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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1887

Page

6

Money Market and Stock Activity in Boston and New York

The Boston money market held steady with demand for Joanabis funds strong and general business paper at 5 4 to 6 percent. Clearing house balances and New York funds figures are listed, with government and Sterling rates noted. The New York market shows broad activity. Mexican Central and other securities led gains while unions and rail stocks fluctuated. The piece details prominent stock moves, rights trading, and corporate notes, including Atchison suit developments and Union Pacific matters.

Boston Joanabis New York Sterling Exchange Boston Stock Exchange West End Ironton Iron Lining Central Massachusetts Metropolitan Horse New England Summit Branch Union Pacific Bonanza Catalpa National Quincy San Diego Land Atchison Atlantic & Pacific Boston & Lowell Boston & Providence Cleveland & Canton Cincinnati Sandusky & Cleveland Chicago Burlington & Northern Burlington & Quincey California Southern Mexican Central Wisconsin Central Chicago Eastern Illinois Franklin Mining Sania Clarence H. Venner Supreme Bonet Comany Herald Atchison Company St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Road Union Pacific Railway Company Horticultural Hall Corps of Engineers Portage Madison Wis Wisconsin Central Railroad Illinois Central San Francisco Chronicle California Riverside Los Angeles San Bernardino Flint & Pete Marquette Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon New York & New England Clark New York, New Haven & Hartford Road New Haven & Hartford Boston & Albany Wollaston San Diego Boylston Street

Dividend declarations from Connecticut River Railroad and Missouri Pacific

The Connecticut River Railroad Company declares a quarterly dividend of 2 percent. Missouri Pacific declares a regular quarterly dividend of 134 percent for payment April 1. Books close from March 19 to April 1 inclusive.

Connecticut River Railroad Company Missouri Pacific

Stock and sales figures with multiple securities noted

A fragmented list shows highest and lowest prices among stocks and bonds. Entries include Boston WP, West End Ld, Wollaston Ld, Union F, and multiple 6s, 5s, and 4s, with prices ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Names like Boylston St, Frenchman’s Bay, and San Diego Ld appear amid scattered figures.

Ye Pullman Rutland U Pac Sevevnee T&s Ironton Iron Co St Ld Boston West End Land Wollaston Ld BC St Ry Cen of Iowa Cal So Cove Eaee C & East Ill Fitchburg Wis Cent A & Pine Ci&s Bs Lou Ev & St L Kansas Bell ‘Telephone Erie Bonanza Franklin Aspinwall Ld Boylston St Ld Frenchman's Bay San Diego Land Wollaston Land Ironton Bron At & Fae T&s Fe B& A B& M Boston & Providence B&n C&e Ill Eserves Cen Mass NY &Ne Og &E Pullman Summit Br UN Pac Sac & Ports AT & SF Igre Tere GY Boylston St West End Ld Cgincatarete Vt Ces Union F Essiessee Sos M. C B& N K&w Suttig Este C, & W Inc Sp& M NY & Negs Ieee Catalpa National Pacer Angitar Quincy Ironton Tron Co Peas Gcs Frenchman’s Bay San Diego Ld Sera Ee Teese A&p Boon Les Ebsie Ene B&a Cole Iiss Cense Aeesees MGR

New York Financial Market Summary March Report

Money on call eased from 3 to 6 percent with last loan at 4 and close at 8 4. Government bonds dull, railroads firm, stock market dull yet closing firm near day’s highs. West Point turmoil caused a first hour dip, later recouped with an overall upturn and strong finish despite intraday volatility.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Baltimore & Ohiomegane Gould Sage West Point Hocking Valley Bears Chicago & Milwaukee Erie

United States and Canadian Rail Stocks Quotes

London markets report mixed stock quotes with U S railway shares listing figures for United States 4s 15154 United States 442s 11556 and Erie 843 Erie seconds 101 Illinois Central 188 New York Central 116 Pennsylvania 59% Reading 193% St Paul common 94 Canada Pacific 61% Mexican ordinary 695% Atlantic and Great Western firsts 485% and other notes in the table dated London March 15.

Ang Alt T. i Ore & Pacific Central Iowa Central Pac Ches Ohio St. le Cleve. & Co Col. & IL. Y Pine del. & H Oeais del. & L Bos Oan R R. G LOO DBI POL Vuverk East Tenneae Fort Wayne le Han St. Jo Kua Tee Eaks Shore Vole Lou. & N Memphis & Ch Central Eit Oseakin St. L.ee Pactic Essex Nash N. J. Cent Pacific Northwestern Zhou. C West Oregon Navola A Oregon Trans Panama P Pittsburg Sii Rich Reading Dan W.P Pre Roch Pitts Rock Island Ener Oo Ly St Paul Bo, Sup. & O Texas Pacific U Pacific Utica & B St. L. Vy Oregon Pacific Mail Pullman Pal Asean Union American Oil Con V. Lsts N. W St. Ae S. PP Pis St. R Isis Erie W. Shore Xpryuss Adams Wells’ Fargo Alice Agmador N. Beil Isl Bodie Ontario Bulwer Plymouth Col. Central London United States Atlantic & Great Western Canada Pacific Ilinois Central St. Paul New York Central Pennsylvania

