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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1887

Page

6

Boston and Oregon bonds and local bank dividends update

Financial notices show Oregon Navigation bonds at 3,000,000 and Boston Exchange bonds 688,000 with partial redemption pending. Boston pays interest heavy while principal small. various banks declare quarterly dividends from 2 to 5 percent. The report lists bond maturities, coupon dates, and actions by Boston firms and rail interests with figures and destinations in New York and London markets.

Oregon Navigation Boston Exchange Union Pacific Land Grant Calumet & Hecla Boston London Little Rock Boston Exchange Company State Street Syndicate Boston Suspender Company Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valleys New York Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Northern Pacific Boston National Bank Powow River National Bank of Amesbury Leicester National Bank Central National Bank of Lynn Marblehead National Bank Framingham National Bank Bath Boston City Roxbury Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Lawrence Lowell Lynn Maine State Ds T.& Ga Ee Northpton Pawtucket Portland Salem Somerville Springfield Waltham Worcester Wyandotte Armourdale Water Co

Money market eases as funds flood in in Boston market

The Boston money market shows easier conditions with abundant loanable funds. Call money trades near 5 percent, most new loans at 6.6 percent, time money from 5 percent up, and New York funds trading at par to a 10 cent premium per $1000. Exchange values rise modestly as April dividends and railroad financing loom.

Boston New York Sears Oregon Navigations P.S. Smith Eastern Illinois Ilinois Central Iowa Falls Sioux City Sterling Exchange Atchison California Southern Wisconsin Central Menxicans Chicago & Eastern Thiele Chicago Stevens and Friends Chicago & Western Indiana Chicago & Eastern Illinois Company Union Pacific Oregon Navigation Company Oregon Short Line Company Union Pacific Railroad Company Burlington & Quincey Chicago, Burlington & Northern Mexican Central Flint Springfield Siu

Basset Whitney and Co Bankers and Brokers Ad

Basset Whitney and Co Bankers and Brokers advertise services on the New York stock exchanges. They offer buying and selling stocks and bonds for investors and on margin. The firm lists offices at 92 Devonshire Street and claims direct wire access to New York with dealers in international and domestic markets.

Wimtotinal Dasilw Ganuiitiag D. Kyle Broad New Sts New York City

Semi-Annual Dividends Paid by Boston Banks in April 1887

A table compiled by Joseph G. Martin lists bank capitals, last two semi annual dividends free of taxes, and the April 1 payable amount. It notes several dividend changes, including Bunker Hill from 41% to 5 percent, Third National from 2 to 242, and Washington from 2 to 242 percent, among others. It summarizes dividend rates among fifty nine banks within Boston limits, with distributions ranging from 6 percent to 2 percent and two banks passing.

Boston Post Joseph G. Martin State Street Boston Bunker Hill Third National Washington Howard Broadway Freeman’s Ass

Interest and Dividends Payable Next Month In April

A notice lists dividends and interest money to be disbursed in April in this city. The total to be paid next month exceeds 8.8 million dollars including bank dividends.

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U S Bond Rates and Canadian Pacific Move in Markets

Foreign financial markets report in London shows United States 4s at 13114 and 414s at 11134 with varied equity prices. Notable quotes include Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 48 and Canadian Pacific at 64 percent with Erie at 85 14 and 10214 for Erie seconds. St Paul common at 9414 New York Central 116 Pennsylvania 6014 Reading 2014.

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Real estate transfers in Suffolk and neighboring towns

A lengthy list records property transfers on March 8 to March 14 in Suffolk County including Pelham street Edwin Rope to William Faxon $1 Roxbury parcels on Dwight and Palmer streets and Cambridge area deeds to John Williams Patrick Finnegan to John Williams for 6000, and Washington Street corner property for 12500.

