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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1884

Page

3

Market swings with Pacific rail plan and Erie woes

A dull but firm market shows sporadic moves as AT&SF opens higher to 72 and climbs to 723, with Atlantic and Pacific at 7, Chicago Burlington at 120, and Union Pacific volatile. The piece critiques Union Pacific and Central Pacific subsidies, urging governance changes and sinking-fund reforms, while detailing Erie mismanagement, receiver-led retrenchment, and a push for faster Boston routes and reduced transit times.

Prices Mame of Stock 7-s Highest Lowert

Prices and figures for multiple stock listings from various companies and exchanges, including American KE & Ice pref, Atlantic & Pacific, Mexican-S, N. Y. and N. T. stocks, and utility meters. Entries show prices, highs, lows, and volumes. several lines include percentages and notes on shares traded or pending quotes.

New York Stocks End Mixed as Grangers Lead Rally

Wall Street closes with gains in grangers and Lackawanna amid news of a passenger rate war settlement. Northwestern, St. Paul, Rock Island, and Delaware and Hudson advance while Northern Pacific and Oregon Transcontinental lag. Government bonds firm and railway bonds rise. overall activity strong with high trading volume.

Labor Strains Persist Amid Threat of Economic Slump

The piece foresees continued labor unrest as winter nears and warns of hardship for workers amid widespread strikes. It notes Reading railroad payroll cuts, price declines, and producer gains from labor costs, with calls for workers to accept lower wages until demand and prices recover. It surveys market conditions in coal, textiles, and commodities, stressing cautious responses by manufacturers.

Reading Railroad Company Reading

Market Roundup from New York Prices Hold Steady

Cotton prices steady with 42 percent bales sold and plans at 107-16c. Orleans 10 11-16c. Flour receipts 30,344 bbls with exports 5,830 bbls. various grain prices and futures noted. Wheat supplies and exports rise. corn and oats mixed. coffee, sugar, and molasses steady. pork, lard, and beef markets show little movement. regional markets in Chicago St Louis and elsewhere report varied changes.

Financial summary of London markets and cargo reports

London financials show Consols at 100 11-16 for money and US bonds at 43 125%. Atlantic and Great Western firsts quoted 527g, Erie seconds 5444, New York Central 90%, Illinois Central 1194, Pennsylvania 623, Reading 115g, Mexican 444, Canadian Pacific 4614. Commercial notes record wheat and corn firm on passage with damp foggy weather. Liverpool wheat prices range from 6s 5d to 6s 8d for standard and winter and spring at 6s 6d to 6s 7d, corn 5s 4d, California average 68 54, club 63 Td, etc. Provisions show pork 75s, bacon 39 4ls, lard 38s, cheese 58s, tallow 35s. London price 42s. Wheat receipts three days 88,000 cwt with 55% American. corn 36,400 cwt. Breadstuffs steady and in fair demand.

London Atlantic Great Western Erie New York Central Winois Central Pennsylvania Reading Mexican Canadian Pacific Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool California

Market Livestock Totals for Cattle Sheep Lambs and Swine

This week shows 782 cattle 3 320 sheep 11 758 lambs and 173 last week 1 173 cattle 7 960 sheep 4 858 lambs. One year ago totals were 146 cattle 375 sheep 12 lambs 14 181 hogs. Classification notes define quality: Choice grade all stock over 1100 to 1400 pounds. Extra and first quality the best large fat oxen. Second and third quality younger oxen and steers. Sheep and hogs definitions follow.

N.hampshire Vermont Rhode Island New York Asek Western Canada Sane Elovahoor Ces Deus’ Saxe Eean Penn Lowell Boston Albany Fitchburg Eastern New England Maine N.B

Thanksgiving Prep Drives Demand for Fresh Meats

Wednesday, Nov. 26 notes active business across departments linked to Thanksgiving preparations. Prices generally firm with fresh meats in demand for pie meat, while veal and mutton show steadier trading.

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Prices Hover Steady

Market listings show dairy receipts ample with little change in values. Eggs firm, best butter at 30c a tub. Fresh fruit and vegetables mostly steady with higher rates for lettuce spinach parsley and some apples. Fresh fish prices vary with halibut, mackerel, and oysters highlighted.

Tub California

Imports at Boston Halifax details ship side goods list

A long list from Boston and Halifax NL shows steamers and schooners delivering eggs butter potatoes fish mackerel feathers and other mdse. Notable entities include Beaman Bros Dudley & co H Bowles & co and W H Ring among many, with items such as 126 cases eggs 9 barrels butter 55 cases eggs 169 do and 283 do. In Brunswick Georgia schooners Allie Burnham and Harold C Beecher carry lumber and pine inventories for George McQuesten & co and George H Peters & co respectively.

Halifax Worcester Arthur & Co Beaman Bros Bowles & Co Carter James Cunningham Dudley & Co Thomas Ely A & O W Mead Russell & Co Ellis & Co H B Griffin & Co Junk Haskins & Montagne Holmes & Blanchard Oughton, Mifflin & Co Howe & French H Johnson J Jones & Co Moody James O Boyle Rand & Co Ring T Russell & Co Whitman Brunswick Harold C Beecher George H Peters & Co

