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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1890
Page
7
Flour, corn, oats, rye and other staples show varied shifts with some firms and others quiet or slow. Butter and cheese improve while pork products stay active. Copper and tin weaken. sugar declines. cottee rises. Fresh beef abundant. overall trading remains subdued in many lines.
Fall River reports production at 200000 pieces with deliveries at 193900 and stock at 24600. sales reach 306000 with 40000 spot and 266000 future. Providence notes market quiet with prices near steady at 32 cents for 64s squares, 56x660s at 35 16e. weekly sales total 25000 pieces. Manufacturers’ stock stands at 400000 pieces 64s and 2000 pieces 56x650s.
At the February wool sale in London a large attendance battled for top lots with lively bidding. Total withdrawn this season reaches 17,700 bales as 181,000 bales remain offered across Victoria New South Wales Queensland and other regions with varied prices for scoured greasy and lock and piece classifications.
Windy report shows wheat opening dull but trading good for long accounts in Chicago. Market tallies show wheat receipts July to Feb up 21 million bushels year over year and 7 million more than two years ago, with exports 64 million bushels to date, 4.5 million above last year.
Iron trade remains steady with mills fully booked for sixty days and demand steady for bar and rolled iron. Prices quoted show No 1 at 19 50, No2 at 19, and gray forge at 18 per ton, with southern pig iron and Bessemer ranges also active. The Philadelphia Record notes rising railway material demand and calls for increased locomotive capacity amid cautious production at many firms.
Railroad managers may need to expand stock and power. Steel rails demand is modest with 500 to 2000 ton lots and prices around 35 to 36 per ton in Eastern mills. Copper market is weak with small lots and quiet speculation. Tin and lead markets soften with dull activity and small sales. London prices for zinc and tin fluctuate, while tin plates remain dull at 5 77.
Raw and refined sugar prices ease with buyers indifferent across ports. London cane slips to 14s 6d, beet opens February at 11s 9d rising to 12s 6d for fair refining. Spreckels refinery shipments arrive amid firmer New Orleans and Rio markets while molasses trade stabilizes. Coffee, spices, and grains show mixed moves with Rio and Java markets firming and New York and Chicago receipts showing quiet to steady levels.
The report lists carload quotations for flour and various grains with detailed bids from New York and Chicago markets. It notes a dull, slow market with light inquiry, limited purchases by small dealers, and steady yet quiet receipts across regions including St Louis and Southern flour.
Receipts list butter, oleo, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, straw and more. Butter prices firm for choice creamery while common butter remains abundant. regional quotes from Chicago New York and Liverpool provided. Eggs and beans show steady or mixed demand. potatoes and sweets vary with weather. hay and straw prices steady with large receipts. Names of markets, creameries, and regional price ranges featured.
The list shows demand quiet with steady sales and quotations for a range of produce. Onions at various prices, Western onions per barrel, Valencia large cases, beets and carrots by box, lettuce by head, radishes by dozen, turnips by dozen, white cape and St Andrews items by barrel, parsley, cabbage varieties, Savoy and red cabbage, parsnips by box. Prices per item are given in cents per unit or per box as listed.
The report covers wholesale prices for apples, citrus, berries, nuts, dried fruits, and grapes. It notes firm apple prices with scarce choice lots, quiet export demand, and ample Messina and Palermo lemons. Florida oranges are ample, mandarins in good demand, tangerines strong, grapes plentiful, and cranberry supplies dwindling with Cape berries cleared.
Harris and Co held an auction today selling Valencia oranges by size and quality for 310,3875. The firm will auction the cargo of the steamer Pontiac on Monday and 3500 boxes of Florida oranges on Tuesday.
Steamers arriving and sailing noted with cargoes for Boston. Carbis Bay passed Gibraltar January 23 with 8500 cases Valencia fruit. Glen Tanar left Palermo February 2 carrying 13500 boxes oranges and 9000 boxes Palermo lemons. Olympia departed Valencia February 4 with 3500 cases oranges. Savannah due Monday carries 5270 boxes Florida oranges. Norfolk due Monday carries 189 boxes oranges 270 bushels kale 140 bags peanuts and 400 bushels spinach.
Receipts list today include tallow 52 packages beef 12 barrels pork 76 barrels lard 255 packages hams 2 barrels 83 tierces and 652 cases bacon 640 boxes. Market notes show pork and pork products strong demand with firm prices in New York Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis across various cuts and forms. lard steady to firmer. fresh beef and other meats mixed with overall quiet to fair demand in many regions.
Kansas City cattle and hogs show active and firm trade with varied prices. St Louis hogs firming with higher Yorkers and packers. Chicago receipts large, cattle strong with beeves and steers up to 470, hogs mixed, sheep active with higher native and Western offerings. Receipts: Kansas City 2870 cattle, 4476 hogs. St Louis hogs 500. Peoria hogs 500. Chicago cattle 2000, hogs 16000, sheep 20000.
The listing notes closing times for pipeline certificates on February 7 and 8, 1890, with bid and ask details, chartered shipments, and crude prices. It also reports New York cotton market activity with upland and Gulf figures, and futures opening easy to barely steady, ending near steady. includes opening and closing price data in a dense, period-voice format.
A London style market page lists closing ranges for tea and wine with percent figures and ledger values. It reports Liverpool sales of 5000 bales and receipts of 23,000 bales alongside global market movements for Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, and Charleston, ending with whiskey prices in major cities.
Turpentine closed at 42 cents with rosin at 11212 115 and tar at 235. Petroleum closed at 7.75 cents with ASW at 7.50 cents and cases at 9.70 cents.
London and Liverpool report quiet but steady activity in wheat with no corn offers. Russian and American wheats hold firm while futures show mixed firmness. spot markets in Antwerp Paris and English counties steady. Weekly British wheat deliveries total 63,161 quarters with average price 29s ud.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts probate court summons all interested in the will of John Praty late of Boston to appear February 24 1820 in Boston Suffolk County to show cause against Henry appointed as trustee replacing George Washington Warren the citation to be published weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post with the final issue two days before the court date witnessed by Judge Jolly W McKiss and Register Elijah George February 7 1890
The Board of Railroad Commissioners orders a public hearing February 14, 1890, at 11 a.m. in Boston on the West End street Railway Company petition for multiple track expansions and curves across Boston and Cambridge locations. Public notices to be published in the Boston Journal and Boston Post three times, final not less than two days before hearing.
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