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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1887
Page
8
Wilson Fay and Co report sale figures for June 16 including Judkins Ry Train Signal and Lord Acoustic Telephone among items with mintyped prices and quantities. New York Stock Sales June 17 show total 136,593 shares traded and list shares, opening, high, low and closing prices today versus yesterday.
Money on call stays easy at 4 to 6 percent with the last loan at 6 percent and prime mercantile paper at 5 6. Sterling exchange dull at reduced rates. Reading gains while other stocks drift. Pacific Mail weakens late, but Reading leads an overall steady close. Railroad bonds remain dull. several issues show small moves, while some Erie firsts decline.
June 17 London markets show Consols at 101 11 16 for money and account. U S government bonds mixed with 4s at 131 1 2, 4428 at 112 11 16, Atlantic and Great Western Firsts at 46 1 4, Erie at 84 1 4, Mexican ordinary at 6 2 3 4, St Paul common 94, New York Central 115 3 4, Pennsylvania 67 1 2, Mexican Central 18 1 2, Canadian Pacific 64, Illinois Central 137, Reading 25.
Basset Whitney & Co. engages in buying and selling stocks and bonds for investors or on margin. The firm acts as dealers in municipal and railroad securities.
Local timetables show daily departures from Boston to New York and through routes to Albany and Springfield with many intermediate stops. Through cars, sleeping and drawing room services are noted, with adjustments on Sundays and holiday patterns. Officials Hanson Gallup outline ticketing at 332 Washington Street for all points.
Reports from Trade Centres New York June 17 note flour receipts of 12 618 packages exports 23835 barrels 3338 sacks quiet sales 17800 barrels with price ranges for common to good extra Western and State 3 30 3 75 good to choice Western and State 3 80 5 j common to choice white wheat Western fancy 4 45 5 10 others unchanged including 4400 barrels cit mill extra at 4 50 4 65 700 barrels fine at 2 40 300 700 barrels superfine at 2 00 5 40 900 barrels
A detailed price and receipt snapshot shows No 2 grain values at 88 to 91 1/4 cents, Minneapolis and Detroit surveys, and Chicago and Milwaukee bids. Wheat receipts total 74 750 bushels in exports and 146 650 bushels on spot, with various futures, deliveries, and arrivals noted. Commodity movements include rye, cornmeal, oats, coffee, sugar, molasses, petroleum, and pork with mixed price directions and steady to dull activity across states including Michigan, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Toledo, St Louis, and Chicago.
Cattle receipts 11 000 shipments none weaker shipping steers 350 450 stockers and feeders 3160 320 cows alls and mixed 175 325 Texas cattle 190 360 Hog receipts 20 000 shipments 4000 active higher closing weaker rough and mixed 485 610 packing and are 5 515 light 485 610 ships 350 470 Sheep receipts 4000 shipments 400 stealy natives 3 450 Western 350 400 Lambs 125 360 head
The cotton market across port cities shows widespread firm tones with varied receipts and stocks. Augusta and Savannah report quiet to firm markets while New Orleans and New York show steady to quiet conditions. combined weekly and year to date figures highlight strong port stocks and exports to Britain and the continent.
Liverpool trading shows dull cotton with prices in buyers' favor and exports at 10 000 bales while weekly totals indicate 55 000 bales sold globally. London wool sales weaken in attendance though prices hold. regional results include Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and other colonies with varied scoured and greasy listings and prices.
An agreeable surprise awaits visitors for the first time at the Revere House café with excellent rare and moderate prices. The text lists multiple names and firms across cities, suggesting an advertisement or directory snippet. The main item highlights welcoming new patrons to the café.
A garbled timetable from the Boston and Lowell Railroad lists through service from Boston and regional branches to Plymouth, St. Johnsbury, Vermont and Montreal corridors, with numerous departure times and station points. The fragmentary text names causes of Causeway Street Boston station, city ticket offices, and mentions formal stations like Manchester Concord Nashua and others, followed by incomplete schedules and a closing note from Geneal Superintendent George W. Storer.
Detailed weekday train times from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and return, listing Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Cohasset Hingham Buzzards Bay Onset Bay Wareham and many towns with numerous departures and returns. Includes schedules via Taunton Brockton North Easton Nantucket Falmouth and related stops, compiled by GEO L. Connor and J R Kendrick as general pass agents.
South and West via Fall River Line offers steamers Pilgrim and Brestol fully electric with nightly music aboard. Departs Boston from Old Colony Station weekdays at p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Special Express Train connects at Fall River in 80 minutes with the steamers Pilgrim and Brestol. Annex steamers connect. Wharf at New York for Brooklyn and Jersey City. Tickets state rooms and berths available at No 3 Old State House and the Old Colony Station.
A new feature allows baggage to be checked from hotel or residence to the destination for holders of tickets via this service. Orders for calls should be left at 3 Old State House.
Timetables show trains from Boston area stations to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington starting 8.30am and continuing through the day with multiple departures to Andover Dover Exeter Great Falls and Melrose among others. Sunday schedules include Dover Maverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford and Portland Bangor Lewiston service with frequent afternoon and evening runs.
City rail timetable lists trains from Boston station via Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett and coastal towns including Ipswich Marblehead Swampscott and Rockport with numerous departure times and branch services noted. The schedule, issued by James T Furber and D J Flanders, covers weekday and limited workingmen routes with South Reading and Saugus branches.
On and after Oct. 11 1886 trains depart Boston from Kk and L depot at 7 30 am 8 30 am 12 noon 1 pm 3 pm 5 30 pm 7 pm Sundays 1 pm For BR and M depot depart 7 40 am 12 noon 5 pm Returning from Concord to Boston 5 30 am 7 30 am 10 20 am 2 45 pm 5 05 pm 6 28 pm Sundays 7 am 7 1L Es Chamberlin Supt
Central Massachusetts R R notices schedule departures from Causeway Street starting Monday May 30 1887. Express trains leave Boston for Jefferson Way Stations at 6 05 pm. Sunday times list several stops including Hudson Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland and Belmont with 9 10 11 50 am and 2 45 4 5 05 pm expresses. George W Stoker and C Mellan oversee passenger traffic with Gen Supt and Gen Passg’r agents.
Local business directory item notes the LECTROTYPING and stereotyping services offered by STATE ELECTROTYPE FOUNDRY located on Dren Street. The entry is brief with the services and address implied, typical of print directory style.
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