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HUNT’S MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE, A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Representing the industrial and Financial interests of the Slutted states. VOLUME L X11. JANUARY TO JUNE, 1896, INCLUSIVE. WILLIAM B. DANA COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, PINE STREET, cokvek PEARL STREET, NEW YORK. (Entered acc >nlmg to A oiof CoDgreew in the year 1896, bjr W illiam B. D ana Company , iu office of Librarian of Coni^OM. W»«lilugton,D.C.l

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Page 1: HUNT’S MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE, - FRASER · PDF fileAuditors, Responsibility of ... Resumes Dividends 294 Car Building. Activity in (Fin. Sit.) ... Great Britain and New Phase of Egyptian

H U N T ’ S M E R C H A N T S ’ M A G A Z I N E ,

A W E E K L Y N E W S P A P E R

Representing the industrial and Financial interests of the Slutted states.

VOLUME L X11.

J A N U A R Y TO JU N E , 1896, IN C L U S IV E .

WILLIAM B. DANA COMPANY, PUBLISHERS,PINE STREET, c o k v e k PEARL STREET, NEW YORK.

(Entered acc >nlmg to A o io f CoDgreew in the year 1896, bjr W illia m B . D an a Co m p a n y , iu office o f L ibrarian o f Coni^OM. W »«lilu g ton ,D .C .l

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I N D E XTO THE

S I X T Y - S E C O N D V O L U M E . j • Embracing: the Numbers from January I to June 3 0 , 1896.

K<1 itorinl and Communicated Articles.'A'iK. j

\fdca cold Protection.......................... 21frn -a sm itln Ac l>r J n tn U o n 'i In va sion

o f T ra n *v a a i (F in a n cia l B itiiu tloin 2. 3 4 . A fr ica (T ra n sv a a l, aud O r m a i i y V A ctio n

113, 298Anthruclu- Coal. Advance In Price (F. 8 ).

801. 1130Anthracite Coal Kate* and Inter state

1 mission .................... . 889Anthracite Coal Trade and New Agree­

ment.................................................. 210. 569Appropriation* (Congressional) Heavy In

race of Smuller Income — .................. 1115Atchison Topeka A Santa Fe Hy., New

Mortgages, Feature* of...... . .................. 706Atchison Topeka A Santa Fl' tty. Position

and Prospect*.................................. 974Atchison Topeka A Santa Fe tty.. Report*

of Earning*Discontinued........................ 259Auditors, Responsibility o f . . . ................... 1160Australian Gold A Silver Production 213, 215■ Balt. A Ohio RR.. Bond* and Finances 761 JtBult. A Ohio RR.,Condition of (F. 8.)... 885Balt. A Ohio HR. Receivership (F. 8.)...... 432Baltimore A OhloRR., humors of Receiv­

ership (FinaneiAl Situation)................. 386Bank Clearing and Speculation in 1895 61Bank Currency, New, Congressman Fow­

ler’s Bill.................................................... 342Bank Note Issues. Large Increase Since

February Bond Sale................................. 846Banks, Depositary. Holdings of Bond Sale

Proceeds \ Menace to Treasury GoldKeserve (Financial Situation)................ 476

Banks, Loss of Gold and Bond Payments(Financial Situation).............................. 340

Bonks (Savings) and Sound Money (F. 8.) 9: Banks Treasury Call on Depositary

Banks ror Bond Money (F. S.). .522. 800, 1113 Bankers' Associations and Sound Money

(Financial Situation)........................658, 702Banking History of World (Book Notice) 848Bimetallism, Mr. Whitney and Chicago

Convention....................................1156, 1158Blum. L. A H., Failure, Causes for (F. S.) 569 Board of Trade and Transoortation En­

dorses New Joint Traffic Asso. (F. 8 .)... 340 Boud Issue a Success—Largely Oversub­

scribed (Financial Situation).................. 252Bond Offering, New (Popular (I) Loan)

and its Difficulties.................... 56Bond Offering of New York City Unsuc­

cessful (Financial Situation)................. 612Bond Bale, Developments Which Have

and Which May Follow........... .......... 296Bond Sale and Effect on Money Market

Modified by New Government Circular(Financial Situation)........................108, 206

Bond Sale (February), an Increase ofBank Notes, etc....................................... 846

Bond Sale and Morality of WithdrawingTreasury Gold to Pay for Same............... 296

Boon Sale Negotiations (Financial Situa­tion)...................... 23, 54, 1U8,152, 206,

Bond Sale. New, Should be Large andQuickly Issued.........................................

Boud Sale. Payments on Account of. andBank Returns (Financial Situation)__ 340

Boud Sale and u Surplus GovernmentRevenue.................................................... 254

Boud Sale, Text of Official Notification ofAccepted Bids, etc................................... 303

Bond Sales to Fortify Gold Reserve Re­pealed Because Congress Refuses to Correct tbe Currency Situation (F. S.) 294

Bond Subscriptions, Modification of Circular (Financial Situation)..................... 108

Bond -ubaerip ions, Text of Circular In­viting Pi oposals........................................ 68

Bond Subscriptions, Text of Supplement­ary Circular.............................................. 118

Bond Syndicate Dissolved (F. 8.)............. 10iBond Syndicate and Mr. Morgau’s Letter

Explaining Dissolution...................108, 117Bond Syndicate. What it Might Have

Done for Our Indi -r ; • HQBonds, Dally Payments aud Withdrawals

at bub-Treasury, etc. (F. 8.)..340, 387,433, 477, 523, 570. 614, r 59. 703,

Bonds, Large Payment on Account of(Plnanctal 8 t nation,................294, 295. 340

Breadntuff* Receipts at Lake A River Ports (inontfily) 65. 300, 483, 664. 891, 1067

Breadstuff* Sales at New York in 1895... 63Brooklyn Elevated Railroads, Increased

Facilities For............................................ 759Business Activity and hallroad Pros­

perity....................... ......... 436Business Affairs, All Material Conditions

Favorable. Only Financial DisturbingiFinancial Situation)........................894, 924

Butler Boud Bill, Passage of, etc...... 969. 1008

t 'anadian Court of Appeals Decision and / Purchasers’ Title to Unregistered

Certificates of Stock.................... 803Canadian Pacific HR Annual Report...... 661Canadian Pacific R k. Resumes Dividends 294Car Building. Activity in (Fin. Sit.)......... 386Car Trust*—Death of Mr. W. A. Adams.. 259Cash Holdings of U. 8. Treasury.............. 436Central RR. of New Jersey and the Cool

Trade........ ............................................... 344Chicago & Alton RR. and Government

Regulation of Railroads......................... 347

Chicago Burlington A* Quincy RR. Sbow-l Ing for 1 *96..............................................

K>*.» i Chicago Mil wank* A St Paul RR. lu- I crease of Dividend i -

Pack. I P a g e

660 176

Chicago A Northwestern RR. Aiinnal Re-port.......................................................... - 1010

Chicago A Northwestern RR. CurrentEarnings (Financial Situation)............... 152

Cbioago A Northwestern RR. IncomeStatement................................................. 256

Chicago R. I. & Pacific RR. Annual Report. 101Chiua Loan (Financial Situation) ........... 477City Boud Sales (monthly) 101, 286, 515,

697,959, 1150City Bonds, Value of, Under Special Con-

............................ 761Clearing House of N. Y. Associated Banks. 58 Clearings and Speculation in U.8.in 1895 61Clearings by Telegraph .27, 260,442,621,

852 1023Clearings in U. S. (monthly) (F. 8.)..62,

253, 134. 6 12, 615. 845, 1009 Coal, Anthracite, Advance in Price (F.S.) 801Coal. Anthracite, Kates, and Inter-State

Commerce Commission............................. 889Coal Companies* Agreement aud Indus­

trial Interests (Financial Situation)— 206 Coal Trade, Anthracite, aud New Agree­

ment................................................... 210, 569Coe, Mr. George S.. When in Active Life.. 848 Colorado. Proposal of Secession (F. S.)... 924Commercial Ye <r Book (Book Notice)__ 25»Congress, adjournment of (F. 8.)__ — 1061Congress and its Indiscreet Action in re

Cuba (I - 432Congressional Appropriations Heavy in

Face of Smaller Income.............................1115Construction, New. Illinois Commission

ers’ Recommendations Limiting............. 480

General Electric and WestingbouseCompanies,Agreement Between(F.S.) 476

Georgia Bankers aud Charleston Chamber of Commerce for Sonnd Money (F. S.).. 966

Germany, Iron Production o f.....................1116Germany—'The Kaiser’s Cruise................. 708

| Gold Bars. Advance in Bank of EnglandI Selling Price (Financial Situation)...... - 295| Gold Bars. Price of Raised, Effect on Ex­

change (Financial Situation)................... 612Gold Exports, Money Market, Treasury

Call on Depositary Banks (F. 8.)..-522,800, 1113

Gold Exports Not Likely to be as Largeas Last Year.............................................. 297

Gold Exports and Rise in Exchange (F.S.) 568 Gold Exports to Russia and Exchange

Rates (Financial Situation)..................... 658Gold Exports. Special, to Berlin Profitable

to France (Financial Situation)............... 844Gold Exports. Treasury Holdings of Cur­

rency and Money Market (F. S)............. 658Gold Imports Growing out of Government

Bond Sale (Financial Situation)............. 152Gold Imports aud Premium on in Antici­

pation of Bond Sale (F. 8.) ............... 2Gold, Large Payments for Bonds (Finan­

cial Situation).......................... 294, 295, 340Gold Platform Adopted by New York

State Democratic Convention__ 1156, 1158Gold Platform Adopted by St. Louis Con­

vention (Financial situation).................. 1112Gold Production of Africa.......................... 212Gold Production of Australasia................ 213Gold Production of India........................... 214Gold Production of Russia......................... 213Gold Production of United States............. 211Gold Production of WoiId—Annual Fig­

ures from 1871 to 1895, inclusive.......... 211Corn Production in U. S. iu 1895 ' ........... 60 Gold Reserve—Negotiations to ReplenishCotton Acreage Stand, etc., in 1896......... 1019 ( Fin. Situation). .2, 3, 54, 108,152, 206, 252Cotton Consumption anu Overlaud Move

ment................................................ 215, 441Cotton Exchauge (N. Y.) Transactions

(inouthly) .27, 260, 442, 621. 852. 1023 Cotton Goods Trade of Manchester and

World...............................................1008. 1016Cotton Receipts at Southern Ports

(monthly)........ 65. 301,483, 665, 891, 106Cotton Supply and Consumption In Eu­

rope (b» Cable)......................................... 159Court of Appeals (Canadian) Decision aud

Purchasers' Title to Unregistered Cer­tificates of Stock............................. 803

Court, Supreme, Decides that WitnessesMust Testify iu Inter-State Affairs.................

