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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1888

Page

6

Boston Money Market Report and stock movements

Boston money market eased with clearing house rates at 4 percent and New York funds adding liquidity. Exchange volumes rose to record levels, bonds and government securities firm, with notable moves in Atchison, Union Pacific, and Oregon lines, while copper production and inventories were detailed by the US Geological Survey.

Boston New York Boston Clearing House Chicago St. Louis Sanrancisco Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah United States National Bank Treasury Aldrich Sterling Exchange Atchison Arlington & Quincy Jce Peasely Chicago, Arlington & Quincy Union Pacific Anly Egon Oregon Railay and Navigation Company Pennington Spokane Falls Spokane & Palouse Palouse Oregon Chicago, Burlington & Northern Minneapolis St. Paul Chicago, Burlington and Northern Wisconsin Central Atlantic & Pacific California Southern Flint & Pere Marquette Oregon Transcontinental Sandusky Cleveland & Canton Inc. Miles Mexican Central Oliver Ames Isaac T. Burr Sebastian Lopes Mexico Jacob Edwards Andrew . Lawrie Levi Z. Leiter E. Rollinorse F. P. McIntyre Albert W. Nickerson Oseph Richardson Ew York William Otch Edward W. Jackson Warren Sawyer Robert R. Symon London Eng Joseph H. White George B. Wilbur Levi CO. Wade Ee Beard F. P. Metiie Signor Miguel Auza Wade Tampico Guadalahara New York & New England Ostwick York & New England East Iver Rutgers Street Pier 45 New England Old Colony Central Massa& Lowell Boston & Providence Chicago, Kansas & Western Southern Kansas Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Arlington & Northern Frenchman’s Bay Land Topeka

Dividends Declared By United States Express and Kansas Investment

The United States Express Company declares a quarterly dividend of 14.4 percent payable May 6. The Kansas Investment Company declares a semi annual dividend of 5 percent payable after May 1.

United States Express Company Kansas Investm

Auctions of Stocks and Bonds By Order of Receiver and Administrator

A mixed list of securities to be sold by auction on Saturday May 5 1888 includes Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co Middlesex Mills Concord BR Co and many banks and railroad issues. Items are offered by order of Receiver and by order of Administrator with notes on shares bonds and amounts across numerous institutions and locations.

Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co Manuf. F. and M. Ins. Co Lowell W. Jepaneres N. Bank Columbian Natl. Bank N.E. Natl. Bank Middlesex Mills Adm Eliot N. Lk Do Merchandise N. Bk Shawmut N. Bk. Algo Concord BR. Co Asso Sugar Refineries Co Boston Towboat Co Reece B. H. Mach. Co Do Lombard Investment Co Damariscotte Astern N. E. Mort, Sec. ‘Co Middlesex Hi Cedar Rapids & Mo. R. RR Iowa Falls Sioux City RR

Market Report Shows Steady Dry Goods and Farm Commodities

Flour corn and oats hold steady or firm with most items quiet or unchanged. Rye and rye flour steady while hops and butter show dull or steady movement. Oranges in fair demand and lambs higher. pork beef and veal mostly quiet. Truck demand strong and raw sugar stable.

Wheat market steadies after Tuesday dump in Chicago

The Chicago Markets report shows wheat opening steady to firm amid light outside trading. California damage reports hint at large exports, with forecasts of 200,000 tons more wheat than last year. Corn and oats trade lightly, provisions dull but firm, with closing quotes and receipts listed alongside May to Dec futures.

Farnum, Reardon & Co California Chicago New York Mess Park New Pbss P.S. Bei Tbs Eas

Railroad Mortgage Bonds Featured in Local Notice

Florence Eldorado Walnut Valley R R First Mortgage Gold bonds offered with interest guaranteed. Maturity dates August 1, 1907 and April 1, 1908. Backed by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the St Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Railway in Minnesota.

Florence Eldorado Walnut Valley R. R. First Mortgage Gold Ja Fe R. KR Atchison, Topeka & San

Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis R R Consolidated Bond Offer

Consolidated six percent bonds for the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis railroad, due May 1 1928. The issue has a limit of 25000 dollars per mile and will be drawn. Details incomplete in fragmentary OCR.

Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis R. R. Consolidated

Railroad First Mortgage Bonds From Various Lines

A list of railroad bonds includes First Mortgage 5s for Springfield and Memphis R R and Kansas City lines with due dates in 1916 and 1927, plus 6 per cent consolidations dated 1908 and a 4 per cent gold bond due 1987 issued by Montana Central and St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba.

Coltr Mex Cent Inc French Bay Topeka West End Atlantic Bonanza Cal & Hee Dunkin Franklin T&sf B& P F& PM A&p Inc B& N M & Bt Sti &C L Vy & St Lé Mex Cent Inc Seri Ny&net Rutland Wis Cent Inc Am Bell Tel Lamson Boston WFP Newport Eee Penobscot Eeer & Dunkin CalSo Be& Cas Springfield Memphis R. R Kansas City St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba R. R. Co Montana Central R. R. Co

Mortgage Bonds List with Per Cent Rates and Maturity Dates

The New York and New England Railroad Company issues a first mortgage seven percent bond due January 1, 1905. The Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham Railroad Company offers a first mortgage five percent bond with a limit per mile of 25000 dollars. Link due March 1, 1927. The fund purchases at best and earns interest.

