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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1886

Page

3

Money Market News From Boston Aug 19 1886

The money market remained firm with more funds in sight at the clearing house. Call loans with collateral ranged 7 to 9 percent, general business paper 6 to 7 percent, and gilt edged paper hard to quote. John C. Watson, a broker, suspended with liabilities around $35,000 amid stock market activity and various quoted prices across multiple rail lines and banks.

Boston New York London United States Selignmann Paris Bank of Engand Bank of France John C. Watson Linzi Atchison Atlantic & Pacific Boston & Albany Chicago, Burlington & Northern Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Little Rock Long & Co Watson the Herald Stock Exchange Union Pacific Louisiana & Missouri River C. P. Mudge Sonora

Winthrop & Shore Railroad approves capital rise and bonds

A special stockholders meeting at 350 Atlantic Avenue, presided by J Buttrick, voted to increase capital stock by 50,000 to build a branch through Winthrop centre. An issue of 325,000 coupon bonds was approved to fund floating debt and Kelly Edward Tyler named to approve bonds. The corporation authorized mortgage to the International Trust Company as trustees to secure the bonds.

TRS GOSS Inc Gyosr Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Chicago, Burlington & Northern Road St. Paul Minneapolis Chicago, Burlington & Northern Green Bay Winona & St. Paul Union Pacific Chicago Tribune Illinois Central Company Springfield Burlington Iowa Sioux City Kansas City Clinton Memphis Fort Scott & Gulf Detroit, Lansing & Northern Birmingham Ala Memphis, Birmingham & Atlanta Holly Springs Mexican Central Wisconsin Central Little Rock & Fort Smith Pullman Louisiana & Missouri River Ij Summit Branch Dayton & Ironton Atlantic & Pacific Oregon Columbus Cincinnati Eastern Winthrop& Shore Railroad Winthrop & Shore Railroad Company Atlantic Avenue Winthrop J. Buttrick Edward Tyler International Trust Company

Maine Central Belfast branch to adjust train service

The Maine Central railroad will on Monday change train service on the Belfast branch. Close connections will be made at Burnham with night trains to and from Boston, eliminating a four to five hour wait at Burnham. A despatch notes Pacific rates restored to full tariff signaling possible settlement of the transcontinental war.

Maine Central Railroad Belfast Burnham Boston Chicago Montreal & West Vermont Patllman Lowell Fitchburg Central Vermont RB. BR Washington Street W. Hobart S. W. Cummings St. Albans New York Shore Line Steamboat Stonington Line Providence Pawtucket Dodgeville An Hebreenville North Attleboro Metarn Bae East Foxboro Sheron Cantren Junction Hyde Park Mt. Hope Clarendon Hills Orest Hills Pajamaica Plain Boylston Hoxbury Dedham Spring Street West Roxbury Highland Stoughton Canton Sreturn Waeree Briete Mansfield A. A. Folsom Supi

Wool Receipts Across Ports Compare Week August 19 1886

Boston receipts show 10917 domestic and 1211 foreign bales for the week ending Aug 19 with last year figures 11482 and 287 respectively. Prices firm for Michigan and territory wools. broad ranges listed for Ohio Pennsylvania New York New England and Pacific coast wools. consumers note light demand for fine grades and steady foreign wools. Western and Eastern markets show subdued activity with price variations across fleece and clothing wools and notable catalog of specific lots and quotes.

Boston Michigan Sic Territory New York Cincinnati Consizumclus LU Ohio Pennsylvania Wisconsin New England Indiana Missouri Titec Kansas Texas Saaens California Spring Southern Fall Northern Fall Southern Oregon Washington Ana Washington Oregon and Nevada Wyoming Montana Utah Colorado Ecsee Enna Eescssee New Mexico Maine

Market report shows firmer flour prices as wheat rises

Wheat gains push sellers to ask 5 to 10c higher while corn oats stay steady. Grain on passage and export figures from Beerbohm’s cablegram for Aug 18 1886 show UK imports of wheat maize and flour with week over week comparisons and totals across ports. Recapitulated exports include New York Boston Philadelphia Montreal and Baltimore totals for wheat corn and flour, with price quotes on flour and millfeed and miscellaneous commodities like rye and hops.

