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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1887

Page

3

Railroad Matters Clarifies Interstate Commerce Interpretation

Commissioner Albert Fink rebutts Chicago Tribune misreading of his view on the interstate commerce law. He argues railroads may charge more for shorter hauls where justified and urges to stop only abusive interpretations that hinder commerce. The note, dated February 21, 1887, also references railroad competition and new Fitchburg passenger stations.

Fink Chicago Tribune Iday National Commission Albert Fink New York

Railroads Begin Enforcing New Free Pass Ban

Chicago February 21. Railroads move to enforce the new interstate commerce law prohibiting free passes to anyone but officials and employees. Most roads will stop issuing passes after April 1 and cancel existing ones by then. Some lines already refuse passes, and none extend beyond April 4. Within state passes may continue briefly but managers fear evading the law by cross border use.

Old Colony Railroad Pushes North Plymouth Line

Surveyor for the Old Colony railroad investigates routes from North Scituate toward North Abington or East Weymouth. North Abington Improvement Society and Rockland Commercial Club plan a Rockland meeting to discuss construction. Hanover branch adds cars but will skip July dividends. potential rail links could spur cross-town lines and rolling stock support. Work on the West Bridgewater Easton branch to begin in March.

Old Colony Plymouth County North Scituate North Abington East Weymouth E. Y. Perry Hanover South Scituate North Hanover Assiwippi West Hanover Old Colony Railroad West Bridgewater Easton

Big Four director joins Cleveland line amid stock surge

Correspondence notes J Pierpont Morgan elected a director of The Big Four, with stock gains linked to the appointment. Reports describe bridge replacements on the Toledo St Louis & Kansas City line, gauge changes June 1, and planned reconstructions.

Toledo Frankfort Michigan Central Detroit River Junior Securities Northwestern Pennsylvania Railroad New York Entraes Desbrosses Streets Aily Atlantic City Trenton Camden The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company Salem Willow Springs Fort Scott & Gulf

Prohibitionists Name State Ticket at Westerly Convention

The Prohibitionists held their State convention in Provence this morning and nominated a full slate headed by Governor Thomas H. Peabody of Westerly and Lieutenant Governor Anthony M. Kimber of Newport. Frederic W. Warner of Bristol was named secretary of state with John G. Pe of South Kingston as general treasurer and Edwin Metcalf of Providence as attorney general.

Provence R. J Thomas H. Peabody Westerly Anthony M. Kimber Newport Frederic W. Warner Bristol John G. Pe South Kingston Edwin Metcalf Providence

Horsford Acid Phosphate Endorsed For Obstinate Indigestion

Dr F G McGavock of McGavock Arkansas reports benefiting from Horsford's acid phosphate in obstinate indigestion, stating it gives pleasure to testify to its beneficial action.

Horsford F. G. McGavock McGavock Ark

Shipping News Roundup Antwerp to Halifax Listings

In Antwerp on Feb 21 shipments arrive from Baltimore and other ports. Vessels include Acuba damaged at Avonmouth, Ganges from Philadelphia at Hull, Oxburgh Castle from Baltimore at London, and Peruvian from Portland at Liverpool. Numerous vessels reported arriving or departing from Bristol Boston New York Genoa Halifax and other ports with routes to Newark Boston London and Liverpool.

Antwerp Baltimore Avonmouth Acuba Barcelona Lockwood Savannah Bristol Carlisle Newport News Gibraltar India Mediterranean Newark Hull Ganges Philadelphia London Oxburgh Castle Rhosina Liverpool Portland Sharpness Hawarden Falmouth Hungaria Covusun Genoa Initiativa New Orleans Halifax Durham City Boston Prawle Point Cassius New York Grasbrook Offbrow Lake Winnepeg Kinsale Roman Liverpol Havre Normandie Fulda Bremen Mt Lebanon Francisco Cuba Memmnon Rio Janeiro Queenstown Cork Harbor Samaria Catalonia Bophnia Pavonia Cephalonia Great Britain Reland State Street Alexander Martin

Observations at Boston Station Inform Marine Almanac

On February 22 at the United States Signal Station in Boston observers noted weather conditions and barometer readings. The report explains correcting ship instruments by adding one hundredth of an inch per ten feet above sea level and provides a miniature almanac entry for February 23 with high water and day length details.

United States Boston Bea Mometer

Port of Boston Sees Arrivals and Departures

Arrivals include the Katahdin Fierce from Winterport and Forest City from Portland with fair weather reported. Other arrivals: City of Gloucester Proctor from Gloucester and Diadem Crasso from Porto Rico. Departures note steamers Kansas to Liverpool and Prussian to Glasgow. schooners bound to Salem and Perth Amboy.

