Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Oct 8, 1887, p. 6

Money Market and Stock Notes From Boston and New York

The report shows a shift to cheaper bank funds with rates at 5 to 6 percent at close, and 6 to 7 percent for time loans. New York funds discount at 1674 to 20 cents per $1000, while exchange totals fall year over year. Railway stocks drift and earnings updates follow, with Gould defended against bears and several line consolidations and rate discussions noted.

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Boston Comptroller New York United States National Bank Bank of England Ems Europe Union Trust Company J. & W. Seligman & Co Heidelbach, Ackelheimer & Co von Hoffman & Co Bank of British North America Belmont & Co Kuhn, Loeb & Co Bears Gould Western Union Atchison Chicago & Eastern Illnois Road Chicago Chicago, Danville & St. Louis Chicago & Eastern Winds Strawn & Indiana State Line Momence & State Line Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Northern Northwestern Association of Railroads Wisconsin Central & Milwaukee & Lake Winnebago Railroad Wisconsin & Minnesota Railroad Company Chicago, Wisconsin & Minnesota Railroad Company Minnesota Penoker Railroad Company

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Market wrap of rail and utility stocks and dividends

New Haven dispatch notes investor dissatisfaction with leasing of multiple lines and potential management change. Stocks move variously with Old Colony at 178 and Boston land steady at 7. Calumet & Hecla firm at 200, Tamarack at 991⁄2. The St Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Railway declares a quarterly dividend of 1.44 percent.

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New Haven New York New Haven & Hartford Old Colony Boston & Providence Eastern Fitchburg Central Massachusetts Concord Rutland West End San Diego Boston Land Aspinwall Fast Boston Brookline Boston Water Power Company Bell Telephone Advancales Calumet & Hecla Tamarack Dunkin St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company

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Bath Water Bonds Issued for Street Improvements

City issues bath water bonds for street improvements. Bonds are backed by city credit and a first lien on abutting property valued at 8,032,000. City assessed valuation around WT, population about 40,000. For details call or address.

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First Mortgage Bath Water Supply Co Bath Maine Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co City of

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New York Financial Markets Close Heavy as Bears Press Stocks

Money on call eased to 4%6% with last loan at 6 and prime mercantile papers steady. The stock list remained quiet after 2 16, Western Union and Reading declining fractions while overall market finished near the day’s low. Railroad bonds sold $613,000 as prices fell across major issues including Chesapeake and Ohio, Northwestern consols, Chicago and East Illinois, Houston and Texas, Kansas and Texas, and Wabash certificates.

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New York Sterling Exchange Western Union St. Paul Reading Chesapeake & Ohio Northwestern Chicago & East Illinois Houston & Texas Kansas & Texas

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New York Stock Sales and Railroad Asset Update

New York stock sales Oct 7 show 812100 shares traded. A condensed balance sheet for the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba road ends June 30 1887 with assets totaling 74170026 and liabilities 71161026. Dissensions in Richmond Terminal aim to replace President Sully with Clyde or Rockefeller. Flower named director. J & W Seligman buy St Louis and San Francisco bonds. Salt Lake City to Los Angeles railroad project costs about 15000000. Recent Denver Rio Grande equipment funded from treasury.

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St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Road St. Paul & Pacific Montana Richmond Alfred Sully Wiliam P. Clyde William A. Rockafeller Standard Oil Company E.P. Flower Sully George Scott George F. Baker CU. Lahnestock First National Bank C. 8. Bryce Samuel A. Thomas Mr. Sully Messrs. J. & W. Seligman St. Louis San Francisco Missouri New Salt Lake City

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Financial market wrap from London and Paris Oct 7

London consol prices at 102 1 16 for money and 102 5 16 for account. United States stocks mixed with Erie at 30 and Illinois Central at 121 1 4. New York Central and Reading among others. Open market discount at 85 854 percent. Bar silver at 44 1 2. Bank of England bullion balance today £7000. Paris 3 per cent rentes at 82 francs 87 42 centimes for the account, exchange on London at 25 francs 41 centimes for checks.

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London United States Atlantic & Great Western Erie Illinois Central New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Bank of England Paris

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Name Forgery Swindler Tricked Portland Trader

A Portland horse dealer, J. Richardson, sold a horse for 800 dollars to a man posing as A B Wilmer of Philadelphia. The buyer paid with a forged 500 dollar check, received 200 dollars in cash, then bought blankets with another forged check and vanished. The suspect, about 88, described as 5'5" tall, 125 pounds, with sandy hair and a pompadour, is at large. He is a smooth talker and well dressed.

