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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1891

Page

6

Land Registration Reform Urged by Massachusetts Governor

Governor William E. Russell urges adoption of the Torrens system for land transfer, arguing it would simplify titles, reduce costs, and improve security. He proposes a special commission to study and report a draft act before the next Legislature, highlighting the system’s optional nature and benefits for small landowners and borrowers. He cites census data, registry volumes, and costs in other regions to support the plan.

William E. Russell Massachusetts Senate House of Representatives Commonwealth Middlesex South Suffolk County Worcester Essex South Suffolk Middlesex South District Essex South District Wistrar Union Supreme Court of the United States Australia New Zealand Tesieve Williiam E. Russecy

Money and stocks reaction to dividend cuts and rates

The market reacts to C B Q dividend reduction with prices easing and bears gaining ground. New York funds trade around 16% discount while call money sits at 5 1 2 percent. Banks anticipate the comptroller’s call. exchanges rise 13 percent from last year and Sub Treasuries show a deficit. Several miners and rail stocks move on volume as Western and eastern markets diverge.

Oregon Improvement Co Offers 4 Million Bonds to Stockholders

Notice to Preferred and Common stockholders of record of the Oregon Improvement Company dated January 31 1891. The company offers four million dollars of consolidated five percent gold bonds due 1939 at 70 percent plus accrued interest. Stockholders of record February 4 1891 may apply through Farmers Loan and Trust Co No 22 William Street NYC with allotment on equitable terms. Open until February 20 1891. Bonds underwritten by Lee Higginson Co of Boston and bankers syndicate. Books close February 4 at 3 PM reopen February 21 at 10 AM. President W H Starbuck. Forms available from Farmers Loan and Trust Co.

New York Oregon Improvement Company Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company William Street New York City Messrs. Lee, Higginson & Co Boston

Fragmentary OCR Receives Sparse Data for 108 to 120 Range

A scrambled OCR fragment shows isolated figures and quotes referencing numbers from 108 through 120 with stray marks and letters. No clear event, names, places, or context emerge to form a判断able news item or summary.

Market ends weak with prices near session lows

The market closed quiet and weak with many active issues finishing lower. Bond activity slipped as railroad bonds fell to 998,000 dollars while a host of stocks including Brooklyn Elevated 2nds and Louisville New Albany & Chicago consols traded at reduced levels. Total New York stock sales reached 163,700 shares, with bonds showing mixed declines across several issues.

Brooklyn Elevated Northwestern East Tennessee Big Sandy Louisville New Albany Chicago Detroit Bay City New York

Unclear Sales Ledger Items From City Firms

Fragmentary ledger-like listing of sales and payments from multiple firms including Bay State Shoe Fastening and Boston Water Power. The text shows scattered company names, street addresses, product codes, quantities, and amounts such as 30.00 and 2.80, with numerous illegible characters and broken lines.

Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street Bay State Sullivan Harbor Land New England Printing Telegraph Boylston Street Boston Water Power American Pneum, Tool

Electric stocks and preferred shares overview

Furnished stock list shows Eastern Electric Cable Co Thomson-Houston Electric Co pref 51% 4, Fort Wayne Electric Co 13% 5, Westinghouse 12% 3 125% and European Welding Co. with varied figures. Investors see small percentages and prices on a mixed electric sector issue.

I. Weetad Co Devonshire Street Eastern Electric Cable Co Thomson-Houston Electric Company Thomson-Houston Electric Co Wayne Electric Company Westinghouse Electric Company European Welding Company

Financial Market Roundup and Burlington & Quincy Dividend Cut

New York quotes show money on call easy at 2 3, last loan 2%, at 2% closing offered 2 4 2. Prime mercantile paper 5 6%. Bar silver 9 7 4 %. Sterling exchange steady with bankers’ bills 4.8514 for 60 days and 4.8734 for demand. Government bonds dull, railroad bonds barely steady. Burlington & Quincy dividend cut from 1 1/4 to 1 percent for the quarter prompted rapid stock selloff and later partial recovery. Market closed quiet but weak with most issues sliding, grangers hit hard. silver decline boosted certificates trading. General list drifted as Burlington’s break dominated sentiment.

Boston New York Comptroller of Currency Treasury Sub-Treasury South America Bears New York House St. Louis Atchison S. Pacific Mail Westinghouse Mexican Central General Sherman Lansing Mich Doran Lake Superior New York & New England Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners Jross Inc C.s Gy Inc Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Burlington & Quincy Union Pacific Burlington

London rates and market updates from Feb 17

London brief lists financial quotes including Canadian Pacific Erie Illinois Central Mexican ordinary St Paul Newark Central Pennsylvania Reading Mexican Central and Reading bond rates. Open market discounts show 2 percent. Im perial Bank of Germany reports specie rise of 10 340 000 marks and gold closes at 253 percent premium.

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