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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1888

Page

7

Market report on flour and grain prices and demand

The market remains quiet with buyers holding off while millers hold firm. Prices cited include flour types from fine at 2 75 per barrel to spring patents at 5 65 per barrel, and various export and domestic classes for corn oats and wheat. Receipts and sales are listed for New York Chicago St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee and Detroit with mixed activity and steady to firmer tones in some grains.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Roller Canada Extra New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee St Louis Detroit Toledo Graham Canada Choice

Butter and cheese prices steady across markets with varied grades

Butter demand quiet as prices hold firm from 16c to 21c across Western and Vermont creameries with many grades, while jobbing prices run higher. Cheese markets show slow old stock drawdown, new cheese quotes in New York and Vermont ranges, and European market notes. beans, peas, and other commodities also cited with fluctuating figures.

Choice Western Western Factory Western Fair Vermont Extra Vermont Eastern Creamery New York Eastern New York Extra Ohio Liverpool Egee New Hampshire Choice Western Michigan Nova Scotia New Brunswick PE Island Oresea California

Fruit Market Report Shows Mixed Prices and Arrivals

Apples trade quiet with Baldwins at 3 56 per barrel and russets at 3 50. Oranges and lemons vary with Palermo fruit priced from 3 to 5 per box, Messina items at 3 4 and 4 00 per box, alencia at 4 5 to 5 00 per case. Bananas and cocoanuts arrive on multiple steamers Balder Gambetta Lorenzo D Baker with varied prices per banana grade and cocoanut counts. Pineapples well supplied with sales at 10c and 35 to 40c for Porto Rico fruit.

Baldwins Palermo Messina Alencia Maryland Balder Gambetta Baracoa Lorenzo D Baker Jamaica Porto Rico

Savannah Market Rumors and Mixed Produce Prices

The Savannah steamer arriving Monday carries 1720 crates cucumbers 240 crates beans 60 crates 90 bbls squash 880 bbls potatoes 30 bbls cabbage 140 crates tomatoes and 420 bbls pumpkins. Southern green corn noted in small arrivals in poor condition with slow sale at 150 dollars per box. Demand described as hit or steady for asparagus peas tomatoes and several vegetables with varied prices across crates barrels and baskets.

Savannah Norfolk Maryland Florida North Carolina Bermuda St Andrews

Provisions Market Steady Across Major Centers

Pork market steady with firm lard and unchanged pork products. Prices shown for long cuts to extra prime and various backs and shoulders, with regionally quoted figures from New York Chicago and St Louis. Beef and fresh meats firm with quiet demand. brisk movement for select cuts and variety meats.

New York Continent South America Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Cotton market in New York steady with varied prices

In New York cotton holds steady with middling uplands at 10 cents and low middling near 9.9 cents, good ordinary around 8.11 to 8.16, and ordinary about 7.44. Sales reach 187 bales. Futures open and close dull with mixed weekly closing figures and a comparative week summary showing imports, exports, and stock movements across U S ports and Liverpool.

New York Sunsyx & Vac Vescocccesecs United States Liverpool Great Britain France Alto Auag Seer Sancualy Us Ceenenvecsese ADIL Cccccseesceeseves Orleans

Maritime Trade Totals By Port Recap

Galveston-Net receipts 36, New Orleans 334, Mobile 5, Memphis 42, Savannah 405, Brunswick 293, Port Royal 1, Charleston 818, Wilmington 47, Norfolk 306, Newport News 407, West Point none, Philadelphia none, Baltimore none, New York none, Cincinnati 722, St Louis 335, Louisville 105. Exports and coastwise figures listed. stock levels shown. varied market tones from quiet to steady and dull across ports.

Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Brunswick Port Royal Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Newport News Great Britain West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York St Louis Louisville

Market report on sugars and molasses prices and quotations

Sugar and molasses prices hold steady across grades. Cuba and refining sugars cited with various tests and percentages. refined grades such as granulated and confectioners A are firm with good demand. New York raw sugars quiet while refined prices stay firm. molasses demand fair with several regional quotations and cargo sales noted.

Cuba Manilas Hoilos Javas New York Mi Olassen

Hog and Cattle Markets Report from Major U.S. Markets

Movement active with cattle receipts 2625 and prices 10 to 15 cents higher than prior. Hogs receipts 7282, market fairly active. heavy hogs up 6 cents, other lots unchanged. Sheep receipts 2008, demand slow and quotations steady. Peoria hogs steady around 510 to 550. St Louis hogs steady with Yorkers 510 to 545, packers 530 to 550, butchers 640 to 550. Cincinnati hogs steady. common to light 445 to 575, receipts 540. Chicago cattle receipts 6000 shipments 3000, beeves 4450, cows 195 to 360, stockers 250 to 410, Texas cattle 190 to 460. Hogs receipts 15000, shipments 7000, slow but near steady. mixed 625 to 545, heavy 536 to 565, light 520 to 540, pigs 450 to 500. Sheep receipts 9000, weak. natives 275 to 525, Texans 212 to 475, heavy Westerns 475.