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J. ©. Richardson Portland Street A. B. Wilmer Peerless Brick and Stone Company of Philadelphia State National Bank of Newark N. J Lenox Richardson Federal Street Saco Bank

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Real Estate Transfers List Shows Multiple Sept. 21 Transfers

A series of property conveyances across Milford Franklin Perkins to Edward Byrnes and others on streets including Milford Dwight Annap Worcester Roxbury and Chelsea, with sale prices from $1 to $10,875 and several mortgages noted. Transactions include parcels on Tyler Appleton Northampton and more, plus multiple lots in Roxbury Dorchester East Boston and Winthrop among numerous buyers and grantees.

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Milford Street Franklin B. Perkins Edward Byrnes Ae Street George Francis Davenport Rollin H. Allen Dwight Street Falmouth Street Peter Graffam Calvin Ryder Ana Street Northampton Street Ira Blanchard Et Mary A. Manning Tyler Street Charles M. Clappet Caroline F. Comey Phineas Smith Appleton Street John H. Litchfield William Roberts Worcester Street Jerusha A. Burgess Francis P. Norton Roxpury Joseph Houghton Frederick ©. Bleiler Heath Place Thomas McGrath Konrad Zeigler Gerard Street Michael Kuebler Maurice Healey Eleanor Healey Webber Street Frank H. Cruff Anna E. Beal Mt. Vernon Street Dorowister Mary A. G. Holland Mary L. Haddock Milton Avenue Evans Street Roslinvpale Thomas T. Stokes Joseph Pearce Norfolk Street Hostox Katherine H. Andrews Jessie H. Sutherland Gates Street Boston la Cie David H. Jones Coleridge Street John O. Lee Mary J. Nugent Chelsea Street Charlesown Alfred A. Stimson John A. Stimson Bunker Hill Street Medford Street North Mead Street Rockport Bromley Park Roxbury Chester Street Chelsea Winthrop William H. Gould Iremont Whitten Summit Street

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Mortgage transfers record for Cambridge to Dorchester regions

Multiple assignments show Francis E. Whitcomb Henry Tower and others securing mortgages on properties across Cambridge Street Deniscene Street Commonwealth Avenue Boylston Street West Roxbury Revere Street Washington Street Tremont Street Market Street Unity Street Thornley Street with sums from 4000 to 13000 dollars dated September 19 to 26. Notable lenders include Warren Institution for Savings Eliot Insurance Company and Boston Five Cents Savings Bank.

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Francis E. Whitcomb Warren Institution For Savings Cambridge Street Charlestown Henry Tower Deniscene Street Samuel Hane George W. Griggs Commonwealth Avenue Allston Elizabeth Leuta Herbert Colley Joseph C. Davis Revere Street Winthrop Edward E. Salsbury Samuel Hall Washington Street Leonard Kuhn Grace S. Leary Highith Street Routh Boston Louis P. Ober Hannah M. Carney Tremont Street Winter Place Thomas M. Roddy Et ml Sarah A. Matchell Market Street Brighton Patrick J. Greene The Eliot Insurance Company Unity Street James McGarregill Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Thornley Street Dorchester

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Network of Individual Merchandise Firms in Numerous Cities

A scanned listing shows numerous salesmen and firms across U S cities including Altoona Apalachicola Buffalo Baltimore Bloomington Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Fort Worth Galveston Macon Memphis Mobile New York Portsmouth Reading Rochester St Louis Saint Louis Joseph Savannah Toledo and others with various partner names such as Fox & Curtis Coombs & Co W H Walker & Co Frank & Adler Bangs Bard & Co R P Smith & Son Selz Schwat & Co MD Wells A C McGraw W D Robinson Orr & Lindsley GF Dittman Schafer Swarts Noyes Hinstein's Sons Smith Simmons Peabody Fuller Childs & Co Dewey Rodgers Lane etc. The fragmentary list pairs individuals with firms.

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Altoona Penn G Fox Fox & Curtis Apalachicola Pla J N Coombs Coombs & Co Craw Buffalo E C Walker W H Walker & Co Baltimore C Adler Frank & Adler Rd. Paltimore C Bangs Bangs, Bard & Co Tre Bloomington J P Smith R P Smith & Son Chicago A C McLaughlin Selz, Schwat & Co Cincinnati Henry Meis C Meis & Co Detroit Mich C K Smith H S Robinson & Burtenshaw A McGraw C McGraw & Co J McLogan D Robinson & Co Fort Wayne Ind L Carnahan EL Carnahan & Co Fort Worth I Goldburg Martin Brown Company Galveston Tex Reading Pean F W Curtis Curtis, Jones Co Rochester L P Ross St Louis Lindsley Orr & Lindsley Shee Co Stana Mo W H Dittman Dittman & A, Qu J L Schafer Schafer, Swarts Savannah Einstein fHinstein’s Sons Toledo Smith Smith, Simmons & Peabody Rodgers Dewey, Rodgers & Co W Bell R H Lane & Co R Lee Fuller. Childs & Co

