Boston Money Market Shows Easier Tone At Clearing House
The money market eased today led by the clearing house with small balances and fair supply of funds. Discounts ranged from 6.5 to 7.0 percent with outside paper at 6.5 to 7.0 percent. Loans on call with collateral held at 7 percent. Government securities dull but steady around 108.5 to 110. New York funds discounted 10 to 17 cents on $1000. Total Boston exchanges were $12.4 million with balances $1.27 million. The stock list showed mixed prices and a late rebound as New York markets firmed. Continuous coverage of railroad earnings, bids, and proxy activities filled the rest of the page.
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Boston
Clearing House
New York
Reichsmarks
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Boston Cacti
Atchison
Atchison Plains
Chicago
Kansas & Western
Southern Kansas
Atlantic & Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Stone
Peasely
Cable
Rock Island
Burlington & Northern
Minneapolis
Union Pacific
Lake Shore
Canadian Pacific
Northern
Washington Territory
Northern Pacific
Robert F. Billings
August Belmont
Eb. P. Cheney
Charlies L. Wright
Elijah Smith
Oregon Transcontinental Company
John K
Trevor, Work, Strong & Co
J. D. Probst
Chase & Higginson
Edward Sweet & Co
James B. Colgate
Mackintosh
Klaus & Co
Prince & Whitely
Charles Head & Co
John J. Rockafeller
Charles L. Colby
Richardson, Hill & Co
Moore & Schrey
Drake, Masten & Co
Henry Clews & Co
Col
Guadalajara
New England
Chlark, Ward & Co
Bostwick
Bard
Willimantic
New Haven
New York & New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Consolidated Road
Fitchburg
Boston & Owell
Central Assachusetts Common
Boston & Albany
Cambridge Horse
Portsmouth
Great Falls & Conway
West End
Koston Consolidated Street Railway Company
West Ind Street Railway
Comny
Boston Consolidated Street Railway Company
S. 5. Rowe
Caleba
Donald Kennedy
George O. Caepeiee
Jacob Pratt
Consolidated Company
West
Unauthorized stock issuewarning for Atchison Topeka Santa Fe
Stockholders are warned that a proposed 10 million dollar stock issue is not authorized by the charter of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe. Existing capital exceeds allowed limits and dissenting stockholders may lose payments. Suit will seek to enjoin the issue. For information contact Clarence H. Venner, 8 Congress St., Boston.
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Atchison Company
Atchison
Clarence H. Venner
Congress St
Boston
Banking stock sales on Aug 9 report varied moves
New York stock sales note Aug 9 transactions totaling 191 600 shares. Wilson W Fay & Co lists openings highs lows and closes for mining and miscellaneous stocks including Am Elec Monty Oils Bruns Ships Berth Gray's Dynamo Am Shoe Tip Lord Acoustic and Mexican Telephone among others with varied prices and volumes.
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New York
Elec
Monty
Seer
Civdacres
Aiken
Gray’s
Dynamo Elec
Mach
Eye
Ee Ae
Lord Acoustic
New York Financial Bulletin Markets End Quiet and Firm
Money on call eased to 4 6 with last loan at 4 14 and close near the day’s highs. Government and railroad bonds held dull but firm, while the stock market drifted to general dullness after 2 16 pm. Reading and St Paul showed strength, Northern Pacific and Louisville & Nashville led later. final hour rally brought near peak figures.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Reading & St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific
Louisville & Nashville
Chesapeake & Ohio
London Money Markets and Bond Yields Report
London function closes with Consols at 1009 16 for money and account. United States 4s at 18154, 44s 118 Eries quoted at 114 and 102 for its second. Canadian Pacific at 57, Atlantic & Great Western seconds at 10. Mexican ordinary at 51. St Paul common at 84, New York Central 112, Pennsylvania 5742. Read ing 281%. Open market discount rate for short and three months bills at 21 1/2 percent.
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Luo
Sonora
GONG
Veeevees
Eed Deere
Erie Olivvesners
Deli
Naraac
Neca Hisccs
Boston
Boston Eevee
Boston Ld
Atlroads
San Diego
Alt
Ewe
Cambridge H
Bess
Central
Iowa
Ae . We
CBSO
Fi & P
Chi
Alton
Ny&n
Eure
Wn Pac
T&s
Abia
Kanine
del. & Ih
West End Land
del. & L
den. & R. Gassean
Erie
Aeae
Bela
Fort Wayne
W. Xiy
Houst
Texas
Union Pacific
Kane & Tex
A&pine
Vo Kings
M & Birm
Spr& M
Lake Shore
E& St L
O&lc
Lou. & N
N. A
Beach
So Kan
Hee
My L
Weesse
Aint
St. i
West
Ena Land
GOD
Viscens
Ohio
M.& Essex
Nash
Chat
B& Albi
Eaee
B&l
Tata
Gisaisseus
N. Y
St. Louiis
Hs N.E
Ohio & Miss
Fitchburg
Oregon
Ey .& EE
Pitteburg
San Diego Land
Rock Island
St Eee
St. Paul
Vol Pacific
Utica & Blr
W. i. Te Ba
Oregon Inn
Pacific Mail
Pullman Pal
Union
Ta. W
D&r.g. Isis
R. G
P. T
Bugis Wesls
St C. Erie
P. Cous
Tex. i
Pac
Pista
W. Shore
Amador
Brunswick
Ontario
Phoenix
Carson
Choliarie
Plymouth
Col
jTenn
London
United States
Atlantic & Great Western
Canadian Pacific
St Paul
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
Upper Coos Railroad Work Begins at Parsons Meadow
Concord report notes 50 local laborers hired for the Upper Coos railroad at Parsons Meadow Columbia. Relief from Riviere du Loup says 800 men will depart for Colebrook tonight with 500 more needed. George Van Dyke predicts opening to Colebrook in October.
