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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1887

Page

6

Money Market and Wall Street Notes from July Evening

The money market remains firm as banks withhold loanable funds. Clearing house balances and New York exchange firms show mixed movement, with rates around 6 7 percent for general paper and 7 8 percent on collateral loans. Stock markets swing from weakness to gains, led by Atchison and Wisconsin Central, while Chicago Burlington & Quincy holds near 144 and Bell Telephone prepares an extra dividend amid leadership changes.

New York Sterling Exchange Atchison Chicago San Francisco J. H. Woodward Woodward Wabash Company Pacific Coast Mojave Atlantic & Pacific Southern Pacific Met Burlington & Northern Montu T’l Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Union Pacific Oregon Transcontinental Detroit, Lansing & Northern Flint & Pere Marquette Inc California New England New York & New England Boston & Albany Boston & Lowell Rutland Central Massachusetts Worcester & Hudson Road Gilman Shrewsbury Westboro Marlboro Concon Massachusetts Larlboro Bell Telephone W. H. Forbes Howard Stockton Forbes American Water Works Company Water Works Omaha Nebraska Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Kansas City United States Cleveland Indianapolis Columbus Denver Detroi Minneapolis Boston Providence Portland Maine Worcester Springfield New York Stock Exchange Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York

East Tennessee Railways Declares 4 Percent on Preferred Stock

The East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company declare 4 per cent on preferred stock with payments due August 1. The Deadwood Terra Mining Company resumes dividends at 10 cents per share ($20,000) payable July 20. June bullion production is 8188 ounces worth about $53,800, with a June 1 surplus of $174,070. Wareham Savings Bank declares a semiannual dividend of 3 4 per cent. National Bank of Wareham declares a semiannual dividend of 3 per cent.

East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Company Deadwood-Terra Mining Company Wareham Savings Bank National Bank of Wareham

Bond Listings From Railway Companies

Chicago, Burlington and Northern Be benture 6s due 1896 and Northern Pacific Railway Guaranteed Branch Line 6s due 1937 are noted among available securities.

Chicago, Burlington & Northern Northern Pacific RR

Boston Stock Exchange Shows July 12 Sales Totals

New York stock sales on July 12 report 86,777 shares traded. Data lists shares sold and daily opening, highest, lowest, and closing prices for market movers.

New York Crmatawslaers

Market Dull and Steady as Bonds and Stocks Close Flat

The market remained dull and steady across government and state bonds while railroad bonds showed the weakest activity. Stocks opened dull with little change, trading stalled after 2:15 pm as readings, with Wheeling & Lake Erie and Louisville & Nashville modestly firm early on.

Wheeling & Lake Erie Louisville & Nashville Stock Exchange Reading Wheeling & Lake Northwestern Erie International Colorado Lackawanna St. Paul Sioux City Atlantic & Pacific Lawson & Co Baltimore

Foreign financial markets note US bond and stock prices

London July 12 United States 4s quoted at 1515 16s do 442s 112 Atlantic and Great Western firsts 4414 Atlantic and Great Western seconds 10 Canadian Pacific 6214 Erie 31 Pennsylvania 57984 Reading 2914 St Paul common 89 Pennsylvania 57984 Reading 2914 and Mexican ordinary 587% in active trading across major markets.

London United States Erie St. Paul Pennsylvania Reading

Money on Call and Market Quotes in New York

New York on July 12 reports money on call easy with rates from 322 to 66 and closing offers at 2. Prime mercantile paper quoted at 5 5 2, silver at 0%s, and sterling exchange available in market.

New York S. Sterling Exchange

Helping Hand Society Holds Market Plan For City Fair

The Helping Hand Society at Children's Mission advanced plans for a week long fair in Horticultural Hall starting October 81. Proceeds fund a home for working girls. The 110 member society will host a market with volunteers pledging stalls for vegetables fruits and other city market goods.

Horticultural Hall Children’s Mission

Commercial Market Snapshot from a Local Ledger

The report shows strong demand for lumber and new potatoes, with flour firm, corn quiet, oats steady, oatmeal quiet but steady, rye flour steady, malt unchanged, millfeed steady, butter firm, cheese firm, eggs unchanged, beans quiet, seeds firm, hay unchanged, straw quiet, poultry quiet, tallow dull, truck demand solid, pork quiet, lard unchanged, hams quiet, fresh beef easier, other fresh meats quiet, raw sugar steady, refined sugars very firm, and molasses steady.

New York Minnesota Chicago United Turrentine GOO Bbls Mess Pt Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Liverpool ST. Louis Detroit Michigan Milwaukee

Lumber Market Remains Strong Across Regions and Species

The lumber market shows steady demand across Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern markets with fair receipts. Prices hold firm for Western and Southern lumber, while spruce and pine varieties see broad movement. hemlock remains ample with solid demand and various cut grades and lengths quoted for shingles, boards, lath, and hardwoods including walnut, ash, oak, and cypress with cargo and yard values detailed.

