Money Market and City Bank Notes Across Boston Markets
Boston money market shows borrowing rates steady at 6 percent with banks preferring to pull funds home. Clearing house balances, New York exchanges, and Bank of England bullion movements feature alongside shifts in deposits, reserves, and various railroad and street holdings amid a broad activity surge at the local stock market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Corporation
New York
Inc
P.c. Td
Bks
London
Bank of England
Paris
de la Gascogne
Kidder, Peabody & Co
J. & W. Seligman
Morton, Bliss & Co
van Hoffman & Co
Lazard Fréres
Muller, Schell & Co
Heidelbach & Co
Umbria
J. G. Taft
Shawmut National Bank
Tait
Wall Street
Atchison
California Southern
California Southern Railroad Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Oregon Transcontinental
Oregon Paes Company
Pacific Coast and Steamship Company
Flint & Pere Marquette
Cincinnati
Albert Netter & Co
Hamilton & Dayton
Atlantic & Pacific
Union Pacific
Oregon
July earnings and market summary from annual report
Official July figures show gross 873,464 expenses 225,119 net 148,845 for the month. Year to date from January to July gross 2,692,157 expenses 1,495,198 net 1,196,959. Stocks move with Boston and Maine up to 220 while others fall. Mining and utility shares show varied shifts amid quarterly financial notes and a note on a Quincy mill accident and a large gold transfer to San Francisco.
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Boston & Maine
Boston & Lowell
New York
New England
Fitchburg
Central Massachusetts
West End
San Diego
Topeka
East Boston
Maverick
Bell Telephone
Dunkin
Osceola
Quincey
Quincy
Calumet & Heela
W.S. Lawson & Co
Treasury
San Francisco
Kidder, Peabody Orders Placed in Three Cities
Stock and bond orders executed in Boston New York and Philadelphia for Kidder Peabody company trades.
New York Financial Market Slips Then Rebounds At Close
Money on call eased with last loans at 4 percent and prime mercantile paper dull. Stocks opened higher but faded, Western Union and Union Pacific led losses before partial recovery. Rail bonds traded with mixed results as several issues posted fractional gains and the day ended quiet but firm near opening levels.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Commission House
Sterling Exchange
Western Union
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Wheeling & Lake Erie
West Shore
Chicago & East Ilinois
Hocking Valley
Guilt
Colorado & Santa Fe
Woonston & Texas
Western Division
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
Ashland
New York City & Northern
Peoria
Decatur & Evansville
Utah Southern
Richmond & Alleghany
Great Western
Tennessee Coal
Birmingham
Mobile & Ohio
Canada Southern
Rock Island
Jersey Central
Henderson Bridge
Kansas & Texas
New Orleans Pacific
Iron Mountain
Toledo & Ann Arbor
Grand Trunk
New York Stock Sales and Rail Freight News Aug 29
Today's stock trades total 222,330 shares with price highs and lows listed. Chicago & Northwestern to build a 35 mile extension from Ishpeming to Republic and Michigamme employing 1000 men, targeting completion by November 1.
Earnings Report for New York Lake Erie & Western Rail Line
July earnings reach 2.13 million with 631 thousand net after expenses. Since Oct 1 1886 to 1887 gross earnings rise to 19.85 million and net to 5.86 million, up from prior year. excluding NY Pennsylvania & Ohio line July gross 1.78 million and net 631 thousand, nine months gross 16.90 million and net 5.83 million, up substantially.
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East Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Steed Lou Sv Tele
New Albany
Chicago
Omaha
Norfolk & Western
Philadelphia & Erie
Chicago & West Michigan
Wess. Ee
NEW York, Lake Erie & Western
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Road
Rail line expands to Amory as July progress reported
In July twenty seven miles of track were laid on the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham, bringing total Tupelo Mississippi to Birmingham Alabama to seventy nine miles. Preparations for shop and roundhouse at Amory, a new railroad town twenty three miles east of Tupelo, are under way. Aberdeen branch work continues with the drawbridge piers nearly ready for masonry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Memphis
Birmingham
Tupelo
Miss
Ala
Amory
Peeple
Aberdeen
U S Financial Rates and Exchange Market Summary
In London on August 29 money market rates show a discount of 4 1/4 percent for short bills and 2 5/8 percent for three month bills. The record lists domestic and international railroad shares and financial values with varied figures.
