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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1883

Page

3

Electric lighting gains rapid Boston foothold and market faith

The Boston Sunday Courier notes electric lighting expands quickly in Boston with hundreds now lit, led by Merchants Electric Light and Power and American Electric and Illuminating, under S. H. Goff. Providence begins a 200 light plant with capacity for 1,000 as New England lights grow. auctions show mixed shares, print cloths firm with 199,000 deliveries this period.

Boston Sunday Courier Boston American Electric and Illuminating Company American S. H. Goff Thompson- Houston American Electric and Hluminating New England Providence R. I Continental Hill Lowell Manchester Lyman Merrimac Union Fall River Eureka Lebanon Sagamore Barnard Border City Flint Mechanics Narragansett Osborn Slade Stafford Union Manufacturing Co Wetamore Boylston North American Newton National

Railroad dividends and transfer book dates announced

The Boston National Bank and the Dubuque and Sioux Railroad declare 3 percent dividends. Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg bonds interest payments shift to Central Trust after Oct 1. Chicago Rock Island 13 percent dividend payable Nov 1. Transfer books closed Sept 29 reopen Oct 26. Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha declare 1.5 percent preferred dividend payable Oct 20. transfer books closed Sept 29 reopen Oct 24.

Boston National Bank Dubuque and Sioux Railroad Company Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company Central Trust Company Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company American Bell Telephone Co Bean WM. R. Driver Treas

Market swings as Villards key day in New York stocks

The New York market shows firm to weak tendencies with rail and trunk lines leading gains and Villards sliding from intraday highs to the day’s lowest. Banks report reduced reserves and rising loans, while weekly stock turnover reaches 2,320,877 shares amid mixed commodity futures and specie movements.

New York Prime Mercantile Elizabeth Lexington Big Sandy Milwaukee and St.Paul Oregon Transcontinental Northern Pacifics Central Pacific Union Pacific Western Union Bears Northern Pacific Michigan Central Chicago Burlington and Quincey Lackawanna Kg Denver Jersey Central Oregon Improvement Richmond Danville New Jersey Central New York Central Louisville Nashville St. Paul Stock Exchange St. Lo Canaan Southern Pacific A. Oo Wee. Oon ” del L. & West Delaware& Hud Denver & Rio G MIG Colenschasen Syke Repese Sau Lake Shore Louisville & Nash Lake Erie & W Manhattan Missouri Pacific Asly Memphis & C Northweste New Jersey BGM Ohio & Mississpn Ontario & West Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Dec. & K Phila. & Reading Milwaukee&st.p St. P Omaha Texas Pacific St.l Union Oregon

Multinational Cargo List From Ports Worldwide

A long compiled cargo log from Liverpool to Sydney and beyond lists steamer cargoes and shipments by firm names such as J L& DS, Hart & Young, Shreve Crump & Low, and Baring Bros & co. It notes soda ash, mixed cottons, porcelain, whiskey, oil, moise, jewelry, timber, and numerous commodities with quantities including tierces, cases, bales, casks, and tons across many ports including Buenos Ayres, Newcastle, Margaretville NS, and Ponce. Key entities include Steiners and merchants, with ships like Cephalonia 82 and York City, and many wholesale houses such as Jordan Marsh & co and Merchants’ Despatch Transportation co.

Liverpool Eng L& DS Riker Goodwin Forbes Co Hovey & Co Lee, Blackburn & Co Mason, Chapin & Co Dupee & Co Oxford Cotton Warp Co Zenas Sears Stephen G Train Clafflin Larrabee & Co Messenger Bros & Jones Jaces Gross & Strauss Despatch Transportation Co James Phelps, Jr Haberdashery Thayer & Lincoln Wheelock & Co Charles Pollock H A Hartley & Co Moise Dennison Manus Co Stone & Downer J B Moors & Co Woollens Talbot, Wilmarth Williston, Knight & Co H.pray Sons & Co Messenger, Jr Brown & Griffiths Domdse Wright Bros Thos Leyland & Co Lovering & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Vrandy J D & M Williams Tully & Co Locke & Co Stowell & Co Moise Clark Sawyer & Co Obor A Paul & Co Callender, McAuslan & Troup Bradford Thomas & Co Rogers Hawley, Folsom & Martin Hovey Tilden Thurber & Co Hart & Young Hollander & Co Houghton & Dutton H White & Co Shepard Norwell & Co Hogg Brown & Taylor Bradford E Jones Howard Forbes Lithograph Co Bereard Gandolph & Co Wool and — Merchants’ Transportation Co West Hartlepool York City Baring Bros & Co Perkins & Co James Dundas H Ford Patrick Oe Buenos Ayres Sarmiento Pierce & Co Brown Bros & Co Ropes & Co New York Newcastle L & DS Do Lombard & Co James Lee & Co Patrick Arklay Margaretville N S Elizabeth Forrest Pubnico Annie M Bell Jones & Co G Hall & Co Arichat Polar Star Wakefield Temple Ray Havana Niagara Samuels Ponce Rachel Coney Bates & Barnett Barbadoes Achsah Cotton & Haley Pubnico Seven Brothers T J Jones & Co Port Caledonia C B Luis G Rabel Port AU Prince Carrie Purinton John Chisholm Sydney Survivor Amethyst

Cotton Markets Across Ports See Mixed Yet Firm Tone

Across Memphis to New Orleans and beyond, receipts and gross figures show steady demand with market firm at mid to high ranges. Cotton, grains, and flour trade activity are reported with varied net receipts, stock levels, and coastwise movements. prices hover around steady to slightly higher midpoints, with notable strength in some hubs and modest declines in others.

