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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1883

Page

3

Stocks Mixed As Atchison Topeka Bonds Hold Steady

The market showed uneven activity with prices generally lower than recent levels. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe shares closed around 83 to 84 with a bid at 84. August gross earnings stood at 1,263,899 and net earnings at 755,827, while since Jan 1 gross and net rose to 9,106,929 and 4,821,539 respectively. Directors and rail line notes include Ames Baker Adams finalizing a visit, Iowa Central changes, and Marquette group stock moves.

Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Southern Kansas Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Messrs. Ames, Baker and Adams New York Flint Pere Marquette Iowa Central Railway Company BE. L. Dudley D. H. Phels Monmouth Transcript Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Louisiana Missouri River Boston Albany New England Old Colony Fitchburg Concord Vermont Massachusetts Lowell Atlantic and Pacific San Francisco Col. Nutt Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Lowne Central Pacific Tonzalin Atchison

Important Notice on Stock Price Change at Merchants' Electric

At a Board meeting held Oct 3 1883 Merchants' Electric Light and Power Co Boston resolved to withdraw or raise stock price as business grows The treasury stock will advance from 10 to 12 50 per share after Oct 13 1883 Subscriptions and partial payments must be completed by Oct 13 notices issued by President W A Hovey and Secretary W W Gooch Oc4tol3 The Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company 18 P Square offers interest on deposits by check

General Offices Merchants’ Electric Light and Power Co Devonshire St Boston Treasury WM. A. Hovey WM. W. Gooch Leverett Saltonstall Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Scenery Suffolk Washington Street Charles H. Parker Canton Street William Cumming Supreme Judicial Court For Suffolk County Cumming Louisa W. Cumming Charles A. Cotting Elisha Burr Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Samourt C. Cops Willam I. Bownrreu Rene Clement Willis Supreme Judicial Court Charlies Cotting Samonel C. Copp

New York Financial Markets End Bear Day Amid Broad Weakness

New York on October 3 saw easy money at 2 to 3 percent on call with weak foreign exchange and government bonds. Stocks traded weak through the afternoon, with Villards and Grangers bearing the brunt as declines intensified before a slight rally. railroad bonds slipped while St. Paul and Omaha consols rose. Market sentiment remained bearish with broad selloffs across major shares.

New York Prime Mercantile Arkansas Red River West Shore Villards Grangers Erie East Tennessee Buffalo Iron Mountains St. Paul Omaha Milwaukee Stock Exchange gVillards Oregon Northern Pacific Oregon Transcontinental Northwest

Fragmented Financial Station Listings and Stocks Fragment

A dense jumble of stock listings and company names including Fortayne Pacific Den. Pac. Bats. Mutual Union Tel and various railroad and mining stocks. Numerous odd spellings and fragments obscure clear events but indicate a period market page with quotes for rail, telegraph, mining, and other securities.

USG Fortayne Houston& T Scasecesessseek Pacific Bloom West Colum Long Island Bos Hart Eric Iota N. Ald Bats Esancooses Rio Grande Manes P’k & Pac Minn EMG del. Burt UN. Pac Oregon Oregon Improvement Co Panama Ceverecessse Pittsburg Paba Alton & Terre Haute Pullman Palace Chesapeake & Ohio Rock Island St. Louis& S Pran Chicago & Alton Bar Del Burl San. & Clev United States Ex Gleve Cines Weils Fargo’ Aeshaed

Callboard: Grain markets and receipts summary today

Rice details show No 2 white oats sold at 39 percent cash and 3914c in October, 39 percent in November, 40 14c in December. Sales today include 8 cars No 2 white oats, December at 404qc by M Shultis to Proctor Brothers. 3 cars No 2 mixed export 661gc and 6614c in October/November. steamer export cash 64c and monthly prices. Car inspection receipts total 54 cars. grain receipts include corn 29,600 bus, oats 192,594 bus, rye 70 bus, barley 1,754 bus, wheat 2,209 bus, peas 1,008 bus. flour today 7,044 pints and 5,081 sacks. Elevator stocks Oct 1: corn 186,621 bus, oats 192,594, rye 70, barley 1,754, wheat 2,209, peas 1,008. Liverpool cheese 56s per cwt, 6d advance. butter demand strong with firsts and creamery grades. New York mercantile: butter firm, cheese very firm. eggs 26 26l6c. Canada 24 25c. western unchanged. Foreign exports: New York week ending Sept 29 butter 283,208 tbs. cheese 1,635,999 tbs. Boston butter 40,900 tbs. cheese 178,592 tbs. Grain and provisions quiet. US yards hogs receipts 18,006. shipping 6,238. left over 5,000. price ranges for hogs listed.

