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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1889
Page
7
Hops receipts today show 55 bales versus 55 last year as the market remains quiet with no price changes. Prices quoted include 95c for six-rowed State and 90c for two-rowed State, with ranges 14 19c for New York good to choice and 3 9c for New York nominal.
Receipts list butter 4152 pkgs oleo 181 pkgs cheese 1037 boxes eggs 1106 cases beans 89 bbls potatoes 8 cars sweet potatoes none hay 10 cars straw 4 cars. Last year butter 4672 pkgs oleo 1535 bbls cheese 817 boxes eggs 6 boxes beans 102 bbis potatoes 7 cars hay 21 cars straw 4 cars. Butter market notes Western creameries steady to 19c fancy, 17 17c. lower grades cheap. Cheese demand quiet with varied regional quotes. Eggs firm for choice lots. Eastern extras 19c, firsts 17 18c. Beans prices listed by type with multiple regional figures. Potatoes supply small with New Hampshire bulk around 70c. Sweet potatoes 450 for yellows, 33 350 for reds. Hay and straw: prime hay 18 18 50, others 14 15 to 10.
The market is well supplied and sales are slow. Prices listed include Egyptian onions 150 per crate, Malta onions 175 per basket, native onions 75 cents per ash, beets 35 cents per box, carrots 50 cents per box, lettuce 1.25 per box, Long Island yellow turnips 1.25 per barrel, native yellow 60 to 75 cents per box, native cucumbers 1 per 100 count, peppers 50 cents per bush, parsley 25 cents per bush, cranberry beans 75 cents per shell or 1.50 per bush, native wax beans 75 to 85 cents per bush, green pole beans 75 cents per box, civey beans 2.50 per bush, green corn 1.25 per barrel, tomatoes 50 cents per bush, native cabbage 3 per 100 count, native marrow squash 75 cents per barrel with turban 1.25 per barrel, summer squash 1 cent each, crook-neck squash 1 cent each, cauliflowers 1 dollar per dozen, eggplant 1.50 per dozen, Kalamazoo celery 20 to 25 cents per bunch.
The report details steady overall fruit prices with demand patterns varying by type. Apples show steady tones with several subtypes priced from $1.50 to $3.75 per barrel or crate, oranges and lemons tight and firm, pears mixed with Delaware and New York Bartletts, cantaloupes and muskmelons in fair demand, berries and blackberries active, peaches in mixed condition with Delaware and Georgia crates. Grapes, watermelons, bananas, plums and other fruits cited with regional price ranges and varying stock levels, reflecting uneven supplies across markets.
The Marmion is due with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Welhaven is due Saturday with Baracoa bananas to WW & C R Noves. The Norfolk boat, due Friday, carried 500 bags peanuts 100 packages citrons 50 packages pears 2190 packages grapes and 100 barrels sweet potatoes.
A historic tally notes a train comprising 3 melons cars, 4 citron cars, 1 pear car, and 9 peach cars. The odd cargo mix highlights agricultural shipment patterns aboard the line.
Receipts today show tallow 16 packages beef none pork 13 barrels jard 985 packages hams 3 barrels preserved meats 180 cases bacon none. Last year at the same time tallow 32 packages beef 20 barrels pork 60 barrels jard 90 packages hams none bacon 587 boxes preserved meats none. Market reports no new features, sales at old prices. New York Taliow is lower city 2 dollars for
Intraday markets show pork quiet with sales around 150 loads, bellies and hams irregularly priced from 7% to 11¢ per pound. Lard and dry salted meats move modestly with steam lard at 6 1/4, dry salt shoulders near 4 87 to 5 00, and Cincinnati noting steady shoulders and mixed rib pricing.
Stock Yards Kansas City steady cattle with steers up to 335 and cows around 140 while hogs drop with heavies near 390 and pigs around 420. sheep firm near 387 to 400. Chicago futures show stronger cattle on feed and slower hogs with varied prices for beef, hogs and lambs across markets.
