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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1888
Page
7
The department on Reports from Trade Centres is discontinued and its data now appears alongside the Boston market for each commodity. Telegraphic reports follow the local market report, creating a complete, single source per market and avoiding cross-column comparisons.
Flour market shows firmer demand as wheat advances push up prices. Carload quotes cover various flour grades from fine to export Canadian and Minnesota patents, with New York and Chicago markets noted as firm. Oats and corn trade display steady to firm prices across multiple cities, while rye remains subdued. butter prices ease with mixed regional quotes for creameries and dairy.
Quotations show receivers prices for wholesale butter and cheese across St. Louis New York Cincinnati with firm or weak tones. Beans potatoes hay seeds and poultry follow varied demand with multiple regional quotes and jobbing price increases. Northern and Eastern consignments, Vermont New Hampshire and Nova Scotia values are cited with ranges and specific per bushel or cwt figures.
Apples show abundant supply with quiet movement offering Baldwins at 83 4 25 per barrel and russets at 83 25. Oranges and lemons steady with Palermo oranges 4 5 per box, Florida oranges 5 6 for choice and 3 4 for fair to good, Palermo lemons 2 50 5 00 per box. Bananas arrive in large quantities with steady prices. Jamaica and Baracoa lots listed and steamer arrivals noted for Boston Fruit Company shipments.
Market reports show pork demand steady and prices firm across regions. Quoted prices cover multiple cuts including Mess and New York pork, bacon, hams, shoulders, and lard, with varying regions like Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Keen, and Albany noting mixed demand and price levels. Beef prices for fresh beef and calf/veal also listed with standards for steers and heifers, plus lamb and mutton ranges and regional variations.
A report on current demand and price levels for trucked produce with spinach plentiful and prices near previous quotations. Listed items include asparagus at 4 5 per dozen, green peas at 2 3 per crate, Florida tomatoes 3 4 per crate, cabbage 2 per crate, and onions and beets with varied regional pricing.
In New York cotton prices range from 1% to 7e cents for various grades with 145 bales sold. Futures opened steady and closed steady with detailed opening and closing figures for April through December. In Liverpool spot cotton remains in good demand with uplands at 55-164 and Orleans at 52d, while futures end firm at various delivery dates.
The report lists September and October receipts and spot sales across ports including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville. It provides net receipts, gross, exports and coastwise movements, stock levels, and market tones such as steady quiet dull firm and variations in mid ranges. Consolidated three day totals show net receipts 7819 and total continental exports with stock across all US ports around 699 207.
Sugar markets stay steady on old quotes with Cuba at 4 13-16 to 4 15-16 cents per pound for refined and 96 test centrifugals. Refined sugar prices hold. pulverized 7 44 cents, powdered 7 14 cents, granulated 6 7/8 cents, confectioners’ A 6 9/10, standard A 6 7/10, Belmont A 6 3/5, extra 6 3/5, yellow 5 3/5 cents. Wholesale grocers price today 7 cents for granulated. Molasses remains similar with Ponce Porto Rico choice at 38 cents per gallon, Cienfuegos new crop 25 27 cents, Barbadoes boiling 20 21 cents, New York market firmer with 50 test at 20 cents. two cargoes to New York and two to Philadelphia at 20 cents.
Hogs firm in St Louis with higher prices. Yorkers mostly $5.30 to $5.60. mixed packers $6.40 to $6.75. butchers up to $6.70. Peoria hogs steady $5.35 to $5.76. Kansas City hogs steady with 6,000 receipts estimated today. Cincinnati and Chicago show varied cattle and hog prices with slow and lower tendencies. Sheep receipts strong with natives and Westerns at about $4.25 to $6.25. lambs $5.50 to $6.50.
Tallow and other commodities show steady prices with quotes from London New York and Chicago markets. Turpentine rosin and petroleum values are summarized with closed and bid figures and regional price notes.
London wheat and corn trade remains firm with American corn at high prices. Danubian and Minnesota flour values rise while Paris and Antwerp show general price firmness. Liverpool quotes record firm winter wheat and mixed Western corn with varied futures across pages.
