The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-22

Met St Ry. 1915 W I'm TEL. $50 80
Norf q W 8 47Ts, VIII L 2b 2
n W com...l2lis l2l lex dividend.
Government bonds weak. The As of 1925 and
the 5s closed Il " cont. lower bid each. Railway
DO nds dull and weak. The features were Chi.
cago Terminal lists, t.. r.; Kansas City, Pitts.
burg and Gulf lists. Mobile and Ohio generals.
Missouri Pacific consols, Norfolk and Western
Southern Railway 5s, Texas Pacific Ids, Union
Pacific. Denver and Gulf lists. Atchison. Kan.
more important net declines were In Chicago
Terminal lists, t. T.. = y cent. to- 45a kanas
s so es Ee1f Mobile IL: an and e ohi So generals aea sds /. to to
20, Missouri Pacific consols, 81. to 94A;
2. g. 70 45is; Texas Pacific 2ds; 8: to 2s7s, and
to 49ia. Tho noteworthy advances were in
Atchison adj. AZ; \ Scent; to 57A Kansas City,
ern Railway 5s. Il v cent, to 95.
Commercial price of bar silver in New York.
57c. Bar silver in London closed at 20 7-l6d.
Export to Europe tomorrow. 62s.OOO ounces.
Money on call l@4 a cent, closing at the lower
figure; Time money, firm, and is quoted: Sixty
' cent. on good mixed Stock Exchange col:
lateral nonrssd S SGmm rscriwahRs paper p ais, Is quoted cd, Prime in
single names at 4 y cent, and good names at
4io " cent.
Sterling exchange was weak and lower, as
bankers Offered, bills more freely owing to the
exchange followed the course of sterling. Posted
asking rates for sterling are: Sixty days.
bills. $4.s29Si. S5h; sight drafts, $4.s4aS
$4.s5. and cable transfers, $4.s5i2. Francs
$3.50 for short; r~eichsmarks. Of 7~:l6a8I9.l6
for long and 95isa95li4 for short; guilders, 400
40 lie for long and 40isa4O 3-l6 for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston-5
Gl2la cents premium. Charleston-Buying, par;
sftii ssiin ,s p pap, New S SSjEansa nRaBR haS : l,le
mercial, 81 % discount. San Fra~ncisco-Sight,
l5cents premium; telegraph, 17le cents premium.
ChicaRo-45 cents premium. Cincinnati-Be
tween banks, par, and over counter. so cents
premium.
Glucose Sugar Refining common is quoted at
3Oq3l, and the preferred at S9l2@0l. Stand.
ard Oil Trust certificates closed at 356@356i2;
American Mailing ut 25is926. and preferred at
75i2g76l2; standard Gas common at l36dl39.
2sog3OO: Syracuse Gas at 22lad2i; New Ann
sterdam Gas at 26l2@2s. and The preferred at
7Ol9@7ll2, and the IS ut 87la@9Sla.
Exports of general merchandise from the
port OF New York for the week ending to-day
were valued at 0,ls6,3 1855, against 5000, o34
In the preceding week and $l0,532, $40 In the
s ssFEs .sSi 49, against ESss q ss w. al si ,aa5. Since JAM l
The st. Joseph, and Grand Island Railroad
Company has declared a dividend of 2le y cent.
on It's hrst preferred stock, payable Jan. 10.
The following statement was submitted to the
directors of the company to-day: Net earnings.
taxes deducted, for O u cent. months from July
l to Dec. 81, 1897. four months actual, two
!, 1893, on first mortgage bonds. $35 900; 2la 4
cent, dividend on first preferred stock, $l37,5O0.
Total, $l72,5OO, leaving q surplus OF $73, 749.
Amount actual cash on hand Dec. 81, 1897,
$24l 1858.
The New York Central and Hudson River
railroad Company has declared . quarterly div