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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1888

Page

6

Money Market in Boston Notes Scarcity of Mercantile Paper

The money market remains easy with ample loanable funds. Clearing house rates stand at 2% and general market time loans 4 to 6 percent, with collateral loans at 3 to 4 percent. Exchange activity and government securities are noted, and Treasury balances and bond offerings listed alongside foreign exchange rates and stock market moves in Boston and New York.

Boston New York United States Secretary of the Treasury Thisfternoon Imperial Bank of Germany Ater Tod Ay Atchison California Southern Chicago Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Northern Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Cleveland & Canton Atlantic & Pacific Flint & Pere Marquette Common Mexican Central Chicago & West Michigan Pullman’s Palace Wilmington Del Union Palace Car Company Boudoir Woodruft Jackson & Sharp Company Harlan & Hollingsworth Company Mann and Woodruff Jackson & Sharp Jiarlan & Hollingsworth Union Company Richmond & West Point Terminal Company Lann Boudoir Company Cincinnati New Orleans Woodruff Company Reading Long Island Western Wisconsin Central New York Mail and Express Wisconsin and Northern Pacific Northern Pacific St. Paul Kansas City Clinton & Springfield Lincoln & Colorado Lee, Higginson & Co London Amsterdam Hamburg Eastern Boston & Maine Wall Street News Loston& Maine Fitchourg Preferred Maine Asniral New York & New England Central Massachusetts New England Springfield & Memphis Sready Burlington & Northern Chicago, Kansas

Dividend Declarations From Local Firms Include Percentages And Cash Per Share

The Mechanical Radiometering Company declares a dividend of 3 dollars per share. The Sagamore Mall Company of Fall River declares a dividend of 3 percent. The Union Manufacturing Company of Fall River declares a dividend of 6 percent.

Sagamore Mall Company Fall River Union Manufacturing Company

Union Pacific Lincoln and Colorado Railway Bond Offering

The Union Pacific announces a bond issue for the Union Pacific Lincoln and Colorado Railway, 220 miles completed, joining Salina to Oakley Kansas. Subscriptions open Oct 30 and close Oct 31, with delivery after payment and receipt issuance. Bonds secured by mortgage, with sinking fund provisions and details on debt per mile and system mileage.

Union Pacific Railway SSC Union Pacific United States Eccevesecanas Kansas Pacific Union Pacific, Lincoln & Colorado Railway Kansas Pacific Railway Salina Lincoln Waldo Colby Oakley Kansas Denver Canon City Colorado Salina, Lincoln & Western Railway Co Oakley & Colby Railway Co

Semi annual dividends payable in November 1888 Boston list

Stock broker Josefs G. Martin compiles a Boston Post list of semi annual dividends and interest payments due in November 1888. The notice notes several payments in New York, mentions firms and railroads such as Essex company Mercantile Marine Insurance Stony Brook Wilton and Kalamazoo & South Haven, and cites dates for proximo payments and coupon due dates in New York ledgers.

Boston Post Josefs G. Martin State Street Boston New York Essex Company Mercantile Marine Insurance Company Stony Brook and Wilton Kansas St. Louis Union Pacific Michigan Central Air Line Michigan Central Air Line Consolidated Kalamazoo South Haven Detroit

Official Closing Quotations of Mining Shares Today

In San Francisco on Oct 26 the day’s official closing quotations show mining shares moving with notable activity across several firms. Specific price data and percentage changes reflect the market’s response to sector developments.

San Francisco

New York Stock Market Ends Quiet After Narrow Moves

Money on call easy at 11% to 2 with last loan at 2. Sterling rates subdued and bonds steady. Rail stocks and railroad bonds mostly dull as trading remains featureless. Major issues like Union Pacific, Reading and New England see fractional changes, while Richmond & West Point preferred dips before reversing. Overall market ends near opening levels with modest gains.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Dulness Bears Union Pacific Reading New England Richmond & West Point Chesapeake & Ohio St. Paul Long Island Peoria & Pekin Union Ohio Southern South Carolina

New York Stock Sales and Mackerel Market Report

New York stock sales on Oct 26 total 192,100 shares with opening, high, low and close prices listed. The Boston Fish Bureau notes weak mackerel landings totaling 1,082 bbls, Gloucester arrivals with 250 bbls, and limited large trips. Prices for mackerel and related catch are given alongside weekly receipts and historical comparisons for 1886 to 1888.

New York s_ transactions Boston Fish Bureau Herbert M Rogers Gloucester Block Island North Bay Barnstable Bay Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia England Island O Scituate Portsmouth Uste Psa Kale New England Amwe A. Aneq

Market Notes From The Grain And Produce Ledger

Flour is 2 firmer and corn quiet but steady. oats quiet while oatmeal and rye flour firm. rye strong and millseed dull. Butter cheese and eggs firm. beans active and potatoes easy. Grapes in food demand. pork and veals plentiful. muttons quiet. refined sugars lower. molasses unchanged. tallow quiet.

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Wheat market closes firm with May line traded

The Chicago wheat market opened firm and stayed steady with a May line sale by Ream bought around 113 and Hutchinson’s purchase. Light northern receipts and higher prices spurred short covering while outside trade stayed thin. Duluth closed 6% to 7% cents higher than last night. Corn was dull and near opening price with lighter receipts expected. New York and St Louis futures showed mixed but stronger bids for wheat, corn, and oats.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Chicago Ream Hutchinson Duluth Owen- Hlgh Ssc Rte New York St Louis

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