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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1883

Page

3

Unfavorable exhibit in clearing house totals this week

The week’s clearings totalled 1,014,515,362, up from 950,389,162 last week but down 20.8 percent versus last year. New York showed heavy failures and drought curbed mill production, while outside New York the decline was smaller at 6.3 percent. St. Louis, Columbus, Peoria and Memphis posted gains, but most manufacturing cities fell. southern cities were generally better. The September table lists major cities’ totals, with New York leading at 3,041,988,271 and outside New York down 8.6 percent for the period. The New York bank statement worsened with reserve surplus down to 474,825. Exchange and securities data followed, noting mixed railroad stock changes and ongoing financial strain.

New York Clearing House United States Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Inc San Francisco Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburg New Orleans Providence Louisville Detroit Milwaukee Kansas City Cleveland Hartford Indianapolis Columbus Peoria New Haven Portland Worcester Springfield Memphis Lowell Syracuse N.Y Eig Times One S. Francisco N. Orleans Heartford Philadel Ine San Fran Dee Hallimore Orleans Kan City Inc. Leveland Hurtford India P’tis Lnc N. Haven Spr Gfield Associated Banks of New York Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Topeka Marion County Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Oregon Union Pacific Railroad Company Flint Pere Marquette Flint and Fort Scott Gulf Marquette, Houghton Ontonagon Mexican Central Toledo Toledo, O Cincinnati and St. Louis Baxter and Drummond United States Circuit Court Albany Old Colony State Street Eastern Eastern Railroad Boston and Maine Boston and New England Vanderbilt Atlantic and Pacific Delphos Burlington American Bell Telephone Bay State Telephone Pullman Palace Car Company Concord N. H State Board of Equalization Telepone New Hampshire Plymouth & Campton Brattleborough & Chesterfield Brattleborough & Hinsdale Boston & Northern Cheshire County Winnepesaukee Bell Granite State Stratford & Colebrook Messrs Henry Clews & Co Department of Agriculture Evans & Doane

Fragmented OCR list of banks and securities values

A dense OCR page lists numerous banks and manufacturing firms with scattered bond and stock values. Mentions include Clinton Nat Bank, Merchants' National Bank, Union Cat. Mfg., Fall River, Cambridge Horse Rd, Middlesex Horse Railroad, Old Colony Bb, Boston & Nor Telephone, NAPA WUBIN, and various railroad and metal works. Values show bonds in hundreds to thousands, with dates ranging late 19th to early 20th century and notes on ex-dividend status for N. England Mort. Sec'y Uo 7s 1887.

First Clinton Nat Bank Merchants’ National Bank Wacnnsett Nat. Bank Fitchly Bates Manufacturing Co Great Palis Manufacturing Co Bpocmc ME Union Cat Fall River Cambridge Horse Highland Street Middlesex Horse Railroad Norwich & Worcester Rd Northern M. Hassle Old Colony Boston & Nor Telephone PO Fee Telco Hubber Co Bristol Vscs Necesesesssen Soo Topeka Santa Fe Boston Concord & Montreal Burlington & Missouri Dixon, Peoria & Hannibal Framingham & Lowell Lou N. Albany St. Louis Leavenworth, Topeka & Southwestern Mid Central Air Line New Mexico & S. Pacific Lake Champ’n Con United States Francis Henshaw & Co Sic Cocansks Boston & Sandwich Glass Ise Cliesesannes Caedankeasue Boston & Albany Lowell Pass Rivers Votony Port Saco Portsmouth McKay National Tube Works Shoe & Leather Insurance odeSousegee Evan Ton Top& SF Chicago, Burl. & Quincy Fremont Elkham & Mo Kan City Scott& Gulf Midland North Carolina England Mort Merchandise National Bank York Manufact. Co Union Cotton Manuf. Co National Railway Panel. Co Revere Bean and Lynn Railroad American Rapid Telegraph Co Conn Union Switch and Signal Go Northern and Co N. K New Lynn Michigan Central RR Rutland Erie Telegraph and Telephone Co

New York Financial Market Dull With Mixed Bond Declines

New York on September 29 reports money easy at 2.26 percent on call. Prime mercantile paper 6-7 percent. silver at 110 1/2. Foreign exchange steady. Stocks weaker overall with Northern Pacific and Oregon Transcontinental among notable declines. late day rally limited. Rail and miscellaneous commodity markets show varied but steady to unsettled activity.

New York Prime Mercantile Northern Pacific Oregon Chesapeake and Ohio Stock Exchange Oregon Transcontinental Omaha Northwest Union Pacific New England Aay Silver Islet Consolidated Mining and Lands Company Broadway B. E. Strong N. B No.2 N. Y

Grain and market report from Boston and New York exchanges

Prices for oats corn and wheat listed with October November and December bids. Receipts show corn oats rye shorts oatmeal and meal with totals. butter cheese eggs and packing hogs noted. New York produce market steady with slight changes. petroleum certificates quoted with bids and closing price. Entities include Boston, New York, Ag Pape tea, and various grain and dairy items.

Boston Commercial Exchange Shorts Chicago Conan

Flour and grain market steady with varied flour prices

Grain trade shows steady corn and oats values with firm rye and barley notes. Flour prices list western superfine to Minnesota bakers marks and ranges, while cornmeal, goatmeal, and mill feeds see mixed demand amid drought and steady quotes across regions. Butter and eggs remain firm though stock scarce, cheese strong with varied regional quotes.

Minnesota Trincis St Louis Ind Ohio Michigan New York Illinois Louis Indiana Michigan Do

Imports at Boston and overseas goods list

A long OCR style roster summarizes incoming cargoes and shipments to Boston and other ports. It lists numerous firms and items including textiles, woollens, machinery, clocks, glassware, earthenware, leather, and many boxed goods from firms such as Bigelow, Bates, Dennison, Grout, Hubbard, Jordan, Marsh, and many more. Also notes shipments to Smyrna Porto Rico Cadiz and other locations with items like wine, coal, tobacco, sugar and lumber.