Winterport Forest City Snowman Portland City of Gloucester Proctor Gloucester Crasso Porto Rico Whitney, Poasland & Co Mattie Atwood Newcomb Mobile Charles Starrow Atwood & Rich Absecam Charles Noble Simmons Babitt Baltimore Jease I Matheson Campbell George Tarbell Salem South Shore Jones Perth Amboy Wind SE Kansas Liverpool Glasgow

Gloucester and coastal ships report heavy fish and cargo

Gloucester area ships report 20 000 pounds halibut and 30 000 pounds cod receipts. Vessels sail to New York Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore with barges in tow. Steam tugs Storm King and Underwriter operate near Vineyard Haven and Boston bound routes.

Gloucester David Jertie E Foster Grand Banks Sylvester Phil Sheridan Fannie W Freeman Mascot Haddocking Georges Boothbay Sachs Helen Jameson Rockland New York Mary Smith MJ Elliott Thurston Boston Julian Bailey Gould Philadelphia Vineyard Haven Ar 21St Storm King Cates Weehawken Mercedita Oakland Burt Johnson James Ives Meade Adam Kennedy Bunker Bertham Walker Smith Wm L Walker Crocker Baltimore Jennie Armstrong Thompson Hobo

Multiple Vessels Sail From European and American Ports

A consolidated list details ships and barks sailing or passing various ports including Baltimore, Queenstown, New York, Lisbon, Savannah, Hamburg, New Orleans, Antwerp, and Philadelphia. Entries note ship names, masters, nationalities, and destinations with dates from February and January, reflecting a busy period of maritime movement.

Ships Washington Worth and Trojan Arrive in Various Ports

The record lists ships Washington Worth from Antwerp via Portland bound for New York on February 15 and Trojan Mosher from Liverpool to New York with no date, alongside Bergenland steamer at Bark Nonantum Foye, San Francisco to Port Townsend January 20, off Cape Flattery, with an arrival recorded at Royal Roads on February 10.

Washington Adelaide Vorwarts Altmans New York Binnie Royal Roads Anjer Sardinian Warren Shields Probolingo- Antigua Atlantic Lanfare Barbados Batavia Hasselnodder Langfield Macasssar Baracoa Victoria Puig Harris Charleston Charlies Hodgdon Campbell Caibarien Katie Irelan Steeleman Havana Clenfuegos Atalaya Eve Cardenas Areb Ginsey Queen Chandler Portland Cromwell York Galveston Matthew Baird Williams Porto Rico Ethel Thompson Boston Nellie ‘A Drury Wilson Philadelphia Gould Edwin I Morrison Lavender Uranus Peters Wilmington Elizabeth Wins. Oakes Clara Leavitt Lombard Charles A Coulomb Moore James A. Garfield Kent Hanley Georgla Coffin Cto Carthagena Albania Edwards Dunkirk Anerold O’brien Falmouth Isabelle Glasgow Cynthia Taylor Baltimore Gonaives Port Maggie Abbott McIntosh Ldg Hull Lepanto Irving Hamburg Cynisca Hutton San Francisco Josephine Brown Delaware Aurora Manhattan Stevens Matanzas Doris Beckhoff Todd Galfre Gelpi Brunswick Alejandro Bosch Arquelaquet New Orleans Harry Buddig Voss Pascagoula John KR Berger Parsons Hwalifax Sarmatian Liverpool Durham City Galbraith London Carroll, Brown, Beaton Middlesborough Crane Malta Bombay Sch Gilchrist Annie Bergen Odell Trinidad Sparkling Water Hichborn Victoria Park Bohemia Trask Departure Bay Zaza Floret de Mar Cameras Florence Rogers MacLeod

Wrecks and shipboard losses reported in Atlantic traffic notes

Reports from steamer El Dorado near New Orleans describe sighting a wreck with a mast, while Pennsylvania from Antwerp reports icebergs and field ice along 47N. A new ship Winthrop launched for Maine Steamship Co. near Bath, Maine, and other vessels like Rahatna and Mary land in storm and quarantine situations with cargo damage and crew illness noted.

el Dorado New Orleans Bath New England Ship Building Company Winthrop Maine Steamship Company New York Portland Bragg Fleanora Rahatna Cardenas Philadelphia Lemuel Hall Romer Baltimore Maryland Swangea Coatzacoalcos Philladelphia Pensacola Maria Havana Smithville

Vessel Grounding Near Abaco Reaches Nassau After Repairs

An agent of the cargo owners reached Nassau yesterday and went to the grounded vessel off Abaco. The steamer Sir George W Lochner Wiltbank afloat after grounding on a coral reef February 14 near Cardenas and Richmond Norfolk area, is badly damaged but is coming to Nassau for assistance and recovery.

