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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1887

Page

6

Boston Stock Exchange Semi annual Dividends 1887

Boston Post compiles bank capital, last two semiannual dividends, and October 1 payable amounts. Notable gains include Home Savings Bank 4 percent, City 2 to 2.5 percent, First National 5 to 8 percent, and widespread increases across 59 banks. Total October payout exceeds 8.5 million dollars. includes special notes on foreign interest and separate bond payments.

Home Savings Bank Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Charlestown Exchange First National Hamilton Howard Mechanics New England Old Boston Second National Tremont Washington Webster Broadway Freeman’s Boston Boston Cab Co Savings Bank Boston Loan Co Boston& Col Smelting Co Boston Storewarehouse Caimet & Hee Ia Sadacia Tas Ins Eliot Firemen's Ins Home Law Bank Ferest Lanson Lewis Wharf Lee Mort National’ Car Co Neptune Insurance Pachie Guanes Co Prescott Insurance Security Associates AOD Vais

New York Stock Sales Report September 30

Wilson W. Fay & Co reports New York stock sales for September 30 with 226,300 shares traded. The list shows shares sold along with opening, high, low, and closing prices for today and the prior close.

New York

Rail developments stall Boston & Maine takeover at Lowell

Reports of an immediate Boston & Maine possession of the Boston & Lowell and its leased lines were denied with expectations it will take weeks more. Architects refine plans for a combined Lowell station while engineers study track rearrangements near Lowell Eastern and Fitchburg. New data cover railroad securities, earnings, and plans from Pacific Mail and Nickel Plate reorganizations, elevated electric rail between St. Paul and Minneapolis, and other regional rail motions and finances.

Boston & Maine Railroad Company Boston & Lowell Boston & Maine Company Lowell Road Lowell Eastern Maine Fitchburg Cleveland Caldwell Nickel Plate Company Nickel Plate St. Paul Minneapolis Riley Colorado Coal and Iron Company New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Boston & Providence Old Colony Kansas City St. Pau Denver & Rio Grande Western Canadian Pacific T. Cass Detroit, Lansing & Northern Omaha Vera Cruz

Money Market Active Ahead of October Finances

The Boston money market shows heightened activity amid quarterly settlements and anticipated comptroller calls. Rates hold near 5 percent, with loans on call up to 7 percent. New York funds sold at a premium. Exchange totals for September rise versus 1886, while American Banker notes Western shifts toward Chicago as a central money center under the new law.

Boston New York Washington Chicago St. Louis Great Western Money Centre Irving A. Evans & Co Sterling Exchange Continental Frances Reichsmarks London Aller Europe Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co L. von Messrs Irving A. Evans & L Co Atchison Missouri Pacific Atchison Company Burlington & Quincy New England Charles J. Glidden Evie Telephone Company Cordley, Young & Fuller Denver Atlantic & Pacific Cleveland & Canton Common Wheeling Road Cleveland & Canton Cleveland& Canton Cleveland George M. Pullman Will Baltimore & Ohio Chicago, Burlington & Northern Wisconsin Central Mon Oregon Short Line Oregon Transcontinental California Southern Pacific Mexican Central Sonora Chicago, Kansas& Western Consolidated Vermont Boston & Albany Rutland Ss New York & New England Pullman Union Pacific Eastern Railroad Boston & Lowell Boston & Maine West End American Loan and ‘Trust Company West End Street Railway Company West Exd Street Railway Company Equitable Building Metropolitan, Cambridge, Consolidated South Boston Street Railway Hrexry M. Witring American Loan and Trust Company Ezra H. Baker San Diego Horton Neers Horton Middletown Old Town Park Twenty-second Dam & Metor R.R Otay Ranch

Bank Dividends Declared by Several Institutions

Multiple banks announce dividends with various per share or percentage rates. Institutions include Eliot National Bank Webster National Bank Union National Bank Weymouth and Brookline National Bank along with railroads Delaware Lackawanna Western and New York Central Hudson River. Payments target Oct raids.

Eliot National Bank Webster National Bank National Mt. Wollaster Bank Quincy Union National Bank Weymouth Tuebail River National Bank Brookline National Bank Delaware, Lackiwinna & Western Road Ae New York Central Hudson River Road Todal

Basset Whitney & Co Bankers and Brokers Ad

Direct wire to New York buy and sell stocks and bonds for investors or on margin Bealers in municipal and railroad securities.

New York

Bonds Redeemed by City of Des Moines in 1887 Issue

Adams Blodget & Co announce redemption of City of Des Moines 5 Per Cent Improvement Bonds issued Oct 1 1882 due Oct 1 1887. Bonds with maturing coupons to be paid at Coffin Stanton 11 Wall St New York fiscal agents. Bonds may be shipped by express with draft including charges.

Boston London Boston Suspender Company Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri New York Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Northern Pacific Capital Bangor Bath Sufco Boston City Sufeo Brockton Chelsea Lowell Lynn Maine State T& GR New Bedford New Edford Olly I North Pawtucket Portland Port Water Works Salem Springfield Waltham Worcester Watermont At & Top Bos & Alb Barre & Gard- Ts Barre & Gard Cc &Non Bos & Lowell Cambridge St Bur & Nor Cowley Stanmer Rt Smith Charles River Fall River Fitchburg Florence Eldorado Walnut Valley Florida Cl & Sp Inville Nville St Louis Maine Maine Central New England Ogdensburg Peterboro Pleasant Hill Saletan & Lowell GS St Johnsb Y & Lake Champ Wor & Nash Poston & Albany Boston & Chelsea St Connecticut River Worop & North Am Sioux City & Pac Re Vermont & Mass Juamson Lamson Lamson Company Europe Campobello Frenchman's Bay Mexico Dunkin American Bell Erie American Electric Lewiston American Coffin & Stanton Wall ST Des Moines

New York Stock Market Ends Firm After Quiet Morning

The New York financial scene showed easy money on call, dull government bonds, and a strong late rally in stocks led by Western Union and St. Paul. The day closed at the top figures amid higher bond prices and notable gains in railroad issues and several issue debentures.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Western Union St. Paul San Francisco Pacific Mail Burlington & Quincy St. Paul & Duluth Northwestern Morris & Essex Fort Worth South Carolina Colorado Coal Atlantic

Commodity Market Summary From The Breadth of Trade

Commercial notes show mixed firmness with Fish, Flour, Butter, Cheese, and Fresh Beef firm or steady. Eggs in strong demand while Beans and Oats show quiet activity. Potatoes ease, Tallow firmer, and Sugar items largely unchanged as truck demand remains solid.

Mackerel Market Active with Large Receipts and Firm Prices

Receipts of mackerel stay heavy with strong demand and prices near last week. Gloucester boats report $25 extra s and $16 No 1s, $18 18 for No 2 and bay mackerel per barrel. codfish market remains firm with robust arrivals. herring markets vary with box prices easing slightly.

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