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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1883

Page

3

Market Roundup Notes Weaker Stocks and Rail Lines

Foreign exchange firm as Bank of England rate cuts to 5 percent cited. U S securities up four percent with mixed bond bids. Stock market dull with western rail shares soft and Chicago Burlington and Quincy firmer. Union Pacific opening Oregon Short Line to Shoshone Idaho March 1. Boston and Albany network expansion noted. Public and mining shares show limited movement amid floods and snow blockades.

Bank of England London Paris United States Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific United States Attorney General Fins Secretary of the Interior Union Pacific Company Union Pacific, Railroad Company Oregon Shoshone Idaho Wook River Granger Wy. T Kimball The Mail and Express Street New York Mousger Kimball Trafic Vining Dillon Ames Union Pacific Road Washington Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway Indianapolis Detroit Lansing Northern Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Town Falls Sioux City Lousiana Missouri River Flint Pere Mar Old Colony Vermont Maisiehusetts Fitchbure Woonsocket Division New York and New England Railroad Newton Boston and Albany Boston, Hoosac Tunnel Sand Western Company Atlantic and Pacific Cedar Rapids Denver Massachusetts Central New England American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Delano Mexico Tropical Telephone Tropical West Oast Telephone Chili Peru Ecuador Bolivia Tropical Telephone Company Tropical Company West Coast Anscent Brazil San Pedro Walter Burnham San Pedro Company George William Ballou & Co Boston Lizhest Bell State Boston Water Power Brunswick Rsse California Crescent Chicago, Sur & Qu Wisconsin Central J. L. Day & Co National Bank of Ropudlc Blackstone National Bank Hamilton Nationl Bank National Bank of Redemption Rockland Nat Bank Roxbury Traders’ National Bank Wonaras Webster National Manufacturers National Eagie National Bank Merchandise National Wachugett Nat. Bank Fitch Stark Mills Arlington Mat Continental Mills Boston & Maune Highland Street Concord Montreal Boston & Albany Boston & Maine National American Li. & PC Brookline Gaslight Co Arkansas Valley Town Cceeee North Chicago Rolling Mills American Kapul Telegraph, Co Custamachie Mining Co Top & S Bur Quincy Toledo Delphes & Bar Portsmouth Great Fallsky Leavenworth Topeka & Southwes Massachusetts Central Gs Francis Henshaw Blackstone National Pank State National Bark North Nat Bank Ceessessees Great Malls Manufacturme Co Pacific M Middesex Morse Railroad Umrobridge Morse Uhieico Holling ‘Sui Meier Sd Melrose Iastige Arkhaness Valley Heston Atheneum National Tube Works Cook County Pullman Palace All Falls Hac Mil St Patt Tis Kaneas Tit Topeka

Financial Market Summary for Boston to New York

Despatch to Boston reports a firm yet mixed securities day with rail and mining stocks active. Government bonds moved higher on some issues, while rail bonds and many names eased. heavy trading volumes reflect 27,000 shares exchanged with notable movements in Central Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Illinois Central, and Texas Pacific.

Boston New York Cail Sterm Grande Robinson Consolidated Horn Standard Hall Anderson Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Canada Southern Denver Rio Grande New Orleans Pacific Ohio Central Richmond Danville Texas and Pacific Stock Exchange Ilelock Missouri Pacific Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Central Pacific Lackawanna Rock Island Mnlinois Central Rochester Pittsburg Memphis Charleston Hist. Lobst Canada Southern Ac Erte Han St. J Kansas Texas Peoria Dec Phila. & Read Folly Saky Milwaukee &St.p St. P.t Omaha Dng Texas Pacific Union Pacific St.l.& Pa Western Union Regon Trans.Co Roch. & Pitts Mutual Union

Butter Market Rises Amid Floods Driving Higher Prices

The butter market strengthens with higher prices for fine creamery and dairy. Export demand remains light while Elgin and New York quotes show gains. cheese weak, eggs firm, and pork futures rise through mid year. Union Stockyards report varied hog and cattle ranges as February corn and wheat move. Market excitement blamed on western floods.

