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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Holds Steady Amid Broad Stock Activity

The Boston money market shows steady rates as banks buy good paper, with first-class double named at 5 5 16 per cent and single named at 3 4 per cent. Clearing house balances hold at 4 1 2 per cent, New York funds 15 to 26 coins discount, while Atchison and California Southern headlines drive stock strength and new earnings reports outline shifts in railroad and land sectors.

Boston Corporation Devonshire Street New York Blake Bros. & Co Kansas City Cable Railroad Company First Mortgage Sterling Exchange Atchison California Southern Wisconsin Central Lamgon Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Flower Syndicate Uito Bears Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago & East Ahinois California Raymond Riverside Los Angeles Union Pacific Oregon St. Joseph & Grand Island Chicago, Burlington & Northern Chicago & St. Paul Little Rock & Fort Smith Cleveland Atlantic & Pacific Iowa Falls Memphiad Birmingham Summit Branch Old Colony Fitchburg Preferred Maine Central Eastern Railroad New England Bangor Massachusetts Boston & Maine-Lowell Maassachusetts Clertral Lamson Lamson Store Service Company Rapid Store Service Company Detroit Rapid Company West End Philadelphia Baltimore the Journal Tremont House Aspinwall Margeriel Brookline San Diego Frenchman’s Bay

Local Firms Declare Varied Bank and Company Dividends

The Equitable Cooperative Bank of Lynn declares a 234 percent dividend. Boston Suspender Company pays a quarterly 2 percent dividend. Salem Marine Insurance Company proclaims 5 percent. First National Bank of Salem 3 percent. Merchants' National Bank of Salem 3 percent. Middleboro Savings Bank declares a semi annual 2. The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company declares a 1 percent dividend payable May 15.

Equitable Cooperative Bank of Lynn Boston Suspender Company Salem Marine Insurance Company First National Bank of Salem Merchants’ National Bank of Salem Middleboro Savings Bank Tennessee Coal and Iron Company

Bond list for sale by auction including multiple railway and city securities

A sale notice lists several bonds for sale. Securities include Foote & French in Northern Pacific groups, first and second mortgages, dividends, and Oregon Short Line Railroad. Also noted are city bonds from Minneapolis Kansas City Portsmouth Cincinnati St Louis Omaha. Auction details not provided.

Oregon Short Line R. BR. Co St. Joseph Grand Island

Bond Offerings and Stock Listings From Chicago Brokerage

A dense price sheet shows bonds and stocks traded by brokerages including Bla ke Brothers & Co and Santa Fe rail lines. It lists first mortgage gold bonds due various years, guaranteed by railways, with extensive broker call details and bidask ranges across hundreds of equities and bonds.

Chicago, Kansas & Western Rr, Co Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Co Atchison Co Kansas Chicago Santa FE & California R. CO California Southern R. R. CO Kingman, Pratt & Western R. R. CO Wichita & Western R. R. CO Gulf, Colorado & Santa FE. RR. CO Kidder, Peabody & CO

Foreign financial market snapshot from London trade

In London April 5 Consols stand at 1023 16 for money and 10214 for account. U S 4s at 131 percent, U S 44s at 11249, Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 45, Canadian Pacific 6134, Erie seconds 104, Illinois Central 18342, Reading 2148 with other listed bonds and rates.

London United States Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie Illinois Central Reading

New York Financials Describe Bullish Stock Rally and Bond Activity

The report notes easy money on call at 5 to 7 with last loan 6 and closing 6, prime mercantile paper at 5 6, bar silver around 93 144, and steady sterling. Stocks surged after 2:15 with Readings leading, Western Union and Fort Worth & Denver prominent, and railroad bonds active. Burlington & Quincy debentures rose to 108 14, Jersey Central debentures to 244, Colorado notes varying, with overall bullish market and strong close. April 5 saw 525,870 shares traded and multiple issues changing hands.

New York Sterling Exchange Memphis & Charleston Reading Carlers Western Union Fort Worth & Denver Jersey Central Green Bay Burlington & Quincy Rock Islands Chicago & Indiana Morris & Essex Denver & Rio Grande Western Mobile & Ohio Jand St. Joe Grand Island

Real estate transfers list for multiple Boston streets

Real estate transfers show numerous March 15 to 16 conveyances on North street Commonwealth avenue Greenwich street Wabton street Fal mouth street Harold street Savin Hill avenue Midland street Marginal and Louis streets Broadway Massa shore avenue Eighth M streets and Haynes street. Purchasers include James R Mur phy George Wheatland Salome Zimmer Memard Steinauer Leander Huntington Eliza Skilton Bridget Gartland Lydia Holbrook Helen Sibley Joseph Hubbard Charles Rollins Melina Webber and others with several mortgages recorded. Prices range from 500 to 18 000 dollars with multiple parcels noted.