Courts Building Railroads........................... 928Coxe Bros.—Inter State Commerce Com

mission and Anthracite Coal Rates...... 889Crops of 1895................. , .......................... 59Cuba and Congressional Indiscreet Action

(Financial Situation)................................. 432Cuba aud Senators’ Hale and Hoar

Speeches..................................................... 479Currency Reform and Political Platforms 887 Currency, Sound, and Manufacturers’

Club of Philadelphia...................... 615, 756Currency, Sound, Political Canvass For

Begun......................................................... 5711

Delaware A Hudson Canal Co.Dlvidend elaware Lackawanna & Western RR.,

Annual Report (Financial Situation)... 206 Democratic Convention, Bimetallism and

Mr. Whitney.................................... 1156.1158Dom>hoe-Kelly Banking Co., San Fran­

cisco (Communication)........................... 575■ astern Management of Western Roads 970■ economy in Go Vermont the Need........ 156

Egypt (Movement Up the Nile) and the European Situation......................... 522, 526

Gold Reserve Restored bv Bond Sale (Fi­nancial Situation).................................... 386

Gold Reserve of Treasury Menaced by Holdings of Bond Sale Proceeds by De­positary Banks (Financial Situation)... 476

Gold in Sight in the United States........... 758Gold Stock iu United States N -t Deter­

mined by Bond Subscriptions (F. S.)___ 252Gold. United States Imports and Exports

of (moil lily)(F.S.). 110,342,524,704,887, 1114 Government Finance, A Study of, by Mr.

Noyes........................................................ 117Government Ownership of Railroads....... 297Government Regulation of Railroads and

the Chicago & Alton RR........................ 347Grain Crops of 1895................................... 59Great Britain, Abyssinia, Italy and Nile

Movement............ ............................522, 526Great Britain in 1895........ 160Great Britain, Iron Production of............ 1116Great Britain and New Phase of Egyptian

Question..................................... .Great Britain—Queen’s Speech a Messageof Peace................................. ..........Great Britain and Russia and Mr. Bal­

four’s Address.................................Great Britain, Venezuela and Flying

Squadron (Financial Situation)...... 152Great Northern RR., Half Year Income

(Financial Situation).............................. 702

f l ale’,s» Sen., Speech on Cuban Affairs.. 478 m »oar s, Sen., Speech on Cuban Affairs. 478 History of W orid’s Banking (Book Notice) 848Illinois Central RR.. Half-Yearly State-

ment (Financial Situation).................. 108Illinois Central RR.—State Restrictions on

Garners in Inter-State Commerce......... 1015Illinois Commissioners’ Recommendations

.7iV.l Construction of New Roads... 480

391298299

. ........................................... — ,, • ' ‘ ■ uiuuf, v / u u s iu ic u o ii 01 n e w K oiuIri f / l ’V"? t{!"'rti,,'V “ NewPbMe o f...... S91 India Two nnd a-lialf Per CeuU LargelyElevated Railroads in New York aud Oversubscribed (Financial Situation, 3

Brooklyn, Increased Facilities For...... 759 I India’s Gold Production atlon>-- I f ?Kms.'ii’s Co ton Ui'vn w 1995 (by Gable). 159 Inland Kates on Domestic and ‘ imn'ortEnglaud, Business of in 1895................... 160 Truffle.... importKrie KK. New Mortgage (Fin. Sit.)......... . 54 Inter-State Commerce/StateBestrVcti'nnsKnrooo—Peace Tendencies and Indira- mi Carriers in , mme restriction.ii rop e

tlons.......................................European Armamouts—War

Check by Fear........................ Held346

1 failures in 1895.......................................allures 1st Quarter of 1896................’ 621

Fall River Mill Dividends...........................1122financial Review (monthly). Sec Quo

tation Supplement,orelgn Commerce of the U. S. in 1895. ] 14

roreign Exchange Below Gold-ExportPoint (Financial Situation)...................... 750n reign Exchange, Rise in Explained by Increased Price For (told Bars, etc.(F.S.) 612

Foreign Exchange, Rise in, and Gold Ex-„ ports (Financial Situation)...................... 800

Foreign Exchange, Upward Course of(liiianolal Situation)............................ 599

Foreign Railway Management, Lessons From.

Foreign

618on Carriers to T ~ :7 . “ " T . 1015

i Biter-State Commerce Commission andiu Anthracite Coal Rates......................... 889113 Inter State Commerce Commission, Fiinc-1 tionsof........... .............................. ’ 25"

Inter-state Commerce Commission and Joint Traffic Association (F. S.) 757

Inter-State Commerce Law, Decision Re­garding Import Traffic............................ gig

Inter-State Commerce Law Interpreted— t Bong and Short Haul Clause Decision

Commerce Law, Supreme Court Decides W itnesses Must Testify

Inter-State Teiegraph Business. Powersof States Over.............Investors’ Supplement: ..........................

Baltimore & Ohio System, Bonds of—April.Railroad Dividends Seven Yrears—Jan­uary.

617572973

f rom.......................................................... 972 iron Furnaoes in Blast (F. S.) 108 294Foreign trade Movement (monthly) (Fi ' Fnkn annul Bit.) loo. 342 524. 704, 887, 1114 Iron Production of United States Com-

'■"•'I" I'n.poMibm to I pared with Ollier Countries . „1081

Take the Government out of the Curreney Business.................... 342Pr In.,, Production o f............ “ J ™ l i i « I Iron and Steel Works of the tt' 8 for' 1896JTroe Coinage Movement............................ 10111 Directory of (Book 575

- - ---------------Countries................ 1116Iron Production of the United States Un­precedented........... j - y

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January- Jnne, 189#. j I N D E X mP a g e .

Wapan. Prospect* of Manufacturing In- tF dustry and Foreign Trade.1070,1120, 1163 Joint Traffic Association and Inter-State

Commerce Commission (F. S.)................ 757Joint Traffic Association. Judge Wheeler's

Decision in Favor of (F. 8 )..................... 966Joint Traffic Association and Outside

Lines <F. 8.)................ 925Joint Traffic Association. Suspension of

Rules (Financial Situation)................... 659■ ake Shore A Michigan Southern RR.,"4 Half-Yearly Statement ...................... I llsLake Shore A Michigan Southern RR.,

Traffic Change*........................................... 8>0Lehigh V*alley RR. Restores Wages i F. S.). 522 Lone and Short Haul Clause Decision-

Inter State Law Interpreted................... 617anehester** Trade With United States

Un. and World................................. 100*. 1016Maryland Rankers' Association andSound

Money <Fii ancial situation)..................... 658Merchandise. U. S. Imports and Exports

(monthly) (F. S). 109.342,524.704. 887. 1111 Mexican Gen. RR- and Its Silver Revenue 805 Mexican Internal. RR., Annual Report.. 661 Mexican N«tlon*l RR.. Annual Report . 571Mexico's Silver Production ........................ 211Michigan Central tiR.. Half-Yearly State­

ment.............................. . .....................Money Market. New York, for Six Years Monthly Review—Financial and Com­

mercial. See Quotation Supplement (monthly).

Morgan's. Mr., Letter Dissolving BondSyndicate.................................... .. __

Mortgage, Bondholders' Rights in Fore­closure (Financial Situation).................. 800

Morton. Governor, on Economy in Gov­ernment ...................................... 156

Municipal Bond Sales (monthly) 101,286,515, 697. 059. 1150

Municipal Bonds. Value of. Under Special Conditions................. 761

ew York Central A Hudson River RR.. l " Quarterly Returns (Fin. Hit.). 523,1113 Near 5 ork c cntral A Hudson River RR.,

Result* for fiscal Year.......................... 1162New York City Bond Offerings Percents

Unsuccessful iPtoauciut SUiiatioui 612New York Clearing House, New ............. 58New York Elevated Railroads, Increased

Facilities for...... ..................................... 759New York Money Market for Six Years 166 New York State Government, Governor

Morton’s Me**aze on Economy i56New York State and Qwvemment Owner-

ship of Railroad*..... ............. . . . . . 297New York Stock Exchange. Transaction*

on «monthly) 27,260, 112 621,852,New Y'ork IT i*t Coaipnulcs, Growth and

Inve«tments of ............................... ...Norfolk A West. Hit.. Anon I Report (F.H.t Norfolk A Western UK., Reorganization

Plan ............................................ ..............Northern Cent. RR.. Animal Kr(H>rt (F H.) Northern Pa< RR F* reciosittv (F.s.).mt i, Northern Pacific RR Receivership Tauglc Northern Pacific HR Reeeiversalp Tan

gh-. and 11*** sion of Judges Gilbert and Hanford. . . (08,43

Northern Pacific RR. Reorganization Plan, Favorable Feature* of...........522, 527

Page. !Prior Lien§, Treatment of in Railroad

Embarrassments ..................................... 525Produce Exchange (New York), Transac­

tions on (monthly)..27, 63, 260, 412,621, 852, 1023 !

Qu o t a t io n S u p p l e m e n t (monthly), Monthly Review and Monthly Tables

o f Stock Exchange and other Bond, Stock, etc., Prices.

Southern Pacific RR.—Decline in Trans­portation Kates........................................1064

Southern States and Free Silver Conven­tions.......................................... 885, 927, 966

Speoulai ions and Clearings in 1895......... 61State an d C ity S u pplem en t—April:

Restrictions on Bondholders In Con­necticut.

Savings Banks in New York, Widened Scope of Investments.

Savings Deposits, Growth of.