Elgin Board of Trade New York Liverpool Be. Whitworth Max New York Mercantile Exchange Glige Gotse Mareh Setye

Vast 1880s Markets Report With Wide Commodities

A dense market summary covers dozens of commodities from CANOL Marktt to naval stores. It notes mixed price movements across ashes beeswax candles drugs dry goods and fisheries with specifics on cotton wool and grain futures, port receipts, and global ship trade indicators.

Market Prices and Supplies in Trade Ledger Saga

The page lists wholesale prices for oils, pigments, textile goods, metals, seeds, and provisions with scattered quotes for corks, paper stock, tobacco, and naval stores. It notes quiet demand for several items, steady wool and rag markets, and varied regional price levels across commodities such as petroleum refined, linseed, and potato varieties, with export totals for the week.

Trade activity continues as orders lag in delivery lines

The trade shows strong movement of woods and finished goods but manufacturers warn of few duplicate orders and a looming stoppage without more orders. Fall samples soon, March road visits planned, and jobbers will stay busy into late March amid steady shipments and rising weekly totals.

Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Toledo Nashville Louisville Memphis Pittsburg Baltimore Ers Rae Ie New Orleans St Joseph St Paul San Francisco Kansas City Minneapolis Buffalo Rochester Cleveland Columbus Evansville Todianapolis Des Moines Denver Bloomington Portsmouth Grand Rapids Dubuque Montgomery Mobile Detroit Milwaukee Binghamton Statesville Norfolk Richmond Knoxville York Charleston Atlanta Macon Galveston San Antonio Dallas Easton Elmira Syracuse Troy Hormelisville Charlotte Austin Wilminston Quacy Keokuk Omaha Chillicothe Lafaydtte Burlington Lynchburg Decatur Ttom-Ra

Brighten and Watertown Live Stock Market Report

Boston Post correspondent George J. Pox outlines weekly live stock figures for Brighton and Watertown with arrivals by cattle sheep and swine, car counts by rail lines, price ranges for cattle and hogs, and detailed drover lists from Maine Vermont Massachusetts Western states and export trade notes. The report notes mixed demand, rising hog prices, and seasonal movement with emphasis on cattle and sheep activities and regional shipments.

Brighton Watertown Boston Post George J. Pox P& L Cattie Maine N. Hani Massachus Wester Boston Lowel Fitchburg Albany Eastern New York New England Olt Colony Providence

Cattle market report notes steady demand and varied prices

The Watertown cattle market shows strong stock with 3 500 to 4 000 pound ranges and solid dairy and breeding cattle. At Brighton yards many western cattle sold from 534 to 634 per hundred pounds while imports from Maine bolster breeding herds. Prices overall mixed as dealers and butchers push for meat despite slow beef trade, with several carloads arriving and a generally cautious market outlook.

New England Comnecticut Liverpool Tam Emiust Cedit Anaes Watertown J O Sanborn EGO Sc W Sanborn C Smith Wood & Breck Dreas Brighton Landing Brighton Yards C Leavitt & Son J Stetson & Son Farrell & McFlynn Maine Sawyer & Sttollis Nebraska C O Howe Tk Evans Ollowe L Springer Vencalves Sladietye Brighton Menroe Slathawey & Jackson AN Monroe H Coolwge & Son J Lane Jersey Wood & Breale J Dimon JD Hosmer Slee S H Wardwell Springer J Tnuraham

LIVERPOOL S Trading record of ships and consignments

A scanned list details cargo items and consignments from Liverpool and Dundee ports, naming steamer and schooner arrivals. Items include woollens, machinery, wool, cotton, linens, paper stock, oranges, and iron, with numerous firms such as Clapp & Shailey, Cunningham & co, Murry & co, and Bar ing Bros & co. The document also notes Mediterranean entries and a Tangible tally of bales, cases, sacks, and crates across multiple companies and destinations.

