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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1887

Page

7

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report for Feb 8 1887

Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox details week ending Feb 8 1887 prices and figures for cattle sheep hogs and calves from New England and western states. Includes state totals by stock type road car counts and price ranges for market beef store cattle sheep hides tallow and skins with notes on quality classifications and regional market notes.

Boston Post George J. Fox Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell Fitchburg Eastern Brighton N. B Boston & Albany Railroad

Markets by Telegraph. Farm prices and supplies across five cities

New York reports flour receipts 20 428 bbls and 10 100 sacks with export 1611 bbls. wheat receipts 44 000 bush and exports 170 172 bush. rye flour, corn meal and oats mixed. Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis show varied flour, wheat, corn, oats, and pork values with shipments and receipts noted. prices range from no 2 red wheat around 81 1 8c to pork around 12 75 for old and 14 for new in Pittsburgh areas. Margin shifts include lard and butter prices and freight quotes to Liverpool.

New York St Louis S City Minnesota Rio Petroleum— United Western Steam Liverpool Milwaunsee Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis Chicago

Hogs and cattle prices drift. hogs mixed across markets

Kansas City reports hogs at 460 to 490 with 8,000 receipts today. St Louis sees hogs steady at 490 to 530. Peoria bids 450 to 530. Chicago cattle steady with shipping steers at 350 and stockers 250, hogs 480 to 525 with lower overall. Sheep receipts 4,000 with natives and Westerns around 340 to 490.

Kansas City ST. Louis Peoria Chicago

Cotton Market Totals Mixed Across U S Ports

The report lists net receipts and gross figures for Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, and Philadelphia. Prices range mid to high mids with several ports quiet or steady. exports to Britain and the continent noted for New Orleans.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent SIV Eus Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia

Trade and shipping figures across ports reported

Consolidated net receipts for four days total 62057 with exports to Great Britain 35836, to France 3223, to the continent 10097 and stock at all United States ports 910213. Individual port data include Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville with varied gross receipts exports shipments and stocks and mid 9 ranges noted.

Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville France Continent United States

Market Reports From London and Liverpool Commodities

Telegraph market notes show wheat and corn activity with quiet but steady demand in London and Liverpool. Prices for Danubian corn and wheat futures are given, plus wool sales at Manchester and assorted global spot quotes from Antwerp Paris and other ports.

Imports and Exports Report of February 8 1887

List of import and export cargoes with origins including Demerara Antwerp St John London. Items include brig Hyaline 1900 bags sugar and 46 bags 46 tes. steamer Jan Breydel bacon boxes cider leather pork staves palm oil. brig Kathleen flour beef duck feathers ink hardware oats oil kerosene tar twine walnut boards copper paint. goods cleared London via Halifax and Reb 5 including flour corn bottles show cards leather and canned beef among others.

Antwerp Belgium New York Jan Breydel ST. John Nef Kathleen London Halifax British Crown

Staple Product Receipts Across Railroads in 1887

Detailed tally of commodities delivered on February 8 1887 by several railroads Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony Fitchburg including cotton wool flour corn oats barley malt millfeed lard butter bacon cheese beef eggs tea coffee sugar and hides with hundreds of bales boxes tubs sacks and cases listed for each line S1 Boston and Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad Fitchburg Railroad.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Erie Molasses Hay Cara Morton

Old Colony Fall River Line Schedules to New York Start Jan 24 1887

The notice lists weekday and Sunday train times for Old Colony lines from Boston to New York via Fall River, with multiple stopoffs including Ashmont Hyannis Brockton Provincetown Cohasset Weymouth and others. It names the connections and return times, plus notes on special days and service variations. J. R. Kendrick, General Manager.

Old Colony Boston New York Fall River Ashmont Arnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Bridgewater Return Brockton Warezard’s Bay Wareham Buzzard’s Bay Cape Cod Provincetown Wellfleet Cohasset and Hingham Cohasset Hingham Cottage City New _Bedford New Bedford East Bridgewater Abington East Milton West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Harrison Square Sciti South Duxbury Paunton Central Station Whitman South Weymouth Wollaston Heights Wood's Hall the Weymouth South Braintree Way Statons H Oron J. R. Kendrick New Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House J.R. Kendrick L. H. Palmer

Trains Schedules for Boston and Maine and Connects 1887

The notice lists through trains on both divisions from Augusta Haymarket to various points including Causeway Street and Haymarket stations. Connections include St John Halifax and the Provinces, Lewiston, Manchester Concord New York North Conway Portland and stations on Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln Railways with specified departure times.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Branor St. John Halifax Provinces Eastport Calais Portland Haymarket St Lewiston Pip Manchester Concord N. Y Haymarket Square North Conway Causeway Street Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Roaiways

Boston and Area Local Time Tables Excerpt 1886

Rail lines list daily train schedules from Boston for many towns including Danvers Exeter Melrose Newton North Andover and Saco with return times and Sunday variations. It notes through tickets sale at 232 Washington street and station ticket offices. Rigid timetable lines show multiple departures throughout the day and night.

