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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1890

Page

6

Money Market Steady Amid Quiet Silence on Loans

The Boston money market held unchanged rates with scarce funds and a steady Clearing House rate. Exchange totals declined from yesterday, while government securities and foreign exchange showed minor movements. stock trading remained dull with a cautious tilt among traders.

Dividends Declared by Railroads for March Payments

Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad pays 2 percent dividend to stockholders of record Feb 28, with March 10 payable date. Cincinnati Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad offers a semiannual 1 percent dividend payable March 10 to holders of record Feb 28. Columbus Springfield and Cincinnati Railroad declares a semiannual 12 percent dividend payable March 10 to stockholders of record Feb 28.

Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad Company Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad Company Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati Railroad Company

Capital Traders' Bank Announces General Banking Terms

Capital Traders' National Bank advertises accounts for banks, corporations, and individuals with favorable terms. Bills of Exchange drawn direct on London. correspondence invited. Also lists Boston stock exchange sales and New York stock listings with prices and shares as reported by Wilson W. Fay & Co.

Electric Stocks Ratings and Company Listings

Furnished by J. W. Prescott and Co. lists Eastern Electric Cable Co and Gething Electrical Mfg Co among others. The page shows stock quotes with percentages and figures for several firms including Union Electric Car Co and Thomson-Houston Co, with fragmented OCR details and irregular spacing.

J. W. Prescott & Co Devonshire Street Eastern Electric Cable Co Gething Electrical Mfg. CO Eeseees Union Electric Car CO United States Mailbox Co Seeees Thomson-Houston Co Eesseers Thousonuropean

New York Financials Show Mixed Market Activity

Money on call eased to 3 1 2 to 5 percent with last loan at 3 4 2 and closing at 5. Sterling exchange steady with 60 day bills at 4.83 and demand at 4.87. The stock market turned reactionary after early gains, led by Rock Island, Sugar, Missouri Pacific and others, with late-day strength from coalers and Wisconsin Central. Bond activity was dull, railroad bonds quiet, and the overall list closed near best prices amid a firmer tone.

Boston New York Sub-Treasury Clearing House Frances Reichsmarks Teichsmarks Wall Street Atchison Wisconsin Central Walker Interstate Commerce Railway Association Chicago & Northwestern Railway Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Milwaukee & Northern Green Bay Winona & St. Paul Soo” Line Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Western Freight Association Missouri River Atchison, Weer & Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio Burington Rock Island Chicago St. Louis Pittsburg St. Paul Kansas City Alton Northwestern Cincinnati Indianapolis Illinois Central Wabash & Vandalia Pennsylvania Louisville & Nashville Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Columbus Springfield Sandusky Mexican Central Jam Union Pacific CTIA Oregon Washington Addison Cammack Eastern Portsmouth & Dover Eastern Railroad Eemene Poston & Aian Cs Ewewes Iblegoia Ing Sgatute Lowell Tory Rie Welty Rss Sig Yom Fosion Maine Ory Cal Southern Seaaw SP Hov Cheshire Cleve Canton St. Ww COL Clisces Cesses L. W Texas Pacific Pacific Y Vo O Fitchburg Flint & P.M Zag Ge W St. Li CL & Sp Cattl Brunswick Maine Central Cossee Illinois Oregon Ln Pacific Mail Pullman Val Old Colony W. Union Enews Saco & Ports Con Ruse Rutland Summit Branch Gi Tenn YOO West End Wisconsin Cent W., Nash, & Hoch Cen Isishidsie Jor, Imp Lsts G. M Bell Erie Bell Telephone Inc Iowa G.m Huntinburg & Fell. C. Gs GS St. PL Central Eastman Union Llite HL GS Pullman Palace Car Co J.C. Int. Pr Og. & L. Cham. Con N. W Burton Stock Lyck U. Pac Reese Button Ists W. Shore Boston & Liverpool Co OS. L Winter Harbor Phonograph Boy Mfg Elec Ee Allanvic Fort Wayne Oye Bee Poston & Mont Linois Steel Co Vile Butte & Boston Mt. Desert & Mast Nat. Ves. Mfg. Co Cece ” Franklin Seis Essos Serewn Santa Fe Sugar Refineries CO Bly Aad & Sakoa Ae A Wbomson-Houston Ses Oritsa Senor Ae Go Trust Eee Thomson T.sec. Welding Cee-Ees Westinghouse Lec. Co Qisevsceeesres Vhlsch Seeseers Winnistiumet CO Vivek N. Y N. Eases Eee West Ind Wis BO Hso Boston United Ebvere Ree KF. & Elk LL Gastam U.P Ee Borg Ince Am West Send Atlantic Reese M. Mir Hing Butte Osceola Essesvess Lisle B. & Leese Mass Evrevonevsees Os C Yale Uh . L St. L. Con Louisiana & Mo Uent L. Seree TO - Rutland Tao Ee Wis Cent Sieene Ee Bay State Gab Lurop Weiding Boston Stock Exchange Aske Allonez Eeeceseroerss Eeene Arnold Een Eeese Ls Atlantic Ponanza Development Mont Soccer Uig Butte Ee Eaararg Aes de Cal Hecla Ul Catalpa Franklin Huron Honutou Caves Kearsurge Wah Mesnard Quicksilver National Il Ridge Ceeerees Santa Pgisens Taumarack Washigton Ceveeeres Eae Land Companies Anniston City Eccsrerees Aspinfall Abe Ge Booth Dayeeeeeereseees Boston W. P Seereeees Poulston Street Eeeseess Oh Brookline Eeeereres Sneer Bell Tells Sesreoesent Aitchison Eerie Miort Doine Guon LYS At, & Pac Vogt. Cass . Doine Mont U. Gas Quayane Cc B N. Ds W. Mich So Con Il C D.vd Fre. & Elk LL Lans. & N Geb & Sp K.c Jegate & M Pold Eng N.Y Tugos Sears Nor Pac U. Y St. Dow G Do S Alguns Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Sugar Missouri Pacific Lackawanna Zack Island Jersey Central Lehigh Valley Colorado Coal St Louis & Pittsburg Sucar Kansas City & Omaha Peoria & Pekin Union Chicago & Pacific E. H. & Nashville

