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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Trends and Stock Movements in Boston

The Boston money market eased with rates sliding at the clearing house and on time paper. The Boston Stock Exchange showed active trading with Atchison and Atlantic & Pacific drivers and news from Illinois Central's Iowa Falls Sioux City deal influencing shares.

Boston New York Sterling Exchange Passumpsic Wisconsin Central Lamson Store Service Boston Land Boston Stock Exchange Atchison Messrs Irving A. Evans & Co America Atlantic & Pacific Pullman Palace Ullman Palace Car Company Town Falls Sioux City Cedar Rapids Iowa Falls Illinois Central Railroad Company Illinois Central Peida Company David P. Kimball Ilinois Central Railroad Company Mass Horace Williams Chicago, Burlington & Northern Little Rock & Fort Smith California Southern Summit Ted Flint Pere Marquette Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Wisconsin Central Common Union Pacific

Rail and stock market notes from 1887 edition

The report notes joint earnings practices for Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific, with a March weekly tally and year totals. Stocks including Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland and Mexican Central show gains, while Detroit Lansing Northern shows a weekly rise. Boston Maine system expansion via lease affects routes to New England and Canada. Lamson Store Service and West End Land movements reflect consolidation talk and land stock demand near Boston.

Oregon Union Pacific St. Joseph & Grand Island Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Exican Central Detroit, Lansing & Northern Louisville Evansville & St. Louis Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Louisville, St. Louis & Texas West Point Stephensport New York New England Massachusetts Connecticut & Passumpsie Boston & Lowell Boston & Maine Concord and Northern Maritime Provinces Boston Canada Line Lowell Fitchburg Springfield Worcester Providence Holyoke Northampton Passumpsic Lamson Detroit West End Atch Top & S Atlantic & Pacific Boston & Albany California Southern Central Mass Owen Cleveland & Canton Chic Burl & North Burl & Quincy East Ilinois West Michigan Cin, San & Cleveland Eastern Seeere Flint & Pere Iowa Falls S City Aneee Rr Tener Seeeene Oregon Short Line Wisconsin Central Ausougs Atari Sass Bonanza Brunswick Antimony Oly Montana Bly Calumet & Hecla Sear Awe Franklin Catalps Ee Eesee Huron Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street Elée Catalpa Os Napa

Dividend notices for multiple companies with April payable dates

Atlas National Bank pays 24 percent on April 1. Rescott Insurance Company issues 3 percent semi annual payable April 1. Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad 1 percent payable April 20. Delaware Lackawanna and Western quarterly 1.4 percent payable April 2. Evansville and Terre Haute declares quarterly 1 1/4 percent payable April 15. Books close April 5.

Atlas National Bank Rescott Insurance Company Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Company Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Eee Evansville

Stocks and fish market report from San Francisco March 25

The page lists closing prices for mining stocks and bonds, then details on mackerel and herring markets, Canadian and Nova Scotia fishing, weekly Gloucester and Boston fish receipts, and assorted commodities including butter, cheese, eggs, beans, seeds, hay, and produce with prices and quantities for domestic and imported goods.

Guiet Nova Scotia Halitex Board of Trade Scotland Norway Holland Provincetown Wood End Truro Newfoundland United States Treasury Department Maine Portland Gloucester Georges Grand Bank Ipswich Bay Shore Dennisport Wellfleet Aspo Boston Hake Haddock Porter S. Roberts Mattie Winship Nellie M. Davis Novelty Robin Hood Col J. H. French A. R. Crittenden Howard Holbrook Henry Wilson Marc Castile James Eila Western Banks Plymouth Rock H. A. Duncan Cecil H. Low Killing Scud H. S. Clark Eila F. Bartlett H. M. Rogers Labrador Best

Stock Market Ends Very Dull After Mixed Activity

New York trading on March 25 shows money on call easy at 3 to 51, last loan 38, close 2144 3. Markets open firm led by Hocking Valley and Fort Worth & Denver, then slump to a dull, heavy close near openings. Railroad bonds active, select issues gain, while overall volume remains low and prices drift downward.

New York Vprime Mercantile Hocking Valley Fort Worth Canada Atlantic & Pacific St. Louis Arkansas Texas Green Bay Buffalo Philadelphia Consol Trust Northwestern Mackinack & Marquette East Tennessee Firsts New York Central Hocking Valley Generals Richmond & Danville Consols Mobile & Ohio Second

Foreign Financial Markets Report From London

London March 25 Consols stand at 101 15 16 for money and for account United States 4s yield 180 1 2 percent Do 42s at 111 1 4 Atlantic and Great Western firsts 471 1 4 Canada Pacific 633 4 Erie 345 4 Illinois Central 185 Mexican ordinary 62 St Paul 92 5 5 New York Central 115 4 Reading 109 percent.

