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THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL A N D H U N T ’ S MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ItixtwBtrteX ami «ommetxtal SnJmata of tixe KwiM states. VOLUM E J A N U A R Y TO X L IV ., J U N E , 188T, I N C L U S I V E . NEW YORK: WILLIAM B. DANA & CO., 102 WILLIAM STREET. I 8 8 7 . A.C..L- INDEX TO THE FORTY-FOURTH VOLUME, Embracing the Numbers from January I to June 31, 1887. Editorial and. Communicated Articles. PAGE. P age . PAGE. German Elections...................... 263 Pennsylvania’s Line to St. L o u is ............. 694 Alexander, Mr. E. P., and the Inter-State Pennsylvania R R ’s P r o g r e s s .................. 288 Commerce B ill...... ........................... 259, 286 Gold Imports and Light W eight Coin........ 70 Philadelphia < Reading’s Reorganization a & Gold Movement Great Britain 29 y e a rs... . 100 Anthracite Coal Production............... 135, 411 Success........................................................ 28/ Gold Production of Australia Since 1851.. 104 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R R . . . . . . . . . . . 564 A Gold Production of Russia Since 1822...... 104 Prices, Tariff and Foreign Exchange......... Australia’s Gold Production Since 1851... 104 Gold Production of the W orld Since 1851. 102 Provisions, Breadstufls, Cotton and Petroleum Exports fiom U . 8 ..354. 476, 600, <66Gold and SilverCertificates, Proposed L a w Baltim ore & Ohio’s Rumored Consolidation 693 Substituting Coin Certificates................. 196 Progress oi Trunk Line E arnings...... .. with Philadelphia & Reading, &0....321, 354 Publio D ebt Paym ents........................692, 741 Bank Clearings and General Business. . . . . 452 Gold and Silver, Increased Circulation in Nine Months. ............... 477 Bank Clearings and Speculation in 1886.. 34 R ailro ad Construction, Rapidity o f . . . . . . . 6 Bank Failure, Cincinnati........................... 793 Gold, Sufferings Caused by Appreciation of, Railroad Earnings (w eekly).7, 52, 88, 108, Mr. Samuel Smith’s, M. P., Lecture........385 Banks, National, G rowth o f....................... 476 140, 170, 202, 233, 264, 296, 332, 359, Gold, U . 8. Imports and Exports of Banks, N ew York, Loss of Reserve b y ...... 412 389, 418. 483, 516, 541, 610, 644, 671, (monthly)............... 3, 256, 380, 536,666, 792 Bank Note Contraction and Comptroller’s 698,742, 772, 798Plan for Preventing it.............. - .......... . 160 Grain Movement at N ew Y ork and Trunk Line Earn in gs...105, 232, 384, 478, 641, 796 Railroad Earnings (monthly).74, 107, 200, Bank Reserves, Change in L a w as to, and 229, 329, 358, 479, 514, 606, 733, 770 The Money M arket........................... 382, 410 Great Britain in 1886................................. 137 R ailroad Earnings, Satisfactory CharacBelgium. The War Scare in...............------ 105 Great Britain, The Fisheries Dispute with. 161 ter o f.............. . . .........................325,381. 44^ Bismarck’s Speech and European Outlook. 73 Growth of the Coal Industry..................... 134 Railroads—Inter-State Commerce Bill. See Bituminous Coal Production........ - .......- - - 135 Inter-State Commerce. Boycotting, Legal and Practical V iew of.. 287 Illinois Central Report............................... 291 Railroad Mortgages, Rates of Interest on. Breadstuffs Sales at N e w York in 1886— 36 Illinois Central System, G rowth o f............ 539 See Investors’ Supplement, May. Immigration and Immigrants.................... 668 Breadstuff's, Provisions, Cotton and PetroRailroad Net Earnings, Course o f...... 107, leum Exports from U. S...354, 476, 600, 766 Immigration Assisted..................................795 229, 358, 514,642, 776 Imports, Undervaluation of, and the For Breadstuffs Receipts at Lake and River eign Exchange Market...............................356 Railroads—N ew Managers of old R oads... 769 Ports (m onthly)..76, 201, 330, 482, 609, 735 Railroad Rates, Lower, and St. P a u ls Brokers’ Sales, L aw Proposing to T a x ....... 227 Inter-State Commerce Bill, Appointment Earnings....................................... .......... 3“ 3 of Commissioners............................. 380, 410 Bulgaria and the Peace of Europe............ 416 Railroads Reorganized—The Status and Inter-State Commerce B ill and Centraliza Prospects. See Investors’ Supplement, tio n ......................... 133 Canadian Pacific R R .................................. 639 M ar oh. . „ ' „ ... Canada and the Fisheries Dispute............ 161 Inter-State Commerce Bill and Commis sioners’ Decision...................................... 448 Railroad Trunk Line Earnings...... ...3, 131 Canal and N ew York Grain R ec eip ts... . . . 105 Railroad Trunk Line Earnings and Grain Capital and Labor Contests and Mr. Hewitt 639 Inter-State Commerce Bill, Dissatisfaction Movement at N. Y ....1 0 5 , 232, o84, 4 <8, 641 with new Tariffs U nder................. 411 Central RR. of N ew Jersey Reorganization 691 Railroad Trunk Line Earnings, Progress of, 693 Centralization and Inter-State Com. B ill.. 133 Inter-State Commerce Bill, Effect of, and of the Appointments to be m a d e .......... 286 Chamber of Commetoe and the Strikes.... 158 Silver Certificates (small bills) Issued in Chicago & Alton’s Operations, Course of... 327 Inter-State Commerce Bill, Mr. Fink’s In Place of Legal Tenders............ ™ 6 terpretation......... ................................... 258 Chicago Burlington & Quincy R R — - - — *15 Silver Currency Issues................ 562, o9U, 73» Inter-State Commerce B ill Passes the Chicago M ilwaukee & St. P a u l’s Late Year. 260 House....................................................... 