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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1891

Page

6

Atop of Beacon to Officials A Part Will Be Occupied

Officials announce that a portion atop Beacon Hill will be occupied in 1893. The plan outlines access and usage rights for the public space, detailing responsibilities and schedule for the expected occupancy next year.

State House Marble Delays Hold New Boston Building

Progress on the State House extension continues with rapid interior work and a temporary roof over marble walls delayed mainly by a shortage of first rate white stone from Lee Massachusetts. The central portion’s permanent copper roof and interior finishes proceed. contracts awarded for masonry ironwork and plastering. The north wing should be ready for occupation by fall 1893 with a connected building spanning Mt Vernon street planned next.

State House A. B. Franklin Boston Mt. Vernon Street Brigham Brigham & Spofford Post Massachusetts Lee Mass Lee Works Norcross Bros Macguire & Jones Portland Carnegie, Whipps & Co Pittsburg A. A. Franklin S. D Ilouce

Personal callin select a light running sewing machine

A brief personal notice seeking a light running New Home sewing machine. The ad emphasizes portability and ease of use for home sewing tasks. No additional specifics on price or condition are provided.

Market notes reflect dull money and mixed clears in 1891

Boston financial report shows a dull local money market with banks holding ample loanable funds and scarce demand. Call loans hover around 4 to 5 percent, time money 5 to 6 percent, while New York funds firm at higher discounts. The Commonwealth National Bank committee contemplates doubling capital to 1 million, pricing around 150 per share, with stock to be issued next year. Clearing House exchanges show declines in Boston and gains in New York, and Union Pacific and Wisconsin Central report varied railway earnings and balances.

Boson New York West Indies London Commonwealth National Bank National Bank of the Commonwealth Commonwealth Bank The Commonwealth Maverick Boston New York Clearing House Bears Bulls

State Street Gossip Sparked by Grain Traffic Halt

The Chicago grain market is muted as the C B & Q posts a notice refusing more grain to Chicago until further notice. Ten miles of loaded grain cars sit on tracks in Chicago amid broader freight concerns and record earnings signals. Bullish sentiment grows as traders bet on cotton, mineral oils, coalers, and railroad moves. Creditors accept Weeks’s settlement, and Boston & Maine board renewals loom. Northern Pacific plans a small dividend as 1891 metrics climb, while industry chatter touches Calumet & Hecla, Manhattan stock, and local social hints in Brookline.

Lackawanna Reading Jersey Central Delaware & Hudson Rock Island Boston Bell Telephone Boston & Maine Shorts Calumet & Hecla Dali Atchison Wisconsin Central Chicago Theodore C. Weeks March Missouri Pacific Irving A. Evans & Co Boston News Bureau Northern Pacific Boston Stock Exchange San Diego Land Company Madera National Bank of San Diego Cal Thomson-Louston Company Chauncey Depew Vanderbilts Manhattan Gould Buenos Ayres Greenleaf Boson Stock Exchange Miss Browning Brookline Asa P. Potter Potter Kansas Bank Butte & Montana Commercial Company Butte City H. H. Stevens A. 5. Bigelow Thomas Nelson G. H. Ball

Proposed Investments and Bonds Across Cities

Boston reports a bond proposal of 13 000 to a Special Committee on Loan Orders. Creston notes a 12 000 refunding sale to N. W. Harris & Co. Chicago discusses annexation bonds of 30 000 to be redeemed by city funds. Marionette & Western Railway plans 2 000 000 to Abbotsford. California firm California Investment & Security Company seeks 1 000 000. First National Bank of Chariton seeks authority to organize. Acme Coal Mining and Madison Coal seek 250 000 and 300 000 respectively. Credit Insurance Company appears among capital-seeking firms in New York.

Arthur W. Pinero Boston Museum New York Frohman Lyceum Theatre Field Boston Eben Plympton Mass Bond News Creston. la Genaal N. W. Harris & Co Wall Street Chicago Tfl Cicero Town Cicero Franklin Q. Ball Towno Eoorners Onus Marienetty Wis Marionette & Western Railway Company Isaac Stephenson Abbotsford San Francisco Cal Denver Col

Felix Hamburger Named General Manager at Tradesmen's National Bank

In West Orange New Jersey Felix Hamburger appointed general manager to guarantee the payment of commercial debts totaling $600000. The Pennsylvania Filtration Company surfaces with Walter McMichael as president and a $150000 capital for manufacturing filters and water purifiers.

Felix Hamburger Tradesmen’s National Bank West Orange Pennsylvania Filtration Company Walter McMichael

Stock Exchange Daily Totals and Key Prices

Total sales today reach 255600 shares, up from 241100 yesterday and down from 296400 on Wednesday. Principal stocks show the day’s movement with their highest and lowest prices indicated.

London and Buenos Aires Markets Report Nov 18

London quotes show mixed london and foreign market influence with French rentes and exchange rates given. Buenos Aires gold closed at a 263 percent premium. Markets say Spanish securities weak, Russian shares sold amid famine fears, silver flat, rupee weaker.

London New York Pennsylvania Ohio Canada Pacific Urie Erie Hingis Central Amv St. Paul Reiding Paris Buenos Ayres New York Evening Poste

Business Partner Wanted for Boston Metal Setting Firm

A party with about $10,000 is sought to take half interest in an established manufacturing setting business and operate a Boston of 6. Best of references given and required FP O box 245.

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