The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-19

Government bonds steady at unchanged
quotations. Railway and other bonds strong.
The features were Detroit City Gas Be. Fort
Worth and Denver City 1st. Kansas City. Pitts
burg and Cult 1st, Southern Pacific LIST W. l..
Atchson, Baltimore and Ohio. Kansas and
Texas. Missouri Pacific. Northern Pacific. St.
Louis Southwestern and Wabash issues
Commercial price OF bar silver in New York.
60h. Bar silver in London closed at ~ 11-16d
Mexican silver dollars were quoted at 4Sc
Exports to Europe tomorrow. $4,000 ounces
Money on call 2hG13'i per cent. limo money
is quoted at ~ per cent. for Ave. six and seven
months on dividend railroad stocks 4h605 per
cent. for four. five and six months good mixed
loans. 30 per cent. industrinls Commercial
paper IL quoted at 4d4h per cent; for bills re.
4l6+h per cent: other names. 4h0D5 per cent.
very moderate business. Continental
f fSssaf fstes S sps ns dras sh
drafts. st.s7; Actual rites are: Long bills.
AXIS ss ssh .h57 ssse aYs
ior e short ' reichmarks, III JIG Il oI$;iD tot
i fef do oT long and 20 20 GS4t for Short
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
g cents discount. Chareston-Buyi par,
discount; selling IS cents premium. New Or
lenns-Bank, 80 cents premium: commercial,
cents premium telegram III, cents premium.
st. Lonis-25 cents discount. Chicago-.4O
cents discount. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bank E6
cents premium.
The imports q dry goods for the week SSb ending
T tSSy aTd e Ea tRs
Sh s. yia S n
$2.o32.43o for the corresponding week OF last
The Southern Railway pany has declareda
dividend EN- oone per cent , on It's preferred stock
against profit and loss as OF June 30. 1900.
leaving that account on that date .564.
The pamphlet report OF the company for the
fiscal year ended June 30 Is issued.
The income account shows
Gross earn s,5 sSs. s2, ,oSs.s ines .s54s.7
OPP. oxpen.. 17.356.355 1851 .sS4 Inc. 2.s5+.+91
Net earn. s7ae7.as1 se.5es.s75 Inc.s1 900
Other incm. 32s,47o 8<s,37s Dec. lypoS
IT, Tot, inc, :s.s29so1 ss.s42.a5s nc.n:ssst.s
Other dcduc. 24,o1s 72,57l Dec. 4s543
~. Tot hars:saal.?sl s,es5, Inc. s2e5.eas
Dividends. 1.172,9o4 $4,000 Inc. 6299o4
Surplus. so2i.o1o s4o4.o1a Inc. s467.eos
Of per cent Rsa this year.
The above income account includes the re-
suits of operation OF the Memphis division for
the entire year. as aga inst four months opera
also includes the results OF operation Of system
during tho year 1890 as follogs: Mobile and
Ina tieorsia I and Augu se Southern. from
May l to June 30: Carolina Midland Railway
and Sewer 4 Knoxville. from May II to June
June 80.
Tho average receipts per ton per mile were
1857 cents. as compared with 1922 cents last
year: while the earnings per passenger per
mile. were. 2244 cents. compared with
1921 cents in 1893.
The net earnings per mile OF road Increased
1881 per cent. while the net earnings per rev.
enue train mile increased 6.S5 per cent.
The New York. Chicago & st. Louis Railroad Com
paDy reports for the quarter ended June 80:
1899 1895 thanoes
Gross earns. 81 .529.3o2 S1412.s47 Inc.$11o <55
Op expenses. 1,2Oo.467 1.18l,O75 Inc. 3D,392
Net earns. $32as3B $25l.TT2 Inc. $77.oes
other income. 2,431 1924 Inc. 1,147
Total income. 1891. 200 s253,o58 Inc. S7s,21o
Charges, ....... 800 900 8O2,71B Dec $50