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. PROVIDENCE, ' ' X& - - R. I. ;> îC THE / 9 / COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL A N D H U N T ’ S MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, %tjpxt&zutluQVixz Jutostfial attd (iïommwtinl'guUx&sts of tho WCuiUd states VOLUM E J A N U A R Y f T O J U N E , X L V I, 1 3 8 8 , I N C L U S I V E . % M 2. 9 \i5 .■; 9 9 9 F*®' c, NEW YO R K : WILLIAM B. DANA & 00., 102 WILLIAM STREET. ‘ 1888/ In 5 INDEX TO THE FORTY-SI XTH VOLUME, Embracing the Numbers from January I to June 30, 1888. Editorial and Communicated Articles. P age . P age . PAGE Northern Paciflo Leases Oregon Railway & Agricultural Products In 1 8 8 7 ....... ® Ellison’s Cotton Supply and Consumption, Navigation.................................... . -....... -• 87 1 8 8 7 ................................................ - — ■--- 147 Anthracite Coal P ro d u ctio n ».». 122,211, ^ English and American Railway InvestNorthern Pacific, Opening of the Cascade Tunnel. ............................................. “ 53 ments............................................. . Atchison Topeka* Santa F e R R » » ............ 595 Northwest, Development in ............ 214 Atchison Top. & S F. Engineers’ Return. . . . 365 Exchange, Market and Prices Weekly in 11 Northwest, Situation, and the Chicago Rock 1887 ........................ Baltimore & Ohio Loan.......... .........-......... 630 Export Rates by Railroads......................... 592 Isla n d * Paciflo R R .................................... 752 Bank Currency, Canadian, and our ten per 300 Failures, Mercantile, for 1887............ 4 Oregon Railway & Navigation leased by cent tax. Northern Pacific............... 87 Failures of Speculative B anks.................... 184 Bank Director^ Liability o f . .. ....... 184 Bank of England, Continued Loss of Gold. 522 Farm Labor, Wages o f.......................------- 786 Pennsylvania RR. Annual Report— .. ... 301 ........ 153,274,5 0, 695 Financial Review........ Bank, German Imperial. ............... 433 P ennsylvaniaR R -.il8, 269. 396, 523, 663 813 Bank Note Circulation in the U. S ...... ....... £ 3 1 Financial Situation. See first article each Philadelphia & Reading R R ....................... 464 Bank Note Fund—Direction to Invest.. . . . . 271 week. . . Philadelphia & Reading Loan Placed..662, 718 Bank Returns of New York City in 1887. - . 9 ,1 0 Fishery Treaty, an Agreement Reached.. 211 Philadelphia & Reading Reorganization... 665 Fisheries Treaty and Settlement ............... 240 Phila. & Reading RR , Strike of Miners . . . Banks, Depositary, Amount and Risks of 3 Deposits m . . . . ....................... 3. 56,117,144 Flax Culture in the U. S. (Book Notice.) . 697 Plumb (Senator) Amendment to Bond Pur Banks (Depositary) and Treasury Surplus, 269 Foreign Commerce of United States in chase Bill............... ......................... - ........... 398 Banks,National, Condition and Growth.429, 782 1887............................. ............................ -• 10 Private Ownership of Rolling Stock.......... 271 Banks (N. Y.) Chronicle Statement of CurForeign Trade Movement (monthly), 116, Provisions. Breadstuflfs, Cotton &<\, Ex 268, 364, 522, 662, 812 rency Holdings vs. System of Averages .. 462 ports from U. S......... ..86, 210, 336,630, 750 “ Blizzard” in New York and Suspension Fractional Currency, Act Proposing Unlimited Issue of,. ..................... 366, 555, 590 Queensland’s Gold Productions since 1882. 121 of Business ooo Fractional Currency, Proposed Issue of, Bondholders and Illinois Water Bond De145,366,555, 590 Railroad Affairs, Information on. See In cisions (comm unicated).»......................... 4=9» v e s t o r ’ Supplement , May. Bond Purchase Bill in the H ouse.. . . . . . . . . . 463 France, Collape of Boulangerism............... 785 Railroad Arrangements, New...................... 694 French Chamber of Deputies and General Bond Purchase Bin and Mr. Beck’ s Silver Railroad Building and Treasury Surplus 86 Boulanger.......................... ................. ....... 718 Amendment........................ - ............. 4=30, 463 Railroad Construction and Earnings in U. Bond Purchases and the Surplus........... 554 Galveston Houston & Henderson RR........ 149 S. in 1887.................................. Bonds, United States, Authorizing Pur433 Railroad Construction, N e w ...............461, 751 chase o f ____ ....2 7 0 ,3 6 4 , 398,430, 463, 493 German Imperial Bank........................... Germany—Death of Emperor Frederick . 750 Railroad Dividends. See I nvestors’ Sup Bonds, United States, Investment of Bank of Emperor W illiam ..» 298 plement , January. Note Fund i n . .. . ...........................................271 Germany—Death Germany—Emperor’s Health....................... 492 Railroad Earnings (monthly) 61,187,305, Bonds, U. S., Offerings to and Purclmses of, 466,596, 754 toy Secretary of Treasury. . 522, 631, 062 813 Germany and Russia—Bismarck’s Speech . 182 2 Railroad Intepretation of Short-Haul Gold Currency in the United States........... Bonds, U. S., Purchase of, and the Money Gold Production of Australia Since 1851, 122 Clause........................................... )o Market...... ................................... and Miscellaneous Stocks in 1887. 11 Boycotting and the C. B. & Q. Strike. . . . . . 428 Gold Production of the World since 1851 . 120 Railroad R ilroad Property and State C on trol........ 814 Gold, Silver and Bank Note Circulation in Breadstuff!, Provisions, Cotton and Petrothe United States................... — 631 Railroad Net Earnings. »90 ,2 1 5 ,3 40 , 497, leum Exports from U.S. 86,210,336,630, 750 ooDy 788 Gold Supply (Imports and Exports) in Breadstuflfs’ Receipts at Lake and River . Great Britain.............................................. 