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Disappearance of a Chelsea book-keeper

Edwin B. Dow, a Chelsea book-keeper, vanished from home several days ago leaving a wife and child. He had worked for Charles A. Campbell as clerk for about six years. An expert audit found small discrepancies of 60 to 75 cents over four or five years. suspicion then fell on J. Dow who confessed to thefts but claimed the totals were small. He was kept in his position despite the admitted guilt. Bright Husbands will see that their wives use Pyle's Pearline.

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Edwin B. Dow Chelsea Charles A. Campbell J. Dow

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Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Commodities

Flour and rye flour remain steady while corn oats and oatmeal stay quiet. Butter cheese eggs pork lard and fresh beef show firm or steady demand. Potatoes hay straw and other staples hold, with beans apples and molasses easing to fair or quiet levels.

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August foreign trade shows strong export and import growth

The Bureau of Statistics reports August trade movement with exports at 65,426,083 and imports at 65,745,709 thousand dollars. For eight months, imports exceeded exports by over 44 million, larger than last year, with expectations of exports rising and a balanced year end.

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Bureau of Statistics

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Market Reports Flour And Grain Oct 7

Flour and grain markets show a steady but quiet day with firm prices and tepid demand. Corn and oats trade varies with some prices lifting while others slip. elevator and track quotations differ. Domestic flour, cornmeal, rye and malt prices listed alongside butter, cheese and egg markets reflecting overall stable trade conditions.

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Historical Market Prices Snapshot From Canada and Northeastern USA

A fragmentary price list shows varied vegetable and product quotes including Choice yellow eyes at 175 and 190 dollars, green peas around 1 dollar, sweet potatoes Norfolk yellow at 2 dollars per barrel, tallow near 12 dollars per cwt, and potatoes across Houlton, Aroostook, and New York varieties priced by bush or barrel. Additional items include onions, tomatoes, cabbage, beans, corn, beets, carrots, lettuce, peppers, spinach, and more with mixed regional figures.

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Meat market prices hold steady amid stable quotes

No change to provisions and prices from last quotes. Pork and lard items show steady rates with long cuts at 18 18 50 and short cuts at 14 18 50, backs at 19 19 50, lean ends 18 50 19 00, tongues 16 16 50, extra prime 15 50, fresh ribs and sausage steady. Beef and veal ranges encompass extra plate 8 50, plate 7 50 8 00, tripe and other cuts listed with varied per hundred weights. fresh steer and lamb quotes reflect steady demand and mixed weights.

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Fruit Market Trade Shows Dull Prices Despite Bumper Supplies

Market reports steady supplies of apples and pears with weak demand and nominal prices for dried apples and quinces. Grapes sold cheaply to prevent buildup while cranberries moved fairly. Prices for evaporated fruit ranges and assorted crates vary. Oranges lemons and bananas show mixed jobbing prices with multiple origins and box prices.

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Cotton futures rise as markets open firm in Liverpool trade

Liverpool futures opened firm then barely steady at multiple October to May spreads. Spot Upland prices steady at middling levels, U.S. receipts 14 006 bales with no American imports. New York spot opens quiet, closes mixed across grades. Daily sales total 93,100 bales. 12,000 bales sold locally. Pipe line certs notes and sugar and molasses market steady with refined oils quoted.

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Grain and flour market reports from New York trades

Trade centres in New York report flour receipts and sales with prices for various flour types from city will extra to supertine. Wheat prices and futures show spot lots steady with No 2 spring and No 2 red tendering modest gains. Corn and oats also move with steady demand and specified price ranges for delivered and to arrive lots.

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Money Market and Stock Notes From Boston and New York

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Market wrap of rail and utility stocks and dividends

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Bath Water Bonds Issued for Street Improvements

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New York Financial Markets Close Heavy as Bears Press Stocks

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New York Stock Sales and Railroad Asset Update

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Financial market wrap from London and Paris Oct 7

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Name Forgery Swindler Tricked Portland Trader

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Real Estate Transfers List Shows Multiple Sept. 21 Transfers

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Mortgage transfers record for Cambridge to Dorchester regions

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Network of Individual Merchandise Firms in Numerous Cities

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Disappearance of a Chelsea book-keeper

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Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Commodities

August foreign trade shows strong export and import growth

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Market Reports Flour And Grain Oct 7

Historical Market Prices Snapshot From Canada and Northeastern USA

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Meat market prices hold steady amid stable quotes

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