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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1889
Page
6
The Boston Market report shows an easy money market with clearing house rates at 1% to 2 percent and general market time loans from 4 to 6 percent. New York funds traded near par to 5 cents discount, with weekly and monthly clearing figures provided, plus bank statements and bond activity centered on government securities and copper stocks.
An item listed for sale shows a value of 50000 dollars due January 1918 by R. L. Day & Co.
The Boston Stock Exchange lists auction offerings for Wednesday Feb 6 1880 at 11 30 am by executor administrator and others. The catalog includes shares in newspapers banks railroads manufacturing companies insurance and utility firms with large blocks of stock from 2 to 2000 plus bonds and city securities.
Money on call easy with no loans and 2 percent close. Prime mercantile paper steady at 4 percent for short indorsed bills. 44% for four months’ acceptances. 5 6 for good single names. Sterling dull at 4.88 for demand. government bonds steady to firm. railroad bonds active. Stocks strong for Vanderbilts and Atchison but coal shares lagged. Reading up briefly before retreat. Bank statement showed a $1 121 000 reserve decline. week bond sales total 958 208 009 with major gains in Beach Creek firsts and Southern Pacific of New Mexico firsts.
Today’s transactions aggregate 172,386 shares. The following are the shares sold, the leading buyers and the volumes exchanged in New York stocks.
San Francisco reports official closing prices for mining shares with gains and losses across multiple mines. Stocks listed include North Belle Isle at 2.40, Bodie Consolidated around 1.70, Crown Point 5, Sierra Nevada and Gould & Curry near 2.80, Hale & Norcross 4.95, Mexican 3.65, Yellow Jacket 4.70, Navajo 1.69 and others like Utah and Ophi Pisas.
Consols quoted at 991 16 for money and 993 16 for the account. U S 4s at 130 %, Atlantic & Great Western firsts 354 %, Erie 20 %, Illinois Central 118, Mexican ordinary 42%, St Paul 67 56, New York Central 113, Pennsylvania 56 %, Reading 25 1 4, Mexican Central firsts 73%. Paris notes 3 per cent rentes at 83 francs 3242 centimes on account. Bank of England bullion in today’s balance £11000. London reports stronger discount demand 2.1% last week, active railway shares, revive American rail market, copper dull amid mining talks, African gold fever, nitrates strong. Guinness down 24% after 3% dividend vs 4% prior. Paris firms firm amid Panama Canal issue flop, Cantangos easy, three per cent rentes up 65 5c, Suez up 21 4, Credit Foncier down 5, Rio Tinto copper up 29 1. Panama Canal shares weak, closing at 76 on Petite Bourse.
The Gitana bound for Gibraltar repaired after a collision with the Italia at Fiske's wharf, costing several hundred dollars before sailing with Dr. Thacher Goddard aboard. Pleon Yacht Club sets 1889 dates including club races and championship events, while Quincy Yacht Club approves verandas and a floating stage for the clubhouse and elects officers led by Commodore John Shaw.
Flour and cereals mostly steady or quiet with corn and oats easing. meat and dairy items show mixed activity from firm to quiet. fruits and vegetables vary with potatoes and oranges in fair demand while items like apples and lemons stay dull or steady. Sugar and molasses hold near unchanged levels.
Snow and Co conducts Monday auctions at 12 30 selling 400 cases eggs and one car of California pea beans. At 1 pm the stock of Shurtleff Bros with lemons grass and nuts and 600 boxes Florida oranges goes on sale. Harris and Co holds auctions Tuesday for 3600 boxes Florida oranges 50 boxes Persian dates and 29 boxes figs.
Fall River reports weekly production of 175000 pieces with sales at 297000 and futures at 1791000 for print cloth. prices quoted 41 16 to 64 for 64x648 and 356 nominal for 60x56s. Providence notes strong activity with closing prices 4 1 16 cents for 64 squares and distant futures at 4 cents. weekly sales total 135500 pieces across multiple lots and delivery windows.
London buyers, led by American competitors, bid vigorously at the wool sale. Victorian New South Wales and Cape of Good Hope and Natal wools gained about 42d from December, with 13 058 bales offered and detailed by region including Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia New Zealand and the Cape region.
The Chicago market reports a light local trade after initial buying for wheat. Receipts rise in the Northwest, with a projected 1,000,000 bushels drop in visible supply. corn and oats trading wanes while Liverpool stays firm. Futures show varied opening and closing figures across wheat corn and oats.
Boston markets report a quiet dull grain scene with steady prices for flour and grain. Carload inspections show mixed corn, oats, rye and buckwheat, with no changes to pricing and buyers mainly active to meet immediate needs.
The report shows mixed wheat and flour prices in New York Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis with receipts from New York and Detroit. Prices range for mill streams Canada export grades and various patent mixes with on track and elevator values, while oats rye and corn move at steady to dull levels across markets.
Butter market remains firm with unchanged prices for creameries and jobbing higher by 1 to 2 cents. Eastern and Western dairy and creamery quotes span 16 to 29 cents, with regions including New York St Louis Baltimore Liverpool and Canada showing steady to firm levels. eggs and margarine markets are dull with limited activity and minor price shifts noted.
A Boston based broker lists multiple trades showing net profits from April to October across stocks and wheat. Examples include 10 Lackawanna 124 to 145 and 100 Canada Southern 4554 to 66%. Claims profits scale with investment and no interest or liability beyond money placed. Office addresses listed in Boston and Lynn for orders by Mail Express or Telegraph.
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