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Real Estate Transfers Across Suffolk County Listings

Suffolk County transfers show multiple property moves on March 10 to 13. Transactions include Abby R Spence to Charles Fay on Rutland street and William Sheen to Charles Barnard on Linden street, among many others with prices ranging from $1 to $13,000 and mortgage details where noted.

Mortgage transfers recorded in Boston area

A series of March 10 to March 14 mortgage filings in Dorchester Roxbury and West Roxbury. Flora K Barry to George Baird for 1000 on Chand ler street. John Strebel to Franklin Savings Bank for 1600 on Dorset street. Henrietta Holtzer to Florian Freigang for 5000 at Boylston and Chapel. Henry J Bartlett to Edwin Bartlett for 1500 on Circuit street. Frances W King to Hannah McCarthy for 669 at Oakland and Thornton. Rufus Crafts to Ruth Prouty for 350 on Rockville street. George Erhard to Pioneer Cooperative Bank for 800 on Dorchester avenue. Levi Berry to John Curry for 2500 on Green street.

Rutland Street Abby R. Spence Charles F. Fay Linden Street William G. Sheen Charles F. Barnard Cortes Street William Holmes Frederick M. Forward Essex Street Sylvia K. Koch Jabez A. Crandall Eliza J. Bigelow Columbus Square Henry D. Simpson Clara M. Treadwell Springfield Street Rufus H. Spalding Augustus Russ Tremont Melville Avenue Cornelinus M. Vinson Et al Eben Denton Dorchuester Charles Ripley Abbie F. Bellows Harvard Street Thomas Ellis Halsey J. Boardman Dorchester Avenue William Stearns Jonathan R. Gay Isaac. Copeland Et Ax Freeman J. Doe Arcadia Street Benjamin D. McDonald Isaac Copeland Et Ax Henry M. Snell Alice S. Babcock Fuller and Bushnell Streets William McLaughlin Joseph D. Gallagher Jones’s Avenue Roxspury Paul H. Hendricken Thomas Ramsey Hampden Place William IF. McCarty Frances V. King Oakland and Thornton Streets West Roxpury Mariana Gramlick Et al Siegmund Moeller Boylston Street William F. Stone Barbara Schaffner Washington Street Augustus W. Sprague Charlestown Revere Edwin J. Venables Colman D Hall Centennial Avenue Almira Bird James Hunter Winthrop Avenue Chelsea Savings Bank Winthrop Charles Burrill Harriet M. Burrill Madison Avenue Flora K. Barry George Baird Chandler Street John Strebel Franklin Savings Bank Dorset Street Dorchester Henrietta H. Holtzer Florian C. Freigang Boylston and Chapel Streets West Roxbury Henry J. Bartlett Edwin J. Bartlett Circuit Street Roxbury Frances W. King Hannah Jane McCarthy Oakland Rufus C. Crafts Ruth W. Prouty Rockville Street George Erhard Pioneer Cooperative Bank Levi V. Berry John T. Curry Green Street

Market Report Notes Flat or Steady Across Commodities

Commercial matters show markets for fish flour corn oats oatmeal rye flour rye barley malt millfeeds butter cheese eggs beans potatoes hay straw grass seeds truck tallow provisions fresh beef sugar molasses and apples all quiet or firm with no notable changes. Poultry remains unchanged.

St. Louis Philadelphia New York Cincinnati Liverpool Ohio Flats St Louis Western Eastern Vermont Dairy Vermont Minnesota West- Srp Timothy North Bush West Clover Jersey

Market Prices for Fresh Fish and Seafoods

A garbled list of seafood items with varied prices and codes. Cod, haddock, halibut, mackerel, pollock, salmon, shad roe, oysters, clams appear with inconsistent figures and locations such as Norfolk and Providence River. Prices range from fractions of a dollar to about five dollars per unit.

Norfolk Providence River

Market Reports March 26 Flour and Rain In Market

The market for flour remains uncertain with trade nearly at standstill due to the interstate commerce bill. Bulk long hauls and steady steamer yellow and steamer mixed prices are noted while oats stay firm. Closing Chicago quotations show mixed wheat and corn prices, with flour and millfeed figures and various grain yields for futures and spot sales.

Chicago Bakers Michigan Stone Canada Superior Canada New York Canada Western Eastern

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