Real estate transfers across Suffolk County and environs

Transactions list numerous land and building transfers dated March 2 to March 8 across Boston areas including Tremont Street Albany Street Wareham Street and East Boston. Names include Cobb Collins Ball Nason Dolan Shedd Baker Leahy Roughan Barrett Page Burnham Olsson and Pease with prices ranging from $1 to $8 000 and mortgaged backs noted for several parcels.

Suffolk County Columbus Avenue Charles H. Cobb Charles A. Collins Tremont Street William A. Davis Joshua D. Ball Durham Street Rollin H. Allen George W. Nason Boston Lyman Street Hannah Dolan Henry C. Angell Wareham Street City of Joseph G. Shedd Renton Whidden Albany Street Timothy D. Baker Hewlett W. Fisher Roxbury John McNally John P. Leahy Dolan’s Court Charlestown Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company James Roughan Monument Square Revere Henry Barrett Henry Barrett Et al Horatio N. Page Olive Street Winthrop David B. Burnham Matthew B Anne Olsson Otis Pease Bennington Street

Mortgages Filed in Local Real Estate Transactions

Several mortgage records listed including George W. Nason to Franklin Savings Bank on Durham street for 2000 dated March 3 and 12000 on March 8. Additional mortgages include George A. Gibson on Durham street March 3 for 13000 and 18000, Roxanna Eaton to Jacob Berwin on Camden street March 3 for 3000 and 1000, Rollin H. Allen on Durham street March 8 for 16000, Florence E. Belden trustees to Ellen Holden on First street South Boston March 3 for 2000, Renton Whidden to Andreas Blume on Wareham street March 5 for 4800, Charles E. Folsom on Brookside avenue West Roxbury March 4 for 1000, and Athens street and Adams street parcels March 4 for 8000 and 1000 respectively with other related notes.

George W. Nason Franklin Savings Bank Durham Street Ditto George A. Gibson Roxanna Eaton Jacob Berwin Camden Street George W. Nasov Rollin H. Allen Florence E. Belden Ellen B. Holden First Street Boston Renton Whidden Andreas Blume Wareham Street Charles E. Folsom Edwin Smith Brookside Avenue West Roxbury Adans Street H. Thomas Elder Louis A. Wyman Athens Street

Borsford's Acid Phosphate Endorsed for Nervous Exhaustion

Dr N B Reap of Chandlersville Illinois testifies to the medicine’s high value in treating mental and nerve exhaustion with sick headaches dyspepsia and reduced vitality.

Borsford Reap Chandlersville Ill

Commercial Matters Quiet Market Across Commodities and Provisions

Commodity notes show little movement with most items steady or firm. Fresh beef provisions remain steady while eggs butter cheese and fats hold firm. potatoes demand remains fair and poultry shows no change. Apples stay quiet but firm amid overall stable trading.

February Exports Of Provisions Cotton And Oils

A Washington bureau report shows United States exports for February. Beef and pork products rose to 7 108 943 dollars from 6 169 644, dairy products fell to 205 483 from 481 674, copper oils dropped to 2 400 182 from 3 259 461, and cotton exports climbed to 18 744 246 from 17 261 681, with mineral oils down to 2 400 182 from 3 259 461.

Bureau of Statistics Washington United States

Lumber Market Shows Steady Prices and Light Arrivals

The lumber market remains quiet with light water and rail arrivals. Demand is moderate with steady prices for clapboards shingles and Western lumber. dry hemlock scarce and Southern lumber fair priced. Ottawa and Saginaw reports hint at higher saw costs and mixed future output amid cold conditions in Canada.

Canada Ontario Quebec Ottawa Saginaw Northwestern Lumberman Mich Saginaw Valley Chicago Times A. G. van Schaick Luwimberman Wisconsin Dakota Nebraska Kansas Michigan Ohio Flinois Indiana Iowa Missouri New England New York Vermont

The Coal Trade Market Edge Remains Quiet

The anthracite coal market shows light demand with active port shipments but little domestic flow beyond Cape Cod. Retailers have cut prices by 25 to 50 cents amid lively competition while gas coals stay quiet with unchanged prices. Cumberland receipts are light and new figures report no sales. In New York, activity is strong across branches while Philadelphia notes unchanged overall.

