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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1887
Page
7
Cattle and beef prices move across Watertown and Brighton yards with Western cattle dominating supply. Sales include 15 fat cows at 3c l w and 34 Western cattle averages from 1000 to 1500 lbs at 4.50 to 4.70 live, plus extensive steer lots and a 1800 lb bull at 20.00.
No change in the flour market dull and draggy with little trade. Mills firm and buyers limited to needed goods. Corn quiet steady. steamer yellow at 62 524cc and high mixed at 538c. Oats lower with no demand. No 2 white in elevators at 40 4lc on track 40c. October oats 2700 bus sold at 3644c. Exchange bids for No 2 white oats shown. Inspections: 74 cars across several grades. Exports to United Kingdom and Continent show totals for week ended July 23. imports to UK and prices for flour cornmeal and rye flour listed.
Market notes show Western creameries at 22 28c and 26 cents 24c for butter, New York prices mixed with steady butter and weak cheese, eggs dull and declining in New York. Bean, seed, straw, potato and poultry prices quiet or steady. receipts light. Various butter and cheese jobbing quotes listed for regions and grades.
Fast swale rye straw oat straw and tallow prices listed. Norfolks Jerseys Long Islands and Bristol Ferry potatoes shown with per barrel pricing and margins. Figures include 10 12 14 8 and 150 175 per barrel or per bushel equivalents.
H Harris & Co auctioning 200 boxes Bartlett pears 100 boxes Bartlett pears 253 half boxes Crawford Speman 40 half boxes purple Duane plums 6 half boxes Gross prunes half boxes Bradshaw plums. Netley Abbey cargo oranges 125 4 1245 per box lemons 375 5 565 per box. Norfolk boat ready Friday lists 600 pkgs apples 600 pkgs cantaloupes 50 crates pears 300 baskets grapes 27 500 watermelons. Evaporated apples firm 17 to 16 5-7c. Oranges and lemons jobbing prices include Messina 5 7 per box Palermo 5 50 7 00 per box. lemons 2 50 6 00 per box. California fruits 2 2 25 per case apricots 3 4 pears 2a 3 peaches 2 2 50 plums. Green apples 150 2 50 per bbl 1 1 25 per crate. Pears 2 2 50 per crate. Canteloupes arrived bad, sold at 1. Blackberry supply high at cent per quart natives. Huckieberries plentiful 11 12c per quart. Blueberries 11 12c per quart. South Carolina watermelons 25 30c today. Georgia lots 25c.
A dense listing shows prices for onions Egyptian 1 75 per case Maltas 250 per basket native 2 50 per 300s and 1100 toma toes Norfolks 1 per crate Rhode Islands 3 per bush natives 3 350 bush cabbages 5 7 100 cantaloupes 2 250 barrel beans wax 1 75 per bush green 2 per bush shell beans 1 75 per bush peas native 1 75 per bush Port lands 3 50 a 400 per barrel green corn native 1 cent per dozen Providence 20 cents per dozen beets 4 02 bush turnips Long Islands 1 765 per barrel 3 per 100 squash native summer 2 or 100 Southern 1 25 per crate carrots 2 per 100 count lettuce 1 per box native encumbers ll ge each and 1 50 per 100 yards parsnips 7 bc per dozen bunches
Market for packed meats unchanged and trade quiet with steady prices. Fresh beef stable as veals and mutton hold, while pork and lard show wide price ranges for cuts, backs, and tongues. Beef, veal, lamb, and mutton quotes listed alongside fresh and seasoned pork products.
Liverpool cotton futures opened steady and closed quiet as July to January contracts range from 9-64 to 10-64 pence per pound with nearby May figures. Spot uplands and Orleans held at 69-16d. New York spot closed steady with mixed grades, while futures opened firm and held as quotations moved within narrow bounds. Market data include gales of 10,000 bales and receipts of 2,000 bales. other commodities listed with prevailing prices for sugar and molasses.
Flour and grain prices steady with large receipts and exports. Wheat and corn show mixed moves with spot and futures values fluctuating. rye, barley, and malt hold and sugar, coffee, and lard show modest direction changes amid broad commodity activity. Detroit notes cite No 1 white wheat and Michigan red values in late July trade.
Old Colony line schedules list weekday departures from Boston to New York and Cape Cod towns with dozens of stop times. It names Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis and Plymouth routes plus boat connections and the general split of morning and evening returns.
