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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1889

Page

7

Electric Stocks and Electric Companies Displayed

Furnished by I. W. Prescott & Co. lists Thomson-Houston Union Electric Westinghouse and Eastern Electric among prominent stocks. Includes references to European and United States electric industries and a United States Mail Box listing.

I’. W. Prescott & Co Devonshire Street Thomson-Houston Thomson-European Electric Welding Union Electric Car Eastern Electric Ig United States Westinghouse

New York Financial Markets Open With dull, uneven trading

Money on call tight at 4 percent, bonds dull and firm, railroad stocks weak. After midday, minor recoveries appeared but overall market stayed featureless and heavy, with St Paul sterling at 124, Manitoba seconds at 115 2 3, and total sales around 1 0 22 000.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Louisville & Nashville Erie Jersey Central Grangers Gould London Bears Union Pacific St. Paul Sterling Morris & Essex Duluth & Iron Range East Tennessee Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Kansas & Texas Manitoba

Markets Close Mixed as Wheat Firms and Corn Sags

New York stock sales show 218200 shares traded today. In Chicago futures, May wheat held firm with tight ranges but gains erased by call selling. colder weather and risk of southern damage discussed. Corn weakens to new lows while visible supply rises. hogs and provisions rise as packers cover shorts. Wheat prices in Minneapolis steady with slight shifts across cash and futures contracts.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston Cub

Financial Market Rates and Bombay Bank Discount Change

Market notes show francs at 87.70 and 96 1 2 for money. Open market discount at 6.2 percent. Bank of Bombay raises discount rate to 7 percent on Dec 30. Paris rentes quoted 87 francs 37 1 2 centimes for the account.

Market Report Extends Mixed Signals Across Commodities

Dry goods quiet and flour unchanged while corn and oats show weakness. Potatoes and hay dull. apples in fair demand and oranges more plentiful. Pork products active. corned beef and fresh beef slow. High wines steady. beer quiet. molasses unchanged.

Cloth Market In Fall River Quiet With Few Trades

Fall River market report shows print cloth trading scantily with 64s at 39 to 16c and limited sales.

Fall River

London Stocks and Bank Rate Rise Report

London stock prices show Consols at 96 11-16 for money and 96 13-16 for account. Shares listed include Atlantic and Great Western firsts 36 1/2, Canada Pacific 74 1/4, Erie 26 1/2 and 10 3/4 for Erie seconds, Illinois Central 121 1/4, Mexican ordinary 40 1/2, St Paul common 70 1/2, New York Central 110, Pennsylvania 64 1/2, Reading 19 1/2, Mexican Central 272. The Bank of England raises its discount rate from 5 to 6 percent. Money at 6 percent. Paris quotes 3 percent.

Malilroads Farnam,ardon & Co Boston Alt & VT At. & Pacific Atchison West Pacific Canton Escece Jair Chi & Alton Pork T. Weer Dei. & H del. & L Ea &Hg Erie Hocking JL. Central Kan Tex New York Long Island Sec Louis. & Nash Sc Louis N. A Mem St Louis Mich St. Oereee May Ohio N. H N. 2 St. We N. EK Ohio & Miss Oregon Rock Island St. Co Riliy Llzi St. Ee Os Seahorse Pac St. P. & Eae Texas Pacific U. Pacific Wweene Catile Brunswick Ty Oregon Pacific Mail Pullman Pal W. Union G. W Quicksilver . Hock S. Nevada Atlantic & Great Western Paris Bank of England Bank of France Bombay Bank of Bombay London Canada Pacific Ilinois Central St. Paul New York Central Pennsylvania Mexican Central News

Dry Goods Trade Conditions Reflect Mixed Year

The dry goods trade shows weak activity in cotton and woollen goods due to Christmas holidays and mild weather. Cotton goods profit improved over the year while woollen goods remained unprofitable, with overall trade cautious yet hopeful for spring and summer stock movements.

Fal River

Trade in heavy clothing woollens sinks on oversupply

The article notes weak demand for woollens due to mild weather and high wool prices. Manufacturers kept output limited, but large stockpiles burden clothiers and profits lag. Many producers, once protectionist, now seek tax removal on wool to revive the trade.

Treasury

Grain Markets and Supplies Across Cities in 1889 Report

A long report details prices and carload totals for wheat corn oats rye and peas, with visible supply figures for Dec 21 28 and 29 1889 across Bush Chicago Boston and New York. It covers flour receipts and price ranges for fine to export grades, and notes market steadiness with mixed regional quotes and on track prices for various grain products.

Chicago Bush Boston Sac Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada New York City Mill St Louis c.St Louis New York & New England Boston & Alvany Hoosac White State

Daily receipts report for dairy products

The day’s receipts list butter 716 pkgs oleo 1137 pkgs and cheese 894 boxes.