100 Silver Deposits, and Certificates Issued by Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul’s Earnings Western National Bank................... - - - - - 638 and Low er Railroad Rates....................... 383 Inter-State Commerce Bill, The Long and Short-haul Clause............................ 4, 72, 767 Silver (Tiade) D ollar and the Action of the Chicago & Northwestern R R ..................--• 289 House . . . . . . . . . . ..... ................ . 226 Inter-State L a w and Mr. R eagan.............. 640 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific RR. and the Silver H eld and issued by U. 8. Treasury.. 36 Effects of Competition............................... 731 Inter-State L aw , Are Railroads M aking it Silver and Gold Certificates, Proposed L aw O d io u s ...................... . . ..................510, 538 Chicago St. P a u lM . & O. O p eration s....... 262 Substituting Coin Certificates...... ..........19p Circulation, Increase of, in Nine Months... 477 Inter-State L a w and Pacific Coast R ates.. 510 Silver Production of Russia Since 1822.... 104 Inter-State L aw , Strictly Enforced............ 538 Clearing House Returns (weekly, first page) silver Production of the W orld Since 1851 102 Clearings (monthly)...... 35, 325, 453, 563, 729 Iron Development, O ur.............................. 163 Silver, U . S. Imports and Exports (m onth-__ Clearings and Business............... 452 ly) ...................... 3, 256, 380, 536, 666, 792 Clearings and. Speculation in U. S. in 1886. 34 L abo r and Capital Contests and Mr. Smith," Mr. Samuel, on Sufferings Caused H ew itt......................................... ............. 639 Cleveland Columbus Cin. & Ind. R R . - - - - - - 357 by the A p i reciation of Gold.................... 38o Coal, Anthracite Production............... 135, 411 Labor and Legislation...............................- 511 Speculation and Clearings in U. S. 1886... 34 Coal Industry, Growth of........................... 134 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and Steel and Steel Rails, Growth of ProducMichigan Central Statement s . . . . ........... 6 Coal Production, Bituminous................ 135 198 tion. Land Speculation, Activity in .................... 666 Comptroller Trenholm and the Senate FinLegal and Practical View of Boycotting.. 287 Sterling Exchange, Advance i n . . . . . . .. . . 2 , 70 anoe Committee............. 160 Stock Exchange (N ew York) Sales in 1886. 3o Legal Tender Notes (small bills) With Congressional Parliamentary Methods St. Louis & San iran cisco R R ............ 563, 604 drawn, for Silver Certificate Issues........196 Should be Revised.................................... 261 (surplus in Treasury, and Treasurer JorLong and Short-haul Clause—Inter-State Congressional Sessions............... .- - - - - - - - 603 dan’s Refunding B ill. . . . . . . . . . . . ------• • • • • ¿60CommeroeBiU....................................... 4, 72 Corn, Production of, in the U . S. in 1886 .. 71 Surplus Revenue and Bond Purchases.324, 32o Cotton Acreage, Stand and Condition, 1887 7 36 Cotton, Breadstuffs, Provisions and P e t r o -___ H a n n in g ’s (Secretary of the Treasury) Resignation and Treasury Management— 228 T ariff, Protection, Prices and Foreign E x leum, Exports from U. S . . . 354,476, 600, 766 change........................... -•-•-■----- . . . . . . . . 2 79 Cotton Consumption and Overland M o v e -___ Massachusetts, The Wealth o f................ Mercantile Failures................................ 36, 80 Tax-Avoiders, and Legal Tenders Locked ment (monthly)...........50,166, 292, 454, 566 ^jp 600, boo Cotton, Ellison & Co.’s Annual Report — 137 Merchandise, U. S., Imports and Exports (m onthly)............. 3, 256, 380, 536, 666, 792 T axing Brokers’ Sales, Proposed L a w ....... 227 Cotton Receipts at Southern Ports 257 601 Texas & Pacific Reorganization.............. (m o nthly).... ....7 6 , 202, 331, 481, 608, 734 Mexican Central R R ’s Prospeots............ Trade D ollar Redemption L a w as Passed Michigan Central and Lake Shore & Michi Crops, Cereal, in U. 8. in 1686.......... . 70 by the House........................ 226 gan Southern Statements........................ 6 Culfom’s (Senator,) Speech and the Long Treasury Accumulations, Bond Purchases and Short-haul Clause.— - ..... .............. 72 Money Market, and the Action and Nonand Depositary Banks............................... 5^2 Action of Congress................................... 326 Currency Changes and Gov. S u r p lu s ....... 450 Treasury Cash Changes and Currency Money M arket and Changes in L a w as to CurrenoyExpansion......... ............. - - - - - - - - 768 Increase............... . Bank Reserves............... . . . . ............382, 410 Currency Increase and Treasury Cash Treasury Department and its Old and N ew Money M arket and Government Purchases 228 Changes........................... - ........................ i®2 Head. of Bonds, & c............................................ 324 Treasurer Jordan and the Senate Finance D e b t Payment, P u b lio ..... . . . . . ........ 692, 741 Money Market, Legal Tenders and T a x AsCommit 16©. •••.••••••••••• sessments.................... 600, 638 D ebt Reduction Ought Not to Cease.......... 669 Treasury Management of Surplus............ 562 D elaware & Hudson R B , E a r n in g s ..... . . . 159 Money Market and Sub-Treasury Move ments........ ............................................... 256 Treasury and the Movements of Silver.... sa Treasury Surplus and Currenoy Changes.. 450 Money Market and the Trade D ollar.........286 E n glan d, Bank of, Returns (Financial Situ Treasury Surplus, H o w to U se - . . - . . . . . . 