M Shultis Proctor Brothers G. S. Jackson Proctor Brothers. Com Shorts Liverpool E Whiteworth New York Mercantile Exchange Canada New York Boston United States Franklin Modia Java Ee B Maracaibo Rio Janeiro Arene Uplands Orleans Shellac Gambier Sicily Otto Peru Lima Nova Scotia Minnesota Michigan Indiana Ohio Illinois Louis Malaga Muscatel London Valencia Sultana Smyrna Rennieta Msc Palermo Messina Warren Eureka du Pont Wilmington Oakum Calcutta Bank Do Straits Do Menhsden Neatsfoot Jean Boards of Trade Vermont Boston Aby Exchange Seti Boston Produce Exchange Canton N. N Little Falls N. Y Salemon Utica Elgin St. Albans Poston Montreal Franklin County Maine Maine Central Northern New Kunswick Pei Nearby Cape Choice Canada Aroostook Houston New Hampshire Burbank Down East New York State Garden Mynouana Jersey Jerseys Norfolk Eastern Shore Hubbardstons Gravenstein Nova Scotias New England Anjou BliaSc Texas Europe New Carolina Louisiana Patna Rangoon Sali Bond Cadiz Trapani St. Martin’s Turks Island Batavia Manila Manila Extra Belmont Sumac Connecticut Massachusetts Havana Pennsylvania Wisconsin Salem WUOL Territory Valley Oregon Georgia California New Zealand Montevideo Chicago ST. Louis Wyoming Montana Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Detroit

Market Prices Across Commodities Reported

A long list shows firm to steady prices across alcohol coffee cotton and textiles with mixed notes. Cotton futures opened steady New York futures higher later. dry goods demand fair, water scarcity curtailing production. Foodstuffs including flour fish and fruits remain steady with selective price increases in certain grades and regions.

Naval Stores and Oils Price Snapshot From Early Market

The week’s market notes show spirits of turpentine at 43c spot and 44c gal to arrive, rosin grades at 230 to 350 per barrel, pitch and Wilmington tar at 350. Linseed oil scarce, Calcutta 58c gal. olive, palm, sperm and whale oils with varied crude to refined rates. Provisions and produce quotes follow, with dairy, beans, potatoes, apples, and meats displaying active pricing. beef and pork values steady, cheese rising in markets from Canton to Utica, and a broad survey of fats, oils, seeds, sugars, and tobaccos across regional trades.

Fall trade dulls while boot makers push orders hard

Market shows few buyers and quiet business as fall trade ends early. Boot manufacturers remain busy, forecasting factory work into the month due to higher than average demand. Rubber goods shipments rise to 68,738 cases week over last year, with total shipments since January at 2,155,448 cases. Major destinations across the country list Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and many Southern and Western cities receiving notable volumes.

Chicago Til St Louis Cincinnati Cleveland Nashville Tenn Memphis Louisville New York Philadelphia Baltimore Ohmond New Orleans Chattanooga Miwaukee Wis Mobile Ala Montgomery Bloomington Ill Grand Rapids Mich Omaha Neb Petersburg Evansville Ind Indianapolis Columbus Toledo Buffalo Rochester Dubuque Minneapolis Minn San Francisco Cal Des Moines Paul St. J . Mo Kansas City Lexington Yton Fort Wayne Denver Portsmouth Quincy Peoria Wheeling Altoona Corinth Miss Harrisburg Rome Lynchburg Reading Pa Springfield Vicksburg, Miss Allegheny Pa Washington, DC Wilmington San Antonio Tex Easton Scranton Bi Oe NY Elmira, NY Troy, NY Horne’ le

Foreiza Exports Trade List From Cape Verde Vent

A brief 19th century inventory notes cargo from Foreiza Exports listing items by vessel and origin including brig Luso with 51,856 feet lumber two bases cotton two plows ten tons coal 1 075 pieces staves one box medicine three rolls leather 24 cases tobacco Annapolis and Digby N 8. Steamer New Brunswick one case rubber goods two coils wire rope one half bb coffee one case hardware Dorchester N B. Schooner Ocean Star 10 000 ths marble one barrel kerosene oil.

