The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-14
s1, ,Ss7 OSa,7o sag2, ,S21,81 sl,57O. .768,7S

$1 S97, ,0S3.70 $392, ,S2l. .I $l,5IO,lbo'te Increase week of 1895, $326, ,Sl4.92.
 Balances week of 1894 $S95, ,97O.74.
 Decrease balance week of 1894, $3.l49." 4S
 Clearings week of 1893, $l,4O9, ,3O0.29.
 Clearings week of 1892, $1,660, ,912,S7
 A considerable portion of this increase is of course caused by the checks of the local banks passed into the treasury of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad company.
 On Friday last the New Haven Coun- ty bank paid it's usual semi-annual div idend of 31a per cent. On Tuesday next the Bridgeport Electric Light company will pay the usual quarterly dividend or per cent. The New Haven Electric Light company will pay the same rate, Checks for the Boston Electric Light company dividend will be sent out that date at the rate of ? per cent, quar5+r- 1y. Consolidated Electric Light som pany of Portland, whose stock is large iy held here, will pay at that date 11a per cent, this being a quarterly 1ivi- dend. The New York Central and Hud- son River railroad will pay on the 18th the usual quarterly dividend of 1A per cent. At the same date New York and New Jersey Telephone company will pay a quarterly dividend of 11a per cent. The stock of this company has been selling from par at which it was quoted last spring, to 11S, and which is the quotation to-day, the expectation being that the company will soon de- clare a larger dividend. Last year It paid regular dividends of 6 per cent. and in January last an extra dividend of F per cent. In April it paid 11a per cent. and in July 11a per cent. On Oc- tober 15 New York and Pennsylvania Telephone company will pay a quarter 1y dividend of 11s per cent. This con- pany is slowly improving it's plant and business. Southern New England Tel ephone company will pay at this date, as we understand, quarterly dividend of 11a per cent. The stock of this com pany has been in demand for the past six months at a slightly advancing price, none being offered during the past week at less than par. Procter &, Gamble company will pay a quarterly dividend of per cent. on October 15. The same date Western Union Tele- graph company will send out checks for a quarterly dividend of IA per cent, also the American Bell Telephone con- pany checks for a dividend of per cent. for the past quarter. On October 15 also the transfer books of the Amer ican Tobacco company will close for a quarterly dividend of 3 per cent. on the common stock and , per cent. on the preferred Transfer books If the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal com bany opened on Saturday for retransfer of stock.
 The New England Street Railway company has declared a quarterly div idend of IA per cent, payable October 15. This is the company controlling the stock of the New Haven, West Haven and Winchester Avenue Railway com pany.
 The new stock certificates of the New England railroad will be exchanged for the reorganiZa tion receipts on and after October 15.
 On Wednesday next occurs, the annJ1- al meeting of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford Railroad company, tc be held in the new office building in this city at 12 o'clock. The annual reports alave been in the hands of the stock holders for some days. One of the prin' cipal items of interest that may come up at the meeting will be what Presi- dent Clark may have to say about the relation of his road to the reorganized New England road.
 The second assessment of the Erie railway will be payable next Monday October N-$2 per share on the prefer. red and $3 per share on the common stock.
 TRACTION EARNINGS.
 Gross returns for the month of Sep temloer;
 Consolidated Traction, New Jersey 1895, s245, ,53S; 1894, $2O1, 1885, increase. $43, 653
 Hestonville-1Ss5, s43,S99; 1894, $21, ,2o3 increase, $22,6S6.
 New Haven Street Railway-1S94, $19 592; 1894 $14,257; increase, $5335.
 Reading Traction-1S94, $20,13 1894 $16, ,641; increase, s, 3,497.
 Rochester Railway-1S95, s75,924; 1894 S64 070; increase, $11, S54.
 Gross for nine months:
 Consolidated Traction, New Jersey 1895, S1, 1869, 635; 1894, s1,566, APO; increase S303. .215