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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1887
Page
7
The report lists varied car and sales figures for May across several commodities including corn, oats, wheat, and barley in mixed lots and grades. It notes strong millfeed demand, firm cornmeal prices, and flour at higher price levels with deliveries largely for goods to arrive.
Butter demand favors choice fresh products while other grades stay quiet. Prices vary by region with Western creamery at 28 29c for extra, 24 27c for extra first, and 18 21c for long dairies. Eggs scarce with held stock plenty and prices mixed by origin.
In Chicago receipts shrink as jitters grow. Western creamery extra 28c, extra firsts 25c. Eggs steady at 72b with 19c held. In New York butter firm, Western creamery 27 to 30c. Cheese quiet and steady. Eggs firm. Beans steadier. Dried apples steady. Liverpool cheese market steady at 59s.
Receipts of apples are growing smaller but overall supply remains large. Demand is quiet with prices steady from last quotes. Aldwins slow at 175 to 225 per bbl. Greenings plentiful. cranberries fair demand with firm quotations. Florida oranges plentiful and bright lots in good demand. Dried apples quiet at old prices. No change in peanuts. Chestnuts very quiet. hickory nuts steady. Auctions: H Harris & Co Friday for 1413 bbls Almeria grapes. Snow & Co Friday for 1700 bbls Almeria grapes 200 boxes Jamaica oranges 160 boxes Messina lemons. Prices: RYPPLES-SsSnow 3.0350, King 3 850, pees-bbl 2 250, greening 2 2 25, Baldwins 1 75 2 25. Cape Cod cranberries 3 50 9 06 per bbl, Cape Cod light 6 50 7 50 per bbl, cranberries by crate 2 75 43 26, Jamaica lemons 1 25 2 50, Jamaica oranges 5 1 26 50 per box. Oranges and Lemons Palermo oranges 4 50 5 00 per box, Jamaica oranges 5 26 per bbl, Florida oranges 3 50 choice 2 25 to 3s fair to good, Palermo lemons.
The item lists assorted produce with prices for Florida lemons 550 dollars per box and Virginia nuts and fruits priced by type such as walnuts, almonds, filberts, pecans, chestnuts, and chestnut varieties with cents per unit, reflecting a mid-century market listing.
Truck report lists Cahbages cucumbers and various produce with unit prices such as cabbage 4 bush at 1 4 bbl, beets 40c bush, spinach 20c bush, lettuce 1 box, parsnips 7 4c S 1 P bush, turnips 40c bush, and other items like cabbages sold by barrel or bushel and standard measures.
Pork and lard hold steady with old prices and steady demand while fresh beef remains quiet and unchanged. Veals lambs and muttons are plentiful and dull though detailed price ranges for pork lard ham beef and other cuts are provided.
Allen Asher & Co reports a firmer tone in cotton futures with gains of 4 to 5 points amid mixed trading. Port receipts rise to 38,000 bales with exports totaling 1,897,000 since Sept. 1, while the New York market holds steady higher and Liverpool futures show mixed moves.
Trade centers report flour receipts exports and prices across wheat corn oats and rye with values for various mills and regions. Prices rise for several grains while others show steady demand. petroleum tallow and other commodities noted along with pork lard and whiskey values and regional receipts and shipments.
On Dec 1 reports from St Louis Milwaukee Minneapolis and Detroit show higher prices for Wheat No 2 red at 78%cc in St Louis and No 1 hard at 73 144¢ in Minneapolis with January futures at 74 34¢. Oats rise to 29 2 304%4c in St Louis and 30c No 2 white in Milwaukee. Receipts include Flour 34 38 000 bbls and Wheat 18 000 bush in St Louis then Flour 5 000 bbls and Wheat 35 000 bush in Milwaukee. Detroit quotes No 2 red Wheat 58 0 cc and No 2 corn 51 1⁄2 ¢.
Hog prices were firm in St Louis with Yorkers at 49.5 to 50.0 dollars and mixed packers at 49.5 to 50.0. Kansas City hogs steady with 12 000 to 13 000 receipts. Peoria hogs firm around 45.0 to 45.5. Chicago cattle slow but steady with steer prices 26.6 to 25.0. hogs strong with various weights from 4.80 to 5.60. sheep and lambs higher for good to choice.