R ailroad Car Building, Activity in (F.S.) 386 State Restrictions upon Carriers in Inter-ailroad Construction, New..................1156 t ' State Commerce......................................... 1015

Railroad Earnings, Character of Cur- Stives. Powers of, over Inter-State Tele-reiit Reports (Fin Sit.)..56, 110, 153, graph Business......................................... 973206. 20s, 254, 3 11. 386, 434, 524, 568. Steel, How its Use is Expanding.............. 479569,613,704, 757, 800, 845, 885, 925, Stock Certificates Purchasers’ Title When

967.1010, 1061, 1113, 1157 1 Unregistered............................................ £03Railroad Earnings. Gross monthly)...63, Stock Exchange Share Sales (monthly)

290. 1- 2 . i.ot, *90, 1067 (Fiu. Sit.)........... 62, 254, 434,615, 845, 1009Railroad Earnings, Net (monthiv,. .116, Stock Exchange (New York). Transactions

392. 529, 709, 930, 1119 : on (monthly)...... 27, 260. 442, 621, 852, 1023oui Street Railway Supplement :

and Net for 1895.............................. 392, 439, Cost of < iperating Street Railways—May.Railroad Earnings for 1895, Supplement- . . . . — ”

ary Statement........................................... 439

1118166

117

525436

Railroad Embarrassments, Treatment ofPrior Lien* in.............. ..........................

Railroad Prosperity and Business Activ­ity...............................................................

Railroad Receivers’, Deeisiou of Judges Gilbert A Hanford in Nor. Pac. Case.432.

Railroad Transportation Rates on thePacific Coast, Dee hue in......................... 1064

Railroads- Board of Trade and Trans. En­dorses New Joint Pralfio Aaao. (F. 8.)__ 340

Railroads, <'onrt* Building...... ............. 9 .8Railroad* Embarrassed, Great Progress

math* in Re-.rgant/ »tion • F. 8 .)..............Railroads—Government Ownership of Railroads—Inter-State Commerce Com­

mission. FttncrUotMi o f ............................Railroad* 'Joint Traffic Association) and

Judge Wheeler** Decision (P. 3.)........... 966Railroad*. New, Limiting—Illinois Com*

miedotiers' Recommendations............... 480Railroad*—8L*te Restrictions upon Car

rier* lu Inter State Commerce.............. 1015Railroad*. Western, Eastern Management

o f ...............................................................Hallway Management, Foreign, Lessons

From ...... ..............................................Rail wav Taxation in the Unite 1 States Kale Calling -Supreme Court Decision

w »tli Regard t«* » ii v<ng Testimony ...... 572IF <>:. *r I.mbarrassiHl Rail­

road*. (treat Progress Mini** i f . 8.)........ 756Repobtieati Convention, Gold Platform

Adopted 'Einanelul Situation).............. 1112Retrt>*pe< t of 1S95........................ ............ 5Review of 1*95 by Month*........................ 7River and Harbor BUI. No Justification

for pas^a/e Over President's Veto (F.S.) 1008

440

756297257

970972 92 H

390 Russia —Coro uathon of the Czar (F. s .)__ 968H*6 Russia Go d P 0 1net io u ............................ 2 IX

Russia Turkey A11 inure (F. 8.1.................. 152340 u ml* A S iu Frau. Reorganization.. 801*44 ^ t .L o uisToruatio. Property ami Life D o­20s stror wl (Ft(intictal Situation)................. 966

ata Production lu 1*95O

I > act fie DO* siDecline in . Transportation Rate*

00

1064

u»d ExiM»rc-Gold and * liver. ... 169. 348, 531. 975, 1122

Having* K aitk a in N ew England and N. Y . 667 Savings Bank* and Sound Money (F. s.).. 924

. the Democrat(o Convention, andMr. Wbitnev ...................................115«. 1158

Silver. Free, and Southern Stale* Couven-

Pennsylvanla Banker*' Asuneliitinn, Pro­ceedings of Convention (Book Notice) . 575

Pennsylvania Bankers* Association and Sound Money (Financial Situation). . . . 702

Pennsylvania RR. Annual Report........ 437Pennsylvania RR Earnings aod Expense*

(Financial Situation)..... 153, 613, *02, Pennsylvania RR. Retrenchment (F. s .) . .Pennsylvania RR. Semi -Centennial........Philadelphia Manufacturers' Club andSound M oney ....................... ....... 615,Phtla. A Reacting RR. Annual Report.Phila. A Reading RR. ForecUwuir© (F.S.)Pttt*. Clan. Chic. A St. Louis RR , Annual

Report..................... ................................Pttt* C'lnn. Clue. A St. Louis RR. Divi­

dend on Preferred Stock (Fin. Sit.)........Political History and Financial Disturb­ance*..........................................................Political Platforms and Cumaev Reform Political Platforms and Hound Money ... political Situation. Increased Nervous­

ness and Cause, etc (P.8.1 ................... . 1000Political Situation and Trade Stagnation,

etc. (Financial Situation)........8*4, 921, 1060

9671061701

708

1063 88 7 571

Ilona.......................................... 885, 92Sliver, Free, Proposed Secession of Colo­

rado (Financial Situation)......................Sliver. Free Coinage Defeated in IIoiimc

• financial Situation)...............................Sliver, Free Go to age Movement ...... .....Silver Meeting at WiwUinrlon iml Manu­

facturer*’ Club or Philadelphia ...616, Sliver Nut the Cause of Low Price of

Wteat ............................................ .Silver Production of Australia since 1871 silver Product tun of Mexico Since 1871 .Silver Production of United state* .........Silver Production of the World Since 1871Silver Quotation* 1833 to 1895................Sliver. United State* Import* a ml Export*

of (monthly) (F. H.)... HO, 342,521, 704.887, 1114

Silver- What Monetary Uncertainty i* Costing (Letter and Mr. J. P. Morgan).. 1066

Sound Currency and Manufacturer*’ Ciub of Philadelphia (Financial Sltuatiou)6l5, 756

Sound Money amt Banker*' Associations(Financial Situation) ...................... 658, 702

Sound .Money and Crop* (F.S.)................. 841Sound Money. Political Canvas* for Begun 571 Sound Mouey and the Political Outlook

Improving (Financial Situation)............ 75'*South African Gold Production ............. 212

96652429 4

1011756154 215 215 214 211 171

Life of Street Railway Equipment-May. Limiting Ne w Stock aud Bond Issues—

February.Overcrowding—No Seat, No Fare—Feb­

ruary.Requiring Reports-February.Right of Philadelphia to Purchase its

Street Rail ays—May.Street Railway Securities—May.Street Railway Traffic iu Cities—May.Traffic of Massachusetts Roads—Feb­

ruary.Trolley r ompetition with Steam Roads

—FebruaryI Street Railways. Legislation to Prevent

Overcrowding (Financial Situation) 387^■’taxation. Railway, in the United States 928 M elegraph Business, Inter-State, Powersof states Over.......................................... 973

Trade Checked by Congressional Action About Cuba, etc. (Financial Situation).. 522

Trade Guineas Largely Due to Politicsand Currency (Financial Situation)...... 685

Trade Outlook Improving (F. S.) 702,756, 800 Trade. Political Platforms, Nervousness,

etc. (Filmin'nil Situation)......................... 1060I Trade Stagnation and Political Situation

(Financial Situation) .............881. 924. 1060Traffic Association. Joint, Suspension of

Rules (Financ h1 Situation).................... 659Traffic Association. New, Endorsed by

Board of Trade and Transport ation(F.8.) 340 Transportation Rates on the Pacific

Coast. Decline in ....................................... 1064Treasury Cash Holdmgs............430, 617, 847Treasury Income Decreasing and Un­

promising Until Business Improves — Treasury Income Decreasing With De­

clining Business.......................................Treasury lucerne and Outlook.................Tre i-ury Receipts From (''stoma,etc. (F.S.) 1009 Treasury Receipts-Surplus Promised aud

Bond SmIc ......................... ..........4,254, 455Tru-t Companies, Growth an L Invest­

ment* o f.................................................... 390Turkey* Russia Alliance (F .S )................. 152

Union Pacific RR., Minority Bondhold­ers in...... ....................— .................. 388

United states Debt and History—State am * City Sijpi' lkmrnt— Aorii.

U.S Gold ami S lver Production........211, 214Unit-1 states Mail and Restrictions on

Railroads in Inter state Commerce...... 10L5

616846435

Vranderhllt i n c u t .

Road*, Half-Yearly State-.................................... 1118

Venezuela Affair Becoui'iig Less Threat­ening (Financial situation).................... 206

Venezuela, the ** Blue Book” and the••While Book ” (Financial Situation)----

Venezuela Boundary Dispute, An EarlySett lenient Probable (F. 8.).....................

Venezuela and Flying Squadron (F. 8.)--- Vene/uela. Rumors of a Hitch in Negotia­

tions Denied (Financial Situation)........Venezuela, United States. Russia, and Mr.

Balfour's, etc., Address...........................

294477152756299

\ Xesteru Roads, Eastern Management

o f ............................................. .........WedingliouKC and General Electric Com­

panies. Agreement Between (F. 8.)......Wheat Depression Not Caused by Silver

Cannot be Cured by Free Coinage.........Wueat Production in U. S. iu 1895...........Wheat. Winter. Agricultural Report of

Condition and Acreage (F. 8.)........884, 1061Wi t waters rand t Gold Production ........... 2L2World’s Banking II s-tory (Book Notice).. 848 World’s Gold aud Silver Production........ 211

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\ krtm Bedford A Cleveland RR (Elect.) 1*4 Ibany street Ry....l84. 547. 777. 948, 1085

Albany A Hiisqiivbanna RR. .............318. 907Alberta Ry. A Coal C o.............................. 84Allegheny Traction Co.................... 194Allegheny Volley R y . .............363, 7 7 6, 777Allentown A Lehigh Valley Traction Co 906 American Bell Telephone Co 39. 547,6 3 3 . 634. 682. 725, 1085, 1176American Biscuit Co............ 363American Cotton Oli Co........ .................... 867American District Telegraph Co........ 230American Electric Heating Corporation

of Boston . . . . . . ......................... ,...587, 634American Security Investment Co ........ 412American Soda Fountain Co ................ 275American Spirits Mfg. Co........ ............... 318A mertoaa Straw hoard Co......... 137, 317, 587

nnual report* are indexed in black-faced figures. IP age .

