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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1883

Page

3

Money Matters The New York and New England Markets

In Boston on April 24 money demand remained fair as banks try to meet it. Discount rates ranged from 4.5 to 6 percent for mercantile paper and trusted securities, with call loans at 5 to 6 percent and corporation paper around 4.25 to 4.5 percent. Government securities were quiet. Western rail shares showed mixed moves, Hannibal and St Joseph trade tensions lingered as Sage pressed for security on new 5 percent bonds. Union Pacific steadied near 97 to 98. Pacific rail news and new United States Central line from Denver to San Francisco outlined with initial capitalization. Bell Telephone and Currier Telephone Bell items noted. mining shares and Silver Islet recovery mentioned.

Boston Tfair Mercantile New York Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe St. Chicago Burlington and Quincy Hannibal and St. Joseph Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Russell Sage Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Company St. Joseph Perkins Sage Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Company Flint Pere Marquette Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company Trustees of the Land Department Union Pacific Pacific England United States Central Railroad Denver San Francisco Wall Street News William H. Guion New England Boston and Albany Atlantic and Pacific Sonoa Union Pacific Gsig Old Colony Little Rock and Fort Smith American Bell Telephone Currier Telephone Bell Company Lowell Lowell Telephone Companies Maverick National Bank Edward E. Clark Boston Stock Exchange Catalpa Huron Lie Quincy Franklin San Pedro Prince Arthur’s Landing Silver Islet Prime Mercantile Hartford Erie Alice Bodie Sierra Grande Harlem Hall and Norcross Burlington and Quincey Lake Erie and Western Texas and Pacific Stock Exchange Hannibal Lackawanna Louisville Nashville Northwest St. Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Canada Southern Pullman Palace Car Company Peoria Decatur Evansville Maneitoba LOG Stock Exchange Central Pacific 1. C Oise Del L. & West Delaware & Hud Denver& Kiog Ian St. Jon Kansas Texas Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Lake Erie& W Burr Bol Memphis& C Missouri Pacific Northwestern New Jersey Toly Northern Pacific Ohio & Mississppi Ontario & West Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Dilly Dec. & E Phila. & Reading Milwaukee &St.p Western Union Oregon Trans.Co

Dividend declarations from mills and piano company

The Manchester and Lawrence railroad declares a 5 percent dividend. Granite Mills of Fall River announces a 3 percent quarterly dividend. Osborn Mill of Fall River declares a 3 percent quarterly dividend. Mason and Hamlin Organ and Piano Company declares a 4 percent quarterly dividend payable May 1.

Manchester and Lawrence Railroad Granite Mills Fall River Osborn Mill Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company

Financial report from New York shows rates fall and dull market

Despatch from New York to the Boston Post dated April 24 notes money on car loans down from 6 to 4 percent, a dull exchange market, and nominal rate cuts for 60 days. Government bonds weak, railroad securities mostly firm, mining stocks active with Navajo and others quoted at various prices. overall stock trading described as dull then firm with modest gains and losses.

Whitney, Howe & Sibley Exchange Place New York Stock Exchange Jen Ly

Boston market report summarizes corn wheat oats and butter prices

The Boston daily market report lists sales of 45 corn cars including May No 2 and steamer grades, mixed lots and oats. It shows weekly receipts of corn 24 550 bus and oats 18 975, with futures and spot prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and flour across Boston Chicago and New York exchanges, plus butter cheese eggs and Liverpool cheese quotes.

Corn Exchange J. F. Lamson Blaney & Brown Boston Daily Report Boston Shorts Chicago Liverpool Elgin New York Mercantile Exchange Exstern Creamery St. Albans New York Boston Produce Exchange Western Creamery Western New Orleans Ohio St Louis City Minnesota Canada State Lgc United Tierces Continent South America ST. Louis Szige Milwaukee Toledo Commercial Bulletin Cincinnati Detroit

Market for Breadstuffs and Farm Produce Steady

The market for flour, corn meal, oats, and rye shows steady to firm quotes with limited concessions. Butter, cheese, and eggs remain active with varied quality pricing, while beans, peas, potatoes, onions, apples and dried fruits hold steady or quiet demand. Strong rhythm across grains and dairy as western parcels influence prices.

West Minnesota Ineis St. Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Illinois Choice Canada Burbank Brooks Bermudas

Market notes on provisions and meats from April fair

A steady demand for provisions and produce is reported with prices largely steady and some weekly fluctuations. Meats show easier beef rates as veal supply rises, while pork remains firm and not in active trade. Poultry venison seafood and produce prices shift modestly with limited changes noted in grapes celery and dairy, while fresh fish markets soften on Penobscot salmon and various seafood items.

Mar RK. L Vermont Malaga Bermuda Hamburg

Savannah cargo list from steamer City of Columbus

A Savannah shipment ledger shows numerous consignments and quantities for the steamer City of Columbus including hides, rosin, spirits, pine lumber, refrigerators, mackerel, shoes, burlaps, paper stock, corn, soda apparatus, marble, gas boxes, oranges, crates, and cotton goods. Entries cover buyers and partners such as Leonard & Clark, James Greenough & Co, C J Prince, Geo I Peters, White Bros & Sons, Leyland Steamship Co, Cunard Lines, Warren Cotton Mills, Stark Mills, Warren Steamship line, and others. The note references Liverpool orders and a Wilmington NC line, plus a schooner Etta M Barter with large tonnage and barrels.