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Upper Coos Road
Concord
N. H
Upper Coos
Parsons Meadow
Columbia
Riviere du Loup
Can
Colebrook
George van Dyke
York Beach Road Opens as Portsmouth Line Reaches Bartlett
The Portsmouth to York Beach railroad opened Monday extending to Hotel Bartlett at the beach end. Hotels and cottages will gain greatly from the line which runs to the eastern part of the beach and will operate in a few days. The $100,000 project via Kittery Point adds seaside lots and five daily trains per direction except Sundays. The inaugural run carried 120 passengers.
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York Beach
Portsmouth
Bartlett
York
Kittery Point
Railroads Report Mixed First Week August Earnings
Denver and Rio Grande shows a gain of 20160 for the first week in August. The New York Lake Erie and Western posts a June 30 quarter with gross 6083650 and net 1949085, plus a 376712 net income above all charges.
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Denver & Rio Grande
New York, Lake Erie & Western Road
Albany
Harvey N. Shepard
Boston
Omaha & Yankton Road
Omaha
Yankton
Long Island
Boston & Albany
Springfield
Reading
Boston & Albany Road
Chatham
New York, Chicago St. Louis Railroad Company
Erie & State Line Railroad Company
Commodity Market Snapshot From Fine Trading Floor
A mixed market report notes strong demand for lumber and butter while grains vary with corn active and oats subdued. Readily available potatoes and beans show good demand, meats and fats stay firm or steady, and sugars and molasses hold steady as overall trade remains cautious.
Lumber Market Plays Steady As Demand Holds Across Regions
Eastern lumber receipts rise but keep pace with steady demand and prices. Northern and Western lumber see solid activity with old quotations stable. Hemlock boards, shingles, clapboards, and hardwoods show varied but steady prices. Boston weekly totals list pine, spruce, hemlock, and walnut volumes with price ranges for planed, rough, and clear stock.
Market Reports August 9 Flour and Grain Prices
In the flour market trade is moderate and steady with fair business in some cases. Corn market is excited with light offerings and some dealers seeking 65% for steamer yellow. Elevator high mixed sales at 55 14¢ and steamer yellow firm at 54% to 55%¢. Cornmeal very firm. oats dull. No 2 whites to ship 36%4¢. No 2 whites in elevators quiet at 65 34 80 14¢ and on track at 87 4 2. Calls show varied bids and asks. sales of oats occurred on May and year contracts. Inspections today totaled 76 cars across wheat and oats, with detailed car counts for each grade. Flour prices list wide ranges across fine to patent grades from Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and Canada scrips.
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Boston
Canada
Indiana
South American
West India
Bte
Minnesota
Michigan
New York Rollers
Canada Superior
New York
Canada Western
Eastern
Wholesale meat and grain prices in 1880s market report
SAMUEL APPLETON, State Agent lists export prices for cornmeal and bran, oats, rye and malt, with buckwheat, hops and pork products. The column shows bid prices for No 1 New York oats, various grades of beef, pork, lambs, and mutton, plus millfeed, hay, and other commodities for spring and futures.
Firm Butter and Cheese Markets Across Regions
Butter remains firm with strong demand in Elgin New York Chicago and St Albans markets. Prices list Western and Eastern creamery butters, cheddars and general cheese values while eggs beans seeds and potatoes show varied steady to firm tones. Overall markets stay quiet but prices trend upward for select dairy goods and produce.
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Elgin
New York
Eastern Creamery
Western Creamery
Chicago
Elgin Pe
St Albans
Choice Western
Liverpool
Norfolk
Vermont
Ohio Choice
Vermont Choice
Choice
Canada
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
West
North
Timothy
Clover
Red Top
Jersey
Lungarian
East Swale
Long Islands
Bristol Ferry
Fruit Market Notes Steamer Wergeland Due With Bananas
The steamer Wergeland is due August 10 with bananas for Seaverns & Co. Two cars of peaches arrive Wednesday morning. Curtis & Co. and LB. P. Hudson & Co. have one car each. No peach train today. remaining lots selling near yesterday's prices. Watermelons abundant with prices from 10 to 20 cents for various grades. cantaloupes glut. prices low. Apples plentiful at low prices. pears and grapes in good supply with limited high-quality lots. Oranges and lemons priced per box. dried apples in light supply. berries in good supply with yesterday’s figures.