794 Money Market and Treasury Accumula ation, each week) tions............................. 612 Trunk Line E a rn in g s -----3,131, 641, 693, 79o England, Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.............798 Europe, The Peaoe of, and B ulgaria.......... 416 Europe, Taxation and Armies in ................ 605 National Banks, Growth of.......................... 476 U . S. Debt, Monthly Deorease, Seven Mo’s. 159 European Outlook and Bismarok’s Speech. 73 N et Earnings, Course of......................107, 229 U S. D ebt Reduction Ought Not to Cease.. 669 European Situation...... . . . . . . . . 231 N ew Managers of old Railroads................. 769 u ! S. Government Revenue, Seven Months 159 European W a r Rumors, Effect on Markets. 158 N ew York Banks, Loss of Reserve b y ........ 412 u l s! Government Surplus and Currency 459 Changes. Exchange Sterling, Advanoe i n ...............2 , 70 N ew York Chic. & St. L. RR. Decision........ 32 N. Y . Clearings and Stook Sales in 1886... 35 U S. Public D ebt Paym ent................. 692, 741 U. S. Treasury Cash Changes and Currenoy Failures, in 1886................................... 36, 80 N ew Y ork Grain Receipts and Trunk Line Increase........................... - - - — 432 Farmers, Debts o f....................................... 513 Earnings.......... 105, 232, 384, 478, 641, 796 Financial Review (monthly)......... 38,168, N ew Y ork L. E. & West. R R ’s P rogress.... 602 Union Pacific RR. and Mr. Adam s’ Adm m 418 293,417,567,696 N ew Y ork Stock Exchange Share Sales istration. Financial Situation. (See first artiole each (monthly)..........................325, 453, 563, 729 Victoria’s (Queen) J u b ile e ..................... 798 Nickel Plate First Mortgage Bonds and Fink^s (Mr.) Interpretation of the InterJudge Jones’ D ecision............................ 32 Virginia DeDt, an Effort to Settle it .......... 451 State Commerce B ill................................ 258 Norfolk & Western R R ...........................• - - 482 Virginia Debt, Failure of the Conference.. 730 Fisheries Dispute With Great Britain....... 161 Northern Pacific’s H alf-Yearly Income, &o. 162 Foreign Exchange and Monthly Trade Northern Pacific Operations, Nine Months. 540 W a r Rumors (European) Effect on Markets 458 W ar Scare in Belgium ....................... 16o Movement................. -•-•---••---2 5 6 , 380 '9 Foreign Exchange Market and the Under Oats, Production of in the U. S. in 1886... 71 W ealth of Massachusetts.. . . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . Wheat, Production of, m the U . S. in 1886. 71 valuation of Imports............................... 356 Wheat, Collapse of the C om er.................... 792 Foreign Trade of 1886, Features of........... 136 Pacific Railroad D eb t............................. 101 Wheat, Exports from India................ 7 »* France, Situation in -T h e N ew Ministry... 6 c5 Pacifio Railroads and the Pow er of the » President to Purchase Bonds.................... 324 Wheat, Winter, Condition in U . S...... .601, 729 G eorgia Central RR., Election.......... 33 W orld’s Gold and Silver Production Since Parliam entary Failures...................... 261 104 Germany, Bismarck’s Speech and the 1851. 381> 537, 667 European Outlook............... 73 Pennsylvania R R .. 1 » , Janna y—June, 1887 1 JS U E X . ni Foi’eigfn Correspondences Financial, Commercial, Railroads, &c. [A n n u a l reports are indexed i n black-faced fig u re s.] A. P age . PAGE, PAGE. Cincinnati Wash. & Balt R R .........90, 494, 7 8 0 Duluth & Iron Range R R ........................... 653 Agricultural Products in 1886.................... 39 City Bonds, Description of (bi-monthly). Duluth South Shore & Atl. R R ....2 7 5 ,713, 751 Allegheny Valle? R R ........................... 21, 712 See I nvestor ’ s Supplement . American B ell Telephone Co...... .............. 4 3 3 City Bonds, Prices of (monthly). Nee Stocks Eastern (Mass.) R R .................... 149,184, 275 American Coal Co...................................... 2 7 4 and Bonds, General Quotations. East Tennessee Virginia * Georgia R R .... Arkansas State Finances............................. 420 Cleve.'Akron A.Columbus R y ___ 275, 369, 4 3 3 319, 149, 184, 211, 343, 494. 620, 621, Atchison Top. & S. F. R R..2J, 59,148,245, Cleveland * canton R R ___ 1 1 7 ,1 2 0 ,2 1 1 , 750, 751 362, 400,466,551, 5 8 3 ,5 8 5 , 586,627 275, 400,433, 550, 621, 681, 751 E ast & West Railroad of A labam a............ 621 Atlantio & Northwestern R R ...... .............. 652 Cleveland Col. Cin. & End. R R ..2 1 .5 9 ,184, Elizabeth, (N. J.) D eb t....................... ........ 211 Atlantic & Pacific R R ............ 21,143, 544, 751 308, 3 6 8 , 526, 620, 621, 750, 751 Elizabethtown Lex. & B ig Sandy R R ......... 343 Cleveland Lorain & Wheeling R R .............. 653 England. Bank of. See Bank. B. Baltim ore & H arrisburg R R ....................... 812 Cleveland & Mahoning Valley R R .............. 653 English Correspondence and Cable Reports ( weekly). See Monetary and Commercial Baltimore & Ohio R R . . ; . . . . 89, 343, 400, 433 Coin and Bullion, Prices in N ew Y ork (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. Prices English News. Bankers’ Gazette (w eekly).. 12, 54,84,112, in London. See Monetary and Commer Equitable Gas Light Co...............................204 144, 174, 205, 236, 267, 297, 336, 363, cial News. Evansville (Tnd.) Finances...... .......... . 335 393, 422, 460, 486, 519, 545, 573, 613, 647, 674, 702, 745, 775, 802 Colorado Central Consolidated Mining Co. 1 1 7 E xchange at and on London ( weekly). See Monetary and Commercial English News. Bank of England, Rateof Int., 1880to 1886 139 Colorado Coal * Iron R R . . . . . . . ................. 