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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1881

Page

3

Wall Street cornering and pools era eyed in trade talk

A report surveys historic stock cornering schemes from Hannibal and St Joseph to Boston to Philadelphia and Baltimore, detailing how pools controlled shares, squeezed bidders, and fed the notion that stock speculation is gambling. It cites Nathaniel Thayer, James R. Keene, and notes on related foreign exchange and commodity markets.

Wall Street Hannibal St. Joe Philadelphia Wilmington Baltimore Nathaniel Thayer Boston Thayer New York Chicago James R. Keene Commodore Vanderbilt Norwich Worcester Jacob Linnie Erie Consolidated Harlem Vanderbilt Messrs Jay Gould Horace F. Clark James Banker John Steward Northwest Syndicate St. Joe Common Hannibal and ST Keene Stock Exchange A. L. Hopkins Addison Cammock H. N. Smith Benjamin T. Carver John Duff William Dowd Road Hannibal and St. Joseph Bears Shorts St. Joseph Tweed Ring Quincy Daniel Drew New York Evening Post Jong Philadelphia Stock Exchange Liverpool London Prime Corporation Reichmarcks Joseph Corner Hannibal & St. Joseph Co Charles Francis Adams, Jr Francis Barnlett H.R. Wilson

Market quotes from Chicago and Cincinnati hogs bids

Liverpool cheese reports no produce. Chicago pork and lard futures move with openings and closes for September to February. Cincinnati hogs show 1,500 estimated receipts and steady market. Union Stockyards hogs receipts around 19,000 with mixed packer and heavy shipping grade prices. Wheat corn oats and oats prices listed across Chicago and other markets with opening and closing values through December.

Liverpool New York Chicago Duc Buffalo Ariey Marley Gloucester Grand and Western Bank Wackerel Wberal Georges Choice Bank Nova Scotia Choice Newfoundland Haddock Prince Eeward Island Portland Boston Hering Bay of Fundy Do Halifax Newfoundland California Cape and Advertiser ST. Louis Wisconsin Park Toledo Golloc Cincinnati Cleveland

Receipts of Domestic Staples by Rail and Sea

Records show shipments from multiple railroads and sea routes listing flour, corn, oats, soybeans, butter, cheese, eggs, leather, hides, wool, bacon, rice, and other staples. Major entries include Boston and Albany with thousands of bushels of grain, Grand Junction, Lowell, Maine, Fitchburg, New York and New England, Providence, and Eastern Railroads plus Merritt & Co Salem Express and Meek & Arnold express services. Also notes sea shipments with meal, butter, beans, potatoes, hay, wool, hides, and skins.

Isekie Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad New York and New England Railroad Providence Railroad Eastern Railroad Merritt & Co Salem Express

Cotton Markets Mixed Across Cities and Commodities

Market reports from Louisville Savannah Baltimore Memphis Norfolk Wilmington Galveston and other hubs show mixed tones with firm and dull sessions. Prices for middling and low grades in cotton vary by city while Chicago and St Louis markets push higher for wheat corn oats and pork with receipts and shipments detailed for each center.

Gulf and Upland New York Savannah Net Baltimore Siock Wilmington Galveston Cflobslecelii Aids

Remanded cases and rail line updates from 19th century docket

The record covers remanded suits Edward A Kelley v Herrick with guardianship and insolvency issues, and Louis Treat v Boston and Lowell Railroad about a tort claim. it also includes rail news from Alliance, Lake Erie, Canada Southern links, and various line expansions and stockholder matters, with dates and executives named.

Edward A. Kelley Wm A. Herrick Dwight F. Boyden Wi. A. Herrick James K. Edmands John J. Raynor A. Lawrence Edmands J. Wylie Edmands Joseph Willard James F. Edmonds Raynor James F. Edmands J. Wiley Edmands Thomas F. Edmands Wim O. Edmands Central Iowa Railroad James F. Edmannds Herrick Willard James Hutchins and Wheeler Wm. A. Herrick Pro Louis Treat Boston and Lowell Railroad Concord Lexington Monroe Lelia J. Robinson Massachusetts Boston Law Et and Peedystysota Tae Eea Des Commonwealth Womar

Real Estate Transfers and Rail Line Prospects in 1881 Boston Area

A dense transfer list covers properties on Westminster Street Beacon Street State Street and many Boston area streets with quitclaims and mortgages. It also details rail expansion talk across Colorado and eastern connections, Huntington's railway ambitions, and expected Memphis to Newport News routes with extensive mileage and corporate links among Chesapeake and Ohio Southern Pacific Central Pacific and Morgan interests.

Colado Pierson Montreal John O. Evans Mutual Union Telegraph Dominion Company Consolidated Western Union Company Ireat Northwestern Union Company Dominion New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Rochester Hornellsville Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Trainmen’s Union Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company Southern Pacific Central Pacific C. P. Finnington Chesapeake and Ohio Greenville, Columbus Birmingham Road Mississippi Chas. Crocker Huntington New York Atlantic el Paso San Antonio Mexico Richmond Charleston West Virginia Ashland Newport News Norfolk Lexington Covington Cincinnati Paris Maysville Cinccinnati Elizapethtown Louisville Great Southern Elizabethtown Paducah and Huntington Combination Paducah Chesapeake, Ohio and Southeastern Memphis Northern Smithers Cairo Louisville and Nashville Elzabethtown Tennessee River Mayfield Viecksburg New Orleans Morgan Akansas Texas Texas Central Texarkana Whitney Houston Elizabethton Big Sandy Kentucky Central Chesapeake Ohio Southwestern Morgan Roads

Mining and ore shipments across western mines and oil prospects

The Crown Point mining company levies a 75 cent per share assessment. Agassiz mine at Leadville ships ten tons daily. Mineral Creek mill resumed August 25 with hopeful shipments. Brittenstein mines at Alpine to Leadville produced varied silver ounces per ton. Pachuca mines in Mexico have produced $100 million in thirty years. Santa Gertrudis yielded $2.59 million from 1877 to 1881. Summit mine profits, Rara Avis contracts, and ongoing development at Comet and Green Mountain mines. Cape Breton oil fields attract Boston capital with several companies forming and paying wells reported nearby.

Boston and Sheep Mountain Mining Co Ten Mile Colorado Robinson Fire Company Treasury Boston Daily Advertiser Associated Press Boston and Shee Mountain Mining Company Zollars Boston and Sheep Mountain Company Boston Daily Traveller Ewing Sheep Mountain Boston and Sheep Mountain Mining Company Crown Point Agassiz Leadville Mineral Creek Brittenstein Alpine Col Pachuca Mexico Santa Gertrudis Bowen Monte Christo Summit Denver Tribune Central City Register Call Boucher Rara Avis Brown Alta Montara Comet Green Mountain Cape Breton Boston Sea Board Inverness Company Victoria Oil Mining Company

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