-2.
The returns of the experts Of the country in
the month of November, so far as published. do
not make bad comparison with preceding years.
The following shows the movements oil the prin-
principal articles:
cs Ms@n Of Nove"ne s 9ssS ss sss
Fs3i5ss% S SsSS 9iisSss q
Total $4,000 7s5 s57s77 957 s57 1929
| In London British consols advanced. and closed
| strong ut 96 81 and % 7-l6 respectively for
money and account The Bank of England gained
| f6.000 bulllo on balance. American railways
opened higher and continued 10 advance I'LL the
| close, leading rather than following the homo
market. At Paris French rer cents sold az
1928 OK interest, and sight exchange ON London
! was firm at 25.3j francs TO the L.
RAILROAD EARNINGS
DENVER AND RIO GRANDE -.
1850. 1881, sioe
ssgsSs week Of % he Dec .l.d as1s ,e@ @
MILWAUKEE, LAKE SHORE AND WESTERN
60 !: $ & ,. s! .ss:I .::9:
TOLEDO. ANN ARBoR AND NORTH MICHIGAN.
s:%$i' s. "; g + s ss;;i
EAST TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA
Fs%';; %' i . .sSsi sasFsi i
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON: a..
Es%s; wee: s $ Dee; e n 'sss
KANSAS CITY CLINTON AND spRiNGFIELp
E$$s, ;, {; (. .ss sR;s;
KANSAS CITY. FORT SCOTT AND MEMPHIS
S$$i;, !: 4. j., sss$s ss s
OREGON SHORT LINE
SSss,:s ssSsa.. I5s i Inc In: 'lgss
Net carnlnes....... esq., Ss si,soO7 Inc ssseSA
Gross earnings... e16iHtao " OF, nc ~
Operating expenses. i,ooosoo hIof,'o- AH' 49,.
Net earning. for s,saoos sosss,s Ina aAaaasa