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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1884

Page

3

New England Railroads Race in Boardroom and Markets

Busy market letters note earnings for 11 months totaling 2,658,934 44 with October receipts leading and November near it. New York and New England stock fights proxy battles as Clark ticket gains strength. Rail and copper news include a petroleum exchange plan, coupler approval, and a copper market disturbance traced to a Quincy mine broker.

Telegraph New York New England Glark Boston Clark Wentlemen P. Clark W. S. Hart S. Blake E. €. Fitz W. A. Tower F. Y. Higginson E. B. Haven R. O. Martin R. Sage J. A. Leith New York and New England Railroad Company Asp Economist Remaim Mr. Clark Gould Erie Mr.Clark Petroleum Exchange Mining and Stock Exchange Mining Exchange United States Jansen Quincy Lake Copper Thomas F. Mason Quincy Company

Prices drift in brokers December sales listing

A condensed market row shows brokers listing diverse securities with bid and ask quotes. Holdings include At & S F 5s, MCC, Eastern, Mexican Central, and various railroad and utility issues with prices ranging near par, bid and offer spreads noted, reflecting a volatile December trading day.

St. Lo MCC At& S At & Pac Zastern Sumner Co Jaium & Hecia Usccombs Aeesess Uasss Bell Leip& Tel Atchison Bia Mexican Cental Fs

Prices and bales listed across multiple firms

A fragmented listing of prices and quantities from various companies including Atlantic & Pacific, Boston Water Power, Hall-Anderson, Mexican Central, New York and New England, Pipe Line Cert, and others. The figures show bids, top prices, and totals for commodities and stocks, with several entries indicating percentages and unit amounts.

Santa Fa Cece Atlantic & Pacific Cenaneeress Sowman Silver Ggiepbooe Sasanses Soston Water Power Brookline Land Brunswick Escere Mint Teose Hall-Anderson N.Y N. E Mandard Uon Mimme Teron Pacific Wisconsin Centrals

Financial market notes from London and Liverpool

London reports show UO 5S bonds at 4193 117 and various rail and commodity standings. Wheat and corn cargoes steady to firm, Paris wheat and corn quiet, English country markets dearer, Liverpool prices quoted for winter and spring wheat, corn, and mixed provisions with pork and lard noted.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lene Liverpool Paris California

Market Outlook Dims As Opdyke Failure Stirs Decline

New York finds money easy at low rates while markets weaken on Opdyke & Co collapse and coal troubles. Shares led by Grangers Lackawanna Vanderbilts and Union Pacific hit fresh lows. Chicago Burlington Northwestern and Lake Shore among notable declines. After a morning dip, a brief rally faded as the afternoon selling pressure returned, closing at weak, lowest prices of the day.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper Grangers Lackawanna Vanderbilts Union Pacific Lake Shore George Opdyke & Co Delaware Judson Omaha New York Central Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northwestern St. Paul Findson Silo Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Kansas and Texas Northern Pacific Western Union Ioways East Tennessee Erle Cincinnati Arkansas Terre Haute Lehigh Wilkesbarre Texas Pacific Chicago and Alton International General Iron Mountain Lake Erie Western Louisville Nashville Generals Nashville Decatur Richmond Danville Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Wabash Generals Western Pacific Dull Porto Rico Barbadoes Malaga Messina Palermo Valencia Jamaica Baracoa St. Louis Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline Armstrong Greenlee Phillips No 6 Patterson Kennedy Armatrong London Petroleum Spirits Liverpool Antwerp New Orleans Orleans Board of Railroad Commissioners of Massachusetts United States Ames Janney Cowell Hilliard Passumpsic Concord Boston Lowell New England Montreal Boston and Albany Michigan Southern Chicago, Burlington and Quncy Chicago and Alton Pennsylvania Centra Flint Pere Marquette Alantic Rada Junk Fort Scott Gulf Ames, Janney and

Brisk Cincinnati Trade Reflects Holiday Season Rise

Business in Cincinnati brightens ahead of holidays with brisker retail and increasing holiday goods orders, while country dealers buy conservatively and emphasis shifts to immediate use orders. Merchandise output in mercantile stationery and counting rooms grows. imports and exports show mixed changes while anthracite coal production trails last year. Oats and corn trading activity remains steady with modest price movements and several car inspections reported.

Cincinnati Boston Sige

Dividend Declarations and Financial Table for 19th Century Company

A historical financial notice presents a company’s earnings and expenditures, noting a 2 percent dividend paid July 1 for the six months ending March 31, 1884, and a 3 percent dividend declared for January 1 next from six months ending Sept. 3, 1854. The document includes a detailed revenue statement, balance sheet, and lists assets such as Shinaware sugar Nova Scotia and Nashua and Lowell interests, with unsettled interest and dividends, improvements, and related accounts.

Receipts of Staple Products by Railroads Listed

Detailed ledger of commodities carried by multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Easter Maine and Lowell lines. Items show cotton wool flour corn oats barley malt millseed bacon cheese eggs butter lard beef pork leather hides tea coffee and more with numerous bales bags cases and cars noted.

Boston Cccsicvs Bingland Nova Scotia Cees French West Indies Australasia Asia Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Maine Railroad Lowell Peabody Saiem

Insurance directors elected at stockholders meeting

The North American Insurance Company held its annual stockholders meeting at 70 State Street. Directors elected were Charles Henry Parker John Brewster Jacob Sleeper Silas Peirce Samuel E. Sawyer Albert D Bowker Josiah G Abbott Albert Bowker was re elected president and E E Patriage secretary. The Firemen's Fire Insurance Company elected directors Samuel B Payson Charles Amory Charles Deane Lemuel C Cobb Nathaniel W Pierce Thomas W Tucker Gorham Rogers Henry Whitman Austin W Benton Charles H Plimpton Edward L Pickard Thomas J Whidden. Thomas W Tucker was re elected president and Henry C Short secretary. The Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance Company named directors Charles J Morrill Caleb A Curtis Aaron Hobart Edward Page William Endicott Jr George A Meyer Caleb William Loring George Thacher George F Osborne.

The North American Insurance Company State Street Charles Henry Parker John Brewster Jacob Sleeper Silas Peirce Samuel E. Sawyer Albert D.S. Bell Josiah G.abbott Albert Bowker E. E.patriage Firemen’s Fire Insurance Company Samuel B. Payson Charles Amory Charles Deane Lemuel CC. Cobb Nathaniel W. Pierce Thomas W. Tucker Gorham Rogers Henry Whitman Austin W. Benton Charles H. Plimpton Edward L. Pickard Thomas J. Whidden Henry C. Short Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance Company Charles J. Morrill Caleb A. Curtis Aaron Hobart Edward Page William Endicott, Jr George A. Meyer Caleb William Loring George Thacher George F. Osborne

Court Recurs in Larned Case Over False Imprisonment

The case against Charles Larned and others alleges improper arrest and imprisonment in Illinois over a note of $1100. Griffin seeks damages for legal costs and alleged malice while Larned claims the note owed and action taken on counsel advice. Trial concluded with damages for Ham case family and jurors found $3668 for the plaintiff.

la Roy F. Griffin Charles Larned Illinois Larned Fisher Ames Supreme Court Itisinob Massachusetts C. R. Train J. W. Keith Nathan Morse Harvey L. Mitchell Joseph Ham Lennan Bangor Robert D. Smith Nathan Moore B. Waitney

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