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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1889
Page
7
Market is quiet and steady with assorted beef cuts listed. Lambs and mutton show price ranges from 3 to 9 cents. Chicago mutton and yearlings vary from 6 to 7 cents. Brighton and Eastern grades quoted with choice but mixed quality from 3 to 9 cents.
Harris & Co to auction 3000 boxes Florida oranges Tuesday. Apples show steady demand with varied prices for common to Hubbard, King, and Baldwins. Grapes Almerias firm with common to good at 4 to 5 per bbl, heavy weights up to 18 to 20. Oranges and Lemons offer fair supply and steady demand with Messina, Palermo, Valencia prices. Florida oranges at 2 to 3 per box. Cranberries dull with bargains for choice to fair. Bananas unchanged at 1 25 to 2 50.
The Boston Fruit Company lists ships and cargoes from Jamaica and Palermo including the Peconic due Feb 12 with 250 boxes Messina oranges and 2100 boxes essina lemons, the Victoria due Feb 23 with 5900 Palermo oranges 3100 Palermo lemons and 3500 Naples oranges, and the Picqua due Feb 11 carrying 500 Messina oranges 1000 Messina lemons 7900 Palermo oranges and 6400 Palermo lemons. The next Jamaica steamer is expected around Feb 14.
Sugar markets show steady raw sugar prices with Cuban and Pernambuco lots in modest demand. Refined sugars hold firm with various grades and sizes quoted, while New York and New Orleans markets report quiet trade and prices near old levels.
New York cotton prices hold steady with middling uplands at 10 3 4d and low middling 9 3 4d amid a 795 bale sale and similar futures. Reports show mixed receipts and shipments across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Savannah and other ports with quiet steady or firm tones and notable American sales of 7000 bales.
Receipts and prices across Kansas City Saint Louis Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago show slow demand for cattle with weak to steady prices, active hog trade at firm rates, and steady to higher values for sheep and cattle. Notable figures include Kansas City cattle 3 15 to 4 10, hogs 4 25 to 4 55, St Louis hogs 4 45 to 4 70, Peoria hogs 4 50 to 4 76, Chicago beeves 4 25 to 4 50 and hogs 4 60 to 4 85, with varied stocker and feeder ranges.
In New York City and surrounding markets quotes show steady activity across commodities. Tallow, turpentine, petroleum, rosin, and coffee listings appear with mixed fractions and unsettled figures, as the market tone remains unchanged and cautious.
Readable items include schooners Roulette and Virginian with 750 and 36 casks, plus vast consignments listed for Blake Downes & co. Embroidered goods, wool, salts, dyes, and hardware from Liverpool and Boston firms. Multiple named vessels, traders, and quantities reflect a busy port trading in fish, cloth, machinery, and bulk chemicals.
A scanned record lists items from Port Elizabeth and Halifax with quantities including nails brooms handles pines doors frames and weights, plus petroleum, ploughs, and machinery. Additional listings reference Halifax and Liverpool consignments with hardware, timber, oils, canned goods, and assorted rural supplies.
Detailed list of freight and supplies for several railroads including the Boston & Albany and Grand Junction lines. Items cover cotton wool flour corn oats malt barley bacon grease pork butter eggs apples beans hay straw lumber leather and various containers with quantities, from February 9, 1889.
A fragmented OCR list enumerates shipments by rail and sea, naming Boston and Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell System and others. Items include butter, beans, potatoes, hay, lumber, hides, wool, eggs, apples, cornmeal, leather, tallow, and various bales, casks, and boxes with quantities and units across multiple lines.
London reports wheat firmer with higher prices and steady corn, cargoes awaiting sale and several arrivals, while Paris and English markets show mixed strength. Liverpool notes weak demand for breadstuffs yet steady corn and firm prices for key grains and provisions, including pork and lard.
A lengthy directory lists buyers and firms across the United States visiting various shoe companies. Names include B C Haselton Pa Butler, M J Connell Bonner Mer Co Vo Cincinnati, G M Daum J H Laws & Co Rd Chicago, M D Shay MD Shay Shoe Co US Chicago, G P Gore G P Gore & Co Vo Evansville Ind, W J Dallam W J Dallam & Son Craw Leadville Col, Metz Powell Metz & Powell Pa Lexington Ky, A B Lancaster M P Lancaster Re Mansfield O, E H Keiser Craw Minneapolis Minn, P J E Clementson Craw Mt Vernon O, R 8 Hull Craw Omaha Neb, A D Morse Ad Pittsburg Penan, Huston W E Schmertz Co Ad, W Watson Watson & Coburn Ww Seattle Wash, G F Raymond Eggert & Raymond San Antonio Tex, A Joske Joske Bros Pa Savannah, C 8 Buck Buckros Pa St Louis Mo G W Brown Brown Desnoyers Shoe Co Ad St Louis Mo H W Peters Peters & Miller Shoe Co Us Washington Penn Hull Craw.