87 Railroad Rate Cutting in the West. 145,182, 690 Ports (monthly)— 61,187,305,467,597, 754 Railroad Rates, Difficulty in Maintaining Gold, United States Exports and I m p o r ts ___ Breadstuflfs, Sales at New York in 1887.. 7 of (m onthly.)...116, 268, 364, 522, 662, 812 under Inter-State Law. .............- .............. 460 Railroad Rate War*—Past and Future— 633 Canada Southern R R . ........ 7?5 Government Crop Reports, DiscontinuRailroad Rolling Stock, Private O w n er-___ Canada andU. S. Fishery Treaty Between.. 240 anoe of............- - - ....................... ..• 186 Government Telegraph in Great Britain Canadian Bank Currency and our 10 per ship o f.........................................221 300 and United States............................... » 431 Railroad Through Traffic,Cost of Handling 721 cent Tax Grain Movement at New York.............123, 242 Railroad Traffic, Changes in ....................... 399 Canadian Pacific R.R., Position o f............. 634 Canadian Three Per Cent Loan. ........ . 782 Great Britain in 1887...................................- 151 Railroad Trunk Line Earnings............123, 242 Railroad Trunk Lines, Half-year o n .......... 556 Great Brii ain’s Experience in Telegraph Central R,R. of New Jersey Taken out of 431 Railroads and Employe’s, Duties of, by Ownership.................................... Hands of Receivers. Simon Sterne............................................... 435 C hicago* Alton S ta te m e n t................... 273 Gresham’s (Judge) Decision on Water Chicago Burlington & Quincy Earnings .. 337 B o n d s ...................... ..432,494, 498 Railroads, Export Rates by ....................... 592 Railroads, Limitations of Inter-State A ct.. 784 Chicago Burlington & Quincy Statement.. 241 Chicago Burlington & Q, Strike. .33 /, o65, 428 Half-Holiday Repeal Bill. Veto o f............. 591 Railroads vs. Labor, Rights and Duties— Professor Hadley’s Vi-ws as t o .......397, 435 Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Report....... 401 Half-Year on the Trunk Lines...... .............. 556 Chicago & Northwestern’s Earnings.......... 710 Hewitt (Mayor) and Rapid Transit............ 146 Railroad Trusts and Industrial Struggle .. 240 Chicago & Northwest Splendid Showing. . 184 Illinois Central R R ..................... v ^68 Railroads, Underbilling and How to Prevent i t .......... ............................................ 495 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R.R. and Illinois Central (Iowa Lines) and Mr. Jefthe Situation in the Northwest ............. 752 fery’s Speech Before the Iowa Senate 240 Railway Investments, English and Ameri c a n ...................................................... 465 Chicago St. Paul Minn. & O.’s Late Y ear... 302 Immigration Laws, Proposed Changes in .. 557 Rates, Differential, on Trunk Lines........... 57 Circulation in the U. S. and the Money MarInformation as to Railroad Affairs. See Rates, Reduction iD, by Iowa Railroad ket ................................... ....... .QuU, o o i I nvestors’ Supplement, May. Commission.........................-...................... J50 Circulation in the U. S., 1879 and 1888...« 692 International* Great Northern R R .. . . . . . 149 Rate Wars—Past and Future....................... 633 Clearing House Returns (weekly,first page) International & Great Northern and Mis§ Clearings and Speculation in U. S. in 1887 5 souri Kansas & T ex as......................... . 524 Retrospect of 1887— ............................... Clearings in U. S. (monthly)-. -5, 429, 552, 719 Inter-State Act. Pi actical Limitations o f.. 784 Russia, England and Bulgaria.................... 268 Russia—Proposal for Specie Payments .238, 268 Cleveland Col. Cin. & Ind. Annual Report. 399 Inter-State Commerce and Short-Haul Russian L o a n ............. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 6 6 2 , 690 Coal, Anthracite Production. ^ 122, 211, ^ Clause. ............................. ---- — • 72® Investments in American Railroads by St. Louis & San Francisco R .R .................... 592 Coal, Iron, Wool, &c., and “ Economic Dis Europe..................... - .......................„ ---• 465 Salaries (U. S. Judges, Treasurer, &c ) In58 Iowa turbances” .............................. » . » . . » . . » Railroad Commission Reduces Rates 750 sufficient .................................................... 11® Collateral Trust Mortgages. See I nvest Iron, Coal, Wool, &c., and “ Economic Dis Seaboard Grain Receipts................................242 ors’ Supplement , March. turbances” .......................................—....... Siver Amendment of M" Beck and the 270 Congress and the Bond Purchase L aw .. . . . Iron Consumption, Marvelous................... l i 9 Bond Purchase Bill.».. . ...............430, 463 Congress and the Tariff.. . . . . . . . . . . . ------- 270 Iron Production............................................. 492 Silver Bank Notes Certificates vs. Ha Congress, Deadlock over Direct Tax Bill Jersey City Sinking Fund ............... .......... 815 Silver Circulation in + Broken .................................. -.*«-• Silver Currency in V Co-operation in U. S. (Book N o t ic e ),...... 695 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern RR 553 783 Silver Production r 1851. i. M Cotton Acreage, stand and Condition,1888 722 i ’ thLaws, Immigration, Proposed Changes in . 557 Silver, U. S. Impor t - amlJK Cotton, Breadstuflfs, Provisions, &c., Ex812 l y ) ............ . — 116. ports from U. S........... 86,210, 336, 630, 7o0 Listings on the New York Stock Exchange. 303 Snow Storm in New Yo. Louisville & Nashville RR., Memorial to Cotton Consumption and Overland Move6 Banks and Business....... Directors ........................................................... 