New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-01
WALL STREET AND EACHANGbS

Marshall s. briggs, president OF the Ne" w
Surety Company. No. $50 Broadway. mas leqoee'e1
the resignation of Frederick F. Nugent' Vce-pieS'
An, ~ the company Mr.. Nugent. who Is lay
YER has declined comply with the request anu n
brought suit against the company Tor ss'0'o' "IoN
ne asserts is due to him for promoting the Organize
tion Henry Daily. jr. of NO 81 Pihe-st.' Is cou''o4
for Mr. Nugent. He said yesterday Inc coihpa"!
is A new one and has not yet begun business. o"'hs
IN Mr. Nueent's efforts strong board OF trustees
ros secured or the capital of $3.50 900 about Sl'OWO
has been paid in the stock having been sold at ITO
About December 10 Mr.. Nugent rendered TO the Ex-
ecuiive Committee bill for $4,000 for his services
He received $3.50 account Under date OF Apli
Mr. briggs wrote that he had been Instructed 0!
the Executive Committee to ask for Mr, Hugedhi
resignation without delay saw MI is abont the
matter So far as could learn the objection 70 MI
Nugent was something regarding ms HioIaIlt!, no
Suggested that II | could 60 around WIN ScdI c
irbf among the trustees it would not be unlikely 10
disclose some dark spots Inc Iumors tna in
ciude Sas B. butcher president Of the Ham ninrg
Trust Company Of BToSkyn George w. COM
pany JOHN G. Jenkins. president OF ne firsI "a
Tent ~ The Home Fire Insurance Company; Homer
Zee Zee " vce.presient Of the Homer Lee Bank Note
RpnoEIvn: A. r. Chandler. president Of the Postal
Telegraph Company and John Panten r Gonsu IL
s1sn nresden Of the Williamsburg City Fire Insur-
ance Company
Tho emulsion from the New-York Stock Ex-
change of Charles Neukirch. Of the firm OF Theo-
dora ". Myers & Co.. is TO be followed by change
TODAY IN the name Of the firm TO Myers & Co
A latter from Theodore w. Myers to Mr.. Neu-
k,rch and his partner. Edward H. Myers dated
Aprl g. said they rnusx discontinue the use OF ms
name after Nav ]. BY Withdrawing his name T. w;
A,nrs loses $4,000 the balance due on the SOwo
n he maid to him for the goodwill Of the business
and the right to retain his name in that OF the
firm as before
The usual amount Of May moving is In progress
IN Wall Street Notwithstanding the fact that sew
oral enormous skyscrapers have been completed In
,be financial district in the last year there Is no
large number of vacant Offices, and there mas been
no general reduction In rents In some or the oder
buildings rents have been lowered
Receipts Of duties at tho New-York custom
House yesterday were again heavy. They amount
ed to s. 4OsS29 r. Of which S,y7.6S 80 was on lS76
lots withdrawn from bond. and $,13 222 50 was on
11so entries OF direct importations. The payments
on tobacco were $4,000, and on sugar $4,000 Inc
total payments Of duties for the month Of April
were H7 III 362 81 against s17Gi35s6 50 in March The
largest payments In one day were 81 66.979 81, on
March IS.
Standard OIL stock made another record price
Yesterday when 1t sold 800 The sales at this
price were 400 shares. Last year 81 per cent in
dividends was paid the stock The first dividend
this year paid in March. was 10 per cent q regular
and extra) The dividend paid IN March, 1885, waa