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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1887
Page
6
Commercial matters show steady to firm signals in key sectors. Butter cheese eggs pork lard and beef hold steady or firm while sugar molasses and straw show little movement. Grass seeds higher and beans demand remains quiet with variable animal and agricultural product tones.
Boston money market holds steady with moderate bank accommodation and easing in call loans. Manufacturing paper 5 to 6 percent, city loan 6 percent, mercantile paper 5 to 7 percent, country banks discounting around 6 percent. Bond and stock trading weak amid NY bears, NYSE to close for Labor Day weekend. large bank moves discussed and Oregon rail plans noted.
Connecticut River Railroad Company quarterly 2 percent payable Oct 4. West Jersey & Atlantic Railroad Company semi annual 2 percent. West Jersey Railroad Company semi annual 3 percent. Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company semi annual 2 percent on referred stock. Western Loan and Trust Company semi annual 5 percent payable Sept 1.
Railroad bond sales reached 680000 with various issues listed by name and price. New York stock sales for Aug 30 show total 293427 shares traded and detailed opening, high, low and close prices for each.
Consols quoted 1017 16 for money and account. U S 4s at 129 percent and United States 8s at 110 85. Atlantic and Great Western firsts 44 54. Canadian Pacific 56 34. Erie 30 percent and Erie seconds 101 54. Illinois Central 122. Mexican ordinary 56 258. St Paul common 44. New York Central 110 14. Reading 26 5. Silver at 44 34 per ounce. Paris 3 per cent rente 81 francs 90 centimes. London checks exchange 26 francs 82 centimes. Money 4 percent. Open market discount three months 2 4 percent.
A fragmented listing shows various items and prices including Lord Acoustic Tel, Catalpa security, Tropical Tel and Mex. Telephone. Entries include quantities like 50 Burton Stock Car, 100 Lord Acoustic Tel, and 2000 eling Mach, with scattered supplier names such as Mlec Mig and McKay & Bigelow. The OCR offers miscellaneous vendor references and numeric figures without coherent context.
Money on call easy at 3 to 6 percent with last loan at 6 and closing at 4. Indorsed bills at 6 1/2 to 7 percent. Bar silver weak, sterling dull. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds weak. Erie and New England lead declines as Manhattan Falls to and beyond 100. Market ends weak at day’s lowest figures with active late trading.
A list of buyers visiting from multiple cities including Altoona Pennsylvania Baltimore Maryland Bay City Michigan Chicago Illinois Cleveland Ohio Cincinnati Ohio Coffeeville Mississippi Columbus Mississippi Jacksonville Florida Pittsburg Pennsylvania Onley Louisiana Rogersville Tennessee Sumner Sandusky Ohio Toledo Ohio Thomasville Georgia Troy Ohio Uniontown Pennsylvania and others. The names include Pann Bendheim Adler Kittredge Schnadig, Cady Laws Schmertz Eckenrode Geideman Bennet Pickett Baird Harahl and more.
Washington lists pensions awarded to residents across Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Rhode Island led by widows and original pensioners including Emma Edminster Lizzie Co Withers Henry Cannon Noah Johnson Margaret Trefellten Charles Bachellor Rufus Butler Walter Murphy and Elizabeth Boyle among others in Bangor Lewiston Boston Taunton Amherst Melrose Fitchburg Olneyville and North Attleboro with recipients from West Pawlet North Troy North Attleboro and other towns.
On July 380 eighteen gallons of beer seized at Andrea Lorietta’s premises were returned by order of Judge Adams. Lorietta claimed the ale was for his three month old baby’s christening and witnesses supported him. He could not explain the delayed christening but received the beer and left.
The lumber market shows no new features with liberal Eastern receipts and steady prices. Demand remains fair to good for spruce plank, joists, hemlock boards, shingles, clapboards, laths, and Western and Southern varieties, while whitewood is quiet and hard woods like cherry and walnut stay in fair demand.
Market notes no change in flour with prices firm at mill asking levels. Corn quiet, goods held at full figures. High mixed and steam yellow generally 54 to 54 4 cents, steamer mixed quiet around 64 to 64 4 cents. Spot oats very quiet despite speculative demand. No 2 white in elevator region.
Closing bids for white oats include 36 percent bid at 87e and 3744¢ asked for No 2 white oats cash. September 86 percent bid 37¢ asked. October 80 percent bid 57 87 cents asked. November 37 14¢ bid 37 58 3734 ¢ asked. December 88 420 bid 88 56c asked. Inspections today total 40 cars with 23 spring wheat and 8 steamer mixed corn. Liverpool wheat is active at lower figures as receipts reach 250,000.
Domestic flour and corn quotations appear with multiple grade prices. Imports into the United Kingdom for August show weekly totals for wheat and corn, while Bombay Calcutta and Karachi shipments to the continent are listed. Apples and citrus export prospects are discussed with London brokers noting a likely short crop and strong prices, plus shipping guidance.
Butter markets steady with mixed grades ranging from 16 to 28c. New York and Chicago show firmness. Elgin and St Albans display steady to fair demand. Eggs firm with Eastern extras scarce. potatoes and sweet potatoes in good supply with higher prices noted. beans and seeds steady. Tallow and other commodities quoted with receivers prices for wholesale lots.
A garbled list shows asking prices for vegetables and items such as tomatoes cabbage beans green corn beets turnips squash marrow lettuce parsnips pickles and other produce. Numerous OCR artifacts obscure exact figures and units but indicate a fair market demand for truck farm goods and varying price points across items and quantities.
No peach train arrived Tuesday morning but express lots sold at 150 200 per basket. California fruit sale canceled. Four car lots expected Wednesday. Watermelons plentiful with slow sale. Extras at 18 14c, mediums 100, small 8c. Bananas and plums abundant with varied basket prices. Muskmelons in demand at 1.50 per bushel. Canteloupes Jerseys 1 and Baltimores 1.50. Pears ample with quiet trade.
No change to note in pork and lard with a steady market and quiet trade. Fresh beef similar to last quotes. veals in small supply with good demand. Hams, muttons, and lambs mostly unchanged. Prices shown for pork cuts, lard, beef plates, and various fresh meats, including tongues, roasts, and chucks, with regional and size-based variations.
Liverpool cotton futures opened weak and closed steady with diverse August to February quotes. Spot markets in Liverpool New York and Manchester show steady to quiet demand, with sales and receipts noted. Sugar and molasses markets remain steady with quoted prices for refining and raw sugars and cargo molasses.
Report for the Boston Poor by George J. Fox shows total cattle and sheep cars by road with 704 cars counted. Market beef prices list a few choice offerings and extra grades ranging from 6 50 to 6 75 per hundred.
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