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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Steady Amid Thin New Features

The Boston money market remains steady with funds in modest supply and street rates near 6 to 7 percent. Calls secured by collateral run 6 to 7 percent, while government bonds display modest gains and exchange rates hold steady in New York and London.

American Bell declares $3 per share dividend

The American Bell Telephone Company announced a dividend of three dollars per share.

American Bell Telephone Company

Northern Pacific fiscal review notes growth despite competition

The document discusses threats to Northern Pacific from Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific, potential territory invasion into Montana and the Columbia Palouse corridor, and notes a net earnings rise for the year ending June 30. It cites land and town lot sales, timber sales, and purchaser data, with increased revenue despite adverse factors.

Portland California Oregon Railway and Madeation Company Union Pacific Snake River Northern Pacific Road Northern Pacific Columbia & Palouse Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Northern Helena Canadian Pacific PSBT

Quiet Farm Commodities Move Steady Across Markets

Leather hides flour corn and oats stay firm or steady as demand remains quiet for beans and truck. Potatoes hay straw grass seeds and fats show little change while apples remain plentiful and meats especially pork beef and lard hold steady or unchanged in trading.

Boot and shoe market growth and Northern Pacific meeting notes

The boot and shoe market remains strong with late season demand, heavy shoe lines, and rising prices while shipments and new orders surge. A New York despatch covers the Northern Pacific annual meeting with Henry Villard among leaders, proxies, and proposed directors, plus financials, Cascade division completion, and crossholders with Oregon lines and unpaid income details.

New York Northern Pacific Directors Henry Villard C. B. Wright August Belmont Frederick Bilings John M. Brookman Benjamin P. Cheney Robert Harris Brayton Ives Thomas F. Oakes Charles B. Wright Edwin H. Abbot Charles L. Colby Colgae Hoyt John B. Trevor Edwin J. Abbott Colgate Hoyt Johnb. Trevor James A Northern Pacific Oregon Panies Transcontinental Villard Oregon & Transcontinental Deutsche Bank of Berlin T. F. Oakes Northern Pacific Railroad Company Cascade Division Tacoma Portland Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Pacific Union Pacific Railway Company

Mining and Miscellaneous Stocks Report

Reported by Wilson W Fay Co listing stock sales dated Sept 15 includes Kensington Chair Crescent Am Elec Mige Dunkin Boston Water Power Bruns Antimony Empire Bueres Antonagon Development Burton Stock Car Lord Acoustic Telephone with per share prices and quantities across multiple listings.

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Market closes dull as Pacific Mail raid drags stocks down

Money on call opens at 6 percent with little movement. Bond sales total $81.17 million as prices stay weak. Rail and government bonds show quiet to dull trading while Pacific Mail raid pushes equities lower later in the session.

Kh & Woss Quincy Boston W P West End T&sf S&c Ae Pine Ee Cal So Inc P& Ark Sonora Osceola Bove Boston WP Boylston St Ld Be&m Eee B& I B&n B&q Fitchburg Kc,m& B Sovesee Pullman Rutland Pfd UN Pac At & Pac Inc Ee C Lamson SS Boston Land San Diego T&sef Secere NYWNE Union Pacific Bell Lamson Cal & Hee New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Pacific Mail St. Paul Sioux City Morris & Essex New York, Lackawanna & Western Denver & Rio Grande Detroit Mackinac & Marquette East Tennessee Forth Worth Denver International & Great Western Missouri, Kansas &Texas Gs New York City & Northern Trust Oregon Improvement Texas Pacific The Rio Richmond & West Point Toledo Ann Arbor North Michigan Wabash Tennessee Coal Birmingham Division Atlantic & Pacific Ohio Southern

New York Stock Sales Sept 15 Shares Reported

Today's transactions show aggregate 6 551 shares sold in New York markets. Details list specific share counts and involved firms shaping the evening closure of trading.

New York

United States and European Bond Rates Reported

Market brief from London shows U S 4s trading at 127 1 2 percent ex-dividend with other issues including Atlantic & Great Western firsts and seconds, Canadian Pacific and New York Central quoted. Paris quotes fringe francs at 1 05 centimes for the account. Money rates and discount figures for short and three month bills noted.

Atchison and St. Louis San Francisco Atlantic & Pacific Western Division Central Division Land Department Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe St. Louis London United States Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie Illinois Central New York Central Paris

Paris Egg Sales Also Daily Figures for Spirits Noted

The average daily egg sales in Paris run about 1 000 000. The G O Taylor Old Bourbon and Pure Rye Whiskies are reported as satisfactory by Chester H Graves Sons Boston who have bottled and sold these established apisites for over fifteen years through top grocers and outlets ensuring quality for patrons.

Paris France G. O. Taylor Chester H. Graves & Sons Boston

Leather and Hides Market Presses Forward Amid Steady Trade

The leather and hide market shows quiet conditions with cautious optimism. Finished leather and hides move in small lots while grain, calf skins, and buffalo leather sustain steady to firm demand. exports and imports for July and seven months are detailed alongside price ranges for various leather types.

Brogan Brighton New England

Fragmentary leather trade list from Brighton and ports

A garbled OCR record lists hides and leather terms with places such as Brighton West Southern Buenos Aires Montevideo Rio Grande Entre Rios and assorted weights and prices like 4 lb 12 ½¢ and 18 18¢, indicating a catalog of upper selections and sole leather across multiple origins.

Brighton Buenos Ayres Montevideo Rio Grande Entre Rios

Market Reports September 15 Flour and Grain

The flour market remains unchanged with firm prices and quiet sales. Old spring patent flours hold firm while new flours show fair demand. corn stays firm with light spot offerings. Wheat, oats, millfeed, malt, hops, and other grains show varied steadiness and bidding, with imports and exports detailed for August and weekly figures.

United States Atlantic United Kingdom Minnesota Michigan Michigan Rollers New York Canada Superior Canada Eastern

Quiet butter market with steady demand across regions

Butter markets show no special features with steady demand for fine Northern dairies and abundant stocks. Prices vary by region with Western creamery at 24 25c and some brands at 26c. New York and Chicago show mixed quotes while eggs, beans, and hay also hold firm prices amid solid demand and rising receipts.

Chicago Elgin Creamery New York Liverpool Timothy Vermont Vermont Dairy eZade Northern Choice Ohio Choice New Hampshire Canada Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick West North Red Top Jersey East Swale Houston Hebrons Burbanks Hebrons Norfolk

Pork market holds steady as supply shifts noted

Provisions show a steady pork market with quiet trade and steady prices. Lard and hams stay quiet and steady. fresh beet experiences fair movement with a good market supply. Heavy hind sales remain scarce. fore quarters see improved demand at 5 514¢ for highways. Lamb supply is large with quiet trade, only fancy stock achieving full value.

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