New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
CLOSING PRICES OF BOSTON STOCKS.
Boston, Feb II. 1891.
CLOSING PRICES PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

Pennsylyauia ...5i1. jl,s North Ame can.ls's ISL
s'F 3, yoSy 81 49, cain i s;' p5 go
f Len has SaY Y'a ...45 Kcadiaq 30 Dds 80
NORFOLK AND WESTERNS STATEMENT.
Wednesday, Feb. lip N.
The preliminary statement of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad for the year ended December 81
shows a large gain in earnings, both sIcss and net
from all kinds Of traffic The total earnings were
S7jGl.9l6. against SG,41j,SJs in the pleVols
wear. and the net earnings were $2.1?j%0G, com
rarcd with s., 23l ,o4l. After the payment Of all
charges and dividends of per ccn', the sum %
1919. GlO was added TO the surplus Income account
which at the end of the year amounted to I,A1''-
9G2. An exact comparison with moie t"an one
year is prevented by the fact that these hGuies
include the business OF the Scioto Valley DIVISION
for eleven months and the Shenandoah N"ey
Division for three months The following table
shows the improvement over the preceding year
business OF TWO YLAHs ,...
Year endtd Dec. 81 Io.J 4ety,c To-, H"'.' ."' q.
; ESHees G 1851 w c o..
Operating expenses. 42ltOif 4ooo''4D '''-' -.-l
s.. carnines..9l 81 a., ~ 3oo Inc. s4gl4o-
Other income. l47i'' -o'I -
rot,, e 355 G9l e. 70 Iac. s5si-e
Fir-t cna .gcs...... I.40-,o,5 l,~4ooo In clio
ri, Btlase ........ 5000 555coo lac. 7,oao
Surplus Income. 3223 lis sos 2l7 Ia. sio'o"J
WHAT WAS DONE ~ STOCKS.
Speculation IL stocks was nearly s'asnont ;o-
Gay Wme the mar;ct ielt the eject oil recent
safes, the decllnoS were small ana hcllAcf III u.
share nor bona market was tAcie ANY ',',7".' VI
weakness. Tie bear faction WAC sONII'"-'i'' ei'4
tue bulk Of the selling WGS apparently Io' l"It'-h
account or by tiuId holders VINO feared iHc S".-
cess of Tie lree-sllycr party in Congress II Is
~ .cN - IA street
adjournment OF Congress with what Pl',4cc ~
can command. ia tne uncertainty ABOUT It's az
non on financial subjects the market remains al
n staudstnl and neither side farcs To Fctufc me
extensive operations The small safes are aospIp'u
without much change in values and the lc" az
tacks BIZ the bear faction are resisted WIN ODD
stiu.tn courage. Tie movement OF prices lo-O@
was downward. The early weakness oil tHIoi
pacific and Atchson affected The whole list ana
attnryard q rapid iail in Chicago Gas hcilcI ''t
depression ST. PAIL was first in volume 81 Du2
ness but il was not active. The transacu9hS ]"
only three stocks, indeed, exceeded lpuOg shaI'S
or those II. Paul and At"hijon c'oScd . "i!v
Tuion Pacific J-4 per cent lower than they dd
Yesterday They wcrc, perhaps, l3lI uc'si!e VI
Inc market, for a few stocks suffered Li"'r I'e.''
and maly other much smaller ones: IHcrc vas
little news affecting the course oi prices, pnl ll'
vas generally unfavorabc. Rumors OF dlS'lIp-
opce in railroad rates al the West were sci III
nation and although they bore q speculative lHi-
mos, they cXer,pd little influence. In general,
The western snafcs were tie weakest, bnt u'e
movement Sufficiently a'ntiorn' Inc cioS'ns
was Qtlnf AT nearly llt IiT'H' pVli''''
TIE DAY N TIE BOND MARKET
co,cru,neut bonds continued 10 be neglected
but the tone Of the market was strong, ana bllS
for STAMPED per cents were again ADVANCED
tyitbout producing sales the closing quotations
were as follows:
= 1891 reg iGias -. Iu.s.curGs So iQ9
sisii 55gi Ssui9 i4ila GscarG s5i
Us .s'is% 57 coui2o HEIRS eg;9 IA } ss2IiI9
The only transactions in State issues were
small sales of tennessee settlement - al ~ @nr
Virginia deferred IS, stamped receipts at %-i'
INC general bond marAct Was sGic' 'Ili' t"-
I,,.i", fne movement begun yesterday, the active
issues declined almost from The start, AicHia'h
iucomcs were pressed Tor sale ana cio'c" U'.l
h,,t weak al a decline Of nearly ! per cent 10
81 The other losses were smaller atGl-h
many Southwestern issues lost l--2".} per ocI'.
The most prominent exception 10 't Ful'i"'
moyeHcnt was Canada Southern seconds ""lcL
rnec nor cent to %. Reference - maze - our
full report OF bOhl Sd!ea f.,,,...
Tho nryaing rate, for call loans wSFe ana
D 10 pr cent and time loans ranged from ! 10
tIae Clearing House statement to-day, was a.
follows: Exchanges $S''4'''4o'' -
''I@Lue Treasury bought 4l4OO0 ounces Of silver
bullion &C from 81 81 90 10 ~ Ol90 an ounce n.'
was an advance OF the traction over ,'e "'7"'0'
pi'TTb The pSnb.Ireasury was debtor at thc Clearing
House Sj53,osG. lis net gaia On o DaS dI cN wn'
5000 GO made up hy a gain OF S29oiEVl G'.n.
minus loss OF Sill currency az i6 ne G n5y
VIBRATIONS induced: receipts, S5,15''4V5 ply
,ironf, 52I?. AS: resulting in general balauc'
nr slS5 AGO. 90, consisting Of $l5s.jSo'oJ com
and SGs7S,472 currency
ceived today $lli,I5l National bank notes Tor
The customs receipts were 81 $40, the in
,orral revenue receipts $l20.?@O, aud TIE miS"el-
laneous receipts $IS,Ol0: .,,,or, ~, oos,
To-day's Washington Treasury statement OF cash
-, hand ard deposits in bank compares W N INC
Sgures of the last previous statement as loilo"s;
Fob n Eel H. Difference.
.,o o la,d Sal So ~ $4,000 AS pee. s9i5e22
Net sHVty on Id 3J3492 u 3OfoJ- Inc l'!iu''
Nei legal tenders on 7scIo7s 1882 Dec. l17,75l
Actual cash in
Treasury vaults
over s9tsI'husI 100 9s7 sIC9 855.G4s Inc. sGa02
eertns' IN lanks 2oc6o, 1Oj 29%JoJ3 Inc L--'''"o
-, sIo- 97S-Io5 sfgs Gji.02c Inc. q, 27C. 40
,eho foreign exchanges were duh. PM SlronG'
my Jew drawers advanced their asking rates