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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1889

Page

7

Money Market Report New South Wales Wool Prices

The Money Market lists weekly quotations for bales from New South Wales New Zealand and other regions. Prices cover scoured greasy and lock and piece varieties with per bale rates in shillings and pence, including specific figures for South Australia and the Cape of Good Hope and Natal.

New South Wales Queensand South Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal

Foreign Markets Report From London and New York

In London and New York trading, Canadian Pacific Erie St Paul New York Central Reading Mexican Central firsts and Mexican ordinary show varied fractional gains. The Bank of England bullion moved 200000 pounds. money was plentiful with easy discount at 11 1 2 percent. Rail and nitrate stocks surged, breweries remained favored, and new American companies like Rochester Amalgamated and Mount Vernon Lager Beer entered the scene.

London Canadian_ Pacific Erie St. Paul New York Central Reading Paris Bank of England Stock Exchange Colorado Artholomy Rochester Amalgamated Company Mount Vernon Lager Beer Company

Market Report Shows Mixed Commodity Activity Across Staples

Commercial matters list varied readings. Corn and cornmeal firm, flour steady, oats unchanged, butter firm, cheese unchanged, eggs quiet, beans slow, potatoes plentiful, sweet potatoes steady, poultry dull, hay quiet, straw unchanged, pork steady, fresh beef firm, lambs and muttons easy, apples dull, oranges in good demand, lemons fair movement, cranberries slow, dried apples nominal, strawberries in demand, sugars higher, molasses firm, tallow steady. Watt R: 7

Wool Sales London Report April 13 Attendance Strong Prices Given

At the London wool sales April 13 a full attendance was recorded. Good scoured wools and crossbreds drew steady demand, with American buyers purchasing about 800 bales and German buyers taking most specialties. Total bales offered 14,719 with 2,764 withdrawn. 177,639 bales remain. Victoria offerings total 4,500 bales with prices for scoured and greasy grades listed.

London Victoria

Print Cloth Markets Show Firm Fall River Week

In Fall River on April 13 production reached 175000 pieces with deliveries at 158000 and stock of 22000. Sales totaled 820000 and futures 802000 with spot 18 000. Prices quoted 3 4 c for 64x648 and 34 c for 60x56s. market firm and active. Providence notes closes steady at 85 1/2 c for spots and futures with 64 squares and 3 4 c for 56x660s. Week sales 33000 with 1000 64x64s spots at 3 18 16 c, 32000 64x64s spots and futures to October at 3 4 c. stock 20000 64s and 56xX60s.

Fall River Providence

The Option Markets

Wheat futures show July option trading near lows while shorts attempt to cover May and June at premium levels. Northwest receipts remain ample with improving demand and export activity steady on the seaboard. Corn remains dull with slack export demand and ample receipts. Pork prices pressured by cheap corn and anticipated heavy hog supplies through May to July.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co Boston Northwest Seaboard New York

Flour and grain market report details receipts and prices

John E Welsh reviews weekly receipts for flour and grain through April 18 with figures for flour oats corn and barley, compares to last year, and lists current spot prices across regions including New York St Louis Milwaukee Chicago and Detroit. The report notes a dull market for flour steady prices and firm corn demand with varied regional quotes.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Canada Extra New York City Mills City St Louis Milwaukee Chicago Minneapolis Northern Soc Toledo York Detroit

Grain Market Roundup from Chicago and New York Trade

The day wanes with thin activity though prices hold firm in spots and futures. Reports show mixed grain bids across Peoria and Chicago with No 2 white, No 3 white and No 1 varieties trading. New York receipts and exports land at 61 000 bush, while stiffer prices appear for some rye and barley grades and millfeeds amid a generally dull market.

Butter and Egg Receipts and Wholesale Market Report

Receipts for the week ending April 13 show butter 14499 pkgs and oleo margarine 3669 pkgs with vast outputs of cheese 3822 boxes eggs 44 boxes 914 barrels and 13349 cases beans 1605 barrels potatoes 65 cars and 9908 bushels straw 10 cars poultry 379 pkgs sweet potatoes 305 barrels. Comparisons with last year show higher butter oleomargarine and potato movements. market remains firm for top lots with limited supply and steady to firm prices for eggs and cheese. Western and Vermont creamery products command higher quotes while lower grades stay quiet. assorted regional quotes provided for butter oleomargarine cheese eggs beans potatoes hay straw poultry and other farm commodities with regional market notes.

Vermont Cincinnati St Louis Chicago New York State Dairy Western Dairy Western Creamery Elgin Pennsylvania Creamery Baltimore North West Liverpool New Hampshire Michigan Nova Scotias New Brunswicks Southern California Lima Timothy Jersey Houlton Hebrons Bush Houlton Rose Nova Scotia New Brunswick Rose Florida

Ready sale of vegetables with dated price list

A dated price quotation lists Florida beets at 175 per crate, onions at 175 per 200 per crate, green peas at 5 50 per crate, and various other produce including string beans, squash, cabbage, turnips, lettuce, celery, parsnips, spinach, kale, cucumbers, rhubarb, and parsley. Prices vary by unit and packaging such as crates, barrels, bush, or box.