Shipping and trade record listing imports and exports across multiple ports including Antwerp Demerara Port Morant Port Antonio Rio Grande do Sul Savannah Yarmouth NS and Yabacoa PA detailing steamer brig schooner cargoes such as sugar hides lumber fruits vegetables and dhl listed with firms and quantities in a dense OCR ledger style. Entities include Baring Bros & co Oliver Ditson & co Boston Fruit Co Standard Sugar Refinery Goss er & co J W Hibbard Hob.
A ledger lists Baracoa and Steamer Viking cargoes with 70 crates lobsters from Barclay & Co and 58 from ES Eilis & Co, plus eggs, salmon, hake, codfish, potatoes, coconuts, and bananas. Entries include Delong & Seaman, F Batehelder, Heath, Hall, Gardner, Hatheway, Jones, Hutchinson, Cutler, and G H Harding arranging crates, drums, and boxes across multiple firms.
Shipping report lists cargoes from Port Hawkesbury Aspinwall and Surinam aboard ships including Eliza beth Ann Charles Loring and Nettie. Commodities include flour cornmeal beef lard butter kerosene lime ice lumber sperm oil bread biscuits oil and various packaging and implements.
Summary of warehouse receipts listing Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence Old Colony railroads with cargo totals. Items include bales wool bbls flour corn oats malt pork grease lard butter oleo cheese eggs hay lumber leather skins tallow and other goods with quantities noted for each line. Several rail lines appear with extensive tallies and provisional totals.
A dense OCR listing itemizes goods shipped by New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, and Lowell System lines and by express and sea routes. It details bales wool and cotton, flour, cornmeal, malt, oats, tea and coffee, butter, lard, bacon, cheese, eggs, beef, leather hides skins pelts and various crates, cars, and tubs, with numerous quantities and unit measures.
A long OCR list shows individuals and firms in multiple cities such as Atlanta Draper Draper Co and Moore Co in Georgia Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Cleveland and other centers. Names include J A Smith W W Draper W S Everett J R Granling A J Gurley H B Childs John Gates G T Cowen W J Hostettler W R Mainer C H Vogel O A Stern etc. The text catalogs apparel and shoe firms with partners and associates across U S cities.
The National Steam Boiler Company seeks a dissolution decree before the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County Massachusetts. The majority members state the corporation was formed to license boiler patents but did no business, holds no debts or assets, and has no further use for the franchise. The petition requests dissolution and any proper orders the court deems fit.
Suffolk county petitioners must publish an attested copy of the petition and court order weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. The last publication occurs at least thirty days before the first Monday of June. The notice invites all interested parties to appear in Boston to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Clerk John Noble signs April 14 1888. Attest: O. H. Cooper Asst. Clerk.
In the case of Hiram P. Smith of Somerville and Charles K. Robinson of Cambridge insolvent debtors, an assignee has been appointed. A second creditors meeting will be held at the Court of Insolvency Cambridge on June 14 at 9 AM to prove claims. Assignee Benjamin Hammond. A third meeting for Horace Manley of Boston insolvency will be held May 11 at 10 AM at the Court of Insolvency Boston. assignee George E. Licon, with accounts to be presented and objections noted.
Passengers on the Old Colony line may have baggage checked at various stations after April 1 1888. The weekday schedule lists dozens of departures from Boston to New York via the River Line and returns via the Fall River Line with numerous stops including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Mattapan Milton Weymouth Cohasset Hingham and many others and with frequent return times. The notice enumerates countless daily train times across multiple towns and destinations serving coastal and inland points.
The Norwich and Hartford lines offer through Pullman buffet cars to Washington and a steamer connection to Boston or New York. Parlor car seating, Pullman berths, and state rooms on steamers are available with tickets from 322 Washington Street or the depot foot of Summer Street. General Superintendent A A Jackson. Traffic Manager E P Vining. A C Kendal. General Agents.
On and after Monday November 28 1887 trains will run from Boston to New Work Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail with listed departure times. New Works Steamboat Stonington Line schedules and numerous Providence and Pawtucket trains with specific morning and evening return times.
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