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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1885

Page

3

Money market and stock summaries for May 1885 report

The opening month shows firmer rates and modest money demand with prime mercantile paper at about 3 percent and other papers near 3 to 6 percent. Wall loans with collateral run 2 to 2.5 percent. note brokers at 3.75 to 4.5 percent and market activity described as moderately active. Clearing house balances show 14 percent, with gross exchanges near 13 million and total balances around 2.47 million. Railroad stocks including Atlantic and Pacific, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe show varied moves. Mexican Central securities softer, with caution on future prospects. Boston stock board quotes and broker activity feature multiple banks and securities, with notable prices on several railroad and utility issues.

Anks and Trust Companies New York Union Division Kansas Kansas Division Ukwehssuiers Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Road Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe BoKton Lowell N.H Boston and Lowell Tilton Franklin Concord Laconia New England Fred Morse Melrose O Bt New England Car Trust Certificates Supreme Court America Loan and Trust Company New York and New England Railroad Company William T. Hart C. Fitz F. J. Kingsbury Car Trust Mexican Centre#s securities Boston el Paso of Mexico United States Nation Bank Custom House Dunnotton Valley Maine Central Oregon Short Line

Wall Street closes mixed after heavy losses in Lackawanna

New York traders faced a dull, uneven session with Lackawanna leading declines, dropping over 25 percent from morning to close. Other rails and utilities showed limited activity as accusations and rumors about Gould and West Shore circulated amid ex-interest shifts and bond movements.

Oats Prices Steady as Wheat and Freight Influences Persist

On call Wednesday there was no trading but sellers held higher views. West prices stayed steady while freight advances reduced seller urgency. Cash oats settled up 3 cents with No 2 white futures mixed. July and August bids and asks varied. Inspections totaled 34 cars across oats and corn, with multiple oat grades and rejected lots noted. A Chicago despatch reports July deliveries occupied morning. wheat opened strong but failed to sustain, corn demand remained cash-driven and buffalo orders noted. provisions dull with most activity in deferred futures.

Chicago Ldridge & Co Emery & Hodges St. Louis New York Toledo Buffalo Uplands Orleans Ohio City Minnesota Petroleum — United Beefhams City Xtra India Western Steam South America Liverpool ST Louis Texas Milwaukee Cincinnati Detroit

Review of the Boston Market for the Week Ending July 1

A dense price list from the Boston market covers Alcohol, Bees Wax, Building Materials, Candles, Coal, Coffee, Cordage, Cotton, Dye Woods, Drugs, Dry Goods, Fish, Flour, Freights, Fruits, Grain, Gunpowder, Hemp, Hides, India Rubber, Indigo, Leather, Lime, Lumber, Metals, Oil, and more. It notes moderate demand, generally steady or firm prices, and detailed quotations across numerous commodities and regions. The report highlights varied conditions in commodities such as coal, coffee, flour, and freights, with prices fluctuating by grade and origin.

Cambridge Boston Philadelphia Rosendale Resai Rio Modia Java Maracaibo Laguira Jamaica Manila American Russia Cotltton Uplands Gulf St Domingo Lima Japan Sicily Gambier Nova Scotia Pew Dry Bank Minnesota New York Michigan Ohio Indiana St Louis Illinois Liverpool London Glasgow Antwerp Australasia Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane California Baltimore Stow Malaga Valencia Sultana Turkey Virginia Palermo Messina Baracoa Warren Powder Mills Eureka Diam Heamster Boston Sporting du Pont Sporting Eagle Cebu Buenos Montevideo Buenos Ayres Entre Rios Corrientes Santa Fe Texas New Orleans India Bengal Calcutta Asto Ise Elaine

Market Report on Seeds Spices Spirits and Wool

Commodity prices listed for flaxseed linseed sugar molasses and copra with arrivals and private terms. Sugar and molasses demand steady with cargoes from Porto Rico Mantanzas Jamaica and Havana. wool markets show steady to fair demand with new wool arriving and various fleece grades priced.

Chicago Calcutta Castile Porto Rico Jamaica Cienfuegos Havana Mayaguez Ponce Yabacua New Orleans Sumac Sicily Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Texas Territory California

July Market Report Shows Quiet Start and Bright Rubber Goods Outlook

Business remains slow at the start of July with weak western demand and modest spring trade. Fall activity lags but manufacturers report sufficient orders to run factories. rubber goods expect a rebound as retailers prepare to arrive, prices stay low, and new styles appear. Boots and shoes shipments outside New England reach 57,112 cases this week, and 1,132,574 year to date, vs 1,152,574 last year, down 19,704.

Vermont New York Western Creamery Xtra Nova Scotia Canada Carolina Rangoon Java Patna Sloe Trapani Cadiz Liverpool Turk’s Island Ohio New England Maine J H Foss F H Coolidge Libby Libby & Wildersido Libby & Merrill W Hall New Hampshire J O Sanborn Freeman & Wood GB Sargent Aldrich & Johnson Winn J W Keiser E F Adden J C Marshall Breck Dow & Moulton Combs & Farrar FS Kimball H N Jones M C Roundy Hall & Seaver Piper & Pond F Charlton W Mears J B Remick J Carroll A Williamson W G Townsend J Engram W A Farnham W T Dwyer E B Evans Martin & Squier Battle W Tinker F Kenfiel NK Campbell H Ivgerson BS Hastings M Goldsmith A N Monroe Hollis & Co Dan Brown Farrell & Nagle G A Sawyer Farrell & McFlynn J B Thomas J H McCarthy J Cawley Hodges & Morse Grand Rapids Mich H Dardis H Boon Michigan London Glasgow Juliet Scythia G H Hammond G H Hammond & Co; Steamer Flows For Liverpool 171 Cattle For J A Hathaway Monroe Jowett & Co J H Fogg Libby & Son W W Hale W A Farnum JB Sargent Libby & Weiler Dow and Moulton J Engrein Freeman & Co F Chariton Brighton Union Market F Carleton J Engrem Old Pelters Breck & Wood G B Evens Combs Rarees

Maritime Goods List From Harbor Imports

A ledger style harvest of consignments includes HBuston AKACAJU sugar shipments, Maynard Sumner bananas, Haytiens and Turksland cocoa, coffee and logwood totals. Firms like Theo Phipps Isaac Rich Dupuy Riboul Dupuy and Harding appear alongside Williams and Johnson & Young with various bale counts, bags, barrels, and live lobsters from Port Westport.