American Sugar Ref. Co........................84, 597A m e r ica n Telephone A Telegraph Co...... 1176American Tobacco Co..31 7, 587. 634,

777, 820, 867. 907American Type Founders'Co................... 682American Water W ork * Co........820,987, 1085Anaconda Copper Mining Co.................... 1086Ann Arbor RR.Anthracite Coal Roads.. 137, 181 231,

587,455725276634634

A pplot on - Ed iso n Electric C o..Arinina* Harbor A Northern R 3...... 184Aransas Harbor Terminal Ky.................Aransas Pass Terminal RR........................ 184Atchison .v Pike's Peak RR.............. 588, 908Atchison Topeka A Santa Fe Ry 39. 84,

137. 184,276.318. 363. 587. 634. 682,725, 731,777,820, 907, 987, 1138

Pag eAtlanta A Charlotte Air Line Ry........... .. 363Atlanta Knoxv. A Nor. B y..85,457.1040,1086 Atlantic Ave (B’klyn) RR. .276, 4 '3.456, 777 At hint ic A Danville R y ..l3 6, 867, 1086,1137,1141Atlantic & Pacific RR. .84, 184, 231, 682,

725,777,820, 907, 1138Atlas Tack Co......................................867, 117«Augusta (Gn.) Ry.................... -----*§20, 907Avon Geneseo A Mount Morris RR...318, 589U nltimore Chesapeake A Atlantic RR.. 274

altiiuoreCity Passenger Ry........... 84Baltimore A Lehigh R.v......................184, 987Balt. A Ohio KU 184, 231. 318, 363,,412,

414, 455. 547,588, 591. 634. 777,820,821 867, 907,948.987,1030,1086,1138,1176,1178

Baltimore A Ohip SouhwostTO #7* - -412,

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Page.Baltimore Traction Co...................... 274, 777Rancor A Aroostook RR... ........................ 454Bank of England. Condition of (weekly

by cable*. See Financial Situation.Bank of England Statements (weekly).

see Monetary and Commercial English News.

Bank of Montreal. Annual Meeting..........1026Bank Statements, New York, Boston and

I’hila. (weekly). See Bankers' Gazette.Bank aud Trust Company Stock*, prices

in New York (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette. In leading cities, See Quota tion SorPLBMUNT (monthly).

Bankers' Gazette (weekly). 31,73, 122, 174,220.264.307, 351. 398, 445. 489,534, 578. 624. 671. 713, 766. 809, 856.

897. 935,935, 1029, 1075, 1125, 1167Bankruptcy Bill........................................... 868Banks, National. Abstracts from Reports

to Comptroller of Currency.............270, 772Banks, National. Organized (weekly). See

Commercial aud Miscellaneous News.Ray State Gas Co.............. 318, 668,1086. 1139Beohton Construction Co .......................... 184Belleville A Southern Illinois RR............. 684Binghamton RR......................................... 360Birmingham Powerly A Bessemer RR— 868Bituminous Coal Roads Agreement.......... 113Bonds Called for Payment..39, 232, 413,

456,588, 918Bonds. Prices of all Classes. See Quota­

tion Supplement (monthly). See Bunkers* Gazette (weekly).

Bonds. See Titles—United Stntos, State,City. Municipal and Railroad Bonds.

Boston A Albany RR .. 186,231, 276, 547, 868Boston Elevated KK........................... 455, 868Boston & Lowell RR..........456, 501, 820, 1039Boston Ac Maine RR........... .............. 318, 907Boston A Montana Mining Co................... 303Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore Stock

Exchange Prices (weekly). See Bank­ers’ Gazette.

Boston, Revere Beach Ac Lynn RR........... 1138Boston Terminal Co.............................547, 1138Breadstuff's, Agrie. Rcpoits on.. 100, 513,

v 696. 917, 1105Breadstuff's. British Prices and Statistics

(weekly). See Monetary and Commer­cial English News.

Breadstuff's, Exports of, from the U. S.146.330,561,788, 91G

Breadstuff Market and Statistics! weekly).See Commercial Times.

Brigantine Beach RR..........................456, 547Brigantine Transit Co.................137,185, 778Brookline Gas Co..................................318, 1086Brooklyn Bath Ac West. End RR................ 777Brooklyn A* Brighton Beach RR.............. 276Brooklyn City Ac Newtown RR......... 363. 868Brooklyn Elevated R R ..8 I, 363, 588,

634, 682, 908, 948Brooklyn Heights RR................................ 868Brooklyn Queens County Ac Suburban

(Street) RR..................... 185,276, 868Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.. 185, 232,

2 7 6,456, 868, 1086, 1138 Brooklyn Traction Co..277, 413. 456,

588,820, 908Brooklyn Union Gas Co.908,1086, 11*8,1141Brooklyn Wharf Ac Warehouse Co__ 363, 54 7Brunswii k Co.............................................. 185Buffalo Bradford Ac Pittsburg Ky............. 39Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg Rv.276, 821, 908Buffalo Street Ry....................... .319,547, 90SBuffalo Ac Susquehanna RR................ 232, 777Buffalo Traction Co. (Buffalo, N. Y .)185, 547 Bullion. See Gold and Silver.Burlington Cedar Rapids Ac Northern Ry.

39,501, 866Burlington Electric RR. (Towa)................ 232Butler A Pittsburg RR.........................684, 1140Butte Ac Boston Mining Co.......................... 547

Calgary & Edmonton Ry.............. 1039,1086alumet Electric Street Ry..................... 908

Calumet & Blue Island Ky..........................1086Cambria Iron Co......................................... 277Camden Ac Atlantic RR.............. 321, 366, 504Camden Horse RR...................................... 682Camden Ac Suburban Ry............................. 682Canada Michigan Ac Chicago Ry............... 277Canada Southern Ry.................................. 1038Canadian Pacific By.315,318, 501 .6 3 2 ,

634,637, 871Canal and Miscellaneous Stock and Bond

List See I nvestors' Supplement (quarterly).

Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Ry..39, 185,232, 277, 588, 654, 682

Cape May (N. J.) Transportation Co........ 987Capital Traction Co. (Washington, D. C.) 137 Carbondsle Ac Forest City Passenger Ry. 778Carbondale Traction Co............................ 77nCarolina Cumberland Gap A Chic. Ry ... 1176Carolina Knoxville A* Western Ry__ 232, 5X8Carolina Midland RR ................................. 1*5Cataract Power Ac Conduit Co.....................1138Cedar Falls A* Minnesota RR__ 588. 821. 1« 39Central Branch Union Pacific Rv.319, 588, 908Central Coal & Coke O .................. 868Central Crosstown (N. Y.) RR................... 277Central of Ga. Ky. 137,2 2, 363, 456, 726, 1138Central Ohio RR................................... 821, 1176Central Pacific RR..232, 456, 549, 643,

742,822. 1039, I08J. 1086, 1096Central RR. of New Jersey........................ 360Central KR. Ac Banking Co. of Ga............. 363Central Ac South American Telegraph Co. 682Central Traction Co. (Pittsburg)...... 9 48, 1087Central Union Telephone Co. (Chicago).. 588 Central Vermont RK..185, 315. 588,

634. 682. 808, 908, 948.987, 1138Central Washington KR..................... 137. 501Central Wisconsin Electric Ry...........501, 948Centralla Ac Chester Ry.............................. 987Charleston A Macon R.v............................. 1138Charleston A Western Carolina KR...... . 1140Chattanooga Electric Ry.....................413, 588 I

Page.Cliattanoogn Rome A Columbus RR........ 1039Chattanooga Southern Ry.................. 137, 1039Chernw Ac Chester RR......................1138, 1177Chesapeake A Ohio Canal Co................84. 1138Chesapeake A Ohio Ry................. 84. 683, 1086Chesapeake Ohio At Southwestern RR 40.

868. 988, 1039, 1086, 1176Chesapeake A Western RR........................ xG8Chester A Lenoir RR................................... 185Chicago & Alton RR .............. 359. 366, 588Chicago A Atchison Bridge Co..........185, 588Chicago, Burlington A Quincy RR. .185,

501, 635, 679. 68 5. 987Chicago City Ry........183, 413, 456, 588, 988Chicago A Eastern Illinois Ktt......... 988, lu39Chicago Edison Co..............................98 7. 1138Chicago Gas Co .............. 84, 319, 588, 9S7Chicago Gas Consolidation........................ 185Chicago General Ry............................. 185. 987Chicago Great Western Ry. 185.319,1087,1 1 36Chicago Hammond A Western KR........... 778Chicago Lake Shore A Eastern RR...868, 1086Chicago Milwaukee A St. Paul Ky----502, 989Chicago Mutual Fuel Gas Co..................... 277Chicago A Northern Pacific RR. .137.319,

413. 547. 725, 778. 90S, 1039, 1176 Chicago A Northwestern Rv..363, 15-,

683, 1037Chicago Passenger Ry................................ 553Chicago Peoria A St. Louis Ry..........232, 319Chicago Rock Island A Pacific R v..989,

103 7, 1039. 1042Chicago St. Paul Minn. A Man. Ry........... 410Chicago A St. Louis Electric RR.............. 778Chicago A South Side Rapid Transit RR.

137, 185. *30 , 232, 363,683. «68, 1176Chicago Street Railways............................. 868Chicago A West Michigan Ry.............778, 820Chicago A Western Indiana RR............... 1084Chicago Wisconsin A Minnesota RR........ 185Choctaw Oklahoma A- Gulf RR. 137, 183,

547, 588, 72.6, 778, 821, 868 Cincinnati Hamilton A Dayton R v ..l8 2 .

232, 10 38, 1139Cincinnati Inclined Plane P.y........... 683, 1040Cincinnati Jackson A Mackinaw Ry.277.