4 0 0 Colorado Midland R R ................................. 808 Exchange Market and Prices (weekly). See Bank of England Statements (weekly). See Columbus * Cincinnati Midland R R ........... 49o Bankers’ Gazette. Monetary and Commercial English News. Bank Reserves, Act Changing Regulation. 345 Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Co........ Exohange Market and Prices in 1886..40, 43 Bank Returns of N ew York City in 1886.. 40 275, 276,278, 553 Exchange, Sterling, D aily Prioes of (month Columbus Hooking V alley & Toledo R R ... ly). See Financial Review. Bank Statements N ew York, Boston and 90,117,148, 211, 4 0 0 ,4 9 3 Exports of Great Britain. See British Board Philadelphia (weekly)). See Bankers’ Commercial Epitome (weekly). See Com of Trade Returns, Gazette. mercial TimesBank Stocks in N ew York (table and prices). Exports and Imports of Leading Articles See N ew York Local Securities. Commeroial and Miscellaneous N ew s at N ew York. See Commercial Times. (weekly) ....9 , 52, 82,110,140,.171, 204, Bank Stocks, Pi ices of, in all leading Cities. Exports and Imports of Speoie and M er 234. 296, 334, 361, 391, 420, 457, 485, Nee Stocks and Bonds, General Quotations chandise at N ew York, Value of (weekly) of (monthly). 518, 543, 571,611, 64«, 672, 700, 743, See Commercial and Miscellaneous News. 774, 801 Exports and Imports of the United States. Banks, National, Abstracts from Reports to See United States. the Comptroller of the Currency ....21 2, 492 Commercial Times (w eekly)___ 23, 61, 92, Banks, National, Organized (weekly). See 122,151,186, 217, 247, 279, 317, 345, F. 371,403, 440, 467, 500, 528, 553, 591, Commercial and Miscellaneous News. Failures. See Mercantile Failures. Beech Creek R R ............................. . 362, 459 628, 659, €82, 718, 755, 783, 813 Financial R eview (monthly). See in Edi torial Articles. Conoord R R .................................................6 5 2 Belt Railway of Chicago............ : ............. 7 8 0 Connecticut Central R R .... ................. 275,713 Fitchburg R R ......... ............ 59,119, 148, Bonds, Prices of A ll Classes (monthly). See Connecticut & Passumpsio R R ................... 400 Stocks and Bonds, General Quotations. 421,434, 494, 544, 681 Connecticut State Bonds............................. 808 Flint A P e re Marquette R R . 117, 434,526, 5 5 0 Bonds, Prices of (weekly). Nee Bankers’ Consolidation Coal Co..................................2 1 0 Florida R ailw ay & Navigation Co...... 494, 808 Gazette. Consuls—D aily Prices of in London. See Flour. See Breadstuff's. Bonds. See Titles—United States, State, Monetary and Commercial English New s City, Municipal and Railroad Bonds. Foreign Commerce of U. S. in 1886 ........... 39 (weekly). Financial Review (monthly). Bonds. United States, held to secure depos Foreign Correspondence on markets (week its and Circulation. Nee U. S. Bonds. ly ). See Monetary and Commercial E n g Corn’Meal, } See Breadstuff*. lish New s. Bonds, Unlisted. See Bankers’ Gazette. Boston & Albany R R ............................212, 586 Cotton— See also the title ‘ 'Cotton” in Edi Foreign Exchange. See Exchange. torial Articles. Boston Concord & Montreal R R ................. 525 Fort Worth & Denver City R R ...... 90,184, 525 Boston Hartford & Erie R R ............... . Do Aoieage, Stand and condition in 211, 308, 392, 400, 434, 499, 526, 551, Boston Hoosac Tunnel & Western R R ...... 1887........................ : . ........ ....... 736 681, 808 Fort Worth & Western R R ......... ......... 117 212, 620, 681, 682 Do Agricultural Bureau’s R eports.... B o sto n * Lowell R R .59, 369,458, 544,751. 807 221, 632, 759 Freights. Ocean, Market for (weekly). See Boston & Maine R R . .184, 369, 453, 544, 807 Commercial Epitome. Do Amount of Crop in sight (weekly) Breadstuff's, Exports of, from the U. S.192, 789 Do Charleston and Savannah Re Fremont Missouri Valley & Elkhorn R R 21 Breads uffs, Imports and Exports of Great ceipts, Error in.......................... 374 6 Galveston H arrisburg & San Antonio R R 7 5 0 Britain, Liverpool Prices and Statistlos Do Clearances from U. 8. Ports (week (weekly). See Monetary and Commercial Galveston Houston & Henderson R R ....... 4 0 0 ly) English News. Gas Stocks. See N. Y . Local Securities Do Consumption and Overland Move (weekly) and General Quotations (month Breaastuffs Market and Statistics (weekly). ment—December, 50; January, See Commercial Times. 166; February, 292; March, 454; ly). British Board of Trade Returns (monthly). General Quotations of Stocks and Bonds April, 566; M a y .......................722 (monthly). See Stocks and Bonds. 109, 265, &90, 517, 645, 800 Do C ol sumption in Europe.. 137, 22), British Imports and Exports of Gold and 349, 531, 632, 787 Georgia Pacific R R .......................................499 Silver (monthly). 110, 265, 391,517,645, 800 Gold Exports and Imports at N ew Y ork Do Crop in Texas-----686 Broadw ay (N. Y.) R R .................................. 83 (weekly). See Commercial and Miscel Do Crop Report of the MefthpLi's Dis laneous News. Brooklyn Elevated R R .........................212, 654 tric t................. 632 Grain. See Breadstuff's. Brooklyn Fiatbush & Coney Island RR.83, 681 Do East India Crop ..125, 189, 250, Buff. N , Y , & Phila. R R ..8 9 , 184, 210, 276, Grand Rapids & Indiana R R ....... 22,184, 374, 406, 443, 470, 503, 532, 433, 550, 551, 652, 654, 681, 781, £07 235, 300,434, 550, 712 557, ot)5, 632,722, 761, 817 Great Britain. See British. Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg R R ___ 212, D o Egyptian, Alexandria Report by Great Britain in 1886............. 