Savannah Columbus M Y Henderson Leonard & Clark Chas W. Lewis James Greenough & Co Linters Union Wadding Co Snow & Co Hall & Co Bird & Co Dexter & Co Dickson Chas Storrow & Co Dodo Laconia Co Pepperell Manutco Bernd Bros Columbian Manutco Warren Cotton Mills Ao Do Cordis Mills Great Falls Co Boston Duck Co Stark Mills Webster Manit Co Dodo Otis Co Barry, Thayer & Co Standard Fertilizer Co Warren Steamship Line Dodo Stark Mills Liverpool Wilmington Etta M

Foreign Exports and Cleared Vessels Across Ports

Cargo lists show Parthia at Liverpool with cotton butter beef leather and other goods. Nellie at Brisbane carrying kerosene oil machinery and hardware. Prussian at Glasgow with flour beef and staves. Alexandria at Glasgow with horns beef hides and flour. Star at Yarmouth with iron hardware whiskey and wine. Portland at Annapolis with fertilizers and meal. Gwalia at Cardenas exporting coal.

Liverpool Eng Parthia Brisbane Brig Nellie Pkus Glasgow Scot Alexandria Yarmouth the Star Annapolis Portland Cardenas Cuba Gwalia

Substantial Supply Totals From Providence Railroad Yard

A list of commodities with quantities includes beef, lard, coffee, sugar, beans, apples, potatoes, lumber, leather, hides, wool, cotton, cornmeal, tallow, bacon, tea, cheese, and tripe. Notable items include 102 barrels and 76 skins, plus 98 bales wool and 70 barrels cornmeal, indicating a large mixed shipment and storage.

Lowell Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grend Junction Peabody and Salem New York and Newland Railroad Old Colony Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Cattle Market Report from Watertown Union Live Stock April 24

The Watertown Union Live Stock market summary lists totals for cattle, sheep, lambs, calves, horses, and swine with weekly and prior week comparisons. It includes state-by-state breakouts, car counts by railroad, and price ranges for beef, store cattle, swine, sheep, lambs, hides, and skins, plus notes on cattle classifications and market geography.

Watertown Union P& L'mbs Maine New Hampshire Vermont Boston Lowell Albany Fitchburg Eastern New York New England Providence Old Golony Eloc N. B Boston and Albany Brighton

Markets by Telegraph Cotton Reports Across Ports

Cotton market summaries from Norfolk to Boston show varied receipts and totals for the week. Net receipts and gross figures across ports like Norfolk Charleston Baltimore Wilmington Galveston and New Orleans indicate steady to dull conditions with middling prices around 9 to 10- cents and notable exports to Britain. the report combines multiple port data and overall stock and export figures.

Norfolk Seer Continent Seeccooe Baltimore Wilmington Galveston Britain Memphis Mobile United States Great Britain PIANC S.seeeceesi Savannah REO Ceerseaseee New Orleans Sckowee Philadelphia Cincinnati Atoss Tecaipus Ust Louis Bebok Soi Cares Sacs Sinag

Londons Markets Reported Quiet Amid Weather Cold

London financial and commercial notes show Consols steady at 84 percent with mixed bond quotes and large capital totals. Wheat and corn cargoes firm offshore with modest arrivals. Liverpool markets list wheat prices, corn, and dairy products, while cotton prices ease with 7,000 bales sold and futures holding firm.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool Michigan England Fiont Lia California de Orleans

Marital Notices From Boston and Newton Publications

In Boston on April 18 and 23, Rev E E Heie officiated Blodget Sanford marriage linking H Townsend Blocget Jr of New York to Elizabeth B Sanford of Boston. Also April 23 Rev ae B Lambert joined Gideon Haynes Jr to Mathilda Lihes in Boston. April 18 Rev O P Gifford united John Schoelch to Annie A Briggs. April 18 Rev O P Gifford joined Herbert L Tucker of Newton to Annie I Feyhl of Boston.

Blodget—Sanford Boston E E Heie H Townsend Blocget, Jr New York City Elizabeth B Sanford Haynes—Anthes Ae B Lambert Gideon Haynes, Jr Mathilda Lihes Schoelch Briggs O P Gifford John Schoelch Annie A Briggs Tucker—Feyh Herbert L Tucker Newton Annie I Feyhl

Obituaries from Massachusetts towns list multiple deaths

In a Massachusetts notice column dated April 22 to 23 six obituaries are recorded. Charles Birchard 57 at Flaminium. Emily Pomeroy Dodge eldest daughter of Theodore Ayrault Dodge at Brookline. Charles Walter Ennis 23 at Malden. Mrs Sarah W Fiske at Dorchester. Ida F Goodhue 21 at Boston Highlands. Caroline B Hunt 56 at Concord. Harold Lloyd Potter age 7 months at Boston Highlands.

Martha Amos Goodhue A Hunt Concord Mass Caroline B Hunt Potter Boston Highlands Harold Lloyd John C and Ella O Potter

GRAND UNION HOTEL: elegant rooms near Grand Central

Visitors to New York are urged to stay at the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central. The advertisement touts 450 rooms, modern fittings, and rail access via horse cars and elevated lines to all depots. It promotes lower costs for families seeking first class accommodations in the city.

New York City Grand Union Hotel Grand Central One Union Hotel

Consolidated railroad company of Vermont formed

A St. Albans despatch reports progress toward reorganizing and consolidating the Vermont Central and Vermont and Canada railroads under American Loan and Trust control. The Consolidated railroad company of Vermont will operate the merged lines with a first year board including Cheney, Baker, Langdon, Bingham, Smith, Nlickson, and Smith.

St. Albans Vermont Central Vermont Canada American Loan and Trust Company United States Vermont Central Road Vermont Central Railroad Consolidated Railroad Company of Vermont B. P. Cheney Ezra H. Baker Boston James R. Langdon W. H. H. Bingham Montpelier E. C. Smith Joseph Nlickson Montreal

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