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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1885

Page

3

September earnings dip and October rebound for railroads

The New York Tribune reports Pennsylvania Railroad earnings to fall about 150,000 dollars in September from a year prior, with August down 330,000. October is expected strong as freight rates and trunk-line orders boost carload movement. Reading Co. September results praised for coal movement and faster freight. West Shore litigation centers on receivers’ payments. Oregon Railway and Navigation issues bonds and plans debt retirement. Northern Pacific stock offers and track-laying updates accompany a busy rail news roundup.

New York Tribune Pennsylvania Railroad Company Reading Company Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis McNulta Toledo, Cincinnati and Gresham Baxter Ciscionati Oregon Railway and Navigation Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Bress Vs. Chase & Higginson New York Oregon Northern Pacific West Shore Newburg N. Y Charles Ff. Brown Supreme Court Houston and Russell West Shore Railroad Syracuse de 8. C. Hayden New York Central Theodore Houston J. D. Laing Railroad Gazette Batesville Brinkley Yupelop Auvergne Ark James River Valiey la Moure D. T Minneapolis Saint Ste. Marie Atlantic Deer Tail Wis Midland Noblesville Ind Westfield Boston Stock Exchange Merchants’ Exchange Board of Trade Stock Exchange Exchange Cleveland Blake Bros. & Co Atchison Atlantic and Pacific Central Division Atlantic and Pacific Road Tulare Indian Territory Panhandle Texas Albuequerque N. M Chicago Burlington and Quincy Burlington Northern Sandusky Sandusky, O George Wilshire J. O. Moss Bushnell Springfield Wilshire T. W. Childs J.S. Farlow N. W. Pierce J. L. Moore A. P. Simpson Union Pacific Little Rock Ft. Smith Kansas City Memphis Wisconsin Summit Alifornia Southern Worcester Nashua Rochester Boston Albany Fitchburgh Old Colony Lowell Rustic Wharf Ogdensburg Luke Champlain Consolidated Consolidated Vermont Lake Champlain New England Irving A. Evans Bell Telephone Evie Lake

Discharges and Debts Cast Across Insolvency Court

In insolvency court Judge McKim discharged Mr Green wood while Mr Macomber’s discharge was withheld amid Shaw’s failure losses. The report lists numerous firms with liabilities ranging from $1,200 to $237,000, including Wadham & Co Boston, Sawyer & Co jewellers, Montaua Mills, and others, with assorted assets and failed businesses across several states and provinces.

McKim Macomber Greenwood Shaw Shaws Charles K. Wadham & Co Devonshire Street Boston George F. Sawyer & Co Jewellers Green Street Smith & Flate Grocers Haverhill Mass Davis Guild Worcester Es Willis Monson LL. B. Miller New Bedford Montaua Millis Fat] River Charlies G. Turntall St. John N. B D. &. Graham Campbellton Adélion W. Lewis Boothbay MscNamara Bros Providence John Hassett T. G. Loud & Bro Daniel Clark Patrick Cunningham Susan Clark Michael C. Collins James Keenan

Money Market and Stocks Move With Active Trading

The money market remains active with banks and outside parties well supplied. Rates edge lower for collateralized loans while mercantile and miscellaneous paper show moderate demand. note brokers and country banks quote varying discounts. Stock activity is strong with large daily and weekly totals, outside buyers entering the market, and major exchanges planning a move to new trading rooms. Louisville, New York and Boston markets show notable gains and shifts in rail and utility stocks amid mixed earnings and forward outlooks.

New York Boston Post United States

New York Market Slips Amid Late Session Weakness

Money on call remains easy at 11 percent with closing near 2. Prime mercantile paper at 4 5. Bar silver at 103%. Government and state bonds mixed with rail issues fair. Stock market opened strong, turned heavy after 2 P.M., with declines to 7 and 8 percent in some names. Late losses trimmed, but overall activity subdued, led by low priced securities including Ohio Central and New York and New England, amid hints of bear growth and notable gains in second consolidated bonds before a weaker close.

