Market totals and stock quotes from New York and Chicago notes
The day's business reached 1 654 000 dollars with major issues gaining in price. Names such as Nickel Plate Chesapeake & Ohio St Paul Hamilton & Dayton Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati & Indianapolis Hocking Valley and Buffalo & Erie appear among 1894 to 1911 issues with varied rises. The Chicago market records guests including ex-Governor Morton and several dignitaries at Parker Tremont and Quincy House in New York and Boston area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake & Ohio
St. Paul
Hamilton & Dayton
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Wabash
Morris
Buffalo & Erie
New
George T. Comins
Concord
N. H
A. H. Barrington
Providence
J. B. Owento
New York
W. L. Paine
Parker
York
Griffith Coit
San Francisco
Morton
Vermont
Tremot
George D. Robinson
William DeVene
A. P. Jenkins
Belfast
Irc
A. E
Mind the Money Market Boston Bank Rates and Stocks
The Money Market in Boston opens easier with light loan demand and excess supply. Clearing house balances and New York funds shifted, with rates on calls at 3% to 4 1/2 percent. U S treasury funds and sterling exchange noted, plus a weak close in the local stock market. The Missouri River bridge at Sibley completed, freight traffic expected Feb 1, passenger March 1. Chicago & Eastern Illinois and Indiana Coal Railway consolidation discussed, with full dividends and extensive coal traffic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Liv
United States
National Bank
Sterling Exchange
Reichsmarks
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Telegraph
New Orleans
Bank
Savannah
Charleston
Atchison
Big Ag
Missouri River
Sibley
California Southern
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois
Chicago & Indiana Coal Railway
Chicago &Astern
Eastern Illinois
Jerre Haute
Ind
Indiana Coal
Brazil
la Crosse
Amcounts
Chicago & West Michigan Railway
New Buffalo
Chicago & Atlantic
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
Belt Railway of
Chicago & Western Indiana
Doulton
Grape Creek
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway
Ohio River
Debt and securities held by railroads totaling millions
Total debt and capital listed as 16 018 000 and 7 502 000 with securities owned by Chicago and Eastern Illinois and related lines including First consolidated mortgage bonds and various stocks. Assets include cash after current liabilities and securities tied to Chicago and Western In lana, Bolt railway, Nickeliate Coal and Chicago Indiana Coal railways with amounts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
First Consolidated
Chicago & Western Inlana Railroad
Eees
Bolt Railway of
Chicago
Andry Securities
Chicago & Indiana Coal Railway
Earnings and markets slide through 1887 rail era
Centra&Sc. Railroad earned 2,071,604 with 456,500 on investments. Operating expenses reached 818,004 while earnings on stocks stood at 306,437. December earnings fell to 88,589 from 102,557 in 1886, with 1887 annual earnings at 1,147,160 vs 1,226,536 in 1886. Chicago and Michigan lines show mixed movements as bond and stock prices shift and key tonnage and grain rates adjust. Boston Wharf Company reports 1887 land sales receipts of 77,350.16 and total assets near 2,250,622.19 with funded debt 576,000 and stock value 600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centra&Sc
Eee Eaeacceess
Eee
Detroit, Lansing & Northern Preferred
Chicago, Burlington & Quine
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Chicago
Kiernan
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
New York
St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Pullman Palace
Chicago Tribune
Flint & Pere Marquette
West Michigan
Union Pacific
Washington
Wisconsin Central
Atlantic & Pacific
Kansas City
Springfield
Memphis
Birmingham
Boston & Lowell
New England
Boston & Maine
Eastern
Central Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Erie
San Diego
Frenchman’s Bay
Topeka
West End
East Gostha
Campobello
Wollaston
London
Tamarack
Calumet & Heela
Quincy
Atlantic
Kearsarge
Allouez
Dunkin
South Side
Dunkin Mining Company
Leadville
Calumet & Heela Stamp Mills
Boston Wharf Company
Boston
Herdic Phaeton Company
Williams
Dividend Declarations From Regional Firms
The Boston Duck Company and the Thorndike Company each declared a dividend. Bowker Fertilizer Company announced an 8 percent dividend, Wakefield Rattan Company 5 percent, and Providence and Stonington Steamboat Company a quarterly dividend of 243 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Duck Company
Thorndike Company
Bowker Fertilizer Company
Wakefield Rattan Company
Providence & Stonington Steamboat Company
Old Colonyff New Bond Issue Authorized at $500000
The Old Colony ff announces authorized bonds of five hundred thousand dollars with a registered issue due January 1 1958 and bearing 4 percent interest payable semiannually. Bonds issued at par and accrued interest after January 1, 1888 at the treasury of J M Washburn with price-raising reserve without notice.