548, S68, 1137Cincinnati Lebanon A Northern Ry..502,

548, 988Cincinnati A Muskingum Valley Ry.548, 906Cincinnati N. Orleans A Tex. Pac. Ky__

232,1139Cincinnati Newport A Covington (Street)

Ry............................................................... 988Cincinnati Southern Ky....................... 232, 1139Cincinnati Street Ry..........821,1139, 1178Citizens'Street RR. (Indianapolis)......... 1176Citizens' Street Ry (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 232, 589 City Bonds, Prices of. See Quotation

Supplement (monthly).City Gas Co. (Norfolk, Va.)..........................1139City A Suburban Ry. (Baltimore)___ 413, 548City Water Works Co.......................... 1085Claflin Co., IL B .................................. 136Cleveland Canton A Southern RR..40,

84, 232, 413. 456. 635 Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago A St. Louis

Ry........ ..................... 84, 948Cleveland City Ry ..................................... 363Cleveland Electric Ry....................... 363Cleveland Lorain A Wheeling Ry___ 363, 502Cleveland A Pittsburg R R ... . . . .__ 54o, 1087Cleveland Terminal A Valley Ry.............. 820Coffee. See Commercial Times (weekly).Cohoes City Railway.....................................1085Coin and Bullion. Prices in New York

(weesly). See Bankers’ Gazette. Prices in London. See Monetary and Commer­cial English Nows.

Colorado Fuel A Iron Co .138, 413, 456, 461 Colorado Midland Rv.39, 136, 182, 232,

318, 726Columbia Construction Co................. 908Columbia RR....................................... 84Columbia A .Maryland Ry. (Electric) .589, 908Columbus Central Ry.................................. 413Columbus A Hocking Coal A Iron Co.

232, 277, 456. 502, 589, 635, 821, 1087, 1176 Columbus Hocking Valley A Toledo RV.

* 1X2, 413. 547, 724Columbus Sandusky A Hocking Ry..277, 949Columbus Southern Ry....................... 1087Columbus Street Ry.......................... 229Commercial Cable Co................................. 412Commercial Epitome (weekly). See Com­

mercial Times.Commercial and Miscellaneous News

(weekly)....28, 71, 120, 172, 218, 262,305, 349, 397, 443, 487, 532, 576, 623,669, 711,765, 807, 853, 895, 933. 977,

1025, 1073, 1124, 1165 Commercial Times (weekly) ..42, 94, 140.

188.235,279,332, 371. 416, 463, 506,554. 594, 644, 690, 743, 785. 832. 871,

910, 952, 991, 1044. 1098, 1142, 1180Coney Island A Brooklyn RR .......... 185, 778Consol'd Coa! Co. of Maryland ..317 , 363, 456Consolidated Ice Co.............................908, 1040Consolidated Kansas City Smelting A

Refining Co.........................................778, 1176Consolidated Ry.............................................1138Consolidated Traction Co., Pittsburg. .41,

184,635, 948, 1087Consols—Daily Prices of in London. See

Monetary and Commercial English News (weekly).

Consumers' Fuel Gap. Heat A Power Co.(N. Y .)........................................................ 988

Corn Menl, \ 8ee Breadstuffs.Cotton—See also the title “ Cotton” in

Editorial Articles.Do Acreage in 1896............................ 1019Do Acreage, Movement to keep

down........................................... 98Do Agricultural Bureau’s Reports..

511. 558, 914, 1102 Do Amountof Crop in Sight(weekly).Do Amount on Shipboard not cleared

(weekly).

Page.Cotton—Clearances from U. S. Ports

(weekly).Do Clearing House, New York. .192,

238, 420Do Consumption in Europe. ..159,

326, 510. 789, 915, 1147 Do Consumption and Overland Move­

ment—December, 46; January,215; February. 441; March.649; April, 836;] May......... 1048.

I)o Crop Movement, Agricultural Re­ports on...................................... 558

Do East India Crop Prospects..98,144, 192, 559. 6*9, 836

Do Egyptian. Alexandria Report by Cable (weekly).

Do Egyptian Crop.............................. 995I)o Exports (monthly) 146, 330, 561,

748. 916Do Exports of Yarns aud Goods to

China and Japan from India.. 559 Do Exports of Yarns and Goods from

Great Britain.. 144, 510, 558,790, 956, 1147

Do Fall River Mill Dividends 376, 1122Do Fertilizer Sales in Alabama........ 835l)o Fertilizer Sales in Georgia.......... 559Do Height of Rivers (weekly).Do India Shipments (weekly by

Cable).Do Interior Towns Movement (w'kly)Do Liverpool Market (weekly).I)o Liverpool Stock............................. 649Do Manchester Goods Trade...............1016Do Manchester Markets (weekly).Do Mauufact ares, Exports of (month­

ly)......192.326, 558, 694. 915, 1103Do Markets and Statistics (weekly).

See Commercial Times.Do Memphis Exchange Election...... 144Do Now York Cotton Exchange.512,

694, 747. 995, 1049, 1146, 1184Do North Carolina Crop Report........ 875Do Overland Movement (weekly).Do Peruvian........................................ 192Do Port Receipts and Daily Crop

Movement (weekly).Do Quotations for Middling at Other

Markets (weekly).Do Receipts from Plantat’s (weekly).Do Reform in Preparing for Market. 375 Do Sea Island Movement (weekly).Do Standard Bale..................................1137Do Temperature and Rainfall Aver­

ages............................ 240, 511, 1048Do Visible Supply (weekly).Do Weather Record for September,

October, November and De­cember, 239 ; January, 327; February. March and April,996; May................................... 1049

Do "Weather Reports by Telegraph (weekly).

Cceur d’Alene Ky. A Nav. Co..................... 635Cumberland A Ohio RR............................... 277Cumberland Valley RR............................... 546

D allas City Street Ry.............................. 185alias Consol. Traction Co....................... 185

Dayton Traction Co....................................... 589Debt Statement (monthly). NeeU.S. Debt. Delaware A Hudson Canal C o...84. 228 . 410 Delaware Lackawanna A Western RR..

228,319,413, 908Delta Electric Ry. (Cairo, 111.).................. 364Denison A Northern Ry...................... 456, 908Denver City R y.................................. 456Denver City Cable Ry..........................413, 456Denver Leadville A Gunnison Ry............... 139Denver A Rio Grande RR..138, 502, 821,

869,1040Denver Texas A: Fort Worth RR...... 366Denver Texas A Gulf RR................... 366Denver Union Water Co..................... 908Detroit (Mich.) Ry.............................. 778Detroit Lansing A Northern RR..319,

456, 589, 635, 683Detroit Mackinac A Marquette RR.......... 683Diamond Match Co............................. 317, 456Distilling A Cattle Feeding Co..318, 320,

683, 907Dividends Declared (weekly). See Bank­

ers’ Gazette.Dry Dock East Broadway A Battery RR.

232, 988Dry Goods Markets and Statistics (weekly)

See Commercial Times.Duluth A Iron Range RR...................... 364Duluth A Manitoba RR......................... 549Dulutli Terminal Ry.............................. 908Duluth Transfer RR..................... 232, 277, 589Duluth A Winnipeg RR..185, 320,502,

635, 778, 821. 908. 1087Duquesne Traction Co........................ 948, 1087Dutchess County RR............................ 84

I ast Shore Terminal Co.......................... 138^astern Trunk Lines................... 84, 589, 778

Edison Electric Illuminating Co. ofBrooklyn................................... 184, 229, 683

Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of NewYork........................................184, 361, 372

Edison Electric Light Co. of Philadelphia40, 415

Edison Light A Power Co....................... 1088Eighth Avo. (N. Y.) RR......................... 40Electric Co. Stocks. See Quotation Sup-

plement (monthly).Electric Storage Battery Co.................1038Elmira Cortland A Northern RR....... 364, 1177Empire (N. Y.) Traction Co.................. 84, 456England, Bank of. See Bank.English Correspondence and Cable Re­

port (weekly). See Monetary and Com­mercial English News.

Equitable Gas Light Co........ ...................... 413Erie R R ..39, 84, 85, 86 , 186, 233, 277,

318,414, 456, 502, 549, 589, 683, 726, 908Erie Telegraph A Telephone Go....... 275,1040Evansville A Richmond RR............... 364, 413

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P a g e .Evansville A Terre Haute HR........... 364, 413Excelsior Springs HR.................................. 778Exchange Market an i Prices (weekly).

See Baukers* Gazette.Exchange, Sterling. Daily Prices of

(monthly). See Q u o t a t io n S u p p l e m e n t .Exchange, Sterling, in 1895....................... 24Exports aud Imports of Specie and Mer­

chandise at New York,Value of (weekly)See Comxnerc’l and Miscellaneous News.

Exports and Imports of the United States.See United States.

■failures. See Mercantile Failures.JT airhaven & New Whatcom Electric Ry.

(Fair-haven, Wash.)................................. 589Fairmount Park (Phila.) Transport’ll Co. 778Fall Brook Ry ..................................277, S69Federal Street A Pleasant Valley (Pitts­

burg) HR........................................... ) 89,1179Fitchburg R R ...................................... 232, S69Flint A Peru Marquette RR...... 138, 636, 869Florida Central A Peninsular RR.■ 1 35,

455. 819Florida Midland RR................................... 548Florida Southern RR..............................84, 683Flour. See Breadstuff*.Fonda Johnstown A Glover*vilie RR...... 589Foreign Correspondence on Markets

(weekly). See Monetaiy and Commer­cial English New*.

Foreign Exchange. See Exchange.Fort Wayne A Belle Isle Ry. (Detroit,

Mich.).......................................................... 635Fort Worth A Denver City Ry.39,40,233.

1040, 1085Four Lakes Light A Power Co.................. 779France. Bank of. S e Bank.Frederick A Pennsylvania Line RR..77S, 1097 Fulton Street <N. Y.> RK................... 277

Ctaiveston Harrisburg A San Ant. By..Balreeton Houston A Henderson RK...

Galveston La Porte A Houston HR .40, 84, 138, 186, 277,

Gas Stocks. See Commercial and Miscel lan- ous News (weekly) and Q u o t a t io n S u p p l e m e n t «monthly».

General Quotation* of stocks and Bonds (monthly). See Stocks and Bonds.

General Electric Oo .502, 589. 635, 776.780, 988,

Georgia A Alabama Ky 234, 364. 456,502,635.

Georgia Midland RR........................... 683.Georgia Midland A Gulf RR...... 138, 277,Georgia Southern A Florida RR................Gold E «port* and Imports at New York

(weekly). Au? Com. and Mis. News. Grain. See Breadstuff*.

Grand Rapids A Indiana RK .84, 502.548. 7 7 5. 821.

