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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1892

Page

6

Market Gloom Lifts as Stocks Rally Amid Weather Forecasts

A cautious market opens gloomy with heavy prices but recovers midday as Union Pacific and Atchison lead a broad rally. Reports of favorable crop weather from Kansas reach investors, boosting expectations for higher rail and utility stocks. Boston and Maine rise to 1824 while Maine Central jumps on strong quarterly earnings, with talks of a fast train to the Provinces and other provincial links fueling optimism despite earlier weather setbacks.

Union Pacific Atchison Gould Bears George Gould Clark St. Louis Jay Gould New York Beesten Kansas Chicago Boston & Maine Maine Central Fitchburg Provinces Boston St. John Mt. Desert Campobello New Hampshire Maine Chicago Junction Railroad Sui F. A Prince West End Railway Common Jackson & Curtis Hornblower & Weeks West End Preferred William Bliss Irving A. Evans Exchange Fort Wayne Boston & Monana Chicago Gas Hocking Valley New York Central Messrs. Leland, Towle & Co Congress Street

Total daily stock sales and price ranges noted

May 16 total sales reach 230,700 shares, compared with 171,600 on Saturday and 38,165 on Friday. Principal stocks show daily highs and lows, with prices recorded for the day by Vi WMO Mey.

Quiet London markets ease as Americans hold steadiness

Special Cable reports May 16 trading closing with a softer tone and disappointment at lack of business. Americans remain above par. expectations rise for a Lake Shore blanket mortgage though no announcement yet. Fifty five thousand pounds in gold arrive from Australia amid mixed securities including Consols near 97% and NY Central at 117.

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Electric and Copper Stocks Bulletin

A stock notice from Boston firms lists electric and copper shares including Boston Electric Light Thomson-Houston Electric Fort Wayne Westinghouse European Welding Quincey Mining and Tamarack. Prices or percentages appear garbled but indicate market movements and closing figures for multiple listed companies.

Atchison Doine Bost Mont S.y K. GM. & Beves Or. & L Con Union Pacific Wis Atchisoniacssseee Boston & Albany Boston & Lowell Mass Bos. & Prov Linnie C U T Cleve Can Fitchburg N.Y Rutland Seeee Summit Br Ess Union Pa Cosaae West Eesesene Pees Batte & Hoston Centennial Il i Franklin, Eeees Eaee Kearsar, CO Vee Tamarack Lear Land Companies Boston W. P French Bay West End Bell Sevees Chicago Gas BOM Tallman Suge Wera Eee Hay Tate Gas Wayne Elec Illinois Steel T.H. Prust Boston Electric Light Co Thomson-Houston Electric Co Fort Wayne Electric Co Westinghouse Electric Co European Welding Co Detroit Electric Aeee Quincey Mining Co R.ccacdesadedes Tamarack

Oil Market Pipeline Certificates Opening and Closing Prices

The notice from CF. W. Prescott & Co. at 36 Ames Building outlines pipeline certificates with trading times. Opening at 10 a.m. May 16 and closing at 3 p.m. May 14 indicate the sequence of test closures and market activity.

I. W. Prescott & Co Ames Building CF. W. Prescott & Co

Commerce Quiet as Week Sees Odd Lots Move

The dry goods trade shows a quiet week with odd lots from jobbers driving most activity. Poor weather reduced retail sales and affected mill and jobbing movements while jobbers push cut price job lots to clear stock. Machinery speeds production of cotton goods to meet demand.

Textile Market Report Shows Mixed Week for Fabrics and Trims

Trade with China stalls while brown cottons and foreign markets advance. Fail River and Providence report steady to strong activity in prints and dress goods, with cottons firm at annual lows and futures high. Gingham demand ease, Cassimere and Cheviot suitings improve, with heavy forwardings in overcoatings despite overall quiet wholesale activity.

China Fail River Providence

Shipping News Miniature Realmanac

Water, Moon length of day details appear in this May 17 miniature realmanac style listing. Fragmentary entries note tides and nautical times with scattered figures and symbols.

