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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1883

Page

3

New York Bank Statement Shows Further Reserve Gains

The New York bank statement is favorable with excess reserves above 5 million dollars. Specie up 939,400 and legal tenders 35,400, deposits rise, net revenue gains to 1,610,825, loans up 1,018,400 while circulation falls 46,400. Closing bond and stock data show mixed movements with notable activity in rail and industrial shares. The report notes reassurances on mortgage and car trust bonds and hints at possible leadership changes in Eastern railroads and a potential NYN&E lease by Erie interests.

New York New York Bank Boston Albany Connecticut River New England Erie Company New York and New England Road Eastern Railroad Mexican Central American Bell Telephone St. Louis C. W. Rogers St. Louis and San Francisco J. H. Wilson New Hampshire

Call Board Notes From November To December Trade

A record of call board listings shows no sales today with two white oats sellers for November and ongoing December and January quotes, while mixed oats and corn buyers report dull bidding and no trade. Grain car inspections tally 68 cars with wheat 1, corn 26, oats 19, rye 20. Liverpool cheese 58s cwt. New York mercantile exchange notes butter quiet cheese steady eggs dull. weekly butter receipts in New York 49,842 packages. cheese 76,727. eggs 13,862. Boston receipts include butter 14,108 tubs and 1,516 boxes, export cheese 600 packages, cheese boxes 8,988, eggs 4,896. Chicago market close roughly unchanged from yesterday. pork prices down and lard mixed. stockyard receipts up to 18,000 with shipments 3,335 and hog totals 218,331 for the week. warnings from Boston exchange on swindlers urging caution in consignments and shipments, advising due diligence against firms with similar names to reputable houses.

New York Navy Manhattan Metropolitan Econ West Shore Virginia Midland Atlantic Pacific Northern Pacific Virginia Omaha Wabash Michigan Central Lackawana Northwest Canadian Pacific Manitoba New England Metropolitan Canada Pacific Northwestern Oregon Transcontinental Union Pacific Central Pacific L& Py Del L. & West Delaware & Lind Denver & Riog Kan St. Jo Kansas & Texas Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Lake Erie&w Missouri Pacific Memphis & C New Jersey Ohio & Missisippi Ontario & West Ogwi Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Phila Reading Milwaukee &St.p Ile Ve St. P Texas Pacific St.l.& Pa Western Union Canada Oregon Trans N.Y N.E St Paul & Om Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange Boston Chicago Nion Boston Produce Exchange Committee On Prices Uplands Forge New Orleans St. Louis Minnesota State Ste. Coit le@lac Gilgabl Rice Tim Mets Tierce City Extra India South America Lake Sarge Esac Bailey Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Detroit London Uplands Orleans Bank of England Germany Spain France China Wabash Preferred Anglo-American Telegraph

Market report on flour and meal prices and demand

The market tone is firm with limited quotable changes in flour prices as sales occur in small lots. Western superfine at 3 350 per bbl, other grades 375 to 425, Midwest and eastern brands vary from 5 50 to 8 per unit, winter seconds 46 to 4 25 per barrel. Cornmeal and oatmeal show steady demand with western sales at 275 to 280 bbl and oatmeal at 4 25 to 6 250 bbl, including byproducts.

New York Vermont Burbank New York State Ben Davis New England Norfolks Richmonds Timothy Boston Sy Bates Texas Philaelphia Minnesota Ilinois Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan

Emports at Boston and Glasgow and Atlantic sailings

A long list of goods and cargoes exported from Boston and Glasgow ports including pig iron, grapes, emery stone, soda ash, bleaching powders, oils, clothing, bamboo items, glass, and textile products. Multiple firms such as Linder & Meyer, Baring Bros & Co, Spinney Eakins & Co, and Joseph Toomey & Son appear with various shipments to cities like Leith and Glasgow, along with vessel names and cargo counts. Additional entries cover harbors in Harbor Grace NF, Matanazas, Guysboro, St Marc Haiti, and Matanzas with brig and schooner cargoes of salt, hides, timber, and seafood.

Boston Liverpool Eng Nichols Cummings Cunningham & Co Linder & Mevar Eakins & Co Thayer & Lincoln Howard, Burlough & Kiley Baring Bros & Co Ultramarine Leyland & c Stoddard, Lovering & Co Linder & Meyer Sherburmme & Co Spear & c Snow & Co Otte & Meyer Spinney Downing, Sheldon & Co S & J Brown & Cos Leigh & Co Joseph Toomey & Son Howard Snelling & Co Morey & Co Beach & Co Joel Goluthwait & Co Glasgow Scot Waldensian Ford Remsay Crook Dodo Mart & Young Russell & Co ST Marc Hayti Sophia Messenger Matanzas Mattie Russell Birds Sugar Standard Sugar Refinery Guysboro Georgenia ST Martins

Fragmented Ocean Freight Lists From Multiple Ports

A damaged shipload record shows cargos listed for FORCEAN EXPORTS at HALIFAX and CHARLOTTETOWN, items include hardware rope hops ink sand lumber organs tobacco chairs seeds veneers and more. PORT OF SPAIN and DEMERARA entries feature sugar, fruit, butter, beef, beer, dried goods, and other commodities. ANTWERP via New York lists bacon cigars leather and telephone apparatus aboard Steamer Hermann.

