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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1887

Page

7

Market notes and prices for molasses and cargo lots

The market remains steady with cargo lot notations. Orto Rico new fancy crop quoted at 86c. Cienfuegos 230. Barbadoes 26c. Cuba boiling 50 test nominal 19. 20e. Wholesale grocers' price today was 6c for granulated.

Orto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba

Freight market notes from New York to Hamburg and Europe

Aug 12 market brief shows grain and petroleum demand with limited tonnage. New York to Hamburg steam at 40 pfennigs, cork orders steam at 3s. Baltic vessels firm at 2s 2d, coastal lumber light. Newcastle and other European ports quoted. San Francisco to Liverpool grain charter at 25s. Montreal direct ports 2s 6d to 2s 9d, River Plate lumber at 10.50-11.00.

New York Hamburg Cork Baltic Newcastle Store Rotterdam Barcelona Lisbon Glasgow Bristol Hull Leith Antwerp Ezos San Francisco Liverpool Montreal United Kingdom River Plate

Trade Centre Flour and Grain Prices Across Markets

Reports from New York and other cities show flour receipts and exports with varied prices for Western and State, Ohio, Minnesota, and St Louis brands. Wheat and corn values move across Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago Minneapolis markets with mixed receipts and steady to firm prices in several districts.

Hog and Cattle Market Roundup Across Cities

Hogs steady in St Louis with bids around 485 to 510 and 550 to 575 for top grade. Peoria reports hogs steady at 470 to 530 as receipts remain light. Chicago cattle receipts reach 9000 with higher prices for shipping steers at 3475 and cows and bulls up to 1275. Hogs in Chicago range from 440 to 534 with varied classes and ships at 436. Sheep see steady best and lower mid grades, with natives near 250 to 425 and Western 310 to 315. lambs at 1400.

ST. Louis Peoria Chicago

Cotton Markets Report Aug 12 Across U S Ports

Galveston and New Orleans show mixed receipts and exports with steady to easy prices. Stock levels remain high with mid values around 9c to 10c, while Liverpool and other overseas stocks trend modestly higher. consolidated week totals reveal large year to date imports and exports across all ports.

Galveston New Orleans Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville France United States Liverpool

London Market Report July Wheat and Corn Prices and Activity

London report from Beerbohm notes cargoes off the coast with wheat dull and very inactive for shipment. Corn quiet but steady. English and foreign wheat quieter at Mark Lane. Chilean and La Plata cargoes listed with prices. Paris markets quiet. Liverpool spot wheat in moderate demand with American red winter and white Michigan prices shown.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane la Plata French Paris Liverpool Michigan Minnesota

Trains to New York via Fall River Line Schedule

Weekday trains leave Boston for New York via Fall River Line at 7 p m with return via the same line at 5 20 p m 6 15 p m and 6 57 p m The timetable lists multiple connections through Plymouth Scituate Hyannis Barnstable Falmouth and Nantucket with boat train arrivals and departures from Fall River and Brockton under GEO L CONNOR and J R KENDRICK.

Boston New York Fall River Fal River Vevanni Is Armouth Reh Pall River Line Wreymouths Scituate Rénira Sosreinteee Taunton Newedford Middle Boro Brockton Middleboro Nantucket Cottage City Wood's Hall Kalmouth Monument Beach Iyannis Yarmouth Barnstable Sandwich Baz Zard’s Bay Ouset Bay Wareham Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Wil Providence Old Colune Old Colony Newport Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House Washington and State Streets Old Colony Station D. R. Kendrick

Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service in 1887

Boston station on Causeway Street offers through trains to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and more with sleeping and parlor cars to Montreal and connections via Central Vermont and the Montreal and Boston Air Line Local Boston service lists Manchester Hillsboro Wilton and Amherst with multiple daily departures and summer schedules through various branches including St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec and Claremont Montpelier Burling ton St Albans and Montreal.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Ranklin Lebanon White River Junction Lee Warren Maverhill Woodsville Littleton Methichem Fabyans Lancaster Jefferson Land St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Vic Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Burlington St. Albans Montreal R. R Central Vermont R. R Montreal and Hoston Air Line NEW England Limited New York Air Line Grand Central Depot Hartford New Britain Waterbury Willimantic J. M Philadelphia PRESS New Haven Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Pr. M. Norwich New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Summer Street A. A. Jackson Central Vermont Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Willshendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burington St. Johns Saratogs Delaware & Hudson Canal Company Ullman Palace St. Albane A. Faxon A R. Stewart

Fragmentary schedule notes from Lowell page

A garbled list shows times and items such as boxes, apparel, meals, and milked entries. The text includes scattered references to Lowell, times like 8am and 9.30, and partial phrases that resemble schedules or listings with incomplete details.

