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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1888
Page
7
In Louisville no new features or inducements to trade have appeared. Prices remain steady with medium combing at 26¢, tub-washed at 34–37¢, and other grades listed from 14 to 28¢ depending on quality. Cincinnati market unchanged and soft for lower grades, with unwashed medium clothing 24–26¢, combing 24–25¢, fine merino 18–19¢, tub-washed 25–57¢, pulled 26–30¢.
London wool sales drew large attendance with lively bidding at opening levels. Superior merinos and fine cross-breds attracted buyers while foreign participants stayed active. South Australia led with 3000 bales at varied scoured and greasy prices, followed by New Zealand, Victoria, Swan River, Queensland, Cape of Good Hope and Natal, and Tasmania with multiple lot prices and conditions detailed.
Weekly market report for Watertown Brighton for week ending April 11 1888 with live stock totals cattle sheep and swine arrivals by yards prices for beef store cattle swine hides wool pelts and sheep lambs conditions at Brighton and Watertown auctions noting steady trade and numerous sales of milch cows springers and pair working oxen along with horse market remarks and Maine cattle beef and store trade highlights.
Trade updates from Watertown and Brighton yards show steady cattle movement with mixed prices. Notable lots include western cattle at 455 to 526 per cwt, exporters gaining shares, and several Vermont and Connecticut River valley cattle on offer. brisk sales for selected steers and oxen with varied weights and prices.
The April 11 market reports compile domestic and general market data from Post ccal reporters and telegraphic despatches. Contents align telegraphic reports with corresponding local market figures to give a complete commodity outline and avoid cross-column comparisons.
Local grain prices rise on stronger winter and spring wheat futures. Millers push higher prices amid poor winter wheat conditions in the central States and a Chicago price rally. North American markets show firm quotes for flour, corn, and oats with light trading and cautious retailers.
Commodities markets report steady to firm trends in grains and feeds from St Louis to New York. Cornmeal demand moderate, oats quiet but steady, rye dull, millfeed scarce, and barley steady. prices listed for exports and local trades, with notable activity in Chicago and Milwaukee and mixed grain quotes across New York, Detroit, and St Louis.
Butter is quiet with Western creameries at 380c wholesale and 800c for others, with limited old butter. Prices range across Western and Eastern creamery goods and New York dairy, including Vermont and New Hampshire selections, as demand shifts. Cheese remains firm on all choice lots while eggs, beans, and hay show varied activity. prospects point to softer butter prices tomorrow amid large receipts.
The steamer Samana is due at the belled berth on the south side of Long wharf Monday April 16 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Gwent is due April 14 from oe with bananas for Seaverns and Co. The steamer Unita is due April 16 from Bara coa with bananas for W W and C R Noyes.
H Harris & Co sold Valencia oranges at 425 500 for regulars 4 75 5 3742 for large and 5 25 6 871 for extra large Florida oranges at 150 4 6214 with navels 8 375 475 Grape fruit at 4 25a 4 374 Pp box Oranges and Lemons steady demand Palermo oranges 350 4 50 box Florida oranges 5 6 choice 3 4 fair Palermo lemons 250 450 Pp box Messina oranges 350 400 dp box Messina lemons 260 4 p box Valencia 5 525 case regulars large extra large 6 74 case Strawberries 30 45c quart Bananas well supplied quiet at old prices Aspinwall Port Limon 2 250 bundle Jamaica 1 150 Baracoa 150 175 with selections higher
Pork demand remains good with prices near prior quotes while lard stays quiet. Hogs are steady and smoked meats move well. Quoted ranges include long cuts 17 25 to 17 75, backs 15 18 25, mess pork 14 75 16 76, ribs 10 16c, and various sausages and hams. New York pork firm with 200 bbls mess and 500 bbls prime mess for sale. beef dull and lard up before easing.
Tierces Western steam and city steam prices advance with pork and lard rising across markets. Beef quotes shift to stability while fresh beef shows varied steers and heifers. lambs mutton and veal offered with mixed demand across Chicago St Louis Cincinnati regions.
Sugar prices show steady raw sugar quotations with steady refined demand in New York and at wholesale levels. Markets note firm refined sugar prices and quiet molasses trading, with regional variations for Cuba Javas and Porto Rico offerings and specific gal and test measures.