Pelham Street Edwin Rope William Faxon Warren Avenue John Bird Et Ax Harriet B. Cooke Dwight Street George Francis Davenport Robin H. Allen Roxbury Sun Court Street Patrick Finnegan John J. Williams Dorchester Samuel B. Pierce Et al John D'Arcy Davidson Place Frank M. Frost Maria C. Weldon Magnolia Street Henry L. Fuller Frank P. Mayberry Erie Avenue Boston Ellen S. Emery Leroy P. Lawrence Borden Street Ditto Frederick A. Cone Eliza O'Connor Thomas O’connor Decatur Street Chelsea John T. Pope Joshua W. Briggs Arlington Street Brighton Catherine Jordan Byron A. Osgood

Mortgage transfers on Boston area properties March 8 12

A sequence of mortgage filings across Boston area neighborhoods lists Andrew J. Peters to Eugene Tappan on Symmes street for 2500 dollars and Albert C. Burrage to Thomas P. Proctor for 3000 dollars among many same date registrations. Other deeds cover properties in Roxbury Dorchester West Roxbury Chelsea Jamaica Plain Charlestown East Boston and Roslindale with sums from 400 to 7500 dollars.

Andrew J. Peters Eugene Tappan Symmes Street Albert C. Burrage Thomas P. Proctor Tappan Street Roslindale Sarah McCorkle Lemuel Kingsbury Bartlett Street Roxbury Edward Richards The Institution Green Street Charlestown Johan D'Arcy Samuel B. Pierce Richfield Street Dorchester Ditto Davidson Place Her Place Cephas M. Strout Roxbury Cooperative Bank Centre Avenue Michael W. Costello James P. Cleary Smith Street Albert D. Benson James C. Davis Walnut Street Chelsea Frederick W. Cone East Boston William B. Eaton Rollin H. Allen Arnold Street John A. Carlson West Roxbury

Boot and Shoe Buyers In Town

Baltimore and Cincinnati buyers highlighted with names and firms from Bangs Bard & Co to Zinsmeister Bros and Meinhardt Bros in Savannah. The list shows multiple regional manufacturers and wholesale houses across major cities including Chicago Cleveland Detroit Dallas Philadelphia New York St Louis and more.

Baltimore Charles Bangs Bangs, Bard & Co Tre W C Carroll Carroll, Adams & Co Buffalo T Ramsdell S M Sweet Ramsdell, Sweet & Co Chicago G P Holmes G P Holmes & Co E M Phelps Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Cincinnati F Thorne W F Thorne & Co Cleveland H Childs Childs S Mackey St Joseph W Noyes Noyes Norman Co St Louis W Todd Woolman-Todd Boot & Shoe Company A W Allen Claflin Allen Shoe Company D B Linasley Orr & Lindsley Shoe Company St Paul Minn C H Kellogg Kellogg, Johnson & Co Syracuse J Zinsmeister Zinsmeister Bros Savannah H Meinhardt Meinhardt Bros & Co Toledo B Taylor Sewed Shoe Co Tipton L Dean Ashington Ind F Reinsel

Commercial Market Snapshot Shows Quiet Yet Firm Demand

A muted commercial tone dominates with steadiness across key goods. Lumber, oatmeal, rye flour, millfeeds, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, straw, grass seeds, tallow, provisions, fresh beef, sugar, molasses, apples and poultry all hold firm or steady, with no notable shifts in activity or price signals.

Quiet Lumber Market Rates Hold Steady Amid Weather Delays

The lumber market remains quiet with firm prices despite bad weather. Northern spruce shows strength and upward price pressure while hemlock supply stays light. Western and Southern markets are mostly calm with moderate demand and robust oak and walnut interest. weekly arrivals from Apalachi cola, Pensacola, and Mobile are noted, and Boston week totals summarize diverse timber stocks.

Apalachicola A. T. Sterns Lumber Company Pensacola G. H. Peters Georg MacQuesten & Co Mobile Boston Vermont Indiana West India

Anthracite Coal Prices and Market Outlook

Buyers hold back for possible lower prices as prices from Port Richmond and Philadelphia show varied rates for hard white ash to shomakin lines. Reports of a pending shift to fixed railroad rates and a potential tacit agreement loom, with 34 million tons slated for 1887-88 and 700,817 tons shipped the week ending March 19.

Philadelphia & Reading Company Port Richmond Philadelphia North Franklin Schuylkill Lykens Valley Elizabeth Port The Philadelphia Ledger Asa Readin Company Pennsylvania Railroad

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