Money Market Opens Firm As New Year Begins
The Money Market notes a firm start to the year with bank balances stiff at 6 percent at the clearing house. New York funds traded at discounts to par, and gross exchanges reach $19,074,922 versus $16,267,400 a year ago. Several company and mine reports follow including Neale case victory potential, mining capital increases, corrected earnings for Chicago and West Michigan, and rail security talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Frances
Reichsmarks
National City
Cal
Benjamin Kimball
San Diego
Boston & Montana Mining Company
Vivian
Franklin Mini Company
Aspinwall Land Company
Chicago & West Michigan
Detroit, Lansing & Northern
Messrs. Hornblower & Weeks
Devonshire Street
Exchange Street
E. H. Rollins & Son
Washington Street
National Bank
Crosman & Tinch
Pennsylvania
Louisie & Nashvile
St. Paul
Johno Bordy
McLellan & Co
Dividends Declared by Several New Hampshire Firms
The Gaston Stock Car Company declares a semi annual dividend of 3 percent on 180000 dollars of preferred stock payable today. The Brookline Gas Light Company also declares a 3 percent dividend. Concord horse railroad directors declare a 6 percent dividend payable January 3. The New Hampshire Trust Company pays a percent semi annual dividend January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston Stock Car Company
Brookline Gas Light Company
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire Trust Company
Notable Catalog of 100 Listings and Trade Items
A scanned catalog fragment lists items and prices including electrical devices, machinery, and land offerings. Entries mention companies such as Wilson W. Fay & Co and McKay & Bigelow, with various goods like telephone equipment, button hole machines, heaters, and land parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson W. Fay & Co
Burton Stock
Ccae
Boo Catalpa
Manty
Coesesseereeree
Ceeereseeresers
Penobscot Bay Land
Reese
Auction Sales of Various Stocks and Bonds
Auction on Wednesday January 2 1889 lists numerous stocks and bonds including Miller River National Bank Athol Mass Natal Lansing and Det RR Tremont National Bank Chelsea Amoskeag Mfg Co Reece Button Co City of Davenport Iowa Manchester Mills Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Erie Telephone Co Wainwright Mfg Co and many railroad issues with dates 1889 1892 1909 1913 and 1916 plus related notes and collateral terms under executor and administrator orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s River Nat. Bank
Athol
Mass
Natal Lansing & Det. RR
Tremont Nat. Benk
First Nat. Bank
Chelsea
de Amoskeag Mig. Co
Reece Button Sole M. Co
Davenport
M. L
Metropolitan Nat. Bank
Webster Bank
Lsy
Newton Nat
Great Falls Mig. Co
Adm
Boston & Wees RR
Burton Stock Car Co
Bunkerhill Cyclorama Co
McKay & Bigelow H. M. Asso
City of Chester
Douglas County
Kan
Farmers’ Loan and Tr
Manchester Mills
Do Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Erie Tel. and
Tel. Co
Wainwright Mfg. Co
Farmers’ L. and
Tr. Co
Ssada & L. C. RR
Consol. Mort. És
Fitchburg RR
Lynn & Boston K. RR
Aico
Consolidated of VE
People’s Building and Loan Ass'n
Chicago
Shetucket Co
Norwich
Kansas City & Southwestern RR
City Bank
Wichita & Western RR
Cleveland & Canton RR
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
Country Club
Omaha & Se RA
Hopkinton N, Bk
Gloucester Fisheries Report Shows Sharp Decline in 1888
The Gloucester fishery output for the year fell across most branches with shores and winter fishermen selling catch elsewhere. Mackerel harvests failed despite high prices, and Bank fish receipts dropped except for Grand Bank. Between 1888 and 1887 codfish, halibut, ground fish, and frozen herring totals shifted downward. North Bay supplied 47,988 barrels of mackerel and the New England coast 5,873 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groverster
Gloucester
Bank
Grand Bank
North Bay
New England
Yearly business changes reshape Boston firms
Numerous retirements and new partnerships appear across Boston firms as the new year begins. C W Leonard retires from Mandell & Daniell to join Arnold Print Works. Wheeler Conant & Blodgett reconstitute with new members. many dry goods houses reorganize into partnerships or corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Leonard
Jackson, Mandell & Daniell
Arnold Print Works
C. E. Conant
R. H. Kimball
Albert Pitts
Wheeler, Conant & Blodgett