London financial bulletin shows mixed bond and currency rates

London market notes show Canadian Pacific Mexican ordinary and St Paul common quoted with varied prices. Consols and other bonds move modestly. bullion balance to Bank of England stands at £83000. Paris routes at 3 percent area. Berlin Imperial Bank reports a 12,820,000 mark rise in specie.

London St. Paul Common Reading Canada Pacific New York Central Pennsylvania Bank of England Paris Berlin Imperial Bank of Germany

Real Estate Permits Granted and Projects Along Chauncy Street

The city dropped objections to a court order guiding Chief Inspector Camrell to issue building permits. Plans by architect S. J. F. Thayer authorize a six story Chauncy Street Rowe Place complex expanded by the Potter estate frontage, with brick facades and iron interior features for safety. Sears plans to rebuild the corner of Court and Washington streets, denying rumors of a thirteen story structure. Permits were also registered for several wooden dwellings and a few parcels on Idaho, Puritan, Richardson, Lincoln, Power streets and nearby avenues with values ranging up to 25000.

Supreme Court Camrell Chauncy Street Nevins Bedford Street Rowe Place Chauney Street S. J. F. Thayer Potter Estate J. Montgomery Sears Sears Court and Washington Streets Pos Real Estate Exchange Lo Ducley Talbot Idaho Street River Street Ward 24 J. C. Betts Puritan Avenue Wilson Pearson Woonden Richardson Street Huntington Settig Bros Denvir Lincoln Street Market Street Regison Avenue Margaret Tered Carrie B. Packard Eben Denton Tappan Street Edward Wels Brightop Five Cents Savings Bank North Beacon Street Warns Gymnasium Elen Chase Garrison St. Botolph Streets Caries P. Searle Home Savings Bank Beach Street

Maine Central Railroad History and Financial Snapshot

Advance sheets describe the Maine Central system's origin in 1862, expansions including leases and mergers, and the Mt. Desert and Portland lines. It lists mileage totaling 664 miles, stock issues, dividends since 1870, and extensive bonded debt. The report notes improving finances, passenger and freight growth, and high standards of stations and service under stable management.

Maine Central Railroad Fred I. Richards Portland Maine Central Railroad Company Androscoggin & Kennebec Penobscot & Kennebec Bangor Danville Junction Cumberland Junction Maine Central Portland & Kennebec Somerset & Kennebec Leeds & Farmington Maine Central Railroad Corporation Maine Shore Line Railroad Mt. Desert Maine Central Company Belfast Moosehead Lake Dexter Vanceboro City of Portand & Ogdensburg Railway Lunenburg Dexter & Newport Piscataquis Eastern Maine Portland & Ordensburg Scrip Androscoggin & Kennebec Rairoad Maine Central Extension Loan Androscoggin City of Bath Iso Maine Central Improvement City of Bangor Portland & Ogdenshoro First Portland & Ogdensburg Navy Dexter & Piscatagius Cal

The Mc Gregor Inquest Concludes in Cambridge Court

The inquest into the death of John Mc Gregor of Hiller casket fame closed in Cambridge District Court. Medical Examiner Holt testified that Mc Gregor’s treatment did not cause his death and rejected a Boston newspaper report accusing officers of shameful conduct. The court reserved judgment until next week.

