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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1897
Page
7
The New York securities market showed wide fluctuations and irregular activity with Sugar and Chicago Gas leading the volatility. Prices fell back late as heavy liquidation pressured stocks while Burlington May earnings supported some confidence.
Money on call easy at 14 percent with rates for commercial paper and bankers // bills sharply quoted. Sterling exchange heavy with posted demand and sixty day rates around 4 1/2 percent. Government and railroad bonds mixed as markets show strength in rails and dullness in state issues.
New York June 29 market notes show quiet to steady movements across grains with flour and corn meal mixed, wheat prices dull, and spot corn and oats steady. Dairy and meat prices mostly steady with butter and lard holding firm. sluggish absence of buyers noted in late trading.
Trading showed a cautious tone with the July option down a half cent while September rose slightly. corn and provisions closed near unchanged, oats slipped, and leading futures fluctuated within narrow bounds. Cash quotes listed No 2 spring wheat 70 to 74 cents, No 2 red 59 to 64, and pork and lard prices around 7.30 to 7.75 and 4.15 respectively.
Baltimore June 29 Wheat firmer with spot and futures for July August and September listed. Corn steady with July August and September quotes and sales of white and yellow varieties. Oats firm with No 2 white and mixed categories trading, nearby No 2 prices noted.
Wilmington reports dull spirits turpentine with 153 casks receipts and rosin firmness at 1.25 to 1.40 per barrel. crude turpentine steady at 1.50 to 1.80. turpentine at 1.03 with 32 barrels received. Charleston shows firm turpentine and rosin with varied bid levels. Savannah records open firm turpentine at 2.06 with 3,119 receipts the largest daily total, rosin sales 1.30 to 2.60 across multiple grades.
Liverpool and New York details show steady to higher prices for American middling cotton, with heavy daily sales and substantial American exports. Futures and spot markets reflect cautious demand, drought concerns, and outside buying amid varying regional conditions.
Market notes from Browninghams Norfolk Virginia show prices for fish including mackerel in kegs at 97.00 and 22.00 32.00 for different sizes. Herring and family roe priced per barrel and half barrel. Provisions market strong with mess pork and hams at 9.60. Bulk meats steady with clear ribs at 5.15.
Prices listed for meats bacon hams lard and shoulders sugar cured and string cuts with per pound figures. Dairy butter cheese creamery and creamery products shown with cents per pound. Groceries include coffee syrup molasses rice and flour with grade based pricing. Market notes indicate varying values by region and delivery, with multiple staple items priced for local sale including corn, peas, and mill feed.
Market good and good cattle in strong demand. Milk cows from Eastern North Carolina cannot be sold on this market owing to the United States quarantine regulation. Dressed hogs, 4.44c per pound. Lambs, 6 to 7c per pound. Southern fruit prices listed including bananas 1.00 to 1.25 per bunch and oranges 4.50. Turpentine, rosin, pitch and tar prices given with various barrels and per gallon terms. Hand Picked tanoy and Virginia shelling prices noted.
Market dull with no demand for boards. 1x6 16 ft parts priced at 12.50 to 15.00. 11x6 16 ft rough at 9.00 to 10.00. 1x12 to 18 inches 16 ft clear at 220.00 to 22.00. Rough wide boards listed at 12.12 to 15.00.
Market in fair demand for Cypress Lumber shows dried stock across sizes. Four by four and edge stock priced from 8.50 to 16.00 dollars with No 1 and No 2 grades and various lengths.
Knotted prices for shingles sap and hearts listed with prime and cull values. Market receipts of W. O. staves show higher demand with prime hogsheads and white oak items priced, including pipes hogsheads barrels and octaves, reflecting bulk material market activity.
Market remains dull with butchers listing extra fat steers and fat smooth cattle. Prices for common and rough cattle, fat heifers, cows, bulls, and oxen appear in varying dollars per hundredweight, while hogs and sheep show limited demand and many items unsold.
Spanish strip details Benice Arrano and Punta Gorda to Falmouth via Wm Lamb Co as coal shipments. Highlander Millburn sails New Orleans to Rotterdam for coal. Schienhaulon clears St Lucia under US Shipping. Trinidad sails Santos with cannel coal for Norfolk and Western. Jessie W Star loads lumber in New York.
Norfolk and Southern railroad schedule lists mail and express departures and connections from Norfolk with routes to Edenton Belhaven Plymouth and more. Evening express to Elizabeth City Manteo and connections to steamer lines. freight and passenger facilities noted. Regular line steamship to Philadelphia advertised with schedules and rates.
Steamship timetable shows South Hound Kentucky to New York Philadelphia Washington and Norfolk with arrival and departure times. Officials listed include J A Neugebauer, Jams I Waudin, M Waliston, HH Emerson, G M Serpalu, and Norfolk headquarters. Tickets sold to points North East West, baggage checked to destination, staterooms by application at 77 West Main Street.
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