Kansas City Peoria St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Miscellaneous Market Quotes and Certificates

The report lists quiet and steady conditions across markets. Tallow sells to City at 4144 4142¢ and country at 342 4c, New York firm with 140,000 ths at 4a 44-Séc, Rio coffee at 16 4c, Whiskey steady in Cincinnati, St Louis and Chicago prices unchanged, Pine Line Certificates closing and opening details, Turpentine rosin and tar notes, petroleum prices and RSW at 7 44c, cases at 4c.

New York St Louis Chicago Manarket

Imports and Exports. June 1 1888 Baracoa and Havanna cargoes

Shipping listings show Baracoa imports from Steamer Gambetta and Balder with bananas coconuts and sugars. Havana brig Onolaska and Jamaica steamer Lorenzo D Baker carry bananas coconuts and pumpkins. Boston, Liverpool, and Matanzas entries include sugar, molasses, hogs, hides, flax, and various commodities. Names of firms and vessels appear alongside quantities and units.

Baracoa Gambetta Seaverns & Co Stemner Balder Ht Harding Cardenas Ethel Nash, Spaulding & Co Clenfuegos Henry Warner Havana Onolaska Amsinck & Co Jamaica Lorenzo D Baker Boston St Ruit Co Liverpool Silas Sanborn Matanzas Mary Fink Bengar Eng Norseman Homer Bros Sith & Dove Manf Co Baring Bros & Co Washburn & Moen Mani Co E & F King & Co Spaulding Mannerson Felter & Co Forbes Keveillard Stoddard& Kendall Jones Bolls Steel Jere Abbott & Co Moors & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Moise Leach & Co

Exports Report from Liverpool and Yarmouth 1888

The export ledger lists cargoes from Liverpool to Yarmouth dated June 1 1888. Dexter sails with flour cornmeal pork beef lard and other goods while the Yarmouth steamer carries corumeal saws iron and brass pipe hardware carriages lubricating oil rubber goods and assorted boxes and crates. Also noted are empty egg cases lobster crates vegetable packages fruit plates and various packing items.

Liverpool Dexter Yarmouth

Staple Goods Receipts From Railways in 1888 Boston Area

A catalog of freight receipts dated June 1 1888 across multiple rail lines including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York and New England and Boston and Maine. Entries list quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats malt feed grease lard butter cheese eggs hay leather hides and other staples by bale box tub or car, showing extensive trade in the era.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fichburg Oston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell System

Commodity counts from express and sea shipments

The list itemizes bulk goods with quantities by transport mode including hams beans tubs eggs cheese oars lumber leather hides dry hides skins calfskins and molasses. It notes express shipments of leather and sea shipments of wool tense quantities and assorted bags tierces bbls and cases across multiple categories.

Express

London and Liverpool grain markets steady amid dull conditions

London reports cargoes off the coast and passage aid for shipment with wheat and corn quiet but steady. California and Australian wheat prices shown with July to October futures. At Liverpool, breadstuffs flat with poor demand. No 1 California wheat around 68 shillings. corn weaker, receipts high. pork steady, cheese and lard easing.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool Antwerp

Albany and Boston Train Schedules Listing Major Stops

A dense listing of rail timetables shows trains between Albany and Boston with connections at Pittsfield and Springfield. The notice details daily and Sunday services, express options, dining cars, and through sales at Boston offices, along with numerous station stop times and routes to New York and points north and west.

NEW South York West Pilgrim Bristol Boston Fall River New York Brooklyn Jersey City May Trais Ust Springfield MB Onnewan North A Tan Connect Palmer Neu Room Care Express Expressork Inkie Cordagitle Milford North Marsan LO AM. L Onville Natic_ AD Wedesie Vao Wellenley Wilt Newton Lower Falls Aburndale Aus West Newsom Newtonville Newton Pancuil Brighton Allston Cottage Heat Chestnut Wil Newton Centre Newt Sundway Wellesley Hills Worcester Gpeom Newton Highlands Hanson Gen. Pass. Agt Midgetown New Haven Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Turners N. Y Chicago and St. Louis Limited Erie Railway Exfa Stattforch New England Suandays Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Martford Willimant Montreal & West Vermont Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Palace Central Vermont KK. K Svaabington Bireet

Boston and Norwich Line Through Train Timetable

Daily railroad schedule listing arrival times, routes, and connections for the Philadelphia and Norwich Line services with through Pullman sleepers and hotel connections. Includes offices and agent details for ticketing in Boston and surrounding stations.

Eastern Division Train Schedules Across Boston Area

A dense OCR shows holiday era timetable details for the Eastern Division. It lists numerous departures from Boston Station to Amesbury Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Saugus Swampscott and other towns with varied daily and Sunday trains including early morning mid day and evening slots and special branch services to Lynn Salem Rockport Gloucester and Newburyport along with notes on branches and operating patterns.