4 ment (monthly)............21,149, 307, 434, 558 Penn. R.R. Scheme, R Cotton Consumption toy Southern Mills. » . 341 Louisville & Nash. RR.’s Stock Dividend .. 57 South Southern Cotton Mills and thb. 9 Cotton BeeeipB 754 Manufactures, Mining, &c., in 1887............ tion........................ .................. -Marvelous Iron Consumption...................... 119 Sonthem Pacific Co................. ------. Cotton Supply and Consumption in Europe. 147 Mercantile Failures for 1887— . . . . . . . . » 4 Speculation and Clearings in U. S. in - 8a Crop Reports (Government) Should toe DisMerchandise. U. S. Imports and Exports Steel Productionin the U. S............. . • * 40 ■ continued............................................. - - - • (monthly)........... 116, 268,364,522,662, 8 .2 Stock Dividends, When Proper or Objec Crop Situation............. ........ --........ - 6b2, 701 Mexican Central’s Progress......................... 558 •• 57 ■Currency, Bill for Fractional Paper Issues Central R R .................................... 783 Stock Exchange, New York, Listings o n ... 303 ooo, oyu Michigan Missouri Kansas & Texas RR....................... 148 Stock Exchange, New York, Sales in 1887. 6 Currency, Fractional, Before Senate. 555, 590 Missouri Kansas * Texas and InternaStock Exchange, New York, Statistical De Currency Holdings of N.Y. Banks (Chrontional & Great Northern RR.’s .. . . . . . . . . . 524 partment Proposed............................... . . . . . . . . . icle ) and System of Averages................ 462 Missouri Pacific Report........ ............ 367 Stock Speculation, Dulness in—Its Cause.. 212 Currency in the United States........ ........ 2 Money and the Banks » .......................... » . 238 Strike of Engineers on C. B. & Q. .337, 365, 428 Currency, National Bank Notes and Silver Money Easier, and Why . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Strike on the Atchison Top. & S. F. RR.. . 365 56 Money Market and Circulation in U. S.630, 631 Certificates................ . Strikes—The Rights and Duties of Rail- ^ Custom Duties, Change m Mode of Paying. 812 Money Market Rates, Weekly, in 1887— 10 Money Market & Sub-Treasury.................... 664 Sub-Treasury and the Money Market.. . . » 664 Delaware & Hudson Canal, Good StateSurplus and Reduotionof T a x a tio n ........ 2 117 Mortgages, Collateral Trust. See I nvestors S upplement , March. D ^aw ar/Lackaw anna & Western R.R., 'G o o d Showing b y ....................................... 44' N. Y. City and its Financial Condition . . . . 60 Tariff and the Wool Duties.......................... 339 Taxation — Its Principles and Methods. . . . 696 Denver & Rio Grande R .R .....» - » . » » » 503 New York City and Mayor Hewitt’s Rapid and Surplus. ................ 2 Depositary Banks, Amount and Risks of Transit •« .•••••••■•*•••• .• ■• 14(5 Taxation Deposits in.......... ......... .— - .......................¿ r / New York Grain Receipts.................. ..123, 242 Taxation, Theory and Objects o f................ 213 Taxing Bills of Canadian Banks................ 300 Development in the Northwest.................. 214 Directors, Bank, Liability o f............. - --- - vnrtr* ^ ^ ^ rEx<ffian^ea Share1Rafles 692 I i S k X p h ^ G o y ^ ^ ñl New York Stock Exchange__ and Prospects...57, 238, 269' Dividends, Railroad. See Investors’ Sup (monthly)........................... 182, 298,429, 552 Trade Conditions (Through), Cost of Handling.......... 721 plement , January. Norfolk & Western R R .......... ....................... i ° 2 Traffic Treasury Deposits in Banks Stopped, 144, 268 Economic Disturbances since 1873^58,88, 122 Norfolk & Western RR. Local T raffic....... 496 Treasury Holdings of Currency— 2,144, * «wlSSESSgSSSSiSSSfSSI^Siii.-: 5“ 6793 J * 2 6 9 ,4 3 0 ,5 5 4 , 71} 10 720 210 INDEX January—June, 1888 Page . Treasury—Senate Bill Directing to BuyBonds with National Bank Note Fund... 271 Treasury Surplus—Action of Congress....... 270 Treasury Surplus and Depositary Banks, 269, 718 Treasury Surplus—Railroad Building and Iron Trade................................................... 86 Treasury—Working Balance Needed..... 144 Trunk Line Association and Differential Rates............................................................ 57 Trunk Lines, Half-Year on.......................... 556 in P age . P age . Vanderbilt Roads, Half-Yearly Results on. 783 Trusts and Railroad Commissions — A Struggle for Existence................... .......... 240 Victoria’s Gold Production Since 1 8 7 1 .... 121 Union Pacific’s Position and Progress...... 525 United States as a Steel Producer............... 340 W ages of Farm Labor................ ................ 786 Wall Street Lifeless...... ...... , ......... ............. 212 U. 8. Bond Purchases and the Surplus........554 Water Bonds—Judge Gresham’s Decision Uuited States Bonds, Authorizing Pur 432,494, 498 chase o f........... 270, 364, 398, 430. 463, 493 Wells, David A., Reply to Chronicle . 789, 815 United States Bonds, Investment of Bank Note Fund in .......................................144, 271 Wheat, Acreage and Condition o f............... 751 Wheat, Winter, Condition o f........................ 591 U. S. Bonds, Offerings to and Purchases of by Secretary of Treasury.522, 631, 662, 812 Wool and a High Tariff................................. 339 Foreign Correspondence, Financial, Commercial, R ailroads, &c< [Annual reports are indexed in black-faced figures .1 Page . A., Chicago Santa Fe & California R R ............. 771 Aberdeen Bismarck & Northwestern RR. 538 Chicago & West Michigan R R .............1 9 9 ,7 7 0 Alabama Great Southern R R ........................ 608 Chicago Wilmington & Vermillion Coal RR. 772 Albany & Susquehanna RR..........228, 481, 610 Cincinnati Hamilton <feDayton RR „ 7 6 9 , 802 Allegheny Valley R R .................................... 