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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1888

Page

6

Surf Line Opens Los Angeles to San Diego Rail Route

The Surf Line inaugurated with a Los Angeles to San Diego excursion carrying 125 residents. The 126 mile route cost over 2 million dollars and runs from LA to the D street depot in San Diego with multiple stations listed along the line. Separate notes discuss Canadian Pacific expansion, Union Pacific management changes, Fitchburg bridge inquiries, and Midwest rail developments.

Los Angeles San Diego California City D Street Ballona Junction Laguna Rivera Santa Fe Springs Northam Fullerton Anahei Orange Santa Ana Irvine Modeska el Toro Vapistrano San Juan Onofre Las Flores Los Angeles Junction Oceanside Escondido Junction Carlsbad Stewart's Leucadia Encinitas Dela Mar Sea Wall Cordero Selwyn la Jolla Morena Old Town National City

Money Market and Stock Notes From Boston and New York

The money market eased with clearing house loans at 2 percent, mercantile paper 4 to 5 percent, and time loans up to 6 percent. New York exchanges rose with gold and currency movements, while government securities held steady. Wisconsin Central and several rail stocks led gains amid strong crop outlooks and mixed bond activity, as analysts noted potential large deals and shifting trader sentiment.

Auction Sale List of Stocks and Bonds 1888

Auction notices detail a vast list of stocks, shares, and bonds offered Wednesday August 22 1888 including Everett Mills Blackstone National Bank Mans Salem First National Bank Salem and numerous railroads and manufacturing concerns across Massachusetts Maine Vermont and Illinois with collateral and mortgage notes参

Everett Mills Iblackstone N. Bank Do Mans Nat. Bank First Nat. Bank Salem Nat. Exchange Bank Asiatic N. Bank Marblehead Nat. Bk Marblehead Mass Maver Nat. Bank Douglas Axe Mfg, Co Westind St. A Co Cheshire RK Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR Berkshire Ri Ao Cin Sandusky & Cleveland St. Louis Cable & Western RR Wakefield Rattan Co McKay Met Plymouth Cordage Co Franklin Mining Co Eastern RR Aes Hyde Park Lil Maine Con. Mort Franklin Co Lewiston American Screw Co Providence kLycrete Mills Consol

Dividends Declared By Companies In Latest Ledger

The American Waltham Watch Company declares a semi annual dividend of 4 percent payable in Rept. The Ontario Silver Mining Company declares a monthly dividend of 75000 dollars payable August 81 to stockholders of August 25.

American Waltham Watch Company Ontario Silver Mining Company

Wall Street Money Market and Rail Stocks Rally Ends Quietly

New York money on call easy at 1 to 2 percent with last loan at 1 percent. Sterling and bar silver steady. Rail road and government bonds dull but firm. St Paul and Lackawanna lead gains early. midday rally fades to near day’s best by close, with Readings and other issues contributing to a strong finish. Railroad bonds light, total sales around $930,000 as of day’s end.

