January Pilot Chart and Gulf Stream Notes Atop Post
The North Atlantic Pilot Chart for January 1885 is reprinted with hydrographer Bartlett’s Gulf Stream observations and derelict drift. The article explains prevailing wind-driven currents, Labrador and Bermuda-Azores influences, and moon effects on Gulf Stream velocity for navigators and vessel owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Bartlett
U.S.N
Gulf
Boston Post
Brown
Tropics
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Straits of Florida
Europe
Ireland
Africa
Drift of Manhattan raft and Atlantic log voyage study
The report details northeasterly Gulf Stream drift for the Manhattan life raft washed overboard Aug 20 and later found Nov 11 far east of its origin, having drifted about 1512 miles. It also outlines the log raft’s likely paths via winds, currents, and the Rennell current, with notes on safety and maritime warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Nantucket Shoals
Azores
British Isles
Europe
Bay of Biscay
Rennell
Spanish Peninsula
Manhattan
Bartlett
Hatteras
Grand Banks
Capes
Delaware
Mid-Ocean
Ireland
Africa
Sankaty Light
Chatham Bar
Monomoy Point Light
Nnw
New South Shoal
Newcastle City
Falkner
Olt
Barnegat
Lizzie Wilson
Vai S
Francis Perkins
Tucker's Beach
Marietta Steelman
Texgarten
Knight
Yacker’s Beach
Nellie
Jerrell
Absecon NW
Katie Ranger
Venwick
Teland
Vesael
Cape Henry
E. B. Everman
Catherine W. May
New
New York
Straits of Florida
British Channel
Bermudas
Cape Hatteras
West Indies
Yucatan Channel
Bermuda
American
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
Scotland
Sable Island
Georges’ Shoal
Gulf Stream
Baltimore
Ocean Greyhounds
Madeira
Canaries
Amazon
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Antigua
Guadeloupe
Atlantic
United States
Government Coal Dept Drops Local Dealers In Favor Of Philadelphia Supply
The government will not buy coal from local dealers in the city but will source it from Philadelphia and store it in bulk at the navy yard. Prices locally ranged at 7 22 per ton for broken coal and 825 for egg, well above market. Chief Clerk Youmans sought to defeat the dealer coalition and save by purchasing in Philadelphia at 4 plus transport to the city at 6 20. Boston coal dealers protest the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
Youmans
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
UBLIC
Navy Department
United States
League Island Yard
Aay Department
William C. Whitney
Secretary of
the Navy
Tremont Glee Club Calendar Described in 1888 Prospect
A six leaf calendar bound with a title page and four calendar pages covers three months each. It includes press notices for the Tremont Glee Club and features artistic designs. N. W. Ayer Sons of Philadelphia produced the large durable calendar valid through early 1889 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Glee Club
Glee Club
N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
Inquest Findings Filed On Railroad Deaths And Accidents
The Superior Criminal Court filed results of several inquest findings. Causes cited include carelessness of the deceased in deaths on Boston & Maine, Boston & Albany, New York & New England, and Fitchburg railroads at various stations and yards. Judges cited no fault in some cases while identifying deliberate acts in a separate incident. Characters named include John Condon Robert A Farrell Frank Warren Eugene Pierce Philip Williams Charles Parker Thomas Tucker Duncan A McLeod Catherine McDavitt and institutions Boston Boston & Albany Boston & Maine Fitchburg Know Nothing station Know Nothing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
John Condon
Travers Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Robert A. Farrell
Navy
Brookline
Boston & Albany
Frank Warren
Eugene Pierce
New York & New England Railroad
Philip Wiliams
Know Nothing
Ritchburg
Charles Parker
Boston
Judge Curtis
Catherine McDavitt
Justice Big
Charlestown
Thomas Tucker
Wapping Street
Duncan A. McLeod
En Vna
Fitenburg Railroad
Robbery at Alexander & Co Display Window
A man smashed the window of Alexander & Co in the Traveller building at 230 o clock yesterday afternoon, seized coins and bills, and fled. He identified himself as Patrick J Gerry, 30, at Court Square station and claimed desperation caused the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander & Co
Traveller
Alexander
Court Square
Patrick J. Gerry
Honor Pricks Me On to Speak of Pyle s Pearline
A fragment notes a woman s friend urging discourse about Pearline linked to Pyle, hinting at a social or personal matter during the period. The terse line preserves a sense of scandal or conversation without explicit detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyle
Hollander & Co Annual Clearance Sale At Boylston Street
L P Hollander and Co announce their annual clearance sale on Boylston Street and Park Square to reduce stock before February first. The event features a larger finer stock with bargains across dress goods hats clothing and furnishing goods in many departments. Custom department orders will be taken at greatly reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. L. P. Hollander & Co
Boylston Street
Park Square
Glass workers at Cambridge refuse to return until headquarters order
About 150 men at the New England Glass Manufacturing Company in Cambridge say they will not resume work until they receive a directive from headquarters. They follow a mandate from a national society they belong to, a powerful, long established body with a sizable treasury and strict fealty requirements binding members across glass factories in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Glass Manufactory
Cambridge
United States
Midyear exams loom after holidays and faculty meeting
