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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Stays Tight as Rates Hold Firm in Boston

Boston money market shows little let up with loanable funds scarce. Time loans rule above 6 percent, calls at 7 percent, and New York funds trade at par to 16.4 cents premium. Atlantic & Pacific and Atchison stocks gain interest amid rail and oil sentiment, with orange shipments and Pullman earnings notes shaping the scene.

Boston New York Elijah Smith Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Sterling Exchange London Atchison Messrs. Adams, Blodgett & Co Paris Berlin Atlantic & Pacific Securities California Southern Arizona Atlantic & Pacific Flagstaff Pullman Palace Kiernan Chicago Pullman Here Wagner Webb Palace Louisville Evansville St. Louis George, Sr. Evans Continental National Bank Burlington & Northern Manitoba Burlington & Uincy Union Pacific Wisconsin Central Summit Branch Iowa Falls Sioux City Margquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Mexican Central Ogdensburg Lake Champlain The New York Herald of Today Baltimore & Ohio Wall Street Ives Stayner Irving A. Evans Massachusetts Common New York & New England Common New Haven Derby Railroad Common Council Derby Road Consolidated Road Boston & Lowell Journal New Hampshire Lowell Nashua & Lowell West End Levonshire Street House Congress Street State Street Beacon Street Devonshire Street

Insurance and mining firms declare April dividends

The Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance Company will pay a 3 percent dividend on April 1. The Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Company declares a semi annual 3 percent dividend payable April 1. The Boston and Colorado Smelting Company declares a 342 percent quarterly dividend. The Lamson Store Service Company pays $150 per share. Salem Savings Bank declares 2 percent. Security Associates declare their regular quarterly dividend of 12 percent payable April 1.

Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance Company Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Company Boston & Colorado Smelting Company Auarterly Lamson Store Service Company Salem Savings Bank Security Associates

New York Stock Sales March 23 Report Highlights

Today's market highlights 104,218 shares traded with listings across bonds and mortgages. The report lists opening high low and closing prices for various securities, including Old Colony notes, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe stock, New England Mortgage Security issues, and Rutland railroad bonds.

New York Revere National Bank Atlas National Bank Giobe National Bank Webster National Bank Eae Hamilton National Bank Ates Otaea Ae Eliot National Bank Everett National Bank New England National New Market National Bank Freeman’s National Bank Fagle National Bank Boston National Bank Union National Bank Bates Manufacturing Co Washington Mills, New Douglas Axe Company New York, New Haven & Hart Conn. & Passumpsic Rivers RR Cheshire RR Cusihuirachie Mining Co Chelsea Leveland Akron Nashua N.H Pixon, Peo. & Han Burl Pleasant Hill & DeSoto Kansas City, Law. & So Old Boston National Bank Gol New England National Bank Oy Exchange National Bank Eagle N National Bank Lowell Manufacturing Co Continental Mills Eee Chicopee Et Ne Co Newmarket Atlantic Cotton Mills Stark Millassed Androscoggin Manufacturing Co Merrimack Manufacturing Co Fitchburg RR Old Colony Railroad Boston & Albany RR Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Wise Rockport Granite Co Essex Company Arkansas Valley ‘Elevator Co Globe Nail Co Newburyport Boston Gulf, Colo. & Santa Fe Cedar Rapids& Mo Fremont, Elk. & Mo Val FP. K Boston, Clinton & Fitch Manfield & Framingham

New York Financial Roundup of March Market Movements

Money on call eased to 2 1/2 to 6 percent with last loan at 3 1/2. Government and railroad bonds steadied. Fort Worth & Denver weakness weighed on the market. The close was dull but firm after a minor rally led by Pacific Mail, with Richmond & West Point strong and Fort Worth & Denver weak.

Can Loan and Trust Company San Diego Topeka Kan Wollaston Boylston Street New York Commercial Bulletin Lake Baltimore & Oxford London Cables New York Prime Mercantile Barsilver Sterling Exchange Fort Worth Denver Pacific Mail Richmond West Point Fort Worth Denver Louisville & Nashville Texas Pacific Terminal Trust South Carolina Wabash Chicago Division Kansas City & Northern Omaha Ohio Southern Chesapeake & Ohio Albany & Susquehanna Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsburg Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western

Market Notes From London on March 2

Foreign financial markets report Consols at 1021 16 for money and 1024 for the account. United States 4s at 13058, 442s at 11144, Atlantic and Great Western firsts 4844, Canada Pacific 63, Erie 345 percent, Erie seconds 10602, Illinois Central 13334, Mexican ordinary 635 percent, St Paul common 9244.

London United States Atlantic & Great Western Canada Pacific Erie Ilinois Central St. Paul

Market Report Shows Mixed Movement Across Commodities

Leather improves while hides remain unchanged and flour, rye, oats, and many grains hold steady. Butter and cheese stay firm, eggs soften, potatoes and hay stay quiet, grass seeds and provisions firm. Fresh beef firm, sugar steady, molasses steady, apples quiet but firm. No changes noted in poultry or many other staples.

