Busy Day in the House Aswarding Railroad Consolidation Fails
The Massachusetts House and Senate heatedly debated railroad consolidation and other measures, with four failed bills on consolidation and a rejected mortgage bonds bill. The chambers suspended rules repeatedly and adjourned amid quorums issues and extensive committee activity.
Legislative debate on labor benevolent building schemes and rail priorities
The report on the labor bill to promote benevolent building associations was rejected by the committee with dissent. A similar dissent marked the Berry state loan petition. Debates covered police tenure, city control, and elevated roads with arguments on Meigs and Boston projects. The hearing on elevated railways continued.
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Atwood
Boston
Pinkerton
Worcester
Barrett
Kairos
House
Framingham Union Street Railway Company
Committee On Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Commonwealth
Committee On Election Laws
Causten Browne
Committee On Agriculture
General Court
State House
Commonwealth Building
Committee On
Mystic
Charles River
Imnonesta
First Baptist Society
Chelsea
Chabet Shalom
Middle District
Committee On Labor
Messrs
Howard
Keith
Senate
Mellen
Keane and
Quincy
John M. Berry
Wyman
Hyde Park
Union Station
New York & New Brunswick Consolidated Railroad
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William Bliss
G. C. Lord
A. Sewall
Hiudson
Symonds
Salem
Hayes
Lynn
Board of Aldermen
Hall
Taunton
Postal Automatic Telegraph and Construction Company
Dresser
Medford
Another Ship Canal Across Cape Cod Bass River Hearing
The committee on harbors and public lands heard Thomas H Bacon and associates seek leave to build a Bass River canal across Cape Cod. Engineer Colonel Henry Wilson outlined a seven to eight mile open ditch costing about 2.5 million dollars with dredging, jetties, and no locks, as remonstrants Cape Cod Canal Company opposed. The hearing adjourned to Wednesday for site visits.
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Committee On Harbors and Public Lands
Thomas H. Bacon
Cape Cod
Bass River
George H. Towle
Cape
Barnstable Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Bass River Canal
Boston
Pray & Sons occupy the square on Washington Street
The entire square fronting on Washington Street bounded by Harrison avenue extension Norfolk and Chickering places is now occupied by John H Pray Sons Co. This makes their carpet store the largest best lighted and most thoroughly appointed in the United States. Last season they expanded with a substantial upholstery department.
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Washington Street
Harrison Avenue
Norfolk and Chickering Places
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
United States
Messrs. Pray & Sons
Money Market News and Stock Movements of March 19
The market opens steady with high rates amid fund scarcity. Banks and brokers hold rates firm. city loans trade lower, while Atchison strike, Bell Telephone decision drive Boston gains and lift other stocks. Bond and treasurer figures show reserves rising though loans and deposits fall.
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Lee
Inc
P.c. Fund
United States
National Bank
Reichsmarks
Atchison
Bell Telephone
Boston
Atchison and
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Atchison Yards
Chicago
California Southern
California Southern Railroad
Burlington & Northern
Dividends Declared by E T Airbanks Scale Co St Johnsbury VT
The E T Airbanks Scale Company of St Johnsbury Vermont announces a dividend of 15 dollars per share.
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Airbanks Scale Company
St. Johnsbury
Wall Street Market News March 19 New York Stock Sales Report
Money on call easy near 3 percent with last loan at 3 and bank rates firm. Stocks opened higher and rose through the day with broad gains in the active list, led by Lackawanna. Rail bonds were volatile while overall market closed quiet but firm near day’s highs amid mixed reports and volume of 174,935 shares.
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Detroit
Lansing & Northern
New York
New England
Chicago, Kansas & Western
Atchison
Consolidated Vermont
Fitchburg
Troy
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Bell Telephone
Bell ‘Telephone
San Diego Land
San Diego Land and Town Lot Company
Motor Road
West End Land
Boston Land
Frenchman’s Bay
Calumet & Hecla
Boston & Montana
Franklin
John Stanton
Atlantic, Central and Allonez
Calumet & Hlecla
Calumet and Red Jacket
Calumet & Lecla
Boston
Lanus
Wisconsin Central
Chicago, Burlington& Quincey
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Atlantic and Pacific
Henry C. Nutt
Atlantic & Pacific
Chicago
Mesars, Paige, Carey & Co
Cleveland & Canton
Coshecton
Zanesville
Union Pacific
Manitoba
Summit
Mexican Central
Toledo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Tod
Prime Mercantile
S. Sterling Exchange
Lackawanna
Gould
Western Union
Louisville & Nashville Company
Treasury
Jersey Central
East Tennessee
Erie
Cleveland, Painsville & Ashtabula
New York, Ontario & Western
Norfolk & Western Generals
South Pacific of
California
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Boston Stock Exchange
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Arnold
Lee Athletic
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Boston Mercantile Note with Bonds and Mining Lists
Boston mercantile accounts solicit correspondence to R C Downer president F C Squire vice president and W R Dresser cashier lists bonds prices and mining company entries including Erie St Paul Kansas Pacific and Wells Fargo along with miners Amador Bodie Carupano and Goldfield region stocks and notes on various securities and towns.
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F. C. Squire
W. R. Dresser
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Express Ss See
Wells Fargo
Lontario
S. King
Tenn.c. &I
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Foreign Markets Roundup and Berlin Bank Report
London market updates list prices for Consols and U S bonds, Canadian Pacific and Erie stocks, and major U S rails with percent changes. Paris rates shown for rentes. Berlin notes Imperial Bank of Germany reports 7.76 million marks rise in specie.
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London
United States
Atlantic & Great Western
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Illinois Central
Mexican Central
St Paul Common
New York Central
Commercial Goods Market Report Quiet to Steady
Canned goods show steady supply while flour and corn hold moderate to firm demand. Butter and pork are firmer, eggs lower, and oats, beans, and poultry show quiet demand. Fresh beef firm, veals easier, lambs with fair movement, cranberries light, Florida oranges strong, med fruit in demand, tallow fair.
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Florida
Market Notes on Wheat and Provisions Opening Trade
Traders found limited wheat or corn for sale at the open keeping a firmer tone while cables were weak and May wheat hit 78 14. Grain receipts and shipments are listed for flour wheat corn oats rye and barley with hog prices and Saturday official receipts in the record.
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Farnum, Reardon & Co
Trade Quiet Then Active Close in First Week Storm
Early week slow due to the storm with a fair finish from first hand as prices hold steady. A strong jobbing movement appears in canned goods with wide variety of fruits and vegetables listed, including apples, apricots, berries, beans, corn, cherries, clams, lobster, mackerel, oysters, peaches, pineapples, pears, plums, and tomatoes with prevailing per dozen or per can pricing.
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California
Flour and Grain Market Steady Amid Moderate Trade
The flour market remains steady with moderate business and no substantial price gains. The market tone is cautious as merchants report steady demand and buyers await clearer signals on supplies.
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