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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1887

Page

6

Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bond Issue Declared

The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company offers 4 percent mortgage bonds secured by first mortgage on Nebraska branch lines with bonds issued at 98 and accrued interest. Denominations are 1000 or 5000, payable to bearer, with delivery anticipated May 2 1887. Subscriptions run April 26 to 29 1887, limited to 12 million in 1887, with Berlin emission also planned.

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New York financials on April 25 show steady stocks and firm bonds

Money on call easy at 4 to 8 last loan 5 and close 5 6. Bar silver 95 14. Sterling dull but firm. Government and railroad bonds steady. Market quiet after 2:15 with Western Union and New England very active and UP and Oregon strong. Directors’ sales and dissension rumors denied. profits trimmed by shorts. Rail bonds $1,148,000 traded. list of price moves for multiple issues included.

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Money Market Steady as Funds Abundant in Boston

The Boston money market remains quiet with ample loanable funds and favorable rates. Loans on call with collateral are quoted near 4 to 4 1/2 percent, with steady discounts on good paper around 5 percent and manufacturing paper near 4 1/2 percent. Clearing-house balances show loans at 2 to 3 percent, with New York funds trading at par plus a small premium.

Dividend declarations from Fall River mills and Mason & Hamlin

The Globe Yarn Mills Company of Fall River declares a 2 percent dividend. Crescent Mills Company, Fall River, declares 14 percent. Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company will pay a 3 percent quarterly dividend to stockholders at 154 Tremont Street Boston on May 2.

Globe Yarn Mills Company Fall River Crescent Mills Company Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company Tremont Street Boston

Market Report from London Paris and Berlin

London stock quotes show Consols at 1029 16 for money and 1025 for account. United States 4s 13214, Canadian Pacific 6544, Erie 35%. Illinois Central 128, Reading 2334, Pennsylvania 6143. Paris bourse dull at 2 pm, Berlin bourse firm at 2 pm.

London United States Canadian Pacific Erie Illinois Central St. Paul Berlin

Commodities and Exports Report From April 23 1887 Markets

The report covers farm commodities with little change across grains and provisions. It records steady or firm prices for flour, corn, oats, rye, barley, malt, beans, potatoes, hay, straw, seeds, butter, cheese, eggs, pork, and sugar, noting quiet butter and steady cheese and eggs. It also presents export totals from seaboard ports for the week ending April 23 1887, listing figures for flour, wheat, corn, and oats by port and the stock of grain in elevators and New York, Chicago, and other markets, with closing quotations for grains and butter and cheese prices across major cities.

Orsconse Orsconse 4014 4083 Poy. Nace Tems Michigan Stone Michigan New York Canada Superior Canada Bush Canada Western Eastern

Iron market holds steady with mixed demand in 1886 report

The metal market remains steady with quiet American pig iron and unchanged prices. Foreign pig iron shows moderate demand. nails and plate iron demand rise. Copper, zinc, tin plates, lead, and sheet items stay largely unchanged. J S Jeans reports 1886 puddled bar output fell from 1,911,125 to 1,616,701 tons, with furnaces dropping from 6,206 in 1882 to 4,246 in 1886.

J. S. Jeans British Iron Trade Association Great Britain Baltimore Gray Forge Eglinton Glengarnock Summerlee Gartsherrie Langloan New England London

Market Reports April 25 Flour and Grain

The flour market remains unmoved with firm wheat and limited concessions. Demand favors low grades, but sales remain subdued as a 2,000,000 bushel drop in visible supply pressurizes buyers. Corn and oats steady. phrases show quiet business and unchanged prices amid steady call bids and offers. Receipts at seaboard ports for the week ending April 23 show totals for flour and grain by city, with New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans contributing large shipments. Figures for last week noted.

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Boston Stock Exchange Chicago, Burlington and Quincy the New England Trust Company Chicago, Bourpington & Quincy Railroad Company Pene Abeeeewee Renewel Fund Huron Trenton Quincy Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street Security Voce Saees NEW York Financial Money Market Central Railway Company Huntington Villa Lerdo National Central East Boston SOCO Supreme Court Bell Telephone Honerine Mining Company Devonshire Street Kidder, Peabody & CO Nassau St Congress Street Fitchburg Railroad QI Venner & CO Water Works C.H. Venner August Belmont & Co Lee, Higginson & Co Viana, BA Asa BP. Potter J. W. Work Cape Cod Ship Canal Company Bourne California San Francisco Cal Bulwer Bert & Bede Ophir Arate Up Con V. Savage Crown Point Foreign Financial Market Safe Deposit & Trust Company Milk Street F. M. Stone Daniel Needham Otis Norcross Joan Felt Osgood Royal M. Paper M. Denman Ross Nathaniel J. Russt F.M. Stone Henry S. Shaw Miles Standish Benjamin F. Stevens Gerard C. Tobey Frank C. Miles Edward P. Bond Safe Deposit Dept Solomon Lincoln United States Seaboard Portland Chicago Cincinnati Elgin Creamery Western Creamery Liverpool Salez Iowa Scotia
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