The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-03

Government bonds strong. The IS C. and 5s
closed 4 p cent. higher bid each. Railway and
other bonds irregular. The features were
American Tobacco scrip. Colorado Southern
As. W. l.. Rock Island general As. Reading gen.
eral As. San Antonio and Arkansas Pass As,
Southern Railway IS. Texas Pacific Eds. Union
Pacific AZ. Union Pacific. Denver and Gulf lists.
t. T.. Wisconsin Central lists. t. r.. Atchison.
Central Pacific. Central Of Georgia. Erie. Kan
sas and Texas. Louisville, Evansville and st.
Louis. Missouri Pacific, Northern Pacific. ST,
Louis Southwestern. Standard Rope and Irvine
and Wabash issues.
at E Rs bank stocks 80 shares Of Broadway sold
Commercial price of bar silver in New York.
59Hc. Bar silverin London closed at 81 7-16d.
Mexican sllverdollars were quoted at 471sc.
Money on call 2h63% ? cent. Time money
Securities az 4 cent. for four. i've ana six
months on mixed securities; 1ndustrials, 4 y
cent. four and five months on first-class rail-
road DIVIDEND STOCKS: Commsrcial paper Is
acceptances and prime single names. $685. D
cent. other names. 4C04k = cent.
Sterling exchange was weak and decidedly
@%Snd FRI from naT remitPers m Snd in rassss ofrerin ass
OF bills. Continental exchange was also lower.
pSsted aT rates h eTs: b biTss' sEpttsi SIX Ssissi Astral s1 /
4sSsS&Ss4S8G francs SFs QUOTED ct 52iHS
T reich; m iEr iS" tSS4HSa4I for long and IS $ $HNiS
1S gan and 90 ii4"is5S46SS for Short, -''Ot' '0'
20S25 cents discount. Charleston-Buying par:
selling. u premium. Savannah--Buyipg. 1-l6
Discount; selling. IS cents premium, NSy Of;
cents premium. San FranciscoHSight. III
GENTS premium telegraph, q, cents premium.
discount, Cincinnati-Between banks, pa and
% cents discount: over counter. 30 cents
premium.
The American Mailing, Company has de-
clared a quarterly dividend Of u q cent on its
preferred stock payable April 10.
Railway gross earnings for February COM
year as follows:
Nan. Ely. Piit;bprE : Gulf. 2So..15 Inc. s9'99:
The Chicago. Milwaukee and ST, Paul Railway
week OF February OF, 1871 .7o6, an increase OF
week OF last year.
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
gaaaayY a reports ea E lncrs,s ea ri IF 4 tSF !9 cam n.y.. Of
$i76,2 $50. an Increase Of $3s.O8o. For the seven
s SoBts: ssdiR RG } iners 81 the 81 FFSSsssss s 4 az e TSne
Year. and net ST. s40'6D6. a decrease Of 500. i63..
.s Ths esi fs4 5a ms1%lp@ Of R sbg,fsi, r sp Ih. Erase
OF last year, and net So7,4bO. q decrease OF
$3.351, For the seven months ending Jan. 81
the gross earnings were $6b7,O46. an increase
OF $54 221 as compared with the corresponding
RPsrioS Of II tie az RTse %1 year. and net s42o'259' "
The Norfolk and Western Railroad reports
gross earnings for January Of 1901 ,685. an
Increase OF SAT. Ole as compared with the same
month Of last year. and net $3Ol Ola. an In
1 4Ys, ! an ips 81 sGs q 1881 $sf4 Ss5Bi az sO %spS sSdiG Nii6
the corresponding period of the previous year.
and net $2.377,352. an Increase OF S2lO.535.
Fixed chargess were 81 1908, OIO. leaving Il sur
plus OF 81 .O74. 2S2, an increase OF S2lI.415.
The Mexican National Railroad reports gross
earnings for December OF S6lS,4O2. an in
crease OF $l9.22l as compared with the same
u decrease Of Sll .S73 For the year ending
Dec. 81 the gross earnings were S6.33O.9l0,
an increase OF $3.50 ,256 as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous year. and
net S2.O91. IS0, an Increase OF $6,55l.
The Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad re-
ports gross earnings for January of S53. 6OS,
an increase Of Sl3, l+2 as compared with the
same month OF last year. and net $50, an in
crease of 3d. - For the seven months ending
Jan. 81 the gross earnings were S46S.433, an
increase of S7l,O7S as compared with the cor
responding period OF - preSIouk. year, and
Ret$l4S.3l7. u decrease OF $2S.773.