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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1888

Page

6

Easy monetary week opens with lower money rate

The Money Market notes a one point drop in the clearing house rate to 5 percent. Loans on call remain 6 to 7 percent, while time paper ranges from 4 1 4 to 6 1 4 percent. Bank balances and New York funds show declines, with exchange figures and Treasury holdings detailed. Boston clearing house results, stock market activity, and June 9 auction plans are reported along with commentary on rail and utility shares and local industry developments.

Rostox New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Sight Telegraph New Orleans Ium Bank Charleston Ing Variah United States National Bank Reichsmarks P.c. Fund Boston Clearing House Association George Ripley James H. Beal N. G. Snelling Clearing House Committee Charles O. Billings George 8. Bullens Walter §. Blanchard Thomas N. Hart Thomas FP. Beal R E. Demwmon Clearing House Association Boston Messrs. F. Rollins Morse & Bro No. 38 State Street Atchison Burlington & Quincy Wall Street Burlington Lines Burlington Illinois Iowa Nebraska

Bank and firms declare varied semiannual dividends

The Quincy Savings Bank in Quincy announces a semi annual dividend of 2 percent. The Holmes Electric Protective Company of New York declares a regular quarterly dividend of 1.54 percent. The Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company reports a dividend of 2.49 percent.

Quincy Savings Bank of Quincy Holmes Electric Protective Company New York Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company

Auction Sales Of Stocks In Boston Market

Boston brokers announce a Wednesday April 11 auction by order of the Directors and Executors featuring 2,000 Old Colony shares and 10 Framingham Natl. Bank, plus many railroad, bank and manufacturing stocks. The list includes Jersey of bonds and shares across multiple firms with prices and issuers, as traders note a dull market with occasional firmness in specific issues.

Dollar Bay Franklin Napa Boston & Montana W. S. Lawson & Co Unionacific Boston Messrs. R. L. Day & Co Old Colony Railroad Company Old Colony PR River KR Framingham Natl. Bank Hamilton Mfg. Co Great Falls Glendon Iron Co Washington Mills Co Lowell Machine Shop Jackson Mfg. Co Merrimac Mfg. Co Maas N. Bk Do Essex Company Reece Baton Hole Mach. Co Shawmut National Bank Wires Atlas Natl. Bank Newton Newton, Mass Mfg Pacific Mills Amoskeag Mfg Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Androscoggin Mills Cheshire RR Det Lans. & No. RR Charlestown Gas Co Howard Watch Co Dwelling House Ins. Co Champion Iron Co State of N. H Rutland RR Fitchburg RR Vt. & Mass. RR Globe N. Bank Nisk Amoskeag Mfg. Co Amory Mfg. Co Ado Dwight Mig. Co York Mfg. Co Amuoskeag Mfg. Co Chicopee Mig. Co Amoskeag 4 Is. Co Manchester & Lawrence RR Boston, Concord & Montreal RR Boylston Mutual Ins. Co Eliot Ins. Co Cambridge Gaslight Co Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RR Union Pacific RR. Co Consolidated RR. of Vermont Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis L. G Obisago, Buree & Quincy RR Chicago, Burlington & Northern City of Eau Claire Wis York Mig Quincey RR. Bridge Pepperell Mfg. Co Shawmut Natl Bank Continental Natl. Bank

Money on call rates and last loan price noted

New York on April 9 shows money on call easing with rates from 2 to 8 percent. The last loan traded at 3 percent and closing offered at 3 percent.

New York

Commodity Market Snapshot Shows Mixed Prices Across Goods

Flour and corn show divergent movements with flour improving and corn firm while oats rise and other grains like rye and barley remain quiet. Butter cheese eggs and meats display varied activity with pork and beef firm, fresh beef firm, and mutton lamb veal in fair demand. Sugar markets are subdued with refined sugars active and raw sugar very quiet.

London financial summary of bond and stock prices and discounts

London market afternoon report lists Consols at 100 percent for money and 1004 for the account. Atlantic and Great Western firsts 36 percent, Canadian Pacific 60, Erie seconds 10014, Illinois Central 121, Pennsylvania 56, Reading 295s, Mexican Central 144 percent. Open market short bills discount 14 percent, three months bills 16 16 1 2 percent. Paris advises quote 82 francs 95 centimes for the account.

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Cambridge Railway Company Reorganizes Board to Five Directors

A special Cambridge Railway Company meeting at Harvard Square chose eleven directors by 18 703 votes. They voted to amend bylaws to a five member board and a three member quorum, with minor amendments. The meeting aimed to preserve the corporation's individuality amid a dispute over land between the company and the West End Company.

Cambridge Railway Company Harvard Square N. W. Jordan Henry W. Whitney Jar A D. Braman M. F. Dickinson W BE P. Howe Grenville D, Braman Henry D, Hyde W. Braman A. P. Potter

Wheat Market Quiet with Bearish Local Trading in Chicago

The Chicago Market reports a quiet wheat day with bearish local traders and firm cables noting modest 42d advances. Oats weaken while corn shows easy activity and hog receipts projected higher. May pork price climbs to 14 for long positions amid strong hog demand.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Sao

The Metal Market and Grain Notes

Market for American pig iron shows steady demand and stable prices. Reports from Thomas Iron Company and steel rail orders hint at robust activity, with railways planning terminal improvements and foreign pig iron steady. Copper and tin markets mix with strong New York activity and export demand. flour and grain markets show improved tone, with higher demand and diverse price ranges across regions.

Thomas Iron Company Clark Chicago Standard Oil Company Amalgamated Association Fittsburg Post Edgar Thomson Buenos Ayres South America London New York Europe New York Commercial Bulletin

Raw metal price list from a historical market page

A dense list of metal prices and barter terms from various producers incl Timore, Eglinton, Glengarnock, and others. Copper products copper bars and sheating, pig iron gray forge refinements, refined bar iron and beams, steel rails, scrap iron, tank plate and shell iron, nails and pipes, boiler tubes, tin pine charcoal coke terne, lead, zinc and spelter. Prices quoted per ton pound cwt or per keg with discounts for small lots.

Timore Vance Gray Forge Iyferior Eglinton Summerie Gurteberry Nyloan Glengarnock Colness New England London Strait

London Wool Sales Show Firmer Market For Australian Wool

At the London wool sale on April 9 a stronger class of Australian and New Zealand wools was offered with a lively competition and a firm market. Queensland and New South Wales lots fetched varied prices in scoured and greasy types, while New Zealand and Cape of Good Hope sales were noted among the day’s offerings.

London New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Queensland Cape of Good Hope Natal Swan River

Market Reports April 9 Overview and Format Changes

The Post presents domestic and general market reports for April 9 compiled by local reporters and telegraphic despatches. A new arrangement places telegraphic reports alongside the Boston market for each commodity, replacing the former Trade Centres department.

Post Telegraphic Boston

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