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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1889

Page

6

Money Market Report Mixed in Boston Trading

Boston money market shows easy rates with 4% to 4.75% on time loans and 4.5% to 6% on call funds. Clearing House balances rise, treasury and bond activity steady, and stock market dull but with undercurrent strength as 1890 reform plans and railroad reorganizations unfold.

Dividends Declared by Railroads Banks and Firms

Multiple firms announce dividends with payment and record dates. Norwich & Worcester Railroad 4 per share payable Jan 6 to holders of Dec 21. Rutland Railroad 1 per share on preferred stock. Reyavle Jan 2 to Dec 20. North End Savings Bank 2 percent semi annual. Brookline Gas Light 3 percent. New York Central 1 percent regular and 1 percent extra. Boston Marine Insurance 6 percent semi annual. Missisquoi Valley Railroad 2 per share. Winthrop Shore Land 25 cents per share. Seaconner Mill 3 percent. Franklin Mining 2 per share Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 21, 1889 holders. Commercial Cable New York 4 1/4 percent Jan 2 to Dec 23. Homestake Mining November dividend payable Dec 24 to Dec 19. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific quarterly 1 percent. St Paul & Duluth preferred 2 4 9 percent payable Jan 16.

Boston Ing House New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Charleston Savannah The Treasury Secretary of the Treasury Reichsmarks Atchison New Englan West End Land Frenchman’s Bay Samson Boston & Montana Calumet & Hecla Chicago, Burlington & Northern Gould Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Utah Northern Railway Company Union Pacific Railway Company Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Company Ogden McCammen Butte Salt Lake City Milford Pioche Nevada Cheyenne & N Chicago & Northwestern Utah Central First Pacific Railway Company Oregon Short Line Railway Company Oregonilway & Navigation Company Rior Oregon Railway & Navigation Company Oreon Short Line Utah Northern Railway Cmpany Oregon Short Utah Northern Thb Northern Company Wisconsin Central Norwich & Worcester Railroad Company Rutland Railroad Company Reyavle North End Savin Bank Brookline Gas Light Company New York Central Railroad Company Boston Marine Insurance Company Missisquoi Valley Railroad Company Winthrop Shore Land Company Seaconner Mill Company Franklin Mining Company Commercial Cable Company of Homestake Mining Company Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company Boston Stock Exchange Lowesl Globe Bank Cambridge Charles River Bank T. S Bank of North America K.P Middlesex Mius N.Y Rutland Lyman Mills Boston Belting Co Union Facific Massachusetts Cott West End Lowell Manuf Merrimack Manuf, CO Great Falls Manuf. Co Nashua Manuf. Co Reese Vermont & Massachusetts RR Bay State Gas Summit Branch RR Fort Wayne Phil, Wilmington & Baltimore RR Illinois Steel Eene Eastern RR Saco & Portsmouth Cambridge Gas Coceeeseereneecsees Thom Europ Fort Payne Coal & Iron Cov Oeteeenee Reece Button Hole Machine Co Busell Trimmer Co Neereesee Fort Payne Investment Co Eesees Bol National Mort. & Dbeben. Co BO National Tube Works Mckay & Bigelow Hee Tast Ee Ee Arno Eeeesers Eveesere Ee Cincinnati Atlantic Union Pacific RR Bonanza Devel’t E.eees- Toc Eset Elkhorn & Missouri Unst. i. & Mont Iowa Falls Sioux City RR Butte & Moston Cal. & Heclas Central Cess Coveseeee Boston & Lowell RR Missouri Riv L.G Franklin Burey Huron Trenton Mil St. Pauis Kearsargée City St. Jo C. Bluffs Consolidated RR Rutland RR Peewadic Winner Building Co. of Quincy Little Rock & Ft. Smith RR Scrip Santa F Tamajack Aspinwall Boothbay Jcuveleas Boston W Ceee Neeve Tg Tvs Brookline Cseeaseeres Payson Penobscot San Diego Sullivan Lella Topeka Winthrop At. & Pac Do Inc B.& Mo L. G Chi Kan, & W C. & W. Mich Con St. P D.D Elk H K. C L. R St. L. Lin WN. Y N. E P. B.o Oregon L. C. Con Pueb. & A. VY Ralland Gs Southern Kan Sonora Viene Eoere Bo Va Atlantic & Pacific Boston & Alban Diavisanee Boston & Lowell River Col. Sp Ereeree Ener Fitchburg Rey Flint & P. F. Com Eeu. A K.C Northern Old Colony Summit Branch Peene Ees Boy Bell Erie Ty i Eastman Car Heater Lamson Store Ser. Co Pullman Palace Car Co Atchison New Do New Vie Cotton Oil Trust Pneumatic Tool Co Burton Stock Car Boston & Liverpool Co Phonograph Oy Mfg Elec Illinois Steel Co Mt Desert & East Shore Malden Electric Co New York Despatch Co Tel. Mfg. Co Pal. Tel Sugar Refineries Co Thomson-Houston Elec Go Trust Thomson Elec

