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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1885

Page

3

May 1885 Earnings and Expenses Compared Five Months

A Boston despatch reports the statement of earnings and expenses for May 1885 and the first five months of 1885, contrasted with the same periods in 1883. It shows earnings, expenses, and surplus totals across five months, with declines and gains noted, plus commentary on related railroads and market activity including Wisconsin Central, Boston and Lowell, and state and railroad bonds.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Adams Union Pacific Railway Company Boston Wisconsin Central Common Chicago Wisconsin Central Railway Company St. Paul Wisconsin Central St. Paul Company E. F. Noyes Cincinnati Cleveland Union Pacific Road Beadly Ohio Boston and Lowell Old Colony Worcester Nashua Rochester Vermont Massachusetts Portage Lake Gazette Inssachusetts New England Atin Old South Meeting House Augustus Hemenway Edwin P. Seaver Lucretia Crocker Kate Gannett Wells Fridwin D. Mead

Market Summary for Flour Wheat and Provisions

Receipts and prices across flour and grain markets show dull sentiment with cautious buyers. No. 2 Milwaukee wheat up to 86 1/4 cents, Chicago and New York also higher, spring and Minnesota extra quoted. corn, oats, rye, barley mixed with firm or modest gains. Butter and cheese mixed. eggs quiet. Provisions steady to easier with pork and lard softer in some centers. Steamship and rail receipts show substantial movement and regional price variation.

London Beerbohm Liverpool California New York Commercial Bulletin Chicago New York Minneapolis St Louis Milwaukee St. Louis City Mill Minnesota Detroit Toledo White State Franklin County City Country Cincinnati Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam South America Union Isem Packers Lse Norfolk Concord Essex Delaware Maryland Savannah East Shore Choice Virginia H. P Wilmington Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira Jamaica St Domingo Cuba Ponce Porto Rico fFirm Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Conazen 3Uuchong Oolong Messina Palermo Baracoa Centennial Beacon Light Lie Petroleum Exchange Bradford Oil City Wall Street Patterson Pittsburgh Thorn Creek New Orleans Uplands Orleans Augusta Charleston Galveston Memphis Mobile Baltimore Faneuil Hall Market

Boston and Savannah Imports Reported in Harbor Bills

A lengthy list of goods and freight items loaded at Boston and Savannah appears with steamer Gate City and other vessels. Entries include bale hides, jugs, crates with vegetables and fruit, tires, boots, leather, lumber, and fish products, noting numerous firms and consignors such as Adams & Bros, Boume & co, Myers & Bros, J H Chamberlain, Chapin Bros, Storrow, and Newhall among others. The document also covers cargoes of melons, tomatoes, pineapples, bales of wool, salted hides, and rosin, plus a separate note of shipments on the steamer Clement at New York and other steamers or schooners ordering coal and pig iron.

Savannah Gate City Adams & Bros Allen, Field & Lawrence Boume & Co Blake & Ripley Storrow Billings & Eaton George E Newhall Myers & Bros Arnold & Tucker Nichols, du & Co Bigelow Joes Curtis & Co Chapin Devis & Farber Manus Co Farnum & Co J Harrington EE Hallington Wadleigh Thos Farrell Sam Stone Rosin J Leonard Richardson & Dennie Oers & Co H Ring Rice & Holway de Puffer Bros Patch & R—ierry Iron Stetson, Moseley & Co Sands, Furber & Co Tenny White Bros & Son Oodward, B & Co Walworth Manusco Whitford Ceara Clement New York R & E Boris & Co Boston Cow Bay Carrie Easler Odiomeoe American Union I. N. Andrews & Co Coolidge House Salem Alfred W. Belcher A.m.smith &Co Portland K. Seaver Stowe Napoleon Daigneau Manville R. I Charles P. Card Danielsonville Conn Cutlery Company Naugatuck F. S. Clifton Bridgeport Edgar F. Eaton Northford Crane & Crane, Woollens New York City Charles H. Reilly F. Graham Bats and Caps Pittsburg Suffolk County Heal Estate Patrick Kelley John McNealy McNally & Co Edward G. Shattuck Suffolk Glass Company Timothy Shears Charles E. Mead W.J. Mason N. J. Mead J.S. Mason Henry R. Green Same Four

Maritime Cargo Listings from Global Seaports

A dense OCR snippet lists cargo items and quantities aboard various ships and schooners near Launceston Liverpool Fredericton West Coast Africa and Elsisnore. Entries include sugar nails rosin hardware machinery tools lumber and refined petroleum among pigs beef bacon flour cornmeal and canned goods. The fragment details multiple vessels Cephalonia Horace Scudder Graf Behr Rusoer Rival and Willie with assorted cargoes and destinations.

