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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1883

Page

3

New York Market Highlights and Commodity Prices

New York trading on March 2 shows money on call at 4 to 6 per cent with mercantile paper at 6 61 per cent. Stocks closed strong after a volatile day led by Villard issues. railroad bonds rose and mining stocks gained late. Dry goods imports for the week totaled 4.5 million dollars, while Texas issues and East Tennessee incomes moved unevenly. Trading volume reached 77,737 shares as the market firmed into the close.

New York Prime Mercantile Texas Delaware and Hudson Houston Waco Jersey Central Kansas Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Pacific de Rio Grande East Tennessee Omaha Denver Rio Grande Wabash Michigan Central Union Pacific Oregon Villard Bloomington Western Lackawanna Missouri Pacific Sierra Grande Robinson Consolidated Alice Green Mountain New York Produce Exchange New York Produce Exchange Bank Post Hallet United States District Court For Colorado Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Denver and New Orleans Denver and Rio Grande Supreme Court Denver and Han, & St. Jon Kansas & Texas Lake Shore Louisville& Nash Michiown Gabel Olly Tay Sok Manhattan Memphis & C Northwestern New Jersey Northern Pacific Ohio & Missisippi Alsais Ontario & West Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Phila Reading Milwaukee &St.p St. P Big Texas Pacific St.l.& Pa Ace of Western Union Oregon Trans.Co

Liverpool and Boston Market Prices and Futures Quotes

Reported from New York Mercantile Exchange and Boston exchange with Butter, eggs and cheese prices, pork and grain futures for March to June contracts. Includes Chicago hogs, March wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley values, with stock and pork rib figures and date references to 1883.

Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange Elgin Creamery State Dairy New Ohio Boston Produce Exchange Chicago New York Farnum, Rearden & Co State Street Pork Lord S’rt

Wool market holds steady as London sales advance

Wool sales remain firm with about 2,500,000 ths reported. London sale progress shows 4,078 bales from New South Wales and Queensland fleece with varied prices across greys, scoured, and locks. Port Phillip Adelaide and Cape sold strongly as prices held near last week. Hon. Lewis N. Gilbert represented a well-stocked Ware firm amid a booming market.

London New South Wales Queensland New Zealand Cape Natal Port Phillip Adelaide Qobiec Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan New York Iowa Territory Texas California de Fall Canada Lewis N. Gilbert Ware

Record of Merchant Shipments and Goods Across Ports

A dense ledger of cargoes and consignments listing steamer Bavarian cargoes and various firms in Liverpool with bales, crates, casks, and cases of paper stock, dyes, woollens, and hardware, plus Mediterranean port orders and multiple schooners delivering oranges, fruit, hemp, sugar, and cotton to destinations including Leghorn and Calcutta with firms like Baring Bros, Franklin Rolfe, and J B Moors & Co. involved.

Mediterranean Geneva Catalonia Franklin Rolfe & Co Baring Bros & Co Rolfe & Co Westervelt & Co Calcutta Bark Freeman Whitney Moors & Co Brown Bros & Co

Foreign Exports from St John and St Thomas Ports

In St John New Brunswick schooner Beélian cleared March 2 carrying 125 bbis cornmeal 125 barrels flour 379 bars iron and related items 19 8 spikes 99 bbis hoop iron 1 chain 147 bars iron 14 barrels kerosene oil. In St Thomas Wisconsin bark Hancock formerly March 1 loaded 338 barrels flour 10 bags bran 15 barrels 15 baskets apples 398 tons ice 7 cases boots and shoes 10 do thatches 52 kits 1 box fish 30 cases lard 1 kg game 15 boxes oysters 3 barrels beets 1 box celery 20 bits sugar 30 067 feet white pine boards 10 pieces lumber 1 382 bushels shingles 1 spruce spar.

ST John Beélian ST Thomas Bark Hancock

Market News from the United States Ports and Grain Prices

At New York and across major markets on March 2 producers faced steady to firm tones in cotton and flour with modest demand. Wheat futures fluctuated but closed near prior levels, corn eased, oats mixed, and pork and lard moved lower in spots. Regional updates show price levels across Boston to Chicago with varied receipts and exports, including steel and petroleum alongside staple grains and livestock.

Anne Gilerfiour Illinois St Louis Indiana Hio Michigan New York Linois St. Louis Canada West Boston Liverpool Uplands Orleans Manchester Porto Rico Minnesota Western Letheca Canada Rley Eipis Rio Petroleum—United Rosin Finn South America Gloucester Cape Shore Good Acary Bank Ee Shores Newfoundland Choice Nova Scotia Dry Bank Shore Nova Scotia Bay of Fundy Labrador Halifax California Cape Ann Advertiser Chicago Darley Gom Stieesei Milwaukee Toledo Gorn Mobile Savannah Charleston Memphis Sloc Albany Cincinnati Detroit London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane England Manchester Guardian New South Wales Queensland Havana

Market report from London and Liverpool trading hubs

Financial wires from London detail Consols and rail shares with prices for Erie New York Central and other lines. Liverpool and London wheat notes show quiet steady cargoes with cooler weather. Cotton in Liverpool ease futures flat and weekly totals given. Havana gold price listed in Spanish currency.