Dividends will be paid on February 15 1889 to holders of record at close of business February 8 1889 for preferred stock of the Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf and Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis railroads and 142 percent on the common stock of the latter. Transfer books closed February 9 to 14 inclusive. Charles Merriam Treasurer.
Local printer advertises first class stock and work with low rates. Business cards envelopes note heads letter heads bill heads statements and sample work offered. Prices shown include 11.60 per 1000 for cards 1.50 per 1000 for envelopes 1.80 per 1000 for note heads 2.25 per 1000 for letter heads 1.89 per ream for statements and 1.60 per ream for other stock.
Trustees invite written proposals to buy Eastern Railroad certificates of indebtedness with price and amount offered. Bids due Jan 31 and Feb 28 1889, Boston. Also Navy proposals for an armored coast defense vessel with three classification options and required cash deposits. Open to American bidders. plans, specifications, and forms available at Navy Department Washington. Proposals due Feb 20 1889. Additional bids sought for Army supplies and lighthouse construction contracts. details provided in notices from Boston and Tompkinsville offices.
A damaged OCR fragment lists scattered times such as 3.30 P M 4.30 P M 6.00 P M 6.80 P M and 8.00 P M with stray notes 1.00 P M 7.00 and unclear ending 4. Me leaving the overall event or schedule unreadable.
Railroads list January 20 1889 schedules for Boston and Maine lines. Timetable shows departures from Haymarket square and Causeway Street to Augusta Bangor St John Halifax Portland Manchester North Conway Portland and Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox line connections with multiple daily times.
A long list of Western Division passenger times for towns including Alton Bay Rochester Farming Andover Dover Canaver s Exeter Great Falls Maverhill Georgetown Haen pebunk Biddeford Saca North Lawrence south Lawrence Lowell Stalden Medford Melrose Highlands Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield North Wilmington and workingmen trains with varied departures from early morning to late evening across multiple lines and stations.
Eastern Division lists train times from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury and other stops including Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Lynn Salem Newburyport Rockport Gloucester and North Conway with morning and afternoon departures as well as Sunday trains and notes on branches and workingmen’s trains.
Local and through service schedules from Boston to Tilton Laconia White River Junction and many New England points. Listings include times to Manchester Concord Keene Nashua Woburn Arlington and Montreal with Sunday trains and express details.
Central Massachusetts division announces train departures from Boston Causeway Street for multiple towns including Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondesville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester and west stations. Time tables provide full local and through train information at stations. James T. Furber D J Flanders general manager and ticket agent sign off.
Express and night trains depart Fitchburg for Boston and connections to Rutland Burlington St. Albans Montreal and Ogdensburg with parlor and sleeping cars. Transfers offered at Rutland and White River Junction with tickets and berths via LINE OFFICE 228 Washington Boston. July 11, 1888.
Timetable details for Boston to Albany and West with daily and Sunday variations. Trains to Albany, Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Toledo, and New York listed with drawing rooms, sleeping and dining cars. Tickets and car accommodations at 232 Washington street or Kneeland street station.
A dense series of weekday and Sunday train times list departures from Kneeland Street Station to various destinations including Ashmont Brockton Easton Weymouth and more. The schedule notes multiple daily trains with times across mornings afternoons and evenings and mentions special Tuesday and Friday services.
The notice lists ferry times for Cape Cod divisions from Buzzards Bay to Wellfleet with multiple towns including Bourne Brewster Cataumet Falmouth Provincetown Sandwich Saquatucket and Wareham. Most runs depart 8.15 am and return 4.15 pm with variations like Nantucket service Mondays through Saturdays and Tremont 8.16 am to 3.30 pm.
A dense list of train times and stations from Providence Division detailing departures to New York Shore Line and many nearby towns. Includes Attleboro Canton Dedham East Foxboro Foxboro Mansfield Readville Jamaica Plain and Newport with weekday and Sunday schedules and noted frequencies.
Local and through train times from Boston and Albany to Framingham Marlboro Southboro Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg and Pratt Junction listed with multiple departure and arrival times. Timetables available at Boston stations and Old Colony R R office No 4 Old State House. J R Kendrick general manager Geo L Connor general passenger agent Boston February 11 1889.
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