Dry Goods
J. A
Frederick A. Farrar
Chamberlain, Burdett & Co
Dexter Bros
Franklin K
George B. Dexter
Jonathan Maelow & Co
Atwood & Weld
Waldo F. Ward
Barnes, Hutchinson & Pierce
Stoddard, Lovering & Co
Joseph Lovering
Frederick A. Haserick
Charles E. Richards
Frederick 8. Coffin
Edward W. Atkins
Arthur A. Haserick
Edward W. Dean
P. Coggeshall Chase
William Skilton
William P. Edwards
John W
J. ©. Eliis, Jr
Seth Sprague
F. A. Foster & Co
Samuel F. Page
Carl Fehmer
William H. Gray
Frank W. Howe
Gardner Prouty
Constitution Wharf
Walker, Stetson & Sawyer
Massachusetts
Walker-Stetson-Sawyer Company
Lewis, Brown & Co
Franklin Street
I. W. Brown
Estabrooks & Mer
Edwin Sibley
John A. Estabrooks
Francis A. Mason
Henry A. McLachlan
Frank E. Sibley
Estabrooks & Sibley
J. L. Fisher
Fishel Bros
Dry Goods Commission
Sawyer, Burt & Manning
Railroad matters and appointments in 1889 era rail lines
The circular from December 31 details Old Colony appointing George A. Manchester as agent at India Point and Kendrick’s new team for Providence Warren & Bristol including J R Kendrick as general manager and Everard Holmes as Providence agent. It notes Judge Wallace’s ruling overruling Baltimore and Ohio in the Arthur Kill bridge suit, plans for a Boston and Albany Back Bay station, Cleveland & Canton December earnings, and November traffic dip from gauge changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendrick
Old Colony Railroad
George A. Manchester
Old Colony
India Point
R. L
Waterman Stone
Choate
Providence, Warren & Bristol
J. R. Kendrick
I. N. Marshall
Putnam
George L., Connor
J. C. Lander
George S. Morrill
Pb. F. Wetherell
Everard Holmes
Providence
Wallace
United States Circuit Court
New York
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Pennsylvan Railroad
Arthur Kill
New Jersey
Staten Island
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Pennsylvania Road
Boston & Albany Road
Back Bay
Boylston and
Exeter Streets
Back Bay District
Cambridge
Real Estate Sale at Milk and Devonshire Corners
Property at the southwest corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, 2843 feet, sold yesterday by broker John F. Perry of Hotel Berkeley to Warren B. Potter of Potter Drug and Chemical Co. The deed dated two months earlier and delivered yesterday. sale was cash with undisclosed amount. Assessed at $160,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk and
Devonshire Streets
John F. Perry
Berkeley
Warren B. Potter
Potter Drug and Chemical Company
Market Report Shows Mixed Commodity Movements
Commodity values shift across grains, meats, and produce with oats and rye steady or firm while cornmeal and hops soften. Fresh beef slows, eggs ease, apples and cranberries decline, and oranges remain plentiful as sugar and molasses stay steady.
Lumber Market Opens Year With Steady Prices And Quiet Demand
James and Abbot report a dull close to last year and a steady, well supplied market. Eastern and Northern lumber show quiet demand with rail shipments rising. Western, Southern, and hard woods hold firm prices. Overproduction fears loom as yellow pine undercuts Northwest pine, risking stock buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Northwestern Lumberman
South
Northwest
Grain and flour prices and carload market report
The report lists John Welsh flour and grain prices at 201 State Street with carload lots for all grains except rye. It details car counts by product, flour price ranges for various grades, corn oats and rye flour notes, and call market bids including spot and futures for No 2 white oats and steamer yellow corn, with prices and bids for January to May contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
Peoria
Market prices in grain and feed commodities updated
The report lists wholesale and export quotations for cornmeal flour oatmeal rye barley and millfeed. Notable items include cornmeal at 230 235, oatmeal at 590 630, rye 73 75 cents, six-rowed Canada malt 1 105 per bush, and hops 8 22 cents for various lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada
Bush
Choice
Wholesale market quotes for butter cheese eggs and more
The report lists wholesale prices for butter cheese and eggs by region and grade, with markets in Vermont Maine and the East. It notes active butter sales in Elgin and broadly steady or lower prices across beans seeds potatoes and poultry with varied regional quotes.