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NDON
United States
Great Western
Atlantic & Great Western
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Minors Central
St. Paul Common
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
Mexican Central
London
Market Report Shows Mixed Commodity Movements Today
Canned goods hold firm while flour and corn stay quiet. Oats and oatmeal hold steady, rye products are unchanged, and malt remains steady. Butter cheese eggs and meat prices vary with quiet bean demand, lower potatoes, steady hay and straw, quiet grass seeds, dull tallow, plentiful apples, strong truck demand, and steady pork lard hams and fresh beef.
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New York
Chicago
Canton
Ogdensburg
Liverpool
Vermont
Ohio Choice
Choice Canada
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
West
Timothy
North
Jersey
East Swale
Portlands
New Hampshire
Bush
New York Mebrons
Norfolk
Boston
Canned Goods Market Strained by Short Crops and Labor Shortages
The New York Commercial Bulletin reports a tight canned goods market due to Eastern short crops and Western supply issues. California packers withdraw all goods, prices surge, and demand outpaces capacity as labor shortages hinder harvests. Prices for standards rise, with large orders and scarce supply shaping the market, while California fruit packers warn they have sold out and cannot offer goods.
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New York Commercial Bulletin
Pacific Coast
Baltimore
San Francisco
California
Harford County
New York
Jersey
Market Reports Aug 29 1887 Flour Corn Oats Prices
The flour market shows no change with firm mill pricing and weak demand, while corn stays quiet with buyers holding out for full prices. Oats are steady to quiet with modest sales and a large carry stock across Chicago and New York markets. prices for various oat grades and mixed grains are listed alongside call and closing bids.
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Chicago
New York
Onions and Produce Pricing Listed in Local Market
Marketplace notes show diverse produce including onions, beets, cabbage, beans, corn, squash, carrots, cucumbers, parsnips and pickles with varied prices per basket, bush, box, or barrel. Native and Long Island varieties appear, with prices ranging from 15¢ to $34 per basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Islands
Fresh Meats Prices and Varieties Listed in Detail
Light, heavy fores and various cuts priced per pound. Rumps, rounds, loins, short ribs listed with per-pound quotes in cents. Fancy spring lambs and Chicago yearlings offered with price ranges for choice and good quality. Eastern mutton and veal prices noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
Fruit Market Prices and Goods on Peach Train Route
The peach train of 16 cars reports baskets at $1.20 with higher prices for fancy fruit. Watermelons move slowly. bananas and plums show varied rates. Muskmelons demand strong at $1.50 per pound. cantaloupes priced at $1 Jerseys and $1.60 Baltimores. Apples, pears, grapes, oranges, lemons, and bananas listed with multiple pack and price tiers. Two California carloads arrive Tuesday. B. F. Southwick & Co. received 18 tons of white clover Vermont honey in rib cans.
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California
B. F. Southwick & Co
Williams
Bartlett
York State
Jersey
Bartlet
Southern
Clapp
Hudson River
Delaware
Sorrento
Palermo
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Baracoa
Cotton futures firm in Liverpool as New York bids steady
Liverpool futures opened firm and closed quiet with August to September prices between 5 12 64d and 5 28 64d. New York spot and futures showed steady bids for middling uplands and related grades, with market activity including 10 000 bales sold and 2 200 bales received. Cotton and sugar quotes updated alongside molasses notes and pipeline certificates from Aug 27 to Aug 29, 1886.
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Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Getic
Ees
Dales
Havana
Mats Lloilo
Manila
Lioilos
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Trade Centre Market Report Across Several Commodities
Reports from New York Chicago Detroit Cincinnati Milwaukee Minneapolis Toledo St Louis and Minneapolis detailing flour and wheat receipts exports and prices. Prices cite No 2 and No 1 grades with oats corn rye barley and pork and lard values, alongside river port tonnage and regional demand notes.
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