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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1885

Page

3

Money markets and stock activity in New York trading

Money on call remains easy at 11 percent with closing near day’s highs. Foreign exchange dull with quotes steady. Government and state bonds quiet. railroad bonds generally firm. Stock market dull yet strong, with broad advances led by Vanderbilt, Lackawanna, and Delaware and Hudson. Reports hint at potential settlement between New York Central and West Shore. tomorrow exchange closes. Five day total shares traded 1,110,998.

Mexico Boston Stock Exchange Boston Mining and Stock Exchange Mexican Central Atchison, Topeks Santa Fe Kansas State Board Atlantic and Pacific Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Atchison and St. Louis San Francisco Albany York New England Erie New York Clark Fishhill Providence Star Union Line New Haven Hartford Boston Lowell Passumpsic Road Montreal Vanderbilts Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Railroad Vanderbilt South Ugh California Southern Pacific Morgan Huntington Railway and Navigation Company Union Northern Pacific Prime Mercantile Europe Havana New York Central Vanderbilt’s Lackawanna Delaware Hudson Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Burlington and Quincy Iowa Northwestern Cleveland Coluwnbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Milwaukee Lake Shore Western Midland New Jersey Richmond Dangilie Debenture St. Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Wabash Iowa Division Peoria Decatur Evansville Central of New Jersey Vanderbilt-Pennsylvania LrAnsa Coulons

Grain and oil markets report with mixed receipts

Across major grain markets Milwaukee Chicago and St Louis show varied receipts and shipments for flour wheat oats corn and rye with prices ranging from dull to easy. Provisions vitamins and oils ease or hold amid steady to lower pork lard and bulk meats while cotton futures and foreign fruit trade offer steadier tones and modest demand.

Chicago G. C. Hldridge & Co Emery & Hodges No. 28 State Street Baltimore St. Louis St. P. M St Louis Milwaukee Detroit Toledo Dull Cincinnati Union Virginia H. P Wilmington Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira Jamaica St Domingo Sc Ponce Porto Rico Cuba Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Congou Souchong Oolong Japans Messina Palermo Aspinwall Baracoa Centennial Beacon Light New York—Petroleum United Pipeline New Orleans New York Liverpool Go Orleans Tanit Coren

Maritime cargo briefs from multiple ports and ships

From ARROYO to TRAPANI and WIRDOOR reports list ships like Hortensia Addie E Snow Siddartha and Sarah and Ellen with casks, barrels, and orders. Entries note schooners brig bark and wharf cargoes including molasses lumber wine salt sugar hemp and plaster across Georgia, California, Manila, Cadiz, Charlestown and other harbors with firms Bates Barnet Doherty Smith and others named.

Arroyo Bates & Barnet Brunswick William Haskins & Son Cadiz Doherty & Co Smith, Doolittle & Smith Fisher & Fairbanks J Logan & Co John Miller & Co Carney & Bros John R Hazeltine Engelhardt & Co Medias Weld & Son Cardenas Sarah and Ellen Casaman& Co Charleston Cora Green Huckins & Co Georgetown Franconia Cypress William F Hall & Co Manila Freeman Rosario Ellen Crusoe Moise Brown Bros & Co Trapani Mimi George E Downes Wirdoor C R S

Shipping cargo list from Atlantic ports includes diverse goods

The cargo entries span Lockeport Nova Scotia Smyrna Turkey St Thomas US Virgin Islands Weymouth Lunenburg Metaghan Yarmouth Hawkesbury Halifax Charlottetown with vessels such as Elia Maud Herradura Lamoine Eureka Louis Dugan Alpha GG Alunda. goods include corn meal lard refined petroleum oysters tongues codfish smoked salmon ice tools flour meal salt sugar boxes bales paper lumber hats furniture crates vegetables and hardware with quantities noted for each item.

