Shading in the Figures on Steel Rails Noted in Market Report
New York March 6 The Iron Age Review reports buyers delaying purchases across iron and steel trades amid downward price expectations. Pig market flat with limited business while foundries stay well covered. steel rails show sales of about 7 000 tons, with weak competition East and West and prices easing. Structural iron demand grows as beam production in 1889 reaches 191,000 tons.
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New York
Birmingham
Tidewater
Wat Tidewater
New England
Ageregatine
Pittsburg
Onis
Hkessemor
Middlesbrough
Bessemer
Sls
Od. F. Ob. Spiecelemen
Ee Ormls
Dessemer
Glasgow
Liverpool
Rather
Market in England shows dull pig iron and downward prices
The Iron Age report notes a late week fair trade in pig iron, then dull markets with prices easing. Hematite makers propose damp furnaces, with further talks on conditions and output. Tin plate demand remains limited and prices unsettled. tin and copper moves show mixed activity amid global steel and iron price shifts.
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York
London
Bessemer
Merewood, Cambria and South Wales
Tl WN. Brand
Wach
Melingriffiths
Irom
Stylee and Shapes Grand Spring Millinery Opening
The wholesale millinery opening ran three days through today, drawing visitors from 200 miles and beyond. Retailers report strong attendance, with forecasts of bigger orders between now and April as fashion favors flowers, straw laces, ribbons, and smaller hats and toques for the season. Prices ease 10 to 4 percent from last spring as raw silk raises ribbon costs.
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Obbers
Pittsburg
Fomediate
Spee
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Livestock Markets Report from Pittsburg Dispatch Yard
Live stock market notes from Pittsburg Dispatch dated Thursday March 6 1800 show cattle receipts 500 head with 400 head shipments and no cattle to New York. Hogs receipts 1600 head with 1500 head shipments market active mid quality 1 to 4 3 per hundred. two carloads shipped to New York. Sheep receipts 400 head with 400 head shipments market quiet. Week’s yard operations statistics follow.
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Pittshuerg
Tutursday
CaTrir
New York
Cattle and hog markets show mixed activity across major cities
Receipts vary with 1 000 otter trade head and 4 700 sheep. Beef prices ease and dressed beef steady at multiple hubs. Chicago reports 14 000 cattle with a 10 to 20 cent drop. St Louis and Indianapolis note steady to firmer hogs and lambs. Kansas City and Texas markets show lower steers and mixed hogs. sheep prices hold steady in many markets.
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Telegraph
New York
Joey Liverpool Cable
Sheen
Oeics
ChicaGo
the Prayer’s Journal
Texas
St. Louis
Kansas
Progress in Wheeling Bridge and Westinghouse Year Ends
Market notes report slack business on Fourth avenue due to weather while Wheeling plans a double steel bridge with full stock subscription. A bank statement recall deadline is February 24. Westinghouse Electric 1889 results show total sales 4 302 115 22 with net profit 720 807 87 and various costs.
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Busisess
Fourth Avenue
Ohio River
Wheeling
W. Va
Huilding
Chautauqua Lake Lead Company
Thirteenth Street
Real estate booms and roads plague Pittsburg and California
Colonel John Simmons of San Diego visits Pittsburg and warns against real estate booms that leave desolation. Brokers doubt an exchange will help, roads fail, and markets tighten as manufacturers, farmers, and bankers debate policies and credit history.
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John Simmons
San Diego
Cal
Pittsburg
California
Stock Trades Reported Across Several Firms
The day’s New York stock totals reached 200,207 shares with notable activity in Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 17,100 Louisville and Nashville 25,047 Northern Pacific preferred 3,400 Reading 135,000 St. Paul 6,390 Union Pacific 1,200 and transactions by Edward P. Long selling Pleasant Valley and Electric and Central Traction shares. Other firms listed include Sylvanus Tube Works 55 62 Forest seat 100 Pee Apa 109 Pieanent Valley 2545 Washington Oil abactoon sales and Forse & Co selling Pleasant Valley shares at 25 and 50.
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Sylvanus Tube Works Company
Forest Seat
Pieanent Valey
Washington Oil
Pleasant Valley
J.C. Forse & Co
Edward P. Long
Electric
Central Traction
New York
Delaware
Lackawanna and Western
Louisville and Nashville
Northern Pacific
Reading
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Banks and Bankers Conservative in Spring Loan Policy
Local bankers pursue a cautious loan stance ahead of spring demand. They anticipate expanding business to employ funds, with moderate yesterday demand and ample cash. Rates steady. deposits and checks lighter. New York money on call easy at 3 to 4 percent. sterling exchange steady at 4.00 for day bills and 1.48 for demand.
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New York
Beeneen
Financial market closes and Bank of England bullion report
Bond quotations and mutual fund rates headline the session with listed debentures and consols. The Bank of England balance shows bullion up and reserves near 48 percent of liabilities. Paris rentes at $8.35, London bullion movement noted, and Chicago clearings reach £12.5 million as New York exchange trades at a premium.
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G. West
Union Mac
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Lonvon
Bank of England
Paris
Bank of France
Chicago
New York Exchange
Oil Market and Drilling Advances Signal Strong Plays
Oil opened with a lower water mark before a rally as 50,000 barrels sold by N. W. Stephenson to Lyman & Harris. The Wood & Young well near the Hundred-foot district flowed 90 to 100 barrels per hour, while nearby wells increased output to 120 barrels and nearly 1,000 barrels daily. The Porter Oil Company transferred a 110 acre Fisher track lease for 24,000 dollars and a 423 acre tract sold for 35,000. Test wells at Goose Creek Stillwell and Burning Springs aim to open new oil territory.