Truck demand remains strong with steady prices across multiple southern yards. Asparagus at 6 dollars per crate, green peas 2 dollars per crate, tomatoes 2 dollars for ripe fruit canners, cabbage 2 dollars per crate, Norfolk kale 1.50 dollars per barrel, Bermuda onions 38 dollars per crate, spinach 1.50 dollars per barrel, Florida string beans 2 dollars 38 cents per crate, beets 75 cents per bush, Hubbard squash 50 dollars per ton, lettuce 76 cents per dozen, parsnips 1 dollar per bush, turnips 50 cents per bush, celery 9 dollars per box, rhubarb 12 1/2 cents per pound. Native goods quoted with various small-quantity prices include dandelions 1.25 per bush, native onions 7 dollars per barrel, cabbage native per barrel 2 dollars, and other root vegetables with mixed units and prices.
New York cotton quiet with middling at 9 13-16d and other grades listed. Futures opened and closed steady. Liverpool spot firm at 55-16d uplands and 5 1/2d Orleans, with varied futures for multiple delivery months. Domestic receipts and exports noted across several ports, including Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, and mobile. Consolidated five day national net receipts and exports shown.
Hogs and cattle markets show mixed gains across St Louis Peoria and Cincinnati with higher hog prices in St Louis and Peoria, steady to firm Kansas City and Chicago receipts mixed. Cattle prices range from steer and stocker categories to usual packs, while hogs show firm to higher tones with varied weights and regional receipts and shipments reported.
The report records various commodity quotes across cities. Tallow shows quiet quotas, New York coffee Rio and Rio prices cited, London prices steady, pipe line certificates with dates and highs and lows, turpentine petroleum and tar figures, and whiskey prices in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati.
Steamer Hermann carries steel bars and ingots from Norway Steel and Iron Co. along with girders. Various consignments include grease casks, pipes, bales, rags, beans, marble, plate glass, champagne, steel rods and wire, window glass, and other goods listed with multiple firms and quantities in Antwerp on April 11, 1888.
An extended catalog of consignments and shipments from merchants including Kidder Peabody Co and Looms firms, with items such as glassware, potatoes, chemicals, wool, pig iron, lubricants, and various bales. The list specifies partners like Baring Bros Co, Jordan Marsh, and J McDuffee Stratton, across vessels and rail lines, noting quantities and destinations such as Demerara, Glasgow, Havana, and Boston area railroads.
A dated export list from April 11 details ships Cleared April 9 to New York with beef flour and other goods in cargoes on the Chicago Audacieux Pavonia Bavarian British Queen and Stamer British Queen shipments. We also see cargoes for Matanza Cuba Annapolis NS St Johns NF and more with hundreds of items including meat wheat lumber and hardware.
Boston and Albany Railroad records list receipts of 67 bales cotton 156 bales wool 1126 barrels flour 375 barrels oatmeal 42 bushes Bush wheat 2245 bushes malt 25 tons feed 33 tubs 20 tierces lard 14 barrels tallow 2 dressed hogs 90 tubs 3 boxes batter 585 pails oleo 127 cases eggs 42 barrels apples 1 car straw 4 cars lumber 118 rolls 450 bale s 119 bags 29 barrels leather 15 bolls.
Markets show firm to higher tones across grains and commodities. Wheat and corn advance with English and French markets steady. prices in Liverpool quoted for No 1 and No 2 California wheat, red winter, and other wheats, with pork, bacon, cheese, tallow and lard also steady or firm at various shillings and pence.
A detailed schedule announces the Boston & Providence Railroad service effective Monday November 28 1887. It lists Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail departures from Boston toward New Work and New York plus numerous return times, with routes through Providence Pawtucket Attleboro Mansfield East Foxboro Readville and many suburbs. The notice includes changes in daily and Sunday operations and a note about Stoughton train timing.
Long list of weekday and Sunday train times from Boston to New York and coastal destinations including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and more with return schedules. Notices warn passengers may have baggage delayed and detail numerous intermediate stops and varying departure times. GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK sign as general agents and managers.
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