Beerbohm United Kingdom Atlantic Seaboard Busheis U. Kingdom West Indies S.ana C Bush Bush. Bloss. Bush. Bush. Bush New York Boston Pt News Cove Acne Tees Tees Montreal Philadelphia Baltimore Minnesota New York Roller Michigan Ohio Indiana St. Louis Illinois Wisconsin Canada Boston Station Summer Street Axheroett Bird Street Blackstone—S Danbury Parchester SO Feo Asm Dudley Street Enis Fishkill Landing Franklin Forest Avenue Hartford Harvard Street Hyde Park Hichland Lake Gton Manchester Diattapan Milford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg London Middletown Norwich Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Providence Putnam—s Readville River Street Rockville Conn Southbridge Tiltens Walpole—s Washington D. C Waterbury—s Willimantic Winsions Webster

Meat and dairy quotes hold steady amid mixed farm goods market

Prices for butter and cheese show modest firming in spots while eggs stay steady. Trade is quiet with good supplies for beans, seeds, and hay, and limited activity in potatoes. Barrel jets and bulk stock fetch varied, poultry and game unchanged, with tallow steady to lower across categories.

Meat Prices Steady as Pork Lard and Fresh Beef Hold

Provisions show pork lard hams and all packed meats quiet with prices steady. Fresh beef mostly quiet with fairly steady prices. minor changes noted in lambs and mutton. Listings detail various cuts and prices for pork and beef products, including ribs sausage rologna and smoked items, with ranges by cut and weight.

Lara Brighton Choice Chicago Fastern Worcester County

Fruit Market Notes With Prices And Shipments

Fruit generally quiet with sweet apples at 1 and 25 cents per best. Peaches prosper today as 14 cars sold at 75 cents per basket, some fancy at 150 to 200. Train Friday to carry 20 cars with consignments from Curtis Co. and others. Watermelons dull but moving, extra Jerseys 18 to 20 cents, berries scarce with blueberries 6 to 8 cents and blackberries 6 to 10 cents. Jersey cantaloupes abundant at 75 cents to 1 dollar per barrel.

Curtis & Co J. S. Chamberlain Snow & Co B. P. Hodson Bennett, Rand & Co A. &O.W. Mead Jova Bigelow G. L. Fisher Jersey Boston West Syracuse N. W Chicago St. Louis Pullman New York Central West Shore Railroad Albany Troy Saratoga W.A. R Mechanicville Saratoga Express Athol Tunnel B. H Brutland Greenfield North Adams Gardner Baldwinville Orange Miller's Falls Shelburne Falls Boyarston and Erving West Fitchburg Wachusett Westminster Ashburnham Junction Ashburnathan Otter River Wendell East Deerfield Montague West Deerfield Auckland Soar Bardwell S. Charlemont Loosac Turner's Falls Brattleboro Winchenden Keene Bellows Falls Cheshire St. Albans Keene Rutland Drawene - Worcester, Nashua and Portland Boston and Maine Railroad Ayer Nashua Worcester Clinton Oakdale Framingham Ayer Junction North Leominster Shirley Greenville and Townsend Centre Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Concord Lincoln Waltham Belmont Waverley Meturn Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Cambridge Union Square Somerville Heturn Union Square Baldwinsville Ware River John Adams

Cotton and Sugar Markets Hold Quiet Amid Mixed Prices

The market shows little change with steady spot demand in cotton mid uplands and Orleans, while Liverpool futures drifted lower and closed easy across August to September deliveries. Sugar and molasses trade largely quiet with nominal prices, refined oil steady, and pipeline certificates closing on Aug 19 after a modest gain.

Uplands Gulf Liverpool New York Manila Belmont Porto Rico Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Grain and provisions report.

New York markets show flour receipts and exports with rising prices across varieties from No 2 to Minnesota extra. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley move with mixed gains and steady or firmer tones in multiple cities including Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati Toledo St Louis. Pork, lard, and beef show varied dull or firm signals as receipts and shipments trend upward.

