The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-16

Government bonds steady at unchanged QUO
tations. Railway and other bonds irregular.
The features were American Tobacco Scrip.
Chesapeake and Ohio general 4i2s. Central Of
Georgia I'd incomes. Fort Worth and Denver
City lets. Kansas and Texas eds, Oregon Inn
g goptSern Pacific ell 20 d A 4 Fl; i sog i . rn kail Ps.IG Is.
Denver and Gulf lists. Atchison Erie and North
ern Pacific Issues. The more important net de-
57la; American Tobacco Scrip, L. to N;
Chesapeake .n and Ohio o1 ssners g 4,as T..
and general lion s:4s. y. To- 70; Fort Worth and
a Isny 70. TO oi q 1st and t. Southern TO Sn; Kf Raiiss Sn s. Ts y 3
cent. TO ole. The noteworthy advances were
in Northern Pacific lists. c., p p cent, to l20la;
Oregon Improvement. I'd. p. 2. to i3; Southern
Pacific Of Arizona lists. y. to 99A. and Union
Pacific. Denver and Gulf lists, q y cent, to <9k.
In bank stocks. 8 shares of Central National
sold at l61.
Commercial price of bar silver in New York.
5s%c. Bar silver in London closed at 81 3.l6d.
ME spdfss to sl Euroe Sol to.%o MsSs 1855 39S'eSo ct Ounces ttss''
Money on call; 2 2 cent; Tine money 10
three; four and six months, 4 y cent. on good
paper easier. Prime Endorsed bills receivable arc
quoted at 444A y cent. primo single names at
494ia v cont. and good names at 4iaQ5 y cent.
Sterling exchange was somewhat trmer. par.
Was sdyyaSee sn3 iss.. but ssiosss tame. 'f c s,na;
nsnssl s s1Shap Esnr was Sil fnii s4. snS er &c.; As siESt
s4ss..' Francs are quoted At S.aizsss.5iS, for
e4i9 for long and 95isa05k for short; %guilders,
80 lb-l6@40 for long and 40 3.l6 for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
Par. Charleston-Buying. q discount; selling,
par. ssvannah-Buying. lilo of; selling, par.
New orleans-Bank par; commercial VI 20 dis.
telegraph. TIA cents premium. st. Louis-25
cents discount. Cincinnati-between Banks.
par, and over counter. so cents premium.
Glucose Sugar Refining common is quoted at
26&26. and the Preferred at sSasb: Standard
Metropolitan Street railway consolidated mort
gage 5s closed at 1O9a Csl10k. American Malt
Ing closed at 2l@27, and the preferred offered
at 7e. Central Union Gas oA. 9Si9e99ie.
to-day were 81, 3s9. 2i3. against u, lO0,477 last
week and $2,5ls. 800 for the corresponding week
Of last year. The amount marketed was II ,2s7l
4O5, against 1896 ,457 last weekand S2,673,7 75
for the corresponding week Of last year.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton, and Dayton Rail
road Company has declared a quarterly divi-
dend OF IN y cent. Tayable Nov. I.
The Nashville and Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad reports gross earnings Tor September
of $488, 65l, an increase of S5l $3.50 as compared
with the same month Of last year, and net $780,
74s, a decrease OF $2.6l2. For the three months
S s4a.n AZ ii Increase 80 I of s2Ss, s Sat@ as COMPARED mSss Sdi'e With
the corresponding period OF last year, and net
$5Al ,6l7. an increase OF S4s.94S. Fixed charges
were 1888, 1863, lee wing a surplus OF HloS,448,
an increase Of S4o. 723,
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad reports
gross earnings for August of $l24,oo4, an In
crease OF $2S.o49 as compared with the same
month of last year, and net S2S, 3O2, an increase
of YIA,O82. For the two months ending Aug, 81
the Rross earninRs were 1921, 0O3, an increase OF
J eAs.sl0 ~ compared with the corresponding