Cape Cod The Philadelphia Ledger New York

Anthracite Coal Prices and Stock Versus Last Year

Dealers expect spring coal price cuts amid varied corporate stances. Some larger firms resist reductions while others favor concessions to spur spring purchases. Week ending March 5 shipments reach 622,119 tons, up from 580,662 last year. year to date output at 5,468,188 tons, above 5,369,681 a year ago.

Market Reports March 15 Flour and Grain Prices

The flour market remains dull with weak Western wheat and lower prices on several fancy grades. Corn and oats also move slowly with lower quotes. steady to lower closing bids for steamer yellow and oat calls. Receipts show mixed weekly totals and favorable winter wheat conditions across the belt, with Liverpool and Chicago quotations listed for wheat, corn, oats, and related products.

Seaboard Bush New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore New Orleans Kansas Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Liverpool Atlantic Arts Chicago Auvil Sc Sess Canada Superior Canada Canada Western Eastern

Butter market holds steady across major U S markets

Prices for fresh butter remain firm with quiet trade. Elgin and Chicago show steady to firm quotes from creamery and Western sources ranging up to 29c for extra firsts and 24c for firsts, while New York and Cincinnati report unchanged or quiet movement. EU and dairy items like cheese eggs and potatoes also show little change amid large receipts and steady quotations.

Elgin Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Creamery St. Louis New York Liverpool Abbott Cincinnati Western New York Creamery Eastern Creamery Vermont Dairy Vermont

Market Prices for Fruits and Produce Arrivals

Strawberries by the Savannah boat sold today at 20 25 cents per box. A carload of Washington naval oranges bound for California moves to Boston. California green peas and beans expected Wednesday March 16, consigned to George A. Pierce & Co. Prices listed for apples peaches nuts dried fruits and citrus including Baldwin apples from Massachusetts and Maine, greening, Tallman Sweet, Northern Spy, various nuts, evaporated fruits, Valencia oranges, Messina lemons and oranges, Malaga grapes, and Florida oranges with price ranges per box or per bushel.

Washington Naval California Boston George A. Pierce & Co Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Greening Tallman Northern Spy Virginia Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Florida

Pork and Lard Prices Firm in Market Report

Market note shows firm pork and lard prices with steady beef demand. Veals hold. muttons quiet. Detailed quotations list March through June prices for pork, lard, beef, and related products, including cuts, tongues, shoulders, ribs, and hams with varied per unit quotes.

Chicago Brighton

Cotton futures and spot markets show steady to dull trade

In Liverpool futures opened steady and closed dull with various March to September spreads. Spot market opened steady with fair demand, middling uplands and Orleans at 65 16 5 percent. Sales totaled 10 000 bales. receipts 24 000 bales. In New York spot closed dull with middling uplands at 97 3 4 cents. Futures opened steady with steady quotations.

Liverpool Orleans New York WEY Bureau of Statistics N.Y Boston Charleston Mass Philadelphia Penn Baltimore New Orleans S. C Detroit Mich Galveston Tex Huron Hee Mobile Ala Wilmington N.C Yorktown

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Boston Water Power Boston Water Power Company Supreme Court Sidney Bartlett Francis Rollins Ronton Tron Mining Ironton Iron Mining Company Ontonagon County Gogebic Range Samuel P. Snider J. W. Peace A. J. Trimble Nathaniel D. Moore E.’. M. Prescott Hurley International Trust Company Messrs. M. A. Hanna & Co Cleveland Ironton Colby Ashland Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad Gogebic Iron Range Milwaukee Kearsarge Mining Company Messrs Horatio Bigelow Joseph W. Clark Henry Sayles Charles van Brunt R. Kh. Goodhue Frederick Leck Transcrpt Anaconda Montana Colusa Irving A. Evans & Co Wall Street Ohio Central Ohio Southern Southern California Bell Telephone New England Telephone Verie Telephone Aspinwall Land Brookline Land Boston Land T& SE Atlantic & Pacific Lst Eastern Railroad Ateh Atlantic & Aoe Boston & Maine Central Mass Canton Burl North East San Flint& Pere Iowa Falls City Wee KC Pringfield & Mein My Little Stock Ft Smith Marg Hou & Ont England S & Lake Champlain Old Colony Allonez Atlantic Calumet & Hecla Ort Jatalpa Ee Oeysceola Napa Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street Stormont Burton San Francisco Cal Best & Peper Seenee Potosi Bodle Con Savage Sere Chollar Mietre Benen Crown Point Utah Gould & Curry Hale & Never Yellow Jacket Basset, Whitney & Co Devonshire Street Stock Exchanges H. D. Kyle New York City Hl, M Boston Post Brokers’ Board NEW York Financial Foreign Financial Markets Government Reports West India Coal Trade Minnesota Selds Timothy Clover Jersey East Swale Houlton Burbanks Prince Edward Island Chenangoes Prince Eawar¢ Island Nova Scotia St. Andrew United States Seaboard Bush. Bush Ae Ee Portland FROIT
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