Grand Trunk Ry. of Canada......................Gray's Point Terminal Ry.............. ..........Great Britain. See British.Great Northern Ry.......... 503, 636, 726,Green Bay A Western R R ........................Green Bay Winona A St. Paul RR----40,

138. 364, 413, 589. 683, 821, 908. 1040, Greenwood Anderson A Western RR. 185.Guaranty Tru*t Co....................................Gulf A Inter state R y...... . .............. 40,Gunny Bag* (weekly). See Cotton Report

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R amraond Whiting A East ChicagoElectric Ky.............. ...................86, 502

Hardman A Northeastern RR.................. 40Helena A Red Mountain HR......... ............ 950Herring Hall Marvin Co................... 138Heatonvtlle Mantua A Fairmont (Phila

deipbiai RR............................................... 779Hlngham Street Ry.......................................1177Hoboken Ferry.................... 1040Houston Bell A Magnolia Park Ry........ 320Houston City Street Ky...... 84, 277, 548, *<69Houston East AW.Tex. Ry 36 4,821, 1040,1177Houston A Texas Central RR...........456. 457!!ud*oti (S. Y.) Electric Ry.........................1139Hudson Highland* Bridge A Ky. Co........ 157Hudson Susp. Bridge A New England Ry. 457Hudson Tunnel Ry........................................1177Ilumeston A Shenandoah RK.. .320, 413, oj5 Huntingdon A B. T. Mountain HR. 277. 316 Hutchinson A Southern RK....................... 84

I llinois Central RR 138. 379. 58s, 635,636, 683. 684, 784. *21,988, 1039

Illinois steel Co ................................ 316. 320Imports and Exports of specie 'and Mer­

chandise at New York.Valueof < weekly).See Commerc‘1 and Miscellaneous New*.

Imports and Export* of the United state*.See United State**, etc.

Indiana Decatur A Western RR................ 502Indiana Illinois A Iowa RK....................... 548Industrial Stock*, etc.. Pi Ice* of. See

Quotation supplement -monthly). Insurance Stock*. Price* in leading Cities.

See Quotation supplement (monthly).Interior Conduit A Insulation Co............. 413

Northern RR.778, 1038International Navigation <*>. (N.J.)........ 27International Packing A Provision Oo.. . 84Interoceanh: Ry of Mexico..364. 502.

683,869, 949Inter State Commerce Commission.......... 589Investments. Qnarterty Article In In­

vestor*’ Supplement.Investments and hailroad Intelligence,

37. 79, 128, 180,220.271.313,357,404, 451.495. 540, 584, 630. 6T7. 719, 773.81ft, 862.903.941.984,1035,1081,1131,1173

Investment Trust Co. of America........... 869Investors’ Supplement (published the

last Saturday of every thtrd month) will be found in this volume at end of Jan. and April, respectively.

Iowa Central Ry.................................. 548, 683Iron. See Commercial Times (weekly).

P a g e .Jacksonville Louisville A St. Louis Ry.

779, 869, 908, 1087Jacksonville Tampa A Key West Ry. .40,

364,414, 683,821,1137Jefferson Coal A Ry..................................... 779Johnson Company...................................... 949Joint Traffic Association........... 778, 869, 988Jute Butts, Bagging, etc. (weekly). See

Cotton Report.

K ansas City A Atlantic RR...................ansas City A Northern Connecting

RR...................................... 548, 590, 990,Kansas City A Omaha HR..502,819, 869.

1040,Kansas City Pittsburg A Gulf RR ..277,

589,908. 949,Kansas City Smelting A Refining Co........Kansas City Suburban Belt RR................Kentucky A Indiana Bridge Co................Kentucky Midland Ry........................ 233,Keokuk A Western RR..............................Kinderhook A Hudson Ry..277, 114,502, Kings County Elevated Ry. .276,364.588,

634, 682, 90S,Kings County Traction Co.................636,Knoxville Cnmb. Gap A Louisville R R ... Knoxville Street RK...................................

I aclede Gas Light Co. JJake Erie A Pittsburg RK......................Lake Erie A Western RK .186, 360. 818. Lake Roland Elevated Ry. (Baltimore)... Lake Shore A Michigan Southern Ry.414,

86 4, 990,Lake Street Elevated RR. (Chicago)..85,

230. 233, 869, 908, 949, 1040, 1087,Lancaster (Pa.) Street Railways .............Lancaster A Chester KB............................Leavenworth Topeka A Southwestern Ky.l.egal Surety Co. of United States.............Lehigh Coal A Navigation Co........ 363.Lehigh A Hudson River Ry................364,Lehigh Valley Ry 1 3 4 .186,864.548.909,

1040, 1**87,Lehigh V’alley Ry. of N. Y.)................414,I-ehigh A Wlike-barre Coal Co..................Lima Electrie Ky.................... ....................Lincoln fitre*t Ry ......................................Litchfield Carrolton A Western RR__ 10,Little Rock Hot Springs A Texas RR......Little Rock A Memphis HR...... 1S6, 364,Liverpool and Loudon Markets (weekly).

See Monetary A Com. English News.Long I-land Electric Ry................... 548,Long Island RR 187, 320, 503,Long Island Traction Co .......1*5, 232,Lo* Angeles (Cal.) Cable Ky......................Lout*vilie Ky...................................... 411,Louiftville Kvauflville A St. Louis Cons.

RK......... 186. 499. 502, 589, 635, 726,: taxi' - . i " i".I»ui*vilie A Jeffersonville Bridge Co......Louisville A Nashville RK .85,233. 277. Louisville now Albanv A Chicago KR .. LoaiivUle Bt Louis A Texas By 138,233,

277. 589, 683. 869,Love Electric Traction Co..........................Lyken* Valley Coal Co..............................Lynn A Boston (Street) RR........................

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mfl aeon A Birmingham KK----40, 233,Iv i 635, 683. 1040Macon A Northern Ky .............................. 726Madison City Gas Light A Coke Co.......... 779Madison City (Wts.) Ry........... .................... 114Mahoning Coni RR..................................... 865Maine Central RR........ 320Manchester A L vren ce RR....................... 869Manhattan Beach Co........................ 869Manhattan Elevated RR 138,865,414,

683,909. 1040, 1087, 1177 Mannfacturing Stocks. Prices of. See

quota n o s Supplement (monthly).Maricopa A Phu nlx RK............................. 589Maricopa fluentx A Salt River Valley RR. 589Marietta A North Georgia Ry----85. 365,

157. 502, 548, 821, 869, 1040, 1086Maritime f.’anal.................................... 590, 909Market A Fulton National Bark............... 821Marshfield A Southeastern RR.................. 365Maryland Coal Co........................................ 455Mary Lee Coal A Ry .................................. 779Massachusetts Pipe Lin** Gas Co.............. 1139McKeesport Duqucaiie A WHmerdlng

Ky ........................................ • - 279,Memphis A Charleston RR..233, 457,

589.635. 779, 921, -69. 949. 1041Mercantile Failures In 1895....................... 69Merchandise. Stocks of. In New York

(montblv)........ ..42,279. 163,644,871,1044Meriden Waterbary A Connecticut R R ..

365. 457,Metals. See Commercial Times (weekly).Metropolitan HR. (Baltimore*...................Metropolitan St. RR. (Washington, I). C.) Metropolitan Street Ry. (Kansas City) Metropolitan Street Ky. (If. Y.).548,990,1088Metropolitan Traction Co. Chicago)........ ;>48Metropolitan Traction Co. (New York)..

40, 278, 548, 785, 949, 990 Mexican Central R y..315, 8 17. 823.869,949, 990Mexican Industrials Ry .............................1177Mexican International RR 85,680, 787, 909 Mexican National KK..580, 590. 591,635,726, 990, 1139Mexican Southern Ry................................. 560wexican Telegraph Co......................... 08-Mexico City Street K y ..................... 548, 869Michigan Central Bridge Co... . . . . . . . . . . . 278Michigan Central RR................278, 865, 1439Middletown (Conn.) Electric Ry........ . 85Milwaukee Electric Ry. A Light Co..278,779, 1038, 1011, 1087. 1177 Milwaukee A Lake Winnebago RR. 636,1098Milwaukee Street Ry.. ...... 40, 233, 278, • /9Mining Stock*. Prices of. See Quotation

Supplement (monthly).

415

949990

84502

Page.Minneapolis & St. Louis RR................. 40, 683Minneapolis Street Ry................................ 871Minnesota Iron Co...................................... 364Minnesota A Wisconsin RR......................... 1041Miscellaneous Securities, Prices 1895.16, 25Miscellaneous Securities, Quotations of.

See Quotation Supplement (montlilv).Missouri Kansas A Texas Ry__ 2H3, 778, 1087Missouri Pacific Ry....................278, 497, 548Mobile A Birmingham Ry......................... 909Mobile Jackson A Kansas City RR .. .457, 990Mobile A Ohio RR.................. 186Mobile A Spring Hill Ry............................ 683Monetary and Commercial English News

and Market Prices by Cable (weekly)27, 70, 119, 169, 217,261, 303,348,395,442, 486, 531. 575. 622, 668, 710. 763,806,852.894,932.976,1023,1072,1123,1164

Momy Market (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette.

Money Market in London and Continental Cities (weekly). Sen Mouerary and Commercial English News.

Monongahela River RR......................414, 867Montclair Water Co.................................... 870Monterey A Mexican Gulf RR ................ 85Montgomery (Ala.) Terminal Co.............. 364Montgomery Tuscaloosa A Memphis Rv.

