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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1889
Page
7
The receipts are small and the general market is in a steady position. Northern and Eastern poultry lots sell at full prices with small supply and fair demand. Live poultry is quiet and steady with fresh killed spring chickens at 20 to 25 cents. Hay and straw show dull demand but market well supplied, with choice lots in fair demand at stated quotations.
The market is well supplied with all kinds and a good steady demand is reported at quotations. Bunch onions two cents a bunch punch Bermuda onions 60 to 75 cents per crate Egyptian onions 175 per crate Spanish 3 percent per basket beets two cents a bunch carrots two cents per bunch 40 cents per box lettuce 50 cents per box turnips four cents Long Island yellow turnips 150 per barrel native spinach 25 cents per bush native cucumbers 28 dollars per 100 count parsley 50 cents per bush cranberry beans 125 dollars per bush shell beans 250 per bush native wax beans 31 per bush green 40 cents green corn 15 cents per dot Florida tomatoes 75 cents per crate Norfolk 75 cents per crate Providence 2 dollars half-bush native 4 dollars bush Chicago 75 cents per crate native cabbage 2 3 dollars per 100 count Native peas selling at 150 per bush Florida marrow squash at 150 per barrel Norfolk lots at 150 dollars per barrel Summer squash 2 cents each Crook necked squash 2 cents each Cauliflower quiet at 1 dollar per dozen
The market lists abundant oranges and lemons with firm prices, strong Delaware reds and Messina Palermos, and small gooseberry and cantaloupe receipts. Pears Georgia Le Conte arrive at 250 300 crate, peaches Tennessee 4 450 crate, raspberries natives 5 15c quart, watermelons mixed weather impact, and bananas Jamaica and Baracoa steady.
Blake and Ripley as California Fruit Union agents announce an auction on Tuesday by H Harris and Co for four carloads of California fruit. Contents include 818 boxes Bartlett pears 610 Crawford peaches 320 prunes and 610 fancy plums. Forecasts point to a strong sale as arrivals are reported in good condition. Prices observed today included Extra Crawford peaches 210, early Crawford peaches 225, purple plums 240, Washington plums 225, Oregon plums 30, Magnum plums 250, Bartlett pears 255, and Snow and Co offerings of apricots 115 to 135 and Bartlett pears 325 to 335 per case. Some apricots sold as low as 50 874c per case.
The Coila will arrive Thursday with 6000 bunches of Samana bananas for Bay State Fruit Co. Hertha arrives Wednesday from Baracoa to WW & CR Noyes. Wergeland due Wednesday with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. Howick, carrying Mes sina lemons and Palermo lemons, passed Gibraltar July 4 bound for Boston. Ponca passed Gibraltar July 7 with Messina and Palermo lemons for Boston. Lorenzo D Baker due Wednesday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co.
Cattle receipts 6515 at Kansas City steady with steers at 315 to 365 native cows 190 to 235 and stockers 215 to 300. hog receipts 2658 firm with heavies 407/2 to 420 and lights 415 to 425. sheep none. Cincinnati hog demand strong with common and light 365 to 460. Chicago cattle receipts 12000 shipments 4000 natives 310 to 435. hogs 170000 receipts 6000 shipments strong with mixed 425 to 455 and heavy 420 to 460. lambs 450 to 590 with sheep 350 to 410.
Receipts show tallow and lard bulky with lard at 750 tierces and hams at 8 barrels while bacon totals 285 boxes Prices across cities vary as pork and pork products face steady demand and firmer prices Meat prices list long cuts and boneless bacon with various regional quotes New York Park and Chicago markets show mixed pork and lard standings with firming hams and sausages noted Cincinnati reports pork barely steady
Lard and bacon prices hold firm as bulk meats report steady demand. Beef quotes list various cuts from short ribs to rounds with mixed percentages and prices, while lambs and mutton show quiet activity. Tallow and veal notes round out the market, with New York firm and quiet demand for city rendered fat and top bids.
Cotton markets show quiet activity with 448 bales sold in New York at various qualities. Futures opened and closed steady while London Liverpool and other ports report steady tones and modest demand across middling to low middlings.
Sugar receipts today 685 bbls with 1 bbl and 650 birds last year. Market quiet and steady with Cuba refining 74.4c and Javas 34 8% sc. Refined sugars in slow demand yet fairly steady with pulverized 9 34c and confectioners sugar 9c. Molasses receipts 367 bbls, last year 157, market firm. New Orleans products quoted and New York demand quiet.
Western markets steady. Turpentine and Petroleum New York figures show turpentine closed around 383 384 cents, resin 110 112 percent, tar 225 cents. Petroleum closed 7.30 cents with RSW 7.20 cents and cases at 9.10 cents.
