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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1889
Page
7
The report lists broad commodity movements with many staples showing firmness or dulling. Flour and corn note declines while oats and cornmeal stay firm, meats mostly steady, sugars steady, and fats like tallow dull. Several entries appear garbled but indicate general market quietness.
London reports a full wool sale with spirited competition among Victorian, New South Wales and New Zealand scoureds. Prices rose across most categories with gains from 42 to 44 pence per pound, while lower Queensland grades held steady. American buyers have acquired about 2,000 bales to date amid 13,950 bales offered and 220,485 remaining.
The pig iron market shows quiet demand and unsettled conditions with Western mills and Pennsylvania activity scarce. Prices largely steady with little foreign buying. copper, tin, zinc, and lead markets also quiet or mixed. Local iron demand remains tepid at steady prices as mills reduce production to avoid stock buildup.
May wheat fell 1 4c at the open under free selling but recovered to near the opening. two to three houses acted as buyers, then a renewed drop, closing fairly firm above 86. Traders stayed bullish on July early, then sold out during the decline and covered later. A noted trader bought July aiding support as about 72,000 bush wheat were taken for export in New York, while those buyers also sold futures. Corn and oats showed weakness and steadiness respectively amid long liquidation. The Milwaukee clique remained active.
The market largely unchanged from last week as flocks were sent in by butchers and hundreds sold. Notable lots include George Messer of Charlestown NH with 103 lb lambs, Breck and Wood selling 116 lambs at 6 cents per pound, and various sheep lots from F 8 Kimball and HS Jiritton with weights ranging from 1550 to 6610 lbs and prices around 5 to 6 cents per pound.
May holdings rise and bears cover while July calls stay firm in a steadied market. Export demand supports May and the July option remains active as rain fails to aid crops. Corn weakens with reduced shipping urgency and hog futures rally then retreat. prices close firmer on lighter hog runs.
Receipts reach 483 cars versus 533 a year ago with steady demand across Eastern and Western lumber. Prices firm or higher in many grades. spruce and shingles show strong movement. Hemlock, cedar posts, clapboards, laths, and hardwoods demand remains robust, while Southern pine markets show firmness and active trading. Industry notes a large rise in Southern lumber capacity since 1880 with more mills and capital. Individual price ranges for boards, shingles, laths, and various pine and hardwoods listed.
The market threads through Minneapolis flour declines impacting bids while New York and Chicago show mixed activity. Grain receipts and flour stocks shift as dull, lower price trends press buyers. oats, corn, and wheat quotes vary by region with steady malt and millfeed sections.
Butter receipts total 2457 today vs 1029 last year with market quiet and steady. Creamery sales at 25 26c inside, Western quotes 24 26c, extra firsts 22 23c, ladle-packed 19c, fancy imitation 20 21c, seconds 17 18c, Vermont 22 25c to 20 21c, Eastern 20 24c. Oleo receipts 1152 vs 1380 last year. trade quiet at old prices. Cheese receipts 794 boxes. demand quiet and steady with North choice 11 11 1 2c.
The report shows current demand and stable market levels for items such as marrow squash at 60 per ton, hubbard and Savoy cabbage at various prices, beets and carrots per bush or barrel, onions in crates or barrels, lettuce per bush, radishes and turnips per dozen, celery per box, parsnips, dandelions, spinach, kale, beet greens, cucumbers, rhubarb, and parsley with price points like 75c per bush, 1.25 per crate, and 2 per ton for cucumber lines.
Provisions receipts today show pork and pork products with steady demand and mixed stock levels across cities. New York and Chicago reflect steady pork, lard, and bacon markets. beef and dry salted meats hold firm with varied cut prices. regional notes indicate quiet fresh beef and steady lambs, mutton, and veal demand.
Stock Yards Kansas City shows cattle receipts at 4117 with firm value ranges from 2 to 4.30 for cows and feeders. Hogs receipts 7741 with market weak. heavies 4.50 to 5.55, mediums 4.47 to 4.55, pigs 4.45 to 4.57. Sheep receipts 1620 steady around 3.75 to 4.45. Cincinnati hogs firm higher. Chicago cattle strong with bevels 4.40 to 4.45 and hogs slow 4.70 to 4.90. Receipts across cities and shipments listed. Texas and western markets show varied prices for steers, stockers, cows, lambs, and heavy sheep.
The steamer Gambetta is due April 15 from Baracoa with bananas for Seaverns Co. The Maranda is due April 11 from Ja- (text cut) likely delivering fruit consignments and schedules for local merchants.
The Naranja carried 2750 cases Valencia oranges to Boston and passed Gibraltar April 2. Aberlady Bay sailed from Palermo March 27 with 9300 boxes Palermo oranges and 13,900 Palermo lemons. Wallachia carried 15,000 boxes oranges and 12,000 lemons to Boston, passed Gibraltar April 1. Bidos due with bananas to V from Baracoa WW&CR. Sif due April 12 from Baracoa with bananas for WW&CR Noyes.
