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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1888

Page

7

Market Prices for Dairy Eggs and Potatoes Across Regions

Eastern creamery prices hold firm with wholesale rogers at 24 26c while butter quality varies. Cheese demand quiet. Northern lots sold at 1254 18c and 1214 18c. Eggs show fair demand with prices easing in some regions. gras seeds and beans show steady to firm quotes. Potatoes demand quiet with prices steady. various regional rose, hepbrons, and burbanks quoted.

Chicago St. Louis New York Western Cincinnati Ohio Liverpool Vermont New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick St Louis California West North Red Top Jersey Florida Houlton

Fruit Market Report Roundup With Varied Prices Across Produce

Apple supplies are ample though receipts fall, with Bald wins at 3 38 25 per bushel basket and russets 2 76 3 25. Oranges and lemons show stable pricing, Palermo at 4 5 per box, Florida 5 6 choice, 3 4 fair to good. Strawberries in fair supply sold at low prices, Louisiana berries 20 25c per quart. Bananas well supplied with Jamaica fruit 1 2 and Baracos 1 150.

Palermo Florida Messina Valencia Louisiana Chicago Jamaica

Banana Steamers Arrive With Bananas for Companies

The steamer Amicitia is due April 28 from Baracoa carrying bananas for W. W. & C. KR. Noyes. The steamer Hondo is due April 27 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Banana Steamers Amicitia Baracoa W. W. & C. KR. Noyes Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Market Provisions include firm pork and beef prices across regions

Pork and hams remain firm with steady demand. hogs and long cuts hold at quoted levels. New York and Chicago markets show mixed pork, lard, and dry salted meats with prices steady to softer. Beef and veal supply remains ample, with steady to lower tone and assorted cuts priced across regions.

Market report shows steady demand for track at set prices

Quoted prices cover asparagus at 475 per dozen, Chicago asparagus at 125 per dozen, green peas 1175 per crate, Florida tomatoes 3 per crate, Southern cabbage 2325 per crate, Norfolk kale 1 1 560 per barrel, Bermuda onions 340 per crate, Norfolk spinach 225 per barrel, Florida string beans 1 25 per crate, Florida beets 1 25 per crate, native onions 3137%e bush, native onions 8 850 per barrel, Egyptian onions 450 per case, cabbage native per barrel 2 250, beets Tic bush, Hubbard squash 60 per ton, Southern summer 17 per crate, carrots 40 per bush, lettuce 50 75c per 4 dozen, parsnips 1 per bush, turnips 65c per 4 bush, white French 1 40 per barrel, St Andrews 1 40 per barrel, celery 7 8 yd per box, rhubarb 9c per pound, Chicago rhubarb 3 per case, radishes 14 per dozen long and 40c per dozen small.

Chicago Florida Bermuda St. Andrews

Sugar Market Report: Raw Sugars Hold Steady Prices

Sugar raw sugars remain quiet with steady quotations. Cuba refining at 4 13 16 to 41 65 16 cents, centrífugals 96 test, 50 percent gc, Manila 4 4 ec, Iloilo 4 4% ec, Java Nos 10 to 11, 69 16 and 4 0 Yas noted.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas

Market Report on Sugars and Molasses Prices

New York market remains quiet and steady with refined sugars showing stable demand. Granulated sugar at 7¢ wholesale, various sugar grades listed with slight regional variations. Molasses trade quiet with prices near prior quotes, note on Porto Rico and Cienfuegos offerings and boiling grades at 60 test nominal around 21¢.

New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez Eavier

Cotton market reports steady despite profit taking and bullish cables

Allan Asher & Co report Liverpool spot cotton firming late but earlier activity slid as New York opened higher yet profits selling and May notices dampened prices. Ports show mixed receipts and stocks, with U S and Liverpool futures steady to dull, several regional markets listed with firm mid prices and noted exports to Great Britain and the Continent.

Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place Liverpool New York Feotton APE Wong Ccseece Pacves Evereess Tanuaty Uplands Orleans Csescecescees Augusta New Orleans Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Baltimore Great Britain Louisville Dall St. Louis Mobile France Galveston Philadelphia Cincinnati United States

Hog and cattle market roundup across major cities

Hogs opened lower in St. Louis with Yorkers at 6 5 30, mixed packers 520 to 650, butchers 546 to 555. Kansas City prices declined, Peoria hogs quiet at 10 50, Cincinnati hogs firm at 4 50 to 6 40, Chicago cattle and hogs mixed with receipts about 31,000. Cattle fancy at 6 5 36, hogs 5 25 to 6 65, sheep with natives 4 30 to 6 75 and lambs around 5 75 to 7 00.

St. Louis Kansas City Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Miscellaneous market notes and price quotes

Tallow and London prices steady with mixed regional quotes. New York demand quiet at firm levels for turpentine, rosin, and petroleum. Pipe Line certificates show April trading with bid and close figures. Coffee and whiskey prices unchanged. St Louis and Cincinnati show steady and active demand at listed levels.

London New York St Louis Cincinnati

London foreign markets report on cargoes and grain

Foreign markets from London report firm wheat and corn with six cargoes sold since last update. At Mark Lane Walla Walla wheat quoted around 49 3d, California wheat shipped or ready around 33s, Paris and Liverpool markets show wheat and flour, corn, and breadstuffs firm to easy. Prices given for No 1 California wheat, various futures, and London quotations for both January and April sessions.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Walla Walla Paris Liverpool California

Imports and Exports At London In April Eighteen Eighty Eight

A detailed port list records shipments arriving in London on April 26 1888. Companies such as J B Moors Co Baring Bros Co H W Peabody Co J A Hayes Co J D & M Williams and others reported cargoes including skins dodo sheep pelts iron cement paint oil beer nitrate of baryta jute wool yarn steel blooms cudbear stationery leather tea olives cement and machinery in multiple lots with quantities ranging from a few cases to thousands of pounds or casks. The record enumerates each consignor and the varied goods bound for markets or storage in London docks.

London Eng Stockholm Moors & Co Dodo Baring Bros & Co Peabody & Co Iron Norway Steel and Iron Co Bank of Canada Pierce & Co D & M Williams Doherty & Co KE Sampson Wood Bros Wadsworth, Howland & Co Paige Fennell Kidder, Cere & Co Cooper & Co Ford Gorham Rogers & Co Saxonville Mills Stoddard, Lovering & Co Kidder, Peabody & Co Baring Bros & Co Jones Preston Jerome Wheelock Emery King & Co Emmerton & Co Stone & Downer Richards & Sons Odo Abram French & Co Fayes & Co Furness Washburn & Moon Mani Co Edmands & Barrett Liverpool Norway Steel and Ironco Beach & Co Pierce & Robertson Pray, Sons & Co Walker & Co H White & Co Stoddard & Kendall Sugden Jere Abbott & Co Homer Bros Dover Mans Co J A Hayes & Co Phelps, Dodge & Co J B Moors & Co Weaver & Sterry Brown Bros & Co John E Cassidy Blanding Harrison J E Cassidy Vilaro Jos Cleve Smith Gore Manning KE & F E & A Snow & Co George Warren & Co Cumner, Jones & Co F Hovey & Co DeBlois& Co Richard Briggs Snow Dabney, Simmons & Co Morrison & Co Snow & Co E & F King & Co McDuffree & Stratton Mullen & Co Rolls Woollens Stedman & Fuller Mans Co Curtis & Co WW & C R Noyes Norway Steel and Iron Co Baker & Co Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Tully & Co AS &J Brown & Co Magog Textile and Print Co Porto Rico Bbis Sugar Standard Sugar Loring Bros & Co Yarmouth Barclay & Co L Clemente & Co Ellis & Co Delong & Seaman Griffin & Co Hutchinson & Co

Wholesale cargo ledger of Liverpool consignments

A dense ledger lists imports and consignments at Liverpool and coastal ports. Entries name Emery D W King & co and many firms with hundreds of casks bags bales cases and boxes of beer rubber wool cotton leather steel china clay cheese soap and other goods, detailing quantities and suppliers across ships Norseman and various rail and steam lines.

