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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1887
Page
7
Commercial notes indicate firmness in flour, rye, and eggs with steady oats and butter. Demand varies for beans, hay, pork, and lambs while potatoes and sweet potatoes move moderately. Florida oranges strong and cranberries very firm. overall activity mixed across commodities.
Week shows quiet demand with firm mackerel prices and scarce No 2s and No 3s. Cod, pollock, and herring offer little change. canned fish steady. New York salmon dull. arrivals light, expected January demand lift. Receipts week ending Dec 16 list mackerel barrels at 25, herring figures, cod and pollock quantities, and fresh versus frozen stock details.
The flour market remains steady with millers firm on full figures amid water-power shortages producing about 21 000 barrels daily. Corn markets hold firm for export, with steamer yellow at 67 68c and steamer mixed 66 67c, while No 2 white oats see high bids and varied sale prices. Oatmeal, rye, barley, and malt remain steady with limited spot offerings as buyers hold off until after holidays.
Market notes list prices for No 1 and No 2 white and mixed barley, rye steady at 72 7i P bush for New York, mill feed bran middlings cottonseed meal prices, six and two row barley and malt by origin with per bushel or per ton terms in sacks. Hops for 1886 1887 classes quoted. prices reflect carload lots and wholesale ranges for flour.
Colder weather aids the produce market with steady prices. Butter remains quiet at firm quotes. eggs scarce and firm while common lots move slowly. Beans show firm demand. potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hay steady with quiet trade. poultry prices up slightly on firmer feel. Tallow and cheese hold steady as receipts stay large or unchanged.
In Liverpool cheese holds steady amid a steady demand for creamery butter. Chicago shows unchanged batter with strong demand for fancy stock and accumulating mediums. Cheese remains unchanged and eggs stay steady. In New York the entire market remains unchanged.
The market shows ample apples with shrinking receipts and fair demand for choice stock. Florida oranges are plentiful, while cranberries remain scarce with firm prices. Catawampas sell at 6.0 for 10 pounds and 7.0 for 5 pounds. Florida oranges and other citrus vary by lot. dried apples and nuts hold steady with current quotations.
A terse list of onion, cabbage, beet, carrot, lettuce and other vegetables with prices per barrel, box or bush. Entries include Western onions at 3 25 per barrel, cabbage at 150 to 176 per barrel, beets 60 cents per bush, squash 75 cents per barrel, parsnips and celery prices, and assorted items from St Andrews and Hubbards.
Pork and lard hold steady with fair demand. Beef and veal prices unchanged. Cattle and lamb markets mixed with scarce Choice cattle and abundant lambs. Detailed price ranges listed for pork cuts, lard, bacon, ribs, and various beef offerings.
Passengers may have baggage checked from hotel or residence in Boston to destination. Orders to call for baggage at New Old State House. After Nov 28 1887 weekday trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with extensive schedules to Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Weymouth and other stops. Friday, Tuesday, and Friday service noted with multiple return trains. George L. Connor and J. R. Kendrick sign as General Pass Agent and General Manager.
SRESH BEEF Choice steers and extra heavy hinds offered with prices ranging from 8c to 9e per pound and weights noted. Other fresh meats include fancy spring lambs and Chicago Brighton Eastern mutton with prices from 4c to 10c per pound and quality notes.
Allan Asher & Co report New York futures opening steady with modest gains then a late Paris bourse panic triggers a pullback. Port receipts and interior movement were lighter than expected while Manchester sent cheerful signals. Liverpool futures show varied December to July quotes. spot cotton firm.
New York reports flour receipts 25 969 pkgs exports 5 013 bbls and 20 003 sticks with firm bid for choice brands while Southern flour remains quiet. Wheat receipts 57 200 bush, No 2 spring 75-76c, No 2 red 90-92c store, corn receipts 29 060 bush with higher prices, oats and barley mixed, gasoline?
Kansas City market summary shows hogs firmer with 8500 receipts and 1225 shipments, cattle receipts around 9000 with mixed demand and steady to higher prices. Steers and heifers show varying values with mixed lots trading 4.70 to 6.20 for clumped ship entries. Receipts and shipments figures appear fragmented but indicate a robust trading day before Christmas.
Dec 46 reports show varied receipts and stocks across ports. Augusta Net receipts 1487, exports to Britain 6071, stock 37627, prices mid 934. New Orleans strong with 12012 receipts and 5000 sales, stock 366385. Savannah steady stock 148920 with 3193 coastwise exports. Philadelphia quiet with stock 15498 and mid 10 1/2 cents. Consolidated week totals: net receipts 213,625, exports 106,000 to Britain and 18,458 to France, stocks 975,579 at all ports. Weeks end compare: last year receipts 255,503, exports 194,505, stocks 1,088,227.
London and Liverpool markets show cargoes off the coast with wheat dull and corn easing. At Mark Lane and Paris, wheat and flour move higher while Liverpool notes flat wheat and corn demand. prices for pork, bacon, cheese, tallow, and lard listed with varied movements.
A ledger style list shows shipments to and from Buenos Ayres Halifax Liverpool and Charlottetown with numerous cargoes. Bark Charles G Pice 3000 dry hides 2500 dry kip skins and vast goods including carpincho skins stag hides and dried products appear among line items from Wessels Morey and others. The catalog enumerates steamer and schooner cargoes of vegetables eggs fish wine wool and metals among many firms.
Shipments listed include the schooner Amy D with flour meal kerosene oil from Port Gilbert NL. Aspinwall yard shows bark Lottie with apples blankets cabbages Portland cement ice and kerosene oil plus lumber ice tools freezers kerosene and stationery. Windsor NS reports schooner Vienna with flour meal and cranberries.
A railroad inventory records items including cotton 6565 bales and wool 296 bales. Also listed are flour and meal products, grains, malt, feed, dressed hogs, grease, tea, butter, eggs, beans, spices, and various carloads of goods.
Readable totals show cargo volumes for Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony Boston & Maine Lowell New York New England Fitchburg and other lines. Items include bales wool cotton flour cornmeal oats sugar cheese bacon leather pelts hides lumber and bound quantities across numerous shipments and divisions.
Through service from Boston with routes to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville and beyond. Local service to Manchester Concord Keene Peterboro Nashua and many Massachusetts towns. Through trains to Montreal and multiple branches including St Albans and White River Junction. Parlor and sleeping cars noted. Central timetable printed by Mellin Spst Central Mass.
The Boston and Massachusetts Railroad announces local and through passenger times from December 19 1887. Stops listed include Northampton Findley Amherst Belchertown Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jeffersons Oakdate Weston Waltham Wayland and several others with multiple daily departures and Sunday times. George W. Storer is the General Passenger Agent and S. Mell en is the General Superintendent.
Train times for Boston and Maine routes listed by station and division. Services include Augusta, Haymarket, Causeway, Eastport, St John, Halifax, Portland steamer connections, Rockland, Castine, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, and Knox & Lincoln lines with daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.
Fragmented timetable listing rail stops and times across cities including Andover Exeter Lowell Manchester Dover Chelsea and Portland. It outlines departures arrivals and connections on the Western and Eastern divisions with notes on stations and service details.
Train schedules list Monday start for Froiston to New Work and Shore Line Express. Returns, times, and stops include Providence Dover Attleboro Sharon East Foxboro Plain and multiple junctions with varied departures. The timetable notes weekday, weekend, and holiday adjustments for passengers.
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