Boston Caar Street Amesbury Severly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Sallis Mackester Tempton Beach Berth Hamp Eane Swampscott Branch Middleton

Boston and Maine Railroad Schedules June 1 1888

Train times and routes listed for Boston and Maine Railway and Maine Central Lines. Includes Causeway Street and Haymarket stations with departures to Augusta Harbor Rockland Eastport Calais Saint John Halifax and other points via steamers and connecting lines. Some items unclear or garbled but show morning and evening departures from key hubs and connections to Portland steamer sailings.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Anger Har Harbor St.John Halifax Provinces Haymarket Eastport Calais Mic St. John Portland Causeway Gt North

Fragmentary OCR Summary of Local Notice

Fragmented text shows garbled numbers and names. No clear event or entities can be identified for a concise, accurate summary.

Divison Station and Farmington Trains Schedule Snapshot

Train times listed for Division Station Haymarket and Farmington routes with many destinations including Alton Bay, Lowell, Reading, Georgetown, Kennebunk, Medford and Sunday services to Dover Haverhill Manchester Lowell and Portland Maine. Frequent departures span early morning to late evening with numerous stop points and mixed day and Sunday schedules.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Mesas

Lowell System Boston Causeway Street Through Service Timetable

Lowell System announces Boston Causeway Street through service listing many destinations including Filton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Beaverhill Woodsville Littleton Lancaster Whitefield Bethlehem Junction Mountaine and Fabyans Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St Johnsbury Sherbrooke Quebec Montreal and Montpelier Exsex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal and Passumpsic Northern divisions with multiple daily departures and sleeping and parlor car services on key trains.

Lowell Boston Causeway Street Quebec Passumpsic White River Junction Wells River Bristol Maremoent Montpelier Exsex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Northern RR Boston Air Line Monteal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg CEX Press Windexindon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Furington St. Johns Ogdens Saratoga Delaware & Hindson Canal Company RK. R Cheshire Sanday Wagner Palace Burg Washington Street Faxon RK. Stewart Gen Keendan

Local Service Timetable Across New England Era

Local service from Boston via Manchester Concord Nashua and beyond shows a dense schedule with times listed for multiple towns including Keene Hillsboro Concord Wilton Milford and Amhurst along with Lowell Billerica Lawrence Wilmington Medford Arlington and others. The timetable references day and night runs, several routes and intercity connections, reflecting a broad rail or streetcar service pattern across the region.

Boston Manchester Concord N. M Keene Peter Dee Hullsboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amarst Greenfield Neshua Lowell Ilam Billerica Lawrence Llam Wilmington Bill Him Woburn

Central Massachusetts Train Timetables to Northampton and Nearby Stations

Time tables list departures from Boston Station Causeway Street west of Portland Street for Northampton Hadley Amherst and surrounding towns with multiple daily departures at 7.25 am 12.05 pm 3.40 pm 5.25 pm from Worcester Clinton Berlin and other points to Ware Waverley Belmont and Way Stations. Full schedules and station information available from James T. Forber and D. J. Flanders General Manager and General Passenger Agent.

Union Square Somerville Sun Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Ayer Junction Miller’s Falls Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street Boston Ato Waetasana Sala Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Aily Needham and Way Woonsocket Northampton Teave Causeway Street Portland Street Hadley Amherst Melchertown Woodsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jefferson's Gakdalie West Boylston Clinton Berlin Brudsoa Sudbury Ockbottom Wayland Weston Aim Waverley Bimvent Belmont Waltham, Hudson and Way James T. Forber D. J. Flanders L Pazeengér Agen

Cape Cod Division Route Times and Destinations

Fragmented timetable lists Cape Cod Division departures and stops from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay Barnstable Brewster Chatham Vineyard Haven Falmouth Provincetown Nantucket and others. Times include 8.15 am 4.15 pm 6.15 am 11.40 am and 3.30 pm with weekdays and via connections noted.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Barnstable Bours Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Vineyard Maven Artown New Bedford Calrhaven Falmouth Ayannis Marwich Motament Beach Mattapoirett Arion Nantucket Sedford Nseet Bay Provincetown

Providence Division Rail Timetable Fragments

A dense list of schedule times and stops for trains serving Providence Division and Park Square Station in New York area. The OCR yields a jumble of station names, times, and service notes including Sundays and various suburbs such as Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, North Attleboro, and Worcester rail connections with multiple onward routes and service patterns.

Providence Park Square Station New York Shore I Yume Wse

Train Timetable for Northern Division to Framingham and Neighbors

Boston timetable notice lists train times to Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Northburs Clinton Fitchburg Pratt's Junction and others with daily and Sunday service. Times include 7.15 11.05 am 2.15 ex 4.35 6.30 11.15 pm and 6 pm Sundays with Westward connections. Published by J B Kendrick and Geo L Connor in Boston May 30 1835.

Northern Division Boston & Albany Kneeland Street Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Southboro Holton Northburs Clinton Eominster Fitchburg Pratt’s Junction Boston Old Colony K.R Old State House J.B. Kendrick Man’r Geo. L. Connor Pass’r

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