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Bonds of Chicago Burlington & Northern Co. issues and terms

Chicago Burlington Northern Equipment Co. 7 percent bonds due February 19, 1903 guaranteed by Chicago Burlington & Northern R R and Chicago Burlington Quincy R R Co. 4 percent Nebraska bonds due May 1, 1927 with semiannual interest in Boston or New York. Company to purchase and cancel 1 percent of total bonds annually if bought at 110 with accrued interest. no drawing of bonds or compulsory retirement allowed.

Kan East Boston Penobscot Bay Newport Est End San Diego Hunt Sullivan Harbor Land Company Sullivan Harbor Wieh Safford Maine Central Railroa Company Sullivan United States Geological Survey United States Lake Superior Copper and Brass Boston & Montana Franklin Boston Eereen Seeoweere New England National Bank National Bank Eagle National Bank City National Bank Columbian National Bank Eliot National Bank Mount Vernon National Bank Blackstone National Bank Iba Howard National Bank Boston Towpoat Co Burton Bigelow Lowe Toledo Easgiern Chicago Burl Quincy Central of Low RR Kansas National Market Bank Brighton Tremont National Bank Globe National Bancoveet State Nationalnk National Bank of Commerce I. A & Boston National Bank National Bank of North *America Atlantic National Bank North National Bank Market National Massachusetts National Bank Tremont Suffolk Mill Lyman Tremont and ‘Safttalk Mfg. Co Wakesfield Rattan Co Manchester Mills West End Street RR Vermont & Mass. RR. Jridge Quincey Railroad Bath Bie Minneapolis Minn Biddeford Boston & Albany Chicago, Burlington & Northern R. R New York

Mining Stock Prices Listed From San Francisco Market

In San Francisco the official daily list shows mining stocks with prices for companies such as Best & Belcher, Navajo, Bodie Consolidated, Ophir, Caledonia & Virginia, Crown Point, Sierra Nevada, Nevada Queen, Grand Prize, Eureka Consolidated, Union Copper, Norcross, Union, and Yellow Jacket among others. The report notes varied trading values across the mining sector.

Ncisco Cal L.do Seceseeeware Steve Best Belcher Bodie Con Ophir Cence Bi Gen Eereeves Crown Point Savage Sierra Nevada Nevada Queen Eees Fureka Aould & Curry Union Cove Facale & Norcross Utah Aehae Oe Yellow Jacket

Market Slump Stems From Mixed Bonds and Stocks

The report notes weak to firm conditions in bar silver and sterling, with government bonds quiet and railroad bonds active yet weak. The stock market shows oscillation, with gains in Oregon Transcontinental and New England early, followed by declines led by Pacific Mail and Lackawanna. Richmond & West Point and Fort Worth & Denver figures dominate later movements, closing unsettled near session lows amid overall feverish activity.

Sterling Exchange Richmond Test Point Louisville & Nashville Oregon Transcontinental New England Pacific Mail Lackawanna Richmond & West Point Fort Worth& Denver Chicago Burlinton & Northerns Jersey Central East Tennessee Indiana Bloomington Lake Shore Omaha Louis South Pacific Caifornia Fort Wayne Wabash St. Laws

Foreign Markets Rise and Fall on Wheat and Corn Prices

Market summary from London and Liverpool notes wheat steady to firm with quiet demand and corn steadier in spots. Prices quoted for red winter and white Michigan wheat, various corn grades, and bacon and cheese futures show general firmness in English markets, with cargoes moving to Great Britain and the continent.

Beerbohm’s Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Michigan Great Britain Continent London

Boots and Shoes: National Buyers Listing by Firms

A regional list shows numerous firms and agents across cities like Atlanta Baltimore Chicago Houston and Nashville, each represented by names including Grameain Spaulding Co Fox of Vox Curtis Brown Moss Phelps McKee Owen Warren Mayer and many others. The notice ends with a Syracuse stock carriage sale in Devonshire street offering a large spring assortment including victorias phaetons wagons and buggies of various types.

Atlanta Graméaing Graimiling Spaulding & Co J A Smith Moore, Marsh & Co Altoona Penn G Fox Vox & Curtis Jurlington H A Brown TW Burdyct & Co Baltimore L Magruder J Magruder & Co Tre Brownsville Tex A J Bloomberg Bloomberg & Raphael Loomingon Til Bloomington Binghamton HA Goff Stone, Goff & Co H M Phelps Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Chicago C McLaughlin Selz, Schwab & Co Brooks Bros. Tre Cleveland B Childs Childs Groff & Co W Cady Rimige Birtsch & O Honesdale Durland Durlansi Thompson & Co Indianapolis Ind Branham McKee & Branham J R McKee McKee & Co G A Owen Sutcliffe & Owen Ouisville W Conant A Warren Warren J B Desnoyers Shoe Co St Louis Joseph Baum J Baum & Co San Francisco Cal P Rehfisch Osterman, Rehfisch & Co M I Cahn Cahn Nickelsburg Owanda I B Humphrey Humphrey Bros & Tracy Rodgers & Co Toledo Gate Rodgers Dewey C W Bell R H Lane & Co Messrs J. T. Sarre & Co Devonshire Street

Wool Market Sees Quiet Trade Amid Irregular Prices

The wool market remains quiet with little activity and irregular prices. Buyers are cautious though manufacturers are plentiful, with small supply and steady quotations for fine fleeces and delaines. Ohio Michigan and Montana wools show varied movement while California and Oregon demand weak. overall sentiment cautious with no major shifts.

Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Texas Montevideo Wisconsin Etc New York New Hang Vermont New Hampshire Kentucky Indiana Missouri Delaine Territory Montana Wyoming Colorado Georgia Kansas Nebraska Maine California Oregon Washington Territory Cayre Earl

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