Nassau Sir George W Lochner Wiltbank Folk Cardenas Richmond Abaco

Sailing notices from multiple ports document ship movements

A detailed compilation lists vessels arriving and departing ports such as ADELAIDE ANJER ANTIGUA BARACOA CIBARIEN Cardenas Havana St Johns Sabine Pass and more. Entries include ship names masters destinations ports and dates from Feb 8 to Feb 21 with movements to New York Havana Philadelphia Boston Charleston and other hubs.

Maritime Shipping Notes from Various East Coast Ports

A long list of vessels with names and routes: Ben Young bound for Cork after leaving Astoria, Hornby Castle outward bound from Sand Island, several steamers and schooners cleared or sailed for cities like Liverpool, Glasgow, New Orleans, Boston, New York, and Rio Janeiro. Entries include ships, bark, schooners, and steamers with captains and destinations, plus dates and ports such as Charleston, Norfolk, Newport News, Providence, and Portland.

Emma R Smith Faulkner New York South Amboy Curacoa Julietta Terry Orrison Keyport Williams Etna York Henrietta Adams Phenix Cooper New Haven Crocker Hutchins Staten Island Elizabethport Lond E Herrick Boston Pardon G Thompson Chase New Portland U. Sabine Pass Ada Carter Heustis Savannah Tromo Torresen Plymouth Enope Albert Shhultz Newport News Atlantic Liedtke Wolgast Fornjot Moe Europe Wm Crane Baltimore Ashdell Pottingers Golden Sunset Barbados Scridderen Pedersen Havresch A E Blackman Darien Sachs James Rothwell Howes Elias Ross Lewis New Bedford Calabria Palmer Agun Tacoma Sarah S Ridgway Townsend Sydney Nsw Wilmington NC Louise Wychards Ehmke Liverpool Georgie L Drake Goldthwaite Sanchez St Domingo Uranus Peters Cardenas Frida Rassmunsen Harburg Wicasset Ira D Sturges Crisfield Wood’s Holyt Oakland Mercedita Astoria Jib Ben Young Cork Sand Island Hornby Castle Smith Elia Sawyer Turnbull Philadelphia Citurnum Mace Schs Chase Morrison Higgins St Croix Handy Evansmith Oranmore Jones Colina Creighton Glasgow Acadian McGrath Halifax Harro Surrey City of Atlanta Lockwood Fernandina L Richardson Benjamin Hale Orlando Bull River Machtas McNichol Libby Galveston Georgetown Ar Lyth Linah Kaminski Woodbury Hyannis Nickerson Winslow Amboy Abbie Bursley Hodges Hoboken Outaide Swis Oliver Barrett Roberts Alpert George M Adams Standish Pensicola Fulda Bremen Lebanon Mediterranean Francisco Cuban Memnon Rio Janeiro Galileo Hull Glaucus Thomas Keiller Hamburg Birgette Pilau Richard Stettin Henry P Hallock Taunton Sylvester Hale Baylies Wood Win F Collins Mary Louisa Providence Edwin Fall River Holmes St John Frank & Willie Canning Jennnie Pillsbury Rockland Cleared Gen Whitney Bearse Trave Willigered Wiliam II Connor Nichols Shanghai Hell Gate Vendoing Corning Amsterdam Persia Malcolm Buenos Ayres Hart Island Linha Orleans Asalna Gray Avre Gov Wilmot Clague Prince Amadeo Linskell Scis Lermond Hopper Kate Morse Aera Eads Anglian Bluefields Dorado Norfolk Slaight Spartan New London Swhs Jacob M Haskell Carrie Holmes Bil Weaver Viola Murray New Orleans Thornhill Wetherell Progreso Bonavista Anderson Brazil St Thomas Dalbeattie Gregory Net Storm King Laurens James Boyce Crossley KE A Birdsall Rulon SJ Fooks Henderson Shiled Orville Iorwitz Kelsey John B Carrington Blake H Ogden Newberry Port Townsend Tyanhoe Corten San Francisco Seattle Valley Forge Love Melroge Kobb Prussia Reynolds Port Blakely Barks Nordsjersen Reinentsen Melbourne Atlanta Tibbetts Port Gamble Otago Guptill Retriever Port Hadrook Modoc Petersen San Diego Janet Falkenburg Klinger North Star Trainor Sadie F Larsen Apla Pensacola-Ar Charles St Wolston Hinckly Kingston Unico Bertolotto Newport Saxon Sherman Berks Allentown Swasey Portsmouth Centipede Hansen Lynn Panther Balff Icis Mary & Morris Peter C Schultz Thompson Wilmington John D Patge Haley Everett Webster Whilden Annie E. J Morse Lawwell Josh Dean Hattie Perry Indiana Sargent Pennsylvania Thomas Antwerp Pedro Gartier Finsburg Graystone St Jago Broomhaugh Laleham Vans Reading Alex Gibson Speed Hiogo Emanuel Alegre Lisbon Oreb Grifigna Bristol Richard $ Leaming Dounty Delaware Nellie Rokes Jacksonville Bessie Beach Crosby Glover Ingersoll Charleston Cranmer Virginia Wm Wilson Dodo Jennie N Huddell GW Anderson Richmond Hattie N Gore Hibernian Everest Alloa Southwold Georgie Shepard Kelly Weymouth Provincetownal Matheson McDonald Mattie W Atwood Mobile Charles Simmons Magnolia Arizona Boothbay