Market Report Prices for Vegetables and Produce
The market is well supplied with dull trade. Prices include Marrow squash 25 to 30 a ton, turban squash 35 a ton, Hubbard 40 a ton, Savoy cabbage 75 cents per 4 bunches, red cabbage 1.50 per 75 bbl, onions 1.20 per 140 bushels, Spanish onions 75 cents per crate, beets 40 to 50 cents per bush, carrots 40 to 50 cents per bush, lettuce 25 to 50 cents per dozen, turnips 40 cents per 4, white French turnips 1.25, radishes and long turnips 40 cents per dozen, celery 3 to 4 per box, pars nips 60 cents per bush, spinach 50 to 75 cents per bush, Norfolk spinach 2.26 per barrel, parsley 2 dollars per bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Norfolk
Fruit Steamer Arrivals and Departures Reported
The steamer Hondo is due January 4 with Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Naranja sailed from Palermo December 13 for Boston with 100 boxes Palermo oranges and 4100 boxes Palermo lemons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Fruit
Boston Fruit Company
Palermo
Boston
Frui H Harris & Co Auction Prices For Florida Oranges
Auction price list shows Florida oranges at 1 3 box and mandarins at 750 130 per box with half boxes, tangerines at 337% per box, and grapes and apples priced with varied quality levels. Snow & Co to auction Thursday includes 1000 bins grapes and 100 cases Valencia oranges and 2000 boxes Florida oranges. Market steadiness noted for apples and quiet trade for grapes and cranberries with multiple price points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris & Co
Florida
Snow & Co
Hubbardstons
Snow
Baldwins
Tallman Sweets
Greenings
Almeria
Messina
Palermo
Jamaica
Virginia
Provisions Prices and Beef Market Update
Pork prices remain steady with various cuts and forms listed from $15 to $18 per unit. Corned beef and plate offerings range up to $10.50 per barrel equivalent, while fresh beef movement is very slow and prices mostly hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovac
Sugar and Molasses Market Report
Sugar markets show firm or steady prices for raw and refined sugars with specific grades listed. Molasses prices remain steady with quiet demand, detailing Fancy Ponce Porto Rico and Porto Rico varieties and regional quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Fairs Steady Prices for Tallow and Grease
Market notes show a quiet demand at fairs with steady prices. City rendered tallow quoted at 6 6Yac and country at 56 6%2c grease at 24c.
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report
Market report from Watertown Union Live Stock Market for the week ending January 1, 1889. cattle and sheep prices steady with limited high end sales. notable lots include Whipple & Farnham oxen 900-1000 lbs at 6 1/4 to 6 1/2 cents per pound and several steers around 800-900 lbs. sheep and lamb sales steady at about 3 4 to 4 cents per lb with some better quality lots reaching higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Market
Watertown
Whipple & Farnham
FS Kimball
EV Adden
J A
Ricker
Ryegate
Merrow
Halk & Son
Moulton
Imports and Exports January Eighths. Antwerp and Liverpool Notes
A detailed inventory lists imports and exports across multiple ports including Antwerp, Buenos Ayres, Goree and Liverpool. Items cover steel sheets, iron, hides, wool, glass, rags, machinery, pigments, wines, papers, and various goods with numerous firms named such as Naylor & Co, Baring Bros & Co, J B Morgan, and Wight Bros. The document records quantities in cases, bales, boxes, tons, and casks, reflecting broad trade activity in 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Gothenburg
Naylor & Co
Washburn & Moon Mans Co
Milne & Co
Basing Bros & Co
Wood Pulp Bank of British North America
Glass Hills
Turner & Co
Booth & Co
Luce & Manning
105 & Co
Baring Bros Meats
Lowe
Chemical
Peckhardt Jd & Mulhoff
Col
Toysi de Clina
Ors Stone & Downer
Horace
Partridge & Co
Fenton
Bente Stone & Downer
Boston Dyewood and Chemical Co
Madder Baring Bros & Co
Buenos Ayres
Gleneida
Rice & Co
Goree
Wca
Lucy W Snow
Liverpool
Eng
Scythia
Birch Bros
Baring Bros B Co
Shipley & Co
Joseph Lrees & Sons
Blakeslee & Co
Whixby & Co
Clare & Co
Collins Mills
George Cartwright
Parcel Silks
Codman & Shurtleff
Conner, Jones & Co
Cushing & Bliss