Net receipts and exports by Augusta New Orleans Mobile Memphis Charleston Savannah Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Norfolk Galveston Louisville show firm markets with steady to mid ranges. Consolidated six day totals cite exports to Great Britain France and the continent plus broad stock across U S ports.
Cargoes off the coast show wheat quiet but steady with three awaiting sale. Mark Lane quotes good Danubian wheat at 248 and English markets steady. Paris wheat firm, flour quiet. Liverpool reports steady bread stuffs with firm corn and specific bid prices for California and mixed American wheat and corn.
In London on December 1, large attendance and keen competition for new clip marked wool sales. Continental buyers pushed prices higher as Victoria greasy and Natal Cape goods remained firm, with detailed rates for scoured, locks, and greasy lots across Victoria New South Wales Queensland New Zealand Cape and Natal Argentina offerings.
A detailed import list from December 1, 1887, shows multiple schooners and steamers carrying a wide range of goods including potatoes, pickled herring, bricks, bricks, chemicals, textiles, tools, and hardware to and from Charlottetown PEI, Economy NS, Grand River PEI, Londonderry NS, and Liverpool England. Named firms include J G Hall & Co, Hill & Co, Delong & Seaman, Baring Bros & Co, Drexel Morgan & Co, EF & F King & Co, JL & DS Riker, W H Walbaum, F A Walker & Co, Neal Morse & Co, Stone & Downer, Fuller, Dana & Fitz, Shreve Crump & Low, and many others. The list enumerates cargoes by vessel and quantity, reflecting extensive trade activity in the Atlantic at year-end 1887.
Readable inventory details shipments and consignments from diverse firms across Plymouth Liverpool Summerside Vernon River and related ports. Items include machinery hardware woollens yarns linens tin plates and bleaching powders with quantities in cases bales crates casks and boxes tied to named firms like J D Flaherty Stone & Downer E F King & co Baring Bros & co and J C Houghton & co.
Export list dated December 1 1887 from Hayti shows shipments of pork mackerel alewives herring flour bricks chairs lumber and shingles at Spencer's Island and Port Greviller plus a Jessie cargo of flour and meat. Lunenburg NS reports Plevonia with flour feed cornmeal beef shipments and related tonnage and bbl counts.
Detailed totals from Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Old G lony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Providence, Boston & Maine Western and Eastern Divisions, Boston & Lowell, Boston & Maine Western, and Boston & Maine Eastern. Lists include bales cotton wool flour corn oats wheat cornmeal pork beef lard butter cheese eggs beans apples hay straw lumber leather hides and more with totals and classifications.
The Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable lists Fitchburg Railroad departures from Boston and stations including Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction Cambridge Concord Gardner Brattleboro Lincoln and Fitchburg with multiple daily trains and express services to Chicago via Niagara Falls and the Wabash line. It shows numerous daily times such as 6.30 8.30 and 11.35 am with sleepers and special Sunday schedules.
Corrected timetable lists weekday trains from Boston Foot of Summer Street to Ashcroft Danbury Dorchester Providence and many other stations including New York Philadelphia Hartford and Readville with numerous departure times and connections Sunday trains to Norwood Central and intermediate stations and return times from Norwood Central and other points.
Boston and Albany Railroad depot offerings detail daily departures from Boston including Needham and way stations with a range of morning times and return options, plus Sunday and partial stop variations. The notice lists special trains to New York and Hartford with Pullman services, dining cars, and connections via Erie Railway and steamer City of Worcester. Offices in Boston handle tickets and information.
A historical timetable lists train times, routes, and offices for the Boston and Albany Railroad. It notes station offices at 232 Washington Street Boston and various through tickets, with departures to New York Providence Worcester and other points, plus Sunday and return schedules and dining car service.
General rail timetable listing weekday and Sunday trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and other connections. Includes Ashmont Brockton Quincy Weymouth islands and numerous towns. notes departures 6 p m to 10 p m and returns through evening hours with multiple local stops and service details. Includes agencies George L. Connor J R Kendrick and notes on weekdays and Sundays.
Railroad timetable listing through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth and other points on Passumpsic and Montreal routes. Local Boston Manchester Keene Nashua lines operate with multiple daily departures and parlor cars to Montreal. Notices end with station information and official who issued the schedule.
Central Massachusetts railroad line announces train times starting 7.15 am with onward stops including Ware Rutland West Boylston Oakdale and Jefferson. Services listed with multiple daily departures and Sunday times. George W. nee passenger agent notes general supervision and station details.
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