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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1887
Page
8
Evaporated, 17c. fancy 16c. oranges and lemons sold by Messina and Palermo at shown prices. California fruit at set rates. watermelons Norfolk 16–18c. North Carolinas 20–25c. Auction Tuesday at H. Harris & Co. rooms with 708 pears, 134 plums, 112 prunes, 1003 peaches.
The Savannah steamer bound for Monday carries 3400 watermelons. The Norfolk boat due Monday ships 200 pkgs ears 550 pkgs apples 600 pkgs canteloupes 800 pkgs ete 400 bbls potatoes 750 pkgs equash 5 pkgs tomatoes and 24000 water melons. The Norfolk boat due Tuesday lists 190 pkgs apples 170 pkgs canteloupes 380 phes grapes babble potatoes 260 pkgs squash 90 pkgs toma oes.
A list shows steady demand for truck goods and varied prices for Egyptian onions Maltas natives and other vegetables. Prices include tomatoes Norfolks Rhode Islands cabbages cantaloupes beans wax greens shell beans peas port lands green corn beets turnips squash carrots lettuce cucumbers parsnips and more with per unit and per container rates.
No change in pork and lard with steady prices and good demand for hams and smoked meats. Fresh beef remains firm as receipts for the week reach 142 cars split among Boston export and Suburban, with prior week totals and last year figures noted. other fresh meats unchanged.
Liverpool market closed until Tuesday. New York spot prices for uplands range from 04c to 10c higher, with futures opening steady. Quoted bids and asks show slight shifts while Manchester reports quiet cloths and dull yarns with limited retail activity. Sugar and molasses prices hold firm with standard refiners listed.
Reports from trade centers Minneapolis Detroit New York Milwaukee St Louis and Chicago on July 30 show wheat prices easing No 1 hard and lower No 1 Northern No 2 Northern steady and on track. Receipts and shipments detailed for wheat corn oats rye and flour with mixed commodity movements and varying futures quotes across the region.
Chicago style market briefs report flour prices and grain quotes in Cincinnati with No 2 red wheat at 72¢ and rye at 41 1, but oats and corn show mixed bids. Toledo notes wheat 72 1/2 to 75 1/2 cents and dull corn at 40 cents with steady shipments.
Hog prices steady in St Louis Kansas City and Peoria with mixed packing and butcher levels. Chicago cattle and hog markets show steady shipping steers 330 to 460, hogs 5 5 30 to 5 16 64, sheep 25 to 44, lambs 4 to 5.
The report shows Augusta Net receipts 1 gross 1 sales 25 with mid 10 percent, Galveston Net receipts 49 stock 1726 quiet mid 9 percent, New Orleans Net receipts 21 stock 46 661 dull mid 9 Yee, Mobile none with stock 3229 mid 95 cents, Memphis 7 receipts 7 shipments 206 sales 300 stock 5468 quiet steady mid 93 4 cents, Savannah coastwise exports 164 stock 964 nominal mid 94 2 cents, Charleston none stock 891 quiet mid 10 cents, Wilmington stock 587 nominal mid 101 2 cents, Norfolk sales 271 stock 2288 quiet mid 10 cents, Philadelphia stock 16 500 quiet mid 105 percent, Baltimore net receipts 180 gross 180 exports coastwise 180 stock 472 nominal mid 10 4 cents, New York sales 7217 stock 117 279 easy mid 10 cents, Cincinnati spinners 260 sales 250 stock 5397 quiet mid 10 seconds, St Louis shipments 35 stock 5246 dull nominal mid 95 seconds, Louisville firm mid 10 cents, consolidated net receipts one day 398 stock across US ports 187 693.
Providence reports a quieter week with prices down to 36-16c for 64s and 56x60s at 6d off, total sales 9 500 pieces. Fall River shows week production 170 000 pieces, deliveries 183 000, stocks 136 000 restock 05 000, spot 86 000, futures 19 000 with prices 35 16c and 3c off for 60x56s, market steady.
Grand Manan New Brunswick July 80 1887 schooner A J Frank reported a cargo of 1475 boxes of herring 2 quarrels pollock 1 do cod under master lin.
