The sun., 1898-03-04

The New York, Ontario s. Western railroad
o sos as tSc
Increase si ssa. .lss. for The seven months Snd.
am noros, of as Compared With the
corresponding period Of last year. and net
$775910. an increase OF $37,OS6.
Tho Western New York and Pennsylvania
s226, ,s5e. an Increase Of s2oSe2 as compared
tne o or the
monhs nth ending Jan 81 the g5sss s,o earnngS wers
So peToS of
net $7s6.431, an increase of $114,ssl.
The Southern Pacific Railroad, all lines, re.
D q SI
o Fl tho net
% sss, ,as1, an Increase q Sa,7so sss as COM compared
nes Isl an
The Iowa Central Railroad reports gross earn:
ings for January Of slS3, 729. an Increase Of
Sle,4O1 as compared % With 4 the same month OF
the gross earnings were S1.110,434. an increase
crease ere Of ,9s7.
The. Long Island Railroad reports gross earn:
S43. 69s as compared with the same month Of
last year, and net $s.160, an increase of
81 the gross earnnss %ere an n
crease Of s255, $40 as compared with the cor
respondinE period Of last ye.sr ar, and @ net 81 oao
and taxes were $3.50. $50, leaving a surplus Of
S341, $780, an increase of Si2s, 1893
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad reports
gross earnings for January OF S3S, AIS, an in
crease Of 81 1925 as compared with the same
month Of last year. and net $2l.1o7. an in.
Jan. 81 the gross earnings were $24s,?9s. a de-
crease Of 5000 as compared with the corrs-
e's'Gu of sloaso IL Fixed CHARGES were
Slo2. !3s; leaving a surplus OF $4.so3, decrease
gross earnings for January Of $l07.2 an in
crease Of $5.963 as compared with the same
month Of last year. and net $44,l57. an increase
Tho North Shore Traction Railroad reports
gross earnings for January OF S9s, ,s64, an in
crease Of $3.50 as cempaEssd red ut With the same
Of $4,000.
1t is understood that negotiations which
have been ssn II for TINE be
and the Minneapolis and St. Louis Rail
way companies for a close traffic al
two systems win be operated practically as one
Minneapolis and st. Louis Railway now extends
from Minneapolis to Des Moines and the Keo-
burg anu The KeokuS % and and es Western N already
faoyS close n5 Th }hs City
through cars from Minneapolis to Port Arthur,
a distance Of nearly 1 500 miles. and the united
mileage OF tho systems thus working together
will be about 1000 miles. This alliance may 1t
Is sad be followed In due time by a corporate
merger OF the various properties named. which
II effected will establish An important railroad
sytem north and south in the Mississippi Valley.
Tho receipts of the Government to-day were:
Customs, $443, ,745; internal revenue. $402 .639:
miscellaneous. 81. .O6s. 672: total of 81 81 056.
The disbursements were S3.O72. 900. an excess Of
expenditures over receipts Of 81 ,156.944. The
receipts Of the fiscal year to date have been 27s.
742.436; the expenditures, $277, ,036. s26; an ex-
of receipts over expenditures Of 81 705, $40.
The official count OF cash in the Treasury at
the close Of business to-day compared with that
of yesterday shows:
Gold coin and bullion 80. S167 s49.9lS Sl6T 9+755s
Silver dollars and bullion. l4.807.l1O 19,SS8.239
United States notes.. 35,24O, ,268 8b,s 260
Other assets less demand
liabilities. ................ 7,o45,76D 7907.73