Mails Close at Boston for Multiple Steamship Routes

Lists closing times for mail to Hayti Bermuda Vera Cruz Progreso Europe and other destinations from New York via Atlas Trinidad Panama Britannic Samaria Struma Frida Ethiopia and other lines with dates February 23 24 and 25 and times from 2 30 PM to 9 30 AM. Includes Mexico Jamaica Windward Islands Cuba and Brazil routes and special addressed mail.

Hayti Atlas New York Bermuda Trinidad Liverpool Britannic Europe Queenstown Liverpol Samaria Boson France Germany Struma German Austria Sweden Norway Denmark Great Britain Frida Scotland Glasgow Ethiopia Brest Havre la Bourgogne West Indies St. Thomas and Barbadoes Brazil la Plata Steamship Alliance Newport News Jamaica Edith Godden Windward Islands Barracouwa Ocuba Tampa Fla Key West Boston Mexico

Trans-Pacific Mails Arrive From San Francisco

From San Francisco messages dated March 12 for Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoan Hawaiian Islands and Society Islands via Tahiti dated February 28. China Japan and East Indies news via City of Rio Janeiro dated March 5.

Australia Fiji Islands New Zealand Samoan Islands

Boston bound vessels sail dates list from various ports

A ship and vessel list shows boats heading to Boston with origins and voyage dates. Entries include Adam W Spies from Iloilo via Anter, Adeline from Manila, Blizzard from Cienfuegos, Colorado from Hyeres, Chas G Rice from Manila, Baward May from Iloilo, Mae F Meyer from Sagua, Frgee Tosteresen from Melbourne, Fred A Small from Matanzas, and others with departure dates in late 19th or early 20th century. Some entries list intermediate passages and deltas like dis repairs or delays.

Boston Adam W Spies Field Ambark Iloilo Adeline Biet Gerbark Manila Akbar Holmes Ambrig Sagua Andrea Lovico Rollo Italbark Palermo Blizzard Budd Br Sehr Cienfueges Colorado Wyman Am Bark Hyeres Chas. G. Rice Bailey Baward May Johnson Mae F Meyer Meyer Amechr Frgee Tosteresen Nor Bark Melbourne Fred A.small Cole Matanzas George Skofield Hall Calcutta Geares Homer Harbeson Hickman Hitchens Am Schr Cardenas Savannah Diskeee

Shipping logs list multiple cleated vessels with origins

A fragment lists numerous vessels including brigantines sn from Trinidad and Matanzas, brigs from Genoa, Cienfuegos, and Trapo, ships from Manila Singapore and Sydney, with dates in Dec Jan Feb. Entries name master or owner and origin ports such as Chittagong, Cadiz, Messina, Goree, and Trapani.

John T. Ives Mann Trinidad Kirkcudbrightshire Baxter Chittagong Liuidseer Smith Am Ship Trapani Latons Seaboyer Br Schr Cienfuegos Co Do Burgess Am Bark Goree Vineyard Haven Davis Ross Am Schr Matanzas Maggie F McEachren Mithassel Nor Bark Cette Obed Baxter Colby Sooloo Powers Tloilo St Kilda Hines Br Bark Genoa Cagliari Wallace

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