Cape DE Verde Annapolis Digby New Brunswick Dorchester N B Ocean Star

Receipts of Stapie Pruduciia and Railroad Goods

A detailed tally of consignments across multiple railroads and ships, listing sacks, bales, bushels, boxes, tubs, and cases of flour wool corn coffee beans apples potatoes butter eggs meat and leather. Includes Maine, Eastern, Fitchburg, Grand Junction, New York and New England, Gid Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence lines and sea transport totals.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Gid Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Products Oct 3 Port Table

A table shows oct receipts of principal staple goods at this port and in transit versus last year. Figures cover cotton, wool, flour, eggs, cornmeal, oatmeal, beans, oats, hay, wheat, barley, lumber, leather, millfeed, tallow, beef, lard, hides, grease, skins, tea, coffee, pelts, sugar, molasses, and sacks. Noted: sacks of flour in 1882 column reduced to barrels.

Gotton Baies Baza Warnes

The Cattle Market Brighton and Watertown Livestock Oct 3

Brighton and Watertown live stock market report with cattle, sheep, swine arrivals, state origins, yard holdings, car counts by roads, and price ranges. Notes on milk cows, veal calves, hogs, poultry, and export trade. Prices steady with fair demand. improvements in lambs and steady cattle market noted.

Brighton and Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and flour steady in New York

Domestic markets report cotton steady with 1,871 bales sold while forward deliveries are dull. Flour receipts reach 19,004 borrels with 3,275 exported. demand remains higher for export and home trade. Prices show wide variety across grades with mill extras and multiple regional flour values listed. Southern markets quiet as wheat receipts noted.

New York New Orleans Minnesota Ohio West Indies

Chicago and St Louis grain and livestock market roundup

Wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley move with quiet to steady trading across Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and Toledo markets. Prices top and bottom vary by month with pork and lard firmer, hogs steady, beef cattle mixed, and whiskey steady as receipts and shipments detailed for flour wheat corn oats rye barley and livestock.

London and Liverpool Market Notes Oct 3 1900

United States bonds and various grain prices reported in London and Liverpool. Wheat and corn activity steady to quiet with prices quoted from Mark Lane to Liverpool. Wool sales in Sydney and New Zealand conclude with 364,180 of 404,530 offered sold, next series starts Nov 20.

Liverpool Uplands Orleans London Sydney New Zealand America

Multiple Firms Seized or Insolvent Across United States

Charles Rogers of the Indian Head hotel in Nashua filed failure papers. Schwaniger of Louisville is also failed. Union Iron Co of Portsmouth has a receiver, with $400000 paid capital. John Campbell of Ironton is a major stockholder valued at about $1000000. Bolles & Co. and Wm C Campbell are tied to related assets. Lake & Austin of Grenada assignments total about $75000 with stock pledged. Edward C. Pease planing mill in Brooklyn assigned. Ballou & Co. bankers pending resume. Barton official W W Grant seeks insolvent ruling against Bradley Barlow for $11000 with hearing set March 19.

Charles Rogers Indian Head Nashua N. H William M. Bolles Wm. C. Campbell St. Louis Joseph Stehle Walter C. Corse Lake & Austin Grenada Miss Lake Bank of Lake Bros Edward C. Pease Planing Mill Brooklyn George Wm. Ballou & Co Ballou Hon W. W. Grant Barton St. Albans Bradley Barlow Bartow National Bank