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Wergeland
Seaverns & Co
Curtis & Co
LB. P. Hudson & Co
Baltimores
Choice Nyack Ree
Astrakans
Clapp
North Carolina
Messina
Palermo
Romina
Local Produce Prices From The Market Report
The list shows onions from Egypt at 175 per case and Maltas at 3 per basket. It includes native items such as 6B P barrels and 1 per package boxes, with tomatoes, cabbages at 8a10 per 100, wax beans at 1 per bush, green 1 per bush, shell beans 175 per bush, native peas 1 60 per bush, Portlands 8 per barrel, green corn native 100 124ee per dozen, beets 40 cents per bush, turnips Long Island 1 75 per 4 barrels, native squash 1.00, marrow native 1 per barrel, Southern 75 cents per barrel, carrots 2 per 100, lettuce 1 per box, native cucumbers 50 cents per 100, parsnips 75 cents per dozen bunches.
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Maltas
Market for meats steady with firm fresh beef demand
Pork and lard prices remain steady with quiet demand across cuts. Beef market shows firmness in fresh product while overall prices stay unchanged. Mutton lamb and veal remain dull and unchanged in the current market.
Cotton and commodities market overview with futures and prices
Liverpool cotton futures opened quiet and closed firm with varied values for August through February. Spot market showed dull receipts and sales, New York spot easy with listed grades, and futures in New York mixed. Sugar and molasses markets noted steady raw prices and refined levels with multiple grade quotes. Pipeline certificates reported activity, shipments, and refined oil figures.
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Liverpool
Gernere
Orbans
New York
Jdan.e
Navy
Manila
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Watertown Union Livestock Market Prices Aug 9 1887
Boston Post report by George J. Fox lists prices for beef store cattle hogs and sheep at Watertown market for week ending Aug 9 1887. Includes bids for first second and third quality beef and prices for oxen cows calves yearlings lambs hides tallow and skins and notes on cattle and sheep classifications and western hogs.
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Boston Post
George J. Fox
Brighton
N. B
Boston
Albany
Trade Centre Reports Flour and Wheat Market Movements
New York reporting Aug 9 shows flour receipts 25 668 pkgs and 4052 bbls exports with weak sales. Wheat receipts 318 500 bush, exports 195 057 bush, spot sales 372 000 bush. No 2 Chicago 77-78 cents, No 2 red 79-84 cents delivered. corn higher but quiet. rye, oats, barley mixed. sugars and molasses at muted levels.
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New York
Minnesota
Chicago
Farley
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Moody Merrill
Tamarack
Calumet & Lhecla
The
Chicago Tribune
William Windom
Jesse R. Grant
8. W. Dorsey
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Company
Wisconsin
Windom
Bessemer Consolidated Iron Company
Lake Superior Company
Bessemer
Treasury
Fairchild
Devonshire Street
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
John B. Trevor
Work, Strong & CO
J.D. Probst & CO
Ladenburgh
Thalman & CO
Mackintosh, Klous & CO
Oregon & Transcontinental Co
John D. Rockefeller
Chas, L. Colby
Richardson ,Hill&co
Moore & Schley
Drake, Mastin & CO
Colgate Hoyt
Harles Head & CO
Foote & French
Congress Street
Commission
Iron Mining
Gogebic Investment CO
Aurora Iron Mine
Aurora
Boston Stock Exchange
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CK & W Inc
Lamson
San Diego Ld
FOS
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Covishiei Ss
At & Pac Oe
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NYS N Bs Dees
Wis Cent PLC
Owest
HOV
International Seconds
Utah Southern Generals
Iron Mountains
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Firsts
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
International Firsts
Nt Pacific Generals
Tennesseermingham Division
Wilson W. Fay & Co
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Ence
Allougr
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Bonanza Development
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C. Unmet & Hecla
Atalpa
Seeeolt
Tamarack Land Companies
Aspinwall
Jioston
Brookline
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Campobello
Eye Ee
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Maveric
West Iend
Ene Sone
Ee Ee
Atch
Che . Ft. Scott & Gitls
K. C., S.joad& C.blairs
L. Rock & Ft. Smith
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N. KE
Champlain
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Spring, & Moup
Maine
Coorg
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L. Champinin
Oki
Falls & Con
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Oliver W. Peabody
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Chauncey M. Depew
N. Y. Central R. R. Co
Samuel Sloan, Esq
Del
Lacka, & Western R. R. Co
French
Abram French & Co
Potter & Wilson
Mass. Nat. Bank
John Lowell
General Managers
England
Samuel Appleton
Exchange Place
Lord
Choice City
Watertown Union Livestock Market
N. Hampshire
Massachusetts
Pope
Wee Western
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