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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1889
Page
7
Ice house stocks are plentiful with slow sales. Meat prices show mixed levels on turkeys chickens fowls ducks and geese with ranges from 7 to 20 cents. Hay and straw quotes include prime hay 18 to 18.50 dollars and rye straw 18 to 18.50 dollars with broad market movement noted.
The market remains unchanged from the last quote with prices for several items including marrow squash at 60 per ton, Hubbard at 70 per ton, Savo cabbage at 75 to 90 cents per barrel, cabbage at 1 per barrel, onions at 1 125 per barrel, Bermuda onions at 2 per crate, Spanish onions at 150 per crate, beets 40 to 50 cents per bush, carrots 125 per barrel, lettuce 50 cents per bush, turnips 40 cents per box, radishes 50 cents per ounce, celery 10 per box, spinach 1 per bush box, kale 75 cents per barrel, and parsley 3 dollars per us.
Chicago provisions show stronger prices with lard the dullest on the list. Pork and pork products hold steady with fair demand, various cuts quoted from long to backs and hams. Beef dull and fresh beef movement quiet, cattle details and regional prices listed for Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and Brighton markets.
Kansas City stock yards report cattle receipts 2955 with steady to strong prices for natives and butchers. Chicago cattle receipts 7500 shipments 4000 show steady to lower, beeves 430 450, steers 3395, stockers 225 335, cows bulls mix 125 340. Hogs receipts 18000 shipments 5000 higher on most classes, heavies 43712 445, mixed 410 440, light 4 40 460, culls 4 440. Sheep receipts 6500 shipments 2800, natives 3 550, Western cornfed 4 40 480, lambs 5 650. Additional regional notes from Peoria and St Louis show firm hogs and steady to higher prices across markets.
The steamer Aguan passed Gibraltar February 22 and is due in Boston around March 10 with 9600 boxes Messina oranges 800 boxes Messina lemons 12100 boxes Palermo oranges and 5900 boxes Palermo lemons. The Trinacria left Gibraltar February 19 for Boston carrying 1000 boxes Palermo oranges 300 boxes Palermo lemons 1200 boxes Messina oranges 2800 boxes Corals edibe and 700 boxes Catania lemons. The Wallachia is currently loading at Palermo for Boston.
Apples show steady prices with light movement due to lower Boston quotes despite good export demand from Maine. Oranges and lemons remain steady with a fair supply of choice lots. various prices cited for Messina, Palermo, Valencias, Florida, navels, tangerines, mandarins and other varieties. Cranberries unchanged with sales at 8 9 per bbl for choice and 5 7 for fair to good. Almeria grapes quiet at 6 and higher prices quoted as trade tight.
Sugar market reports firm raw sugar demand in New York with 5 1/2 to 5 3/4 cent centrifugals and refined sugars strong with varied grades priced. Belmont A and extra C values around 6 3/4 to 7 cents. reduced clarity on remaining lots and prices for Havana shipments.
Quintal at Sagua shows 2000 bags of centrifugal sugar with 92 to 96 polarization and price around 312 percent gold per quittal. Molasses demand fair and market firm. Prices listed for Ponce Porto Rico gal 36 87¢, New Orleans 45 47¢, Cienfuegos 23 27¢. New York foreign strong 50 test 2172 22c. New Orleans dull.
In New York cotton rests at middling uplands 103-16c, low middling 9%4c, good ordinary 813-16c, ordinary 77-16c with 531 bales sold. Futures opened and closed steady as market data highlights opening and closing quotes for March to September contracts and nationwide receipts, stocks, and exports across key ports.
City markets hold steady with mixed quotes across several commodities. Turpentine closes at 51 42c with resin at 115 11742, tar at 180 190, petroleum at 7.25c with RSW 7.16c and cases 9.15c. Coffee in New York remains firm as Rio demand lifts prices. Whiskey markets in Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis hold steady.
A long list of goods including hardware items, roof materials, farming supplies, foodstuffs, and textiles. The entries specify quantities such as bales of cotton, cases of beef and beans, bbls of tar and flour, and rolls of dyewood, among others, with totals for each line.