Food prices and commodity market summary compiled

The market reports steady trade across Butter Eggs Beans Potatoes Poultry and Pork with price lists for Western and New York regions. Butter is steady at old prices while eggs and cheese show varied but stable quotes. beans and potatoes remain unchanged amid ample supply. poultry and game trade slow. hay and straw steady with mixed hay prices. tallow and lard quoted with modest changes. overall tone is steady with no large shifts in wholesale prices.

New York Vermont Elgin Western Chicago New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Southern Choice Michigan Canadas Bush California Lima Choice Canada Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Burbanks Jersey St Louis Cincinnati Lara

Market Quiet With Broad Produce Listings

The market shows ample supply with quotes for onions at 1 dollar per bush and 225 dollars per 8300 barrel, Western onions 225 per 275 barrel, beets 75 cents per box, car rots 40 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents per dot, radishes 35 to 40 cents per dot, turnips 35 cents per box, white cape 125 dollars per barrel, St Andrews 90 cents per barrel, parsley 1 dollar per bush, cabbage 1 dollar per barrel, Savoy 1 dollar per barrel, red cabbage 150 dollars per barrel, perenne 50 to 60 cents per box, pumpkins 1 dollar per barrel, squash and marrow 26 dollars, turban 30 dollars, Hubbard 25 dollars per ton, spinach 50 cents per bush, celery 45 cents per box.

White Cape St Andrews

Fruit Market Prices Report for Various Commodities

wholesale price ranges for apples including Kings and Baldwin varieties, Eastern and Michigan oranges, Valencia and Almeria grapes, cranberries and dried apples, plus nuts. Notes show steady demand, fair supply, and fluctuating box and barrel pricing across regions and fruit types.

Kings Estern Baldwins Michigan Michigan Tasman Sweets Eastern Tasmans Valencia Florida Almeria

Steamer cargoes list oranges bananas and lemons

The Napier sailed from Palermo on December 21 with 12 000 boxes of oranges and 6500 boxes of lemons via Messina to Palermo passing Gibraltar on December 26. The Bulgarian arrived with 300 sacks for Ores Co and ee sacks for C Lawrence Co. The Lake Huron delivered 408 cases Valencia oranges to A S and J Brown and 250 cases to Snow Co. The Flamborough due January 2 carries Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Napier Palermo Dee Messina Gibraltar Dee Ores & Co C Lawrence & Co Lake Huron DOW We AS & J Brown Snow & Co Flamborough Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Fruit Sales Auction of 1500 Boxes Florida Oranges

H Harris & Co to auction 1500 boxes Florida oranges. Market notes from Liverpool December 30 report active demand and rising prices for Maine Baldwins with firsts at 17s 6d and seconds at 14s 3d. Prospects for firm prices due to limited shipments if fruit remains high quality.

H Harris & Co Florida Uesday Liverpool Maine Baldwins

Apple Exports and Provisions Report for Week Ending Dec 28

Messrs A C Lombard's Sons report weekly apple exports to Boston New York Portland Halifax Liverpool Brae Glasgow and other destinations with totals for the week season and last season. Montreal exports this season and Annapolis figures noted. Total exports across all regions for the week and season listed. Provisions receipts include tallow beef pork and lard.

APPLE Messrs. A C Lombard’s Sons Boston New York Portland Halifax Liverpool Glasgow Esas Wees Spat Hodacu Sc Cnet Vamous.sc Montreal Annapolis

Market report on hogs cattle and sheep across cities

Kansas City Cattle market higher with heavies at 360 and natives 175 to 260. Hogs rebound with heavies 360, mediums 355 to 360, Yorkers 355 to 360. Sheep firm at 340 to 450. Cincinnati hogs active 310 to 370. Chicago cattle steady to strong with beeves 330 to 350 and hogs 355 to 375. Texan cattle 280. Receipts and shipments cited for all regions.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

New York Cotton Quiet as Markets Close Steady

Prices for uplands and middling grades held steady after a quiet session. Futures opened easy and ended steady with opening and closing quotations listed for December through April and regional market standings across Augusta Galveston New Orleans and other ports.

New York Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Coastwise Wilmington Norfolk West Point Continent Philadelphia Baltimore York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States Liverpool Midland Uplands Cae Ceee Od MAV Csvcccc

Sugar Receipts and Markets Report Flat Across Regions

Sugar and molasses receipts for today show quiet, unchanged activity with mixed regional quotes. Raw sugars steady as refined prices hold, listings include Cuba refining at 4s 5Yec and various sugars from Javas to pulverized and granulated at several cents per pound. New Orleans prices hover around 38 to 36c for fancy and fair to good grades, with New York trade described as quiet.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York New_ Orleans Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados

Whiskey market steady across cities with mixed prices

Peoria reports whiskey at 103 and spirits at 105. Chicago shows a steady 102. St Louis sells whiskey at 102. Cincinnati quiet with whiskey at 102.

