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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1887
Page
7
The report lists import volumes and values for woollen fabrics including dress goods, cloths, yarns, knits, carpets, and shawls by country. It notes market conditions for various wools and commodities across Ohio and national levels, with price ranges for fibers, hay, butter, eggs, poultry, and produce.
Market reports from December 21 show flour prices firm with millers firm on demands and abroad moderate in demand. Minneapolis output around 20,000 bbls daily, with wheat up nearly $1 per bushel boosting tone. Corn dull for buyers, steamer yellow and mixed quotings steady to higher, oats quiet, oats inspections noted, and oatmeal and barley prices stable.
Changeable weather yields a quiet market for produce with butter and cheese prices holding. Vaney grades remain firm and trade stays dull. stock supplies are ample while commodities show slow sale and unchanged tones.
In Chicago butter is inactive with stocks accumulating. Fancy lots in fair demand. Cheese unchanged. Eggs dull with ice house at 17¢ fresh 22c. New York butter quiet and steady. Cheese quiet. Eggs easy fresh 26c State 2c. Beans steady. Liverpool market unchanged at 53s.
Auction results show Florida oranges at 1.60 to 1.50 a box and Tangerines at 1.50 to 1.75 per half box, Almeria grapes at 2 per barrel. The Boston sale had 5000 boxes of oranges, the largest for Florida fruit. trade is quiet with ample supply. Liver pool market opens weak then falls. cranberries steady. dried fruits unchanged. Import tables compare 1856 87 with 1550 86 season. Availability of oranges and lemons from Palermo Jamaica Florida listed with varied prices.
The pork market is unchanged with steady demand. Lard and hams firm while fresh beef, mutton, and veal are unchanged. Cattle are scarce and firm. lambs are plentiful and dull. Prices for pork items range from 9c to 18c per lb and beef from 7.50 to 21.50 per bbl. various cuts and prepared products listed with regional price points.
A brief note states that approximately eighty percent of the items span from poor to good in a set described as premium yet affordable. The reference highlights value across a mid tier quality spectrum.
Allan Asher & Co report considerable irregularity in cotton certificates as buyers gain and longs struggle to unload. Futures opened steady and closed firm with Dec at 10.35 10.36 and May at 10.82 10.83. Spot cotton closed steady with mid uplands at 9 1 16c and Liverpool futures mixed across months. Port receipts and exports show large totals, with regional markets varied and subdued.
Pipeline certificates show closing at 3 pm Dec 21 with opening 10 am Dec 21 and mixed percent levels noted. Sugar markets stay quiet with steady raw and refined prices. molasses prices listed for several origins.
New York reports flour receipts and exports with mixed quotations for white and Minnesota grades. Wheat and rye futures show varied activity while Chicago and St Louis note firmer grain prices and steady provisions. Minneapolis comments strong demand for No 1 Northern wheat.
Hogs steady in St Louis with Yorkers selling near 5.10 to 5.70. Peoria reports firmer hogs at about 4.80 to 6.70. Chicago cattle strong with receipts six thousand and shipments eight thousand. cattle prices up to 5.65 for choicest and shipping steers around 3.40 to 4.0. Hogs in Chicago seen mixed from 4.90 to 5.80. shipments 7,000. Sheep receipts eight thousand with natives 3.40 to 4.75 and lambs 4.50 to 6.60.
London and Liverpool report wheat firm with mixed activity across markets. Paris and Antwerp show firm or steady prices while Manchester notes tame trading, divergent seller and buyer views, and limited yarn exports.
Records of shipments and cargoes in ports including Rufisque Cuba Sagua La Grande St Johns Antwerp Glasgow Liverpool London and Liverpool. Goods listed cover bread canned beef chairs lumber flour molasses pork bacon lard kerosene oil butter cattle beef cheese apples crates guns leather and many other commodities with vessel names and cargo quantities.
Long list of railroad held stock showing cotton wool flour corn meal oats wheat malt feed lard butter eggs bacon beef tea coffee leather hides and other staples in quantities logged for several railroad divisions including Boston Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Hoon Maine Western Lowell and Maine lines with hundreds to thousands of units and multiple commodities noted.
An OCR fragment lists a massive assortment of goods and quantities warehoused or moved by river, rail, and sea. Items include cotton and wool bales, flour, corn and oats, bacon, lard, tea and coffee, butter and cheese, eggs, leather hides and skins, beans, hay, lumber, potatoes, and other staples with hundreds to thousands of units. Read as a trade ledger snapshot showing supply volumes and transport modes.
On and after Monday May 30 87 trains will run with Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Express and other routes. Timings cover Providence Pawtucket Attleboro Sharon and East Foxboro with multiple daily departures and returns listed, pricing around 8.50 dollars and related fares, Sundays included.
The Boston and Lowell Railroad lists through and local service from Boston on December 19 1887 with multiple destinations including Tilton Laconia Meredith Plymouth and Montreal. It notes sleeping and parlor cars to Montreal and daily trains on several lines plus local runs from Concord Manchester Nashua and Lowell with numerous departure times.
Passengers with tickets may have baggage checked from hotel or residence in Boston to destination. Baggage calls at No 3 Old State House. From Dec 19 1857 weekday trains Boston to New York via Fall River Line depart 6 p m return 4 30 p m. Timetables include Ashmont Hyannis Nantucket Plymouth and Plymouth via Abington and Duxbury with numerous departures and returns.
Boston and Maine steam era timetable details for Western and Eastern divisions. Schedules show departures from Causeway Street and Haymarket, with multiple regional destinations including Augusta, Bangor, Calais, St John, Halifax, and Portland connections. Frequent daily and Sunday trains list varied times, on both main line and branch services, with notes on steamer connections and workingmen's trains.
A dense OCR of a transit schedule lists train times, stops, connections, and reminders. It mentions wards or stations such as Dedham Roxbury Stoughton Warren and Esristol, with various return times and weekday adjustments.
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