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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1890

Page

6

Money Market Summary From Boston and New York

The Money Market closes steady with clearing house rates at 4 1/8 to 4 1/2 percent. General market time loans range 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 percent, call loans 4 1/4 to 6 percent. New York funds discount 6 to 15 cents per $1000. Weekly exchanges at Clearing House total $97,435,607 with balances $10,540,135. Proposals for Boston city ten year loan at 4 percent received. awards go to R L Day & Co. and Adams, Blodget & Co. Government securities little changed. Import and export figures for New York show large specie movements and rising bank reserves. Union Pacific and other rail stocks mixed amid winter losses and strategic reorganizations. Boston & Montana Mining and other mining shares show gains on dividend talks. Arnold remains weak. Huron mine reports improvements and expected output rise.

Clearing House New York Clearing House Archi Boston George A. Lewis A. Kean & Co New York Chicago R. L. Day & Co Adams Blodget & Co Blake Bros. & Co Breweter Adams, Blodget & Co United States Canada Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Northern Burlington Hannibal & St. Joseph St. Louis Keokuk & Northwestern Harmony Eastern Boston & Maine Central Massachusetts General Lawrence Itehburg Preferred Lamson Store Lamson Consolidated Store Service Company Laselle J. Hayden New Jersey Hayden Titcomb California Frank M. Ames Joan Shepard Boston & Montana Mining Kearsarge Osceola Ya Centennial Calumet & Hecla Arnold Copper Falls Butte & Boston

City Hall Bonds Bid Notice Issued by Milwaukee Board

The Commissioners of the Public Debt of Milwaukee invite bids for sixty City Hall bonds of 1000 dollars each, 4 percent interest, payable semiannually, to help purchase a site for a city building. Bids due March 20, 1890, at 10 a.m., with delivery April 1, 1890. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Wisconsin City of Milwaukee United States of America George W. Porth Wis

New York financial market eases with mixed gains on March 15

Money on call remained easy with no loans, while prime mercantile paper stayed in light demand. Sterling exchange steady at 4.91 for sixty-day bills and 4.84 for demand. The stock list held a quiet to dull tone but showed spot strength in Vanderbilts and Gould shares, with Reading and various iron and coal issues advancing at day’s close. Bond activity totaled $680,000, led by Reading first incomes and Atlantic & Pacific.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Vanderbilt Michigan Central Lake Shore Canada Southern Gould Manhattan Toledo & Ohio Central Common Tennessee Coal & Iron Reading Atlantic & Pacific Pittsburg & Western St. Paul Mineral St. Louis

West Virginia Central stockholders debate Piedmont lease

A West Virginia Central stockholders meeting in Bartiere Md discusses leasing and operating the Piedmont and Cumberland railroad for 60 percent of gross earnings. Major Alexander Shaw opposes the lease via deputy sheriff restraining majority stockholders from voting due to dual holdings. Also reported are New York Central quarterly earnings and a progress update on the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis bridge piers over the Mississippi at Memphis.

West Virginia Central Davis James G. Blaine Stephen L. Elkins Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Mississippi River Memphis

The Option Markets Stir Wheat Prices in Chicago Trade

Wheat futures moved on cold weather and India crop concerns lifting prices while local traders eyed weather risks. Corn and oats showed firmer trade, and pork lard and ribs prices fluctuated with early gains later eroding. Closing quotes highlighted mixed demand across New York St Louis Minneapolis and Milwaukee markets with substantial daily shifts in futures and cash prices.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston India Parnum, Reardon & Co Aera GoVe Simvicinese Ocke Matchic Ceke Eee Bou PUNE Qilea Clecees New York St. Louis Minneapolis Avril Northern Duluth Milwaukee

Foreign Financial Reports and Market Quotes

London market notes list Atlantic and Great Western, Erie, Mexican shares, St Paul and New York Central values, with readings for Erie seconds, Mexican Central, Reading and Spanish tours. Paris advice cites 3 percent rentes at 88 francs 6237/2.

London Great Western Erie St. Paul New York Central Pennsylvania Canadian Pacific Paris

Commercial Market Summary Notes Low Activity Across Goods

Flour firmer and corn quiet with oats steady. Rye dull and graham thour ver. Oatmeal dull, rye quiet, barley dull. Millfeed firm, cottonseed mit mait dull. Hops undane, butter steady, cheese very, beans quiet. Eggs steady, poultry and game quiet. Potatoes steady, sweet potatoes quiet, apples fair demand, truck steady. Mediterranean fruits steady, Florida oranges steady, cranberries firm, dried apples fairly active, nuts steady. Pork products firm, beef and tongues quiet, fresh beef firm, other fresh meats quiet. Tallow dull, high wines firm.

Graham Florida

The Print Cloth Market in Fall River and Providence

Fall River reports weekly print cloth data with production at 200000 pieces deliveries 196000 stock 55000 sales 151000 spot 47000 futures 104000 and prices 3 5 sc for 64x64s 31 16¢ for 60x56s Market steady. Providence notes a quiet steady market closing with little selling activity week sales include 6000 pieces 64 squares at 37 16c less 1 percent and 12000 pieces 64 squares at 3 sc stock 298000 pieces 6 48 and 4000 DrIeces 5bX6008.

Fall River Mall River Providence

Improved Train Service on Union Pacific Northwestern Line

The Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern line runs solid vestibule trains from Chicago to the Pacific Coast with no change connections to Council Bluffs Omaha Denver Ogden Salt Lake City San Francisco and Portland in Wagner or Pullman sleepers. Offices located at Washington Street Bos No 6 State and 2 ton.

Chicago, Union Pacific & Northwestern Line Chicago Pacific Coast Council Bluffs Omaha Denver Ogden Salt Lake San Francisco Portland Lonis Washington Streets

Body of Missing Man Found Near Cambridge Wharf

The body of William Brennan was found in the mud off Smith's Wharf in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. Brennan had been missing for about a year, and worked at the American Rubber factory. The report notes a prior medical condition and mentions pile ointment pricing in unrelated text.

William Brennan Smith’s Wharf Cambridge Brennan

Iron Market Dips Yet Demand Rises for Large Lots

The crude iron market showed weaker prices over recent days but improved demand with several offers for large lots. Shipping port quotes: No 1 19 19 50, No 2 18 18 60, gray forge 17 417 50 per ton. small lots 11 2 above. Southern pig iron Boston delivery No 1 19 50 20 00, No 2 18 50 19 50, No 3 17 50. Bessemer pig 20 22 50. Bar iron trades moderate at 2 from mill. Norway Sweden firm bars 80 82 50, shapes 85 87 50. Nails 2 30 2 40 per keg. Production rising toward 50 large, sparking concern. prices slipping. Philadelphia Report quotes weekly crude iron output about 46 000, coke furnace 122 000, blast furnace total 181 000. week to week rise ~7 000. Bessemer iron unsettled at 20 20 50 per ton. Foreign markets steadier, steel rails steady at 34435 works. Tin up. London markets lower. copper quiet. Lead small trades, spelter weak, plates dull at 52 75 to 43 quality.

Gray Forge Boston Bessemer Norway Philadelphia Record London

General Markets March 1 Flour and Grain Prices

Domestic flour quotations cover wholesale and jobbing prices. Carload inspections include 7 mixed corn, 6 No 2 mixed steer corn, 21 steamer yellow corn, 30 steamer corn, 5 no grade corn, 8 No 8 white oats, 1 No 4 white oats, and 2 rejected cars.

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