480 Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louis & Chica go R R ........ 102, 254, 255, 352, 480, 609, 802 American Bell Telephone C o ............4 1 2 , 649 American Cert, of Stock in England__ 37, 677 Cinn. Jackson & Mackinaw R R ............38, 134 American Coal Co......................................... 2 5 3 Cincinnati N. C. & Texas Pacific R R ........ 2 5 2 Arizona Mineral Belt R R .....................218, 480 Cincinnati Richmond & Chicago RR. ----- 573 Asbury Park National Bank......................... 255 Cincinnati Sandusky & Cleveland R R ....... 771 Atchison & Nebraska R R ............................... 573 Cincinnati Southern R R .......................... . 319 Cincinnati Washington & Baltimore R R .. 5 3 6 Atchison Top. & 8. F. RR.102,133,319,353, 381,3 8 5 ,4 4 8 ,5 7 3 ,6 0 7 , 6 0 8 ,6 1 0 .6 1 0 , 771 City Bonds, Description of, (bi-monthly). See I nvestors’ Supplement. Atlantic & Pacific R R ....................288,609, 801 City Bonds, Prices of (monthly). Nee Stocks B. and Bonds, General Quotations. Baltimore & Ohio R R ............102,319,344, Cleveland Akron & Columbus Ry ............. 6 7 7 413, 510, 649, 802, 803, 804 819, 827 Cleveland & Canton RR...... 200, 227, 320, Bank of England, Condition of (weekly by 448,480,481, 677 Cable). See Financial Situation. Cleveland Col. Cin. & Ind. R R...320, 4 1 0 , Bank of England Statements (weekly). See 413, 537, 138, 829 Monetary and Commercial English News. Cleveland Lorain & Wheeling RR ...... 609, 6 7 6 Bank of the Metropolis................................. 353 Cleveland & Mahoning Valley RR...... 638, 708 Bank Statements, New York, Boston and Coin and Bullion. Prices in New Y oik Phila. (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. See Bankers’ Gazette. Prices in London. Bank Stocks, prices in New York (weekly) See Monetary and Commercial English See N. Y. Local Socurities. In all leading News. cities. See General Quotations (monthly) Coeur d’Alene R. &N. Co............................. 191 Bankers’ Gazette (weekly) ........ 27, 67, Collateral Trust Bonds ................................ 403 94,126,159, 192, 220. 246, 278, 312, Colorado Coal & Iron Co............................... 386 345, 372, 405, 441, 472, 501, 529, 564, Colorado Midland RR................... 289, 677, 738 601, 639, 670, 700, 730, 759, 794 820 Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron C o..573, 7 3 7 Banks, National, Abstracts from Reports Columbus Hocking Valley & Tol. R R .. .74, to Comptroller of Currency.......162, 440, 799 102,172, 3 5 1 , 677 Banks, National, Organized (weekly). See Commercial Epitome (weekly). See Com Commercial and Miscellaneous News. mercial Times. Beech Creek R R ............................................. 573 Commercial and Miscellaneous News Bonds Called for P aym ent.......... 739, 772, 802 (weekly)..24, 65, 92,124,156,190, 218, Bonds, Prices of All Classes (monthly). Sec 244, 276, 310, 343, 370, 403, 438, 470, Stocks and Bonds, General Quotations. 500, 528, 562, 600, 638, 668, 698, 728, (Weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. 758, 793, 818 Bonds. See Titles—United States, State, Commercial Times (weekly).. .46, 78,106, City, Municipal and Railroad Bonds. 136,173, 201, 229, 258, 290, 327, 354, Boonville RR. Bridge.................................. 739 387, 419, 450, 482, 515, 545, 582, 621, Boston & Albany R R ............................201, 610 653,682,709,740,773, 805, 830 Boston Concord & Montreal R R ............. . 7 0 7 Concord R R ....................................................6 7 7 Boston & Lowell R R ...................................... 37 Connecticut River R R ............................... -. 510 Boston & Providence RR.......................480, 481 Consolidated Gas Co............................. 418, 53 7 Bradford Eldred & Cuba R R ........ ............... 537 Consolation Coal Co..................................... 2 5 3 Breadstuff's—British Prices and Statistics Consols—Daily Prices of in London. See (weekly). See Monetary and Commercial Monetary and Commercial English News English News. (weekly). Financial Review (monthly). Breadstuff's, Exports of .111,[235,587, 658, 836 Breadstuff's, Market and Statistics (weekly). Corn Meal. J See Breadstuff's. See Commercial Times. Cotton—Nee also the title “ Cotton” in Edi British Board of Trade Returns............. 92, 527 torial Articles. Broadway, N. Y. (Horse) R R ....................... 172 l 'o Acreage, Stand and Condition, Brooklyn Elevated R R .......... 74,190, 201, 610 1888.......................- .................... 722 Brooklvn & Montauk RR.................... 609, 770 Do Agricultural Bureau’s Report for Brunswick & Western RR......................819, 828 February, 353; May 625; June, 776 Buffalo N. Y. & Philadelphia R R ..1 9 8 , 201, Do American Introduced in East Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg R R __ 101, A frica ........................................... 140 201, 353, 610 Do Amount of Crop in Sight (weekly). Bullion. See Gold and Silver. Do Average Weight of Bales............... 177 Burlington C. R. & Northern R R ......6 4 9 , 649 Do Clearances from U. S. Ports. Burlington & Missouri River R R ................ 802 Do Consumption in Europe.. 147, 205, 330,518,656, 777 C, Do Consumption by Southern Mills.. 341 California Southern RR........................ . . . . 6 0 8 Do Crop Reporting and Guessing....... 454 Camden & Atlantic RR ................................. 218 Do East India Crop 50,109,177, 206, Canada Southern RR..................................... 802 232, 262, 294, 331, 357, 390, Canadian Pacific R R ..38 1 0 2 ,4 4 8 ,4 8 0 ... 