Boston Liverpool Eng Watera Coats American Rubber Co American Search of Commissioners Bigelow & Webber Baring Bros & Co Bates Churchill & Co Neal & Morse Dickermann Dennison Manus Co Abram French & Co Forbes Co Grout, Warren & Banchard T Hubbard Hogg, Brown & Taylor Houghton & Dutton F Hovey & Co Ao Woollens Horswell, Kinsley & French Harrington Harwood & Leardstey Hart & Young Harwood Bros Haley & Cf Hollander & Co Jones Jones & Co Ives, Bellamy & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Isley & Co B Moors & Co Norton Norcross, Mellen & Co R H White & Co Wadsworth Bros & Howland Smyrna I. Amico Lasegi & Co Porto Rico Canonbury Cadiz David Bugbee Frank O Dame Guantanamo Stockton Wilmington Bertha J Bell George McQuesten & Co Cam Brunswick Mary L Allen Stetson, Moseley & Co Jeet Cow Bay Lillian May Odiorne

Historic Railway Freight Ledger Fragments of 19th Century Trade

A condensed list from multiple railroad lines records varied goods including apples, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, bales, and side counts. Entries mention Grend Junction, New York and New England, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence lines and Peabody Salem Expresses with quantities in bales, cases, bushels, and rolls.

Grend Junction Railroad Sva Peabody and Salem New York New England Hkaliroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Products Sept 2 1883 1882

Totals of staple goods in transit and on hand are shown for Sept 2 with 1883 and 1882 comparisons. Cotton bales molasses butter flour eggs oatmeal cheese beans oats apples wheat potatoes malt hay millfeed skins pelts leather tallow lard beef and related items are listed with quantities.

Paris Acc Todsuck Lowell Maine Railroad Air 16 Poe Cnet

Markets by Telegraph Late Sept 29 Overview

Markets across Augusta Philadelphia Charleston St Louis and New York show firm mid trends with mixed receipts and steady to firm closing in several staples. Cotton and wheat drifted. corn oats and lard moved in narrow ranges amid steady demand and modest shifts in futures and spot prices.

Augusta Philadelphia Galveston Sasasecss Charleston ST Louis Svae Memphis Louisville Cccreese Sears Orleans Wilmington Sock United Seats New York

Financials and Markets Across London and Liverpool

London stock lists show Consols at 1011-16 with various rail and bank securities quoted. Maritime markets report slow wheat and corn cargoes, firm London wheat, dull cotton in Liverpool with high sales and deliveries, and Mexican bond speculation amid a broader rise in some securities.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool Uplands Orleans Rio DE Janeiro Bank of England France Alfonso Germany Grand Trunk Railway

Grand Trunk blocked from selling $3 million bonds

A civil injunction in the superior court bars Grand Trunk from offering for sale $3,000,000 of first mortgage Canada Atlantic railway bonds to Ottawa. Plaintiffs Stanton of New York and Balch of New Jersey seek damages over $350,000 for losses tied to amalgamation deals with Ottawa Junction and Canada Atlantic, with future work profits at stake. Meanwhile, Topeka and Santa Fe report management changes and bondholder moves stir Vanderbilt era concerns.

Grand Trunk Montreal Canada Atlantic Railway Ottawa London New York Bank of British North America Canadian Bank of Commerce Bank of Ottawa Daniel N. Stanton Adna Perkins Balch Hanover N. J Coteau Dominion Central Vermont Railroad Company Central Vermont J. Gregory Smith Canada Atlantic Providence Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Kansas C. C. Wheeler Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

Court Record in U S Commissioners Court Sept 29

Michael Durant, a vinegar factory owner at East Somerville, is held in 5000 dollars for further examination on Oct 8 on a charge of distilling liquor in violation of the law.

Michael Durant East Somerville Amoshkeag Manufacturing CO Amoskeag Manufacturing Company Manchester N. H Boston Boston and Lowell Mons Bom American Bell ‘Iouions Co WM. R. Driver Treas

Municipal Courts September 29 Proceedings and Fines

In the central court Judge Churchill continued cases to October 2 with $200 bonds for Martin J. O Malley for profanity. John Bean was fined $10 and costs for assault and battery. John McKeon to be tried October 5 for driving a horse unfit for work. Joseph Eagan given six months in the house of industry. John W. Cosco fined $10 for discharging a firearm in the street. Johanna Condon six months in the house of industry for idle and disorderly. George Collins fined $16 and costs for larceny. William W. Hail fined $10 without costs for assault and battery. William Murphy fined $15 and costs for assault and battery. In Charlestown Hannah Flynn fined $10 95 for assault and battery. George A Rogers held in $1,000 for October term of the superior court for indecent assault on two girls. In Roxbury Louis Schleihoff fined $10 and costs for disturbing the pearl. Hermann G. Richardson charged with assault and aid 2663. Charles C. Jones held in $100 for trial today. Ayer s Hair Vigor ad claims to restore color and gloss to faded hair.

Central Court Churchill Martin J. O’malley John Bean John McKeon Joseph Eagan House of Industry John W. Cosco Johanna Condon George Collins William W. Hail William Murphy Charlestown Hannah Flynn George A Rogers Superior Court Roxbury Court Louis Schleihoff Hermann G. Richardson Charles C. Jones

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Libel Copy Notice

September 28 1883 attested true copy of libel and order. Official seal and clerk’s signature certify the document as a true copy. Henry A. Clapp assistant clerk signs as attesting officer.

Henry A. Clapp

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