Florida Hubbard Bermuda St Andrews Norfolk Baltimore

Week of April 13 receipts for pork and meats

Receipts show varied totals for pork, beef, lard, hams, bacon, and other meats, with today and last year comparisons across multiple markets. Prices quoted for pork and beef include long cuts and fancy loins, lard, tongues, and processed products across New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis markets, noting market quietness in some categories and firmness in others.

New York Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Choice Brighton

Fruit Steamers Carry Bananas and Oranges to Boston

The Gambetta will arrive April 15 from Baracoa with bananas for Seaverns & Co. Naranja and Wallachia carried thousands of boxes of oranges and lemons to Boston, with routes via Gibraltar and Palermo. Aberlady Bay sailed from Palermo March 27 for Boston, passing the rock on April 6, while North Angela departed Palermo April 10 for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons. Ditmarschen is due next Thursday with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Gambetta Baracoa Seaverns & Co Naranja Vane Acne Ee Boston Gibraltarris Aberlady Bay Palermo Messina the Rock Wallachia Gibraltar Sif WW &C R Noyes North Angela Ditmarschen Boston Fruit Company

Fruit Market Receipts and Prices Report

Mediterranean fruit arrivals were nil this week with receipts of apples 3568 bbls strawberries 444 pkgs Florida oranges 3135 boxes apples today 576 bbls vs 250 bbls last year market quiet. Baldwins russets and other fruit prices listed with Messina and Palermo citrus values and drying fruit quotes. cranberries and dried apples noted with steady or quiet activity and strawberry sales at 35 to 40 cents per quart.

Florida Baldwins Russets Northern Spy Tallman Sweets Greenings Messina Palermo Jersey

National Livestock Market Prices Across Cities

Kansas City stockyards report 2259 cattle, 3404 hog receipts with lower hogs and mixed butchers, 4825 sheep. St Louis hogs steady with mixed packers and butchers at 4.70 to 4.80. Cincinnati hogs steady with receipts 310. Chicago cattle receipts 4000 with 10c lower and hog receipts 7500 with strong, mixed and heavy grades, prices from 3.26 to 4.90 for cattle and 3.70 to 4.90 for hogs. western lambs and sheep also listed with steady to higher quotes.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

New York Cotton Prices Firm. Futures Opened, Closed Firm

In New York prices held steady for middling uplands at 105.60, low middlings 108.16, good ordinary 91.4, and ordinary 75.0. Sales reached 892. Futures opened firm and closed strong with various opening and closing values listed for April through February. Cotton at Lavarnook noted quiet demand with middling up lands at 5 1/2 to 6 1/16 pence and other grades around 5 3/4 to 6 11/16 pence.

New York Ccecacans Sese Eee eGie Rei Ty Lavarnool

Cotton Market Report From Multiple U S Ports

American sales 7500 bales receipts 6900 bales. Futures opened quiet and closed quiet with varied daily postings across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and Consolidated ports. Net receipts and stock figures listed with prices and exports to Great Britain Continent coastwise and ship movements.

Casum Isis Bd Vale Ee Eee ASO Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

Sugar market report with world quotes and Havana stocks

Sugar and molasses markets show firm to higher prices across regions. Raw sugar in New York and Havana markets remains strong with active demand. Cuban, Manila and Java grades quoted with several test and polarization specs. Havana stocks include 626 boxes and 455000 bags, with weekly receipts and exports detailed. Molasses prices and deliveries steady, with regional quotes for Ponce Porto Rico and New Orleans varying by grade.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York Havana Matanzas United States Avana Porte Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Miscellaneous Market Receipts and Prices Report

Market activity remains quiet and steady across commodities. Talow receipts today total 60 barrels and 9 bags, compared with 94 barrels and 1 bag the previous year. New York coffee and oil markets show steady quotes, turpentine and petroleum close mixed with resin and tar noted, and city prices around 434 copper cents.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports Ledger of April 14 1889 Liverpool

Long list of consignments with casks packages bales and cases from multiple firms including Noyes Bros Baring Bros Pacific Mills and Oliver Ditson & co. details spans radios wax wool yarns iron ware earthenware and textiles. Entries note ships Scythia and Schooners Victory Sarah A Townsend and more with quantities like 380 bales flax seed 1006 boxes rin 74 pkgs ginger ale and 1 parcel printed matter.

