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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1883

Page

3

Market summary and financial notes from Sept 14 to 15

The report covers exchange bids, loans and specie figures, deposits and circulation shifts, and required reserves. It notes strong demand in the market, prices for print cloths with a firm week, and details on the Merchants Electric Light and Power company forming in Boston to absorb lighting from American Electric and Illuminating. It lists investments, securities, and regional rail and utility notes with specific values and dates.

Merchants Electric Light and Power Company Boston American Electric and Illuminating New England

Dividends Declared By Companies On Tuesday

The American Bell Telephone company declares a dividend of 3 per share. The Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad proclaims 2 per cent. Osceola Consolidated Mining issues its sixteenth dividend of 50 cents per share payable Oct. 1 to stockholders of record Sept. 21. Orders in stocks and penas amen are executed at the Boston and New York stock boards by Richardson Hill Co. Private wire to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Daily quotations of all stock markets available at No. 40 Water Street.

Herald American Spiral Telephone Wire Co Milk Street Washington Amercan Bell Telephone Co Boston New York Clearing House United States Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Baltimore Inc San Francisco Cincinnati Pittsburg New Orleans Louisville Providence Milwaukee Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Hartford Indianapolis Columbus Peoria New Haven Portland Worcester Memphis St. Joseph Springfield Lowell Syracuse N. Y Lawrence Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Flint and Pere Marquette Common Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad Toledo Delphos Burlington Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Common Boston and Albany Boston and Maine Hale New England Mexican Central Chihuahua Villa Lerdo el Paso Atlantic and Pacific American Spiral Telephone Wire Company Manchester Concord N. H Amoskeag Bates Lyman Atlantic Cocheco Naumkeag Pacific Union of Fall River Fall River Border City King Philip Laurel Lake Mechanics Narragansett Osborn R. Borden Sagamore Weetamoe Blackstone Hloward Second National State Freeman Tremont Ny&no A.T Maine Bos & Alb Chbu&q Iy Flintép Ie I N.Y N.B Bon. Dev Franklin Ee Ae Ee Quincy Oes Bos Land Wccce Bell Tel Mex Boston Mining Stock Exchange Atch Santa Fe At. & Pa Eae Weeneeeeeers Ear Rovinson Con Ccens Seeeebeesee Doo Eebesseesesssvenes Neck Ae American Bell Telephone Company Nashville, Chattanooga and Richardson, Hill & Co No. 40 Water Street Lake Central Michi Central Western Union Cyrus W. Field, Jr England London Manhattan The Stock Exchange Price Ee Hi’st. Lo Canada Southern Central Pacific St. Lep Fa Del L. & West Delaware& Huc Denver & Biog BYIC Ossegevisces Siig Han St. Jo Kansas Lake Shore Ontario & West Ned Ae Ohio Pacific Mail Cou Hannibal & & St Joseph Pacific Harlem Colum Houston & T Bos Hart & Erie Isia N. Alb P’k & Pac Eseceeeses Erie Seconas Faoncas Yseves Bob Minn St. L Oregon Wobie G St Paul Pac Cal Nash Tex. Pac L. G Norfolk & W Northwest Chic Mis Chicago & al Tod San Clevi Cleve. & Colum Con Coal Roland G. Hazard Newport R. I Consolidated Railroad of Vermont, Vermont and Canada Railroad Company American Loao Trust Company Wheeler United States Court of Vermont American Loan Trust Company Vermont and Canada Railroad Company Field Massachusetts Supreme Court St. Paul, Minneapolis Frederick Lovejoy Denver and Rio Grande Railway Lovejoy Cassatt C. F. Woershoffe William L. Scott Denver Board Cassatten Adams Express Company Merchants’ Electric Light and Power Co American Electric Andlluminating Co Masssachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Foreign Exhibition Association New England Manufacturers and Mechanics’ Institute American Electric and Tluminating Co Elihu Thomson Thomson-Houston Neate IEN Treasury Rre Market Street Aetia N. B Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Cambridge Horse Railroad Company Highland Street Railway City of Quincy Cyrus Send M. H. Brannan William H. Wallace Joe Jam H. Wallace Lorin L. Fuller Tolows Tremont Street Calvert Street Wm. Clark Mortgagee Iowa John Jef Aept Silver Islet Consolidated Mining and Lands Company Broadway B. E. Strong American Bell Telephone Co Ste

New York Financial Prices Steady On Spot and Bonds

New York on Sept. 15 reports money easy at 2 2% on call. Prime mercantile paper quoted 542 7 percent with silver at 110. Subsidiary coin discounts buying selling at par. Foreign exchange steady at 482 for long and 485 for short sight. Governments strong and in good demand. State issues steady bonds active in market.

