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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1887
Page
7
Leather is quiet and steady while hides are dull. Corn remains firm, oats dull, and oatmeal steady. Butter cheese eggs pork lard and meats show quiet to firm tones. Apples plenty and beans in quiet demand. Raw and refined sugars steady to firm with molasses. Potatoes hay and grass seeds steady or quiet.
The leather market remains steady with quiet demand and ample supplies. Rough calf skins are scarce and steady, while rough splits see moderate inquiry with prices favorable to buyers. Export leather shows good demand. prices mostly unchanged.
A robust boot and shoe market shows steady trade, with shipments ahead of last year. Demand remains solid for heavy lines like brogans and plough shoes, while finer goods such as women s kid shoes also move well. Rubber goods hold prices, and rain improves Western sales. spring samples are being prepared as orders near completion.
No change in the flour market with steady prices and dull demand. Corn remains firm yet very dull with light stocks and few offerings. Oats futures show firmer prices. cash and elevator bids mix with varied activity and receipts listed for the day.
The report notes quiet butter trade with dull tone in New York Chicago and western creamery offerings around 24 26c while Eastern extras remain scarce. Cheese prices steady though concessions may be needed with Sage cheese ample. Eggs firm in New York and Chicago with varied regional quotes. Potatoes sweet and Jersey and Virginia varieties priced per barrel, poultry demand up though prices ease for some fowl. Tallow and hay markets show steadier firming notes across regions.
The market notes steady demand for beef and pork with firm quotations. Lambs are plentiful but slow selling while veals are scarce. Hams and bacons remain firm and in good demand with varied prices for different cuts. Regional export totals for pork lard and bacon are listed alongside historical weekly figures and prior year comparisons.
A brief market update shows a limited cabbage supply with high prices while tomatoes remain plentiful and cheap. Demand is strong for choice onions with moderate onion stocks, and several produce items such as Maltas onions beans and greens are listed with varied prices across baskets barrels and crates.
Watermelons slow to move with extras 13 14c, medium 10 12c, small 8 9c. Berries nearly sold out while New Brunswick arrivals sell slowly at 7 9c. Plums plentiful with cooking 5c, eating 1 and large 50 75c per crate. Bartlett pears dull trade. peaches and grapes from Hudson River forecast large crop. Mushmelons fair demand, prices 150 175 per barrel. Canteloupes 2 275 per barrel. grapes abundant. Delaware, Delawares 16 20c. Apples moderate demand for pip pins. Gravensteins scarce. Six day peach receipts 45 cars vs 78 prior year. California sale: peaches 180 225 per crate, pears 112 175 per crate, Muscat grapes 162 175 per crate, Tokay 50c per crate. Other apple and grape varieties listed with varied pricing. Bananas vary by origin.
Liverpool futures opened quiet and closed steady with varied August to March quotes. Spot prices steady for uplands. American sales and receipts noted. New York spot and futures showed steady to quiet activity with multiple bid and ask levels across months. Line items cover sugar, molasses, pipe line certificates, and refined sugar firming with price ranges and inventories.
Reports from Trade Centres in New York Minneapolis Chicago St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati and Ole do detail flour receipts and exports, wheat and corn prices, oats and rye activity, pork and lard prices, and assorted futures. Notable figures include No 2 Chicago wheat around 78 1 2c, Minneapolis No 1 hard around 72 1 2c, and Chicago spring No 2 at 68 61/2c.
Hogs in Kansas City easy with 4 000 receipts and 1 148 shipments. St Louis reports hogs steady with Yorkers mostly 4 90 to 5 20 and mixed packers 4 90 to 5 20. Chicago cattle steady to a shade higher with steers 32 to 35 and hogs strong 4 75 to 5 15. sheep and lambs firm to 5 00 for top bounds.
Net receipts and sales across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated six day totals. Prices steady to firm with midpoints quoted across each port and nationwide stock at United States ports listed.
London reports cargoes off the coast with wheat buyers cautious and corn prices rising. Paris and Antwerp show wheat and flour easing. Liverpool spots show mixed wheat and steady corn. Prices noted in Bristol London Liverpool and Paris markets with various specific rates and deliveries.
Maritime cargo list from Yarmouth and Saint Martins shows steamer Yarmouth with potatoes lobsters halibut eggs woollen cloth and other goods consigned to multiple firms including L Clements & Co Delong & Seaman Homer W French BD Webber Thayer & Lincoln and J G Hall & Co. plus Barkentine Henry Norwell carrying 18 045 bushels salt George Downes.
Trade cargoes from Digby Annapolis Weymouth Petite Riviere St Johns London and britain include rubber goods bottles marble paint household effects doura meal flour kerosene beef bacon lard and various hardware and farm products. Vessels include New York Samuel Coipel Maggie Me Grace Rice Lizzie Milanese carrying bulks of flour meal leather tobacco and groceries.
A long list records receipts dated August 25 1887 from Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England railroads. It itemizes wool flour oats corn barley feed lard bacon beef butter cheese eggs potatoes lumber leather hides and other goods in bales boxes barrels sacks and cars.
A compiled ledger of goods moved by various rail and transport lines includes Fitchburg and Boston & Maine divisions with bales wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, leather, hides, apples, eggs, and milk products. Lowell and By Express, By Sea entries show cotton, wool, tallow, grease, coffee, sugar, molasses, and hides with numerous car, box, and case counts.
Comprehensive time table listing weekday trains from Boston to New York via Fell River Line and numerous branch stops including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Scituate Brockton Weymouth Plymouth and Providence with numerous outbound and return departures, daily Sunday variations, and connection notes.
The Concord railway announces July 24 1887 as the new timetable launch for Been to Manchester and Concord routes. Trains depart at 7 30 8 30 9 30 am 12 m 1 00 5 00 5 30 7 00 and on Sundays various ex markings. Returns from Concord to Boston at 5 30 30 8 10 10 20 2 50 2 57 3 35 6 27 am with Sunday service exceptions. Chamberlin Superintendent.
Train timetable notes for the Woonsocket division outline daily departures from Needham and nearby stations with specific times, return options, and exceptions. It lists express and limited services to New York Philadelphia Norwich and other connections, with notes on stops, dining cars, and steamer links.
North Adams to Chicago trains with multiple daily departures and sleeping cars. Listings cover Belmont Waverley Brattleboro Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield Lincoln Marlboro Hudson Rashua N M Saratoga Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Worcester and Mt Auburn routes with frequent times and Sundays included. Local times and transfer notes provided by station ticket offices. John Adams General Superintendent.
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