Port of Boston May 16 Arrivals and Clearances

Listings of arrivals at Boston Harbor dated May 11 to May 16 include steamer Ethelweld Freeman from Port Antoni a with fruit to Boston Fruit Co and steamer City of Savannah Savage from Savannah with moose? and passengers to Richardson & Barnard. Several steamers and schooners as well as the bark Charles Loring from Portland with hides to S Morgan & Co. Also noted are cleareances of steamers Ottoman and Boston and various coasting ships, with withdrawals and sailings to Yarmouth NS, New York, Philadelphia, and other ports.

Ethelweld Freeman Port Antoni Boston Fruit City of Hides Tod S Morgan & Co Ella May Steeves St Martins Georgie Harold Nickerson Harrington Harry Prescott New Haven Gilmore Brunswick Cox & Green Thompson Georgetown K Park Lake Philadelphia Clara E Simpson Houtvet Georgetown, Co Addie Sawyer Cook Baltimore James Rothwell Burlingame Hoboken Geo W Collins Gray Franklin, Me Rattler Johnson Eastport Ottoman Williams Liverpool Warren & Co Godolphin Pr Millington Little Glace Bay Weabody & Co Boston Stanwood Yarmouth Jall & Co Coasi Wise H M Whitney Hallett New York Lewiston Pierce Bangor Calvin Austin Kennebec Collins Bath George C. Hills Tremont Craig Portland Chase Williams Jonn W Marr Hull Eng Chatham North Mount Hope Portsmouth Augustus West Cassie F Bronson Helen H Bevedicd Norfolk Fall River Fred C Bowen New Bedford Horatio Spotlageiohing H K Condon Orfolk Norska Howard W Middleton Mary E Olys Senator Kate G Ogden Salem Henry Lippett Chase Balch Newport News Lizzie Babcock Ichs DJ Sawyer Matanzas John K Souther Independent Whitmore Str Aly Gonaives Titchcock Liverpent Hattie G Dixon Paysandu Rosa Madre Smyrna Agnes Oporto Asker Port Spain Trinidad Ercole Marseilles J F Merry E H Williams Charleston J Waples Ponder Habitant River Garry Vera Cruz Manuel Lingune San Francisco Laguayra Ete Aller Bremen Orizaba Mexico Amur Banes Perth Amboy Sdis Franklin Reuben Eastman Augusta Matthew Vassar Bidgeford John Parker Barbadoes Delaware Breakwater Vilora H Hopkins Norman Guantanamo Eleanor M Williams Charles H. Fabens Savannah Satilla Waterman Taft, Jr Addie B Bacon London Inchgarvie Milanesco Boston City Jone Melbourne Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd Water Street Lewis’ Wharf Gate City City OF Macon G. Pearson A. Dew

Maritime shipping notices and sailings scattered along the Atlantic

A patchwork of vessel movements dated May to May 18 lists ships and destinations from Baltimore to New York, Portland, and Savannah. Entries note cargoes, origins, and routes, with ships such as Jonn W Marr, Cassie F Bronson, Kate G Ogden, and City of Macon.

Maritime cargo and voyage notices from early 1900s ports

Record of ships and voyages mentioning Colgatin halted at Saugor on April 11 with Earl Burgess sailing to New York via West Indies and Cienfuegos, Emira sailing to Philadelphia, Aloha and Elise Schultze bound for New York and Boston, Halifax and Baring Brothers arrivals, Manila in port on April 2, Ruby from Belfast, Andrew Adams from Boston, Loring Bailard from Demerara, and several schooners at Windsor and Saint John era ports with dates in April and May.

Colgatin Saugor Earl Burgess New York West Indies Cienfuegos Neptune Barbados Emira Philadelphia Aloha Elise Schultze Boston James A Garfield Ahan Halifax Aston BAVRE Baring Brothers Delaware Manila W H Connor Newcastle Ruby Belfast Port Spain Sdis Andrew Adams Loring C Bailard Demerara Indsor Edhs Phenix WBR Huntley Walleda

Abandoned Schooner Fleetwood Rescued Off Nauset Light

Schooner Fleetwood of New York from Rockland Maine Captain Colson was abandoned five miles northeast of Nauset Light. The crew were rescued by the Nellie M Bow and landed ashore. Brig Mary Garner from Windsor Nova Scotia has arrived at New York leaking badly. Steamer Eastrate from Progreso Mexico discharged 6500 bales hemp in Boston. the largest hemp cargo from Mexico to date.