St. Louis Elgin Creamery Western Creamery Philadelphia New York Chicago Cincinnati Choice Creamery Choice Dairy Vermont Liverpool Abbott Bermuda Norfolk Eastern Vermont Dairy Minnesota Timothy North West Clover Jersey Amdle Jsay Houlton Nebrons Aroostook Aroostook Hebrons Vermont Hebrons Hebrons Burbanks Maine Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia St. Andrew Cape Cod

Leather market shows active bid for sole leather demand

Sole leather markets report active quotations with good export demand and strong rough leather inquiries. Finished leathers show sales, but some categories like heavy lots and calfskins are slow. hides supply remains ample while foreign and New England hides demand weak.

New England Brogan Brighton Buenos Ayres Montevideo Rio Grande Entre Rios

Boot and Shoe Market Shows Slow Yet Steady Gains

The boot and shoe market improves slowly across Haverhill Lynn and Brockton with mixed signals from manufacturers. Buyers from the West arrive. demand remains steady for calf boots and Brockton buff lines while brogans and plough shoes stay quiet. The rubber market stays quiet for manufacturers but retailers report brisk business.

Haverhill Lynn Brookfields Spencer Knights of Labor Brockton Kip Split

Market Reports March 23 Flour and Grain

Market activity shows no change in flour with quiet trade and steady prices. Corn stays firm with fair business as interstate commerce bill approaches effect next month. Oats, butter, cheese, eggs and other produce display varied but mostly steady quotes across markets and warehouses.

Bulk grain and feed prices for spring on futures markets

The bulletin lists bulk prices for spring grains and feeds, including winter wheat 19 to 25 per ton, middlings around 19 23 Pp ton, cottonseed meal 24 50 per ton prime and 23 76 to arrive, rye prices at GU 64c per bush for No 1 New York, oats and barley ranges, malt and hops by state and Canada, and 1885 1886 hop quotes with varying grades.

Chicago Sole &O Cscs Enon Ee Juvic Caves Bakers Michigan Canada Superior Canada New York Canada Western Eastern

Fruit Prices and Ship Cargo from New York Market

The Alsatia steamer cargo quotation lists fresh fruit values: oranges, apples, nuts, and dried fruits. It includes Boston to New York ranges for fancy to poor oranges, Baldwin and greening apples with regional prices, assorted nuts, evaporated and sun-dried apples, and foreign and Florida fruit prices per box or barrel.

New York Massachusetts Maine Tailman Virginia Farmer’s Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Florida

Market unchanged as pork and lard prices hold firm

The market tone and prices remain steady with no provision changes. Trading notes show March and May pork and lard figures, plus long cuts priced at 18 25 to 19 25 dollars, lean ends at 17 26 to 17 75, and assorted meats with varied premiums and tonnage.

Chicago

Beef and Fresh Meats Prices Across Dressed Hogs to Lambs

A listing of fresh beef and other meats with varying prices for dressed hogs, beef plates, roods, mess quantities, and beef cuts. Shows per unit prices for choice steers, roods, hinds, fores, backs, rumps, loins, and lambs with quality ranges and regional terms.

Chicago Brighton

Cotton futures rise and fall with irregular opening in Liverpool

Liverpool markets show uneven open with March to August futures around 5 26-64d to 6 38-64d and steady demand in the spot market. New York futures opened steady with varied bids and quotes. reports note 10,000 bales sold and 8,000 received. Also listed are price levels for sugar and molasses with multiple refined sugar grades and current market steadiness.

Liverpool Uplands Orleans New York Fes Sept'm Manila Iloilos Belmont Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

Livestock Market Report Watertown Brighton March 23 1887

Live stock market totals for cattle sheep hogs and calves at Watertown and Brighton districts with arrivals and car counts by road. Prices ranges for beef store cattle hogs sheep hides and calves and notes on milch cows and oxen movements. Facilities at Brighton stables and notable sales and buyer activity are listed.

Maine Erik N.ilampshire Vermont Murlayeoun Ois Gassoes Brighton N. B Watertown Hollis & Co William Scollans Glines & Weston H M Taft W W Hall A Williamson F H Coolidge & Son J . Henry Breck & Wood W Scollans M F Flett H Coolidge & Son Wells C H Merrill Hall J C Libby & Son New Hampshire E Winn A Moulton J N Morse Cow & Moulton E F Adden H A Wilcox George Harris Aldrich & Johnson J B Holmes W G Townsend F Fairbanks Flint & Blanchard Kimball TZ Johnson L W Tinker J Engrem J Golden Hall & Seaver BS Hastings MG Flanders French & Co Ricker & Son Knights GH Sprigg Massachusetts C W Smead Bardwell

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