Peoria Chicago St Lewis Cincinnati

Coffee and Turpentine Markets Steady in New York Text

Coffee New York Rio steady and quiet with fair cargoes. Turpentine closes at 44 44.10c, rosin 120 to 125, tar 210. Petroleum ends at 7.80c with RSW 7.50c and cases 9.70c.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports in Liverpool Shipment Listing 1889

Long ledger of goods exported and imported at Liverpool on December 30 1889 listing steamer Bulgarian cargoes including glass nails bleaching powder mdise sails and machinery various ships and firms such as Baring Bros Co Luck Loston Book Co Curtis & Co and J B King. Names many companies and quantities cover glass casks bales bags crates drums iron sugar and other commodities.

Liverpool Glass Heroy & Marranet Sinnott & Co Baring Bros & Co Lowell Machine Co Hinckley Webster King Glue Co Robert Crossley Batcheller & Lincoln Curtis & Co Bacon & Co Brown Bros & Co Charles Lawrence E & F King Co Thomas Leyland & Co Hageley & Co London Cranmore Alexander Bros Bank of London Horace Dutton & Co Ford Iron Fuller Dana & Fitz Geneva Wood, Pollard & Co Geneva Logan & Co Malcolm & Co Sheldon & Co

Maritime Shipments and Goods Listed by Port and Firm

A long, dense OCR list details cargoes and consignments for multiple ports including Hull, Yarmouth NS, Singapore, Turk's Island, Nagualo PA, St Johns TR, and Arecibo PR. Entries enumerate steamer and brig arrivals with cargoes such as whiskey, rags, coils, oil, beans, paper stock, glassware, tea, salt, sugar, and bales of various goods, naming firms like Adams Taylor Co, J B Moors & Co, Brown Bros Co, Snow & Co, and Whitney Pousland & Co.

Moors & Co Shellac Merrill, Dexter & Co Booth & Co Richards & Sons Pierce & Co Webber Boston Book Co Geneva Hull Eng Marengo Adams, Taylor & Co Baring Bros & Co Grindstones Lombard & Co Witch West Jenny Dewson Jeiler Bolls Steel Jackson Bleeker & Carter Jones Gardiner Snow & Co Minera Yarmouth Turk’s Island Davenport Nagualo Whitney Pousland & Co ST Johns

Exports From Antwerp Undated Naval Cargo List

A December 30 1889 export notice from Antwerp via New York details shipments aboard the steamer Hermann including 42 bales 10 cases leather 150 boxes logwood extract 2954 dry hides 1800 boxes bacon 50 terces lard 10 bbls sausage casings LO tierces pork loins and related articles.

Antwerp Bel New York Hermann England Scotland Germany Tolal Montreal Nova Scotia Turks Rio Grande DO Sul Buenos Ayre Cuba Surinam Boston British West Indies Africa

London Foreign Markets Mixed Wheat and Corn Quotes

London cargoes report wheat quiet and steady with foreign markets steady. At Mark Lane prices show English wheat quiet and foreign corn steady. Liverpool breadstuffs list firm wheat and steady corn with improvements in demand. Prices include Winter wheat 6s 10d, Spring 7s 34d, Mixed American corn 4s 2d, Peas 5s 9d, Pork 54s 8d, Bacon 30s, Lard 32s, Tallow 25s 6d, Cheese 53s.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England

Rail schedules for Old Colony and connections to Fall River

Railway timetable lists weekday and Sunday departures for Old Colony lines to Fall River Newport New Bedford Plymouth Taunton and northern connections. Includes via Brockton Taunton Abington Duxbury and Brockton routes with varied morning afternoon and evening slots and notes extra trains and Providence River boat link.

New York Fall River Brickton Taunton Brockton Faunton Anew Bedford Anewport Plymouth Abington

Boston and Albany Railroad Time Tables Highlight Services

Time tables show local and through trains between all stations with service to Albany and the West. Train No 3 departs Boston at 3.00 p m, No 5 at 11.00 a m, 4.00 p m daily limited express, and an 11.00 p m daily service with sleeping and parlor cars. Tickets and sleeping or parlor car accommodations available at 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street station in Boston.

Fall River Line Shore Line Stonington Line Boston Old State House Central Division Fryannis Fairhaven Woods Holl Chatham Providence RK Square Lily Limited Washington Street W York Stonington Dedham West Roxonry Readville All River Wyde Park Snewport Fall River Wporkt Wickford Junction Bnew Bedford Pawtucket Albany West Am Snlinweas Cincinnati Chicago Juliet Syracuse Riochester Buffalo Niagara Detroit Michigan Central RR. K Cleveland Toledo Lake Shore Michigan Southern Ik St. Louis Big Four Niagara Falls Hartford New Haven New York Kneeland Street Park Square Station

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