New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-01
Tho returns OF the Custom House were:


Tho returns OF the Custom House were
Export, Mr,ssiGa,ss css s SEQ ioisoe
Imports 4396s 100 s).Gy.SJl 10. 100. $40
Duties collected. SOL. 4O3 AZ.
Dun's Review" reports that the number OF fail-
ures In 1896 larger than in any previous year
SssspTs @ and about lar asans1 @ liza,
bilities alone about s22i.7Oo0o against Si73.-
Il per c ast ea an Of bom per os
This report would be dsheartenng II the
that over ssscoo@o Of the Increase was in tho two
months OF extreme political agitation. August and
PLY passed with those months. With about 81 per
cent increase thus explained. the remaining IN
great. The manufacturing failures in the last
quarter were about s2755,3j5 IN amount and the
trading about s3o5l5,S65 with S'OoiOs' OF brokers
and other commercial concerns;
The ratio of defaulted liabilities to payments
through clearing houses. which are taken ~ rough
ly representing the volume of solvent business was
II ho the fourth gaar'Sr @ to nsan IS s. b IN
previous quarter OF political alarm. This makes
the ratio for the entire year 81 which has gs seI
Compared with 1885, the increase is nearly third
although most of tho excess occurred. as has been
shown In only two months
Besides the commercial failures. as above re-
year with liabilities closely approximatlns TO &c..
oO.o0 For the year 1895 there were i31 failures
The rairosd receiverships during The year 1895
embrace 4.55s miles. with stock issues amounting
amounting to sl53252.72i The bonded Indebtedness
was slightly larger than in 1895. but the stock
Figures prepared by The Railroad Gazette"
show that last year ll75 locomotives were built in
l.iOl. or the engines 300 we're for export to for
eign countries chiefly to South America. The sta
tistics OF caTbuilding by forty companies show
a total OF 5i.iS9 freight cars built in 1895 and IA
passenger cars The increase in freight-car output
over that OF 1879 was "a per cent. Ihc number or
passenger cars built was slightly greater than in
S,S n ;SS g to he N @ w ns 9sl rck
This less amount than has been reported
since 1925, when li2s miles were built.
There was a report a few days that the
Manhattan Express Company had been organized
by the Pennsylvania Railroad TO supplant the
Adams Express Company on its lines. The report
arose from the organization OF the Manhattan De-
livery Company. which Is practically adjunct
Of the Adams Company. and will begin operations
Monday next. Besides doing general express
business Manhattan Island. the company will
collect and distribute freight and packages for the
Adams Express Company beyond the territory
company. Tho Manhattan Company's vans are
practically express cars They have side doors
driver. Charges 10 any part OF the city will be
TSe Sn % S9S With y
seventy wagons II has 4 capital OF s'DNrD. and
reta Gt and treasurer H. g. Waters general super
intendent-W W. Chandler.
William T. Wheeler. whose firm W - Wheeler
& Co.. failed April 10. 1896. yesterday read
mtted to membership in the Stock Exchange. hav-
ing settled with his creditors. lie was formerly
one of the largest operators IN Wall Street.
The Mining Exchange Will open for bust
ness at No. 95 Newest. on the ground floor Of the
Edison Building January 3 The officers are: w.
c. .Dornin. president; Louis Ross. vce-president.
and NJ f.. Wooster. secretary
Collector Kilbreth yesterday removed Thomas +.
Murphy, chief clerk of the Custom House civil
Service Bureau. for revealing questions clndi-