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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1887
Page
7
The listing shows prices for hams, shoulders, ribs, bacon, and sausage, along with beef and lamb items. Values include per hundredweight and per pound figures, with notes on different grades and regional sources.
The report outlines continental port cotton imports this week at 64 000 bales, with year comparisons showing increases versus 1886 and 1884 but a drop versus 1883. It covers pipe line certificates, petroleum runs and deliveries for 1879–1886, crude oil production in 1886, refined oil prices, and sugar and molasses market steadiness with current price quotes for various sugar grades and cargos.
Market report from New York shows heavy flour receipts and exports, with Western and State flour quoted around 570 to 510 dollars, various grades in supply. Wheat futures soften on large receipts, corn and oats move higher, rye and barley mixed, and other staples like sugar and coffee show mixed to steady tones across Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo St Louis areas.
Chicago bids show flour steady wheat easing slightly with No 2 spring near 69 to 71 percent, corn down about 1.5 to 2 cents, rye and barley steady. Minneapolis reports wheat mostly steady with No 1 hard and No 1 Northern ranging 76 to 84 cents for January to May, receipts around 640 bushels and shipments about 22,960 bushels.
From Fall River and Providence reports dated January 8 the print cloth market shows firm and quiet conditions. Fall River notes production 160000 pieces deliveries 157000 stock 63000 sales 835000 spot 4 uerice future 40000 price 83cc for 64x64s and 3c for 56x60s. Providence records price 88cc for 64x64s and 6sc for 56x60s with 14600 pieces sold and stocks 60000 pieces 64s and 8000 pieces 56x60s.
Prices move across St. Louis Kansas City Peoria and Chicago with hogs firm to mixed and down from yesterday. cattle steady in Chicago. receipts and shipments listed for each city including hogs at 4 8 30 4 7 0 4 9 0 and cattle steers 350 500 with a range for other categories.
Detailed daily cotton markets with net receipts gross exports by port including Great Britain France the Continent and coastwise shipments. Stocks and price levels listed for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated totals.
London reports quiet wheat cargoes with firm corn. Calcutta wheat prices noted. Liverpool sees quiet breadstaffs, steady corn, and varied wheat futures. Havana sugar markets idle with nominal quotations and US-bound exports.
Trade list detailing ships and cargoes including Bark John Hearson with 22,376 dry hides to N B Mansfield from Pernambuco on January 8 1887 and vessels like Condor Warrior Moss Glen Iris and Bessie Carson carrying potatoes turnips and cod fish between Newfoundland Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with firms such as Barclay Co Chapin Bros Hatheway Co A Winsor & Sons G Rockwell & Son and George C Rockwell & Son in various ports.
Maritime cargo list shows multiple ships and routes including POSTIMEDWAY NS with Mazurka and Georgretta, Halifax with Carroll and various goods, and London steamers Stockholm City and Palmyra. Entries cover bbls flour, lumber, meats, oils, and textiles, with destinations in Nova Scotia Newfoundland England and Ireland.
A historical inventory item lists quantities of various goods including bales bales leather wax apples machinery bacon lard corn tobacco boxes hams cheese butter pork cotton artificial leather books flour samples chinaware medicines electrical supplies and clothing. The list specifies counts such as 273 bales 198 rolls 391 bolls and 18 917 bushels in a concise catalog of commodities.
A ledger style list details quantities of cotton wool flour corn meat lard butter tea sugar and extensively boxed goods carried by Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell lines, plus by express and by sea sequences with hundreds of bales and cases, bbls and rolls noted for each railroad division.
Trains depart Boston Causeway Street for Amesbury Beverly Kidderford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls and Rochester Haverst and North Conway various morning and afternoon times with Sunday service and special branches listed. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders sign as officials. January.
Rail schedule lists through trains on Boston and Maine lines with departures from Haymarket square and Causeway street stations to Augusta Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and other cities. Services include connections to Eastport Calais Saint John Halifax ports with steamer transfer from Portland.
The listing details numerous train departures and returns across cities including Boston Dover Kennebunk Melrose Lawrence Andover and Wilmington with times spanning early morning to late night. Sunday trains to Dover Haverhill Lowell Medford Portland and other routes are noted with multiple daily departures.
Local timetables for the Boston and Albany line available at stations and 282 Washington Street Boston. Through tickets to Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany and the West on sale. Train times listed for Boston to Springfield, Albany, Syracuse and Chicago with express and sleeping car services, connections at North Adams, Palmer and Worcester, and daily and Sunday departures noted.
Trains from Boston West begin November 15 1886 with multiple daily options to Albany Chicago and St Louis plus local stops. Service includes Pullman and sleeping cars, varied express and local departures, and return schedules with connections at Ayer Worcester and Nashua. Timetables show numerous eastern/western routes, Sunday and weekday variations, and ticket office details.
Corrected January 3 1887 timetable lists weekday trains from Boston Station foot of Summer Street to Acrcroft Baltimore and many eastern cities. Hours include 6 9 30 A.M. and 2 50 P.M. with numerous stops and return schedules. Sunday service to Norwood Central noted. Woonsocket division departures and returns shown with multiple intermediate stations and exceptions.
Rail lines announce the A M Day Express 830 to New York via Middletown and New Haven with through routes to Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury and Wishkill on Hudson. The P O England Limited 3.00 daily to New York via Air Line runs 86 miles with no stops to Grand Central at 9 pm and continues to Hartford New Britain Waterbury on weekdays with dining car service. The P M Pat LA Delphia 6 34 daily offers through Pullman to Washington with connections to Richmond and the South. The Norwich Line EX Press serves Newark New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam linking with City of Worcester and City of New York steamers. tickets at 322 Washington Street or depot at Summer Street.
The document lists mixed rail and boat connections with times for Cohasset Hingham Fall River Newport Taunton and South Braintree, noting return trips and arrivals. J R Kendrick signs as General Manager, with service days specified as Tuesdays Fridays Wednesdays and weekdays.
Boston station Causeway Street vast schedule shows through service to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith and more with 8:50 am 1 pm and 7 pm departures. Local Boston service includes Manchester Concord Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield plus various branch lines and Pullman parlor cars to Montreal via routes noted.
A long OCR slog lists bus and rail times for multiple routes and stations. It names Walnut Hud, Stoneham, Lexington, Concord, Nashua, and various departure and arrival times with partial notes on services and a general tease for full information at stations.
Train times listed for departures from Boston to New York Providence and coastal towns begin September 6 1886 with daily and Sunday services on Shore Line Fast Express Shore Line Mail Steamboat Stoneington Line and Fall River routes. Timetable includes return trips and multiple intermediate stops with noted variations by day and season.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple train times and station stops for Central Massachusetts routes. Listings include Departures and arrivals at Lowell Boston area stations, with times like 7:00 AM 7:20 AM 7:34 AM and 3:12 PM, plus conductors names and general schedule notes.
An 1880s advertisement promotes Central Vermont routes from Boston to Montreal and Chicago with Pullman cars and dining, listing departure times from Boston and Albany rail lines. It also advertises Concord and Manchester trains under the Concord and Manchester lines with multi-branch schedules and notes superintendent E Chamberlin.
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