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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1890
Page
7
Fragmentary record shows bids in March May July and August for oats and cash items with various cent values. Additional figures mention Minneapolis prices and Store No 1 hard, with February March and May figures including fractions and code-like notations.
The lumber market shows little overall change with steady volumes and cautious optimism for spring. Northern and Eastern lumber hold firm with spruce demand high, but mills run short of logs and expect limited stock this season. Prices for spruce and various cuts are listed, with shortages in dry boards and hemlock, while Southern pine holds firm and Western pine remains quiet though prices show potential rise as trade resumes.
Inspections show 127 carloads including 41 cars steamer corn and 13 cars No 2 mixed cream. flour receipts today 205 bbls and 3885 sacks. Market dull with light sales and unchanged prices for various flour grades. wheat and corn prices quoted. New York and Minnesota goods referenced. overall market remains steady with firm marine trade.
The report covers corn oats and wheat logistics with receipts from St Louis Chicago New York and Norway markets. It notes rising corn prices in New York and steady spot markets with demand for graded corn and steamer yellow on track. Oat and rye markets show quiet activity with limited trading and firm prices.
Receipts today cover butter 3157 pkgs 822 boxes with 2 oleo 432 pkgs 649 boxes. eyes 1 bbl 2079 cases. beans 537 bbls. potatoes 11 cars. sweet potatoes 360 bbls. hay 64 cars. straw 8 cars. On last year’s same day butter 1225 pkgs 331 boxes. oleo 204 boxes. cheese 495 bbls. beans 218 bbls. potatoes 7 cars. hay 74 cars. straw 4 cars. Butter markets firm as creameries meet demand. Western and New York Vermont price ranges quoted. eggs, cheese, and fruit markets described with mix of steady to soft tones and varying regional quotations.
Harris & Co conducted an auction of citrus from Florida including oranges at 150 per 30 box, lemons at 225 per 72, navels at 2 per 70 box, and mandarins at 4 per 42 3 box. Grape fruit and Valencia oranges traded at various per box and per case prices, with a note that 4000 boxes of Florida oranges will be offered again Friday.
The steamer Naranja arrives with 6400 cases Valencia oranges for Boston and onions for G Buchanan, C Lawrence & Co and others. Carbis Bay passed Gibraltar Jan 23 bound for Boston with 8500 cases Valencia oranges. Pontiac passed Gibraltar Jan 18 for Boston with 8300 boxes Messina oranges, 2000 boxes Messina lemons, 8400 boxes Palermo oranges, and 6700 boxes Palermo lemons. Glen Tanar sailed from Palermo Feb 2 with 13,500 boxes oranges and 9000 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. Bernard due Feb 7 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Savannah steamer due Wednesday with 4580 boxes oranges. Nant Gwynant sailed from Gibraltar Jan 27 with fruit for Boston.
Receipts show tallow 16 pikes beef 200 bbls pork 305 bbls lard 1861 pkes preserved meats none bacon 118 boxes versus last year tallow 162 pkgs pork 145 bbls lard 6279 pkes bacon 25 cases. Markets steady to firm with dull tallow and beef while pork prices rise to $9 50 for extra prime and $10 75 for mess old. Lard around $5 65 to $6 70 with western steam $6 20 bid and continent $6 02 6 55. Dry salt meats vary by cut. bacon shoulders $4 87 and short clear $5 74 25 80. Chicago mess pork up to 89 87 42 49 90. lard $5 82 1 73. Cincinnati pork quiet. lard firmer at $5 30. Bulk meats and bacon firm.
Cattle and hog markets across major cities show mixed signals with Kansas City prices fairly steady for steer and cow categories while hogs gain strength. Chicago and St Louis report firm to higher pork values with heavy and mixed classes advancing. receipts and shipments noted for each market.
In New York and Liverpool cotton markets sales ran varied with upland and Gulf grades quoted, and futures opening quiet and closing steady. The day’s figures show extensive receipts across U S ports, mixed activity in each region, and prices chiefly in mid to high tenths cents per pound with differing regional demand and stock levels.
Sugar receipts show 120 bbls today versus 48 bbls last year with small lots sold at old prices. Raw sugars steady. refined quiet with mixed quotes for Cuba, Manila, Loilo, Javas, and refined types. Molasses receipts 67 hhds. market quiet but steady with New Orleans sales at 40 48c and various regional prices cited. Whiskey markets firm or steady across Peoria, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati with prices around $102 to $106.
Coffee futures show firmer and more active demand in New York with fair cargoes noted. Turpentine market closed firm at 45 43 percent, rosin nearby at 117 2 to 120, and tar around 225. Petroleum closed at 7.75 cents with RSW at 7.50 and cases at 9.70 cents.
Market totals show sheep cattle and lambs swine with varied prices. Beef prices range from first quality 3 to 5.26 per unit and store cattle include working oxen pairs and fancy cows with calves. Sheep and lambs priced in lots from 2.25 to 8.25 each, hides tallow and skins listed along with dairy sales.
Shipping and trade items list cedar logs and mahogany aboard the Nic. Blugeields steamer Rowena with 256 cedar logs and 205 logs cedar and mahogany. George D Emery appears. At Georgetown PEI the schooner Jesse A Love loads 3800 bushels of potatoes.
A historical OCR fragment lists numerous goods with quantities and units, including fish, machinery, stationery, merchandise like rubber goods, printed cards, and broom handles. It also mentions foodstuffs such as flour, corn, lard, oil, oatmeal, clover seed, cheese, and pork products, along with various containers and measures.
London markets report firmer wheat and quiet demand with persistent cargo trade for distant delivery. Liverpool notes firm breadstuffs with poor demand, mixed American corn prices, and assorted prices for pork bacon lard cheese and tallow amid cold weather.
A summary of various business agents and firms listed across multiple U S and Canadian cities. Names include O Neill and Sons in Charleston, Gore and Co in Chicago, Maclauchlan and Suhwab in Selz Suhwab, Faldheim in Chicago, Blum in Galveston, Hays in Clark's Indianapolis, Cahill in Mid ileton, Morse and Co in Omaha, Lang in Pittsburg, Kaufmann in Scranton, and Nettleton in Scranton. The items appear as address line entries with associated firms and individuals.
Alfred T Turner City Treasurer Boston invites proposals by 12 oclock Friday February 7 1890 for the 400000 Public Work Construction Loan to be issued as registered certificates of 1000 each due January 1 1920 bearing 4 percent annual interest payable semiannually. Proposals sealed to be opened in Mayor's office in presence of Mayor and city auditor. Right to reject any or all proposals reserved.
The committee of the whole Board of Aldermen will hold a public heating in the Aldermen's room on Wednesday February 5 at 2 30 p m regarding the petition of Suburban Light Power Company for permission to erect poles for electric light wires in Roxbury and Dorchester Streets. William Gardner Reed chairman of committee.
In Suffolk county the majority stockholders of Commonwealth Insurance Company petition the Supreme Judicial Court for dissolution. They state the company has not written a policy since February 11 1882 and all risks have ceased with all losses settled. Assets were distributed to stockholders and the firm now owes no debts. After notice and a hearing the petition asks dissolution. Listed respondents include Henry Woods Ayers & Eaton J Ballister Albert Humphrey Eugene Faray WM J Clark and sixty others.
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