137 392, 402, 620, 654, 781 cable (weekly) Bullion. See Gold and Silver. D o Egyptian Crop..........................595, 760 Greenbacks. See U. 8 . Legal Tenders. Burlington C. R. & North R R . . 90,184,494, 6 1 9 G ulf Colorado & Sante F e R R ..2 1 ,204,495, Do Height of -clivers (weekly) 526, 551. 553, 751 Do India Shipments (weekly by cable) C. Do Interior Towns Movement.............. 503 Gunny Bags (weekly). See Cotton Report. Cairo Vincennes < Chicago R R ...... ......... 494 fe H. D 0 Interior Towns Movement ( weekly) . California Central R R ................................ 585 H a rtfo rd & Connecticut V alley R R ...........631 I)o Liverpool Market (weekly) I j California Southern R R ...... 466, 550, 712, 751 Hartford & Connecticut Western R R ........ 308 Do Manchester Markets (weekly, by ^ Camden & Atlantio R R ............... ......4 9 4 , 550 Hoosac Tunnel R R ......................... 59 cable) II ' Cameron Iron & Coal Co............ 117, 149, 184 Do Manufactures, Exports of................ 683 Housatonic V alley R R ................................ 185 Canada Southern R R ................................... 21 59 Houston City D ebt..................................... Do Market and Statistics (weekly), Canadian Bank Returns. See Banks. Houston East & West Texas R R ................. 244 Nee Commercial Times Canadian Pacific R R ___ 59, 184, 308, 343, Houston & Texas Central R R ........22,184, Do National Exchange Report on 433, 525, 585, 620, 6 5 2 , 6 5 5 , 712 526, 653, 681,712, 751 787 Acreage and Condition........ . 1 Canal and Miscellaneous Stock and Bond Do N ew York E x c h a n g e .............. 722,759 Huntingdon & Broad Top R R ...................... 184 List. See I n v e s t o r s ’ S u p p l e m e n t (biDo Overland Cotton, Spinners’ Tak X monthly). I. ings. See Editorial Articles. v Central Io w a R R ......... 117, 211, 551, 653, 712 Illinois Central R R ....1 1 8 ,149, 244, 275, Do Port Receipts and D aily Crop r Central Pacific R R ........59, 400 ,4 59,553 ,7 81 3 0 7 « 3 1 0 , 343,494, 526, 653, 808 Movement (weekly). Central RR. of Georgia_5 9 ,1 8 1,653,68 1 Illinois Midland R R ..................................... 184 Do Quotations for Middling at Other Central RR. of N ew Jersey...21, 275, 362, Imports and Exports of Great Britain. See Markets (weekly) 466, 525,544, 620, 712, 714, 781, 808 British Board of Trade Returns. Do Receipts from Plantations(weekly) r Central & South American Telegraph____ 2 7 5 4 Im ports and Exports of Lead ng Artioles Do South Carolina Report........*............ 632 Central Vermont R R ................................... 433 at N ew York. See Commercial Times. Do Visible 8upply (weekly). . Chartiers Valley Gas Co......................552, 533 Imports and Exports of Speoie and Mer Do Weather Record for December, 0 Chattaroi R R ........................ ..................... 343 chandise at N ew York, Value of (weekly). January, February and M aicb, ^ Chesapeake & Nashville R R ......................... 335 See Commercial and Miscellaneous News. 504; April and M ay.................... 759 Imports and Exports of the United States. Chesapeake & Ohio R R ..9 1 ,4 6 5 , 551,750, Do W eather Reports by Telegraph See United States. 781. 808 (weekly). Ches. Ohio & Southwestern R R ......... 204, 7 5 0 Indiana Bloom. & West R R ...9 0 ,184, 211, 434 D. C h i c a g o & Alton R R .............................275, 3 0 7 Indianapolis Decatur & Springfield R R ... Ü Chicago & Atlantic R R ..2 1 ,173, 343, 369, 494 D akota W ater Pow er Co............................... 449 211,362, 682 „ Chicago Burlington & Northern R R . . . ___ 525 Dayton Ft. W ayne & Chicago R R .............. 807 Insurance Stocks, Prioes in Leading Cities. B Chicago Burlington & Quincy R R ........59, See General Quotations of Stocks and Dayton & Iron ton R R ............... 406 Bonds (monthly). « 90,211,343, 4 3 2 . 466, 518,¿585, 750 Dayton & Michigan R R ............................... 751 * Chicago & Eastern Illinois R R ...4 3 3 , 458, 553 Debt Statement (monthly). See U. 8. Debt. Insurance Stock Table and Prices in N ew M Chicago & Grand Trunk R R ...................... 400 Delaware & Bound Brook R R ................... 211 York. See N ew York Local Securities. n Chicago & Indiana Coal R R ............... 458, 495 D elaw are & Hud. Canal Co. 184, 212, 2 4 3 , 335 International & Great Northern R R ......... 4 0 0 ■ Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R R ___ 117, 4 Inter-State Commerce Bill, Full Text o f___ 214 Delaware Lackawanna & Western R R ___ i 149, 275, 343, 392, 399 ,5 26, 681, 712, 751 Inter-State.Commeree Commission.............. 421 149,212, 2 73, 654 C hicago * Northwestern R R ..21,308, 621, 713 Denver Circle R R ....................................... 184 Investments, Bi-monthly Article in I nvest Chicago Rook Island & Pacific R R ...... 91, ors’ Supplement . D e n v e r * Rio Grande R R ..2 1 .59,117,211, J 335, 495, 526, 7 1 2 , 713, 752 244, 466, 585, 586, 6 5 2 , 653. 750, 808 Investments and Railroad Intelligence Chicago St Louis & Pittsburg R R ___ 369 , (w eekly)..21, 58, 89,117, 148,184, 210, D enver & Rio Grande Western R R .___ 59, 433, 525 , 525, 526, 652, 653 243, 273. 307, 342, 368, 399, 432, 465, 91, 211, 466, 620 Chicago St. Paul & Kansas City R R ........... 627 493, 525, 583, 619, 652, 680, 712, D enver South Park & Pac. RR. ...586,627, 653 Chicago St. Paul Minn. & O. R R ........ 184, 493 Des Moines & Fort Dodge R R ___117, 308, 750, 780, 807 Chioago Santa Fe & California R R ............ 148 I nvestors’ Supplement (published the last 494, 525, 681, 751, 808 Cnioago & Western Indiana R R ......... 751, 7 8 0 Saturday of every other month) w ill be Des Moines Osceola & Southern R R ___ 10, 308 Chicago & West Michigan R R .................. 