Launceston Tas Liverpool Eng Cephalonia West Coast Horace Scudder Fredericton Elsinore

Freight receipts by multiple railroads and commodities

A compilation of freight receipts listing cargos across several lines including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Maine, and Lowell railroads. Items cover wool, flour, corn, wheat, oats, beef, butter, cheese, bacon, lard, leather, hides, tea, coffee, molasses, sugar, eggs, hay, lumber, and more with quantities given as bales, bbls, bushels, cars, rolls, and other units. Specific counts for many commodities are provided, reflecting extensive interstate commerce and railcar tonnage.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Maine Railroad—astern Maine Railroad—Western Division Lowell Railroad Peabody, Saism and Other Expressea Gorenea al Bella

Total Receipts of Staple Products July 7

A tabulated report lists total receipts of principal staple items by shipment point, including commodities in transit, comparing 1885 figures with earlier values. Items span wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, beef, pork, leather, hides, tallow, lard, and pelts, with quantities in various units and numerous entries across cereals, meats, oils, and animal products.

Twilight vs Stamford Libel Collision Hearing Begins

In U.S. Circuit Court proceeding before Judge Nelson on July 7, cross libels by Twilight and Stamford over a harbor collision dated August 19, 1884, alleging negligence by each side. hearing commenced.

U. 8S. Circuit Court Nelson Stamford Cross

Framingham Sewage Case Before Supreme Court Judge Holmes

In a bill in equity the Mayor of Boston vs. Inhabitants of Framingham contends Framingham drains sewage into Beaver Dam brook, polluting Cocnituate Lake. The court allows framing of issues for a jury but postpones a final decision until the defendants answer. Multiple estate and corporate matters follow in Worcester and Salem courts, including a mandamus dispute over stock voting and several insolvency petitions from New England firms and individuals.

Boston Framingham Beaver Dam Brook A.J. Bailey William Gaston C. B. L. Whitney T. G. Widner Coombs Charles A. Dresser G. Clarence Winter Worcester Mary C. Edwards Mutual Gaslight Company of Southbridge Southbridge National Bank Edwards Stephen K. Edwards F. W. Eaton Dresser Eaton Winter George A. Torrey J. M. Cochran G. T. Kent J. M. Bartholomew

Not Guilty Plea In Liquor Case. Others Sentenced

Superior Court proceedings before Judge Aldrich report Dennis Donovan found not guilty on liquor charges, Peter Richardson acquitted, Dennis Quinlan pleading guilty to drunkenness and sentenced to the house of industry for five months, and John Hayes sentenced to the Massachusetts reformatory for three years on larceny.

Dennis Donovan Peter Richardson Dennis Quinlan House of Industry John Hayes Massachusetts Reformatory Central Court Adams Charlies Stanwood South Boston Elizabeth McGill Woman’s Reformatory Sherborn Roxbury Daniel F. Burke Charlestown Joseph ©. Flagg

Saratoga Service Expands Boston to Saratoga Trains

The Fitchburg road starts a fall schedule with four daily Boston to Saratoga trains using Hoosac Tunnel, Fitchburg Rutland, and Albany routes. Through parlor and Pullman cars accompany morning and afternoon departures. return trains from Saratoga arrive in Boston by 4:40 to 9:55 PM.

Saratoga Fitchburg Road Boston Hoosac Tunnel Fitchburg Rutland Albany Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Hootuc Delaware and Hudson A. M Cheshire Vermont Delaware and Hudson Roads Hoosize Tunnel Pullman Arlor Mechanicville Hogsac Tunnel

Political rancor and patronage fuel early 20th century satire

A dense collection of editorials and notices from multiple papers comments on tariff policy, war taxes, Pendleton act, and party maneuvers. It notes Albany Republicans backing ex mayor Swinburne, Ohio prohibition expectations, and Democratic interest in Boston port collectorship. Praises Tim Shaw for Biddeford posts and Maine Democrats’ gratification.

Banquo Lewiston Gazette Manning Portland Advertiser Albany Swinburne Incinnati Commercial Gazette Auune Boston Brooklyn Eagle G. Frisbie Hoar New England John A. Logan James Russell Lowell Atlanta Constitution Maine Timothy Shaw Biddeford

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