Cotton markets show firm tone in New York with various grades quoted and futures opening firm closing steady. Liverpool reports steady activity with middling and low middling prices, while US ports list varied receipts, exports, and stocks across Augusta galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated figures.
Sugar receipts none today versus 145 barrels last year with quiet demand at nominal prices. Cuba refining 6 4 6¼c, Manila 55½c, Javas Nos 10 to 11 74 7¼c. refined sugars vary from 8¼c to 8¾c with multiple A grades at 8c. New York raw sugar steadier, refined quiet, prices down up to 14c, molasses receipts none today, market mostly nominal. Fancy Ponce Porto Rico 45c per gallon, Porto Rico 37 48c, New Orleans 46 47c, Cienfuegos 28 31c, black strap 16 17c.
Turpentine closed at 44 4444c with resin at 105 110 and tar at 275 while petroleum closed at 7.55¢ with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.10c Coffee New York Rio is firmer and active with fair cargoes 18¢ Whiskey market steady at 102 dollars.
George J. Fox details a bustling week at the cattle market with totals for live stock levels including sheep, cattle, lambs, and swine. Western beeves dominate the market as prices vary across beef and store cattle, hides, tallow and skins, with remarks noting a large Western influence and limited profits for sellers.
Over week prices hold steady with West costs up 14¢, hogs cheaper by 14¢ from the West, veal calves up 14¢, dairy cows steady. Brighton arrivals include cattle for W H Monroe and others. exports to England show slight fall due to overstock. Lamb sales steady with Canada stock in demand. Maine cattle improve with beef cattle showing good condition. milch cows and springers steady. Western cattle prices firm. Watertown cattle sales noted.
The Guardian notes weak buying at current prices, hand to mouth trade, and wide buyer seller gaps with firm cotton values. Wheat cargoes steady or firmer, corn mixed, flour steady, and English markets quiet as heavy goods demand remains moderate. Liverpool reports firm wheat, improving corn demand, and steady pork and cheese prices.
A list of shoe buyers and agents across the United States including Abbeville Louisiana Wise Augusta Georgia J P Dill Clark's Atlanta J Daniel J R McKeldin Binghamton New York T M Brown Lester Co Charlotte Gilmer Am Chicago H B Childs Childs Groff Co Columbus B Friedman Corsicana J T Sullivan Chicago I C W Marke Cincinnati L Bunker I Fallers Sons Pa Easton Havfood Hay Greenville Craw Indianapolis E Branham Jacksonville Lacon Monroe Meyer J H Cannon Craw Pittsburg H Childs Jr H Childs Co Pine Bluff A S Honnet St Louis H A Coburn Kellogg Johnson St Paul W C Stribling Tennant Stribling Ely Shoe Co Yonaka Kan B M Payne W Haha Washington
Trains from Boston to Manchester Concord and connected lines listed with departure times. Stops include Weare Manchester & No, Concord & Portsmouth, Hooksett Suncook Pittstonia and Suncook Valley lines. Local Nashua to Concord services run 7.30 a m to 1 p m with Sunday timings.
Eastern division train times list for Boston Causeway and regional stops including Portland Amesbury SHeverly Biddeford Hampton North Hampton Lynn Newburyport Rockport Gloucester Salem Swampscott Wolfeboro Newburyport Portland and Halifax services. Also notes workingmen and branch lines with Boston Haymarket reference.
A jumble of arrival and departure times lists multiple cities including Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Woburn Winchester Concord Mass via various routes and stations. Entries show morning and afternoon slots with many single and repeated hours and occasional errors such as am pm misreads and typed mistakes.
Central Massachusetts division lists routes and times for multiple towns including Northampton Hadley Amherst and Worcester with listed departures at 7.45 am 1.30 pm and 3.40 pm and additional stops at Wadson South Sudbury Knockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and related stations. James T Furber D J Flanders General Manager Genl Pasr and Ticket Agent.
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