M' Gregor John Mc Gregor Hiller Casket Fame District Court Cambridge Holt Mc Gregor Boston

Universalist Social Union Holds Fourth Meeting

A social reunion of about fifty at A. W. Strauss home 274 Columbus avenue featured music and whist followed by a repast. The group adjourned to meet at the Thorndike next Tuesday for banquet and entertainment. Mr J S K Sartwell of Somerville and Mr Albert Metcalf of Newton were elected to membership.

J. SK. Sartwell Somerville Albert. Metcalf Newton

Patent Nostalgic Tonic Ads Highlight Stone Age Cures

A vintage ad touts Salvér tron Oil for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming it cures all pain without need for gold. A bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup costs a quarter dollar. VAN HOUTEN's Cocoa is endorsed with a take no other warning.

Dr. Bull van Houten

Another Large Contract Awarded in Boston on Merit

The Brown Bros. & Co banking house on Chestnut street Philadelphia features burglar proof vaults and safes. The Damon Sate Company of Boston wins the contract purely on merits without competition, reflecting emphasis on top protection and quality.

Brown Bros. & Co Chestnut Street Philadelphia Damon Sate Company Boston

Stewart Real Estate To Be Sold At Auction

New York on February 18 by order of Mrs A Lt Stewarts executors the Stewart store building at Broadway and Ninth street will be sold by auction on March 13. Eighteen other properties near the store will be offered at the same time.

Stewart Real Estate New York A.lt. Stewart Stewart Broadway Ninth Street

Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Ad Lets Women Seek Health

An advertisement targets women aging with disease specific to their sex. It promises recovery through Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and offers a refund guarantee if not satisfied. A second product, Dr Pierce’s Pellets, is urged to cleanse liver stomach bowels and entire system.

Muise

Commercial matters report on market tone and prices

Market notes show varied activity across commodities with lumber and coal quiet or steady, corn firmer, oats and malt slow, butter and cheese steady, pork products fairly active, beef and tongues quick, potatoes and fruits mixed, and several staples like dried fruit and tallow showing dull or unchanged trends. Prices and demand steady or quiet across most items.

Florida Almeria

Wool sales at London show weaker quality and volumes

At the London wool sales 11,357 bales were offered with quality below average yet strong competition for American suitable wools. Overall 381,200 bales withdrawn, 47,500 available. Prices cited for Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia New Zealand and other regions with varied scoured greasy and locks and pieces rates in old currency.

London America South Australia Victoria New South Wales Tidais Queensland New Zealand Cape of Goodlope Natal

Wheat and grain futures hold firm amid weather and demand

The Chicago market steadies as May wheat bids near 77% and corn and oats improve on light receipts. Weather in the southwest and potential winter belt extension, plus better export clearances, keep longs buoyant while traders await Hutchinson’s stance. California rains slow seeding. prices across futures in New York and St Louis show modest gains and cautious buying from foreign distillers.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston Beerbohm California Hutchinson Cudahy Farnum, Reardon & Co New York St Louis Minneapolis

Also Mentioned on This Page

Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE Vic Ok Anaconda St Lawrence American Sugar Refinery Company of San Francisco Sugar Trust North River Company Dow, Jones & Co American Calumet & Hecla Flecla the Anaconda Traders’ National Bank State Street Fiske Building Andrew I. Fennessy, Pres Joan E. Toulmin Miscellaneous Stock Exchange Wilson W. Fay & Co Passion Telephone Desert Eastern Shore Catalpa Midos Eeveeesree Giese Tverev Patton Hole Miehens Wieturaiey MekKay & Bigelow Heeling Lage-alchacacele Gals Et Cs Ea Ces Occidental Ghollar CO Ontario Col. Coal Ajo Il Cristo Homestake Sutter Creek Alt T. Ue Bile Get Oerf & St. L Pacific Dee Vaciiie Be& Q AL Ah V. U St L Del Wit Vor S.ceeees Veul L. Bk Lake Shore Louis Lotus Minn Isis DOL Pacies North Western Oregon N Po. D Reading, CO Brown Bros. & GU Ireland U.S State St OF the Ft, Worth Tilk Mercantile Trust Go of Exchange For Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway Co THE American Loan & Trust M. Dodge Denver, Texas & Ft. Worth Railroad Co G. M. Dodge Qregan Wtal Nortiern Raley Gowen Consolidated First Mortgage Union Pacific Ba Y Co Androscoggly & Kennebec Androscoggin & Wennebec Maine Central Consolidated Fred E. Richards Exchange Street NEW York Financial Real Estate Matters Maine Central System James & Abbot LA Mbee Liberty Square
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