The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-23
$1,621147S2 $S9S, S54.6S 81, 227, 7O4. IA
Increase clearings week 1895, 1898, Az
Balances week 1894, $29s, 591.17.
Increase week 1895, $10O,213.51.
Clearings week 1893, $1,152, 143.49.

increase week 1895, Sl00, 213.51.
Clearings week 1893, $1,152, 143,49.
Clearings week 1892, 1,222, 4O92S
The notices for the annual meeting
of the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company have been mail
ed to every stakeholder. The meeting
will be held in room POI in the office
building of the company in this city on
Wednesday, October 16. The notice calls
for the election of a board of directors
and to accept certain resolution Of the
general assembly of the state of Con-
necticut amending the charter Of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company approved July g.,
1895, and a certain act of the general
assembly of the state of Connecticut en-
Titled "An act in amendment of and in
addition to an act to incorporate the
Merchants Steam line, passed at the
May session, 1878, and the several acts
in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto and for other purposes therein
specified" passed February q, 1895,
This means the. absorption of the Sto-
nington Steamship line and the ratifica-
ton of the absorption of the Union
Wharf company and Tomlinson Bridge
company.
On Wednesday next the Old Colony
railroad will sell at auction 5000 shares
of its stock to provide for improve
ments. The stock is quoted on the
Boston exchange at 179 to 1870, and divi-
dends of per cent. are guaranteed I'M
der lease by the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad.
The rights to new stock and deben-
lures of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad expire on the last day
of this month. Most of the local hold
ers have already evened up or sold their
privileges.
The transfer books of the Swift & Co.
close on Wednesday next for a quarter
ly dividend of " percent, payable Oc-
tober Z. A Typographical error a, few
days since made the dividend rate tx
instead of ~ per cent.
On Thursday next the transfer books
of the Standard Gas Light company
close for the usual quarterly dividend
of per cent, payable October 10.
The American Bell Telephone compa-
ny has announced a quarterly dividend
of per cent, payable October Is. Last
year at this quarter the company paid
the regular 8 per cent. and 11s per cent.
extra. From present appearances stock
holders must be content to receive the
regular per cent. quarterly, amounting
to IL per cent. per amman, and forego
the extra dividends of former years,
which ranged from to per cent.
One week from to-day the stockhold-
ers in the Boston and Albany railroad
will receive checks for 2 per cent. for
three months dividend.
The Westinghouse Electric company
has declared the usual quarterly divi-
dend of ~ per cent, payable October 1.
The transfer books closed on Saturday.
The coupons from the first mortgage
of the Union Pacific railway, due Jan
uary 1, 1895, are yet unpaid. Persons
connected with the road stated in July
that the coupons would probably be
paid this month, but from present ap-
pearances payment may be delayed
some weeks. The receivers of the road,
for reasons best known to themselves.
have paid the interest due September l
on the sinking fund per cent. extend
ed bonds, but delay paying on the first
mortgage bonds, which take precedence
of all other bonds and come ahead of
the United States mortgage for which
the U. S. currency skies were issued
from 1865 to 1870. No doubt if an or
ganized effort had been made by the
holders of the first mortgages to enforce
their claims the interest would have
been paid before now.
Notice is given that on October 1 GER
tificates representing the second mort
gage bonds of the New York and New
England railroad will be paid at par
and interest. No interest will be allow
ed after October 1. The last coupon
paid on these second mortgage bonds
was August l, 1898. Consequently on
October / the interest will be due for
two years and two months, at per
cent, equal to Is per cent Each 81 900
bond will call for s1.13O The bonds
were quoted last week in the Boston
market at 1929 bid, lis asked fiat. The
total issue was 5000, 600
The dividends due in October from
the various electric companies have not
yet been announced, but as the compa-