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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1888
Page
7
Prices for barley, malt, hops, and grains are listed with regional quotes. Six row barley in Canada at 95 to 110 cents, six row State at 95 to 105, two row at 70 to 75, hops in New York and Eastern markets at 6 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents, with flour ranges for wholesale and jobbing.
The Borres market remains quiet with sales as needed and prices steady. Quotations cover butter from Western and New York creameries, cheese, eggs, beans, grass seeds, hay, potatoes, sweet potatoes, truck crops including onions cabbage beets squash carrots lettuce and more, with receipts light and price levels steady across categories.
New York butter remains firm with State creamery at 25 29c and Western at 16 21c. Cheese firm with State factory 11 12c and Western 11%4c. Eggs steady with State 21c and Western 20 21c. Beans steady and dried apples steady at Liverpool market 60s 6d. legal last year steady at 63s.
The report notes steady demand for apples in Liverpool with various quoted varieties and prices. It lists cranberries in light supply with firm prices and details on Cape Cod fruit prices, oranges and lemons in Florida, Mediterranean fruit movement, and assorted nuts with price ranges for walnuts almonds filberts pecans and other shells.
Pork and beef quotations hold firm with steady demand across cuts. Hams and lard show firm prices. bacon, sausage, and organs listed with varied tonnage. Fresh beer and lambs move minimally with steady mutton and veal values, noting regional price ranges for choice and good grades.
The Sugar market shows dull steady prices with no sales reported. Refining remains fair to good. Pipeline certificates indicate opening January 16 with high and low values, and closing January 16 with measured quantities.
The record notes refined sugar prices with terms like granulated and confectioners and concerns fractions and percentages. It lists molasses pricing for crops and origins such as Ponce and Barbadoes with figures per gallon and per unit.
New York jan 16 flour receipts 48 464 pkgs exports 3216 bbls sacks trad ing moderate with prices in buyers favor sales 18000 bbls patent Minnesota extra good to prime 440 480 choice to fancy Minnesota extra 485 510 others steady including city mill extra 450 475 and various grades.
Allan Asher & Co report a mixed cotton certificates market with overall strength as cost moves higher. New York futures opened strong and closed firm at day highs while port receipts and exports show varied totals. Liverpool and domestic market quotes span uplands to ordinary grades with limited daily movement.
The report lists exports valued at 40382 to Great Britain 11700 to France 15887 to the continent with a stock level of 0 percent. No further context or dates are provided.
In St Louis reports show hogs and packers at 5.15 to 5.60 with extras to 5.70. Kansas City receipts 6,000 with other totals noted. Peoria quotes hogs weaker at 4.80 to 5.75. Chicago Averages list cattle receipts about 7,000 and hogs 11,000 with price ranges across categories including steers 3.15 to 5.15 and hogs 4.80 to 5.75. sheep and lamb values also noted.
Wheat and corn markets show quiet to firm tones across London Liverpool Paris and Antwerp Jan 16. California wheat prices quoted at 43s and 42s 8d while spot wheat in Liverpool sees light demand with firm corn. Prices for pork bacon and fats hold with slight gains in tallow and stable cheese.
A historical ledger lists total receipts for January 16, 1888, detailing cotton tea coffee flour sugar cornmeal oats butter cheese malt rye and other staples. It records quantities in bales boxes barrels sacks and bushels, with year 1887 and 1888 comparisons and numerous items across meats produce and goods.
Shipping entries list cargoes from 1588 including 21 684 bags salt at MEST Harbor and bark vessels James G Bain Clotilde Lillian B Jones for St Vincent. Records show box, barrel, and sack counts for fish, turnips, apples, cloth, paper stock, mackerel, herring, goat skins, and rubber goods from multiple firms including JG Hall Co and TJ Jones Co.
Listing of shipments cleared in January 11 to 16 1883 from Liverpool with cargoes including grain leather paint organ material beef cattle and various sundries. Havana reports bark Syra coke 6056 tons. Yarmouth records Brig Louisa Coipel 80 tons.
Melbourne ships carry a vast list of commodities led by 1100 casks of bottled beer and 26 500 cases of oil. The inventory includes nuts flour feed meal pork beef lard and hundreds of defined items from lamps and ironware to medicines and footwear.
A detailed ledger of freight receipts dated January 16 1888 across several railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine and their divisions. The items include cotton wool flour cornmeal oats malt hay lumber leather tallow eggs butter cheese and various hides with quantities listed per railroad.
The undersigned will continue the stock and bond brokerage business at No 7 Exchange Place under the firm name Gould Hall & CoGeorge Gould Charles C Hall Dividends Royalwiston Insurance Company A dividend of three per cent will be paid on Monday 16th inst to stockholders of record of Dec 31 1888 Glover Secretary
Passengers with tickets on this line may have baggage checked from hotel or residence to Boston destination. Schedules show weekday trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with numerous stops including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth and Sandwich. Arrival and return times, branched routes via Brockton Taunton Newport and Providence, and weekly variations are listed along with operator information and dates.
Time table giving full information on local and through trains for the Boston and Lowell line with station details. Obtainable at stations. S&S. Melllen, Geo W. Storer, Gen Supt, Gen's Passenger Agent.
General notice announces new rail connections from Central Massachusetts to Northampton and nearby towns including Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Clinton Berlin and Weston along with computed daily times morning and afternoon departures led by GEO W STORER and MELLEN as general agents.
A dense list of rail times and routes across Boston suburbs and coastal towns. It cites services to Amesbury Beverly Kennebunk North End and Salem with numerous daily and Sunday departures and notes on branches and ticket offices.
Boston and Albany schedules update for December corrected transfers and weekday departures to Ashcroft and other stations. Lists numerous daily times, Wednesdy and Sunday exceptions, Woonsocket division, New England Limited train to New York, and connections for Norwich Line and City of Worcester steamer services.
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