Connecticut western news., 1890-01-15
RAILROAD AND FINANCIAL TIPS.

An interesting experiment was recently
 made with the locomotive Fabyan on the Concord and Montreal Railroad. It made the
 run of 46 miles from Warren Summit to Lake Village, including 12 stops, with four cars
 without pound of coal being added to the fire in the entire distance. The run was made
 in ? hours and p minutes, and when Lake Village was reached the steam gauge showed 14O pounds.
 The stockholders of the Champlain Trans l ors: Col. LeGrand B. Cannon, H. G. Young,
 A. l.. Inman, R. s. Taft, H. LeGrand Can
 non, c. M. Spaulding, Gen. William Wells.
 At the Directors meeting these officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Col.
 LeGrand R. Cannon; Vice-President, H. G..
 Young; Treasurer, c. M. Spaulding; Clerk
 and General Superintendent, P. w. Barney.
 The fire losses in the United States and Canada for the month of December amounted to f7 BOA 800, bringing the total for the year
 1889 up to $131 ,949 ,250.
 IS- The great bulk of the railroads of the United States, particularly those in the West, are doing the best and most profitable busi- kness for several years. This must eventually
 have it's effect on their values. The City Government of Keene, N. H., has made an appropriation of $62, ,445 for
 municipal expenses the present year, $35, ,00O
 to be raised by taxation and the balance to
 be paid from the treasury.
 The Merrimack River Savings Bank of
 Manchester, N. H., eX-GOyernor Frederick
 Smyth, Treasurer, makes the following statement: Due depositOrs, $2, 7S4 ,633. .05 ;;
 surplus, $62, ,516.61; guarantee fund, $15O, ,00O :;
 value of sureties above cost, $21j.643.54 ];
 total, $3,212, 793.2O.
 N. w. Harris & Co.,, of Boston, were Jan. 10 awarded the issue of $1O0,000 library bonds at $110, 1881. il of New Haven, Conn. The aggregate gross earnings of thirty-four roads for the year ending Dec. 31 were $155,- 007 ,510, against $40, ,779,O02 for 1888, an in-
 crease of $14,22s ,50s, or 1-10 per cent. fs~ The warm weather has broken the price of hard coal in Chicago. The city is placarded fwith posters offering all sizes of hard coal at
 $5.75 a ton delivered. The regular list price | is $6.75.
 An easier money market and cooler weath-
 CT have helped business some, but it cannot l be denied that the opening trade of the new | year has thus far been little disappointing
 For this the widely prevalent sickness is, to
 some extent, responsible.
 The exportation of Mexico has reached $6O, ,O00, ,00O, figure which, only few years ! back, seemed hopeless of realization.
 4 Valuable concessions to Americans have | been made by the Government of Peru for I the building of railway lines in that country. The attempt to settle the affairs of the
 Riverside and Oswego Mills Company at 6G
 cents on $1, or 75 cents, with 50 cents in | cash and the balance in stock, has failed, and | the assignees have ordered the mills to be | sold at auction Feb 6. It is not expected l that they will be shut down or the operatives | in any way affected to their detriment. r An agreement has been entered into be- I tween the Central and Union Pacific Rail- |. roads whereby the sruinOus competition be- ftween the two roads will come to an end.