Louis Chabot
Damrell & Upham
Oliver Ditson & Co
Physical Instruments Educational Supply Co
Alson & Co
Estes & Lauriat
Farquhar & Co
Flagg & Co
Little, Brown & Co
Leeson & Co
Moors & Co
Nichols & Farnsworth
Norcross, Mellen & Eco
Noyes Bros
Farina
Pierce & Co
Charles Pollock
Palen
Nelson & Co
Il Pray, Sons & Co
AH Roffe & Co
Kousmaniere
Lovejoy & Co
Reed & Barton
Rawson& Co
George A Sawyer & Co
Sheppard & Son
Suepard, Norwell & Co
P Schmidt & Co
Shreve
Cramp
India
Rosario
Exports Report from Yarmouth January 1 1889
A terse list from Yarmouth Nova Scotia records exports on January 1 1889 including steamer Dominion with dry goods listed as 1 bale 160 barrels of whale oil 20 barrels beef 4 barrels onions 1 crate desk 16 packages hardware 2 cases tinware 2 packages books 1 bicycle 4 packages castings 2 barrels shoe 1 case printing paper 1 bale cotton samples stock. Havana Cuba bound schooner Gertrude Abbott 634 ton coke coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Pominion
Havana
Cuba
Gertrude Abbott
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City
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Detroit
Cleveland
City of
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Cincinnati
Minneapolis
City of Peoria
Boston & Providenc
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Ata
R. L. Day & CO
State Street
ADAMS
Congress Street
City of St
Blake Brothers & GO
Nassau Street
Hayward
Townsend
Boston Stock Exchange
R. Hayward
W. S. Townsend
NEW York Financial
St P
Jae P i. & P
Bayete
Tex. P. L. G
Tex. P. KG
U.P
W. Shore
Ontario
I. Bagg
United Cop’r
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Rene
Arnold
Atlantic
Sonanza Devel’ Teks
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Isoston
Hecia
Catalpa
Crescent
Franklin
Huron
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Nationa
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Lamoine
Payson
Pendbaert
Sullivan
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Atchison
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Gol
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B.&m
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Cai
Lgib Si
W. Ds
W. Mich
K.C
Fus. & G
N.Y
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Eee
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Wees
Sonora
St. Jo
G. T
Union Pacific
Wis. Cent
Lst
Atlantic Pacific
Boston & Albany
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maing
Essess
Boston & Prov .S
Cal. Southern
Aera Nt
Punt & PM
Jey Sp
Mem
Cseresee
Summit Branch
Cceceeess
Wisconsin Central
Essee Nm Store Ser. CO
Pullin Palace Car Co
Clossold
Ing. Ing
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Beach
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St. Linces
Seer
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Essex
Nash
Chat
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Dee Boo
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Egon
Rock Island
Rome
St. L
Pacife
Land and Ee
Oregon
Pacific Mail
Pullman Pal
Union
Cen. P
O. Nav
G.V
Bo D
Kan. I. Sone
Amador
Hodie
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Te Street
Fos
HS Joes Cie Invewe Ieee Hkee
Douglas Axe Mfg
Fg. Co
Globe Nat. Bank
N. Webster Bank
Suffolk Nat. Bank
Citizens’ N. BR
Wichita
Atiae
Mt. Vernon N. Bry
Snowmill N. DK
Falls Nat. Bank
Boston Lead Mfg. Co
Atlantic Cotton Mills, Somerville Horse RR. Co
Fitchburg RR. Co
Connecticut River RR. Co
Security Investment Co
Eastman
Showalter Mfg. Co
Boston Marine Ins. Co
de Overman Wheel Co
Kansas City, Emporia & So
Maine Central RR
Kansas City, Law. & So
Leavenworth
Top
Western RR
Arch, Guar
U. P. Guar
Gloucester Fisheries
Erieston
Railroad Matters
J. E. Carter & CO
Barkers & Commission
Washington
Commercial. Matters
James & Abbot
Liberty Square
Boston Exports
John
Boston Markets
Ermont
Vermont
North Choice
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Island
York State
Simall
Timothy
North
Clover
Red Top
Jersey
Houston Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Vermont Hebrons
Burbanks
Hebrons
Prince Edward Island
East Swale
Watertown Union Live
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Brighton
Congress Square
Quincy House
Lynn
Mower’s
Petroleum
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