Time table of local and through trains information

Time table listing numerous train times for multiple towns including Lawrence Wilmington Walnut Winchester Woburn and Arlington with through services. The schedule notes local and through trains and directs readers to stations for full information.

Boston and Main Line Aug 8 Through Trains to Bar Harbor Regions

Timetabled through trains from Boston via Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta Haymarket Boston routes to Bangor Bar Harbor St John Halifax and Maine coastal centers. Special limited bar harbor train from Boston at 9 15 am to Bar Harbor 5 55 pm then return Bar Harbor 8 am to Portland Bangor and Boston.

Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Pam Bangor Bar Harbor St. John Malifax Provinces Haymarket Sq Eastport Calais Halifax Portland Pbinine Gentral Grand Trunk Hinox & Lincoln Railways Barb Harbor Boston Haymarket Square Banor Mt. Desert Ferry Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Woonsocket Etarn New York Middletown New Haven Pullman Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Fort Jervis Chicago Lynn and Way Newpbur Yport Seal

Bread and grain market and weekly cotton statistics report

In Liverpool on Aug 12 noon breadstuffs wheat and corn held steady with fair demand receipts 180000 and 40300 centals respectively weather rain influenced prices winter wheat quoted at 6s er 5d spring wheat weaker at 63 1d 6s 34 elnd wheat uneven at 6s 6d 6s 10d corn mixed western at 49 244d peas firmer at 45 1134d pork 71s bacon 41s to 41s 6d cheese 56s tallow 21s 9d lard 34s 3d weekly cotton totals show demand from American exporters and spinners with stock and afloat figures. Havana sugar quiet with prices around 282 gold per quintal for centrufugal and 207 gold per quintal for molasses sugar.

New York Ohio St Louis Minnesota Rio Petroleum—United Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam State Western Liverpool Toledo Milwaukee Detroit ST. Louis Chicago Minneapolis Havana

Imports and Exports Aug 12 1887 Liverpool

Log of cargo entries listing steamer Cephalonia and numerous consignors and goods imported into Liverpool from various firms including woollens linens dry goods and hardware. Entries cover hundreds of boxes casks cases bales and packages of textiles, metals, oils, and merchandise from multiple companies and origins.

Liverpool Eng Cephalonia Moise Neal Morse & Co Moors & Co Kendall Barrows & Co Noyes Campbell & Co Cumner Jones & Co F_ Hove &co Jackson Mandell & Daniel Warren & Blanchard Shepard, Norwell & Co Herbert & Rapp John M O’rourk Zenas Sears Pierce & Co Horace Partridge & Co Schmidt & Co Peyser & Co Torrey, Bright & Capen Blakeslee & Co Pardy Brown, Durell & Co Sitcons Hatch & Whitten Wilson Larrabee & Co Brown Durell & Co Jordan Marah & Co Mackintyre Lawrie & Co White Arthur Taylor Arthur Taylor—1 Do Books J Allyn— 5 Cases Hosiery Claflin, Larrabee & Co Hollander & Co Adams & Ingraham A Shuman & Co J H Earle Russ Cobb & Co Grout William Parr Saco Water Power Co Howe & French Leeson & Co Baring Bros & Co Erakas & Sons Bolls Jordan, Marsh & Co Winkler, Dresser & Co Booth & Co Bigelow, Kennard & Co RH Stearns & Co Baldwin Bros & Co Tilden, Thurber & Co R_ Hollings & co Coleman, Mead &Co Shoninger Moses & Co Harrington Noyes, Campbell & Co Bradford, Thomas & Co DeBlois & Co Slovey & Co Marsh & Co Shepard Norveil & Co Newton Mackintosh Littaner Bernard & Co French Thompson & Odell H Brown Doll & Richards Lakeslee & Co Whitcombe & Co H M Burt & Co H White & Co Resultado Bates & Barnet Matanzas Frederico Barbados Starlight Boston