A detailed list of cargoes and consignments from Antwerp and Halifax to various firms including Adams Taylor & co Graves & co and others. It records goods like pipes glasses beads snuff and wines, plus large shipments of beans glassware and mdse, with numerous firms named across multiple ports.
A historical ledger records shipments by Sherman and others including H W Adams, P S Huckins, George McQues, and many more. It lists pig iron, lumber, hides, wool, vegetables, crates, and various goods with quantities and firms across Sherman Wisconsin Trinidad and Yarmouth Nova Scotia. Also notes steamer and schooner cargoes such as gold thread, codfish and molasses with numerous named firms and quantities.
Maritime cargo report lists ships A B and S vessels unloading diverse goods at Fredericton Hull and Ayres including Lydia Sif New Brunswick and Mary E McDougall. Quantities cover lumber flour petroleum beer salt ashore goods and hardware with barvedine lumber totals and numerous packages.
Foreign markets report dull cargoes of wheat and slow corn along with steady spot prices in Liverpool and Antwerp. Wheat for July to December futures range around 7s 1d to 78 1d, while English yields are expected above average. prices in Liverpool show weak demand, with mixed movements across various grains and provisions in the week ending July 15.
The Merrimac Valley and White Mountain divisions list daily and Sunday departures from Boston to Manchester, Concord, Weare, and points north with numerous stations and times including local and express trains. Tickets and sleeping berths available via Boston Passenger Agency at 214 Washington Street corner State Street. Excursion book offered. Supervisors H E Chamberlin F E Brown Geo W Storer N E Pay.
A list of industry buyers visiting from multiple cities including Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Denver East Saginaw Elizabeth City Lexington Madison Montgomery Philadelphia Penn and Washington. Representatives named include Adler Cohen & Co Leonard Selz Schwab & Co Meyer Daun Harris Bright Spencer Versteeg Stanton Hann Blum Lippincott Terry Downing Moore Moore Myerson Coburn Kellogg Johnson Witt and Williams, with firms and locations across the United States. The item reads as a blotter or trade trip summary detailing attendees and their companies.
Corrected to Feb 17 1889 trains depart Bostonfoot of Summer for Ashcroft Baltimore and many towns with varied times and fares. includes Woonsocket division schedules, Sunday variants, and special trains to New York Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury and Norwich Line with dining and parlor car services. Includes offices Boston Washington street depot details and key officials.
Trains leave Fitchburg Depot on Causeway street Boston at 8 00 A M for Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro FitzWilliam Marlboro Keene Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St Albans St Johns Montreal Ogdensburg with connections to Saratoga and Delaware Hudson canals for northern points and White River Junction for Central Vermont Line trains. Night express at 7 00 P M with Wagner Palace Sleeping Car to Rutland Burlington St Albans connects to Montreal Ottawa and Ogdensburg. Tickets at LINE OFFICE 228 Washington street Boston. C A Faxon and R Stewart, July 11, 1888.
Time tables show local and through train service between all stations. Information available at all company ticket offices. Trains for Albany and the West depart Boston 23 follows.
Eastern Division timetable lists departures from Boston and Causeway to coastal towns including Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls Hampton Beach Epswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport North Cones ertemouth Rockport Salem York Harbor and Beach R K Swampscott Wolfeboro Eynn stations and connections to Portsmouth Portland Bangor St John Halifax with multiple daily departures and via branches.
Reformat of street by street itineraries lists multiple daily departure times from towns including Hillsboro Nashua Woburn Concord and Winchester with Sunday services to Nashua Lowell Lawrence and Montreal. The fragment shows morning afternoon and evening slots with numerous minute marks and some station pairings.
Central Massachusetts division trains depart Zeston Station and surrounding depots for Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher town Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester and other stops with morning and afternoon departures listed. Sunday trains run Belmont Waverley Waltham Hudson and Way stations to Northampton at 1 15 pm. James T Furber D J Flanders general manager genl past and ticket agent.
Train schedules from Boston Causeway Street to the West list multiple departures daily including 6 30 AM accommodation to Troy and Albany, 7 30 AM express with parlor car to Troy and Albany, 1 3 PM accommodation to Troy and St Albany, 3 00 PM daily express with sleeping cars to Chicago via Niagara Falls and via Erie Boston Line, 10 00 PM daily express with sleeping cars to Chicago via Niagara Falls, plus a 10 PM night express to Troy on Sundays and limited weekdays. Through tickets and local timetable access available at Boston offices. John Adams, Genl Supt.
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