New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-19

Ne, gold on hand s127 $50 G4& $l2SOl6Is7 Inc <''@
@ Dec Dec IsS G
Net silver on nd 2i'"f"'' -'. - -
Actual cash in the
over outstanding 400 .sa sa, 6s1 oos Dec 81
nsnas,fs IN bank isIa25 2ooa22is Inc sscs9
Available cash s2sa CO.. 7oi s2si 1876 Inc sa75;'
Df sies mino. Ia ,77sAs72 ,eNsc4 Tac ieso 4o2
o, o,s, hal soG5 900 oio s263 al es2 Dec. ss7o@6I
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
irgton we're 1896 S2s the internal revenue receipts
sofo oic and the miscellaneous receipts Sl5.OS3
Total Government receipts for the day. Ss3o'9o. :
expenditures, ST. $4,000: excess OF expenditures
s2Oo42 Receipts for the month TO daf at SncrG;
lures. s. sos Sa3 Receipts for the fiscal year 10
date s24O 23s: expenditures. $262o3sa4s excess
81 expenditures over receipts. Nl.!2b5lo Ihere
were 1924 GA National bank notes received TOT re-
demption. .,o
The Sub-Treasury had debit balance at the
Clearing House Of Ns3Si9 Its net gam on nai.
anre was 81. 2S7 OPS made up by gain In currency
Of 81 1ts153 and a gain in coin of sl3s.s72. To
DAVIS operations included: Receipts So'Z.','44
payments A97O7l9. resulting in general bal
ance Of 5000 az go consisting of $l3l.0S5,s2s coin
and $50 s47 500 currency.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
The local money markets were tr'ne stlIer
Gail loans ruled at 3iaM4h per cent and time
contracts for thirty days and three months were
4q4ll per cent and for four 20 six months f2No
per cent Commercial paper was In light demand
rates for the best names ruling AZ o'2No per cent
with few sales. however, under per cent Inc
frequent announcements Of mercantile failures
cause the most rigid scrutiny OF offerings ana
only few banks are In the market
Foreign exchange was quiet at unchanged quo
tations There was scarcely any business doing
Posted rates for sterling were 81 SIS and Hs9 for
long and short bills respectively. Closing rates
for actual business were "a follows
Sterling ....... .ssSssss 'sS%a:s: .s'sS:.;ss,
R-ichsmarks ..... o.. "'orr
soN w
The price Of domestic exchange was M follows
at the places named: New.Orleans. cointner e.
jO0 &c discount. bank at 81 30 premium: san
Francisco. sight par. telegraph par: charleston
buying par selling &c. premium: savannah, BUY
ing lilo per cent OF. selling par; chicago "'''
discount: Boston. l5al6 2-3c. discount
Bank clearngs Ia this city were: Exchange
500 lse. 76l: balances. ss25o973. Philadelphia
changes. sl2.o22233: balances. fl.s7Seto: boston
Exchanges Sl3.6ii.3l7. balances. N.fVI9o'
The price of commercial bar silver In the mar
ko, was 6Si2c. Mexican dollirs were quotci az
54ssQ55a.c. In London bar silver declined i-l6 10
3lasd. India council bills were allotted to-day III
London at l4isd. per rupee
Money on call In London was y per cent The
rate OF discount in the open market was :. per
cent for short and three months bills. French
rentes were lOl francs 10 confines. Paris ex-
change on London. q francs p confines Brit
sh consols were 100 5-l6 for money and lo9Hs Tor
the account. Further details Of the foreign mar
kets are printed in the usual cable report IN an
other column.
NETWORK CENTRALS QUARTER.
The statement OF the New-fork Central ana
Hudson River Railroad Company for the quarter
ending March 81 March partly estimated Is on
Improvement over the statement for the cor
responding quarter last year. but not 80 good as
that for the December quarter. 1895. The March
quarter however. Is always poorer than other
quarters traf ic movements being small In Janu-
ary February and March. The estimated gross
earnings show an increase OF S64S.1h2 over the
March quarter. 1895. and an increase OF 1851. 40
ct, In h.. p.1f N sap hH
percentage Of operating expenses 10 earnings
stands at Gs % per cent. against $3.50 In the 1895
quarter and Ca In 1894. The result OF all the
operations including dividends Of sl.o00.ooo. is
a deficit Of s3l5 600 against one Of s5s1,9lS year
ago. For the nine months ending March 81
(March partly estimated) gross earnings show an
increase Of 81 49S 1872 the corresponding pre-
cedng nine months. and after all payments. a
surplus OF 1926 000 against deficit OF s559.?0' In
the nine months ending March 81. 1895 and
against n surplus Of sl73l2 In the same period In
1894 The regular dividend OF per cent for the
quarter was declared to-day.
Statement for the March quarter for three
years:
s ss:;: ss:ss s:'s:4: 9
First Ss' s: ' ss.s ass
n, rE;a, , sPsi ss 80 i 5000
Deficit ...-......... s253.7o2 sosi.ols $4,000
'Partly estimated.
For nine months ending March 81:
Operating espenscs 2s5 S5sis 2soosa 2s5sso
Ne. earnings .sil.lassoe sioss:i5s Nl.ls@"
First charges. '.fl"o' '''"''o"- ''<-""
pron. ............... ..a.42772o s270osa 50 $4,000
Dividend ............ 3.4i0.40s 3330.MO 100000
Surplus .......... s7ai2 .s55o.@7 s22eco
tPartiy estimated.
TEXAS AND PACITICS REPORT.
The annual report Of the Texas and Pacific
Railway Company for the year ended Decefn-
Der 81 1895, shows:
cross .o-rrgs - 81 OI5 3Os s. 3j3 Ola Dec S337 los
Opcr exp. and taxes. s.too.eGi 1'sos2a Dec soiG2
Ne, .,rnnrs... sLGi4G,s ssc3 100 Dec s2.s5,2
ohcr incone......... s6324 1884 Inc. 1870
r.., - 81 7ooo72 81 a35 IA Dee sc34 1872
I,icres, and rentals. l,35t.sst l3i332j Dec 2l4il
s,,,,u. - s3,pOss $40 Dee t2i2 73i
oIar cYnenilt,res 1919 2o3+st Dec gJ3GS
p,,oo - Income Si5,9I2 s2Gs a35 Dec sii3 3G,
The interest on bonds the same In both
voars hut rentals were s723 1914 In 1895. against
500 S35 in 1894. The item Of other expenditures"
Included In 1885, 81 4s3 for interest and discount
and land purchased and slS2633 for cars pur-
chased and built in shops while In 1894 interest
and discount was 5443. the betterment account
was S33 1874 and $244 907 used In settlement OF
shit with the Southern Pacific Company.
The condensed balance sheet as Of December
81. 1885, shows:
o As's and eau1pun, $50 100 $50 Inc jss
Sss ; y g fss hy fss Dec ,'.
General assets .... 6Is57o 8OdS ITO Inc. 100 soO