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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1887

Page

6

Boston Money Market and Public Loan Notices

The Boston money market remains quiet with abundant loanable funds and favorable rates for borrowers. The city treasurer invites sealed bids by Feb 19 for a 500000 public park construction loan with 30 or 50 year options and 3 percent interest, while local banks report gains in reserve and mixed results in asset figures.

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Boston Stock Exchange wrap sells shares and prices

The Boston Stock Exchange reports February 14 transactions totaling 263 307 shares. It lists shares sold with opening, high, low and closing prices for today and the previous close.

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Railroad Circular Proposes 18 Million Kansas Western Lines

A February 14 1887 circular invites Atchison stockholders to subscribe for about 18 million dollars in bonds and stock to build 46 miles in Kansas and additional lines in California and Colorado. It outlines security, payment plans, and delivery schedule through 1887 1888 with substantial interline rebates and collateral trust bonds.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE Atchison Kansas Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad Company Atchinson Company Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad Poe Atchison Company Southern Kansas Railway Company Ross Canyon Colorado Pueblo & Arkansas Valley A St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company Western Division Albuquerque Barstow California Southern Railroad San Diego Atchison and Kansas City Pacific Coast Missouri River California Southern California California Southern Railroad Company Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company William B. Strong

Market Notes on Iron, Grains, and Provisions

Commercial terms show pig iron firm and plate iron in good demand while bar iron remains in fair demand. Copper dull, flour dull, potatoes in good demand, and butter easy. Cheese very strong, eggs firmer, provisions firm, molasses steady, and millfeeds steady.

Wall Street market closes weak after midafternoon slide

Money on call eases to 3 to 6 percent with last loan at 4 as prime mercantile paper sits at 5 6. The stock list weakens after 2:15 led by Richmond & West Point with declines up to 1 percent before a late day drop to the day’s lows. Railroad bonds trade lightly with total sales around $985,000 as Jersey Central debentures rise and several issues advance or hold near par.

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London Stocks And Patent Remedies Adverts

London market report shows Consols and U S bonds with varied prices. The page includes ad lines for Hale's Honey for coughs Glenn's Sulphur Soap Germnar Corn Remover Hill's Hair Dye Pike's Toothache Drops and M Rause Purauwarte Pills with brief pricing and claims.

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January Exports Rise Sharply in Breadstuffs Cotton and Petroleum

The January export statement shows large gains in breadstuffs, cotton, and petroleum with breadstuffs at 14 528 809 dollars up over 5 100 000 from 1886, cotton at 31 559 465 up nearly 8 500 000, and petroleum at 8 759 237 up 72 000. Wheat and wheat flour lead the gains rising over 4 000 000 and 2 100 000 respectively with a steady increase since the start of the fiscal year. Exports of wheat and flour for seven months total about 89 088 879 bushels, nearly 44 500 000 more than last year, suggesting a calendar year total near 160 million bushels.

Chicago Cormac New York Seaboard Bush Philadelphia Baltimore New Orleans United States Boston Steer Portland Toaltimore Coxnrn Bakers Michigan Canada Superior Canada Eastern Newark

Iron and steel markets show steady demand and rising prices

The American pig iron market remains firm with steady demand, especially for small lots. Prices at ports: No 1 X 22.50, No 2 X 21.50, gray forge 18.60, with small spot premiums. Foreign pig iron quiet. old rails unchanged. copper, tin, lead, and zinc varied with general dullness in some sectors. Treasury guidance on iron ore tariff notions revised to treat ore in natural state, with duty assessed on import weight. rail capacity across major mills totals 3,671,000 tons for 1857.

Gray Forge Eglinton Langloan Glengarnock Gartsherrie Carnbroe Colthness Shell Secretary of the Treasury New York United States Bessemer Steel Springfield Tron Mill Company Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company Joliet Steel Company Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company Troy Steel and Iron Company Montour Iron and Steel Company California Mills Lochiel Iron and Steel Works Cleveland Rolling Mill Company Roane Iron Company Union Steel Works Chicago Colorado Coal and Iron Company Cambria Works Western Steel Company South Chicago Bay View North Chicago Carrigie, Phipps & Co Union Iron Mills Pittsburg Edgar Thomson Scranton Steel Company Pennsylvania Steel Company Bethelem Iron Company

Flour Market Steady Yet Weak for Wheat and Corn

The flour market shows no change while wheat remains weak, keeping flour dull. Corn also weak with prices down. dealers resist old quotations, and sales are sparse. Closing bids and offers on call range from 34 to 41 cents for No 2 white and No 1 white around 40 to 42 cents. Inspectors report 86 cars today, including six cars not fully listed.

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Market Notes Butter Cheese Eggs and More Prices in Chicago and New York

The butter market remains steady with quiet trade in Chicago and New York at unchanged quotations. Cheese is firm in Chicago, steady in New York with Western firsts and Eastern extras showing activity. Egg prices are dull in Chicago and steady in New York, while beans seeds hay and potatoes show mixed prices and firm demand across regions.

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