Ship cargo listings from Demerara and Nova Scotia ports

In Demerara Guiana a schooner loads 17 cases chairs 3 birds tobacco 200 carboys bloomer 1 bale feather 160 bales and assorted goods including pork 200 hams 200 baskets 87 bbis 15 boxes vegetables 101 fresh codfish 12 mackerel 12 lobsters 150 smoked salmon 1295 poultry 481 butter 12 cheese 1 beef 8 mutton 7 crackers 54 ladders 10 tallow 167 hay 29 grain 1 confectionery 1 figs 16 brass checks 1120 water casks 595 sugar bird shocks 50 tons ice 428 feet lumber 60 live sheep 4 live oxen. At Yarmouth Nova Scotia the steamer Dominion carries 125 bbls four 250 meal 1 box knives 2 bbls popcorn 8 cases hardware 1 stave saw 53 bolls rims 6 shafts 3 hulls 3 cases boots and shoes 25 boxes potash 3 pkgs mouldings 13 boxes ink 10 pkgs confectionery 5 bbls cabbages 1 case buckwheat 1 case glassware 30 bags corn 4 hay cutters 3 bols fork 1076 feet black walnut 1 case hardware 2 coils cordage. St John New Brunswick schooner Sarah Glass loads 500 bbis cornmeal 100 rolls tarred dry paper 7650 feet lumber 10 bbis onions 130 de flour 80 kerosene oil.

Dodry Paris Rochelle Kentucky Manila York State Liverpool Cape Aroostook County New York Vermont Nova Scotia New Brunswick P. E. Island Florida Hubbardston Baldwins Cape Cod Concord Hudson River Isabella Diana St. Andrews Express Michigan Seef Carolina Patna Rangoon Jaya Turks Island Trapani Cadiz Chicago Calcutta Manilas Iloilos Porto Rico Barbadoes Brandy Foucauld & Co Otard Dupuy Hennessy Pellerosin Martell Ram—St New England John Gibson Newcomb Buchanan Company Anderson Nelson Blake Demerara Br Guiana Yarmouth Dominion ST John N B Sarah Glass Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Haine Rauroud Peabody, Salem Espremes

Receipts of Staple Products Nov 25 by Rail Lines

A compiled list of consignments arriving via Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New Railroad, Fitchburg, Eastern, Haine, Mayflower, Peabody and others. Items include cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley, millseed, beans, butter, cheese, eggs, lard, tallow, bacon, hams, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, oleomargarine, leather, hides, skins, and various shipments by car, bales, boxes, crates, and sacks.

Commodities trade figures from 1880s transit table

A fragmentary table lists annual movement of commodities by rail or ship across transits, including cotton bales, molasses barrels, wool bales, rye bushels, millfeed bushels, lumber cars, peas bushels, tallow barrels, leather goods in bales and cases, beef and pork products, hides, lard, hams, skins and pelts with varying counts for years 1888 and 1884, showing volume shifts and unit types.

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Court Record D 8 Circuit Court November 25

In a probate and debt case Harriet EK Moore executrix sues Jerome F Manning over 15 percent fee for services on judgments against a Confederate teamer Jel Davis. Judgment amounts cited 427.99 and 641559 with drafs to order of testate. Court orders defendant to pay 1683 09 and 232464 into court. Orders Seibert Cylinder Oil Cup Co v Warren H Craig et al hearing on injunction over Craig Double Light Feed Lubricator patents. Challenges include alleged enlargement and lack of novelty. Attorneys listed.

Harriet EK Moore Executrix Jerome F. Manning Same S. Same Santa Clara Jel Davis Peresse Seibert Cylinder Oil Cup Company Et al Warren H. Craig Craig Thomas W. Clarke Causten Alexander P. Browne

Erie Railroad directors elected at annual meeting

The Erie annual meeting elected directors led by John King and others. King became president, with Lincoln treasurer and McDonough Bowen as vice presidents. A reforming agenda promised salary cuts up to 50 percent in general offices, with no sweeping discharges and the U S Express staying on the road. The article also notes court actions over Broadway and Seventh Avenue licenses and government suit against Union Pacific, plus miscellaneous rail earnings and stock movements.

Old Colony Railroad Company United States Ghos. F. Choate Frank Jolmes Kingston Silas Pierce Scituate Francis A. Nye Falmouth Charles F. Choate Southboro Frederick L. Ames Boston Thomas J. Borden Fall River John 8. Brayton Samuel ©. Cobb Uriel Crocker Thomas Dunn Newport Geo. A. Gardner Charles L. Lovering Taunton William J. Rotch Newedford John J. Russell Plymouth Nathaniel Thayer Lancaster Royal W. Turner Randolph Messrs Wm. A. Rust Wm. Savery Carver John R. Brewer Hingham Ames Brewer Choate Leominster Shawmut Granite Neponset River North Easton Terry Weymouth Mr. Faxon John 38. Brayton John M. Washburn J. R. Kendrick Erie Railroad Meeting The Erie John King Wm. Whitewright J. B. McCullough Ogden Millis Wm. A. Wheelock J. A. Raynor Wm. R. Dinsmore Wm. Libby G. M. Graves Wm. L. Strong Lowther Walsh H. H. Cook G. W. Quintard C. Parker J.J. Goodwin King McCullough Cook Parker and Welsh Wheelock Whitright Raynor Strong Libbey Ogden Mills J. G. McCullough United States Express Company New York Broadway Court of Appeals Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company Railcoad Union Pacific

Jones v Mystic Valley Railroad suit on note for 500

Judge Gardner hears case No. 256 involving Geo S. Jones and the Boston and Mystic Valley Railroad Co. over a $500 note. Defence alleges forgery. Proceedings resume with plaintiff’s counsel S H Phillips and A C Butterworth and defendant’s O F Gray and W C Cogswell. Multiple other docket entries follow in this session.

Geo. S. Jones Boston and Mystic Valley Railroad Co S. H. Phillips A. C. Butterworth O. F. Gray W. C. Cogswell

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