Montreal Canadian Pacific Railway Detroit Grand Trunk Railway Company Chicago Toledo, St. Louis Kansas City St. Louis Omaha Charles Francis Adams Union Pacific Railroad C. S. Mellen Kimball Mellen Boston & Lowell Road Fitchburg Railroad Kansas City & Southern Railway East Lynn Osceola Brownington Henry Counties Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Ardmore I. T Northwest System Southwest Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company Kansas City Times Monett Kansas City & Monett San Francisco Frisco Sullivan West End Brookline Frenchman’s Bay Bell Telephone New England Erie Kearsarge Tamarack Trantic Franklin Henry Clausen H. Clausen & Co New York London Eng Clausen England Anglo- American Beer Trust Messrs. W. S. Lawson & Co Telegraph Wall Street Lackawanna St. Paul Shorts Lake Shore Boston Stock Exchange Allou Atlantic Bonanza Development Boston & Montana Calumet & Hecla Catalpa Ty Kearsarge Quincy Tamarac Entrentees Land Companies Aspinwall East Boson Lamoine Payson Peeens Penobscot Pae B.& Mo L. G C. & W. Sich le C St. P Fre. & Elk. H K. C J. Oe Peer N. Y Eeer D.O Oregon L. C. Con Sonora St. Jo S. i Pacific Mort Air Line Boston Roch. & Pees Boston & Lowell C. KR Central of Mass Central Pac Ches Ohio Anton Alton Q. Eeanert He Bic Pi Savie Col Sp. & Cin Del L. & Sass H. & Doves Fiteh M. Com Eee Flint & P Oe & Sp K.C Eeeking Valley E. & St. Dee Houst Texas Maine Central Aly Kan Tex N.Y New Eng Kings Pem L. Ee .Erewere Ener Old Colony Tate Shore Long Island Rutland Eree Summit Branch Union Pacific Mem. & Chever Wis Central Cees Reseree aBie Seevess Bell Minn St. Wae Pueoblusreots Eastman Car Heater Esse Lamson Ash Chat Sen Pullman Palace Allouez Rappa Arnold St. Mary Bonanza Lye Security Ohio & Nise Reece South Side Atre Aes Bruns. G Ont West Weer Catsulpa Sutro Sss Crescent Winthrop Oregon Tran Aim Elect Tl Everett Burton Humb Eureka Hung Ken Huron T&s Lee A&p Inc Toledo SD Do Inc Fe & Cal A. Reeas Pracific Fts & M Ee Tol, &Co Ny&ne Utica & BR O Wis Cent Inc Lhe NE Tel Ceeeeveeers BTV San Liego Sneer Pacific Mail Winthrop Land Esas Corereesees W. Union American Oi B& Q Eeese Eesreersareere Fa&p M. Ee P. Lsts R.G O.& Trans. Bi St. L. & J. M. Mex Cent Eeceesens L E& Stl St. L West ‘End Setereee E P. M. Se N. J R. Gac N. Pac Oseeteeeeenee Agoo Adams Seaisly American Wells Fargo Am Beli Leerest Ophi Sae BOT Enee Amador Tree Pluttus Eastman CH Bamson Ss Cal Coal Pronstite Con. C Quireksilver Brookline Land Santiago Pref Ceeese Cristo San D Cere Nee Veers Hoek Coal King Sutter Creek Sullivan Harbor Hovestake Teana.c Hale & Nor, Ys Bob Kenrsarze Aleanwely Es Union Con. Tamarack Ontario YellowJacket Fitchburg NY &Nee Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Northwestern Western Union Reading Missouri Pacific Burlington & Northern New York Central Wabash Green Bay Central Iowa Denver & South Park Kalamazoo & West Pigeon Richmond & Alleghany Receipts Iron Mountains Colorado Coal

US and Canadian stocks and rug imports cited in Boston house

London reports United States 4s at 13142 and Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 3314 while Canadian Pacific stands at 59 percent and Erie at 28 percent. Readings show a strong import share of foreign rugs and carpets going to Joan H Pray, Sons and Co at 660 Washington Street Boston.

London United States Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie St. Paul Boston Joan H. Pray, Sons & Co Washington Street

Real estate transfers across Suffolk County listed

Suffolk County real estate transfers list multiple Aug dates with buyers and sellers across Beach street Van Rensselaer place Columbus square Roxbury Hartford street Washington Paris and other streets. Transactions include mortgages of amounts ranging from 1250 to 2200 dollars and parcels in Chelsea Revere East Boston and Harles town.

Beach Street Elizabeth E. Pierce James P. Grieve Home Savings Bank van Rensselaer Place Sarah Mellen Meta W. Pitts Columbus Square Edward J. Hammond Amelia Folger Central Savings Bank Roxpury Franklin Russell Melvin O. Adams Shirley Street Ack Dorcu EstEe R James D. Thompson Jeanie P. Clarke Hartford Street Eer Nathaniel M. Jewett George William Estabrook Atlantic Street Pioneer Cooperative Bank Lawrence Murray John Reardon K Street Boston James W. McCrillis Mary A. McCrillis Paris Street Chelsea Jeremiah O’connor Albert Gates, Jr Warren Avenue Provident Cooperative Bank John Quincy Blake John J. Prescott Washington Avenue William A. Prescott Harlestown Jaiies RE James Doherty Banker Hill Decatur Streets Revere Frederic H. Henshaw Mary E. Hunter Pleasant Street

Mortgages Recorded On Various Boston Properties

A list of mortgages dated August 14 to 17, including Albert F. Sise to Edward D. Sohier on Broad Street for 36000, James P. Grieve to Charles H. Allen on Beach Street for 30000, and others involving East Boston Roxbury Chelsea and Dorchester properties with sums from 400 to 36000. Named lenders include Eliot Savings Bank Homestead Cooperative Bank and East Boston Savings Bank with multiple street addresses.