5 25 found in this volume at the end of Mareh Detroit Bay City & Alpena R R . . .335, 343, Cincinnati & Eastern R R ............................ 59 and May respectively. . 525, 553, 621, 681 Cincinnati Ham . & Dayton R R ...... 59, 90, Iow a Falls & Sioux City R R ....................... 439 Detroit Lansing & Northern R R ........5 8 5 , 713 148, 211, 439, 526, 713, 751, 807 Dividends declared (weekly). See Bankers’ Iron & Steel Exports from Great Britain, Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louis & Chi 1873 to 1886............................................ 138 Gazette. cago R R .59, 90, 244, 275, 343, 494, 712, 808 D ry Goods Market and Statistics (weekly). J. Cin. Jackson & M ackinaw R R . . . ........ 343, See Commercial Times. Jacksonville Tampa & Key West R R ........631 , 585,808, 812 Dubuque & Dakota R R ............... .............. 526 James R iver V alley R R ..... ........................ 90 Cincinnati N. O. & Texas Pacific R R ....2 1 , 2 4 * Dubuque & Sioux City R R ...2 1 , 235, 362, Jersey Central Improvement Co___ . . . . . . . . 244 Cincinnati Sandusky & Cleveland R R ...... 90 Joliet Aurora & Northern R R ...................... 369 . V J4 -Z O 0 133,653 WJ IM ) KX IT Page. K. K a n sas Central R R .'........................... 494 Kansas City .Fort Scott & G ulf R R ....1 8 4 ,4 3 2 Kansas City Memphis & Birmingham R R .. 275 "Kansas City Spring. & Mempbi* R R..24P, 585 Kentucky Central R R ..2 1 1 ,369, 551, 653, 750 Keokuk A Western R R ........................... 808 Kings County Elevated R R . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 421 Kingston A Pembroke R R ...........392, 401, 402 Kingston & Pembroke Iron Mining Co. 458, 682 “Knowlton” Agreement............................... 525 1«. L a k e Erie A Western R R ........2 2 ,9 0 ,11», 211, 401, 527, 553, 808 Lake Ontario R R ......................................... 83 Lake Shore < Michigan Southern RR. .22, & 276, 401, 5 8 3 , 714 Lehigh Coal A Navigation C o..................... 2 7 4 Lehigh Valley R R ........................................ 1 1 7 Lehigh A Wiikesbarre Coal Co................... 2 7 4 Little Rock A Fort Smith R R..275, 30?, 434,495, 551,5 8 5 Little Rock Miss. R iver A Tex. R R ....2 2 , 59, 185 Liverpool & London Markets (weekly). See Monetary and Commer« ial English News. Long Island R R ............ .............- .......212, 586 Louisiana Western R R ........................ 369, 6 2 0 Louisville & Nashville R R — 59, 185. 308, 434, 468, 585. 586. 712, 713, 751 Louisville N ew Albany & Chicago R R ...... 59, 90, 3 4 2 , 40), 553, 5 8 4 , 621, 713 Louis vi le N ew Orleans A Texas R R ...... 60, 185, 308, 434, 585, 712 Louisville St. Louis A Texas R R ......... 527, 713 Lykens Valley R R . . . .......... 185 Manchester & Lawrence R R ...................... 807 Manhattan Elev. R R .. .173, 244, 621, 652, 654 Manufactures, Mining, &c., in 1886........... 39 Mariposa R R ............................... 713 Marquette Houghton A Ontonagon R R . . .. 681 | arshall Consol. Mining Co.........................553 M Memphis Arkansas & Texas R R .................. 434 1 Memphis A Charleston R R . . .22,149, 300, 434, 580,551,71?, 713 Memphis & Little Rock R R . . 149, 185, 495, 681 IMercantile Failures in U. S. and Canada, 1881 to 1886..................................... 38, 42 IMerchandise, Stocks of, in N ew York (monthly)......... ..61,186, 317, 467, 591, 718 ¡Mexican Central R R ....2 2 , 149, 211, 246, 275, 808, 343, 466, 585, 6 1 9 , 6 2 5 , 681, 712 Mexican National R R ......... 275, 369, 401, 681 Mexican Telegraph Co................................. 2 7 5 Michigan Central R R ..................... 22,583 ¡Michigan A Ohio R R ........................... 118, 343 ¡Milwaukee Lake Shore A Western R R ...... 90, 275, 308, 343, 3 9 9 , 553, 585 ¡Milwaukee & Northern RR.244, 276, 781, 80S Minneapolis A Pacific R R ...........204, 211, 213 ¡Minneapolis & St. Louis R R ........495, 620, 750 Minnesota A Northwestern R R ...........204, 526 Mississippi A Tennessee R R .........................H P Missouri K. A T . R R . . . . 80, 211,276. 4 0 0 , ¡Missouri Pacifio System............ 3 6 8 , 370,3. Missouri Paolfic R R ........... 343, 3 6 9 , 621, P Mobile & Birmingham R R .................. 681, ? P Monetary and Commercial English News 1 and M arket Prices by Cable ( w eekly). . . . 8, 80, 108, 140,170, 202, 233, 265, 296, 832, 360. 389, 418, 456, 483,516,542, 569, 610, 644, 671, 698, 742, 772, 799 Money Market (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. Money Market In London and Continental Cities (weekly). See Monetary and Com mercial English News. Money Market Rates, weekly, In 1886...... 40 Montpelier A. Wells River R R ..................... 717 Morgan’s Loùislana A Texas R R ................434 N* Nash. C. A St. L. R R ...........118, 244, 370, 495, 525, 652, 653, 781 National Banks. See Banks. Naugatuck R R ........ .......................... 681 Nevada Central R R ..................................... 781 N ew Central Coal Co. of M aryland............ 2 7 4 N ew Jersey Junction R R ..................... 276, 78 L N e w Jersey & N ew Y ork R R ..................... 621 N ew p. N ew s & Miss. V alley RR..90, 344, 466, 7 8 0 N e w York Car Trust................................... 90 N e w Y ork Central A Hudson R iver R R ___ 22, 58, 212,370, 621 N . Y . Chicago & St. Louis R R .....60, u s , 211,212, 244, 276, 308,335, 344, 466, 495, 527, 621, 811 N . Y . City Bank Statement (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. N . Y . City Debt, «fee..................................... 204 N . Y . City Exports and Imports (weekly) See Commercial and Miscellaneous News. N . Y . City Foreign Trade (m onthly)..H O , 235, 362, 572, 673, 801 N. Y . City A Northern R R ............ 