Liverpool Eng Scythia Sumac Beach & Co Noyes Bros Pierce & Co Jackson Baring Bros Dame, Stoddard & Kendall Stone & Downer Nickerson & Blodgett Barsiron Richard Briggs T S Williams Torrey Bright & Capen Rin Congdon Carpenter & Co Rin Fuller Dana & Fitz Rin Austin & Dutton Pacific Mills Oliver Ditson & Co Rousmaniere, Lovejoy & Co Dudley & Co Norcross, Mellen & Co Smith Bros Abram French & Co Cottons Frost & Adams Jackson, Mandell & Daniell Cumner, Jones & Co Neal, Morse & Co Machinery RM Diaz & Co Cease Silk Watson, Stetson & Co Koffe & Co Swampscott Land Trust H Davis & Co Thurlow Ford Mother Superior St Margaret’s Moise J M O’rourke Hemingway Bros Planis Bacon & Co Washburn & Moon & Co Fuller, Dana & Fitz Hooth & Co Eacoin & Co Houghton & Dutton Pierson & Co Waters Atkins & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Hovey & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Daniels

Exports at Halifax and Port Hawkesbury April 13 1889

Shipping list from Halifax and several ports records a vast array of goods including steamer Halifax-1 cargoes such as saws, barrels of flour and oatmeal, lamps, firearms, clocks, and tin cans. Also listed are Port Hawkesbury Pictou and Charlottetown consignments on Steamer Carroll with flour cornmeal tobacco hardware glassware and dry goods.

Halifax Port Hawkesbury Pictou Charlottetown Carroll

Maritime Trade Goods From Multiple Ports Listed

A long list of cargo items from Clementspor Nova Scotia to Buenos Ayres and other ports details quantities of lumber, coal, oils, hardware, fruit, meat, and farm tools. Ships mentioned include Gold Hunter, Ruby, Orient, Addie H Cann, and others with crates of merchandise such as tin cans, biscuits, oats, lard, flour, and furniture.

Clementsport Melbourne Aus Cayenne Buenos Ayres Addie H Rhs Seb River Howard ST John Roy Port Antonio Miranda Sabrina Valparaiso Mohegan

Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool

London reports cargoes off coast with wheat and corn dull for sale yet steady for shipment. Australian wheat quoted at 37s 3d for April and May. Paris and English markets quiet. Liverpool notes wheat quiet with poor demand, prices mixed with winter lower, spring slightly higher, mixed American corn steady, pork steady, bacon and lard easing, cheese steady, and tallow unchanged.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England

RAILROAD SCHEDULES FOR BOSTON AND ENGLAND TRAINS

Boston and Albany trains depart from Boston foot of Summer Street, weekdays only, to Ashcroft Baltimore Dedham Dorchester Islington and many others with numerous times listed. Also notes Woon socket division, daily except Sunday, with Needham Way stations Woonsocket and various return times. Also describes day express to New York via Middletown and New Haven, plus New England Line to Grand Central, and Philadelphia Express to Hartford and beyond with through cars and dining service. Officials Jackson Vining Kendall signatories.

Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Mird Street Braeckstone Banbury Dedham Dorchester IOAE Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Woonsocket Aim Meturn New York Middletown New Haven Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Turners, N. Y Chicago & St. Louis Limited Willimantic Weston Pr. M. Fphilapelphia E Press Jersey City Trenton Philadelphia Haltimore Washington Richmond Points South Norwich New London Worcester Washington Street A.“ Jackson E. P. Vining A.C. Kendall Gen Sup T. Trafic Pass Agt

Old Colony Rail Special Notice for baggage and schedules

Passenger baggage may be checked from Boston hotels to destination on Fall River Line Shore Line and Stonington Line trains. Leave Kneeland Street Station for New York via Fall River Line at 6 pm weekdays and Sundays. Numerous stations and times listed including Ashmont, Braintree, East Bridgewater, Brockton, Cohasset, Marshfield, Nantasket Beach and more, with additional trains and Prov. Div. notes.

Old Colony Boston Fall River Line Shore Line Stonington Line Old State Case Central Division Kneeland Street New York Ashmont Braintree Wee Nan Owas SSE SC Brockton V.xu Ami Cohasset Hmingham East Bridge Abington Brockton East Milton West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth East We Taunton Btockton Harrison Square Marshfield and Sea View Mat Court Milton Ontasket Beach Neponset Edfort Plymouth Duxbury Quincey Bockland and Hanover Seit Shawmuagé Umouth Mhrainteee South Ruxbury Ofaunton Central Station Dean St Whitman Scott Weymouth Wollaston Heights West Ridgewater Cochesett South Easton Rumford India Point Sharon Sharon Heights Stoughton Central Canton South Walpole Wrentham Hill and Stonehaven Warren Bristol Mansfield Wom New Bedtford Norton Fall River bNewport Falliver New London Newport Wickford Junction K. R Old State House J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Pasa

Boston Area and Providence Division Train Timetables 1889

Complex schedule lists Leave Park Square Station for New York and Providence trains, including daily and Sunday patterns. Covers New England routes with Boston, Cape Cod, and Northern Division times, stations, and frequencies, noting special trains, connections, and the Apr 15 1889 issuance.

Railroad Time Tables Note on Page Three

For other Railroad Time Tables see Third Page.

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