Exports of August 12 1887 from Yarmouth and Liverpool

Shipping cargo lists from Yarmouth Nova Scotia Antwerp via New York and Liverpool England note steamer movements and cargoes including oatmeal rubber nets ochre putty crates fruit hardware flour footwear and dry goods. Meat and animal products appear with beef cattle and bacon among other commodities.

Yarmouth Antwerp Belgium New York Gothenburg Liverpool Eng

Staple Goods Receipts From Various Railroads Aug 12 1887

A list of receipts shows Boston and Albany Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine divisions and others reporting wool bales flour corn oats beef tea leather hides skins bales cotton and assorted freight in August 1887, detailing quantities across rail lines.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railtroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express

Boston and Albany Railroad Local Time Table June 27 188

Local timetable details for Boston and Albany lines list departure times from Boston to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West with express and through sleeping car services. Connections at Worcester and various stations, with multiple daily departures and special Sunday trains. Ticket office at 282 Washington Street Boston offers through tickets to all points.

Boston & Albany R.R Washington Street Boston Springfield Pittsfield Albany South Framingham Eppreas Syracuse Buffalo Cleveland Chicago Worcester Toledo Niagara Falls Detroit Chatham River Branch New Haven New Natick Hills Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Hills Newton Highlands Brookline Gale A S. Hanson T. Gallup Cambridge R Concord SUN Fitchburg Biecher and Miller’sa Falls Green Field Lincoln Jauihors Madson and Maynard Ndala N. W Ayer Junction North Leominster Saratoga—s Union Square Somerville Waltham Atertown Union Market Mt. Au Burn Miller‘s Fally South Acton Hoosac Tummer John Adams

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Timetable

Trains from Boston Causeway Street to North Adams Troy Albany and the West start July 13 1887 with multiple departures 630 am 830 am and more including express cars to Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and sleepers. Names Johns Adams Whitmore Watson listed as officials.

Albany Express Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Troy Ager Dunction SUN Belmont and Waverley Brattleboro Miller’s Falls

Boston to New England Train Schedule Corrections 1887

The corrected timetable lists Boston departures and numerous routes to Ashcroft Dorchester Mattapan Providence New London and many Connecticut and Rhode Island stops. It covers service times from dawn to after midnight with 1887 July dates and details multiple cars, fares, and connections including Norwood Central and Hartford via Middletown Norwich and Norwood.

Western Division Trains From Boston to New England Towns

A list of weekday and Sunday train departures from Boston including connections to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Beverly Hills via Georgetown and other stops. Timetables cover morning afternoon and evening runs with numerous peak intervals and a separate Sunday schedule.

Boston Haymarket Square Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Georgetown Bmennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Love Oe Malden Medford Melrose Highlands Stoneham Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Matem Wakefield Wilmington

Schedule list of trains in Eastern Division with times and routes

A dense OCR schedule lists numerous train times and routes in the Eastern Division. It names stations such as Boston, Oak Island, Portland, Bangor, Lynn, Salem, Peabody, Newburyport, and Marblehead, with various departure times and returning options. Mr. James T. Furber is listed as General Manager and J. Flanders as General Passenger Agent.

Oak Island Point OF Pines Boston of Pines Sun

Central Massachusetts R R Opens to Ware in 1837 Schedule

The Central Massachusetts Railroad announces a new service from Boston to Ware with early morning departures to Barre Nare West and Rockbottom and multiple stops. A detailed May 30 1887 timetable follows for connections to Sew Work, Newark, Providence and other points, noting changes and Sunday patterns.

Ware Boston Nare Barre Zalland West SUN Neat Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Witham Eel Waverly Belmont Geo. W. Storer Pass G’r Agt Cc.s. Mellen Boston & Providence Railroad Keoston Shore Line Newarkshore Line Undaea Stoningk

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