New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-29

acceptable and choice four months single name
paper per cent for good six months single
name paper. and above Tor names not so wen
known. There was nothing DOING in commercial
paper Prime indorsed bills receivable continued
to be offered ut SU1O per cent.
The foreign exchange market was greatly de-
pressed. Posted rates Of the principal drawers
of exchange were 81 S2le and - - for long
and short sterling bills respectively, PARIS.
francs J19as for lon- and BIZ. for short; Ber-
lin reichsmarks. 94& for long and 9oS for
short; Amsterdam. guildcrs 4Uis for Ions ana
lo3s for short. Rdtes for actual business closed
AS follows Cable transfers. - SiHS4 Sll4; de-
nand. ~ $3%@$4 81; sixty days. - N24S4 81
documents FOR acceptance sixty days. - SlI
81 sly; documents for payment. 81 NiisG$i : =.
Paris cables. j 2OW 1875: checks 1.2O's less l-lb
600 less l-lG; sixty days 3.22is less 1-lUr
I.2l7s less 1-lG. reichsmarks cables. 91n'nls;
checks, gi7s ass; sixty days 9fns094ia' guilders.
long. 80 13-1Gd397s: short. 40a4Os.
The price OF domestic exchange was as follows
at the places named. Boston Ncw-Yor funds.
y cents bid discount ChaTleston-Buyng %
discount; selling. par. New Oreans-C numerical.
par; bank 10 premium. Savannah Buy
ing. Lie off; selling. par San Francisco-Sight'
nominal telegraph. nominal.
Bank clearings in this city were: Exchanges,
81 1l9,997; balances. $5UO2G9I Philadelphia
Exchanges. $s463353: balances. $s4I"1S Bal
timore- Exchanges. - .G6G01l. balances. $50
OH. BostOn-EXchanges. SlOG-S.oOJ; balances.
S1.327, 49,.
The price Of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was 66A Mexican dollars were quoted at
- In London bar silver was 1-16 lower at 3OSs.
Silver bullion certificates representing 10000
ounces were sold on the Stock Exchange at %.
There will he shipment OF GlS,upO ounces OF Sill
yer to Europe tomorrow.
Money call in London was i2NA per cent.
and the rate Of discount in the open market was
Ia per cent for short and lonS bills. British
consols closed at ~ 11-1G for money and
112 b. III for the account French rentes closed
at 1Ol francs 40 confines Paris exchange on
London. - francs liz centimes. Discount rate
in Paris. u per cent The discount rate in Ber-
lin was ~ per cent. Further details OF the for
eign markets are given in the usual cable re-
ports printed elsewhere.
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.
To-day's Washington Treasury statement
showing actual results Of two days ago, when
compared with the last preceding statement
gives the following results:
August -. Angus; IS. Changes.
c oon less sio15lseeo sio4ce IS So iH
ce3ot n1,g les 1851 oasissi Inc
idea'es less 2,o-5ooo 27necoo Dec cooooc
Cash in Treas SOS e.oa,a S2a, ooeei5 Inc. sio72sc
Dt tonsi banks Va 5000 -. ici5ooo7 Dec 1856
Available cash s254 59S ISL $954s5e 552 Inc. ss577i
pf sii,ies MINOR norm u 74eo4so s24se Inc. 7eso'2
Actual cash baLse471os 3)l s2aG0o3oo Dec. s5o52i1
Customs receipts reported FROM Washington
to-day were S3Sj.S12. internal revenue receipts
S34l 80 and miscellaneous receipts Il'opl; toldl
Government receipts for the day $500 eX-
penditures S91SOOO; excess of expenditures
S23S g19 Receipts for the month to date, 80
G13:,7S: expenditures. S3J2o3oJo, excess OF eN-
penditures S115S9621 Receipts for the hscai
year to date S52,G425S1 expenditures ;, 81
46S: excess Of expenditures, S34r4SNNO re
ceipts of National bank notes for redemption TO-
day were S9G92 80
The Sub-Treasury was debtor at the Clearing
House $24O.JG2 Its net gain on balance was
S44S s92 made up by loss In currency or H-J''-
81 and gain in coin Of $1!6lt9 To-Day OPP
erations included: Receipts, S299s J59; pay
ments 50 30 IA. resulting an general balance
of S1g3 2O2 100. consisting of Sll34-9G1O com
and SO 173 IA currency The business Tor tne
week ended tonight includes receipts OF So
$50 Cos and payments Of SIS, NG2.9I1. Deduct-g
from the receipts $l.9lSODO and from the pay
ments S4.3120O0 for items which affect only us
account with the general Treasury It's gam as
affecting the banks. was >3.Jo6,l44 1904
"Poor's Manual of ne Railroads for 1876 which
is the twenty ninth number, has been issueG;
II is more complete than ever. The manual
shows that the length Of track laid up 70 Deem
Der 81, 1S.,5. was 1s0.9jl.3l miles. The net n
crease in the mileage for the year ls91 was l.