186,278, 590Mt. Adams A Eden Park Inclined Ry...... 1178Mount Auburn Cable Street RR................. 1178Municipal Bonds. See State and City

Supplement.Municipal Bonds, Quotations of. See

Quotation Supplement (monthly). Muscogee Oklahoma A Western Ry......... 990^ ash vilie Chattanooga & St. L. Ry.414,1178

990990779

949

ash vilie A Suburban RyNashville Traction Co..........85, 278, 502,Nassau Electric RR..277, 365, 413, 456,

548, 588, 636,National Banks. See Banks.National Dock A New Jersey Junction

Connecting Rv.................................... ... 233National Lead Co...... ............................... 362National Linseed Oil Co 186,233. 275,

365.414, 590National Ry. (St. Louis)............................. 274National Stock Yards Co. (St. Louis)........ 320National Wall Paper Co.....................1087, 1139Nevada C »unty Narrow Gauge RR......... 683Newark Somerset A Straitsville RR........ 820New Britain Trolley RR............................. 186Newburg Electric Ry................................. 414Newburg A Orange Lake RR.................... 414NewburyportA Amesbury Ry................. 457New England Telephone A- Telegraph Co. 906 New England RR 186, 365, 502.547, 590, 909 New Jersey A New York RR.320,589, 683, 949New Jersey Trolley Roads......................... 503New Loudon Street Railway...................... 684New Orleans A Southern RR----186, 278, 590New Orleans Traction Co........................... 230New Orleans A' Western RR.............. 278, 870Now York Biscuit Co...........................320, 457N. Y. Brooklyn A Man. Beach Ry----187, 909New York A- Canada RR.....................320, 949New York Central & Hudson River RR.

278. 18,589,870,1139 New York Chicago & St. Louis RR. .186,

365, 726, 8 6 6 ,New York City Bank .Statement (weekly).

See Bankers’ Gazette.New York City Exports and Imports

(weekly). See Commercial and Miscel­laneous News.

New York City Foreign Trade, (monthly)120, 305, 488, 669, 933, 1073

N ew York A East River Gas Co................ 949New York A- Greenwood Lake Ry__ 233, 365New York Guaranty A Indemnity Co— 41N. Y. A Harlem Street Ry. Lines.949.990, 1088 New York L. Eiie A. Western RR. (Eiie). 456New York A Long Islam! Bridge Co........New York Money Market for Six Years..New York New Haven A Hartford RR..

233. 320, 111. 503, 517, 548, 590, 684,New York A New Jersey Bridge Co..548, 1041N. Y. A N. J. Telephone Co.......414, 503, 546New Yor A Northern RR......................... 909N. Y. Ontario A West. RR.320, 590, 909, 950New York A Pennsylvania RK......... 909,1178New York Pennsylvania A Ohio RR..85,

139, 233, 414, 457, 909 New York A Pennsylvania Telegraph &

Telephone Co............................................ 414New York A Putnam RR........... ............... 909New York A Sea Beach Ry...... 186,1041, 1088New York A Staten Island Traction Co.. 233 New York Stock Exchange Clearing

House Transactions. .68, 119, 165,217,260, 303, 486, 575, 667, 852, 975, 1023, 1071

New York Susquehanna A Western RR.82, 85New York Telephone Co.......................... 1139N iruruguan Canal Co..........320, 365, 590, 909Norfolk Albemarle A Atlantic RR..278,779, 909, 1088Norfolk A: Carolina RR...........................--- 186Norfolk A Ocean View RR.................. 414, /79Norfolk street RR .......................... - ------ 186Norfolk Virg. Beach & South. RR^.1088,1178 Norfolk A Western RR. .414,503,590,636,

641,684, 726, 821, 870, 905. 909. 950,’ * 1041,1088,1178North American Co..................870,1088,1136North American Match Co......................... 1178North Carolina RR......... ............... -------- -*57NorthChioagoSfcreet RK.41,139,183,233, 414Noith A East River Ry..............................North Hudson County Ry.................... 4 1 1North Pennsylvania RR...................... 46-, 870North Side Electric Street Ry.......... -233, 414Northern Central Ky........................... 361, J 68Northern New York RR............................ foeNorthern Ohio Ry........------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Northern Pacific RH..41, 85, 13/, 139,

233, 320, 365. 414, 462, 501, 503. 545,549, 550, 590, 635, 636, 684, 726, 7/9,822, 870, 909, 950, 990,1041,1088,1139,1178

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Page.Northern Pacific A Montana RR.............. 549Northeastern RR. (Ga.)..............88, 683. 909Northwest Equimm*ut Go............... 7 *>Northwestern Elevated Kv. (Ohieago) 231,908Nypano KK...................................457, 546, 909

Oats Market (weekly). See Breadstuffa.gdern Electric Street Ry. (Chicago)__ 779

Ogden Gas Co................................................1178Ogdenaburg A Lake Champlain KK.

779, 948, 1041Ohio River RR............................................ 9 16Ohio Southern RR.41, 139.3*-'0,779,1041,1140Ohio Street Railways................... 779Old Colony RR................. J33, 503, 684, 1088Omaha Bridge A Terminal Co................... *234Omaha A St. Ixmla RR.41, 234, 590, 726,

822,908, 1088, 117Oregon Improvement Co 41,85,365.990,

1041, 1084, 1088, 1140, 1178 Oregon Railway A. Navigation Co.41, 85,

229, 234, 278, 320, 365, 462, 503, 549,779,1041, 1088

Oregon Short Line RR................................. 1140Oregon Short Line A- Utah Northern Ry.

139, 279, 365, 462, 503, 504, 549, 636,684, 726, 779, 819. 870, 910, 1088. 1140

Ottumwa Electric Ry., Light, Power A Steam Co..................................................... 779

Pacitie Cable Co.......................................... 462ftClflc Mail S. S. Co.82, 594, 742, 986. 1140

Pacific Railroads, Bonds Issued to. See U. s. Debt Statement (monthly).

Pad tie KK...................................................... 320Pacific Short Line Bridge........................... 186Paducah Tennessee A Alabama RR......... 1179Panama RR........................594, 68 0,742, 1140Paterson (N. J.) Street Ry.......................... 365Pecos Valley Ry.....................................950, 1088Pennsylvania Co......................................... 988Pennsylvania Light, Heat A: Power Co.

40,320, 415, 549, 590, 684, 870, 990. 1041 Pennsylvania RR..138. 233, 415. 453,

458. 462, 503, 590, 1087Pennsylvania Midland RR................. -85, 726Pennsylvania A New York Canal Co...... 950Pennsylvania Steel Co........................ 776, 870Pennsylvania Traction Co.......................... 279People’s Cable Ry. (Kansas City)............. 549People’s Gas Light A: Coke Co..................... 987People’s Street Ry., Dayton. O................... 1140People’s Traction Co...................... 589, 989Peoria Decatur A Evansville Ry.85. 186,

365, 588, 681,1041, 1140Peoria Water Co.......................................... 779Petersburg & Asylum RR................... 321, 870Petersburg (Va.) Street Ry........................ 321Petroleum. See Commercial News (w’kly).Petroleum Exports__ 146, 330, 561,748, 916Phila. Bank Statement and Prices Stocks

Bonds (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette.Philadelphia A Brigantine Beach RR...... 547Philadelphia A Erie RR............................. 316Philadelphia Gas Co................................... 947Philadelphia A: Heading RR. .41, 85,133,

139, 186, 234, 321, 360, 415, 590,822, 870. 910, 950, 989,1041,1178

Philadelphia Reading A New EnglandRR............................ ..130, 365, 549, 684, 870

Philadelphia Wilm. A Balt. RR........139, 229Pittsburg Allegheny A Manchester Trac­

tion Co...................................................41, 989Pittsburg At Birmingham IT action Co 989 Pittsburg Clun. Chic. ctj^LLouis Ry..86,

187, 684/724, 726, 727, 910Pittsburg Cleveland A Toledo RR___591, 634Pittsburg & Connellsville RR.................... 1178Pittsburg Fort. Wayne A Chicago Ry...... 1175Pittsburg A Lake Erie RR..................234, 680Pittsburg Lisbon A Western R y..................1179Pittsburg Mar. & Chic.R y ...503. 591.742, 1179 Pittsburg Monongahela A Wheeling RR.. 41Pittsburg Shenango & Lake Erie KR..41,

684,1140Pittsburg Traction Co........................948,1087Pittsburg A Western R y..454 , 462, 503,

820, 822,1088Pleasaut Valley Coal Co............................. 503Port Edward Ceutralia A Northern Reor­

ganized RR. Co................................ 279, 365Portland RR................................................. 86Portland (Ore.) Consol. Street Rv............. 86port Royal A Augusta RR.950,1041,1138,1140 -rort Royal A Western Carolina Ry..279,

321,415, 1140Portsmouth (Va.) Street By..................86, 234Postal Telegraph Cable Co........................ 591Prescott Ar Arizona Central Ry................ 34Produce Exchange (New York) Election. 1052Prospect Park A Coney Island RR........... 187Providence Fall River & Newport Steam­

boat Co...................................................... 503Provisions Exports__ 14 6, 330, 561, 748. 916ProvisionsMatket. See Commerc’lTimes.Public Debt. See United States Debt.Pullman’s Palace Car Co,...................139, 234^ bueen City Ry. (Dallas,Tex.)................ 321^Cuinoy Mining Co........... ..................... 362Quincy Omaha A K. C. R y .. .41,590, 822,1177 Quotation Supplement (published

monthly) will be found in this volume on Jan. 4, Feb. 8, Mar. 7, April 4, May 2, J une 6.

R ahway Electric Light A Power Co.. . . 870 ailroad Bonds and Stocks, Prices in

1895....................................................16, 25Railroad Building in 1*96........................... 1179Railroad Earnings. See Editorial Arti­

cles (monthly). See Bankers’ Gazette and Investment and Railroad Intelli­gence (weekly).

Railroad Stock and Bond List. See Invest­ors* Supplement (Quarterly).

Railroad Stoeks. Nee stocks.Railroad Stocks and Bonds. Prices of.

See Bankers’ Gazette (weekly). See Quotation Supplement (monthly).

PageRaleigh A Augusta Air Line RR.............. 684Raleigh A Gaston RR.................................. 681Rapid Ry. of Detroit................................... 134Kaidd Transit in N. Y. City........503, 553, 950Rensselaer A Saratoga RR.............321, 950Reorganization Committees Powers.321, 365Reorganization Plans, etc..83, 137, 184,

231,276.318,363, 412, 455, 501, 547,587, 634, 682, 725. 776, 820, 867, 907.