New York Ohio St. Louis Minnesota City Chicago United Lara Tierces Western Steam South America Liverpool Milwaukee Cincinnati

Market Receipts Castions Steady on Cattle Hogs & Sheep

Receipts and shipments show cattle steady with steers from 950 to 1500 dollars per head and cows bulls and mixed around 150 to 225, bulk prices at 280 to 260, Texans steady. Hogs receipts about 16 000 with shipments 4500 lower, typical prices 250 to 476, light 380 to 480, packing and shipping 476, sheep receipts 3000 shipments 500 steady natives 200 and Texans 175 to 300, lambs 315 to 75.

Cotton Markets August 19 Better Supplies Across Ports

Net receipts and sales varied by port with steady to quiet tone. Augusta and other southern hubs report modest gains in sales while stocks rise at most centers. exports to Britain and the Continent show notable totals, and overall U S port stock sits around 196,125 bales.

Augusta Galveston Lée New Orleans Mobile Miu Memphis Charleston Savannah Quiet Steedy Wimington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis Louisvile Continent United States

Chicago Grain Market Report From Bordeaux Telegraph

C S Lee reports from Chicago that Bordeaux notes a sharp wheat shortage of about 50 million bushels. Millers show strong demand for August to October delivery as stocks of old wheat and flour are very low. Large trading volume includes a 1.5 million bushel September purchase by a new house, with Milano and Lester buyers and bears selling on a late decline to 7 8 a bid.

C. S. Lee Chicago Brewer & Wilkins Congress Street Bordeaux France Lester & Co Milano & Co Bloom Kammerer

Foreign markets brief from London and Liverpool Aug 19

Beerbohm reports wheat firm abroad with distant delivery demand and light near cargo inquiry. Corn strong with Danube prices, California wheat and prompt shipments priced, English French markets firm, Paris wheat and flour firmer. Liverpool notes mixed wheat and corn firmness, pork and lard prices steady, butter and cheese listed.

London Beerbohm America California Paris Liverpool

Financial. U S bonds and rail stocks listed in London

United States bonds 4s 121g 4s 11242, Atlantic & Great Western firsts 51%, Canadian Pacific 6844, Erie 52% 10319, Illinois Central 12914, St Paul common 94144, New York Central 1125g, Pennsylvania 59, Reading 15%.

Adams Fexpress Ohio Mississippi Alton & Terre Haute Miss Ontario and Western American Express Oregon Navigation Hoston Air Line Oregon Transcon R&n Oregon Improvement Co Canada Pacific Pacific Mall Canada Southern Pannama Evansville Central Central Pacific Pulman P Chesapeake & Ohio Meading Richmond & Allre Ao Richmond & Danville Chicago & Aston Richmond Iw Es Hochester & Pitts Chicago Bur & Quincy Rock Island Chic St Louis& Pa St Louis & San Fran Racseecsensesses United States Wabash, St Ind, Bloom & West Hocking Valley Cig Bobbie SB Erie Western Lake Shore Long Island Louisville and New al Pacific Manhattan Beach Denver & R Grande Charleston Metropolitan Do West Michigan Central Erie Socons Milwaukee LS & W Miss, K & T Genes Minn & St L Kans Pac Con Missouri Pacific Northern Pacists Mobile & Ohio Borss Morris & Essex Northwestern Consols Nashville & Chattan Do Deben New Jersey Central Oregon IGA Ccisee Norfolk & W St L & San F M'G Northern Pac St Paul Consols Pacific Pref Ece-Eece St Paul Ch & Pac Northwest Texas Pacific Land Grts New York London Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Illinois Central St. Paul Common New York Central Pennsylvania Reading

Annapolis to Liverpool cargoes inshore and abroad

Maritime ledger notes steamer New Brunswick bringing eggs from Clements & co and others at Annapolis with multiple shipments listed for Fales & Leahy Hinckey Ayres McKeever Porter and more. Majestic Amethyst sails to Sagua with sugar, Norseman to Liverpool with pig iron and steel billets, and a long roster of goods including wine, olive oil, earthenware, textiles, hides, paper stock, and machinery.