Chicago reports higher wheat and corn with steady flour. Milwaukee notes irregular wheat and steady rye and barley. Cincinnati and St Louis show mixed pork, lard and whiskey figures with varied receipts and shipments. Minneapolis lists cash and forward wheat prices for several grades and track quotes with large receipts and shipments.
Hog prices eased in St Louis and Peoria with mixed packers and butchers quoting varied levels. Chicago reports strong cattle shipments with steers near 330 to 465 and Texas cattle at 180 to 840, while hogs remained dull at 505 to 530 and 515 to 540 in spots, with sheep and lambs showing weakness.
Net receipts for five days total 2228 with exports to Great Britain 10640 and to France 2216. Coastwise exports 676 at Augusta and 2547 from New Orleans while stock at all United States ports reaches 113624. Prices show dull to steady tones with mids around 9 to 11 cents depending on port and grade.
The Guardian notes tame business in many departments with buyers cautious and orders moderating. Demand shifts appear toward the Levant Persia and South America, while India and China show mixed activity and price pressure. London and Liverpool markets report dull wheat and steady or quiet prices with modest export movement.
Imports listing for July 27 1887 records cargoes from Steamer River Garry including 1350 hhds sugar and 4 casks rum for Standard Sugar Refinery. Also notes Steamer Fridtjof with 9000 bunches bananas for Seaverns Co and Steamer Arecuna with 1680 hhds sugar and 500 bags for Charles O Foster Co in Barbadian ports Baraco Barbados and associated firms.
Schooner Mary Eleanor clears Halifax and Pictou with cargo of 200 bbls cornmeal 250 bbls dyewoods 3 buggies 35 carboys acid and other goods as listed for shipment.
Detailed lists of goods received and shipped by the Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, and New York & New England railways on July 27 1887. Entries cover wool bales flour corn oats hay leather hides cheese eggs timber tea and other staples with quantities.
A detailed itemized list shows bulk cargoes and shipments including potatoes, lumber, wool, flour, corn, bran, feed, butter, lard, eggs, beans, leather, hides, skins, and cheese. Railroads and carriers noted include Eastern, Western Division Boston Maine, Boston and Lowell, and By Sea, with totals of boxes, tubs, cases, bbls, and cwt across multiple ports and markets.
A dense listing of names and firms with city and state affiliations. Includes J J Sullivan in Corsicana Texas J T Dumas in Talladega Alabama W L Logan in Fort Worth Texas and many others linked to firms such as Carroll Adams & Co Phelps Dodge & Palmer and Schiff Sommer & Co.
Timetable notes Boston station Causeway street and 218 Washington Street for through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Weirs Meredith Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and more with sleeping and parlor cars to Montreal and Brent Veal. Local Boston service to Manchester Concord Nashua Milford Greenfield and other NH towns with numerous departure times.
Time table listing numerous stations including Concord Mass Prison Station Billerica Bedford Lexington and West Medford with varied daily and Sunday times. Through trains and local routes noted with general timetable information and a note to obtain full details at stations.
The Boston and Providence Railroad announces service extensions from Boston to Ware Barre and other towns starting June 27 1987 with multiple daily departures for commuter runs to Hudson Jetberg Dedfer Rockbottom and More. Train arrangements after May 30 1887 include various routes to New York Newark Providence Pawtucket Attleboro Readville Dedham and Roxbury with complex schedules and return times.
A detailed timetable shows trains on Boston and Maine Railways including Augusta Haymarket to Causeway Street and numerous regional connections to Portland Bar Harbor St John Halifax and Monson points. Special Limited Vestibule Car service departs Boston at 9 15 am Portland 12 18 pm and Bangor 5 pm arriving Bar Harbor 5 55 pm and Mt Desert Ferry Bangor 10 30 am.
Train times listed for Boston area and towns including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Maverick Hill Melrose Malden Medford Melrose Highlands Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wilmington and Sunday trains to Dover Maverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Portland Bangor Lewiston with multiple departures from early morning to late evening and on Sunday.
Eastern Division timetable lists daily departures from Boston and connections to Amesbury Beverly Middeford Chelsea Everett Salem and more. The dense list shows dozens of destinations with specific times and notes on branches and services including workingmen's train, Pullman cars, and officials.
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