Akacaju Eugeie Ebaracoa Maynard Sumner O Roget's & Co Cape Haytien Turkstsland Haytan Repub Theo Phipps & Co Issac Rich & Co Humacoa Eugene Hale Ealing Bros & Co Harding Schoone James Beckwith Johnson & Young

From New York to Nova Scotia and Liverpool trade cargo list

A long cargo inventory lists shipments from New York to various ports including Halifax Arichat Port Antonio St John and Liverpool. Items cover refined petroleum crackers lumber tobacco groceries and hardware among others with quantities such as 2550 barrels refined petroleum 4900 bushels corn 12500 shingles and 11700 taels cheese noted alongside ship names and destinations.

Honolulu H J. Wark New York Krageroe Nor Bark Statsminister Stang Halifax Arichat Louise Stettrin, Ger Roma Petroeum Port Antonio Jam Jessie H Freeman ST John N B Adah Liverpool Eng Virginian Adelaide Ae Seetensianee

Markets by Telegraph beef prices and cattle sales

Markets by Telegraph reports varied beef and cattle prices with detailed brand names and regional quotes. It lists prices for market beef, store cattle, sheep and lambs, hides and pelts, and notes regional figures from Maine to New York and Western states, plus horse and export trade developments.

Foreign Markets and Commodities Review London July Report

Financial and commercial notices from London July 1 12 30 PM show Consors Atlantic and Great Western shares varying in price along with Erie Illinois Central and major U S rail names. Wheat and corn markets steady to quiet with imports into the UK week prior and Liverpool and Paris price data. cotton futures timid with U S uplands and Orleans grades listed and notable bales traded.

London Consors Atlantic Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie Ilinois Central St. Paul Common New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool Paris United Kingdom England California Uplands Orleans

Inquests Find No Blame in Three Fatalities

Judge Parmenter rules no fault by the engineer after Aaron Parker dies from injuries suffered June 15 in Old Colony yard. John Logan, fatally injured June 1 near Beacon Street Somerville, deemed a vagrant addicted to liquor. Herbert Opin killed June 18 in harbor by Governor Andrew, deemed his own extraordinary negligence.

Judge Parmenter Aaron E. Parker Old Colony John Logan Charles River Beacon Street Somerville Herbert Opin Andrew

Salvation Army Preaching Case Set For Trial

The case of Rev. W. F. Davis Rev. H. L. Hastings and Salvation Army members charged with violating city by laws by preaching on the common was not reached Wednesday due to a lengthy docket. Government offered to drop the case if defendants agreed not to preach on the common again. with no compromise, trial will proceed.

W. F. Davis H. L. Hastings Salvation Army Superior Criminal Court Notreschea

Local Insolvencies and Assignments Reported in Various States

N B Hayes tailor of Manchester New Hampshire has failed. SchHeppman Spitzier Quinnipia brewery proprietors of Fairhaven Connecticut made an assignment on Tuesday. Wardwell Russell carpenters and builders of Providence Rhode Island have assigned to F S Smith. Abbott Sanderson grocers Olneyville Rhode Island have assigned to W L Whipple. Weak lungs spitting of blood consumption and related affections cured without physician. Address for treatise with two stamps World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo New York.

N. B. Hayes Manchester N. H SchHeppman & Spitzier Quinnipia Fairhaven World’s Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo, N. Y

Bartholdi Pedestal Fund Gathers, Statue Arrives

The Bartholdi pedestal fund nears completion as the statue arrives for Liberty Enlightening the World. The author touts the symbol of liberty in New York Harbor and notes generosity from foreign-born residents, while urging continued fundraising to ensure the pedestal is funded and the statue welcomed to the world.

Bartholdi New York Harbor Bay of New York Philip Beers Pedestal Fund Beers New York Itso Ee Gohan Bright Warner Rutter Central Hudson Central Hudson Railroad Willard Parker

Atlantic and Pacific railroad 1884 report overview

The annual report shows no new main line built in 1884, with construction expenditures of 458,565.54 and major outlays for ballasting, Sacramento track, and Colorado river bridges. Central division was authorized for 100 miles from Red Fork but not begun, with 917.1 miles operated year end. Revenue and deficits are detailed, including rebates, traffic gains from Mojave division, and a yearly net deficiency of 72,151.34. The report notes land sales, coal prospects, and a large Aztec Land and Cattle purchase, with land income to fund department expenses and remaining balances.

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company Sacramento Wash Colorado River Central Division Red Fork Mojave Southern Pacific Railroad Oakland San Francisco Trafic Department Atchison and Western Division Central Division of the Road Transcontinental Association Atchisons Yartite Aztec Land and Cattle Company California Nenseess Southern Pacific Company Atlantic and Pacific Company Buntington and Gould New York Commercial Bulletin Huntington and Gould Systems Jay Gould Missouri Pacific System C. P. Huntington Southern Pacific B. G. Clarke Houston Central George Sealy Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe Texas and St. Louis

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