London financial roundup shows mixed US and railway stocks
London at 2 p.m. quotes Consols 102 15 16 for money and account. US 4s 129 1/4, US 44s 110 1/2. Atlantic & Great Western firsts 39, Erie 20 1/4, Illinois Central 124, Mexican ordinary 46 1/4, St Paul 7 3/4, Pennsylvania 66 3/4, Reading 44 1/4. Money 3 4 per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Atlantic & Great Western
Erie
Iilneis Central
St Paul
Ennsylvania
Reading
New York Financial News on New Years Markets
New York financial desk reports money on call easy at 2 to 3 percent, prime mercantile paper 5 to 7 percent, sterling dull, 60 day bills at 4.83 and demand at 4.854. Government bonds dull and steady, railroad bonds fairly active. Stock market quiet after noon with little change, Missouri Pacific and New England showing brief activity, overall market fluctuating but ending near previous levels amid a cautious, bullish early tone and later liquidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Missouri Pacific
New England
Bears
Coulers
Grangers
Rail line sale talks target San Antonio & Aransas Pass
A San Antonio despatch reports the Atchison is negotiating to buy the San Antonio and Aransas Pass to block Rock Island’s proposed Gulf access. The SA&AP operates 420 miles with 40 miles graded Beeville to San Diego, linking to the Mexican National, and its main line runs San Antonio to Aransas Pass with a Rosenberg branch. Atchison offers would give a 60 percent stake, but current owners have offered only 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Mexican National
Aransas Pass
Rosenberg
Southern Pacific
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Atchison
Galveston
Sleeping car rates draw state legislative heat in Ohio
The Chicago Railway Age notes that an Ohio Senate bill would require sleeping car firms to provide a night or twelve hour berth for one dollar and to close upper berths when unsold. The proposal, likely to be copied, would curb luxury and raise questions about affordable options for those unwilling or unable to pay premium prices for privacy and exclusiveness in travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Railway Age
Ohio Senate
Chicago to California rates rise but pullman excursion preserved
The Chicago & Alton railroad lifts the one way rate from Chicago to California to 100 while keeping a through Pullman palace buffet and drawing room car excursion to Los Angeles at the old round trip rate of 80. Excursions depart February 16 at 12 05 pm with tickets valid six months and free route choice on return. The Fitchburg stockholders meet today and may add Francis Smith of New York to the board. A Western despatch notes plans to extend the Chicago Teambal Springfield line from Springfield Missouri to Little Rock Arkansas, with Missouri claims the Chicago Burlington & Quincy backs the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Pullman Palace
Los Angeles
Fitchburg
Francis Smith
New York
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel
Springfield
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Ninth annual reunion of Catholic Young Men Boston College
The ninth annual reunion of the Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston College was held at Mechanics Hall on Huntington Avenue. Governor Ames and staff attended with a grand procession and reception committee escort, followed by an orchestral concert, a cornet solo, and a long illuminated dance floor with about 1000 attendees. Prominent Catholic and Irish figures and a collation marked the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Catholic Association of
Boston College
Mechanics’ Hall
Huntington Avenue
J. C. Mullaly
Edmands
Nicholas Russo
P. A. Halpin
Association
Patrick Donahue
Donahue
Jere W. Fogarty
Irish Society
Obituary of Captain Sylvanus C. Blanchard of Boston Marine
Captain Sylvanus C. Blanchard a director of the Boston Marine Insurance Company from 1873 to 1885 died in Richmond Virginia aged seventy eight. Born in Yarmouth Maine he built wealth as a ship owner and Boston resident at 502 Columbus Avenue. A Democrat and Post reader his death followed old age and injuries from a fall. He leaves a widow two sons and a daughter. one son is in San Francisco. Remains will be sent north for interment in his birthplace.