454, 486, 586, 62->,656, 808 6 0 8 , 609, 6 1 7 , 708, 770 Do Egyptian, Alexandria Report by Canal and Miscellaneous Stock and Bond Cable (weekly). Canal and Miscellaneous Stock and Bond Do Egyptian Crop................. 49, 713, 833 List, see I nvestors’ Supplement (bi Do Exports of Yarns and Goods from monthly). Great Britain, 139, 262, 390, Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley R R .................. 319 548, 685, 833 Cedar Falls & Minn. RR., 74,102,199, 288, 371 Do Georgia Agricultural Report........ 625 Central Branch Union Pacific R R ............... 321 Do Height of Rivers (weekly). Central Iowa R R ............. .............. 199,228, 649 Do India Shipments (weekly,by cable). Central Pacific RR., 37,199,537, 5 71,609, 737 Do Interior Towns Movemement Central RR. & Banking Co. of Georgia....... 37 (weekly). Central RR. of New Jersey . . . 37, 41,133, 609 Do Liverpool Market (weekly). Central & South American Telegraph____ 804 Do Manchester Markets (weekly). Charleston Cincinnati & Chicago RR..418, 829 Do Manufactures, Exports of (month Chartiers Natural Gas Co............................. 76 ly) 81, 205, 330, 454, 657, 713 Chatt. Rome & Columbus R R ........._............ 829 Do Market and Statistics (weekly). Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.................... 738 See Commercial Times. Chesapeake & Ohio R R ..3 8 ,171,227, 254, Do N. Y. Cotton Exchange..........713, 743 289, 319, 353, 4 1 1 , 448, 431, 537, 610, Do Overland Cotton, Spinners’ Tak 649,770, 802 ings. See Editorial Articles. Chesapeake & Ohio RR. Reorganization... 199 Do Port Receipts and Daily Crop Chesapeake Ohio & Southwestern RR. 134, 4 4 8 Movement (weekly). Chester Valley R R .................................102, 319 Do Quotations for Middling at Other Chicago & Alton R R ..... ................. ....2 5 4 , 2 8 8 Markets (weekly). Chicago & Atlantic R R ......................... 537, 649 Do Receipts from Plantations (w’kly). Chicago Burlington & Northern RR. .227, 254 81 Do Southern Consumption figures___ Chicago Burlington <fe Quinoy R R .......133, Do Visible Supply (weekly). 2 5 4 ,2 5 5 ,4 7 8 , 481 Do Weather Record for February, Chicago & Canada Southern R R .-....2 8 9 , 413 March, April & May.................. 744 Chicago & Eastern Illinois R R .. 102,133, Do Weather Reports by Telegraph 134,135,171,227, 738 (weekly). Chicago & Indiana Coal R R ........ 171, 227, 738 Cotton Oil Trust........... ................... .............. 829 Chicago Kansas & Western R R .................. 6 0 8 Covington & Macon R R ............................... 173 Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R R ... .227, O. 3 7 1 ,4 1 1 , 4 1 4 ,4 1 8 ,4 8 1 , 537 Chicago & Northwestern R R .............2 00 , 738 Dakota & Great Southern R R ..................... 255 Chic. R.I. & P. R R .134,254 **53,448. 73 6 , 819 Danville & New River R R ............. .............. 413 Chicago St.L& Pitts. R R ...133, 227,371, 6 3 6 Dayton Ft. Wayne & Chicago R R ......102, 320,371,448 738 Chicago St. Paul & Kansas City R R . . . . . . . 771 Chicago St. Paul Minn, & Omaha RR. 3 1 9 ,4 1 1 Debt Statement (monthly), See U. S. Debt. * M £0 £ ^ age . Delaware & Hudson Canal..38, 1 3 2 , 17®, 609 D., L. & West. R R .............1 3 3 , 201, 2 5 ? 610 Denver Fort Worth & Gulf R R ................... 413 Denver & Rio Grande RR .. 228, 254, 448 510, 5 7 2 , 5 7 4 , 677, 738, 819 Denver & Rio Grande Western R R — 254 413, 5 3 6 , 771 Denver Texas & Fort Worth R R ........ 573, 7 0 7 Detroit Bay City & Alpeua R R ___74, 75, 1 9 9 Detroit Laasing & Northern R R ..........171, 770 Detroit Mackinac & Marquette RR .. 320, 573 Dividends Declared (weekly). See Bank ers’ Gazette. Dividends at Fall River . . . ...... . . ......... . . . 38 Dry Goods Market and Statistics (weekly). See Commercial Times. Dubuque & Sioux City RR................... 38, 4 4 8 Duluth & Iron Range R R ............218, 255, 371 Duluth South Shore & Atl. R R .......74,320, 353,537 Duluth Twin Cities & Southwestern R R ... 289 E. East Tenmssee, Virginia & Georgia R R ... 708 Eastern RR. of Minnesota....................... . 134 East Pennsylvania R R ........ ........................ 173 Elizabeth City (N. J.) ................................ 828 Elizabethtown Lex. & Big Sandy RR. 289, 4 1 2 England, Bank of. See Bank. English Correspondence and Cable Reports (weekly.) See Monetary & Commercial English News. Erie Express........................ .......................371 Exchange Market and Prices (weekly) ... See Bankers’ Gazette. Exchange, Sterling, Daily Prices of (month ly). See Financial Review. Exchange, Sterling, Prices in 1987............ 21 Exports of Great Britain. See British Board of Trade Returns. Exports and Imports of Specie and Mer chandise at New York, Value of (weekly). See Com uercial and Miscellaneous News. Exports and Imports of the United States. See United States. F. Failures. See Mercantile Failures. Financial Review (monthly). See in Edi torial Articles. Fitchburg RR................... ...255, 480, 699, 708 F lint* Pere Marquette R R .. 200, 371, 418, 511, 537, 5 7 2 , 638, 802 Florida Central & Western RR. .......... 133, 200 Florida Rail w ay* Navigation Co.. 75,171, 289, 448, 573, 609 Flour. See Breadstuff's. Foreign Correspondence on Markets (week ly). ee Monetary and Commercial Eng lish News. Foreign Exchange. See Exchange. Fourteenth Street (N. Y.) Bank................... 771 Fort Wayne Cincinnati & Louisville R R __ 352 Fort Worth & Denver Ctty RR.......76, 255, 344 France, Bank of. See Bank. Freights, Ocean, Market for (weekly). See Commercial Epitome. . Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley R R ... 254 6. Galveston Houston & Henderson R R ....... 3 8 0 Gas Stocks. See N. Y. Local Securities (weekly). General Questions (monthly). General Quotations of Stocks and Bonds (monthly). See Stocks and Bonds. Georgia Company.............. ........................... 353 Georgia Midland R R ..................................... 