Boston & Albany R.R Washington Street Boston Springfield Pittsfield Albany Rowton Krarmi Albany Weoghar Jl-Luvm Framingham and Marlboro Fayville, Gas Southboro Thehoro Linton- Leomister Fitchburg Berlin West Berlin Bolton Pratt Buncelion Kheturn sSunday Newton Lower Wellesley Mills Worcester Newton Highlanas Brookline Hanson H. T. Gallup

Fitchburg Railroad Train Schedule Effective October 10 1886

Passenger train times from Boston to multiple western and regional points vary by line and car type with express and local services including sleeping and drawing room cars. The schedule lists departures to Albany Chicago St Louis St Louis via various routes and returns with numerous intermediate stops such as Framingham Lowell Ayer Junction Greenfield and Worcester among others.

Springfield Ress LL AM Buffalo Chicago Detroit Worces Atto Poledo Chicar Muty Causeway Street Monward Boston West Albany N. Y St. Louis Pullmnan Chiea Azo New York Central West Shore R. A Frey Ni Yah Greenfield North Adame Gardner Oldwinville Athol Orange Miner’s Falls Shelburne Falls V.ou D.ou Royalston Erving Westminster Ashburnham Sunction West Fitchburg Wachusett Otter River Wendell Montague East Deerfield West Deerfield Buckland Zear Bardwells Charlemont Hoosac Tunnel St. Albans Keene and Rutland Worcester Nashua Portland Boston & Maine R.R Ayer Iclusive Clinton Oakdale Framingham & Lowell R. R Framingham Lowell Fitchburg Ayer Junction North Leominster Ghali Shirley Greenville and Trownsend Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Koor

Historic Freight Ledger Fragments Across Rail Routes and Goods

A fragmented OCR record lists commodities freighted by New York and New England, Boston and Maine, Boston and Lowell, and express and sea routes. Entries include bales of wool and cotton, bolls, bales, hides, leather, lumber, flour, eggs, butter, and many numbers, with multiple divisions and carloads noted. The text reads like a cargo ledger with varied units and destinations across 19th or early 20th century rail and shipping networks.

Boston Area Trains Listed From Causeway Street Schedule

Eastern Division timetable details trains from Boston stations to Amesbury Beverly Widdeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Lynn Salem and others on Thursdays and Saturdays. The list names many stops with assorted times and notes Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Parker General Manager D J Flanders General Passenger Agent.

Amesbury Beverly Widdeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls H Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Epswick S.ou Lynn Abba Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem Saugus Hkranch Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Portland Bangor St. John Halifax Tom Saugus Workingman South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Parber D.J. Flanders

Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service and Local Runs

Boston station details Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street offer through service from Boston to towns including Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier St Albans Montreal and more 8 30 am 1 and 7 pm for Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville 8 30 am 2 and 7 pm for St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec 8 50 pm Bristol branch Lem Claremont branch 1 pm local White Mountain Division 8 30 am Northern Division 8 80 am and 3 pm Pullman sleepers to Montreal 7 pm Parlor cars to Montreal 8 30 am Local service from Boston Manchester and Concord Keene Peterboro Hillsboro 7 30 am 3 pm Stillsboro via Concord Len Wilton Milford Amherst 7 50 am 3 30 pm Greenfield 7 30 am 3 pm Nash 7 30 8 30 am 12 m 1 3 5 8 30 pm SUN 30

Boston Station Causeway Street City Ticket Washington Street Old State House Boston Montreal Manchester Concord N. E SUN Keene Peterboro Hirlishboro Stillsboro Len Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nash

Boston and New England Rail Schedule Corrections 1887

Updated travel times and routes for Boston area lines including Ashcroft Norwich line and Shore Line. lists departures from Boston foot of Summer Street weekdays and Sundays with connections to Needham Mansfield Providence Manchester Concord and Hartford. notes return times and special Sunday edits.

New York Middletown New Haven Boston Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on- Hudson NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Philadelphia Jersey City Frenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Points Norwich New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Denot Summer Street W.H. Turner

Boston Post 1887: eight page quarto with new presses

The Boston Post has new ownership and a modern eight page quarto format with upgraded presses and type. An experienced editor leads the staff, promising fearless political, literary, commercial and social coverage, plus expanded departments and a semi weekly vessel list in port.

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