The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-17

MISSOURI fAc.. zoSA soN T. ulNlleHu.
Government bonds steady at unchanged
features We're Broadway and seventh Avenue
cage and North Pacific lists, T. H., Iron Noun
tain IS; Oregon short Line os; I. R., reading
WISCONSIN Central list. i. r., Xtchison, Erie
and Northern Pacific issues. The more i'm.
S SHTfhn Pacific "fd lists. |. r.. Il : cent, to 4Sts; ERIE 7
general lien BIS. y, to 90; Iron Mountain IS.
To 81; Northern Pacific lists; G. to ll7is'
a cons IS, y ia 70 to 9sss4, oonsol s.. T. r.
3; TO 4s1s, and e; 7. nptes; ~: to 81, and
The note orthy declines we're In Atchison gen:
eral 4, W: l.; + y eeRt, to 9oss; As 7: H.; y
and Seventh avenue. consol IS, u, to 1l311;
chesapeake and Ohio consols, y. 70 los]l;
Pacific I'd c.. ia. to so: Oregon Short Line IS.
T r, I, to i1a; Reading general IS. T r., 4,
to 80.
Commercial price of bar silver in New York.
6sssc. Bar silver in London closed at 81 7-l6d.
Money on call: 1904 Y cent. Time money
cent; for four, five, and six months on mixed
Stock Exchange collateral. Commercial paper.
5lsIG a cent. for flrst-class endorsed bills re-
Ceivable and four months commission paper.
ana . D cent. and upward for choice single
names.
Sterling exchange was weaker on a very lin
tied inquiry and rather more disposition on the
part of bankers to draw Continental exchange
sterling. S4.s7I4 for long bills and S4.ss1a for
demand. Actual rates are: Long, bills, s4.s6s4
fers. SASS. Francs are quoted Mt o. lS4I5.lsb
for long and 3.l01Sb5;l0A for short; rcichs-
guiiders, 40 i-i6|4ois for long and 40 3-i66t
40l for short
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston, 1884
selling. i premium. Savannah buying, lid
on; selling, par. New Orleans Bank. $50 pre-
Frsneiseo" SIGHT, par; telegraph, par. St.
Louis 80 cents premium: offered at 70 cents
premium. Chicago-4o cents discount.
The all-rail east bound shipments of dead
freight from Chicago last week were 80, 757
tons, against 81, 500 tons the previous week and
65.5s7 tons the corresponding week Of the pre-
vious year.
The Metropolitan Street Railway Company
reports for the quarter ended Dec. 81:
s;:;. : :.Sss.:.. $ . ss::j;s '': ii:sss Ess: ' ' ;i::s5s
o.D Ut is ss;G'e.' '' 5s:iSs '" Ss;:S5s lee. ''Y 1885
p.. aG' Charges: ' $3.50. sSs '%s sSa::oss Inc Inc: s8s SO. g En-
surplus. sa57,461 sl00,e75 Inc. s2Oo,4s2
Cash on hand, S2S7 500. and profit and loss
surplus. 81, 1866, go.
The Union Pacific. Railroad proper reports
gross earnings for January OF S~a37.;t2S. a de-
month OF last year, and net s2ls,l4O, a decrease
OF ST. .394.
The Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern
S5s0. 700. an Increase of S5G.557 as compared
with tho same month OF last year, and net Sl52,-
TO6, an increase OF SSS,92O.
The st. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
reports gross earnings for January OF san, 0O2,
an increase of Sd55 AS compared with the same
month of last year. and net 81 1883. a decrease
OF s 1851.
The Central Branch Railroad reports gross
earnings for January OF S36iO92, an Increase OF
$4,000.
Tho Kansas city and Omaha Railroad reports
GROSS enrningS for ,JnnuAry of 81 HTD an in
crease Of SOLO MS compared with, the same
month last year. and net saas. an increase of
The Union Pacific Railroad, entire system, re-
ports gross earnings for January Of Sl.554.d0l,
same month last Year, and net Si23,2G0, an In
crease OF $50, $50.
The Mexican National Railroad reports gross
earnings for January Of S~42a,0ls, an increase
of SB4, 1Sl NJ compared with tho same month OF
last year. and net SlO9,OOs, an increase OF s27,-
Az.
Railroad reports gross earnings for February OF
SilD,331, an increase OF S1S,SOB AS compared
374, an increase of S0,DS4. For Tie eight months
ending Feb. - the Eross earnings were %s3.5lsI-
the corresponding period Of last year, and net
$l,4O3,6i9 an inGrSasS Of Sils'O56: Fixed
S4OJ,O4O, an increase of Sl3l ,57S.
The receipts OF the Government to-day were:
Customs, Sl72,dSO; internal revenue, SI7l 25J,
and miscellaneous, S5l,+lO, II total Of 81, 2s5.-
332. The disbursements. including $3.50. 900
for pensions, were Sl,4vj. 900, being an excess
OF expenditures over receipts of SlS9,64S.
The net assets of the Treasury at the close OF
business to-day, as officially computed, compare
with those OF Saturday as follows:
March -. March ~,
Gold coin and bullion 60. 81 ~ O6s, s4S El2T $50, laB
silver dollars and bullion. 22, 4s5.b sJ el537,O2A
United states notes ....... gb,S9g,1tt GbbS2, 1877
Other assets IA excess OF
demand liabilities. ,.,..,. 3S,dOT ,sfv Al,lI2, 700
Available cash balance, In.
Guiding gOld balance, 49,. S204, asa, l2l S2B6. . 2.O65
Money in London, y q cent. Rate OF dis
count In open market for both short and three
months bills, lilo 4 cent. Amount OF bullion
gone into tho Bank OF England on balance To-
day, &2l 900, Paris advlces quote 3 Y cents at
lO2 francs @ centimes. Exchange on London,
25 francs 22l2 confines.
The reorganization OF the BROOK
lyn Traction Company announces that the de-
posts OF securities under the plan Of reOFgRnI-
sauon arc pToEtsssihs shssIaetprhy, hs more