G27.59 miles The miles OF railroad operated a.
the year were 40. 162 Is The total grOsc earn
ings were 81 .093 139 600. an increase OF S-JiJO-
O92 or . 80 per cent. while 1he total net eafnints
were 1923 1876 .4J4. an increase of S'li ,'JI"'J,
or III per cent Freight earnings in the year
increased S43.3O1 Oh. while passenger earnings
decreased S14390913. and mail express and
miscellaneous earnings decreased N3.bJJ'V
The share capital corresponding To the milcd-e
completed at the end of 1890 was 50 - i?l 800.
an increase in the year of S1OG 49, 800 or II Ior
cent. The funded deutS at the same tine
amounted to Sj.640 o42J67 an increase Of 500
1G6SD3 or G3 per cent. Thesetn her forms % n
debtedness aggregated Sis. J0..U02, an increase
Of S35.J172 DDS The cost per mile OF all roads
measured by their stocks end bonds. was 500, ~
against So 14O for 1894. The interest paid IN
1895 was S133, ,116 OF lN9 per cent on the
bonded debt against l3l213s24 or 4.Se pei
cent in 1891 The dividends paid were >!N.JSs-
443. or 90 per cent on the capital stocks.
against $J43oo6G2 in 1871 Cross earnings per
mile Of road in 1890 We're S143l. against SI3h
in 1894 and net earnings were S2.2S2 against
81 232 in 1894. The average rate per passenger
per mile was 2016 cents against 2OO5 cents In
1894. The average rate for freight per ton Der
mile was .S,4 Of a cent per mile against 81 %
a cent in 1874. The percentage OF net earning,
to gross earnings in 1890 30 - against 3D.JI
in 1894. The number Of passengers carried m
1895 was $50 G2j.32J against 4OS 3O2 GS7 In 1894
and the number Of tons Of freight moved Was
4jS J4S SJ3 against 4l9112.IG1 in 1891. Oper-
ating expenses were SJjG 4G3OSi against $500
91G.323 in 1894
The reorganization committee OF the oregon
Short Line and Utah Northern Railroad Com
pany. Samuel Carr, chairman. announces that
nearly 80 per cent Of all the bonds and stock
have been deposited under the plan Of reOrgani-
ZatiOn, and has voted 10 declare the plan opera
tive
IMPORTS OF DRYGOODs 1T NETWORK.
For week ending August 2ss
Entered n, ,he port. s2o2iaf7 s2o5' ai s22if87o
Thrown on The market. 9ic2j. 3oaa -a5 a1n2i3
rn rJq s a9 ihs port sseaaaoa 17ceen
Thrown on market. 5i3s2sas lo-sos-o 757G7 NiN
RAILROAD EARNINGS
CLEVELAND CINCINNATI. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS F.,
fTa Week AgF,i. 81 3. So, 5 ~ s9a= n
WESTERN NEW-YOHK AND TENNsYLvANiA.
of niles. 'il 80 bf' /