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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1889
Page
3
Pish supply is tight and prices remain high though cattle values have fallen over the years. Florists report a quiet trade while vegetables, fruits, and dairy items show mixed movement. Poultry, eggs, and fish prices are listed with market conditions and regional notes.
The London market shows active demand with generally firm prices across iron products. Scotch pig and West Coast brands report strong activity though prices vary. Bessemer and steel products remain steady with moderate demand, shipping and general trade holding firm at current levels.
A New York copper market report notes weaker copper despite steady tin and dull lead. Futures show irregular activity with eight month contracts around £555 for pig tin and £89 per pound for other tin, while domestic copper trends remain unsettled.
Dullness and weakness hung over the market as December futures drifted to new lows. Wheat and oats slumped while corn stayed steadier. export sales offered brief support but sentiment remained bearish and many operators planned summer vacations, signaling a narrow market ahead.
Wool markets were quiet with little activity in Philadelphia and St. Louis. New York also showed steady prices. Boston noted a small sales volume pushing totals higher, while Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces remained calm with limited WW6 00-pound X grade sales at six cents and XX at about adc.
Still marching on important improvements in Edgewood seeding a period of rapid growth. Jeannette rises as a thriving suburb with 400 new houses planned by H Sellers McKee and a large iron plant and brick works talked of. Pittsburgh real estate heats with rapid transit plans, rising mortgages, and big building projects as clan of firms expands.
The forenoon and afternoon sessions showed sluggish trading with little buying interest. Central Traction and Electric led modest gains while gassers, switch stocks, and bridge issues remained weak or unchanged as bids and offers clashed.
Closing reports indicate Ished and Stephenson brokers completed a major deal in New York City. Sperth Premuebers involved as the principal seller, with terms not disclosed. The transaction underscores ongoing activity in the New York real estate market and brokerage sector.
The article reviews January trading with banks in the lead, noting dull but steady mercantile activity. It lists closing bond quotations across U S securities, bank clearings and balances in Philadelphia and Chicago, and money on call in New York, reflecting a cautious but stable financial mood.
The oil market yesterday showed little interest with light, spasmodic trading following New York and Oil City. Cash and September were the focus as August closes with no strong demand. Refining Lima prospects were discussed but no method found to make it viable against Pennsylvania oil, despite price differences.
August 2 reports show transit certificate prices opening at scattered levels with high and low marks varying. Obscure figures mention lowest and highest quotes and closing activity, while a Titusville area note references market movement and local ticker activity amid unclear data.
Reed B Coyle & Co sold parcels in Oakland and Baltimore and Ohio lines for 15000 and 400 while James W Drape & Co moved multiple lots in Wilkinsburg and McKeesport plus large tract near Grazier Street and Ingram station. Mortgages and transfers totaling thousands spoke to a busy market with diverse property types across Allegheny City and East End districts.
The New York Stock Exchange saw the year's smallest activity with most listed stocks moving little and only a few edging above 4 one half percent. Trust companies like Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chesapeake and Ohio, Reading and Grangers provided most of the day’s interest as London offered little response and Sugar Trust reportedly built a large cash reserve near 25 million dollars.
The report shows small advances across several issues with Cleveland Cincinnati and St Louis common holding near unchanged while gains were limited. Southern Cotton and Ohio first preferred rose, railroad bonds remained active, and notable names like Disrachi and Whitney & Stephenson appear as market markers on the New York Stock Exchange.
Fragmentary OCR lists mining stocks and prices including Best & Belcher Bodie Caledonia Crown Point and others. Reads like a broker’s table with company names and numeric values, many garbled. key entities detected include New York, Caledonia, Crown Point, Bodie, Ophir, Hale & Norcross, Iron Hill, Ontario, Mexican, Mutual, Homestake, Ontario.
Office notes cattle receipts 500 head with 400 head shipped. market quiet with through consignments and no cattle shipped to New York today. Hog receipts 1,100 head and 1,700 head shipped. market firm on lights but slow on heavy. Hens Yorkers medium and light ride. 6h heavy and 8 cars shipped to New York. Final point: shipments 1,600 head, market very slow, nothing doing.
Cattle receipts and prices varied across Chicago Kansas City and New York markets. Native steers and Texas cattle showed mixed gains and declines, with calves and hogs trading at varied but generally lower levels. Sheep receipts remained sizable with steady to weak demand and modest price support across regions.
Businessmen along Smithfield and Water streets mobilize a petition to Superintendent Brown to appoint a cornerman to curb disorder at a local resort. They cite drunkenness and foul language as insults to wives and daughters and note the Baltimore and Ohio station nearby intensifies the problem. A separate item reports John Reddick of Clark's Court on Seventh Avenue jailed after a magistrate hearing on a charge of assault with intent.
Shirley Darb pursues a distance event as she aims to win interest among women in the district.
Market notes show abundant supply and slow trade with California fruits plentiful. Apples weak from liberal supplies, butter demand firmer with prices rising. Creamery butter quotes at Elgin 18 1 2 cents, Ohio 17 1 2 cents, country packs 12 to 13 cents. Cantaloupes in fair supply. watermelons plentiful with cheaper drift. Various produce prices listed for beans, cheese, cherries, apricots, dates and other items. overall movement constrained by ample supply.
The report notes coffee futures easing in New York while greens and futures show potential gains. It lists varied prices for Rio and Java beans, assorted dried fruits, nuts, and groceries with numerous quoted per unit prices and packaging terms reflecting a broad wholesale market snapshot.
Grain Exchange bulletins at Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago and Baltimore show car lots and prices for wheat corn hay and flour. Cereal markets improve with strong demand for flour while bullish tone hints at good crop prospects and bread prices. Markets in Pa lines Ohio Erie Lake Erie and Western regions mirror this activity amid varied spot and freight notes.
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