The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-16
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 Increase clearings week of 1885, s216,- 66662
 Balances week of 1894, s294, ,74s14 Increase week of 1895, $6,90i .SS.
 Clearings week of 1893, 1,355 75S.44. Clearings week of 1892. $1,613429.93. To-day the following dividends are payable:
 Delaware and Hudson Canal com pany, 1% per cent, quarterly.
 Laclede Gas Light company, 3ta per cent.
 National Lead company, quarterly, 1A per cent.
 On Saturday last the transfer books of the following companies, closed for purposes of dividends:
 Consolidated Rolling Stock of Bridge port, 1 per cent, January 2.
 Manhattan Railway of New York, 11a per cent, January ?.
 New Haven Gas Light company, 21s per cent, January |
 New Haven Water company, per cent, January 2
 New York and Harlem railroad, per cent, January 2
 Chicago and East tsIllnoisSrailroad 1h per cent. January ?.
 Tomorrow the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy railroad will pay a quar- ter1y dividend of l per cent. and the transfer books of the West End Rail- way of Boston will close for semi annual dividend of f per cent, payable January l.
 |, .- . On Friday the transfer. books of the Old Colony railroad will close for a quarterly dividend of 184 per cent, payable January 1.
 The American Bell Telephone com pany has declared a quarterly div- dend of 3 per cent, and an extra divi- dend of 11a per cent, both payable January 15.
 The Western Union Telegraph com pany has declared a quarterly dividend of 1A per cent, payable January b; transfer books close next Friday.
 The fourth and last installment of per cent. on the common and 2 per cent. on the preferred stock of the Erie Rail- way company will be due one week from to-day
 Connecticut municipalities appear to be increasing their indebtedness. Loans announced within 8 few days are:
 City of Hartford, $150,0O0 park bonds, for which proposals will be received until December 23. Bonds will be dated January 1, 1896, payable January 1. 1926. Both principal and interest pay able in gold.
 Hartford county will soon issue $90,- 900 in bonds for new county jail.
 New Milford is about to issue $10,000 twenty-year bonds.
 Town of Wallingford will soon issue $94,o00 in per cent, improvement bonds
 On Saturday next the transfer books of the United States Rubber company will close for the usual semi-annual dividend of f per cent. on the preferred stock.
 The directors of the Consolidated road met in New York Saturday and conducted the business of the Decem- Der meeting. The board voted the usual dividend of per cent. for the quarter ending December 31, or at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum This 2 per cent. on the S3S, GOO 900 of capital stock outstanding when the recent new issue was Authorized, is S760,00O The new stock does not participate in this dividend, but will in the next
 Nothing was done about the remain der of the new stock not yet taken and Vice President Hall said in the evening that it was not necessary for the board to take action regarding its disposi- ton. As the time for issuing it to stockholders had been twice extend ed, the company could dispose of it as it liked. It could be issued at any time.