New York Prime Mercantile Lake Shore St. Paul Reading Ohio Central Peoria Decatur Evansville New England Norfolk and Western Erie Cleveland Ancinnati Columbus Indianapolis Northwestern Union Pacific Oregon Navigation

Untitled clipping fragment from mid-century transit ads

Readable text fragment includes mentions of United States Ex and steamship lines with partial route cues. Names and places are obscured, but context hints at a transportation or shipping schedule note from a metropolitan newspaper page.

Chicago Grain Market Pull and Weak Patters in Oct Trade

A late Chicago markets bulletin notes bears controlled the day with wheat prices weak after initial firmness from Minneapolis milling price moves and lower delivery data. Reports from South Carolina rice storms and Canada fishery shifts follow with mixed export trends and Northwest grain surplus estimates.

Grain and flour markets show mixed activity across regions

Flour prices steady to firm in Minnesota and Wisconsin with mixed Chicago receipts and exports softening. Rye and corn fluctuate with weak to steady wheat, with notable activity in St Louis and New York futures and spot sales reaching into thousands of bushels.

Minnesota St Louis Chicago Wisconsin Michigan Milwaukee Louis New York Ohio City Southern Toledo Detroit Gul Canada Bright

Butter Cheese and Eggs Prices and Receipts Report

Market notes show butter and cheese receipts with large totals and firm or quiet tone in New York Chicago and Liverpool quotations. Eggs remain strong for choice stock with eastern extras and scarce high grades while hold stock is ample. provisions pork and lard move varied with city and regional quotes for hogs cattle and box meats.

New York Chicago York State Country Milwaukee St Louis Tierce Beef Dnli City Extra India Mess Western Steam Tierces City Steam South Amer- Ca Cincinnati Union

Financials and market notes from London and Liverpool

London market briefs show Consols at 1005-16 and US bonds mixed with several industrials and rail shares, while Atlantic and Great Western, Canadian Pacific, and Erie figures are listed. Commercial reports note little wheat inquiry, cargoes off coast and passage cargoes with modest activity. Liverpool wheat firm, corn steady, tallow weaker at 28s with no other notable changes.

London United States Canadian Pacific Erie Paul New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Beerboam Chamber of Commerce Liverpool

Receipts of Stavie Products and railroads dated entries

A fragment listing receipts across multiple railroads and firms including Stavie Products, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, and others. Items cover cotton bales, corn and wheat bushels, oats, hay, lumber, butter, cheese, eggs, apples, hides, leather, and various commodities with quantities such as bales, bushels, boxes, cases, and barrels.

ST Pierre Mig Dionis Glasgow Scot Manitoban Yarmouth Annapolis New Brunswick Dorchester Jennie Halifax ST John T W McKay Boston and Albany Bates Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Yotsa Ane Orvieror Maine Barrosa Lowel Rere Saiom Thas reRe Cottom Sutter Barney Hay Lumder Baie Skina Baia SEINE

Court Recur Charles W Clement v Oriental Insurance Co

The case details a suit brought in supreme court by Charles W. Clement against Oriental and 12 other insurers for water and smoke damage to boots and shoes in Pearl Street building. An auditor valued losses, judges later debated sending cases to an auditor to shorten trial, with arguments on court power and county payment. Attorneys Morse Bryant for defendants and Hoar for plaintiff argued the point.

Emery & McClure W. F. Slocum Thomas B. Hall William P. Hall Thomas Barnett Boston Maria Hall Ann Dwight Hall Dwight Jonathan Dwight Anna B. Baker Thos. B. Hall Caroline Eustis Wm. Hall J. Brooks Baker Annie H. Parker Charlies A. Parker Annie H. Simmons Joseph C Bsngam Clarence A Charles W. Clement Oriental Insurance Company Supreme Court Pearl Street Atlantic Avenue Suffolk N. Morse J. D. Bryant E. R Samuel Hoar

Auction Sales Wednesday and Saturday

Auction notices announce sales on Wednesday and Saturday at a venue named Apprateni. The ad markets items described as free of unerg.

Atuma Apprateni

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