Exports of 1888 shipments from Sydney and ports abroad

A lengthy list records shipments from Sydney NSW and other ports. Items include shovels, tobacco, tin cans, kerosene oil, ink, drugs, canned goods, soap, pumps, axes, machine parts, leather goods, agricultural machinery, lumber, roping, and many more. Ships listed include Bark Muriel, Schooner Lioret de Mar, Steamer Kansas, Cephalonia, Carthagenian, Minnie Louise, and Resolution with details on cargoes and destinations such as Cuba, Liverpool, Glasgow, and St Pierre.

Sydney Nsw Cienfegos Cuba Liverpool Eng Kansas Cephalonia Pius Glasgow Scot Carthagenian ST Pierre Mig Minnie Louise Port William

Receipts Report for Boston & Albany Railroad 1888

Goods and quantities received include 32 bales cotton 86 bales wool 2625 barrels flour 125 barrels oatmeal 2965 bushels oats 1970 bushels malt 12 tons feed 77 barrels grease 50 pigs lard 25 barrels tongues 75 tierces cans 395 tubs 3 boxes butter 61 barrels 1106 cases eggs 2 barrels beans 46 barrels oats cars hay 1 car straw 3 cars lumber 53 to 574 boardable logs 4 bales bags 20 cases 10 barrels leather 52 board measure hides.

Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell System Ee Express Snes Molasses Boston & Albany

Boston and Albany Trains Schedule 1888

Corrected to April 22 1888 trains from Boston station list departures to Ashcroft Baltimore Danbury Hartford Norwich Norwood and more, with Woonsocket division times and Sunday/weekday variants. Includes express trains to New York via Middletown and Hartford and connections to Willimantic New London and steamer links City of Boston and City of New York.

Boston Station Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blaeckstone Danbury Dorchester Street Ellis kill-on-Hudson Forest Avenue Hartford Harvard Stram Myde Park Lake Islington Mani'm. Mattapan Newburg Air Line Norwich Norwood Pawtucket Philadelphia Patna Readville Rockville Conn Bridge Washington, Dd.co Willimuntt Winslows Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Boston Needham and Way Heturn Woonsocket

Special Notice of Old Colony Train Baggage Checks and Schedules

Passengers with tickets may have baggage checked from Hither to No 8 Old State House after April 1 1888. Weekday trains from Weston to New York via Fall River Line depart 6 p.m. with returns at 5 p.m. The timetable lists numerous departures and returns for Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Brockton and many connections including Nantucket Provincetown and Plymouth with complex routes and via multiple lines. GEO L. Connor and J R Kendrick sign as general agents/managers.

Old Colony Suse Usta Ea Old State House Weston New York Fall River Line Ashmont Barnastable Hyannia Yarmouth Sandwich Return Hyannis Braintree N. New Bedford Bridgewater Abington Weymouth Japan Psi Nepons Mattap Nantuckeys Llam Wan Weymouths Hingham Cohasse Scituates Marshfields Duxburys Plyvymouth Plymouth Marshfield Cohasset Fall River Brocton Taunton Brockton Newport South Braintree New Bedford Steen Middleboro Brom Middleboro Geo. L. Connor Gen Boston Pilgrim Providence Pas Sere City Heston H. Palmer

Boston and Albany Rail Timetable Franchise Excerpt

Local time tables show Boston and Albany Railroad schedules to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West. Through tickets available at ticket offices and 232 Washington Street Boston. Daily and Sunday departures list express and car services with connections at Pittsfield North Adams Chatham Palmer Ware River Springfield Hartford New York. Numerous stops including Worcester Marlboro Framingham Framingham to Newton and Brookline. Return times vary by day with Sunday schedules noted.

