The sun., 1898-02-24


Am Ref ..l27ss 1851 North Am. 6S 81
Ans Refp.1l2 lllh Norf& wp dsh 4ss
Am Tob.... 81 seh W conn.,. .123s 122s
Am spM... 75 7S n Pae com. 23 22,
AmspMp. 1917 81 SPao pt... ea elt
Brock T.. Az 3eS NY cent...1 l4h 1l3
Can South. so 4e'e NJ Cent. adA e2
Can Pac.... s1h s2h Omaha com 73 7lh
C,C.c stL 80 31b ont& w.. l6 l6a
c.B&o.... esb eeS oR& N.".. 4eH 6os
Cen aas....1s7 1S4 Ore Imp. 20 27L
ches & o.. 211 21 Pac Mall. 2eh 2ea
Oh @ w.. liz IL Peo G&c.. e3h ela
cl L&w.. 14as l4S Pull Car. 1907 l7o
Della Hud..111 '11o ReckIsland seh 81
Den RG p 47is 49 ReadinE.... go leL
Erie........ 14a Ids Read 1stp: 47h 46
Erie lstp.. 3e5 3eis st CON-. edb e2I
Gen Elec... 34h 33is st Paul p... .l47h l46
Illinois Cen 1O2h 1928 So R'way.. 8 81,
Kan &Tpt 3ea SO So R'wayp 2ee 30
Leu 4 Nash ssh 55 Texas Pac.. liz lOI
Lake shorel92 l92 TC.I&R.. 22 2OT
LE West 16 is i'm Pac.... 3os4 2eL
Leg wpf 72h II Un Pac D.. sch 541
LaoledoGas 4Oh 4OSs U S Rubber 1914 lS
Hanh Con-. II Oh 1o7a q Rubp.. 67h 6o.
Mich Cent. 1882 loea S Leathp e2h 62
MINI stL 27S 27 wabash pr. l7h l6h
'ET dividend. eo'
Government bonds weak. The As r. of 1907
and the 5s closed Il . cent. lower bid each, the
As r. of 1925 closed b !, cent. and the 4s c. OF
1928 clSsed le 2 cent. lower bid, Railway bonds
weak. The features were Brooklyn Rapid Tran
cago Terminal As Erie Prior bonds, Iron Noun.
tain 5s Missouri Pacific consols, Norfolk and
and Western generals. Pittsburg and Western
lists. st. Louis and San Francisco As. San An
Union Pacific As. Union Pacific, Denver and
Gulf lists, t; r.. Wisconsin Central lists. t. r.,
A4iichson; 4iSh Northern GI"a Pacific, Oregon Short
The moro important net declines were
In ma Atchison adj As. p cent, to 597s and gen
snd Ohio SsPa anss 4ss g.
to s2le; Erie prior bonds. III. to 30; Fort Worth
g.. snd penyss ~ civ lists Iron Mountan
ss: 70 l13is: Missouri Pacific .consols. Ia. to
97i4; Northern Pacific general as:. as. to 81 q;
erals. t. to ssis: Oregon Short Line efn. in.
comes "A. 1le to 65. and incomes b. g, to 45ls;
Oregon Ore Ss III Improvement a. 1sts 70 10
lists, IL. to s3ia; St. Louis and San MI Francisco o
As. lls. to a.; San Antonio and Aransas Pass
Pacific 4s Z; to 93A. and Wisconsin Central
lists. t. r.. q q cent. to 41l2: Tho noteworthy
een e s eheGso Psea pFs1 4
96t. and Norfolk and Western consol As, le y
cent, to s1le.
Commercial price of bar silver in New York.
55iac. Bar silver in London closed at 255sd.
Mexican silver dollars were quoted at 45lsc.
Money on call 1le@2 q cent. Time money in bet
ter demand and offerings are light Rates are:
months y cent. on good mixed Stock Exchange
collateral. Commercial paper is quoted: Prime
indorsed bills receivable at 3a3i4 . cent. prime
single names at 393lo y cent, and good names
at 3io@4 cent.
Sterling exchange was weaker. particularly
for short bills on the large buying of stocks
$$4s4. and and, sight $3.50 Actual rates are:
s4s5,4as4 s5la. and cable Transfers. ri s s4s5aS
$4;S6 Francs are quoted at 5.217s for long and
5IsO S2o@520 ,oI ;on for ord short a 94
gullders. 40 3l6g4Ol4 for long and 40 1.16s
40ls for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
nah-Buying par; selling. I-io premium. New
20 II
telegraph. 22i2 cents premium. st. Louis--25
cents bid. offered at 70 cents discount. Chicago
banks. 50@60 cents discount, and over counter
80 cents premium.
Glucose Sugar Refining common is quoted at
Standard Oil Trust certificates closed at $500
@370; American Mailing at 23h@24. and
st I39@l4I. and the preferred at ' 1Ss@iSS; eidS;
Mutual Gas at 32Oa33O; Syracuse Gas at
1.Ea2 1igg29'S; sam Amsterdam Gas at sl@32 pre-;
East River Gas at 1881.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
way, way company reports gross earnings for tho
of 5000 as compared with the correspond
ing week last year.
The Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad re-
increase of s.. 3.404 as compared with the same
month OF last year, and net $7.1O0, q decrease
OF $3.50. For the seven months ending Jan.
81 the gross earnings were 1897. 1855. an in
crease of $50. .504 as compared with the cor
responding period of last year. and net $l74,-
O9O. decrease of $lO,53s.
The Allegheny Valley Railroad reports gross
earnings for January OF 1912. .759. an increase of
$35 ,362 as compared with the same month of
last last year. and net $s5,046. an increase of $22.-
. The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
BIrooklyn reports gross earnings for January of
$s0 3sl. an increase OF $5.633 as compared with
the same month OF last year, and net $44 ,0O2,
an increase of 81 ,6O5.
The Metropolitan Street Railway Company
reports for the quarter ended Dec 81:
:S:s 55s s: sffs:i
o'2.. net sss% s5S5 Inc sSss.
Es!s 5jsss bee :ss
surplus...... s68o.0Oo s4Is,Ilo Ino. SIis.4s1
The general balance sheet as of Dec. 81 shows
surplus 81 ,737,l9S.
The Thirty-fourth Street and Crosstown Street
Company reports for the quarter ended
Dec. 81:
Gross earnings. ...... S79 200 SSs4Js Dec N SoE
Operating expenses. 39.634 39,i5t Inc 4S1
Net earnings. .e39.Gl6 S4s.8O7 Dec. Ss8Nl
other income......... 200 Y7O Dec 90
Total income ...... ssh, $40 e4s,b77 Dec. SS7lI
Charges, 1879 2.IOS Inc ll'SOI
Surplus o&5,054 S4o.402 Dec. S2O,5i5
The general balance sheet shows cash on hand
S4.Sl6.
The Twenty.eiGhth and Twenty.ninth streets
Crosstown Railroad Company reports for The
quarter ended Dec. 81:
1897. 1890 Cnano,.
0 3ross earnings. S2S,3l7 40 900 Inc SIsSi7
Operating expenses l4.4Ba 1924 Inc GiI5
Net earnings ...Sl3,S.S SI27B Inc kIob b79
Other income. ...... 90 Inc "a
Total income. SI27B Inc aIa aab
chArges............ l2.022 43s Inc 1 II $40
surDlw......,,. SI,ssV SsSS Inc. 0I-O1S