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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1887

Page

6

Money Market and Stock Activity Report from Boston

The Boston money market remains steady with prime double-name paper at 4 1/2 to 5 percent and loans on call at 4 to 5 percent. Exchanges show gains year over year. Wisconsin Central and Mexican Central securities lead activity with notable advances in Atlantic & Pacific and San Diego Land.

Boston New York Sterling Exchange San Diego Land Wisconsin Central Mexican Central Securities Atchison Atlantic & Pacific Securities Atlantic & Pacific Cicago Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington ,& Northern Lincoln Oxford & Kansas Railroad Company Secretary of State Oxford Kansas Line Sappo Creek Capital Stock Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Kansas Pueblo Colorado Springs Union Pacific Cleveland & Canton Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Oregon Missouri, Kansas &Texas Detroit, Lansing & Northern Kansas City Boston Lard Company Boston Land Company Boston Land West End House San Diego Company

New York Money Markets Close Steady Amid Heavy Stocks

In New York on June 3 money on call eased to 4 to 4 1 4 percent with last loan at 4 percent. Prime mercantile paper 5 6 percent. Bar silver 95. Sterling and government bonds dull and steady. Railroad bonds quiet and generally heavy. After 2:15 p m the stock market turned heavy with fractional declines from top prices. Coal stocks remained quiet. Wheeling & Lake Erie and Fort Worth & Denver noted.

Wisconsin Central Securities New York Chicago Gogebic Range New On Fitchburg Preferred Boston & Lowell Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation Passumpsie Lowell New York & New England Central Massachusetts Cambridge Consolidated Railroad of Vermont Atchison Chicago, Burlington & Northern New York Gos Has It That Parties In the Interest of the Exican Vera Cruz Telepone Erie New England Osceola Bonanza Crescent Quincy Salt Lake City Hoverine Honerine National Extension Vatican al Sigle Honerine Company Winthrop Edwin Walden John A. Fenno Joseph W. Smith Tirrell Edward Tyler Matthew Bolles Manhattan Fort Worth West Shore Jersey Central Ottumwa Grand Rapids & Indianas Indiana, Bloomington & Western Mackinack & Marquette Louisville & Nashville St. Louis Oho & Missinsippi Texas Pacific Wabash Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Wheeling & Lake Erie

London Market Quotes Include U S Steel and Rail Stocks

London on June 3 reports Consols at 102 56 16 for both money and the account. Atlantic and Great Western firsts 47% and Canadian Pacific 63% are noted along with Erie 86% Illinois Central 14042 Mexican ordinary 6344 St Paul common 6 New York Central 11649 Pennsylvania 67 4.

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Trade Names and Attorneys Listed Across U S Cities

A dated directory-style item lists individuals and firms by city and state. Names include J A Curtis Fox Curtis Baltimore Stevenson Slingluff and others from Chicago Philadelphia Reading St Louis San Francisco Syracuse and more.

Altoona Penn A Curtis Fox & Curtis Baltimore Stevenson Stevenson & Slingluff Tre Binghamton H A Goff Stern, Goff & Co Chicago L Seixas Cook & Seixas Til Marks Seay al Goldsmith Goldsmith, Stein & Co Cuerinee W Laws Laws & Jo Dallas Tex J Newberger Sanger Bros Re. Davenport S P Bryant Bryant & Co

Commodity Market Roundup Shows Mixed Plain-Field Trading

In quiet wholesale activity several key items move differently from oats to apples. Flour and rye maintain steady to light demand while butter eggs and poultry show cautious firmness. Provisions and sugars hold firm as molasses remains steady and other staples stay largely unchanged.

Quiet mackerel market with light receipts and price notes

The market shows little activity with small supplies and prices noted for new mackerel at 750 to 800 for medium and 950 for large. Domestic and foreign receipts, Nova Scotia lobster catch, and Gloucester fleet totals accompany ongoing weather impacts and sardine exchange prices.