Annapolis New Brunswick Clements & Co Fales & Leahy Hinckey, Ayres & Co McKeever & Hall Porter, Taylor & Co Rockwell L. Clements & Co Doran Griffin & Co Hall& Co Spencer Jere Abbott & Co Hines Baring Bros & Co Wing & Evans Groom & Co Stanley & Morse Rogers & Co Horace Partridge & Co Clark, Adams & Clark Norcross, Mellen & Co Bradford, Thomas & Co Orchill Marshall Sons & Co Abram French & Co Splegel & Fottier Feilder & Moeldner RH White & Co de Blois & Co Faring Bros & Co Moors & Co Atkins & Co Hidlings & Co McDuffee & Stratton Baring Bros & Co Brown & Co Tulley & Co Pickering & Co Parker & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Haverbill Public Library Muse Fieldner, Moeldner & Co Kendall, Harrows & Co Stone & Downer Spinney & Co Wilder Campies Burgess Mnoise Stoddard, Lovering & Co Pray Sons & Co Thatcher & Co Macailar, Parker & Co Booss Warren

Maritime cargoes list returns with multiple ships and goods

In Bellevue Cove and Digby Annapolis areas ships report cargoes including Willie's 125 barrels flour and 125 barrels meal, Rachel Coney's beef and corn products, Levose's meal and oil, Giide's pitch, Bumbel's canned beef and hardware, Bertha Maud's flour and oak, and New Brunswick steamer's beef and fruit before an assortment of commodities like kerosene, lard, tobacco, and timber.

Bellevue Cove Willie Demerara Rachel Coney Digby Annapolis St John ST Johns New Brunswick

Receipts of Staple Goods at Multiple Rail Ports Aug 19

The Aug 19 reporting lists receipts across Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, New York and New England Halirona, Fitchburg, Boston Railroads, and express and sea transfers. Totals include wool, flour, oats, corn, malt, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, and many other staples. The article adds a comparative table of receipts versus the prior year with substantial figures for cotton, flour, oats, cheese, and more.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad New York New England Fitchburg Railroad Boston Railroad Eastern Division Maine Railroad—Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express Tranmgga Tyese

Banks Propose Insolvency for Furniture and Lumber Firms

Officials of the banks behind recent furniture and lumber failures agree to place all firms into insolvency. Three assignees would be chosen to settle each estate, aided by a creditors committee representing all firms. The banks name three proposed individuals for the roles.

Notable Salesmen and Firms Across U S Cities

A list of names and companies across multiple cities including Roy Bros in Aberdeen Miss Schnadig Bros Co in Chicago O’Hare Selz Schwab Co in Chicago Phelps Dodge Palmer in Arlington Ohio area and more, showing widespread sales representation and partnerships with firms in Charleston Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Louisville Marion Nashville and other locales. The entries pair individuals with firms and locations, indicating a broad network of commercial agents and manufacturers.

Aberdeen Miss J A Roy Roy Bros Chicago Jos M Schnadig Schnadig Bros & Co Chucage McLauchlin Selz C & Nunnally Par Pittsburg Penn Roemhuld Meyer & Roemhild Craw Portsmouth H @ Tracy C P ‘Tracy & Co Toledo Rodgers Dewey, Hudgens & Co Ada Watash Ind L Bechtel I Point

Dr Pierce's Pellets cure bilious disorders

Sick and bilious headache and all stomach and bowel derangements cured by Dr Pierce's Pellets or anti bilious granules. Two shillings per vial. No cheap boxes to waste virtues. By druggists.

Pierce

Concord R. B. and Branches schedule notice

Train times from Boston to Manchester and Concord New Hampshire with departure times from B and L depot and 8 and M depot daily and Sundays. Returning times from Concord to Boston listed with morning and evening departures and special express marks. BERLIN SOUth.

Concord R. BR Boston Manchester Concord N. H Berlin Suut

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