Stock transfer vote shapes long term control at railroad

Shareholders are urged to appoint ten year trustees for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Boston under proxies to Magoun Baring Peabody and McCook. Trust certificates will entitle holders to beneficial interests and return of shares at term end. Applications seek listing on major exchanges.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company George C. Magoun Thomas Baring Oliver W. Peabody John J. McCook Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company Milk Street Boston Trust Company New York London

New York Financial Market Ends Dull With Minor Gains

Money on call eased to 4 percent with last at 4 and close for 60 day bills at 4.8034. Readings show sugar spiked briefly 66 to 6754 then faded while railroads remained firm. Stocks opened quiet, bore a bear raid, Missouri Pacific rose on rumors. Sugar Refineries traded near 57% after a 24% dividend. Close reflected dull, steady tones across bonds and equities.

New York Joan Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Baltimore & Ohio Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Lake Shore Mahoning Coal Peoria Decatur & Evansville St Jo & Grand Island Iron Mountain Shenandoah Valley Lackawanna and Jersey Central Reading Chicago St. Louis & Pittsburg

Foreign Financial Reports from London Markets

London market update lists Consols at 976 16 for money and 972 for the account with Atlantic & Great Western firsts at 37, Canadian Pacific 75, Erie seconds 104 ½, Mexican ordinary 41, St Paul 72 ½, Reading 20. 4 pm notes Atlantic & Great Western firsts 36 ½, Mexican ordinary 4 ¼, Mexican Central news 74, India Council bills allotted at 1427 32 per rupee. bullion withdrawn from the top of England £324. Paris parities show 3 per cent rentes at 87.60 francs.

London Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie St. Paul Great Western India Council England Paris

Market Report Mixed with Quiet Trading Across Commodities

Commodity prices show varied activity with fair demand for leather and potatoes while most grains edible items remain steady or quiet. Beef and pork products stay active or steady, fruits like oranges abundant, and truck traffic very quiet.

India Almeria

Print Cloth Market Quiet in Fall River

The print cloth market in Fall River shows quiet but firm activity with odds in good demand on a basis of 35 sc for 64s, dated December 18.

Fall River

Rubber market steady with firm demand and ample supplies

The India rubber market remains firm with regular factory arrivals for supplies. Prices quoted include fine para at 73 74c new and 77 80c old, and coarse at 65c new and 57c old, reflecting fair demand and encouraging stock positions.

India

Market for foreign hides remains without improvement

The market for foreign hides shows no improvement with recent arrivals going to stores and no new receipts for weeks. Buenos Ayres and Montevideo quotes at 1442 1éc. domestic hides are easier with small sales. Western buff at 442 5 ec and seconds at 4 4'40. New England hides dull and easy. tanned skins held firm.

Buenos Ayres Montevideo New England

The Boot and Shoe Trade Report

A quiet boot and shoe market with small stock on hand. Fall goods season has been successful, spring orders slow but steady, and manufacturers busy. Children’s shoes ordered freely. men’s calf boots selling well. women’s goods in fair demand.

Leather market steady with large stock and firm hemlock soles

Market reports show steady demand and firm prices across leather types. Woburn strike little effect as stocks remain ample. wax and oil leathers hold, with Buenos Ayres Montevideo, California, and Buffalo hides quoted in various light to heavy ranges. Crop and rough leathers show limited activity with no notable price changes.

Woburn Buenos Ayres Montevideo California Iéc

City Horse Market Shows Slow Trade Amid Overstocked Stock

Dealers report two months of overstocked common grades and winter unsold stock. Moses Colman & Son note 80 head sold weekly with fair prices. Balch sale at Walker’s bazaar paces from $160 to $650. Other houses report steady yet low prices, with imports from Illinois Ohio and Iowa and limited activity. roadsters may rise as winter nears.

Moses Colman & Son Walker’s Bazaar Isburgh & Co’s Welch & Hall International Horse Exchange E Ham & Co Aach & E Snow Illinois Ohio Iowa

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