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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1889
Page
7
The report lists carload grain inspections and broad flour and corn markets. It notes domestic flour quotations, firm miller sentiment, export demand for winter wheat flours, and spot market prices across New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Detroit and other hubs with receipts, shipments, and price ranges for various flour types and corn products.
Oats steady at 540 to 600 for fine and cut. rye varies by region with light demand and mixed quotes across New York St Louis and Peoria. Barley quiet with Canada and State grades listed. millfeed and bran prices shown. cottonseed meal and hops quoted with region and vintage notes.
Butter demand remains good with Western creameries at 29 30c and Eastern creamery 28 30c. Cheese and eggs show quiet but firm trade. potatoes and beans offer steady to unchanged prices. Poultry demand stays firm with selective high quality lots in short supply.
A fragment lists March prices for various vegetables and produce items. Entries include turban squash at 60 per ton, Savoy cabbage 75 to 90 cents per barrel, red cabbage 225 per 8 barrels, Havana onions 2 dollars per crate, Bermuda onions 2 dollars per crate, Spanish onions 150 per crate, beets 40 to 50 cents per bush, carrots 1 dollar per barrel, lettuce 50 to 75 cents per bush, radishes and turnips 60 cents per dozen, celery 10 dollars per box, and kale 50 cents per barrel.
In Chicago the market opened weak with local shorts consuming pork and ribs while sellers at the opening became buyers at the close. Lard holdings are firm though stocks rise in Europe and there is no notable short interest locally. Prices quoted for pork cuts, lard and byproducts reflect steady demand and mixed movement across regions.
Pork trade steady to quiet with lard higher at $0.67 and bacon at $6.75 to $7.70. Dry salt meats sold in carload lots with shoulders at $5.525 and ribs around $6.10. Fresh beef shows firmer demand with steers from $0.74 to $0.79 per pound and various cuts priced across the board. Lambs and mutton offered steady to quiet with bets for choice and Eastern stocks listed.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports cattle receipts 3452 with steady market. hogs at 8591 receipts opened lower and closed weak with price ranges from 4 32 to 4 37 for heavies and 4 35 to 4 40 for medium and lights. St Louis hogs firmer with prevailing bids around 4 45 to 4 70. Peoria market steady at 4 40 to 4 56. Cincinnati hogs weaker for common and light, 4 40 to 4 80. Chicago cattle receipts 8000 and hog receipts 31 000 show slow and steady cattle with beeves 4 4 30 and cows 1 75 to 3 20. hogs mixed 4 45 to 4 70, heavies 4 40 to 4 74, lights 4 60 to 4 80. sheep receipts 7000 with natives 3 50 to 5 00 and Westerns 4 37 to 4 80.
The report lists current prices for Baldwins, Tallman sweets, greenings and other fruits. Lemons and oranges from Messina Palermo Valencia Florida are quoted with varied box and case prices. Cranberries show slow demand with sales at specific per barrel and per case ranges.
Auction sales show H Harris and Co sold Valencia oranges today with regulars at 245 305 dollars, large at 305 400, and extra large at 350 387 per case.
The report records firm refined sugar demand with strong prices and lists various grades, from pulverized to confectioners’ and standard A. Raw sugars in New York are strong while refined remains steady. Molasses show quiet demand at old prices with regional price differences for Porto Rico, New Orleans, and Cienfuegos grades. The New York market is described as firm and quiet overall.
New York cotton steadies with middling uplands at 10 9 16 cents and sales 433 bales as futures open easy and close quiet. Liverpool spot quotes steady with middling uplands at 55 4d and low middlings at 67 16d, while futures show a dull to steady tone across months.
Tallow and coffee show limited movement with mixed quotes from New York and London. Turpentine and petroleum report variable pricing, while whiskey and resin prices edge up in a cautious market.
A detailed list of receipts by railroad and line shows quantities of cotton wool flour oatmeal corn oats malt barley bacon hams butter cheese eggs beans apples potatoes hay straw lumber leather hides and other goods across Boston Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York New England Fitchburg Boston Maine and Lowell System lines. Entries include bale counts in hundreds and pounds, counts of cars and bales, with values such as 165 bales 63 bags 11 cases 4878 sides and 208 bales cotton 59 bales wool 725 bbls flour among many items.