Montreal & West Vermont Boston Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Palace Boston & Albany R.R. Idee Tims Washington Street Gale Italus Kneeland Street Springfield Pittsfield Albany Pittefield North Adams Chatham Hudson Ounue Palmer Ware E River Branch Pest H-a Hartford New York New Cruims Ster New Haven Worcester Mulibury North Gwafteon Sthoro

BPCUIMUDE va ve nverley 6 30 to 11 20 pm

Fragmented OCR data lists times from morning to night across days with irregular spacing and misspellings including numbers like 6 30 6.55 9 10 11.10 am 12.80 2.05 2.20 3.13 4 5 5.30 6.03 and 7 an 2.50 10 11.20 pm SUN 9.25 llam.

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Train Arrangement on Boston and Providence Railroad

Schedule updates list trains from Boston to New York Shore Line routes and to Providence points with complex arrival and departure times, including Sundays and nonstandard stop notes. It specifies return times, connections with steamboat lines, and several local towns along the route, reflecting a dense telegraphed timetable.

Boston & Providence Railroad Boston New York Shore Line Providence Pawtucket Bronvil

Trains Timetable Notice from Boston and Maine Railroads

A late 19th century timetable lists Western and Eastern divisions routes from Haymarket and Causeway stations. It details steamship connections, port towns in Maine and New Brunswick, and varied depots including Lewiston and Portland with times around 7 am to 12:30 pm on specified weekdays.

Washington Street Old South Haymarket Sg Nore -Haymarket Sq Poet Market Sq Eway St Ions Maine Central Gras Ad Knox & Lincoln Railway Causeway St. Slang Dover Haverhill Lawrence Aim Manchester Lowell Portland Bangor Lewiston Hendin

Boston and region rail timetable fragment from 19th century

A dense list of rail times and routes across Boston area and surrounding towns. Includes schedules for Boston Station Hiaymarket Square rochester Farmingth Street and connections to Kennebunk Malden Medford Newburyport and Wakefield with weekday and Sunday trains.

Trains Schedule List From Boston to Amesbury and Branches

Eastern Division timetable lists departures from Boston for Amesbury and numerous towns including Chelsea Salem Gloucester Portsmouth and Newburyport with many times across morning afternoon and evening. Also notes branches Saugus Middleton Swampscott and Way Stations with limited service and Thursday Saturday pattern.

Boston to Nashua and Concord routes timetable summary

Local and through service from Boston lists departures to Nashua, Concord, Wilmington, Woburn, Winchester, Medford, Lexington, Lowell, and Montreal routes. Timings include morning, afternoon, and evening slots with connections to St. Johnsbury, White River Junction, and Quebec. Parlor and sleeping cars available on selected Montreal trains.

Lowell Systeons Boston Causeway Street City Ofice Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Whitefield Franklin Lebanon White Iver Junction St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic White River Junction Wells River Bristol Clarent Morelier Essex Junction Burlington St Ibans Montreal Northerg R

Central Massachusetts Division Opens For Local Rail Travel

Timetables announce trains from Boston stations toward Northampton Hadley Amherst So Mort, Belchertown, Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jeffersons Quakdale West Boylton Clinton Kerlin Sudbury Brockton Wayland Weston Watthans Belmont Waverley Belmont Waverley Hadsey Way Stations to Ware. Full timetable details available at stations. MES I. Furber, D J Flanders, Genl Manager, Genl Passenger Agents.

Northampton Boston Causeway Street Portland Street Hadley Amherst Ameherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jefferson's Quakdale West Boyton Worcester Outum Clinton Kerlin Budcon So Sudbury Ockbottom Wayland Weston Watthans Waverley Aoa Eelmont Belmont Waltham Hadsey and Way Mes I. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l

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