Daige Diewes Yarmouth Provincetown Nova Scotia American Fish Bureau Boston Wellfleet Gloucester Quero Grand Bank Western Bank Elmer Smith Highland Light Alice B. Dyer American Sardine Exchange Eastpont Exchange New York Portland United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries Maine New Brunswick The Fish Bureau Lehman Pickett Knowles Freeman H. Staples Potter Smk Bat Mackerel Fares Westin Bank Cn Ee Ipswich Bay Eee Jeffries Cape Shore Fao Shore Peete Waht

HERRING AND FISH PRICES FROM OLD MARKET LISTING

A historical price list reports various herring types by barrel and box with figures for Labrador Newfoundland Nova Scotia and Georges banks. It also lists canned goods fresh mackerel lobster clams sardines and fresh fish prices with regional references like Penobscot and Providence River.

Roe Bank Best Nova Scotia Norfolk Providence River

Market Reports Highlight Stable Prices Across Commodities

The June market notes show a firm flour market with steady quotations and cautious buying. Corn and oats trade slowly with firm oats and varied steamer yellow and mixed corn. inspections log 41 cars. Export totals for the week and year-to-date are listed across Wheat, Corn, Flour, and Oats with regional figures for New York, Boston, Montreal, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans.

Bush New York Boston Newport Newswey Montreal Philadelphia Baltimore N. Orleans Chicago Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Canada Western Eastern Bacon Park New Orleans Rapala Orie

Western and Eastern Markets Show Mixed Butter and Cheese Quotations

Butter supplies are limited yet brisk trade exists with prices steady across markets. Cheese demand is moderate with light supply, while eggs rise in firmness and trade remains active. Regional quotes include New York creamery butter at 19c bid, Philadelphia cheese firm at Ll, and Western eggs around 12c to 18c with various grades.

New York Liverpool Philadelphia Chicago Loven Cincinnati New Southern Vermont Choice Northern Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick

Agricultural price list for seeds hay and potatoes

The document compiles prices for peas beans and other produce with per bushel and per hundredweight quotes. It lists New York large and picked peas Vermont hand picked peas Canadian and Western pea varieties, Timothy hay, clover, red top, rye straw and oat straw, potatoes including Aroostook and Nova Scotia varieties, and tallow prices for City and country markets.

New York Canada Timothy North Timothy Red Top Jersey East Swale Aroostook Aroostook Hebrons Burbanks Maine Houston Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island

Bananas and fruits listed for steamer Welhaven freight

The Welhaven due June 6 from Baye o carries bananas for W. W. and R. Noyes. Strawberries sold today. Train Saturday to include twenty two cases of apples Russets with prices. Dried apples and evaporated varieties priced. Valencia oranges and lemons Messina Palermo listed by case and box. Florida oranges and Russet options priced. Bananas from Baracoa Aspinwall Jamaica priced per bunch or box.

Welhaven Bayeo W. W R. Noyes Valencia Messina Palermo Florida Baracoa Aspinwall Jamaica

Strong Market for Vegetables Amid Mixed Supplies and Prices

Asparagus receipts shrink with choice lots at 125 per dozen. Southern beans abundant at 2 per wax crate and 75 cents for ateing. Onions plentiful at 135 Ber mudas and 226 Levants. Peas moderate with Maryland 3 560 400 and 125 per crate. Potatoes in moderate demand at 175 per crate. Summer squash quiet at 126 per crate. Cucumbers steady at 8 cents each and 8 per crate. Spinach supply shrinking with sales at 140 per bushel. Cabbages Florida 4 bu crate 250, St Andrew turnips 150 bu, Bermuda onions crate 185, carrots bush 1, lettuce 15 20c P dot, native spinach 40c P bush, native dandelions 25c 4 bush, radishes 25c doz long, parsnips 150 p bush, rhubarb tec lb, native cucumbers 6 6 2c each per crate 3.

Bermudas Levants Marylands Florida St. Andrew Bermuda

Mixed London Liverpool Cotton and Market Summary

Liverpool futures opened quiet and closed firm with June at 5 69-64d and July at 6 60-64d. New York spot and futures showed firmness with upland middling around 117-16c and futures bids near 11.40. Weekly sales reached 87,000 bales, American totals about 19,000, with stock and imports tallied. pipeline certificates and sugar markets noted steady to firm with refined prices easing.

Liverpool Orleans Liverpool Weekly New York MIBUS Maren Ae Severy Manila Lloilos Belmont

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