Money Market Holds Steady With Wide Rate Spread
Boston money market steady with clearing house rate at 4 percent and general loans 4 to 6 percent. Reports show increases in exchanges vs last year, state loans awarded at 104.76, and varied foreign exchange rates. Numerous rail and mining stock moves noted, including Atchison gains, New York & New England activity, and dividends declared by Franklin Mining Company amid mixed commodity prices.
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Clearing House
New York
Massachusetts
J. S. Farlee & Bros
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Orleans
Charleston
Savannah
Oday
Secretary of the Treasury
Reichsmarks
Bank of France
New England
Atchison
Department of Public Works of Mexico
Sonora Railway Company
Hermosillo, Ares & Paso del Norte
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Santa Fe & California
Northwestern
Union Stock Yards
Guadalajara
San Luis
Union Pacifie
New York & New England
Oregon
Chicago, Kansas & Western
California
Bostwick
New York Railroad Commissioners
Boston & Maine
West End Railway
Boston & Albany
Eastern
Bell Telephone
Frenchman’s Bay
Sullivan Harbor
Boston Land
San Diego
Calumet & Hecla
Franklin
Franklin Mining Company
Anaconda
Montana Union Railroad
Butte & Boston
Boston & Montana
Osceola
Tamarack
Allouez
Kearsarge
Quincy
Dividends Declared by Two Rail Firms
The Quincy Railroad Bridge Company declared a semi annual dividend of five dollars per share while the Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company trustees announced a one percent dividend.
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Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company
Boston Stock Exchange Auction Sales 1888 list
Auction sales on Wednesday December 12 1888 include Nat Market Brighton Bay State Fruit Plymouth Cordage Oriental Coffee House Webster Bank Cocheco Nat Bank Great Falls Mills Amoskeag Mills various railroad and city bonds and numerous banks and manufacturing companies with shares and notes listed for Executor and Administrator orders.
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Market Ay
Brighton
Bay State Fruit Co
Plymouth Cordage Co
Oriental Coffee House Co
Webster Bank
Ao Cocheco Nat. Bk
Dover
Great Falls Mig. Co
Amoskeag Mfg Co
City of
Peoria
Davenport
Bloco Consol, Rik
Eastman Ft. Car Heater Co
Citizens’ Bank of
Wichita
Kan
Metropolitan Nat. Bank
McKay & His. d. M. Asso
Appleton Mfg. Co
Btale
Nat. Bank
Jay State Live Stock Co
Nat. Union Bank
N. E. Nat. Bank
Third Nat. Bank
Chicopee Mfg. Co
Wellfleet M. Ins. Co
Lake Cham
Consol. Mort
Boston Electric Highs Co
Newton Nat. Bank
Newton
Mass
Do Kay State Live Stock Co
Howard Nat
Vermont & Mass
Nat, Bank
New York Financial Markets End Mixed on Lease Talks and Bonds
Money on call was easy at 2 to 2 1 2 percent with last loan 2 1 2. Sterling steadies around 4.84 to 4.89 in bills and demand. The stock list swung after Norfolk & Western and Richmond & Danville lease talks, led by Richmond & West Point and Rock Island rising about 1 2 percent before late weakness. Delaware & Hudson fluctuated. overall close dull but steadier than noon. Bonds and rail issues showed varied moves with Richmond & West Point trusts contributing to the day’s activity.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Barsilver
Sterling Exchange
Messrs. Kimball and Scott
Norfolk & Western
Richmond & Danville
East Tennessee
Richmond & West Point
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Reading
St. Paul
Delaware & Hudson
Jersey Central
Richmond
West Point
New England
Cedar Falls
Foreign Financial Markets London Busy in Early Afternoon
The London market shows Consols trading at 95 1/2 to 96 1/2 for money and 96 3/4 to 97 for the account. Prices listed include Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 36 1/4, Canadian Pacific 53 1/2, Erie 26 1/4, Erie seconds 99 1/2, Minors Central 116 1/2, Mexican ordinary 43, St. Paul 62, New York Central 109 3/4, Pennsylvania 54, Reading 23 1/4, Mexican Central firsts 67, and money at 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 per cent. Open market discount on short bills at 5 per cent, Paris quotes 3 per cent rentes at 83 francs 10 centimes for the account.
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Atlantic & Pacific Megio
Sonora
Bell
Frenchman's Bay
Senee
Sullivan Harbor
Allouez
Butte & Los
Iol Tamapack
A, T&s
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Man & L
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West End
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Ny&ne
Bae
Enone
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Rutland
Ain
Belt
Erie
Boston Land
Boston
Frenchman’s Bay
San Diego
Aseereeee
Atlantic Mining
Butte & Bos
Franklin Mining
Koearsarge
T& F
Boston Stock Exchange
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Csucda
Arnold
Atlantic
Butte & Boston
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Hecla
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Franklin
Huron
Ironton
Kearsarge
Quincy
Gi ” Ridge
Tamarack
Io Land Companies
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Pullman Palace Car Co
Miscellaneou Stock Exchange, Salts
Wilson W. Fay & Co
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Best & Belch
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Ontario
Chollar
Ophir Seer
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Lymonth . Oly Col. Coal
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del Monte
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Reading
Paris
New York and New England Stockholders Meet Under Bond Plan
Annual meeting at the Meiona forenoon discusses the Peekskill Bridge contract and a new freight line. Directors elected after protests over proxies. votes reveal notable shifts in board composition and a motion to postpone until contract details are printed. Adjournment follows. Southern Vineyards description of Greenville area offered via Piedmont Air Line and Chapin's farm agency.