Market notes from Watertown show beef cattle in light supply with 1600 head yarded including Western stock. Sixteen carloads were bought from Chicago for butchers, calves and sheep/lamb values varied with light Northern supply and higher sheep prices. Notable sales include cattle by Sanborn Whipple Bailey Rossiter and others with dressed weights and prices per cwt.
Export list from February 26 1889 shows Dominion steamship at Yarmouth NL carrying bags of washers cornmeal cotton and other goods including kerosene tar pots and hardware. Also notes schooners Bessie Carson and Irene at Annapolis Digby and At John NB with feeds flour oatmeal cornmeal and pine timber totals.
Boston and Albany line lists weekday and Sunday trains from Boston to Ashcroft, Dorchester, Providence, Hartford and more with times, fares, and connections. The Woodsonsoct division details Needham and Woonsocket service with departures, returns, and special notes. Also describes express services to New York via Willimantic and Norwich Line connections from Boston.
Timetable details for local and through trains between Boston Albany and connections to Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and the West. Includes wagner cars for Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago Cleveland Toledo and more with drawing room and dining cars. Tickets and sleeper/parlor car reservations available at 232 Washington street or Kneeland street station.
Train times listed for Boston and Maine services from Haymarket square and Causeway Street stations. Stops include Augusta, Calais, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, Portland, St. John, Halifax and other Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox lines with daily departures from Haymarket square and Causeway Street stations.
The list shows outbound stops and times for Western Division trains serving towns like Andover, Beverly, Danvers, Exeter, Haverhill, Lawrence, Medford, Reading, Newburyport, North Andover, Peabody, Salem, Wakefield, and Wilmington. It includes overnights and varying daily slots with numerous departure times across a wide commuter network. The schedule also notes workingmen’s trains and connections to Portland Bangor and Lewiston.
Eastern Division schedule lists trains from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury and many coastal towns. Sunday and weekday times cover Beverly Chelsea Lynn Salem Newburyport Rockport and others, with multiple daily departures and special branches noted.
Boston to towns along Causeway Street andPassumpsic routes with times for multiple branches. Local and through service includes Montreal Boston Air Line and regional stops such as Manchester Concord Keene Nashua Woburn Arlington Lexington and many more. The timetable lists departure times from 7:30 am to 11 pm and daily through trains to Montreal and Fabyan's.
Local and through trains depart Boston from Causeway street foot of Portland street to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher town Bendenville Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale est Boylston Worcester So Clinton Berlin Eliudson South Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont including multiple daily times. Time tables with full local and through train information available at stations. James T. Furger and D J Flanders sign as General Manager and General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
The schedule lists trains from Central Division routes including Ashmont Braintree Middleboro and multiple coastal towns with varied weekday and Sunday times. It references Fall River Line via Taunton and Brockton connections plus special notes on seasonal or partial services.
Readable lines show transport times for Buzzards Bay Bourne Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Fairhaven Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Provincetown Sandwich Wellfleet Wellfleet Woods Mall Wareham and more with morning departures around 8 15 am and afternoon runs ending around 4 15 pm or 4 16 pm. Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays apply for Nantucket via Woods Hall.
The record lists complex transit times and stops across Providence Division routes with Saturday and Sunday variations. It references Park Square Stall New York Shore Line and Attlebera WV alongside numerous time stamps and nonspecific place names, indicating a fragmented timetable excerpt.
Time tables showing trains from Boston and Albany to Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southbers Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Pratt's Junction and other points with departures around 7.15 am and 10.55 pm and Sundays at 6 pm. Full local and through service details available at Boston stations and Old State House No 3. J R Kendrick general manager Geo L Connor general passenger agent Boston February 11 1889.
Trains from Boston depart to Manchester Concord and upper lines starting Oct 8 1888 with listed times they run through the day and Sundays return times from Concord to Boston with early morning departures. Official schedule note by HL E Chamberlen.
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