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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1888
Page
7
Commercial matters show varied demand with wheat down by one million bushels while copper and zinc hold steady. Livestock and produce items such as lard butter beef mutton and apples remain steady or in fair demand. sugar and molasses show contrasting activity as refined sugars stay active and raw sugar remains very quiet.
In Fall River and Providence the print cloth market shows quiet, steady to easing conditions. Production 145000 pieces, deliveries 117000, stock 28000, with sales 113000 odd 93060 64x64 20000 and spot 26000 pieces. Prices: 39 16e for 64x64s and 314¢ for 60x56s, market eased about 1 cent for 64x643s and 1.5 for 56x60s. stocks 8000 64x643 and 2000 50x60s.
Local carload quotations show little change in flour with steady demand, and varied price ranges from fine to government grades. Western and Minnesota flour values are listed, while corn oats and wheat quotes span multiple cities and grades with notes on receipts and activity. some markets report firmness, others quiet or dull trade.
The report notes Milwaukee 73 percent strong in places and weak for No 1 seed, Chicago firm for some grades while others fall, and St Louis seeing a modest advance. Trade in flour, oats, barley and feeds remains active with several price points across regions and grades.
A quiet demand for butter keeps prices firm across grades with small old butter stocks. Creamery products show varied quotients with Western and Vermont items at firm levels, while eggs, cheese, beans, and grains move in narrow ranges amid steady jobbing prices.
Market report notes strong demand for Baldwins at auction with other lots quiet. Prices listed for spies, oranges, lemons and Mediterranean fruits. steamer arrivals and shipments detailed. Notable items include 7009 boxes Mesina oranges and 10,400 Palermo oranges, with various prices per box or per case. H. Harris & Co. to auction 400 boxes Florida oranges Tuesday.
Local provisions show steady demand and prices with export demand down to 50,000 this week from 140,000 last week and 85,000 year ago. Atlantic port reports list cattle, bacon, lard exports and long and short cut pork prices, with Canadian cattle and United Kingdom trade totals for prior years.
Shipping list itemizes commodities arriving in Hull from various firms including Baring Bros and Co J B Moors Co Brown Bros and Co and others. It lists bales woollen goods flax rags leather hides paper stock fish cranberries and many more with quantities such as 478 coils nail rods 89 do rags 273 bags hide cuttings and 845 bags potatoes.
Railroads list March 1 1888 schedules for Western and Eastern divisions. Augusta Haymarket Sangersport Causeway Street connections and steamers from Portland to Halifax Saint John Bonafax and more. North Conway North Conway and Lewiston services include several daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.
Beef, pork, lard and bacon markets show mixed to steady movement across major cities. Chicago and Cincinnati quoted steady pork at $13 35 to $13 40, lard around $7 10 to $7 60, and bacon shoulders $6 30 with short clears $7 87 to 8 05. Fresh feet steady, choice steers ranged 7 34 to 8 fob, veal and lamb prices noted with regional variances.
Sugar and molasses markets show no change in raw sugars with dull trade and ample supply. Refined sugars steady at old quotations, prices listed for pulverized to yellow sugars. wholesale and New York refined markets align. Molasses trade quiet with select regional quotations, Havana and Matanzas stocks reported, shipments to United States ongoing.
The Norfolk boat arriving Monday carries 2500 bbls spinach and 350 bbls kale. Truck demand is fair with prices steady and unchanged. Prices for various produce in truck lots include asparagus 69 dollars per dozen, green peas 203 dollars per crate, tomatoes 82 to ripe fruit canners, cabbage 2.75 per crate, Norfolk kale 0.50 per bbl, Bermuda onions 8.50 per crate, Norfolk spinach 1.20 per bbl, Florida string beans 3.50 per crate, beets 1.25 per crate, native dandelions 1.50 per bush, native onions 0.00 per bbl, and other items such as squash Hubbard 50.4 per ton, lettuce 0.75 to 0.85 per pound, and turnips 0.75 per 56? per bush.
New York cotton quiet with middling at 9 1 16 cents and other grades listed. Futures opened easy and closed steady. Liverpool dull at 6 5 16d uplands and 6% for Orleans. Spot sales 8000 bales. Receipts and exports across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville. Hog and cattle markets show mixed but mostly steady tone across St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Chicago with varied prices and receipts.
Miscellaneous market notes show New York firm demand with 20,000 sales near 41 to 16 cents, London prices steady at 35s, and various certificates and commodities trading. Turpentine and petroleum activity in New York, with rosin and tar values listed. Chicago and Cincinnati trade around 109 dollars, St. Louis similarly firm.
Shipping list notes April 7 1888 exports from Lunenburg and Glasgow. M Sch conductor oversees 100 tons salt and molasses with items from Matanzas Cuba including birds mollases and second hand goods. Norwegian steamer cleared April 3 reports flour wheat cases butter moose samples corn beet lard dye and other cargo plus cattle and various commodities.
A sprawling freight list from 1888 details Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, and Boston and Maine railroads. It itemizes cotton, wool, flour, grains, lard, bacon, butter, cheese, leather, hides, tea, coffee, sugar, and many other commodities with quantities. The document also includes partial timetable snippets and train connections, showing routes between Boston, Providence, New York, and other hubs, alongside misread or garbled OCR portions.
Foreign markets report quiet London and steady country markets with wheat and corn. In Paris wheat and flour price moves noted, Liverpool bread stuffs show steady demand and price firmness for winter and club wheats, pork steady, bacon easing, cheese and fats steady.
Local time tables detail through tickets at Boston stations and 232 Washington street. Trains serve Guston, Pittafield, Chatham, Palmer, and Worcester routes with daily, Sunday, and special connections to New York, Springfield, Albany, and Hartford. Express and sleeping cars run to major points with dining service on select departures.
Palmer, agent, AS 3 Old State House, reported limited progress in narrowing leads from a government posting. Officials declined further comment as investigators pursue potential ties to the case.
Train times listed for Western Division routes from Boston through Andover Dover Haverhill and beyond with weekday and Sunday services to cities including Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and various Massachusetts towns. multiple departures noted with AM PM labels and inconsistent OCR terms.
An East division timetable lists numerous daily departure times from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea and many intermediate stops including Ipswich Gloucester Rockport Newburyport and Manchester with services to Portland St Johnsbury and Montreal. The schedule also notes local and branch lines and mentions workingmen's trains on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Train times listed for various stations including Northampton Belchertown and Sudbury with multiple daily departures. Text appears garbled but shows 7.25 am and other afternoon times. references to BerkBotte land and Belmont. Likely an incomplete timetable notice from a regional rail service.
Time table excerpt listing stations such as Amherst, South Amherst, Gilbertville, Barre Oakdale, West Boylston, Worcester, Belmont and Waltham with various times. It notes time tables provide full information at stations and is signed by MES T FURBER and G P A FUANDERS as General Manager and General Passenger Agent.
A dense timetable lists trains and returns across Boston area routes including Old Colony lines via Abington Weymouth and Brockton. It notes baggage check services from hotels or residences to destinations, with April 1 1888 start and special Friday schedules for New York, Fall River, and Plymouth region connections.
Trains depart Boston Causeway Street for Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and the West after November 13 1887 with various daily express and sleeping car services to Chicago via Niagara Falls and Wabash Western Railway. Ayer Junction and Belmont Watery and Brazilebore routes show multiple daily departures with morning and evening options.
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