North Street Louis Abrams James R. Murphy Commonwealth Avenue George Wheatland Charles 8. Andrews George F. Parkman Greenwich Street Robert Treat Paine Salome Zimmer Ditto Memard B. Steinauer Francis V. Balch Roxpury Augustine J. Keaton Lorenzo Vose Wabton Street Henry M. Whitney John Porteous Falmouth Parker Street Wint Turor Charles D. Griggs Joseph Hubbard Massashore Avenue Arthur M. Clement Massachusetts Avenue Charles Rollins Boston Charles S. Judkins Melina A. Webber Eighth M Streets East Bocton Edward N. Pickering Et al Fliza W. Skilton Haynes Street

Mortgages Recorded in Dorchester Roxbury and Chelsea

A list of mortgage actions dated March 15 to March 16 involving William H Merrill to Mary Tucker and others. Properties include streets in Dorchester Roxbury Chelsea and Chelsea with various lenders Provident Cooperative Bank Union Institution for Savings Seamen's Savings and Suffolk Savings Bank among others. Amounts range from 800 to 100000 with property on Walton Crescent Court Franklin Commonwealth Washington Heath and other streets.

William H. Merrill Mary E. Tucker Idal Dorchester Peter Riley Et al Florence E. Sawyer Crescent Street Lorenzo Vose Solomon A. Bolster Walton Street Roxbury Annie Coleman Provident Cooperative Bank Franklin Avenue J. Q. Adams Et al Quincy Savings Bank Court Street Larkin T. Tutts Mary ©. Pearson Middlesex Street Chelsea Daniel W. Russell William Stearns Heath Street Frank Ridlow Et al Seamen’s Savings Bank Lawrence Avenue Charles S. Andrews George Wheatland Commonwealth Avenue Peter J. Curran Union Institution For Savings Sterling Street John C. Chaffin Suffolk Savings Bank For Seamen Washington Street Joseph Hutchinson Franklin Savings Bank Forest Hill Avenue Memard B. Steinauer Robert Treat Paine Greenwich Street

Horsford's Acid Phosphate Endorsed By Doctor Cable

Dr. B A Cable of Dauphin Pennsylvania testifies to the value of Horsford's Acid Phosphate in all cases it is recommended and expresses strong appreciation for its excellence.

B. A. Cable Dauphin, Penn

Commercial market report shows mixed commodity demand

Lumber and coal show better and fair demand while flour, rye, oats, and many grains are quiet or steady. Butter, cheese, beef, and fats remain firm or unchanged. eggs and beans ease slightly. Apples remain very firm amid steady provisions and truck demand.

Lumber Market Shows Strong Demand As Building Season Nears

The lumber market remains firm with upbeat sentiment as building season approaches. Hemlock boards scarce, Western pine and spruce in demand, and prices hold at quotations. hard woods and walnut show steady to strong demand with active export interest and rising prices.

Vermont George McQuesten & Co Boston Indiana West India

Coal Market Holds Steady Amid Mixed Demand

Anthracite retail trade remains fair with prices near last quotes. Retail Quotations note stove coal 550 per 6 000, egg and furnace 550 5 75, and broken 550. Wholesale activity dull as dealers buy only for necessities. Bituminous and gas coals show little movement. foreign coal unchanged. No season prices fixed yet.

Market Reports April 5 Flour and Grain Quiet with Firm Corn

Market notes no change in flour with quiet trading while corn remains firm and bids hold. Oats steady with No 2 white on track firm though dealers push up asks. on calls April and May oats prices listed. Detailed bids for No 2 white, spring and mixed grains, and Liverpool receipts show steady to mixed movement. Election holiday in Chicago pauses reports. prices for flour and corn products listed across grades and exports.

Liverpool Atlantic Arts Q’s Pacific Oes Sears Chicago Michigan Stone Canada Superior Canada Rollers Canada

Grain and butter markets mixed with multiple commodity quotes

Prices for millfeed, rye, oats, barley, malt, cottonseed meal and fats show varied bids. Butter and cheese steady to firm across major markets while eggs and poultry trade holds with mixed regional quotes. Potatoes, hay, beans and canned goods circulate with wide regional pricing and on call bids.

Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Creamery St. Louis Philadelphia New York Cincinnati Liverpool Ile Western Nastern Creamery Vermont Dairy Vermont Choice Nova Scotia Minnesota Timothy North West Red Top Jersey

Fruit price list with assorted apples nuts and oranges

A fragmented catalog of produce prices including apples such as Baldwin and No 2 apples, peanuts and pecans from Virginia, dried apples, and foreign fruits like Valencia oranges and Messina lemons with various box and barrel prices. Florida oranges and tangerines are listed with multiple grade prices.

Virginia Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Florida

Pork Market Steady with Broad Meat Price Listings

The pork market remains firm and unchanged with steady lard and hams. Fresh beet demand is fair with quotations steady. Veals and lambs quiet. Prices show varied but stable ranges across pork cuts, lard, backs, lean ends, and fresh meats including beef and mutton items.

Chicago Brighton

Cotton futures open firm in Liverpool with varied April to July prices

Futures in Liverpool opened firm and closed quiet with April at 5 40-64d, April and May at 5 40-64¢, May and June at 5 42-640, June and July at 5 46-64d, and Join shown as 6 for June and July.

Liverpool

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