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New York & New England Railroad Company
Meiona
Bostwick
Perkins
Peekskill Bridge Company
Shinn
Rockville
Melvin O. Adams
Fitchburg
Carseway Street
Mt. Auburn Chapel
Irving A. Evans
Massachusetts
New York
William P. Shinn
Jonas H. French
Eustace C. Fitz
Eugene V. R. Thayer
Charles A. Prince
Royal FE. Robbins
Nicholas Sheldon
B. F. Vaughan
James L. Howard
David S. Plume
George M. Landers
Thomas Rutter
John L. Macaulay
Alexander E. Orr
Sidney Dillon
Henry Hentz
J. A. Bostwick
Arthur Sewall
Er. V. Cary
Greenville
S. C
France
Switzerland
Pearce
Piedmont Air Line
Washington Street
Chapin’s Farm Agency
Herald Building
Army officers reassigned duties and extended leaves
Washington December 11. The leave of absence for First Lieutenants Dowdy and Earnhardt is extended six months due to sickness. Officers stationed in Philadelphia will report to St Augustine Florida. Medical officers Town Tilton Heizman reassigned between San Antonio San Francisco West Point. Finlay relieved from Fort Buford to Fort Assinaboine. Johnson reassigned to West Point for temporary duty.
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Washington
Robert W. Dowdy
Seventeenth Infantry
Frank H. Earnhardt
Eighteenth Infantry
Cers
Philadelphia
St. Augustine
Fla
William M. Black
Corps of Engineers
David Dub
Gallard
Corps of
United States Military Academy
Charles L. Heizman
San Antonio
Tex
James A. Finlay
Fort, Buford
Cak
Fort Assinaboine
Mont
Richard W. Johnson
Sateon
Fort Adams
West Point
Market Notes From The Cereal and Animal Line Speak Quietly
Commercial matters show mixed signals with corn dull and lower while oats and rye remain firm. Sugar and tallow demand are strong, butter and lard hold steady, eggs and cheese soften, beef products steady, and pork steady as livestock items shift modestly in a cautious market.
Grain Market Declines Amid Bearish Wheat Selling
In Chicago on December 11 Wheat fell as much as 14 percent with two prominent long holders blamed. Bradstreet’s stock data for flour suggested bearish pressure while corn and oats showed weakness and limited buyer inducement. New York and St Louis futures quoted mixed cash and futures prices with May, January, and December contracts noted across crops.
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Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Bradstreet
Reedy Mountains
Ewe
Ana Sas
New York
St Louis
Lumber market shows steady demand and mixed supply
A cautious, price steady lumber market report notes fair demand for spruce labs and clapboards, with Western lumber largely unchanged and small Southern receipts. Northern and Eastern mills reduce output while stocks stay ample. hardwoods firm though oak and ash quiet. Prices for boards, shingles, and pine products listed with a wide range across regions.
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Pennsylvania
Canada
Indiana
Flour and grain prices steady amid firm domestic market
John E Welsh Flour at 201 State Street reports carload grain pricing for all flours except rye. Market quiet but steady as demand improves and stocks deplete. Prices span fine to winter patents, miller quotes for New York and Chicago receipts, with rye and oats softer in spots and other grains showing mixed activity across regions.
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Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
City Mills
City Mill
Chicago
St Louis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Detroit
Toledo
Peoria
Yeatary
White State
Graham
Bush
Choice
Lumber price list from Vermont firm
A historical lumber price list shows cargo quantities and prices for board types. It lists wide and narrow boards, random planks, car shipments, frames, and Vermont spruce at 12 feet planed and trimmed, with prices ranging from 10 to 18 dollars per unit.
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Wool Market Nears Close as Mixed Wool Prices Rise in London
In London on December 11 the wool market showed improved demand with solid prices for superior new clip. A total of 8678 bales were offered, with Victoria leading sales for scoured and greasy varieties. Regional offerings from New South Wales to the Falkland Islands showed varied outcomes, reflecting a broad sell of scoured, locks and pieces and greasy lots as the sale nears its December 15 close.
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Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Falkland
Dairy and produce prices drift in quiet wholesale markets
Butter and cheese quotations hold with weak demand in western and eastern markets. Potatoes and beans show steady or firm activity, while eggs and poultry price levels ease slightly amid cautious trade. Strong entities include Western creameries, New York and Chicago outlets, and regional potato markets with mixed seasonal movements.
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Eastern Creamery
New York
Elgin
Chicago
North Choice
West
Sage
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Michigan
Island
Canada
York State
Timothy
North
Red Top
Jersey
Houlton Hebrons
Bush
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Hebrons
Burbanks
Chenangoes
Prince Edward Island
Great Britain
Continent
Virginia
Fresh Produce Prices Amid Quiet Demand at Local Markets
Market notes show vegetables and fruits priced by ton and crate. Marrow squash at 20 per ton, turban squash 25, Savoy cabbage 75c per barrel, onions 120 per 140, beets and carrots 50c per bush, cauliflower 2.58 per dozen, radishes 25c per dozen, celery 1.50 per box, parsnips 60c per bush, spinach 50c per bush box, Norfolk spinach listed.
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Abbard
Russia
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