133 Georgia Pacific RR ........ ............... ... 320, 511 Georgia RR. & BankingCompany.............. 254 Georgia State Bonds .................................... 771 Georgia Terminal RR. Co............................. 102 Gold Export and Imports at New York (weekly). See Commercial and Miscel laneous News. Grain. See Breadstuff's. Grand Rapids & Indiana RR. Co.........134, 254 539 Grand Trunk RR. of Canada................... Green Bay Winona & St. Paul R R .............. 254 Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe RR .................... 134 Gunny Bags, (weekly.) See Cotton Report. H. H artford & Connecticut Western R R ...... Houston E. & W. Texas R R ........ 352, 413, 6 >9, Houston & Texas Central R R ....1 9 1 , 289, 537,573, Hudson River Bank.................................... Hudson River Suspension Bridge & New England R a ilw a y ..................... ........... Huntingdon & Broad Top R R ..................... I, Illinois Central R R ...................... 3 8 0 , 382, Imports and Exports of Specie and Mer chandise at New York, Value of (weekly). See Commercial and Miscellaneous News. Imports and Exports of the United States, See United States. Indiana Bloomington & Western R R .. 102, * 171, 191,254,320,480, Indianapolis Decatur & Springfield R R .,.. 228 650 609 771 200 190 771 739 44Q IV 1 N J an u ary—J u n e, 1 8 8 8. P age . . Y. L. Et & W. R R ....228. 538, 650, 708, 771 St. Paul & Duluth R R ..2 0 1 ,3 2 1 ,3 8 1 , 678, Indianapolis Decatur & West. R R ..3 8 ,404, 538. 739, 803 . Y. Local Securities___171,98,130,196, Insurance Stocks, Prices in Leading Cities. St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba R R :. 134, 191 224, 250, 316, 349, 376, 445, 476, 533, See General Quotations of Stocks and 228 255 739 605,568,798,674,704,734, 824 Bonds (monthly). _ . Y. & Long Branch R R ............................. 255 St. Paul & Northern Pacific R R .......... ....... 75 Insurance Stocks, Prices of, (weekly.) See San Antonio & Aransas Pass R R ........321, 418 New York & New England R R .... 171, 320, New York Local Securities. 538, 699 San Pedro, Los Angeles & Utah R R ....— 471 International & Gt. Northern RR.3 80,573, 828 Schuylkill Navigation C o ....:................ 219 New YorkNew Haven & Hartford R R .. 289; 650 Investments. Bi-monthly Article in I n 678 New York & Northern RR....................449, 828 Scioto Valley R R ........... vestors’ Supplement. Seaboard National Bank................. 418 Y. Ontario & Western R R .. .75, 255,610, 678 Investments and Railroad Intelligence Y. Pennsylvania & Ohio R R ....201, 320, 480 Seaboard & Roanoke R R _______ 539, 678, 8 2 7 (weekly). 36, 72, 99,131, 169,197, 225, Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern R R ........277, New York Philadelphia & Norfolk R R ........ 228 251, 287, 317, 350, 377, 409, 446,477, 471,581,669, 739 New York Providence & Boston (Stoning508, 534, 569, 606, 647, 675, 705, 735, 321 ton) R R ....................................... 134,573, 638 Second Avenue (N. Y.) RR .................. 768,800, 825 Shenandoah Valley RR.................... 40 New York State, Railroads Operated in, I nvestors’ Supplement (published the last Silver and Gold Coins, Prices of, in New (quarterly reports)__ 200,228,255,610, Saturday of every other month) will he York. See Bankers’ Gazette. «Prices in 650,678, 699 found in this volume at end of January, London. See Monetary and Commercial New York Stock Exchange—New Securi March and May, respectively. English News. . ties..75, 134, 191, 255, 353, 418, 481, Iowa R R ...................... 228 538,610,771, 819 Silver and Gold Exports and Imports at Iowa Central R R ...... 649 New York (weekly). See Commercial and. _ .Y. Susquehanna &West.RR. 1 3 4 ,1 9 9 , 256 Iowa City & Western R R ............................. 610 Miscellaneous News. Exports and Im Norfolk & Western R R ........ 1 3 4,199,353, 819 J. . ports of the United States. See Unitèd 50 9 , 5 12, 574 States Exports and imports. Jacksonville Tampa & Key West R R..320, 573 Northern (N. H.) R R ..................................... 8 2 7 Jefferson R R .................................... 708 Northern C en tralR R ...........................2 2 6 , 739 South Carolina State Bonds..................471, 803 South Carolina RR .. . .................................7 3 7 Northern Pac.RR.3'i,134,171,191,574,739, 819 K. Northern RR. of California.......................... 650 South Pennsylvania R R ............. .201, 581, 621 Kanawha & Ohio R R ................................... 218 Northern RR. of N. J .................................... 255 Southern Pac. Co_____ 76, 201,539, 6 48, 650, 6 5 1 , 771 Kansas City Fort Scott & Gulf R R ... 1 9 9 , 537 O. Specie. See Gold and Silver. Kansas City Fort Scott & Memphis R R — 537 Kansas City Memphis & Birmingham RR. 200 Oats Market (weekly). See Breadstuffs. 320 Springfield & Columbus R R .......... . densburg & Lake Champlain RR. .255, 678 Standard Oil Trust.......... ......................277, 699 Kansas City & Omaha R R ........................... 771 Ofiio Indiana & Western R R ........................ 739 State Bonds, Desc iption of. See I nvest Kansas City Springf. & Memphis R R .1 9 9 , 537,573,678, 772 Ohio & Mississippi RR ................ 76, 173, 320 ors’ Supplement (bi-monthly). ............. 803 State Bonds. Market, Prices, &c. See Bank Kan, C.Wyandotte & N’thw. R R ..6 7 8 ,819, 829 Ohio & Northwestern RR — . ers’ Gazette (weekly). See Stocks and Kentucky Central R R ........................... 200, 4 1 2 Ohio River RR,. ..................................171, 819 Bonds, General Quotations (monthly). Kentucky Midland R R . . . . . ......................... 678 Oliio Southern R R ................... ............ 538, 650 Ohio Valley RR ............................................. 