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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1889
Page
3
Weather delays slow the fruit and vegetable trade with heavy frosts reducing asparagus and green yields. South strawberries are abundant and prices fall. cucumbers and home grown radishes are cheap. Florida peas and beans available. butter prices drift down. fish trade steady ahead of Lent. Diamond Market prices hold firm for meats and vegetables with limited changes.
Market report from East Liberty Stock Yards notes cattle receipts around 2000 head with no cattle shipped to New York. Prices show market firm with a shade better in some lots. general activity described as nothing doing with through consignments.
Telegraph notes varied cattle receipts across districts with several price ranges. Beeves yield 8 dollars for steer stock and around 200 dollars for cows, veals sold near ten dollars per hundredweight, with 1000 plus cattle expected later. sheep and hogs show slower demand but some strong spots for choice stockers and feeders.
A fair trading day in wheat with stronger tone amid reduced selling pressure and active shipping demand. Prices closed higher than yesterday as local sentiment shifted to a firmer view, while corn showed moderate strength on improved demand and smaller expected receipts.
John McKee dominates the stock scene with aggressive bids driving up gas shares. Binck & Baird close a $100,000 real estate deal on a hill above the city while Pittsburgh plans major bank and street improvements. Weather and crop notes warn of late harvests before a warm rain ends the cold spell. Sugar industry outlook from Spreckels foresees a shift to domestic production with competing states expanding beet and sorghum use.
Trading subdued with small, apathetic crowds as Philadelphia Gas dipped to 35 and recovered to 385g by afternoon. Wheeling Gas led activity under John McKee, closing at strong best figures amid lively bids. Electric advanced to 67% and 573, while Tractions remained steady and weak stocks like Switch and Signal and mining issues lagged.
Fragmented OCR reports on clearings and balances across banks with figures for thousands of pounds and percentages. Mentions the Bank of England and bullion withdrawals alongside regional sums and balances, but details are garbled and inconsistent.
The oil market showed dull activity with a high of 56c and low near 5 1/8d, closing at 53 3/4c a drop from the open. Bearish windup, limited certificates, and pending refiners’ Lima product experiments subdued trading. analysts foresee a potential rebound only if expectations shift. In Washington County the Robbins well yielded 200 barrels daily while Hearty’s Aikin well produced 15 barrels and Theonville’s deeper drill reached 184 barrels in 24 hours.
The Paris house Rothschilds increasingly control Russia oil exports, signing contracts with 41 private firms and moving 17.5 million poods annually. They negotiate to acquire producers or land, arguing easier access to untapped fields while flooding foreign markets with lower quality goods.
National transit certificates report mixed results in New York with the highest at 63 0 and the lowest at 853 g0, while the national transit market shows an open at 853 g0 and a high of 35 percent. This brief notes the range and opening levels in May.
John F Baxter sold to Samuel J Durhin two city lots in Brasston Bank of Commerce addition for 1200 dollars. B D Wingenroth sold three Hunter plan lots at Hill and Water Streets to Emma for heirs of Rev Joseph Hunter.
New York May 3 The stock market remained fairly active and generally strong with mixed movement. Investors focused on western buying of railroad shares and persistent strength in Burlington stocks aided by the March earnings surge, while Pullman declined and some issues drifted below opening values.
It states 959 iron mines currently open, 238 run at minimal profitability to keep concessions. Sweden has 217 rolling mills producing about 24 million kilos of bars. The Vannemora region sticks to a 17 to 28 cubic meter charcoal per ton iron method from Dutch origins, with around 6,400 hands employed in mining and rolling.
Market notes indicate New York City prices for coffee and a wide range of groceries. Various Rio and Santos coffee types, sugars, spices, dried fruits, canned goods, and fruit prices are listed with mixed, fluctuating quotes as traders monitor activity.
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