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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1887
Page
7
Southern market reports three dollar per barrel for choice tallow and two hundred twenty six dollars per ton for medium quality. City rendered and country grades list various figures including oleomargarine use and rough and other terms.
The Savannah boat delivered 20,000 water melons, priced 25 to 35 cents. Strawberries and various fruits show ample supply with mixed prices. oranges and lemons quoted. Vegetables including beans, asparagus, cabbage, onions, peas, tomatoes, and cucumbers feature widely varying crate and per unit prices, with several items noted as in steady or moderate demand and some quiet.
No change to note in pork and lard. Hams steady. beef quiet. Fresh beef prices similar to prior quotes. Listings cover long and short cuts, backs, lean ends, tongues, prime mess, extra prime, fresh ribs, bologna sausage, and various treated meats with a range of price points.
New York spot cotton closes quiet with middling at 11 4 cents and low middling at 10 5 cents. Futures show scattered bids and asks across June to November with firm overall tone. PIPELINE CERTIFICATES details, sugar and molasses prices listed, including raw sugar levels and refined sugar firmness, plus regional cargo and freight notes from several Caribbean sources.
June 20 reports from New York trade centers show flour receipts at 30,447 pkgs exports 1345 bbls and a mix of wheat, cornmeal, rye, and barley prices with No 2 Chicago wheat around 84 87 cents and futures activity mixed. Nearby markets in Minneapolis Chicago and Cincinnati note varied wheat cash and futures levels, flour and pork pricing, and ongoing export and ship receipts.
Toledo notes weak wheat at 80 cents and 7000 bushels received while 2000 bushels shipped. St Louis shows flour demand light, wheat easing, corn rising to 34 34 5 cents, oats steady at 27 cents, whiskey at 106 dollars, and mixed pork and lard prices. Detroit lists No 1 white wheat around 4.4 cents and No 2 red near 84 to 40 cents with 4300 wheat receipts.
St Louis reports hogs steady with sales at 485 500 and 490 500 butchers up to 510. Kansas City hogs open steady with prices 465 480. Chicago cattle receipts about 6000 with steers 350 455, stockers 160 320, cows/bulls 150 320. Hog receipts at Chicago 19 000 with steady to mixed pricing 480 605. light ships 330 460. Sheep receipts 6000 dullers natives 3 4 60, Western 3 60 4 30, Texans 2 76 3 60. lambs 1 80 3 40.
A compiled report shows diverse net receipts and stocks by port. Augusta and Wilmington report no receipts with mid markets quiet. New Orleans and Savannah show modest receipts and steady stocks. Philadelphia and New York reveal higher receipts and exports to Britain and the continent, with firm to quiet market tones. Consolidated figures cover three days with total port stocks near 299 thousand across all United States ports.
London price notes from June 20 show wheat and corn steady amid light demand, with Paris and Antwerp marking similar trends. Wool sale at London sees strong demand and higher prices for merino cross breds, with Victoria and New South Wales supplying large lots and prices climbing.
Lists steamer cargoes at Port Antonio Yarmouth and Savannah including bananas limes pineapples cocoa nuts mackerel salmon lobsters and other goods. Notes numerous consignors and buyers such as F L Clements Barclay J Jones Beach Cheney Myrie Delong & Seaman J Hutchinson G A Brackett J Boynton Appleton Allen Field Arnold George McQuesten Bourne Chapin W Gleason Lowell Bleachery McKeever Hall Patch Rice Sherman Simmons Snow Yorke Merriam Middlesex Bleachery Newhall Hull London Hull ship Gate City and others.
A detailed list of consignments across Charlottetown and Halifax with hundreds of bales cases casks and packages. Entries include coils and bales from Baring Bros and others, eggs potatoes canned goods and lumber. Notable vessels Steamer Carroll Schooner Henry G Ives and Norseman among numerous ship and rail receipts. Total receipts summarize cotton molasses butter and meat for June 20 1887 across multiple ports.
Boston and Albany Railroad records list cargo: large quantities of agricultural goods including cotton wool flour oat meal corn oats wheat malt feed coffee sugar butter eggs beans hay and more. The entry details bales and barrels with units and totals, indicating a substantial inventory passage on that date.
The Worcester Nashua and Rochester Railroad announces a semi annual dividend of three dollars per share payable at the Worcester Treasurer's Office on July 9 to stockholders of record at close of business June 26. Checks will be mailed for standing orders. Treas. T. W. Hammond. Worcester June 20, 1887.
Rail schedules list Boston and Maine trains serving Augusta Haymarket square and Causeway street with departures at 8 30 am 1 pm and 9 am 12 30 and 1 pm. Includes Bangor St John Halifax and the Provinces Halifax from Portland with connections Wednesday and Friday. Lewiston and Manchester Concord North And Conway and Knox Lincoln routes shown with multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.
On and after June 26 1887 weekday trains depart Boston for New York via Fall River Line at 6 and 7 p m with returns 5 30, 6 15 p m. Detailed schedules cover Ashmont Barnstable Myannis Yarmouth Sandwich and many other towns with numerous outbound and return times and Sunday trains to New York via Fall River Line plus connections to Plymouth Duxbury Marshfield and Nantucket among others. GEO L CONNOR and J R KENDRICK listed as officials.
Trains depart from Boston stations with frequent trips to Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence Lowell Melrose Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington North Andover and surrounding towns with Sunday trains listed. times vary by stop and day. Return trips and multiple daily slots are shown for many locations, reflecting a dense regional network and mixed morning afternoon evening intervals.
A dense list of train times across the Eastern Division including Amesbury Beverly Dover Everett Lynn Salem and Portland routes. Mentions city ticket office at 306 Washington Street and notes Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. Signatories James T. Furlan and D. J. Flanders as general managers/agents.
Boston and Lowell Railroad May 30 1887 timetable listing through service from Boston Causeway Street and City Ticket and Freight Office 218 Washington Street with connections to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal and more. Local service from Boston to Manchester Concord Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua with multiple daily departures including Sundays.
Full list of daily and Sunday time tables for Lowell Wilmington Winchester Medford Dalles Hill Mass and other stations. Includes AM PM hours with numerous departures and arrivals, plus notes on where full information is obtainable at stations.
A corrected listing of Boston to New York and New England train times shows weekday departures from Boston and various intermediate stations to cities like Ashcroft Danbury Hartford and Providence. It also notes Sunday trains, Woon socket division timings, and changes to Norfolk and Norwich Line connections with steamboat services City of Worcester and City of New York.
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