New-York tribune., 1890-01-18
Friday. Jan. lip n
So AETOEIO AND ARANSAS Pass

TIE "a, Ar.oolo and Aransas Pas RaLear
Cl-,.oa,, is..e, i,s annual report f1T 'tc yeat
co1el Dec,,abcr u. 1850 Tie figures p'",en'"d
are phenomenal Tie gross esrnin.s pr mnr
,D Tie l-.' yeaI were SJ.t~4. against >-,''- 4A
I---. and tie ne' e1Inln@s per mae lA i.e 41''
sea! were $3.50, against S3-i ln tae pte ".-A~
.ear TIE first charge per ME oA 'ae i'''
op4Tatr1 in l--9 we're olly $40. .eaf.1I FL say
plus pcf mile Of 500. which for TIE teaf ag4fe-
aates $z1I.i24 oser first charges SlD.'.AeH aye
the comparisons Il three gears.
Ye.f. 90 % DE-, 81 t-- -
,,. h,':s slac. s,s. '''''~' 80, = 9,s:si q 2.
T1ea nrfes. eh.f9e...- It-5lo @iss s'' ~, ~
~, .,,,.,. ..... .,775I s9l43 s-.I.7-1
in another column Is printed the Official CON
densation ~ tie resIlf- ~ tie Philadelphia ana
Reading Company .st gear. with the remarks ana
c,plsua'lons u tAc President. The IL res have
been printed here before.
WHAT WAS DONE ~ STOCKS
Tie days stock market opened ge'efa4F fl"",
and dull Another Bys'ou Ire vas "of"tl lDi j."
,olc plrp1,e Of helping demofahzali'a "r
y.te the news ~ Is II was ,ent out by tie
blatant news agcncy oi tie street.
BDston specfal-FeIy large h'e IS raging !"
- B,s,on special-The FIRE is spreading rapltlg.
High Wind ls blowing T. Aas 20" spf'1l ~
ii l.tIsi. NfflD4h dppIfI'i4'i'A ~ " . ~ ...'''
Of tIr Jlanfsclting onhl~iatpn.
boston special Official, lolo-Ihe fire J.,
under contfoi. ana nnlr'a an P.'sl'u v''
~ will be- confined - tie C1iIE-' obufn h'lI1-
IN is worthy of note that twcn,y minu'"s before
the last onciai statement. winch lhcIIdcd Vie
u0esibiiIfg of au earthquake, was sent otf every
brivafr nlrr Iu the street had announced biai
lie fire was undcf control. and That the -os-r7
would not exceed $ioD,po0 lo imagine. no"-
over What mIghi have tcen The effect ~ That
Bo.s. Die - plDslpn Of o gas pipe ~ warehouse
stored Win dT5 goods is simply appaIIiHE "r arc
Informed that all the members oi the bear
rliouc and that the managers and tie employees
Of the bear" news agency for the inlI time 81
onc-half hour, wcfe hfmly efaspina al M
sulaird bar ~ hcmock for protection from
q sensation Of that expected explosion. Ihpye
whom the gods would destroy Iry NINi MAKE
mad The madness Of the tears and Of tncir
net agency is made manifest boy their every utter
aucc notwithstanding the feeble bnccfb Of pro
fcssed friends who grind their noses Oh The
quotation tape.
TO 1855. After the early depression made
bv further sales for the short" account on the
possibility Of that Boston explosion, the feature
Of the market was only dulne5s 1t 10 no less
absurd than 1t is true that no long stocks came
~ market The Boston explosion dId not
explode and finally the great ana only news
agency was forced 10 admit that our hoss OF q
repctition Of The Thanksgiving c0niiagiHtion
failed - pan out The Boston fire, 0f rather
tI,r false reports Of it's extent added materially 4"
the amount Of outstanding short interest From
ihc carly declines there were slow but important
rncovercs so That prices generally closed higher
tbon hst evening The Wisconsin Central
rcnritjcs were al higher on the leasc Of thc
company 10 The Northern Pacific Company. Under
thc coutract if fairly carried out by the Northern
PaciGc tie Wisconsin Central preferred stock
should bcconc permanent dividend stock The
common stock to-day rose 3 per cent - ~ ,.
or tic general ma rkct there j little 10 say thhf
has NOT been said. and with supreme duncss
it shows small gains The stock loan market
developed an additional general borrowing de
1 fuaul Ia NcSfsT0aVS snort sales. Ana
we puotc the market as closing while dull and
opatheiic, strong.
THE DAY IN THE BOND MARKET.
The Treasury to-day purchased 81 ZIG, 900 bonds
making the total purchases for the five days Of
this week SG,730350. Todav's purchases In
cludcd 81 4 800 As at 1876, and SjGG,00O l-2s
al lOi j-S At The Stock Exchange there were
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