1»1 Sta en Island Rap Trains.Co.101,102,610, 803 Keokuk & Western R R ........... . ................... 4 7 9 Kings County Elevated R R — .................... 93 Old Colony R R .......*....................................... 481 Steel Rail Production.................................... 219 Old Colony Steamboat Co............................ 255 Sterling Exchange. See Exchange. L. Omaha fc St. Louis R R .. . . . . . . . .................... 352 Stock and Bond Market and Prices (week Uackawanna & Pittsburg R R ............ 200, 228 Omaha Water Works..................................... 104 ly). Nee Bankers’ Gazette. Lake Erie & Western R R ............ 45, 4 4 7 , 573 Orange Belt R R ........ , ................. - ............... 245 Stock and Bond Tables. See I nvestors’ Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R R ..255, Oregon & California R R .............?......... 321, 353 Supplement (bi-monthly). 5 7 0 ,6 5 0 , 802 Oregon Improvement Co__ 76, 4 1 8 , 803, 819 Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.......................2 5 3 Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.76,102, 803 Stock Exchange, New Securities Listed— 75, 134, 191, 255, 353, 418, 481, 538, Lehigh & Eastern R R — ...................320, 418 Oregon Transcontinental Co....................... 803 610,771, 819 Lehigh Valley R R ...............10 1 , 344, 371, 678 P. Stocks and Bonds, General Quotations all Lehigh& w fkes-B ....... Coal Co.227,537, 678 classes (monthly)..30,163, 281,503,642, 762 Long island City & Flushing R R ................ 228 Pacific Mail Steamship Co.......... ............... 7 0 6 Stocks, Range in Prices of (monthly), see Long Island R R ............................. .......171, 610 Pacific Railroads, Bonds Issued to. See Financial Review of Month. United States Debt Statement (monthly.) Little Rock & Fort Smith R R ..................... 3 8 0 Pacific Railroads’ Debts ........................... 38 Sub-Treasury, New York, Daily Transac Liverpool & London Markets (weekly). See tions at (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette Paducah & Elizabethtown R R ..................... 802 Monetary & Commercial English News. or Commercial and Miscellaneous News. Louisiana & Missouri River R R .................. 320 Panama R R .................................................... 4 7 9 Sugar. Nee Commercial Epitome. Louisville Evansville & St. Louis RR..609, 8 2 7 Pennsylvania R R .... 134,289, 3 1 8 , 32 2 , Summit Branch R R ...............................173, 228 344,4 1 3 ,4 8 1 ,5 3 8 ,6 7 8 Louisville & Nashville R R ,... 45. 75, 255, 353, 481, 511, 678,739,771, 802 Peoria Decatur & Evansville R R ..» .. 3 5 1 ,8 2 8 Sutro Tunnel.................................. 125, 803, 819 Syracuse Binghampton & New York R R ... 610 Louisville N. Albany &Chic. R R .1 0 2 ,191, 381 Petersburg R R ....................................... - — 574 T. Louisville New Orleans & Texas R R ........ 4 4 7 Philadelphia Bank Statement and Prices of Stocks and Bonds (weekly). See Bank Louisville Southern R R ........................ 258, 480 Tennessee Coal Iron & RR. Co..134, 245, ers’ Gazette. 5 1 0 ,5 3 9 ,5 7 4 ,7 3 9 819 M. Philadelphia Company (Natural Gas)................. 76 Mahoning Coal R R ....................................... 610 Philadelphia & Erie R R .......... 134, 2 2 6 , 371 Terre Haute & Indianapolis R R .................. 321 Texas & Pacific R R ................... ........ 134, Maine Central R R .............. 573 Phila & Reading RR .39, 73, 76,134,171, 171, 321, 539, 621, 699 Manhattan Elevated R R ........ 75, 228, 289, 289, 538, t-79, 699. 739. 772, 803, 819, 828 511, 650, 802 Philadelphia & Reading RR. Terminal Co. 413 Texas Pacific Land Trust... ..................... 819 Toledo Ann Arbor & N, M. R R ..5 3 7 , 771, 772 Manitoba Southwestern Colonization R R .. 771 Pittsburg Chenango & Lake Erie R R ........ 803 38 Pittsburg & Lake Erie RR........................... 8 2 6 Toledo Peoria & Western RR -----539, 669, 771 Marietta Columbus & Northern R R ........ Toledo St. Louis & Kansas City R R — 77, 819 Marietta & North Georgia RR .................... 75 Pittsburg Fort Wayne <fc Chicago R R ........ 538 Marquette Houghton & Ontonagon R R — 480 Pitts. & Western R R .. .171,255, 289, 5 1 0 , 610 Treasury. «ee United States Treasury. Troy Boston RR ................ ............................ 708 Maryland Central RR .. . .................. .. - - • 609 Pittsburg Youngstown & Ashtabula RR. U. Maysville & Big Sandy R R .......... ........... 255 173,191,481, 538 Memphis & Charleston R R ........................... 255 Portland & Ogdensburg R R ............... 102, 573 Ulster & Delaware R R ............. .................. 669 Mercantile Failures....................................... 13 Poughkeepsie Hartford & N. E. R R --------39 Union Elevated RR ............... ..................... . 190 Merchandise, Stocks of, in New York Poughkeepsie & Southwestern R R ............. 39 Union Pacific R R ................ 321, 5 3 5 , 539, 5 4 0 (monthly)........... 46,173. 290, 450, 582, 740 Providence & Worcester R R ............... 573, 638 United States Bonds Held to Secure De Mexican Central R R __ 102,191, 537, 538 Public Debt. See United States Debt. posits and Circulation (monthly)........ 25, 6 7 2 , 57 6 , 678 157, 311, 438, 562, 729 Q Mexican International R R ..................... 75, 320 United Bonds, Prices in 1887.......... 13 219 United 8tates Mexican National R R _____ _— ..........537, 678 Quincy Missouri & Pacific R R ............. . States Debt Statement (monthly).. 219 Mexican Telegraph Co.................................. 804 Quincy Omaha & Kansas City R R ........ . 23,154, 309, 436, 560, 726 Michigan Central R R . , ....................... 5 7 1 , 802 United States Government Revenue & R. Milwaukee (C ity)................ . . » .................... 