After Christmas holidays end, recitations resume and students face midyear examinations. A faculty meeting is set for 3 30 this afternoon. Tomorrow night Sanders Theatre hosts the Indian Rights Association public meeting with addresses by J B Harrison and Professor Thayer on the Dawes Severalty Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders Theatre
Indian Rights ‘Association
J. B. Harrison
Thayer
Remnant Sale Continues at 32 North Street
Second day of the remnant sale in the custom department at 32 to 44 North Street. Simmons and Co report patrons from last year renewing orders and many new customers follow. Full particulars promised in another column. A strong opportunity for the moderate means buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Messrs. Simmons & Co
Fragmented Securities List for Various Corporations and Banks
A dense OCR snippet lists shares and financial figures for numerous firms including Androscoggin Mills Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Co Rutland Rd Lyman Mills Fitchburg Rd Little Rock and Ft Smith Ry Co Westbrook Mfg Co Portland First Natl Bank Boston Art Club Middlesex Mills Metropolitan Street Ry Co Kansas City Boston & Maine Ry Rutland Rd Globe Natl Bank Busell Mt Wolkmuner Co Boston Natl Bank and multiple entry notes. The fragment notes share counts par values and dates such as 1891 1889 188? and 1890 with references to cons. int 68 1920 and sums like 500 100 and 850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin Mills
Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Co
Rutland Rd
Lyman Mills
Fitchburg Rd
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Ry. Co
Westbrook Mfg. Co
Portland
First Natl Bank
Chelsea
de Faneuil Hall
Boston Art Club
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
Continental Mills
City of
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
Dubuque div
Lake Chunp
Pass
Rivers
Falls Mfg
Kidd
Middlesex Mills
Metropolitan St. Ry. Co
Kansas City
Boston & Maine
Rutland
Globe Natl
Bank
Busell T
Mt. Wolkmuner Co
Boston
Lake Champ. Rd
Manchester Mills
McKay & Bigslow Heeling Mach
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Massawippi Valley RR
Jackson, Lans
Saginaw Rd
Bur. & Northern Rad
Metropolitan Rd. Co
Auction Catalog of Diverse Securities and Shares
Francis Henshaw & Co lists a January 4, 1888 auction of numerous shares and bonds. Items include Third Natl. Bank 6 shares, Burton Stock Car Co Ltd 100, Natl. City Bank 29, Mercantile Natl. Bank Salem 10, and many more across banks mills railroads and manufacturing firms with quantities ranging from single shares to thousands and including par values and collateral notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third
Natl. Bank
Burton Stock Car Co. Ltd
Atlantic Natl. Bank
Taunton Copper Co
City Bank
Mercantile Natl. Bank
Salem
Webster Bank
Rockland Bank
Washington Natl. Bank
Shawmut Nat. Bank
Great Falls Mfg. Co
Everett Mills
Stark Mills
Louisville, Evans
St. Louis
R-R. Co
Andover Iron Co
Newburyport Gas Light Co
Boston Gas Syndicate
St. Louis County
Park Loan
Union Pacific
Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon
Lowa Falls
Sioux City
Southeastern
Memphis
R.R
Parapet
Great Falls & Conway
Hoston Cab Co
de Ashton Valve Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
North America
J. E. Pilsbury
Coast Survey
Blake
Alfred S$. Brown
Jamaica Plain
A. 8. & J. Brown
Providence
Seaverns Avenue
Edwin Robinson
B. F. Southwick & Co
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Brown
Robinson
Alfred 8. Brown
Merchant Friends
Mass
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Boston Harbor
Diate and
Broad Streets
Carco
Alexander Bros. & Co
Hanson & 2Icker
Howard Spurr & Co
Lovejoy & Collier
Sawtelle & Pratt
W. H. Whitney
W. L. Hooper & Co
Alpheus H. Hardy
Albert H. Morse & Co
B. TY. Southwick & Co
D. H. Tully & Co
Blake & Ripley
D. E. Butterfield
A. B. & Wv. Brown
Mendelssohn
Peter J. Thorn
Gotham
Cyrus Thacher
P. F. Hennigan
Frank Moseley
A. H. Morse
T. W. Emerson
J. D. Hutchins
Carribbean Sea
Grand Hants
Cape Race
OURAN
Nevigasion
Florida
South America
Long Island
Akbar
Savannah
Chesapeake
Ida Francis
Abaco
Mary E. Douglass
Bahamas
Green Turtle Bay
Francis
30Th Parallel
Cean
Penta
Casso Sea
Weta
Forties
Government Coal
Cambridge Glass Makers
Harvard
Yorn
C&m.d
ST. Croix
Jamaica
Stocker
M. Doherty & CO
Kneeland Street
Endicott Street
R. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Atlas Natl Bank
Merchandise Natl
Natl
Union Bank
Shawmut
Bennington Co
Bennington
Lawrence Duck Co
West End St. Ry
River Rd
Boston Gas Light Co
Lorchard Investment Co
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Nales Insurance Co
Arlington Gas Light Co
Arlington
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co
Kansas
McKay & Big
Heeling Mach
Dpublwil
Natick Natl Bank
Natick
Natick Gas Light Co
St. Johnsbury
Lake Champlain
Iolar Rapids & Mo
River
Ifin
Ohio) Water Works Co
Als
Chicago, Burl
Quincy Rd
Charliestown
Boston & Mane Radlen
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Jitcom le
Otis Co
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Middlesex Co
Lowell Machine Shop
Lancaster Mills
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Suffolk Nat'l Bank
Standard Multiplex Telegraph Co
Standard Ree Mfg. Co
Boston Atheneum
Oregon Ry. and Navigation Co
Rola Fs
Security Investment Co
Concord Rd. Co
Buzzell Trimmer Co
Clinton & Spring
Kan. City
Fort Scott & Gull RR
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Steamship
Gate City
Valencia
Virginian
Cephalonia
Ex Steamship “Procida
Balance of Cargo
Fiske’s Wharf
Gideon Beck
Dresden
Boylston St
Lews XV
America
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Daniel H. Burdett
Burdett & Dennis
Burling Slip
M.S. Driggs & Co
South Street
Patna
Cawnpore
Madras
A. S. Richards & CO
John C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Bhoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Montan
Leoward Street
Post Publishing Company
Milk Street
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