Elec Trig Piano Quotations and Last Sales
Mining companies trading data below a headline shows daily corrected quotations from official Boston Stock Exchange reports.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1890
Page
6
Mining companies trading data below a headline shows daily corrected quotations from official Boston Stock Exchange reports.
A Boston based ANA Company ad lists officers Frankline Giego as president and Robert Grant as treasurer with addresses in Boston. It touts a perfect self playing piano invention as an assured success with strong demand and patent control, seeking partial capital to develop and manufacture.
The company advertises shares at 29 dollars each promising quick dividend potential. Sub-companies will form in the Middle Western States and Canada with licenses to manufacture under patents and revenue to be shared with the parent company stockholders. Prospective investors are invited to visit 160 Tremont Street to view pianos and subscribe, checks payable to the company.
Money on call easy at 3 to 5 percent with last loan at 3 and close offered at 3. Sterling exchange firm with actual business at 4.82 for 60 day bills and 4.86 for demand. Railroad bonds active, Missouri Pacific leading, Wheeling & Lake Erie and Lake Erie & Western up over 1 percent, market close quiet but firm at near best prices. New York Stock Sales show total 197,000 shares traded. Wheat and corn futures mixed with slight firming in provisions, market tone cautious amid interstate chatter.
The report from Auditor Henry A. Pyper covers the money market in Boston on Jan 20 1890 with Clearing House rates at 4 percent, loans 4 to 6 percent, call loans 4 to 5.25 percent and New York funds values. It details bank reserves declines, bond offers, foreign exchange rates, and notes the Lamson Consolidated Store Service Company earnings and proposed quarterly dividend applied to debt reduction. It also notes copper stock activity and Sugar Trust profitability analyses with extensive data on refiners, costs, and assets.
The passage argues trust wealth and future gains amid sugar market optimism with bears turning bulls. It lists dividends from several firms including FE Howard Watch & Clock, Oregon Improvement, Pullman Palace Car, Weilfleet Savings Bank, Dover Gas Light, Granite Fire Insurance, First National Bank of Newport, and Daly Mining with specifics on percentages and payment dates.
In April last we asked for proxies for the May annual meeting leading to a management change and reorganization. Shareholders may deposit stock with Boston Safe Deposit for ten years to George C Magoun and others, vesting voting power in them, with stock certificates issued and listed on major exchanges.
London market brief for January 2012 shows Consols at 97316 money and 97716 account. Atlantic and Great Western firsts 345, Canadian Pacific 784, Erie 26173 51, Reading 15.2 percent. Paris advices quote 3 percent routes at 87 francs 60 centimes for the account. Atlantic & Great Western firsts 3454, Canadian Pacific 78% Illinois Central 122, Mexican ordinary 3743, Mexican Central 7124, bar silver 4457.
Travel advertisement promoting a fast Boston to Florida train via the New York and New England railroad with daily 6 p m departures including Sundays. Pullman sleepers promise Jacksonville in forty two hours and reservations are available at 322 Washington Street Boston. Also notes evening music at the Revere House between 6 and 7 p m.
Cotton goods firm and woollen goods dull while flour markets show quiet activity. Corn, oats, and groats steady amid mixed signals. pork products active and fresh beef firm. Med fruits firm. Florida oranges plentiful. cranberries and dried fruits steady. nuts and molasses steady with other meats unchanged.
Fall River reports the print cloth market holding steady with 64s at 312 cents offered. buyers are cautious and holders resist accepting.
General market for dry goods remains steady with fair trade, increased buyer activity, and prompt deliveries from agents. Cotton goods show firmness and light supplies, while woolen goods lag due to bad weather and worker shortages. Spring and summer fabrics see strong orders, prints and fancy designs sell well, and mills report brighter prospects with ahead deliveries and continued high prices for colored cottons.
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