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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Boston Post
Finance and Trade
Winson Pacific
May
Money Matters
Philadelphia
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Esacdaveawth
Perios
Crcconescsosncsdill Ig
Government Securities
Boston Stockh Exchange
Brokers’ Board
Pacific
Denoansac
Calumet and
Atlantic
Franklin
Ausebene Celica Sa
Heela
Calumet
Hecla
Quincy Mining Company
Minor
Consolidated Pacific
Nol Ledge
Manitoba
Ons
St. Lo
Boston & Alb
Bos, & Prov
Bos & Lowell
Os & Maine
Bu & Q
Usb
Ola Golony
Aliouez
A & Hecia
Ning Tels
STOUK
Crccceses
Sssaceres Mexican Cuentral
Poe Line
Quincy Mining
Sutro Tunnel
Union Pacific Bd
Boston Minin
NEW York Financial
West Shore
Lackawanna
Stock Exchange
Pacific Mail
Western Union
Lackawanna É Luis
New York Central
New Jersey
United States Court
Reading
Friends of Reading
Jersey Central
The
Central
Central New Jersey Firsts Consolidated
Chicago and Pacific Division
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Northwestern
Avams Express
Uteton Navicasssacesese
Raeprovement Co
Canada Pacific
Bich
Dan
Canada Southern
W. P
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BOM
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Centra Pacific
Roock Telecseensesseells
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ops
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DIG
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St.Louis
Wabash
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Bloom
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Lake Erie Ana
Lodg Isin
N. Alb
Den
Erie - Soy
Kan. Pac
Oregon
St. Linnsvese
Father de Smet
Railroad Company
South Weymouth Savings Bank
Boston Cyclorama Company
City OF
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Blake Brothers & 6O
State Street
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Ilinois Central
Commercial
Ezesss
Erak
Hesseebecker Os
Great Britain
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Continent
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Watertown Union
George J. Fox
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Court Record
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Aldrich
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International Steamship Company
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W. F. Parsons
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Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
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J. Smith Clark
Washington Street
Metropolitan Railroad
Washington
Charles River Street Railway Company
Capital
Willimantic
Buffalo
Tex
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company
John Kelly
Mr. Cleveland
Tammany Organization
Tammany
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hall
Medford
Abbie A
Horace D Hall
York City
Baggage Expressage
Oo Cartage
Grama Union Hotel
Grand Union Hotel
Wawyly
Hild Food
Murdock
Liquid Food Company of
U. S. Government
A. L. Murdock
Franca
Huntington Avenue
Camden Streets
Murdock Liquid Food Company
American Medical Association
Richmond
Association
Medical Association
Free Surgical Hospital
Re- Nea
Murdock’s Liquid Food Co
Snow Hill
St. Paul St
Montreal
Atlanta
Swift
Lem McClendon
Chess- Carley Company
Crossy
Chess-Carley Co
Atlanta, Ga
Swift Specific Co
N. Y
C.J. Lewis
Friendship Street
Providence
B. I
Price
Femi Fyr
Boston Daily Post
Wate Post
Boston Weekly Post
Continuance Post Publishing Co
Milk Street
Summer Hotel and
Summer Board
Taft’s Hotel
America
Arch Wharf
Revere Beach
Revere Beach R. BR
Congress Square
HOTEL
Kaaterskill
Catskill Mountains
F. Paige
Broadway
31St St
Sherman House
Court Square
ST. John, Sullivan, ME
Frenchman's Bay
Maine Central
Bangor
John Shoenbar
Sullivan
L’eau
Revere Water Company
E. J. Freeman
Crescent Beach
Revere
Mass
Pigeon Cove House
Pigeon Cove
Essex Co
Cape Ann
Sena
Robinson
Greenfield House
Bethlehem
N. H
Grove Street
White
Franconia
P. H. Abbott
Isles OF Shoals
Appledore House
Eastern Railroad
Portsmouth
Appledore
Laighton Brothers
N.H
Beach Bluef, Mass
Annable
Beacon St. _ aplwst
Bridgton House
Bridgton
Saco River
H. Haarnden
Rose Standish
Downer Landing, Hingham
F. S. Risteen
Ravine House
Randolph
King’s
Mounts Adams
Madison
Vale
L. M. Watson
Illey
Ocean View Farm House
W.H. Hobbs
Box
Hampton
Vercelli's
Boylston Street
Dominion
Public Library
Doree
Avery St
Orrics
Succonnessett
J. C. Wadleigh
U.S. N
Beem Rogers & CO
Federal Street
William Mullan
West Street
Milk St
WM. Matthews, Jr
Wante Danner
C.A. Shaw
Court St. Bostos
Apl
Wsmtoans
Lew
Sumac
Sicily
Mason
Good News Cigars
J. H. Ashton
State St
Brice S. Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Kittredge Estate
Highland St
Fort Ave., Roxbury
Highland Street
Fort Avenue
Highlands
Horatio Harris & GO. Austioneers and Commission Merchants
Palermo Oranges
Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Co
Market St
A.S. Richards & CO
Reade Street
Samuel Bunting’s
Acros
Lippincott, Son & CO
Market Street
A. M. Bates
Boston Carriage Repository
Haverhill Street
Maine Depot
K Repository
A. F. Bates
Francois Henshaw & CO Brokers Auctioneers
Mershamts
Hxuchaxceée
First Floer
Beem LI
Bostom Stock
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Missouri River Rrist
Burlington
Missouri River
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Milwaukee & St
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National Eagle Bank
Atlantic National Bank
National Bank of North America
Blackstone National Bank
Norwich and
American Loan and Trust Co
Androscoggin Mills
Second National Bank
Middlesex Mills
Boston Mig Co
Hillsdale
Southwestern
R R Ge
Cocheco Mig Co
Do Hill Manufacturing Co
Old Colony & R Co
Union Stock Yard & Transit Co
Ames Mig Co
Clinton Mis
Do Por Railway Co
Eag
Ap Mortage and
Tevaetnnedt Qe
Do Hutiousl Bank
Middlesex
Amory Mig Co
Stark Mills
Marion & McPherson
Atchison
Washington Insurance Co
American Loan & Tast Co
First National Bank
New Beaford
Hill Manufacturing Co
Vermont and
R R Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester
BR R Co
Lancaster National Bank
Freeman's National Bank
St Paul & No Pacific
Lake Superior Iron Co
Quincy Water Co
KK. L. Way
Exchange Place
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Boston Stock Exchange
Ednesday
Shawmut National Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Tilton
Mercantile Marine Insurance Co
Middlesex H RR
Mamilton National Bank
Paveres
Eliot National Bank
Ao National Bank
Commerce
Ao National City Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Palmer National Bank
Palmer
Mase
Shoe ‘and Leather National Bank
Metropolitan
Goodyear & McKay
Norwich
Coun
New Hat
New Ham
Newport
City of Chicago
Boston Et
American Insurance Co
Distric
Columbia
Cedar Rapids & Northerm
McLeod Railroad Air Signal Cops
Denver
Consolidated
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Fort Scott
Gulf Ist
Lees
National Hide and Loar Bank
Boston and Providence RR
Charlestown Gas
Firemen’s Insurance Co
Central of Iowa
Effingham & Southeastern R
Nois
Indiana
Thomas F Mason
Daniel N Stanton
Standard Coal & Iron Co
Ohio, &c
Albert Howe & CO
Brightem
Cannes
Francis I. Kraft
Mathias Ade
Suffolk
Burke Street
Francis Debree
Martin Beatty
Debree
Martin Bureara
Dennis Lucey
Pete de See Ee
Mathias Adb
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