Bananas receipts from April 1 1888 to April 1 1889 total 1 118 521 bunches. Apples receipts today 630 bbls last year 473 bbls. Market steady in tone and prices with Baldwins 1 125 per barrel russets 125 200 per barrel Northern spy 175 250 per barrel Tallman sweets 125 150 per barrel Greenings 1 1 25 per barrel etc. Grape fruit quiet at 3 per barrel oranges lemons Palermo Messina Valencia prices listed. Dried apples and strawberries markets noted with small receipts and quotes. Evaporated 6 7 3 8 ac etc.
Sugar receipts today show 1230 bbls 1041 birds and 12150 bags versus last year 772 bbls 1300 bags. Raw sugar market steady with quiet trade and values edging up for refined grades. Molasses receipts 52 bbls 310 hhds 22 tierces, unchanged firm market. prices for Fancy Ponce Porto Rico Porto Rico and New Orleans grades listed.
In New York prices firm for middling uplands 10 to 16 cents and low middlings 915 to 16, good ordinary 9 to 9 1 2 cents. ordinary gulf around 7 cents. Sales totaled 387 bales. Futures opened and closed steady with mixed opening and closing quotes across months. Liverpool spot steady at 6 18 16d for middling up ands and 5 5 16d for various grades. Across U S ports and cities, receipts, exports, and stocks show broad firmness in mid 9 to 10 1 2 cent ranges with notable activity in Savannah and St Louis.
Tallow receipts show 42 barrels 7 bags and 3 pigs vs last year 78 barrels 3 bdh s 6 tierces. City rendered at 434 cents country 44 442c rough 242 4c grease 2144 4 ec. Coffee New York Rio firm with a fair car at 18 cents. Whiskey unchanged. Turpentine closed at 46c rosin 1 1242 115 tar 180 190 petroleum 7 20c RSW 7c cases 9c.
WATERTOWN UNION LIVE STOCK MARKET reports activity at the Watertown market. Prices shown for beef, store cattle, swine, sheep, lambs, hides, tallow and skins. Connecticut River feeders supply native cattle while North road beef cattle command higher values. J A Hathaway sold seven steers at about 440 cents per pound.
Shipping lists show multiple vessels with cargoes across Cadiz Halifax Yarmouth and Annapolis in April 1889. Lottie B carries lubricating oil. Anita freight bills. Halifax clears with oils drugs oysters wax and hardgoods. Yarmouth loads flour beans feed oats oats and various farm and hardware items. Canning Packet ships flour feed cornmeal.
London and Liverpool report quiet English markets with scarce buyers for wheat and corn. Wheat prices slip on both sides of the Atlantic while French and Paris markets show softer tendencies. US and Chilean wheat offered with varied quotes. cargoes and futures move amid weak demand and steady to firm provisions.
The American Bell Telephone Company declares a dividend of three dollars per share to stockholders of record at the close of business March 30 1889. Transfer books close from April 1 to April 18 inclusive. Treasurer William R Driver Boston March 13 1859.
A special meeting of the Handel and Haydn Society will be held at Bumstead Hall on Thursday evening April 11 1889 at 7 o clock for the election of members. Eugene B Hagar secretary.
Central R A of New Jersey announces a new route to shortest travel via Central Railroad of New Jersey Philadelphia and Reading and Baltimore and Ohio. Timetables for March 10, 1889 list departure times from Sears New York Station foot of Liberty Street including morning and afternoon slots to Philadelphia and Baltimore Washington connections. Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars available.
February 4 1889 timetable shows local and through train service between all stations. Trains to Albany and the West depart Boston daily with connections to Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and points West. Includes drawing room and sleeping cars, dining cars Worcester to New Haven, and an 11 PM electric lit daily limited express to Chicago via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. Tickets and accommodations available at 232 Washington Street Boston or Kneeland Street station.
Passengers with tickets on this line may have baggage checked from hotel or residence to destination. Orders to call for baggage may be left at No 3 Old State.
A dense OCR listing trains from Central Division routes with routes from Kneeland Street Station to New York via Fall River Line, plus numerous station names and irregular times. It notes weekday and Sunday patterns and references additional trains and special Friday and Tuesday services.
Cape Cod division timetables show multiple towns with inconsistent and garbled times. Several stops such as Bourne Brewster Hyannis Wellfleet and Woods Mall list morning departures around 8.15 am and afternoon departures near 4.15 pm with numerous OCR errors and irregularities.
An extensive timetable lists outbound and return departure times from Providence Division across numerous stations including Attleboro Boylston Central Roslindale Highland West Roxbury Forest Hills and more. It notes weekday and Sunday frequencies with numerous morning and evening options and references sixteen weekday trains and four Sunday trains to Providence.
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