A fragment lists shipments from Buenos Ayres to Bark Porchichi and Kennard in Azores, with tonnage in lumber, flour, meal, oil, and various cargoes. Navies include schooner and steamer movements from Halifax and Charlottetown with diverse goods.
The document lists quantities for cotton, cheese, wool, flour, beans, oats, apples, barley, potatoes, corn, wheat, hay, malt, straw, millfeed, lumber, tallow, leather, beef, pork, hams, tongues, hides, grease, bacon, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, calves, butter, pelts, oleo, and more. It shows grand totals in bales, barrels, boxes, cars, and other units, alongside price-like figures.
A dated ledger of July 80 1887 receipts shows cargo by railroad including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence and Old Colony. Items include 336 bales wool 1060 bbls flour 135 bbls oatmeal 4695 bushels oats 1000 bushels corn and 500 bush ceats plus various meats cheeses eggs butter tea and leather and many bags sacks and chests.
Time tables list trains and connections on the N E A L with Boston hub details for multiple routes including Springfield Albany New York and coastal towns. It includes departure times from Boston and return times with notes on Sundays and through tickets and offices at Washington street Boston.
The record lists shipments across New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Western and Eastern Divisions Boston & Lowell Railroad and by sea and express, detailing bales of wool flour tea sugar apples potatoes leather hides pelts and related quantities in bales tons boxes cases and cars, reflecting a busy mid 19th century trade stream. This assortment includes eggs, lumber, butter, and various agricultural products, with numerous unit measures such as bbls, bales, cars, and rolls.
Market notes from London and Liverpool show wheat demand weak, cargoes awaiting sale, and holiday mood. Paris and English country markets remain quiet while Liverpool quotes steady prices for winter and spring wheat, corn, and pork, with Havana sugar showing active trade early week then steady.
Baltimore buyers from Grattan Mitchell & Co and others spread across several cities. Names include J T Sullivan Charleston ONeill D ONeill Cr Chicago M Phelps Selz Schwab Chicago and more.
Springfield O W W Wa wheats Co Amore er Talladega Ala J T Dumas of Dumas Clark Pa Williamsport Penn I B Stead Qu Wheeling W Va J W Amick US.
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company schedules a special meeting at its Topeka office on September 5 1887 to approve increasing capital stock to seventy five million dollars and authorize issuance. Transfer books close August 6 reopen September 6. W B Strong president. Also Warren Cotton Mills set annual meeting August 9 at 1 p m at treasurer's office 100 Summer street Boston Clerk Pedero Olsen.
Railroad timetable lists daily through trains on both divisions from Boston and Maine line. Augusta Haymarket to Bar Harbor St John Halifax and the Provinces with connections to Eastport Calais Portland and Manchester North Conway and more. Special Limited coach service departs Haymarket at 9 15 am and Bar Harbor at 5 65 pm with ferry connections.
A dense OCR of train schedules shows Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Reading and Way Stations with listed departures and arrivals. Sunday trains include Dover 6pm Haverhill 8am 6 7 30pm and Portland Bangor Lewiston services plus numerous intercity stops.
An extensive timetable lists train arrivals and departures across Pawtucket Attleboro North Attleboro and surrounding towns. It notes return times and connections for many stations including Dedham West Roxbury Canton Stoughton and Boston, with nightly late hours and Sunday exceptions.
The notice lists schedules and through train information across multiple stations including Arlington Bedford Concord and Lexington with full timetable data. It cites officials MellEn Geo W Storer and General Supt Genl Passenger Agent.
J. Whitmore is listed as General Traffic Manager and J. R. Watson as General Passenger Agent in the newly published railroad roster.
Detailed timetable across Boston stations and branch lines listing departure times to Amesbury Meverly Chelsea Dover Everett and many coastal towns. Notes include branches Saugus South Reading Oak Island and Pullman cars. Team officials James T. Furber and J. Fuanders listed.
The 0" line announces new open schedule starting Monday June 27 1887 for Boston routes to Barre Rutland Wyent Boylston Oakdale Jefferson and stations between Hanson and Jefferson with multiple daily departures and Sunday variations. George W. Storer and S. Mellen sign as General Passenger Agent and General Superintendent.
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