London Atlantic and Great Western Erie New York Central Thnons Central Pennsylvania Central Reading Mexican Railway Ontario and Western Milwaukee and St. Paul

Burlington and Hannibal rail talks break off says Perkins

Mr E P Perkins president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy says negotiations with the Hannibal and St Joe over acquisition are broken off due to disagreements on terms. He notes Burlington offered fair stock value but Hannibal owners demand more. He doubts an immediate extension to Chicago and cautions it would favor Gould interests and the Wabash. The Mt Desert railway will be about one and one fifth miles long.

Bears Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincey Kiernan Indiana Hannibal and St. Joseph Chicago and Western Indiana Quincy Burlington and Quincey Road Messrs. Sage Gould Hannibal and St. Joseph Road Union Pacific New York Boston Charles Francis Adams, Jr Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis E. B. Phillips West M. B. Mann Frankfort State Line Charlestown L. B. Stinlson Sandusky Cleveland Wisconsin Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Eastern Old Colony New England Portsmouth Great Falls Conway Northern Massachusetts Central Messrs Charles A. Sweet & Co Massachusetts Central Railroad Company Lamoilie Valley Extension Railroad Company St. Johnsbury Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company Atlantic and Pacific Albuquerque Mexican Central Bay State Telephone Mexican Telephone Lowell Courier Northwestern Telephone Company A. A. Coburn Minneapolis Lowell W. A. Ingham Charles J. Glidden Loren N. Downs Eli W. Hoyt Freeman B. Shedd A.A. Coburn A. G. Pollard Boston and Northern Telephone Company Salem E. Perkins Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad Company Mr. Perkins Hannibal and St. Joe Burlington Burlington and Southwestern Kansas City Hannibal Missouri River Kansas City, St. Joe Council Bluffs St. Joels Perkins Wabash Chicago Tribune Mt. Desert Green Mountain

Consolidation Announcement and Railroad Updates

Officially confirmed, the Dubuque River division consolidation extends to Savannah adding about 166 miles to the river line. Denver and Rio Grande reports an 8700 rise in earnings for the fourth week of February with only 50 miles left to Salt Lake City and a Montrose to Ouray branch planned after Utah completion. Col Greene pushes Maine Shore Line Bangor to Calais with 12600 sought. if subscribed, Brewer to Sullivan road will be built in 16 months. Louisville Evansville St Louis directors reelect French as president Evans as secretary. Texas and St Louis Narrow Gauge completion to Dallas extended to April 1584. California sues Central Pacific for 2 million.

Dubuque Enicaee Iswaukee St. Paul Savannah Denver Rio Grande Salt Lake City Montrose Ouray Utah Col. Greene Maine Shore Line Bangor Calais Brewer and Sullivan Louisville Evansville St. Louis Jonas H. French George F. Evans Texas and St. Louis Dallas

Insolvencies Hit Multiple Firms Across Several States

A long list shows D. W. Read & Co. suspending with 1881 assets of 297 600 and liabilities of 32 000, plus New York operations abandoned. Other failures include William D. Harding in Vineyard Haven with 1 200 liabilities and 600 assets, Taylor & Co. and G. H. Taylor & Co. in insolvency actions, and numerous small creditors’ bills and assignments in Boston, Chicago, Brockton, Peoria, and Jersey City.

D. W. R. Read & Co New York Philadelphia Baltimore London Suffolk County Jamies Harkins Endicott Street William D. Harding Vineyard Haven Cottage City Cleveland Paper Company C. T. Beckwith Chicago United States Taylor & Co Anson Horton Isaac Emerson Boots and Shoes Brockton Frank R. van Nest New York City van Nest Bros G. H. Taylor & Co Stationers D. O. Goodrich & Co Boston Ives, Bellamy & Co Hall & Edwards Merchant Tailors Washington Street H. Fox & Co Durhamville Oneida County N. Y Charlies Lehman Dry Goods Peoria Ill J.C. Whittlesey Fond du Lac Hit Cleveland Furnace Steubenville

Lords Swear In New Peers Amid Ceremony and Favor

In the house of lords Lord Chancellor Selbourne and Lord Wolseley were sworn in with ceremony and simpler rites. Wolseley sat in the front cross bench between the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge after oath. Other new peers including lord alcester lord harrowby and the earl of wemyss will be introduced later.

House of Lords Selbourne Lord Wolseley Granville and Kimberley Wolseley Prince of Wales Duke of Cambridge Lord Alcester Lord Harrowby Earl of Wemyss

Crescent and Catalpa Mines Produce 120 Tons Weekly

The Catalpa and Crescent mines now produce 120 tons of ore weekly. Coxheath Mining in Nova Scotia employs 75 men and accelerates development on two shafts. In Kimberley South Africa the district’s main mine, the Kimberly, sits in a town of the same name and employs thousands of natives. Diamonds lie in a stiff clay soil dug to 600 feet. Desert supply runs are costly and sickness is common year round.

Catalpa Crescent Coxheath Mining Company Nova Scotia Kimberly South Africa

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