90, 211, 235. 370, 499, 586, 752 N . Y . L. E. & West. (Erie) RR.22, 90,149, 212,308,369,401,466, 550, 551, 621, 681 ; N . Y . Local Securities . . . . ___ 87,115, 240, 271, 340, 397, 490, 523, 617, 678 N ew Y ork A N ew England R R ___ 22,149, 185, 276, 308, 344, 550, 551, 6S2 N ew York N ew Haven & Hartford RR. 58, 212, 495, 586, 653, 681, 782 N ew Y ork Ontario A Western RR..212, 276 308, 434, 550, 551, 654, 712, 713 ; N ew York Pennsylvania A Ohio R R ..3 4 2 , 370 |N ew York A perry Coal A Iron Co...... 277, 744 N ew York State, Railroads Operated in 1 (quartei ly reports)....................212, 244, 276, 621, 654, 682, 714 N ew York Stook Exchange— New Securi ties...........22, 60, 90,118, 149, 185, 204, 276, 308, 335, 392, 459, 495, 553, 621, 681, 751, 808 N ew York Susquehanna & Western R R ___ 22,149, 335, 525, 6 1 9 , 752 N e w York & Texas Land Co................. 527 Jan is ry— June, 1887 P age . N. Y . Woodhaven & Roekaway R R ..434, 713 Norfolk & Western R R 22,149, 212, 309, 335, 401, 434, 453. 4 9 3 , 4 9 6 , 550, 586, 654, 712, 751 North Carolina State Finances.................... 744 Northern Central R R ...8 3 ,149, 2 7 3 , 276, 401,550, 712, 732 Northern (N. H ) R R .................. 370, 541, 7 1 2 Northern Pacific R R ........60, 9 0 , 149,185, 212, 309,434, 550, 551, 700, 712, 713, 752, 782, 808 Northern R R. of N e w Jersey........................118 O. Oats Market (weekly.) See Breadstuff*. Ogdensburg & Lake Champ R R . 212,714, 808 Ohio A Miss. R R ............60, 185, 309, 466, 527, 551, 712 Ohio Je Northwestern R R . . . . ..................... 421 Ohio R iver R R ..................................... 434, 495 Ohio Valley R R ........................................... 586 Omaha Division R R ............... ............. 713, 809 Omaha & St. Louis R R ................ 808, 809, 812 Ontario Silver Mining Co.................... £09, 810 Orange Belt (Fla.) R R . . . ......................... 244 Oregon & California H R .............. 113, 370, 654 Oregon Improvement Co...... 91, 212, 466. 620, 621, 654, 750, 752. 809 Oregon Pacifio R R ............... 752 Oregon R ailw ay & Navigation C o ..60, 91, 204, 212, 276, 309, 392, 401, 434, 466, 550, 551, 621, 750, 752 Oregon Short Line R R ................. 149,185, 309 Oregon & Trans-Continental C o...................118 P. Pacific Mail Steamship Co.................212, 6 S 0 Pacific Railroad D eb ts..................................118 Pacifio Railroads...... '....................................782 Pacific Railroads, Bonds Issued to. See United States Debt Statement (monthly). Pacific RR. Investigation, Joiut Resolu tion Authorizing...................................... 345 Panam a R R . . ; ......... ......................... 212, 4 6 5 Pennsylvania R R .... 149, 276, 307 . 312, 401,466, 550, 551, 621, 681, 809 Penn. Slatingtou & N ew Eng. R R ......495, 527 Peoria Decatur A Evansville R R ........149, 212, 276, 309, 3 42, 552, 55 3 Ferkiomen R R .............................................. 335 Philadelphia Bank Statement and Prices of Stocks and Bonds (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. Philadelphia Company (N atural G a s )..........744 Philadelphia A Reading R R ___22, 60, 89, 9 !, 185, 212, 244, 2 7 3 , 276, 309, 344, 401,434, 459, 466, 527, 544 , 551, 585, 586,700, 712, 714, 752, 782, 8C9 Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltim oie RR. 185 Pittsburg Cincinnati & St. Louis R R ....... 3 4 2 Pittsburg Junction R R ............................. 118 Pittsburg A Lake Erie R R ....................91, 544 Pittsburg & Western R R . . .. ........ 370, 544, 752 Poitland A Ogdensburg R R ....................... 119 Poughkeepsie Bridge and Connections...... 782 Public Debt. Sec United States Debt /I M uauacio bti Gazette. Railroad N et Earnings .525,550, 585, 620, 652. 681, 712, 750, 781, 807 Railroad and Miscellaneous Stocks, Prices of in 18‘ 6 ............... .................... 48, 49, 50 Railroad Stock and Bond Lis * See I n v e s t o r s ’ S u p p l e m e n t (bi-monthly) Railroad Stocks. See Stocks. Railroad Stocks and Bonds. Prices of. See Bankers’ Gazette (weekly). See Stocks and Bonds. General Quotations (month ly). Railroads, Inter-State Com m erceBill........214 Railroar s Operated Vi ithin N e w York State (Quarterly Report ) ..212, 244, 276. 536, 621, 654, 682, 714 Retrospect of 1 8 8 6 ................................. 38 Rich. & Alleghany B R . . 58,119, 370, 435, 495 Riohmond & Danville R R ........... 185, 335, 435 Richmond A Danville Extension Co......... 654 Richmond & West Point Terminal Co.. 91, 119, 149, 204, 212, 309, 343, 401, 435, 459, 621, 752 Rochester A Pittsburg R R ............................ 309 Rome A Deoatur R R ............................276, 277 Rome Watertown & Ogaensburg R R ..91, 119, 244, 3 4 2 , 654, 750, 752 S. St. Joseph & Grand Island R R ..23, 63, 185, 300, 466, 527, 585, 712 St. Joseph & St. Louis R R .......................... 149 St. Louis Alton A Terre Haute R R .... 550 , 752 St. Louis Arkansas & Texas R R . 91, 149 459, 654, 681, 808 S t Louis City Bonds................................... 586 S t Louis & Chicago R R ....................... 185, 527 S t Louis Fort Scott & Wichita R R .; 1* 9 , 4 0 0 , 527, 714 St. Louis I. Mount’n & So. R R .. .212, 399 , 808 St. Louis K. C. & North, R R ....... 370, 713, 809 St. Louis Kansas & Southwestern R R ........204 S t Louis Keokuk * Northwestern R R ...... 782 S t Louis Ottumwa & Cedar Rapids R R .... 782 S t Louis & San Francisco R R ..435 , 459, 466, 551, 612, 61 9 , 62 2 , 654 St. Louis & Southern R R ........................... 