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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1887
Page
7
Commercial matters detail price firmness for leather flour and rye while oats and oatmeal hold steady. Butter cheese eggs pork and beef show varied movement with beans, potatoes, hay and poultry in steady to fair demand. Cotton and sugars stay quiet as fruits like Florida oranges and cranberries remain firm amid uneven livestock signals.
A firmer but cautious leather and hides market shows buyers sticking to small lots. Finished calfskins strike fair demand, rough leather steady to quiet, and hides overall weaker with dull New England and Southern markets. Prices for sole leather and wax lines are listed, alongside varied conditions for buckskin, buff, pebble, and glove grades.
The boot and shoe trade moves along quietly yet satisfactorily with steady prices and good sales. Demand remains strong for calf shoes, calf boots, and ladies wear, while the slipper and rubber boot sectors show optimism amid forward orders and active factory output.
Market notes no change in flour and grain with millers firm on terms citing water power shortages. Spring patents quoted at $5 550, winter patents at $485 15. Corn quiet, steamer yellow 67 68c on track, new corn arriving in good condition. Oats firmer with small advance, No 2 white on track 42 34c, other grades firmer, no agreement on standard oats.
The report notes No 2 white oats bidding around 42 to 44 cents cash and futures varying by month, with sales of April and January lots. Milling prices for flour and cornmeal are listed, and oats, corn, and rye show steady to firm levels. Inspections totaled 69 cars with diverse grain分类 including oats and corn.
Butter and cheese markets hold steady with light western creamery receipts and prices from 18 to 30 cents. Eggs and poultry show little change amid ample supply, while beans, potatoes, hay, and tallow face modest demand and stable quotes.
Liverpool cheese market unchanged at 58 while New York butter remains quiet and cheese dull. Eggs ease in Western firsts at 20c, state poultry value around 28? and beans quiet with marrow priced at 245 dollars.
H Harris and Co prepare auction selling 122 cases Valencia oranges and 4321 boxes lemons. Steamer Aguan cargo of bananas and cocoanuts sold. bananas at 137% for Nols and Zéc, cocoanuts at private terms. Norfolk boat has 1389 boxes oranges. Prices hold, demand fair, supplies ample. dried apples quiet. cranberries scarce. nuts steady.
Pork and lard show no change as markets remain steady with moderate demand. Hams quiet while fresh beef favors buyers and trade stays moderate. Choice cattle scarce and lambs in moderate demand. yearlings and veal vary with a dull to steady tone. Pork and lard long cuts priced at 8 17 60.
Cargoes off the coast show wheat and corn activity with few bids. Seven wheat arrivals since last report, two sold. one corn arrival, one cargo sold. Wheat steadier, corn weak. prices and futures vary across London Liverpool Paris Antwerp with mixed American corn and California wheat quoted.
Boston & Lowell Railroad lists extensive through service from Boston on Causeway Street with morning and evening departures to towns including Tilton Laconia White River Junction and Montreal. Local routes cover Manchester Concord Keene Nashua and Lowell belt with multiple daily options and parlor and sleeping cars. Officials Mell en and Storer announce full schedules at stations.
The listing shows wholesale and retail prices for beef pork and lamb items. Beef hams tongues plate and fillets priced per barrel or 100 pounds, with variations by size cure and cut. Fresh meats include steers veal mutton and lamb with price ranges by quality and weight.
Raw and refined sugar prices remained stable amid quiet trading. Cotton futures showed slow declines with steady New York quotes, while Liverpool futures opened steady. Spot cotton remained firm in New York and Liverpool, with notable daily sales and receipts.
New York December 15 reports show flour receipts at 22 991 pkgs with exports 1760 bbls and 60 266 sacks. Prices for white wheat products range from 470 to 515 20 per barrel and from 450 to 520 for various grades. Wheat receipts 62 150 bush with mixed export and spot sales. Chicago, St Louis, Detroit, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Toledo markets show varied wheat, corn, oats, rye, and pork prices with receipts and shipments listed.
Across Kansas City Chicago and St Louis receipts and shipments show hogs steady to easy. Prices for cattle and hogs vary by market with hogs from 4.75 to 6.60 and cattle mixed across states as buyers adjust to demand.
Merchants report shipments by Sch Parthenia and Blake & Ripley of cocoa and cocoanuts to Jamaica and bulk bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Seaverns & Co. handle bags of cocoanuts. Sprightly notes list sugar, birds, and lumber quantities with several firms named including Nash Spaulding, L A Burnham, George McQuesten & Co.
Shipping list notes cargoes from Hull to New York including 14 bales cotton rags and 48 bales cotton waste on the Persian Monarch. Halifax and St John s vessels carry flour beef lard apples and other goods. Ships from Lunenburg Bridgewater and Petite Mère report large flour, meal, cornmeal and sugar consignments with various sacks and boxes in port records.
A detailed ledger lists December 15 1887 receipts for several rail lines including Boston and Aew, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Litchburg, Boston and Maine, Lowell, and related express and sea shipments. It records cotton wool flour corn meal oats and other commodities with bales cases bbls tubs and bags and various counts. Strong entity totals include multiple railroad names and large cargo counts.
Passenger timetable for New York and New England routes corrected to 11 1887. Trains depart Lobdon Station foot of Summer Street on weekdays with listed times to Ashcroft Dorchester Hartford Norwich Pawtucket Waterbury Norwood and more. Return and intermediate stops shown with multiple daily departures and evening services.
The Central Massachusetts railroad announces November routes from Boston to Ware Barre and Rutland with morning and afternoon trains. Stops include West Boylstone Oakvale Jefferson South Sudbury Wayland Weston Belmont Waverley and Belmont with timetables listed and agent signatures GEO W STORER and O MFULEN.
Busy timetable notice listing daily and Sunday departures from Woonsocket to Needham Boston and New York with varying times and stops. It details express and limited trains including the New York via Middletown route, connections to Hartford Willimantic and Philadelphia lines, and passenger amenities like Pullman and dining cars.
Special Express departs Boston Old Colony Station on weekdays at 6 pm and Sundays at 7 pm, connects at Fall River with steamers Pilgrim and Providence for New York arriving about 7 am. Return daily at 4 50 pm with baggage check from hotel to destination and tickets at Old State House and Old Colony Station.
2.0 J. WHITMORE named Gen l Traffic Manager and J R WATSON named Gen l Pass Agent in the shown organizational listing.
Local time tables show Boston and Albany line divisions with through tickets to all points from Boston station Kneeland Street and 232 Washington Street. Trains depart Boston at 5 7:15 8:30 11 am and 10 30 pm with various connections to Springfield Pittsfield Albany Hudson Palmer and more. A separate section lists train arrangements for travel to New York and Providence with Shore Line services and frequent return times, including Sunday schedules and special express and dining car notes.
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