Canada Duill New York Palermo Messina Jamaica Boston Liverpool American All Board Boston Commercial Exchange Chicago Union Memphis Isales Sobistock Augusla ST Louis Baltimore Ai Ae Tock Louisville Cincinnati Mobile New Orleans Charleston Aeameran Ravan Eeeresces Philadelphia Eesapaene Savannah Mid Dee United States Great Britain

Receipts of Staple Goods By Regional Rail Lines

A ledger style summary lists quantities of cotton wool flour oats butter cheese eggs beans apples potatoes hay lumber leather and hides per Jowell Fitchburg Eastern Grand Junction Sea and regional lines including Old Colony Boston and Albany Providence for Sept 22. Highlights include thousands of bushels of corn and oats, hundreds of bales and boxes, multiple car and roll tallies, and notable leather and hides totals across carriers.

Jowell Railroad Maine Fitchburg Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Sea Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Total Receipts of Staple Products Sept 22

A historical port table lists total receipts of staple goods for Sept 22, comparing 1882 and 1883 figures. Commodities include Cotton, Wool, Flour, Cornmeal, Oats, Corn, Millfeed, Tallow, Lard, Hams, Tongues, Grease, Bacon, Dry hides, Tea, Coffee, Skins, Sugar, Molasses, Pelts, and Beatings. The 1882 column notes many values, with some reductions applied to the bar relabeled flour data.

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Exciting War Over Rates Shakes Railroad World

A Chicago despatch on Sept 22 reports a rate battle in railroads with cuts to Louisville and Cincinnati, scalpers undercutting to Council Bluffs, and new Yorkers selling Kansas City coupons. Westbound rates from New York to Kansas City show a fall to 18 50 with margins tightening for brokers, while a New York meeting will address the issue. The Standard notes possible New England railroad upheavals tied to Boston routes, canal dreams, and a surge in miles built this year. An Astoria dispatch reveals Northern Pacific's price constraints for the Astoria Forest Grove railroad and available funds.

New York Clearing House United States Boston Philadelphia St. Louis San Francisco Baltimore Inc Cincinnati Pittsburg New Orleans Providence Louisville Detroit Wesercves Hain Milwaukee Kansas City Cleveland Dhee Hartford Indianapolis Columbus Peoria New Haven Portland Worcester Springfield Emphis St. Joseph Lowell Cacusc N.Y Syracuse Memphis Chicago Wabash Council Bluffs Grand Trunk Astoria Ore Astoria Chamber of Commerce Villard Northern Pacific Astoria Forest Grove

Regimental associations hold reunions and Gettysburg excursion plans

A Boston notice lists events across regiments. The Twenty third Regiment association meets September 28 in Beverly. the eighteenth M V unit gathers September 25 to discuss Gettysburg position. First Regiment Veteran association considers a Gettysburg visit September 29. Delegates named for the Gettysburg excursion span Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Thirty second regiments with numerous officers and sergeants listed.

Gettysboro Twentythird Regiment Association Beverly Eighteenth Regiment M. V Change Avenue Gettysburg Alfred B. Jackson Ninth Cavalry United States Army Charlestown A. M. Randol First Artillery Forts Independence Warren Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company New York Concord N. H Mass Ordnance Bureau of the Navy Department South Boston Iron Company Yates First Regiment Veteran Association Washington Street John P. Story Fourth United States Artillery West Signal Bureau Fort Warren Ninth Regiment P. T. Hanley George W. Dutton P. EK. Murphy John W. H. Brown C. H. Wakefield Daniel H. Harmon William H. Ward Joseph H. Brown Henry H. Stone Gustavus B. Hutchinson William A. James H. Cruff F. Cook Jas T. A. Lewis George Kimball Samuel 4. Leonard Gustave Magnitzky James A. Cunningham Edward O. Shepard Isaac F. Kingsbury A. Bancroft G. W. Lauriat A. T. Reynolds Edward McQuinn P. B. Laskey

Multiple businesses face liabilities across several states

The report lists debts totaling about 48,000 for Rice Jones & Hammond lumber dealers in Loston with 4,000 secured. 2,225 owed by Hall of Winthrop. 25 cent or 1 dollar settlements by many creditors. Failures include H Kassens Co Cincinnati and Abram Andrews Cedar Rapids. Collins Co Columbus owes 15,000 with 6,000 assets. William Wepe St John. Macomber & Greenwood likely insolvent. R H Kelley Montreal liabilities 146,000 with 34,000 assets. Hodgson Montreal real estate sheriff sale 75,500.

Rice, Jones & Hammond Kilby Street Border Street Loston Hall Winthrop H. Kassens & Co Cincinnati Abram Andrews Cedar Rapids C. F. Collins & Co Columbus Ind William Wepe St. John N. B Macomber & Greenwood R. H. Kelley Montreal Thomas Hodgson Que

Court sentences and bail in Central and South Boston courts

In Central court Judge Forsaith Jere Craman orders six months in the house of industry for a common drunkard. John Ryan, larceny, fined $15 and costs, appeals and is held in $200. Costello, larceny, held in $200 to appear on the 26th. Ann Dowling, common drunkard, held in $200 to appear on the 26th. Edward J. Hill and Frederick W. Patterson, embezzlement, held in $200 to appear on the 26th. James Brown, larceny, held in $200 to appear before the superior court. John Golden, drunk, case continued till next day. In South Boston court Jerome F. Condon found guilty of a third drunkenness offense and sentenced to six months in the house of industry.

Central Court Forsaith Jere Craman House of Industry John Ryan John Costello Ann Dowling Edward J. Hill Frederick W. Patterson James Brown John Golden Boston Jerome F. Condon

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