Fleetwood New York Rockland Colson Nauset Light Pseresene Nellie M Bow Mary G Rnner Windsor Eastrate Boston Progreso Mex Mexico

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L. P, Atwood & CO Exchange Building State Street Roslindale Henry Dudley Preorham Hewlett Walter Stebbins John Pierce Bradford C. P. Atwood & CO South Street Temple Pl Beaconsfield Terraces Brookline Federal Street Skinner Hill H. D. van Norden School Street Robert J. Stronze Court Street É. F. Drew Russell & Drew Portland &T Lowell Eastern Meer Aville Dorchester State Room Swan & Atwood School ST Joseiti Abrams Boston Highlands J. Townsend Everett Jas. Townsend Newport KR. L Winthrop Devonshire St Dte NEW Central Vermont Railroad Washington Street T. Hi. Hanley E. W. Tele Tremont ST Spitzer & CO Gaiteane Boston Stock Exchange NEW York Stock Sales Eat Ing. Alton & T. H Central Pacifi Sie C Aees Canada Plymouth Ccaeeende THE Boston Loan .O Washington St Shipping News Port OF Marine Notes Bezcnam Pius Atlantic Works Mearder St East Masa Reo Shipping Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Seolwreelerly Parthian F. P. Wing Long Wharf E. B. Sampson Gen. Mer Fiske Nessmore Ranmere Arkmoore WM. Johnston & Co., Ltd Keooms Chamber of Commerce Corner of India St Central Wharf White Star Line Royal Mail Queenstown Atlantic Europe RED Star Line Antwerp Continent Kk. A. Adams & CO State St Cor Broad St Adams Cable Furness Line Cunard Line Cephalonia Catalonia Warren Line Palestine Michigan Milk Street Leyland Line Allan Line Glasgow H.& A. Allan Merchants’ & Miners Transp Baleihmore A. M.graham International Steamship CO Hartport Calais Points East International 8 Keston & Maine Railroad Fastport Ticketa State Rooms Charles F. Conn Commercial Wharf Sea Coast F. A. Waldron Southern Pacific Company Morgan Line New Orleans Arizona New and Old Mexico Colorado Cabiforntin KE. Currier Washington E. Hawlely Trafic Roadway Savannah Line, New England and Savannah Steamship Co North Atlantic Steamship CO Lewis Wharf Atlantic Avenue Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Maritime Provinces Worcester B. Exroner Ll. H. Palmer Old State House Canada Atlantic U.S Savannah Pier A. Dew. Sampson Palmer Richardson & Barnard Clyde Steamship CO Great Southern Freight and Passenger Line Strect Florida South Carolina South River Algonquin Iquois Pune Boonton J. A Flanders Theo. G. Eger Bowling Green Cs. Staunch India Wharf Portland, Co F. Williams Ravelers’ Cyufroques American Express CO H. Harris & CO Edwin Fiske’s Wharf Snow & CO Fulton Street Bosteon LL. P. Atwood & CO GIO Back Bay Fens Boylston St Real Estate Exchange Parker St Povlaton St West Chester Park Five Cents Saving Bank Hichborn & Coo Court St Commissioners County of Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts Rossindale Moses Hiras Cohasset Street Joseph Williams West Roxbury Washinton Street Shawmut Avenue Albane Street Brann Albano Street Atherton Avenue Valentine Street John FF Sullivan Amos W. B. Gooding Oscar W. Evans Bertha Bergman S. R. Knights & Co Main St Cambridgeport Concord Street Assidnee of & R. Knights & CO Constable’s Sale Wostonx State Street Room Larence P. Lovell P. O Clarence P City of Boson R. H. Eddy Eutaw Street Marion Street Russell R. Knapp J.B. Crawford Plaintiff Devonshire Street Heriff’s Bromfield Stree Room John B. Fitzpatrick Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad Company Kittery F. Barrett
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