772 Expenditures... 25,15 6 ,2 7 6 ,43 9 ,5 6 3 , 729 Milwaukee L. Shore & West. RR.134, 3 8 0 , 802 Railroad Bonds Called in ............739,772, 802 United States Imports and Exports Milwaukee & Northern R R ......................... 75 Railroad Bonds, Prh es in 1887 .................. 14 (m on th ly)..,__155,2 7 3 ,3 6 8 ,5 2 6 , 667, 817 Mineral Range R R ........ ............................ 738 Railroad Building in the Northwest. . . . . . . 45 United States Legal Tenders (Greenbacks) Minneapolis & Pacific R R ...................19?, 538 Railroad Construction— .......................... 539 and National Bank Currency, Movements Minneapolis & St. Louis RR 320, 699, 738, 819 Railroad Earnings (monthly). See Edito of. Comptroller’s Statement (monthly). rial Articles., Minneapolis St. P. & S. Ste Marie RR 609, 802 25.157, 310, 438, 562, 729 Railroad Earnings (weekly). See Bankers’ Minneapolis Sault Ste Marie & Atlantic United States Mints, Coinage by (monthly). Gazette and Investment and Railroad In R R ....................................... 38,538, 771 25.157, 310, 438, 563, 729 telligence. Minnesota Iron Co . ............ 538 United States Securities, Market and Prices Minnesota & Northwestern R R ............ 200, 255 Railroad & Miscel. Stocks, Prices in 1887.. 19 (weekly.) See Bankers’ Gazette. Daily i Minority Stockholders P rotected............... 771 Railroad Stock and Bond List. See Invest Prices of at London (weekly). See Mone- »■l/'a ors 8 upplement (bi-monthly). Mississippi & Tennessee R R .......... 75,134, 708 tary and Commercial English News. Railroad Stocks. See Stocks. Missouri Kan. & Texas R R ..........171, 371, Daily Prices of in New York and London 11M Railroad Stocks and Bonds, prices of. See 3 8 0 , 413, 511, 538, 543, 609, 650, 678, (monthly). See Financial Review of , Bankers’ Gazette (weekly). Nee General 6 99,739,771,802, 828 ■ Month. **KW Quotations (monthly). Missouri Pacific RR . .352, 3 7 9 , 511, 538, 678 United States Treasury Bond Purchases.. 500 Missouri Pacific Railway System ............... 378 Railroads OperatedWuhin New York State United States Treasury. Detailed Condition (Quarterly Reports)..200, 228, 255,610, Mobile & Birmingham R R ....................320, 678 of Assets, &o. (m onthly)....23,154, 274, 650,678,699 Mobile & Ohio RK..289, 449, 481, 511, 678, 771 437,561, 727 Mobile & Montgomery R R ....................... 218 Railway Building in 1887..... ...................... 40 Utah Central R R ........ ....... ......................... 771 Rensselaer & Saratoga R R ............... ..228, 610 Utica & Black River R R .............................. 76 Monetary and Commercial English News Reports and Documents..4 1 ,7 7 ,1 0 3 ,1 3 5 , and Market Prices by Cable (weekly) 24, V 172, 256, 290, 322, 353, 382, 414, 449, 65, 91,124,155,189,217, 243,274, 309, 481, 512, 540, 574,610,651,679,772,804, 828 Vicksburg & Meridian R R ....... ..228, 6 4 9 , 669 342, 369,402,4=37,469, 499, 526, 561, 599,636, 667, 697, 727, 757, 791, 817 Republican Valley R R .................................. 802 W Richmond & Alleghany R R .. : ___.....4 8 1 , 802 Money Market (weekly). See Bankers’ Richmond & Danville Extension C o ___. . . 539 Wabash R R ........ 105,134, 201, 277 511, Gazette. 539,621, 669 Richm ond* Danville R R .. 1 0 0 , 539, 574, 828 Money Market in London and Continental Wabash St. Louis & Pacific R R .................... 134 Richmond & West Point Terminal Co .449, Cities (weekly). See Monetary and Con 511,574,579, 699 Wabash Western R y .............,...3 1 9 , 3 5 1 , 352 mercial English News. 76 Warren & Franklin R R ............. ../t v ..173, 538 Montana C entralRR....... .............. . 353 Rio Grande Pacific R R ................ 371 Rome & Decatur R R . . . ...... 371 Wells Fargo &„Co. E x p r e s s ................ N. Rome Watertown & O. RR . ..40,134, 201, 350 West JeraeyRR . . . . . . ___t....................191, 5 0 9 Nashville Chattanooga & St. L. R R ...102, Rutland R R .................................................... 38 WestVirginia Central & Pittsburg RR. 48 O, 610 228, 371, 511, 650, 771 Western Farm Mortgage s ................ . 103 S. National Banks. Nee Banks. Western New York & Pennsylvania RR.76, New Castle & Beaver Valley R R ................. 699 St. Joseph & St. Louis R R ...... ......... ......... 173 1 9 8 , 201, 228, 245, 353, 413, 538, 539, 803 . New Central Coal Co. of Maryland.......... . 1 7 0 St. Louis Alton x Terre Haute R R ___537, 7 0 7 Western New York & Southern R R . . . . . . . . 255 N. Y. Brooklyn & Manhattan Beach R R ... 353 St. Louis Arkansas & Texas R R ...7 6 ,191, Western Pennsylvania RR .......................... 481 353, 418, 471, 574, 610, 801 Western Union Telegraph C o.......... ...3 5 2 , 771 New York & Canada R R .......................228, 610 St. Louis Bridge & Tunnel R R ............. 255, 471 Wheat. See Breadstuffs. New York Central & Hudson River R R .38, 255, 290 Wheeling & Lake Erie R R ..........371, 538, 650 200,352,610, 803 St. Louis & Chicago R R ..;.......... . 413 Winona & Southwestern R R ............. 471, 819 . N, Y. Chic. & St. L lis R R..200, 480, 573, 650 St. Louis & Hannibal R R ............... St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern R R ... N. Y, City Bank S atement (weekly). See Wisconsin Central R R ......2 2 8 , 2 5 5 ,4 7 l, 8 2 6 3 5 3 ,3 8 0 ,6 7 8 , 771 ■ Bankers’ Gazettt. Z St. Louis * San Francisco R R ..40,76,134, 255 N. Y. City Exports and Imports (weekly), 449, 6 0 8 , 610, 6 1 5 , 621, 739, 771 Zanesville New Connerstown & Cleveland See Commercial and Miscellaneous News R R . . . , . ....... , ....... .......................................* l9 i 1 St. Louis Vandalia & T.H. R R ............. 7 6 ,1 3 3 N, Y. C. Foreign Trade.125,344,528, 669, 793
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