Albert F. Sise Edward D. Sohier Broad Street Abdon K. Gove Joseph A. Bubier Saratoga Street Boston Daniel S. Dickerman George A. Sawyer Lynde Green Streets Ditto Sylvanus Pond Prince Street Mary E. Tibbetts Chandler H. Leighton Dartmouth Street James P. Grieve Charles H. Allen Beach Street Daniel Connor Eliot Savings Bank Conant Street Roxbury Charles B. Darling Homestead Cooperative Bank Draper Street Dorchester Simeon Marcus Reuben E. Demmon Piedmont Street Timothy Higgins East Boston Savings Bank Summer Street East Boston Ernest W. Roberts Chelsea Savings Bank Washington Avenue Uelsea Franklin Russell Edmund Casey Shirley Street

Market Pulse: Commodities See Mixed Activity Across Goods

In a broad wholesale roundup, grains show varying demand with corn and oats quiet or light, flour firmer, cornmeal steady, and oatmeal quiet. Livestock including pork firm and in good demand while fresh beef remains firm and other meats plentiful. Sugar and molasses hold steady or active as prices reflect limited movement.

The Chicago Markets Wheat Corn Oats and Hogs Report

Wheat traded actively with a big buyer and strong cables pushing September to 87 cents before selling pressure capped gains. Receipts were large while sea board clearances stayed light. Corn and oats quiet to firmer, hogs and provisions softer with steady to lower price tendencies. Official hog receipts were 9040 yesterday with 8000 expected today.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Seaboard Olga Pharame Pew OSES Lars Ua

Lumber Market Says Quiet As Demand Weaker In East

The lumber market shows little activity with few sales. Eastern spruce demand is quiet with buyers seeking lower prices. hemlock and box boards dull. shingles arrivals small. Prices for Pennsylvania and other stocks hold steady while Western pine and hardwoods show limited movement. receipts expected to rise in 3-4 weeks.

Pennsylvania

Flour and grain prices and market tone across cities

The report lists domestic flour prices by barrel and includes firmer market tone with higher pesos, noting spring patents firm and agents nearly out of the market. It covers New York, Milwaukee, Chicago, St Louis, and Detroit wheat and corn receipts, prices, and quotes, plus oats, rye, barley and related commodities, with overall steady to firm signals and varied regional activity.

Fiou Minnesota Michigan Superior Canada Roller Canada York City Milwaukee Chicago St Louis New York Toledo Reogien Detroit Minneapolis Louis

Butter and Cheese Quotations On Wholesale Markets

Butter receipts and market activity show small wholesale quantities for creameries with firm demand. Prices vary by region from Western and Vermont creams to Eastern and New York lots, with Elgin creamery and St Albans offerings noted. Cheese prices remain dull with modest regional differences, Utica and Liverpool listings cited.

Choice Western Vermont Extra Vermont Vermont Dairy Eastern Elgin New York State Western Dairy Albans Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Creamery Ohio Utica Liverpool

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Railroad Matters Railway Age Chicago & Alton Railroad Company New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah National Bank Weiinematkn Reichsmarks Wisconsin Great Britain France Germany Austria Italy Spain Atchison Kansas Atchison Buils Agricultural Bureau of Kansas Adams Charles 5. Mellen Nere Atlantic & Pacific Journal Atchison, Chicago Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Northern Mexican Central Flint & Pere Marquette California Southern Fort Scott & Memphis Wisconsin Central Securities Simson & Co Wisconsin Central Boston & Albany Atchison Trust Chicago, Kansas & Western San Diego Land Manuel Dublan Ensenada Val Department of Interior Joaquin Redo Guaymas Blake Bros. & Co State Street Nassau Street Basset, Whitney & Co, Bankers and Brokers Devonshire Street Williams & CO Vt. & Mass. BR Nat. BR ALB Natl Union Bk Watlthaim’s N. B Waltham American Wee Watch Co Andover Nat. Bank Andover Fant Mills Fall River S. F Fitchburg RR Chi Kansas & Western RR Maine Cent Consol. RR. of Boston Marine Insurance Co Boston & Bangor Sisamehip Co Chicago, Burlington & Northern RR Taunton Locomotive Co Natl. Hy Malden and Melrose Gas Lt Norwich Conn New England Glass Co American Rapid Bowker Fertilizer Co Dover York Mfg Newton and Watertown Gas Lt. Co New York & New England RR Lowell Mfg. Co Atlantic Cotton Co Pacific Mills Freeman’s Nat. Bank Boylston Nat. Bank Iowa & Lansing RR Mainers Lowell Atlantic Cotton Mills Manchester Mills Grand Ave Cheshire RR. Co Manchester & Lawrence RR. Co West End St. Ry. Co Day Cordage Co Nat, Tube Works Co American Insurance Co Mass. Title Insurance Co Terreig, Goov Mining and Stock Exchange NEW York Financial Foreign Financial Markets Suffolk County Chicago Markets James & Abbot Liberty Square Indiana Collin John E. Welsh
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