621 St. Louis Vandalia & T . H . R R ..9 1 , 148 , 714 St. Louis A Western R R .......................... 752 8t. Paul & Duluth R R . 308,621, 682, 714 717, 753, 809 St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba R R . . 204, 309, 370, 402, 631 8t. P au l & Northern Pacifio R R ................. 90 San Antonio & Aransas Pass RR.495, 751, 809 Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Co......................... 752 Savannah Dublin A Western R R ............... 276 Savannah Florida A Western R R .............. 344 Schuylkill Navigation Co.. 150, 2 1 0 , 370, 392, 752, 782, 809 P age . Shenandoah Valley R R ..23,150, 309, 495, 585, 6 8 0 , 712, 782 Shenango & Allegheny R R ............... 150, 527 Silver Bullion Certificates..................744, 751 Silver and Gold Coins, Prices of, in N ew York. See Bankers’ Gazette, Prices in London. See Monetary and Commercial English News. Silver and Gold Exports and Imports at N ew York (weekly). See Commercial and Miscellaneous News. Exports and Im ports of the United States. See United States Exports and Imports. Silver, Prices of in London (monthly) in 1886, 1885 and 1884............................... 138 South Carolina R ailw ay.............................. 8 0 7 Southern ( ’entrai (N. Y .) R R ....................... 23 Southern Kansas & Texas R R .................... 212 Southern Pacifio C o....204, 344, 370, 435, 527, 654, 782 Southern Telegraph Co............................... 185 23 South Pennsylvania R R ........ . Specie. See Gold and Silver. State Bond*, Description of. Set invest ors’ Supplement (bt-moathly). State Bonds, Market Prices, Ac. See Bank ers’ Gazette (weekly). See Stocks and Bonds. General Quotations (monthly). State Bonds, Prices in l t 8 s ....... ......... 43 Staten Island Ray id Transit R R . . . , ............. 495 Sterling Exchange. See Exchange. Stook and Bond Market and prices (weekly) See Baukers’ Gazette. Stock and Bond l'ables. See I nvestors’ Supplement (bi-monthly). Stock Exchange—New Securities Listed... 22, 60, 90, 118,149, 185, 204, 276, 308, 335,392, 459. 495, 553, 621,681, 751, 808 Stocks and Bonds, General Quotations for all Classes (m onthly)..___ .16, 178,301, 426, 577, 706 Stocks and Bonds, Market and Prices Dur ing 1886............................... 40, 41, 43 to 50 Stocks of Leading Articles of Merchandise in N. Y . (monthly). See Merchandise. Stocks, Range in Prices of (monthly). See Financial Review of Month. Sub-Treasury, N ew York, D aily Transact ions at (weekly). See Bankers’s Gazette or Commercial and Miscellaneous News. Sugar. See Commercial Epitome. Summit Branoh R R ........ ......................... 185 Susquehanna Canal . . ..................... 809 8utro T u n n e l....................................... 91 T. Tennessee Coal Iron A RR. C o ... 91, 204, 235, 245, 401, 499, 809 Tennessee Midland R R ................................. 700 Terre Haute A Indianan« lis R R ......... 714, 751 Terre Haute A Peoria R R ............................ 495 Texas Central R R ........................................ 495 Texas & N ew Orleans R R .................. 370. 6 2 0 Texas A Pacifio R R ___ 119, 150, 276, 309, 495, 553, 782 Toledo Ann Arbor A North Michigan RR. 401, 527. 5 8 4 Toledo Cincinnati A St. Louis R R .___ .459, 782 Toledo Cinn. A Southern R R ....................... 809 Toledo A Ohio Ceu. R R ..9 1 .2 1 0 , 341,466, 682 Toledo Peoria A Western R R .............. 309, 435 Toledo St. Louis A Kansas City R R ___499, 714,752, 754, 809 Tonawanda Valley A Cuba R R ................... 235 Treasury. See United States Treasury. Troy A Boston R R ...........59, 91,119, 309, 421, 527, 544, 551 U. Union Pacific R R ............ 23,60,149, 212, 344, 4 3 2 , 435, 4 3 6 , 585, 586, 621, 712 United States Bonds Called in ...... 10,141, 276, 392, 673 United States Bonds H eld to Secure De posits and Circulation (m onthly)...... 82, 172, 334, 457, 571, 700 United States Bonds, Prices and R eview of in 1886.................. 40, 42 United States D ebt Statement (m onthly).. 51,169, 295, 455, 568, 697 United States Government R evenu e.... 82, 172, 334, 457, 571, 700 United States Imports and Exports of M er chandise, Gold and Silver....7 ,1 4 0 , 331, 389, 541, 670 United States Legal Tenders (Greenbacks) and National Bank Currency, Movements of, Comptroller’s Statement (m <ntbly).. 82,172, 334, 457. 571, 700 United States Mints, Coinage by (monthly) 82,172,334.457. 611, 700 United States Securities,Markets and Prices (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. D aily Prices of at London (weekly). See M< netary and Commercial English News. D aily Prices of in N ew Y ork and London (monthly). See Financial R eview of Month. United States Treasury, Detailed Condi tion of Assets, Ac. (monthly) . . 52,169, 295, 456, 569, 693 Utica A Black R iver R R ............................. 276 V. V a lle y (Ohio) R R ........................................ 527 Vicksburg A Meridian R R . . . ............ 586, 6 8 0 Virginia Midland R R .......................... 204, 681 Virginia State Debt, A c ...... 495, 527, 572, 627 W . W a b a s h R R ............. 717 W abash St. Louis A Pacific R R ...... 10, 60, 119,173,185, 212, 235,309, 344, 401, 435, 621, 65 i, 682, 714, 782 W abash St. Louis A W esternRR................. 309 W abash A Western R R ........................ 344, 466 West Jersey R R ...... .................. 4 9 4 , 550, 782 Western Union Tel. C o ..___ . 344, 495, 553, 752 Wheat. See Breadstuffs. Wheeling A Lake brie R R ....118,149, 553 Wool, Sales of Colonial in lx>ndon. See Monetary and Commercial English News. Worcester A Nashua R R ............................... 91 Wisconsin Central R R ................682, 807 , 8t>9
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