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Sylvanus CC
Blanchard
Sylvanus C. Blanchard
Boston Marine Insurance Company
Richmond
Yarmouth
Blanchards
New England
Boston
Columbus Avenue
Dr. Webb
Post
San Francisco
Captain Blanchard
George Godwin F.R.S. Architect Editor Dies in London
George Godwin F.R.S. renowned architect editor and writer died in London aged about 70. Born Brompton in 1815 he won a Royal Institute medal in 1835 for an Essay on Concrete later translated into several languages. He authored Churches of London and helped found the London Art Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Godwin
F.R.S
London
Brompton
Royal Institute of British Architects
London Art Union
the Builder
Rev. Brainerd Keat Dies in Chicago Paralyzed
The Rev. Brainerd Keat died in Chicago on Sunday from paralysis. Born in Dorset, Vermont, on April 25, 1802, he graduated from Williams College in 1824 and moved to Chicago in 1856 where he devoted himself to missionary work among railroad men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd Keat
Chicago
Ile
Dorset
Williams College
Social gatherings at Youngs and Crawford House noted
A Republican Institution held a business meeting and banquet at Youngs with thirty six members led by William Parkman Jr. A Pilgrim Fathers committee met at Crawford House to plan March celebrations. Examiner Club met at Parker House. A large Youngs dining hall hosted seventy five for ex Senator Cronins California trip, with Col lings presiding and many dignitaries present. Adama House register lists ex governor Smythe and A Herrmann with wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young’s
William Parkman, Jr
United Order of Pilgrim Fathers
Crawford House
Examiner Club
Parker House
Qne
Cronin
California
John A. Collings
P. D. Dwyer
L. H. Sullivan
James E. Pray
John B. Martin
L. J. Logan
J. J. Carew
William 4. de Verne
Lane
Givlin
Adama House
Frederick Smythe
New Hampshire
A. Herrmann
Market Report Shows Mixed Steady Food Commodities
Canned goods steady, dried fruits and Chicago markets steady, flour quiet, corn firm, oats higher, cornmeal steady, oatmeal quiet. Buckwheat flour firm, rye firmer, barley dull, malt quiet, millfeed quiet. Butter firm, cheese very firm, eggs in fair demand, beans in good demand. Hay fair, straw steady, potatoes firm, sweet potatoes steady, foreign potatoes fair movement. Truck unchanged, poultry firm, ducks geese in good demand, quail scarce. Apples quiet, cranberries light, Florida oranges fair, Mediterranean fruit quiet, peanuts unchanged, pork firm, lard fair demand, hams steady, fresh beef unchanged, mutton steady, veals small supply, lambs fair movement, sugars steady, molasses unchanged, tallow quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Florida
Market Report Jan 30 Flour and Grain Markets
The flour market remains quiet with moderate demand and prices listed for various grades. Corn, oats, and barley show firm or dull activity, with quotations for export and domestic use and light western train inspections affecting deliveries. Stocks and visibles in Chicago reflect mixed movement across wheat, corn, oats, and barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park c
Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Ibus
Stable Botter Trade with Steady Creamery Prices
No change to note in Botter. Trade remains quiet at steady prices. Full prices obtained for choice creameries. Western extra fresh made creameries sell at 31 32 cents, some fancy Elgin at 83 34 cents, Western extra firsts at 746 20 cents, Western firsts at 22 25 cents, Western June creameries at 20 28 cents, Western fancy imitation creameries at 23 24 cents.
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Elgin
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