New York Prime Mercantile Ee Stead Cole Bonds Aot Ny Oe

Closing Quotations From Various Railroads and Stocks

A fragmented OCR list shows closing quotations for numerous railroads and stocks. Entries include Chicago lines, Pacific and Atlantic routes, regional lines like Havana and St Joseph, and a mix of eastern and midwestern companies with prices and historical code marks, reflecting 19th or early 20th century market activity.

Grain market and ship receipts report with prices and arrivals

Call board notes oats and No 2 white oats 39 cents bid by Knowles Coon to Beaman Brothers. Grain receipts today include corn 44,677 bushels and oats 26,000. Chicago wheat and corn futures open and close details with Sept, Oct, Nov, and Dec prices. Steamer Berkshire due to New York with 3,450 bbds of sweet potatoes. petroleum certificates open at 1 1/4 and close at 1 1/4 34 bid.

Knowles & Coon Beaman Brothers Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange New York Boston Chicago Yeoge Chi Pork Union Berkshire New Orleans Ohio Minnesota Rye Western Canada Gilec Gilkec Ower Fair Rio Brazil United City Extra India South America ST. Louis Eye Rey Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati

Market for breadstuffs and grains holds steady amid quiet trade

Flour prices show little change with Minnesota brands and U S selections listed. Corn meal oats and mill feeds ease into steady demand. cottonseed meal remains firm. Butter cheese eggs rise with tight supply. general farm produce reveals high fruit and vegetable prices amid scarce apples and rising dried fruits.

Minnesota Illinois St Louis Indiana Michigan New York Ohiogo Canada Hubbardston Gravestein Golden Sweets Timothy Western

Imports at Boston Liverpool Eng Parthia and various consignments

A detailed list of imports arriving at Boston and Liverpool includes Steamer Parthia consignments and numerous shipments from Ashdown firms. Items cover ribbons earthenware woollens glassware linens and general merchandise from dozens of firms such as Shaw Appleton Murdock Reed Barton Horace Partridge Jordan Marsh and more. The record enumerates quantities like crates cases bales and casks along with associated firms and destinations.

Liverpool Eng Parthia Shaw, Appleton & Co Olive Oil Bros & Co L & DS Riker Reed & Barton Horace Partridge & Co Lucas & Wood Torrey, Bright & Capen Cumner, Jones & Co Martin Brimmer Merrick Thread Co Linder & Meyer R H White & Co Boston Harper, Lewis & Co Frost & Adams T & S Jones Moise Howe & Goodwin Case Pictures J A Lowell & Co Codman & Schur Steel Fulier Dana & Fitz Clapp & Co Tappan Stephen, Ormann & Stenbach Hievey & Co Vort Bros Gin Cheber, & Co H M Peyser & Co White & Co Jordan, Mash & Co Hogg, Brown & Taylor Baring Bros & Co Cumnor, Jones & Co Shepard Norwell & Co Lewis, Brown& Co Jones Dings & Co Goldthwait & Co Pardis Schmidt Grout, Warren & Blanchard Estes & Lauriat Little, Brown & Co Leesard & Co Parks & Co Dupee Hogg, Brown & Teylor Kendall, Barrows & Co Booth & Co Austin & Co Schlegel & Fottler Bangs Il Roffer & Co C'S Sargent Levin & Co Boston Athena John Hall Dabny, Simmons & Co G Farlow Miller Bros & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Bradford, Thomas & Co Shepard, Forwell & Co Moors & Co Cushing & Bliss Aling & Bigelow Tuttle & Co Hogg, Brown & Co Hovey & Co Snow Claflin, Larrabee & Co P Hollander & Co Walker & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Houghton & Dutton Partridge & Co Hartigove Welford H Brown & Co AB Hart Bradford Thomas & Co White& Co M Peyse & Co Gay & Wolf Ritchie & Sons Lovering & Co Shoninger, Moses & Co Rosario A & S EK Spring & Co Dodo John Duane Brown Bros & Co Rice & Co Cayenne Lizzie J Bigelow Canada Creek

Foreign Exports Across Atlantic Trades Report

A detailed list of outbound goods from various ports including London and Port Spain, Trinidad. Items include flour, lumber, tobacco, leather, and machinery with quantities such as 18,800 sacks flour and 77 cases chairs, reflecting extensive commodity shipments by steamer and schooner to destinations like Halifax, Charlottetown, St Pierre, and Sydney. The roster names vessels, ports, and major cargo categories across multiple colonies.

