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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1886

Page

3

Money Market Finds Dull but Easy, May 15 1886

Boston financial notices show a dull money market with excess funds and ample notes at low rates. New York funds traded at a premium, and bank statements indicate a small loan contraction, gold outflows offset by legal tender gains. Clearing house data display mixed week-to-week gains and regional variances, led by Omaha and several other cities, with overall increased year-over-year totals.

Boston New York Sterling Frances Europe Clearing House Uts Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Springfield Louisville Indianapolis Peoria Omaha Memphis Minneapolis St. Joseph Lowell Hartford Kansas City Syracuse Worcester Philadelphia Denver Galveston San Francisco Providence Detroit United States Cc. S&s. Lee Cc. S. Lee Brewer & Wilkins Congress Street Seaboard Lester & Co Hamill Scott Linn Hancock Kammerer Massachusetts Suffolk Bartholomew McNamara Ellen McNamara Beaton Boston Post Joan W. McKra, Esqui Commonwealth of Massachusetts Max Nachmann Max Newman Joan W. McKim Esquire

Railroad and finance notes from the late 19th century

Rumors state a company may organize with 100000 dollars capital to build a Decatur Texas to AT&SF junction road. Atlantic and Pacific and multiple rail stocks cited. March 1886 earnings and land sales show activity. Officials say mortgage perpetual, stock weakness due to a drive. various bond, mining and banking shares listed with price moves and weekly changes.

Decatur Tex Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Atlantic and Pacific Sapulpa Arkansas River United States Arizona Mineral Belt Railway Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Northern Messrs. Clark, Ward & Co Big Bears Touzalin Chicago, Burlington and Northern Little Beck Fort Smith Union Pacific Kansas City Springfield Memphis Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Iowa Falls Sioux City Summit Branch Wisconsin Central New York New England Boston Albany Providence Lowell Eastern Maine Central Maine Old Colony Mexican Central Oregon Sonora Ts Atchison Trust Consolidated Vermont Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagan Boston Water Power Maverick Land Lamson Bell Telephone Erie Calumet Hecla Franklin Napa New York Commercial Bulletin Lake Copper Llie Baltimore Arizona Mutual District Messenger Company Amoskeag Androscoggin Lawrence Lyman Nashua Great Falls Naumkeag Pacific Shawmut Shoe Third National Wagle Suffolk First Ward Old Boston Second National Atlantic Massachusetts

New York Financial Markets End Quiet Trade Amid Small Gains

The New York financial scene shows easy money on call at 15 to 2, with rates steady. Missouri Pacific rose to 493 while Oregon Transcontinental led gains at 14 percent. exports and imports of specie remain modest. Bond prices firm, notable declines are rare as railroad bonds stay steady and bulk quotes hold near close.

NEW York Financial New York Sterling Exchange Actua Missouri Pacific Oregon Elijah Smith Brayton Ives Delaware and Hudson Buffalo Philadelphia Rock Island St. Paul Wisconsin Minnesota Galveston Houston San Antonio Fouston Texas Erie Boston Exstern Creamery Northern Creamery Vermont New Milk East Snd Nova Scotia Island Massachusetts Maine Messina Valencia Palermo Port Aspinwall Jamaica Baracoas North Bush Do West Clover Red Top West Jersey Aroostook Hebron Burbank Peerless Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Weesel Rose Bulk Rose Bebrons Bermuda

London Market Summary May 15 Fer o r wheat and corn steady

May 15. No cargoes offered off the coast wheat on passage quiet. corn firm. Liverpool spot wheat inactive, corn firmly held at 43 1 2d. Winter and spring wheat 7s 7d 2d, club wheat 7s 2d 7s 4d, corn 45 3d and peas 53 6d. Cotton dull, American quotations declined. uplands 51 1 6d, Orleans 514d. Futures: May-June 51 6d to Sep 4 63 4d. Provisions: pork 51s, bacon 28 3 64 29 2 6a, lard 31s 6d, cheese 46 3 64.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Liverpool Uplands Orleans Michigan Minnesota New York Roller Illinois Ohio Indiana New York Belmont Porto Rico Cuba St. Louis Mateur Minnesota Eteagy Chicago Canada Petroleum United Tle Peerless City Extra India Tierces City Continent State Western Elgin Creamery Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Watskey Lara Philadelphia New Southern Detroit T& Nebraska Lear

Rise in St Paul and Duluth stock prompts meeting

The 1877 reorganized company faces investor interest as common stock represents old mortgage bonds scaled to 25 cents. Directors reportedly invested $2,000,000 beyond promised distributions, with a June 21 annual meeting to vote on suspending preferred stock, boosting dividends, and sharing surplus earnings. Vice-President Rhaun cites external manipulation as the cause of the price rise.