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N. W. Stephenson
Lyman & Harris
Eesre
Crawford & Hammel
Emsworth Co-operative Natural Gas Company
Wood & Young
Danbach
Hundred-foot
Gilbert OH Company
Sheffield
Porter Oil Company
West Virginia
Fisher Track
G. H. Coast & Son
Olean
N. Y
Pere
Owens
New Cumberland
Goose Creek
Stillwell
Burning Springs
Kentucky Oil Territory Shows Lasting Field Strength
An oil expert's claim that Kentucky oil would be shallow and listing is challenged by a Carroll Oil Company representative from Kentucky. He notes the Adams well in Barren has produced oil for over 20 years at shallow depth, with six wells delivering around 20 barrels and one surpassing 125,000 barrels, asserting Kentucky as a major new oil region rivaling Bradford days.
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Kentucky
Carroll Oi Company
Adams
Barren
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Bradford
Stock Market Mixed as Allegheny Heating Dives
brisk forenoon trading gave way to slower afternoon activity with shares at 12 dollars. Allegheny Heating Co fell to 104 while Pennsylvan ia Tube Works opened at 35 in its first public trade amid broader gains and a dispersed list of bids and asks across multiple banks gas and utilities.
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Allegheny Heating Company
Pennsylvania Tube Works Company
Snow slows roads but spurs oil field activity at Bridgeville
Snow delivery boosts movement of well supplies as workers in Bridgeville and nearby fields push ahead despite slick roads. Boiler moves were common as crews refuse to wait for better travel conditions.
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George P. Murray
Bridgeville
Petroleum market mixed with steady closes on March 6
Petroleum opened steady then rose slightly in New York trading before closing steady. In Hase and other exchanges high and low marks varied with barrel totals at about 458000 across Consolidated and Stock exchanges.
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Beadforn
Hase
Hc. Kuna
Om City
New York
Mige
Stock Exchange
Sold by the Acre in Rich Property Near Brushton Station
Real estate notices show Black & Baird listing the Rich property near Brushton station, six to seven acres between the Pennsylvania Railroad and Tioga Street. Walkways to be built, lots to be sold on easy payments, price $20,852. Properties at Nunnery Hill Allegheny and Wilkins estate Wilkinsburg also sold.
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Smithfield Street
Wilkinsburg
Wilkins Estate
Samuel W. Black & Co
Fourth Avenue
Haynes
Shady Avenue
Tweenth Ward
Property transfers and mortgage actions listed in brief
A two story brick dwelling sold for 7500 to Charlies Hager while a four room frame house on a 60 by 100 foot corner lot at Rutledge and Shaler streets sold for 1550 to Christian Seacra wing Byers. A $2 mortgage on Third ward property at Allegheny to run three years bears 6 percent interest.
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Alles & Bailey
Fourth Avenue
Charlies Hager
Rutledge and
Shaler Streets
Christian Seacrash Wing & Byers
Federal Street
Third Ward
Allegneny
Reading the Market Mixed on Reading and Rail Stocks
New York reports a mixed day with Reading stock as the day's feature amid broad dullness. Traders note a large block sale pressuring Reading while other rails like Louisville and Nashville and Chicago Gas see varied moves amid market strain and a Treasury bond-buying shift.
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New York, March
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Bank of Enghand
Chicago Gas Trust
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Nashville
Ilass
Ennessee
Béc
Solge
Snrar
Chicago Gas
Granger
St. Paul
Burlington
Northwestern
Chicago
Walker
Inter-State Association
Union Pacific
Roy Piidts
United States Treasury
Eaat
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney & Stephenson
Pittsburg
Avenus
Mining Quotations New Yorke March
Mining quotations list prices for several mines and scrip in California and adjacent areas. Entries include Amador Caledonia B H Comstock T bin and scrip Deadwood T El Cristo Homestake Freeland Iron Silver Sutter Creek Union Consolidated with varied figures.
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Alice
Amador
Caledonia B. H
Comstock T. bin
Comstock T. Scrip
Deadwood T
del Monte
el Cristo
Freeland
Homestake
Horn
Iron
Orne
Sutter Creek
Lot
Union Consolidated
Weathered Trading Report From New York Drygoods Market
New York traders reported stormy weather affecting trade in drygoods but business remained steady overall. Commission houses received numerous orders by mail and wire for plain and fancy fabrics as prices held firm with few exceptions.
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New York
March
Domestic Markets Coury Produce Prices Amid Blizzard Trade Quiet
Coury Produce market reports a blizzard easing, with quiet trade and stores being inventoried. Prices show demand for nearby eyes, high for fancy apples, choice poultry. various commodities listed with unit prices across dairy, beans, cheese, fruit, and vegetables.
Wheat and corn trade tightens as New York sales ease
Trading in wheat showed restricted moves with small gains and declines within a narrow range. Corn and oats held steady to lightly active, pork and lard markets quiet with prices largely unchanged. New York reported fair sales while cash and futures quotes varied across regions and months.
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Jane
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I.sbe Anguet
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New Orleans
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Utter
Elgin
Western Dairy
Western
Philadelphia
Twentieth Street
Cario
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Marley
Groceries Prices Rise as Market Signals Point Upward
The article lists wage and commodity price shifts across staples. Coffee options advance with expected rises in shipment of packaged goods. Wide variety of imported and domestic groceries including sugars, canned fruits, spices, petroleum products, baking needs, and dairy appear with quoted prices and grade distinctions.
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la Guayra
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Potomac Herring
Grain and Feed Market Report Amid Snow Delays
Grain and feed prices and receipts quoted for fivecar and millfeed carloads from Pittsburgh Cincinnati St Louis and Baltimore Obie. Cereal supply steady with light receipts. oats and hay prices shown. flour and millfeed firmer with scarce ear corn. Weather disruptions hinder rail receipts and market tone remains cautious.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Baltimore
Northwest
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