London Eng Wetherby Port Spain Trinidad Edward Cushing Halifax Charlottetown Pet Worcester ST Pierre Mig Isabella ST Thomas Bark Hancock Lunenburg Wilhelmina Parsboro Flora Flores Adelia John N B J K F James Sydney Edmund

Cotton and market report from multiple ports

The notes detail net receipts, gross receipts, stocks, and market firmness across ports including St Louis Wilmington Charleston and Norfolk. Prices cited mid and low middling ranges with shifts in Durban and New York markets. The item lists extensive port data such as tonnage, bales, and daily totals across several cities and commodities.

Charleston Oeerraeer Cesecocsesens Cincinn Rig Augusta Philadelphia Norfolk Mark ‘Castle Ing Galveston

New York Board Requires Quarterly Railroad Reports

The New York state board of railroad commissioners adopts a resolution compelling quarterly reports from all passenger and freight rail operators in addition to annual filings. Reports must be sworn by an auditor and cover operations, with the first quarter ending September 30, 1883. Noncompliance carries misdemeanor penalties. Also notes on Mexico rail activity and tramways.

New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners Board of Railroad Commissioners

Reunion items and upcoming regimental reunions in Roxbury

The Thirty fifth regiment holds a Roxbury reunion this afternoon assembling at Dudley Hall at 10 AM. After a 12 30 parade the group marches to Bacon's hall for dinner where Mayor Palmer and former officials speak. Also noted are upcoming reunions for the Twenty third Regiment association and the Thirty seventh regiment plus other veteran events and a new armory project on Columbus avenue.

Roxbury Dudley Hall Dudley Warren Moreland Greenville Washington Bacon’s Hall Palmer Gaston Lewis Wyman Hon John C. Park Twentythird Regiment Association Beverly Fourth Massachusetts Infantry John Hail Wentworth Hall Canton Thirtyseventh Westfield F1st Infantry James F. Clark Somerville Odd Fellows Providence Flynn Second Cavalry West Point Roxbury Artillery Veteran Association Webster Hall Columbus Avenue First Corps

Insolvencies Mount Across Several Firms and Individuals

Lloyd F Abbott of Cottage City fails with about 4275 dollars owed including 200 secured by personal property. Ballou Worcester grocer with 1800 liabilities settles at 50 cents on the dollar. Hersey Whittier Wyman Boston petitioned into insolvency by Continental National bank. George A Stevens Tilton attached. John B Hubbard Guilford adjusting through assignment. Storer Bolster Co Portland to meet creditors. N W Pierce Pawtucket failed, affairs to be adjusted by assignment. Levi H Young St John Li 7000 liabilities. Lamson State street commission merchant failed. Estimated liabilities may not exceed 30000 with assets around 22000.

Lloyd F. Abbott Cottage City L. P. Ballou Grocer Worcester Hersey, Whittier & Wyman Purchase Street Boston Continental National Bank George A. Stevens Tilton N. H John B. Hubbard Guilford Storer, Bolster & Co Dry Goonds Portland N. W. Pierce & Co Pawtucket R. I Levi H. Young St. John N. B J. ¥. Lamson State Street

Local Court Fines and Sentences Report

Judge McCafferty fines and orders include Bridget Kenney for assault ten dollars plus costs, James Hayes ten dollars, Margaret Doyle one year in women’s prison for a third drunkenness offense, Ann Doherty six months in house of industry, John Doherty twenty dollars plus costs for assault, Michael Mahoney held for $300, Solomon Youngerman held $200 for the 20th inst for larceny, Luke Haley and Mary Doyle one year each in house of industry for drunkenness, James Sweeney held $306 for trial September 19 for larceny, Henry Page fined ten dollars and costs for assault, James Smith pleads guilty to larceny in South Boston court and sent to house of correction for three months, juvenile court Mabel Taylor case continued to September 22.

McCafferty Bridget Kenney James Hayes Margaret Doyle Ann Doherty House of Industry John Doherty Michael Mahoney Solomon Youngerman Luke Haley Mary Doyle James Sweeney Henry Page South Boston James Smith House of Correction Mabel Taylor

Arch of Tilton takes shape as key stone sits firm

Tilton New Hampshire correspondent notes the arch of Tilton stands self supporting with its weight. A lead box of coins and mementos is sealed inside alongside Sanbornton Tilton Northfield 1883 town reports. Bottles of Scotch ale were shared by workmen as the flag flew atop the derrick.

Laconia Democrat Tilton N. H Sanbornton Runnells Laconia Franklin and Concord Legg Boston Post Journal and Herald New York Herald and Tribune Northfield

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