Lockeport Elia Maud Smyrna Turkey Herradura ST Thomas D W I Weymouth Eureka Lunenburg Wilhelmina Meteghan Louis Dugan Yarmouth Alpha Hawkesbury Halifax Port Hawksbury Charlottetown Alunda

Railroad Matters Fifty Years Since Boston and Worcester Opened

The article recounts the 50th anniversary of the Boston and Worcester railroad opening, noting the July 4 traffic day with four engines and 11-car trains, early Boston to Worcester service, and initial fare and earnings. It details construction progress from 1834 to 1835, the line’s consolidation into the Boston and Albany, and dividend history through 1837. It also lists earnings for the Erie lines and reports Belfast and Moosehead Lake railroad proceedings with director elections and a bond payoff plan.

Boston and Worcester Worcester Boston Way Springfield Hartford Western Railroad Mornene Boston and Worcester Railroad Boston and Westboro Brighton Framingham Erie Inc Pnce Belfast Moosehead Lake I. M. Boardman L. A. Knowlton J. S. Harriman W. K. Morrison S. W. Mathews H. L. Kilgore George E. Wallace John H. Quimby Brice Terrill Henry Clay Benjamin Rust Orange Court House Frank Board of Trade Eastport Sanford Fla Isaac F. Nelson Portsmouth N. H Thomas Chase Nashua Dunbarton, N. H Chase Washington House Lafayette Worcester and

Boston Public School Festival at Mechanics Hall

Boston public school graduates, Governor Robinson, and Mayor OBrien attend the annual festival in Mechanics Building. Dignitaries praise education, the event features bouquets for 2000 scholars, a Cadet band, and a later ice cream reception.

Mechanics James S&s. Murphy Robinson O’ Brien Boston J. Thomas Baldwin Guv, Robinson O’brien Baldwin James D. Murphy Franklin de Tocqueville Commonwealth of the Republic Union Murphy ABC Muir Street Heiss Hugh O’brien Myor D&ar Boston Boys

Weekly business failures report and insolvency actions

The week saw 183 U S failures and 21 in Canada, total 204, down from prior weeks except on the Pacific Coast. Suffolk creditors held ten minute solvency court meetings with oath administered to listed bankrupts and assignees, with third meetings planned for October. Notable cases include Joseph T. Paget owing 795 dollars, Louisa Hee in Lynn, and Edward A. Simonds in Salem. several filings and compromises noted across New England and New Jersey, plus sheriff sale and attachments for O Neill Wagon Co. of Springville and other matters in Providence, Portland, and nearby states.

United States Canada Pacific Coast Suffolk County McKim John A. Harrington Washington Street Leslie Miller Concord George F. Jordan Elizabeth J. Hartshorn James W. Oreland Central Wharf John J. Hamilton Robert T. Parks Hamilton & Parks Carpenters Border Street Boston Charles E. Mixer John M Livermore Mixer Bros Milk Street William H. Guild James Ferry Green Street Joseph T. Paget Louisa Hee Lynn Joseph A. Wallis Israel W. Dodge Beverly Edward A. Simonds Crockery Salem N. G. Nichols & Co Portland Charles L. Hiscock New Castle Lewis McDonald General Merchandise North Haven Abbott & Sanderson Johnston Olneyville R. I Wardwell & Russell Providence Charles P. Card Danielsonville Conn Erge & Bernstein, Clothiers and Tailors New Haven Joseph Warren Hanson Commonwealth Thomas F. Braman Patrick J. Hefferin Same Patrick Meehan William B. Heath

Bills Read and Referred in New Hampshire House

In Concord on July 3 the house read and referred several bills including exemptions for artificial reservoirs from taxation to aid crime detection, taxation changes, officer qualifications for savings banks, setting railroad passenger rates at 2 cents per mile with exceptions for Mt Washington Portland and Ogdensburg, establishing the true meridian line, regulating surveying practice, incorporation of St Marys School for Girls in Concord, and incorporation of the Concord Guaranty Savings Bank.

Concord N. H Mt. Washington Portland Ogdensburg St. Mary’s

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