Halifax Charlottetown Pei Worcester Poland Port OF Spain Trinidad Ceela Demerara Bark St Lawrence Antwerp New York Hermann

Historic Trade Goods List Between Railroads and Firms

A dense OCR style list catalogs commodities and quantities linked to Old Colony Railroad and various firms. Items include beans, potatoes, apples, lumber, hides, wool, tea, coffee, sugar, butter, cheese, eggs, oats, barley, and more, with numerous unit counts such as bales, rolls, bags, cases, and bbls. The entry references entities like Old Colony Railroad and Abany Railroad and shows extensive barter alongside stock, framing a snapshot of 19th or early 20th century trade.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Iges, Borton and Abany Railroad Frovicence Keiliead

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and Grain Notes Augusta to Detroit

Markets report cotton receipts and prices across cities including Augusta Charleston New York Philadelphia and Boston. Grain futures show wheat corn oats rye and flour markets with receipts shipments and closing ranges at Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee.

London and Havana Market Glimpses on Wheat Cotton and Sugar

Commercial report from London notes slow wheat cargoes and quiet Liverpool wheat with firmer corn. Prices for flour pork bacon lard cheese tallow listed. Liverpool cotton steady with sizable sales and various futures. London Economist commentary cites bank bill discounts and cautious policy amid gold movements. Havana sugar market paralyzed with no sales and modest weekly receipts and exports to the United States.

New Railway Institution Formed in Albany and Rail Earnings Up

An Albany dispatch reports the incorporation of the Railway Shareholders Association to collect and publish railway news and data for investor benefit, with capital stock of 109,900 and trustees from major cities. The piece also notes resignations at Old Colony and a reorganization toward centralized motive power, plus recent earnings gains for Rock Island, St. Louis and San Francisco, Denver and Rio Grande, Northwestern, and Canada Pacific railways and potential St Louis traffic deals pending West Shore connections.

Albany Railway Shareholders Association C. P. Huntington Sydney Dillon John Livingstone Horace Porter William Hell New York George B. Roberts Franklin B. Gowen Philadelpia William B. Strong Boston Alexander Mitchell Milwaukee Willem K. Ackerman Albert Keep Chicago William G. Raoul Savannah Charles C. Harris Brooklyn United States Mexico Canada Great Britain J. K. Taylor Georg W. Reynolds Main Line Old Colony George W. Lander Mexican Central Railroad New Hampshire Rock Island Road St. Louis San Francisco Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company West Shore L. M. Johnson Pullman Palace Car Company Mexican National Railroad Northwestern Canada Pacific

Beacon Society meeting at the Revere House in Boston

The Beacon society held its regular monthly meeting at the Revere House with about 40 gentlemen present. Hon Leopold Morse presided and guests included R G Fitch James W Clarke Miles Standish S Ishikawa and others. Gov elect Robinson and Gen A P Martin were expected but detained.

Beacon Society Revere House Leopold Morse Messrs R. G. Fitch The Boston Post James W. Clarke Boston Traveller Miles Standish Memphis Tenn S. Ishikawa Japanese- American Exchange San Francisco Max Friedman George Sears William F. Aimy Ghester Traveller Clarke Boston Robert G. Fitch A. H. Ranney Robinson Massachusetts Commonwealth Washington Martin Congress Col. C. W. Wilder Nathan Appleton J. H. Benton,Jr

Institute Fair Building to Open as Skating Rink

The New England Institute building will open Tuesday night as a large skating rink after extensive work converting 80,000 square feet of area with birch flooring and Seyssel asphalt. The opening program includes skating exhibitions by renowned performers, a fast mile race for a trophy, polo club demonstrations, trick riding on a Star bicycle, and a music hall prepared for balls and public events.

Institute Fair New England Institute R. J. Aginton Jennie Houghton Bert Thayer Kenneth A. Skinner Burt Pressy Philadelphia

Sewerage upgrades promise completion in two weeks

Work on an improved sewerage system will finish within two weeks and by January the Boston sewage will be discharged at Moon Island. Street plans include Evans street from Milton avenue to Nelson street and Montrose street from Warren to Moreland. A Waumbeck street layout notice was issued for Warren street Roxbury. Bids will be opened today for a new steam launch for wharves and Charles River. Police patrols have relied on row boats to cover the waterfront. Water commissioners begin discharge this week for 1100 to 1200 men employed on Ashland works.

Boston Moon Island Evans Street Milton Avenue Nelson Street Montrose Street Warren Moreland Street Waumbeck Street Warren Street Roxbury Charles River Ashland

Court cases listed for Monday session before Judge Rockwell

A docket of cases set for Monday before Judge Rockwell and Judge Bacon includes 705 Edmunds Merchants, 707 Aborn v Same, 113 Costello Crowell, 709 Bennett v Same, 195 Levin v Vanceaver, 571 Proctor v Whitcomb, 249 Williams v Kimball, 621 Oakman Pau v Oakman, 871 Gibersor v Gay, and 981 Stantor v Providence and Stonington Steamboat Co, reflecting a mix of civil actions and transfers.

Edmunds Ee. Miz.Co. Dis. Trans. C Folgei Aborn Same Costello Crowell Bennett Levin Vanceaver Proctor Whitcomb Williams Kimball Oakman Pau. Pa Se Gibersor Gay Stantor Providence & Stonington Steamboat Co

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