948,987. 1039, 1085. 1137, 1176 Richmond Nicholas ville Irvine & Beatty -

vllle hR......................................234, 910, 1179Richmond Traction Co................................ 1179Rio Grande Irrigation A Land Co., Lim’d 1041Rio Grande Western Ry............................. 415Rochester SI reet Ry.............................366, 950Rockford (111.) Traction Co........................ 92Koxbury Chestnut Hill & Norristown Ry. 1044

Sacramento Electric Light A Power Co.. 411 t. Joseph A Grand Island RR.279,321,

366. 726, 784. 819, 87 -, 950 St. Lawrence & Adirondack Equipm’t Co. 1088St. Lawrence A Adirondack RR...... 503, 1140St. Louis Alton A Terre Haute R R ..279,

636,684,784. 988St. Louis Avoyelles A Western Ry............. 1179St. L. Cape Girardeau A Ft. Smith Ry.591,1179St. Louis A Eastern Ry...... 86, 591, 1042, 1179St. Louis I. Mt. A Southern Ry........498, 548St. Louis Ken nett A Southern R.R..1140, 1179 St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Co. 362St. Louis Oklahoma & Southern Ry......... 689St. Louis Peo.A North.Ry.591, 643, 1042, 1179St. Louis A San Francisco Ry__ 84, 137,

187, 366, 549, 591, 742, 784, 822, 829,870, 1042, 1088, 1140, 1179

St. Louis Southwestern Ry................. 591, 988St. Louis Vandal ia A Terre Haute RR. 187, 273San Antonio A Gulf Shore Ry................... 779San Diego Laud A Ttown Co................234, 549San Francisco Gas Light Co........................ 1088San Francisco A San Joaquin Valley RR.

366,870,1179San Francisco A San Mateo Ry................ 684Savannah Florida A Western Ry............... 683Savannah A Western R R ............................. 234Schuylkill Valley Traction Co. (Norris­

town, Pa.).................................. 279Seaboard Air Line System........................... 1042Seaboard A Roanoke RR.......................... 684Seattle City Ry............................................. 950Seatt le Coal A Iron Co........................139, 910Seattle Lake Shore A Eastern R y..415,

503, 594. 643, 689,785, 870, 950, 1088Seattle Power Co......................................... 989Second Avenue (N. Y.) RR................. 415, 950Second Avenue Traction Co. (Pittsburg)

279, 415, 989, 1179Second & Third Streets Passenger Rail­

way, (Phila.).............................................. 785Silver and Gold Coins. Prices of, in New

York (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette.Prices in London. See Monetary and Commercial News.

Silver & Gold Exports and Imports at New York (weekly). See Com. and Mis.News. Exports and Imports of the IT.S. See U. S. Exports and Imports.

Silver Quotations 1833 to 1895.................. 171Sioux City Bridge........................................ 186Smith ton Lumber Co................................... 86South Atlantic A Ohio RR........................... 1042South Carolina RR...................................... 503South Carolina & Georgia RR................. 274South Chicago Street Ry............................. 86South Jersey RR................................. 366, 415Southern National Bank............................ 821Southern New England Telephone Co___ 3 1 SSouthern Pacific Co.............680, 1683, 16 89Southern Pacific RR. of Cal...................... 549Southern B y ....232, 321, 504, 683, 1139, 1179Southwest Missouri Electric Ry..................1140Southwestern RR.................... 503Southwestern Ark. A Indian Ter. Ry. .86, 594Southwestern Traffic Association...... ...... 742Specie. See Gold and Silver.Spokane A Palouse RR................................1041Spokane Falls A Northern By................... 366Standard Match Co..................................... 279Standard Oil Co.................................. 321, 871Standard Rope A Twine Co....................... 989Standard Telephone A Telegraph Co........ 689State Bonds, -Market Prices, etc. See

Bankers’ Gazette (weekly). See Quota­tion Supplement (monthly).

State Bonds, Prices o\ in 18&5................. 24State and City Department..49,101, 147,

195, 244, 286, 331, 366, 423, 470. 515,562, 602, 652, 697, 750, 793, 839, 878,

918. 959, 1000. 1053, 1106, 1150, 1187 State and City Department Index... .198,

426, 606, 797, 1004,1189 State and City Supplement will be

found in this volume on April 11.Staten Island Electric RR......................... 785Staten Island Midland Ry.......................... 504Staten Island Rapid Transit RR........321, 871Sterling Exchange. See Exchange.Stock and Bond Market and Prices (week­

ly). See Bankers’ Gazette.Stock and Bond Tables. See Investors’

Supplement (Quarterly).Stocks and Bonds, General Quotations all

classes (monthly). See Quotation Sup­plement.

Stocks, Range in Prices of. See Quota­tion Supplement (monthly).

Street Railroad Securities. See Quota­tion Supplement (monthly).

Street Railway Supplement will be found in this volume on Feb. 29 and May 30.

Street Ry. and Traction Co. Earnings,See Inv. and RR Intelligence (weekly).

Street’s Western Stable Car Line........... 275Sub-Treasury, New York. Daily Transac­

tions at (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette or Commercial and Miscellaneous News.

Sugar. See Commercial Times (weekly).

P a g e .Summit Branch RR......... 41. 500, 1088, 1140Sunbury A Lewistown RR........ —..............1179Superior Rapid Transit Co. (West Supe­

rior. Wis.) .........................................234, 279Suspension Bridge A Erie Junction RR. : 726Syracuse Binghamton & N. Y. RR...321, 910 Syracuse Street Ry— 504, 644, 785, 822, 950Syracuse Consol. St. Ry.............. 644, 785, 950Syracuse Rapid Transit Ry........................ 950

T amarack Mining Co............................... 587elegraph & Telephone Stocks, etc.,

Prices or. See Quotation Supplement (monthly).

Tenu. Coal Iron & RR. Co..................504, 632Tenuimil RR................................................ 778Terminal Rli. of St. Louis.......................... 499Terre Haute A Indianapolis RR................ 187Texas Central Rv........................................ 546Texas Midland RR...... .................................1042Texas A New Orleans RR............................1140Texas Sabine Valley A Northwestern Ry. 1179Texas A Pacific Rv....................................... 544Third Avenue (N. Y.) RR.............86. 234, 822Thirty-fourth St. Cross Town RR. (N. Y.) 549Tiffin Electric Street Ry............................... 549Title Guarantee A Trust Co....................... 989Tobacco. See Commercial Times(weekly).Toledo Electric Street Ry......... 553, 828, 989Toledo A Ohio Central R y.......................... 594Toledo St. L. A Kan. C. RR.366,742, 910, 1179Toledo Street Ry System........................... 504Toledo Traction Co....................................... 989Topeka W ater Co.......................................... 871Toronto Hamilton A Buffalo Ry........ 319, 871Transcontinental Traffic Association.594, 742 Treasury. See U. S. Treasury.Trenton Potteries Co................................ . 317Trinity Cameron A Western R y..................1140Troy City Street R y.............................321, 95 ?Trust Companies in New York and B’klyn 187 Trust Company Stocks. See Bank and

Trust Company Stocks.Twenty-eighth & Twenty-ninth Street

Crosstown RR........................................... 785Twin City Rapid Transit Co.. .415, 500, 871

U nion Consolidated Elevated Rv. (Chi­cago...................................................... 553

Union Electric RR. (Saratoga).................. 553Union Elevated RR. (Chicago).. .94, 321, 553Union Gas Co. (Brooklyn).......................... 184Union RR. (N. Y. City Street)........... 366, 910Union Pacific Ry..42, 84, 94,139, 187,

234, 278, 415, 462, 643, 689, 742, 8 1 8,822, 871, 910, 989, 1098

Union Pac. Denver & Gulf R y..366, 545, 1140Union Street Ry., Dover, N. H....................1140Union Traction Co. (Phila.)................321, 1042United Elevator (St. Louis).............. 1042, 1179United Gas Improvement Co..................... 42United States Bonds................................... 321United States Bonds Held to Secure De­

posits and Circulation (monthly)..29,350, 487, 669, 854, 1025

United States Bonds. Prices in 1895........ 24United States Book Co................................ 187United States Cordage Co.. 187, 321, 785,

828 989United States Debt Statement (monthly)’

70, 260, 485, 621. 851,1022 United States Government Revenue .29,

262, 443, 623. 853, 1025 United States Imports, Exports and Im­

migration (monthly) 118, 395, 530, 763, 931United States Leather Co..................411, 415United States Legal Tenders and National

Bank Currency Movements, Comptrol­l e r 's Statement.172. 350, 487. 711, 854, 1025 United States Mints, Coinage by (month­

ly)---: ................. 29. 350, 487. 711, 854,1073United States Pacific Railroad Bonds...... 32United States Rubber Co..321, 462, 644,

871 ,947 .951 ,952 ,1088 United States Securities, Market and

Prices (weekly). See Bankers’ Gazette.Daily Prices of at London (weekly), ere Monetary and Cora. English News (monthly). See Quotation Sepple.m ent.

Utiea Belt Line Street RR..................321, 910

W abash RR...................................... 635, 1042alden & Orange Lake RR................ 414

Walker Company.......................................... 989Washburn Bayfield '& Iron River RR...... 187Wayne & Fiitb Street RR.............................1140Wellington Grey & Bruce R R .....................1098Welshucli Commercial Co............... 1137West Chicago Street RR........... 139, 183, 553West End Street Ry. (Boston)... .94, 455, 989West Jersey R R ............................321,366, 504West Jersey & Atlantic RR........321, 366, 504West Jersey & Seashore RR..366, 504,„ 594, 742, 871, 989, 1098, 1179West Jersey Traction Co................... 682West Shore (New Hayen) R v............. 86West Superior Iron & Steel 'Co.......... 366West Virginia & Pittsburg Ry.............8 2. 634Western Maryland RR.................. . 82Western N. Y. & Penn. RR........234, 279, 828Western Union Telegraph Co.........504,1098Westlnghouse Eleetrio & Mfg. Co . 502,„ „ 635, 689, 1040, 1042Wheat. See Breadstuff's.Wheeling Ry........................................ 279Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry....................... ... 415Whitebreast Fuel Co............................ 1140White Line Street Ry........................ 1140Wilkesbarre & Wyoming Talley Trae. Co. 361William Cramp <k Sons Ship <fc Engine

Building Co....................................... 504Wilmington & Northern RR............... 867Wilmington & Weldon RR.................. 83Winchester Ave. (New Haven) RR....... 86Wisconsin Central RR..42, 139,185, 636,

828, 1098Wisconsin Northern RR..................... 363

Y onkers RR..................................... 462, 644ork Southern RR.............................279, 987