Liverpool Eng Alyman Clapp & Shailey Cunningham & Co James M Hawes Murry & Co Neal & Morse Killiball, Barrows Horsweil & French Cumner& Jones Coleman, Mead & Co Geneva John E Cassidy Thomas Leyland & Co Linder & Meyer Higgins, Lloyd & Co Claflin Larrabee & Co Dupee Dupee—68 Cases Conserves S S Pierce & Co—Base Haberdashery Brown, Durrell & Co James Fish Torney & Son Steadman & Fuller Lally, Lynch & Collins Randidge Byrnes Tully & Co Hooper & Co Beach & Co Dundee Winston Baring Bros & Co Sewell, Day & Co F Vose & Co Mediterranean Darien Castell Legks Mardle Bowker, Terry & Co Petro Pastine Wells Farco & Co Valencia Franklin Rolfe & Co Galveston Henry J. Whiton Stephen M Weld & Co Tampico Jorden

Foreign Exports Report From Cuba and Related Goods

Shipping notes list exports from Cardenas Cuba including 1 000 second hand sugar bhd shook s 20 bird new beads 600 bdis 14 foot hogs 45 percent second hand empty molasses Dhus and 00 new molasses birds and shioks and ew heat 00 bdis white oak and hick boards. Also NY Menan NEE Schoop Viola cleared Feb 15 bas coal dour 16 bis dour. Caibarién Cuba Uark Journal cleared Feb 14 500 tons Cumberland coal for same TV hoops 1 000 feet shipping.

Cardenas Cuba Clara Minordpieh NY Menan Nee Schoop Viola Bas Coal Caibarien Uark Journal Samme TV Hoops

Hecelpis of Staple Goods and Railroads Ledger

Long OCR list records February supplies and shipments across multiple railroads including Maine Eastern Pitchbury Grand Junction New York and New England Old Colony and Peabody lines. Entries cover bales, bushels, boxes, cases and cattle goods such as wool corn oats butter and leather with quantities and transport units.

Maine Railroad Eastern Railroad Pitchbury Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Sea Peabody Old Colony Railroad Toston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Trade Report

Cotton markets across Cincinnati Augusta Louisville Baltimore Norfolk Savannah and New Orleans show mixed receipts and market tones with weak to firm notes. New York and Philadelphia report stronger wheat and mixed corn, with prices and futures quoting volatility amid global demand and exports. overall, market activity remains cautious with several ports listing net receipts and varying middling prices. Major entities include New York, Philadelphia, Memphis, Charleston, and Continent trade flows.

Cincinnati Secpee Cneccce Augusta Muiching Sage Norfolk Savannah Great Britain Wilmington ST. Louis Mnidaling Oye Worleans Philadelphia Britain Memphis New York Charleston States King Co

Market notes from Milwaukee to Cincinnati on Feb 14

Grain and livestock prices drift with firm firmer trends in flour lard oats and hogs across Milwaukee Toledo Chicago New York Detroit and Cincinnati. Wheat corn oats barley hogs and fats show mixed gains and steady to firmer bids with receipts and shipments listed.

California Liverpool Orleans Rio DE Janeiro London Ead Milwaukee Aearch Pri Toledo Chicago New York Detroit Avril Cincinnati

Boston and Albany Stockholders Meet for Bond Ratification

The Boston and Albany railroad held its annual meeting in this city on Wednesday. Votes ratified the approval of bonds and notes issued by the corporation and named three trustees to certify future bonds over 12 months. Directors were chosen, including several new faces, amid debate over Sunday trains.

Boston and Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Company Soule Commonwealth of Massachusetts Moses Kimball Brookline John Cummings Woburn Charles Sargent Rookline Wiliam Bliss Boston Henry Colt Pittsfield George Co, Crocker New Bedford Edward L. Davis Worcester Jarvis N. Dunham Edward B. Gillett Westfield John C. Phillips Jacob C. Rogers Peabody James A. Rumrill Springfield Charles 5. Sargent Mahlon D. Spaulding Messrs, Dunham and Spaulding Messrs Davis Phillips Rogers T. C. Fates North Brookfield Lewis Merriman General State of California Central Pacific Company Sacramento California Delaware, Lackawanna and Bingham Union Trust Company Reading Companies Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Kansas City Committee of Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Laredo Mexican National Railroad City of Mexico Charles River Railway Company Union Square Bowdoin Square Providence Northwestern Road

Appellants challenge estate notes in Fosdick case

Charles J. Hersey and other assignees appeal after jury allows notes against the Parker estate for 319686 25. Hadward Avery represents plaintiffs J J Myers and J B Warner defends. Juries fixed and excused to March 11.

Charles J. Hersey William J. Fosdick C. F. Parker & Co Hadward Avery J.J. Myers J. B. Warner

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