Market Reports July 12 Flour and Grain Pulse

Market shows little change with firm wheat-led prices. Flour ranges hold at firm levels as sellers seek 10c advances. corn quiet with steamer yellow around 51c on track and 52%4c in elevators. oats steady with 42c No 2 white sold. call bids mixed, settling at 42% to 43c. Milling goods and feed items list varied prices across multiple grades, including long tables for flour, cornmeal, rye flour, oatmeal, and malt with regional price spread.

Minnesota Bakers Michigan New York Canada New Canada Western Yale P Eastern

Butter and cheese markets show steady demand across cities

The butter market is steady with fair trade and ample supply. Elgin bids 19c, Chicago and New York steady, St. Albans at 16 to 19c for general and selections. Cheese remains firm with good demand, Utica reports 14,000 sold at top 85c, New York and Chicago steady, Liverpool at 46s 8d. eggs unchanged.

Elgin Chicago New York St. Albans Utica Liverpool

Prices hold steady across eggs butter and grains in markets

New York eggs steady with Eastern firsts at 16 cents and Western 15 15 cents. Chicago eggs firm at 13 13?e. Butter surges and ranges from Western creamery 20 21 cents to New York creamery 21 22 cents, with Vermont and Eastern variations. Cheese prices mixed, eggs and poultry steady, beans and seeds showing modest shifts, hay and straw firm to steady amid large receipts. Wheat and corn markets show suppressed activity with dull demand and ongoing jobbing price adjustments.

New York Chicago Vermont Vermont Dairy Northern Choice Choice Canada West North Jersey

Fruit Market Report Signals Steady Prices Across Produce

Watermelons close at 20 26c, pears at 175 per crate, green apples 1560 175 per crate. Berries plentiful with blackberry 13 14c, blueberry 18 14c, blackcap 8 12c. Currants 8 12%ec quart box, native raspberries 16 20c per quart, Hudson River berries 8 41 44c per pint. Delaware peaches scarce and low, steamer Sleipner cargo to be sold Thursday. California sale: 249 pears, 240 peaches, 111 plums. Oranges Messina 5 7 per box, Palermo 5 60 7 OO per box, lemons 2 50 6 00 per box. Dried apples steady. evaporated 17c ib, good to choice 15 16c, quartered and sliced 5 7c. California fruits: apricots 2 25 per case, pears 3 4, peaches 28, plums 2 25. Overall good fair sales.

Georgia Erate California Messina Palermo

Market Prices For Vegetables And Produce Items

Market notes show strong demand for trucks at old quota prices. Tomatoes plentiful with sales around $1 125 per crate. Rhode Island tomatoes at $3 per bushel. Chicago crates $150 to $175. Cabbages abundant at $7 to $9 per 100. cantaloupes moving slowly at $8 3 16 per crate. Onions plentiful. Matta onions on Cephalonia steamer sold at $27 65 per basket. native onions $2.50 per 100 or $8 50 up to 100 count. Native beans in good supply at $12 per bush. peas higher at $1 1 2 54 per bush. Jersey green corn dull at 15¢ per dozen. Beets and turnips $3 per 100. Long Island turnips Ye per bunch. Native summer squash quiet at $3 49 per 100. Southern lots at $1 operate. southern squashes $1 50 per crate. Carrots $2 60 per 100. lettuce $1 per head. Native cucumbers 24c each. $2 60 per 100 peck or quart.

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Provisions and Fresh Meats Market Update

Pork and lard steady with quiet demand as hams hold firm. Fresh beet in fair supply and demand quiet. Mutton and lambs dull, unchanged. veals small supply but very choice. Pricing lists cover pork cuts, lard in pails, smoked shoulders, ribs, bacon, and various beef and mutton prices for nearby lots.

Chicago

Cotton futures open steady close lower by margins in Liverpool market

Liverpool futures opened quiet at the decline and closed steady with July at 5 42 04, July and August at 6 42 64, August and September at 5 41 64d, September and October at 5 22 64d, October and November at 5 14 64d, November and December at 5 11 64d, and December and January at 6 11 64d.

Uplands Orleans New York Liverpool

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Prices 1837 Weekly

Report for the Boston Post by G J Fox for the week ending July 12 1837 detailing market totals beef store cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices hides tallow skins and cattle and sheep classifications with price ranges and notes on quality and regional distinctions.

Boston Post G J. Fox Brighton N. B Boston & Pens Railroad

Trade Centre Flour and grain market report dates

Reports from New York and other cities show flour receipts and exports with firm prices for Western grades, mixed activity in wheat and rye, steady corn and oats, and varied livestock and byproducts. Prices list No 2 red and white wheats, spring and winter stocks, and rail delivery terms across markets including St Louis Detroit Milwaukee.

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