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Bank Railroad National Bank Oell Ty Merchandise National Bank Blackstone National Bank Union Cat Fall River Boston & Chelsea Horse Boston, Revere Beach & Ro Boston & Albany American Rapid Telegraph Lon Railroad of N. England Lake Champ N Con Francis Henshaw & Co Old Boston National Bank Weseteesette Baarssereegee Brockton Nat. Bank National Bank of Commerce Boston Nat. Bank SON DOK OG ci Ioc Corumeror Bs Sis Scones Bciesscheesend Bates Manufacturing Co Franklin Company Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Highland Street RR Boston & Albany Railroad N. Osce Nat, Rubber Co Bristol Continental Sugar Refinery Boston Wharf American Insurance Co Csecees American Loan Cincininati Chicago, Burl. & Quincy Stecesss At. & Pa Dayton Division Bos & Weile Uin San & Ulev Eees & Mo Port Sa& Por Rutland Rd Bell Tel Lechmere National Bank East Cambridge Long Island Railroad Company Atchison Company Richardson, Hill & Co No. 40 Water Street Massachusetts Loan and Trust Coopany NEW York Financial Charlescon Mississippi Oregon Navigation Decatur Richmond Danville Alton Terra Haute Western Union Xenangs Hostng PCR Reed Caraca Southern Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Lake Erie & W Michigan Central Manhattan Missouri Pacific Memphis & C Northwesten New Jersey Big Ohio & Mississppi Ontario & West Ohio Centra Big Peoria Dec Phila Reading Bilg Milwaukee&st.p St. P.& Gmahba Texas Pacific L.& Pa Oregon Trans Ge Duke Ver Pfdalfron lHorn Talice Cose Manilla Cebu Lie Buenos Brighton Rues India Ee Ee Aringatiee Nenos Ayres Mektale Lew Meio Straits Porto Rico Barbadoes Surinam Ccmuimen Choice Matanzas NAUS Boston Boot and Shoe Trade F Hill & Co Chapin Bros Willard Ferguson L Hale & Co Dudley & Co Delong & Seaman White Bros Holmes Rand & Co McKeever & Co Gay & Co Mead Doe McDonad Alice Grimes G Hall& Co Carter Russell & Co Potter & Wrightington Ellis & Co Jos Bond Jr & Co Gridin & Co Eng Chemicals ET Wessel Thayer & Lincoln Powning, Sheldon & Co Shelburne Wadsworth Bros & Howland Colors Beach & Co Aleigh & Co Morey & Co Brown Bros & Co Hills, Turner & Co P& L New World Colony Providence Whitesale N. 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LS Britain Edeseceassl Monrat I Etriwc Ocean Rae Atlantic and Great Western New York Central Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia and Reading New Rom Ontario and Western St. Paul Common Amaeynsphere Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane United Kingdom England Coffee Market Rio DE Janeiro Kimball Bros Portland James E. Cook William T. Elwell Worcester F. L. Hackett LaGrange Cain Jerome New York City Court of Common Pleas Junge Belgium Hawkins Street Cushing Process Company AR. R. R. Radway Radway R. R DR. Radway Rradway Radwaywy & CO Warren Street Radway’s Moody A cc Ionshire Mening Rec Boots & Shoes A. S. Richards Summer Street Shoe and Leather Exchange A. P. Taber Fall River Line John Wilmerding Wilmerding, Hogant & C Ie St Samuel Bunting’s Market Street Philadelphi Check of Os Pincott Y Leonard & CO Aughoneers and Appraisers Bromfield Street Beacon Street KR. KL DAY @& CO State Street Exchange Place The Barber Trimmer Co Shaw Relief Valve Co Boston Water Power Co Whitney Patent Gaiter Co Little Rock Ft Smith Day Sewed Shoe Co First National Bank of Lynn Great Falls Manufacturing Co Pueblo North National Bank Etna Woollen Mills Lowell Bleachery Co York Manufact. Co Shoe and Leather Insurance Co Union Cotton Manuf. Co American Rapid Telegraph Co Conn Ene Telegraph and Telephone Co Menlo Park Union Pacific Railway Connorton Valley Salmon Falls Mfg Co Francis Henshaw & & Co Bembers Boston Gas Light Co Howard National Bank Freeman's National Bank National Webster Bank American Electric Iilaninating Cheshire KR Hocosac Tunnel Deck and Elevator Co Lincoln National Bank National City Bank Hadley Company Connana Pass Rivers Highlana Street Raiway Revere Beach Lynn National Dock and Warehouse Co American Loan and Trust Co Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Atchieson and Nebraska R McKay Metallic Fastening Association S. 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