Atchison Company Atchison Gulf Company Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe Gulf Line Kansas California Atlantic Atchison and Southern Kansas Gulf Road St. Paul & Duluth Treasury St. Paul Minneapolis Minnesota Rhaun Duluth Jane

Pennsylvania firm advances Cumberland to Piedmont railroad plan

Surveys and grading have begun on a 30 mile line from Cumberland Maryland to Piedmont West Virginia to rival B and O. The route would parallel the B and O, move coal from George's Creek to Cumberland, then north to the state line to connect with Pennsylvania main line at Huntingdon and Broad Top. Backers include Stephen B Elkins of New York Senator Davis of West Virginia and other Pennsylvania Railroad insiders.

Pennsylvania Company Baltimore and Ohio Cumberland Piedmont W. Va Potomac River George’s Creek West Virginia Pennsylvania Railroad Maryland Pennsylvania Huntingdon and Broad Top Stephen B. Elkins New York Senator Davis Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Market Report Describes Grain, Meat and Coal Trends

The market remains steady with flour and refined sugars firm while oats and beef show mixed movement. Butter eggs and foreign fruits ease slightly. bacon export demand stays strong. Wheat outlook improves with higher May crop expectations. anthracite coal stocks decline as production rises.

Department of Agriculture

Oats Firm Demand Steady for Export Provisions and Grain

The article reports unchanged demand for oats and flour with steady corn prices. It notes quotes for oats, cornmeal, and flour from multiple mills and markets, details ready for export and local trade, and lists butter and cheese prices along with fruits, vegetables, and other produce.

IMPORTS AT BOSTON AND MULTIPLE PORTS TRADE LISTINGS

A lengthy OCR led list shows imports at Boston and other ports including Palestine at 190 bales hide pieces and 305 tons pig iron, 271 bales steel and steel wire, 62 cases mdse, 42 casks sherry, 120 bags crude clay, 159 bales mdse, 91 bales paper stock, and numerous schooners and brig listings across Sagor, Singapore, Cienfuegos, Moncton, and Parsonsboro with coal, lumber, and groceries noted amid shipper names such as Baring Bros & Co, Jere Abbott & Co, and Gordon Lines. The summary concludes with a table of Total Receipts of Staple Products for May 15 comparing port receipts to last year.

Liverpool Eng Palestine Groom & Co Wabaum Moor& Co Baring Bros & Co Jere Abbott & Co White& Co Dexter & Co Maeimos Taylor & Co Gaskell Everett & Co Houghton H White & Co Bates Pray & Co Randall, Barrows & Co Golathwait & Co Lugden Burgess & Goddard Coal Baring Bros & Co Bray Cienfuegos Albion Atkins & Co Moncton Dexter Delong & Seaman Parsboro Cecelia Job & Co A Heaton Derrow Mann & Co Fitchburg R R W . Bueby Rustico Pei Eddy Arthur & Co Weymouth Eureka Winsor & Son Endeavor

Cotton and grain markets across major cities on May 15

Reports from New York Chicago Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati St Louis and Philadelphia indicate mixed gains and steadies in staples. Cotton prices hold, flour and wheat advance in some districts while rye and oats show firmness, pork and lard rise, with notable activity in receipts and ship ments across markets.

New York Boston Phila Chicago St. Louis Baltimore CIMD Rercess New Orleans I. Ae Pittebureg I-A Kansas City Louisville Providence Milwaukee Denver Coor Galveston Cece Ow Detroit Cleveland Indianapolis Memphis Columbus Hartford New Haver Psotib Joy WL Sprivefield Rhett St. Joseph Sus Worcester Lowell Syracuse N. Y

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