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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1886
Page
6
A fragmented OCR passage lists railroad lines and company names such as Cleveland and Canton, Chicago, and New England, with scattered numbers and old regional references. The text reads as a patchwork of schedules or listings, lacking coherent sentences or clear events.
The money market held steady with little rate change and strong demand for money. Market notes show 5 to 6 1/2 percent on call loans, and various paper rates. New York funds discounted modestly. The stock market was irregular and feverish, with heavy volume and widespread selling, especially in New England and Western Union.
The Quincy Savines Bank declares a semi annual dividend of 2 percent. AT & SF Railroad declares a quarterly dividend of 1 per share. Brookline Electric Light pays 1 1/4 percent for the quarter ending Sept 30 on 30000 capital. First National Bank of Greenfeld shifts to quarterly and declares 3 percent. Erie Telephone to declare usual 12 1/2 percent quarterly dividend next Monday. Earnings for the quarter exceed the dividend by 16600, with surplus above 50000.
BostonStock Exchange sales at brokers board for Oct 6 noted broad list of securities including Boston Land Slama San Diego Land Boston Water Power and many railroad and bank issues with prices and yields. The record enumerates bonds from Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Massachusetts National Bank Webster National Bank and others alongside street rail and manufacturing stocks.
Money on call ranged 5 to 5 58. Prime mercantile paper 4 5. Bar silver steady at 9634. Sterling weak. actual business 4.14, 42.81% for 60 Gay bills. 4.54 4.84 for demands. Stocks opened firm. teading and Western Union active, Onita, Western Union and Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis noted strength. Market ended active and heavy, New England especially weak. railroad bonds steady to firm. total stock turnover 556,077 shares with mixed gains and losses across issues.
San Francisco October 6 official closing prices for mining stocks list Eureka Con. at 4 and 214. Mono Beao and Con. Cal. & Vases quoted, with area values and other entries obscured in the OCR text.
United States 4s quoted at 16254 with fractional gains, Canadian Pacific at 73%, Erie at 37% and do seconds at 104%4% turnover. Minors Central marked 13949, Mexican ordinary 54, New York Central 117%, Pennsylvania 6154, Atlantic and Great Western firsts 5454.
Wilson W Fay Co of Boston reports local notices and notices of relevant events from No 7 State Street. The brief item lists logistics and official references without additional details.
Suffolk County records show numerous Sept transfers from James W. Ricker and others to multiple buyers. Transactions cover Huntington Avenue Brighton Street Heath Avenue Albany Street and more, detailing lot sizes from 1000 to 36476 square feet with prices ranging from 6 to 93 dollars, across Dorchester Roxbury West Roxbury and related streets.
The judiciary committee met at 2 PM to review the Leg Island inquiry with Corporation Counsel Nettleton present. No action was taken. a public hearing decision is planned for Friday. A separate Mayor’s commission on city contract awarding, chaired by Water Commissioner Rockwell, postponed its 1:80 PM session. members include McDonald Vinal and Jackson, with possible ordinance changes to come before the city government.
The remaining iron from the Institute Fair site, formerly used by Metropolitan railroad as a repair shop, sold at auction yesterday. About 1000 tons were bid starting at five dollars per ton and rising to thirteen hundred forty dollars. bought by F. E. Perkins of India Creek Providence. Purchaser bears removal and weighing costs. Competing bidder represented Hunt & Co of Worcester. Sale handled by Samuel Hatch & Co.
A historic notice touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe pleasant tonic to remove ailments peculiar to women and restore joy, describing it as the great healer of women and a remedy for melancholy and irritability.
Commercial matters indicate no improvement in flour. corn, oats, oatmeal, malt, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, hay, rye straw and potatoes largely steady. Apples and poultry hold demand. packed meats strong, lard in good demand. Fresh beef stable. lambs firm while veal and muttons go slow.
The Boston market reports quiet tonnages and steady prices across flour and grain. Western superfine and Minnesota bakers flour hold firm with varied barrel prices, while cornmeal oatmeal and rye flour show small shifts. Produce trends show butter remaining active with multiple creamery and dairy grades, eggs firm, beans steady, potatoes in good demand, and sweet potatoes modestly sought. Provisions top the market with pork, beer, lard, and hams holding steady, and metals reflecting steady copper, iron, steel, and tin markets with mixed minor movements.
Shipping ports show active coal trade with lower Cumberland and Clearfield demand while October shipments of Geth ton furnace and chestnut sizes rise. retail demand stable and prices pressured for hikes. Coffee and cotton markets hold firm to quiet, drugs and chemicals list steady to active, with varied prices across refined, essential oils, and sourcing regions.
A broad listing of market prices and freight rates for commodities including Virginia peanuts, almonds, filberts, walnuts, pecans, oranges, lemons, sesame and various oils. It covers transatlantic freight to Liverpool London Glasgow and Antwerp, Australasia measurement goods, coal rates from Baltimore Philadelphia and New York, and notes on hemp sisal jute and leather markets with current demand and price levels.
Weekly stock market report from Boston Post by George J Fox shows cattle, sheep, calves, hogs, horses and hides prices with regional arrivals and car counts. Market notes indicate moderate cattle movement, higher sheep values, softer fat hogs, steady veal calves, and improved horse demand amid varied quality lots.
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