A detailed tally of receipts by railroad lines includes vast quantities of cotton wool flour cornmeal corn oats barley malt feed lard cheese bacon butter eggs beans apples potatoes hay straw leather hides and more. Entries cover Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine divisions and related freight movements.
Market report from Watertown Union Live Stock Market by George J. Fox. Includes cattle sheep and lamb counts, prices for beef and store cattle, hogs and hides, and notes on yard conditions and key sales by local traders. Western cattle shipments, firming tone, and several large oxen sales are highlighted.
London reports cargoes off the coast with wheat and corn quiet. Arrivals include no. of cargoes, with sales and waiting shipments noted. Paris wheat quiet and firm, Liverpool spot wheat steady while corn lags. Futures in Liverpool show wheat firm for March and May. corn futures quiet amid holiday effects.
Boston and Albany R R timetables list local and through trains to Albany and West with connections to Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and destinations via Michigan Central Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. Notable services include vestibuled Wagner Cars to Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago and other routes with drawing rooms sleeping cars and dining cars. Tickets and parlor car details available at 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street station in Boston.
A detailed ledger of imports and exports listing steamers Hermann and Gothenburg City through Antwerp and Venetian and other ships via Liverpool. Items include steel slabs and sheets, window glass, rags, coal, glassware, porcelain, basket ware, leather goods, textiles, and various chemicals. Numerous firms such as E & J S Bent, A Houdlette & Co, Jere Abbott & Co, Hills Turner & Co, Baring Bros & Co, and J B Moora & Co appear with quantities ranging from dozens to thousands of units. The record shows extensive commodity flows including metals, glass, paper, luxuries, and bulk salts.
The Yarmouth Nova Scotia port reports a cargo including the steamer Yarmouth 46 coils of rope 500 barrels of flour 2 boxes of zinc plates 600 barrels of corn.
Rail services list daily through trains for Western and Eastern divisions from Boston area stations. Details include times from Haymarket and Causeway streets to Augusta, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, Portland, St John, Halifax, Bar Harbor, and connections to Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln lines.
A dense list of Western Division routes and departures. Services cover Alton Bey Rochester Farmington Andover Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford North Lawrence South Lawrence Wakefield and more with varied morning and evening times.
Trains depart Houston Station Causeway Street for Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett and other towns in the Eastern Division with listed times. Sundays add additional services for Lynn Way Stations Newburyport Portland Salem and branches. notes include workingmen’s and South Reading line services.
Passenger train times listed for numerous towns and connections from Boston station. Services cover many lines including Montreal via White River Junction, local Passumpsic and Northern divisions, and multiple branch points with departures mainly at 8.30 am 1 pm and 7 pm, plus morning and evening slots to cities such as Manchester Concord Nashua and Montreal.
Time tables show departures from Boston including Causeway Street and foot of Portland Street to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher Town Beandsville Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester and additional runs to Hudson Sudbury Wayland Waltham Belmont Waverley and Northamton via various stops. Full local and through train information available at stations from James T. Furlber and D J Flanders Gen'l Manager and Gen'l Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Passengers with tickets on the Fall River Line Shore Line or Stonington Line may have baggage checked from hotel or residence in Boston to destination. A baggage call may be left at No 8 Old State House.
A dense list of train times and routes across multiple stations including Ashmont, South Braintree, Shawmut, and Quincy with weekday and Sunday schedules. Mentions Fall River Line connections and additional notes for Prov. Div and certain Fridays.
A collection of bus times across Cape Cod towns including Bourne Brewster Falmouth Hyannis Sandwich Wellfleet and others. Notable entries show routes to Nantucket via Woods Hole and limited service days for Nantucket.
A dense schedule lists departures from Providence Division stations toward New Work and multiple branches including Attleboro Canton Junction Dedham Readville Roxbury and more. It notes Sundays and weekdays with varied times and ends with an instruction to see Central Division for additional trains.
Railway timetable excerpt lists local and through trains from Boston to Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg and more with departure times around 7.15 and 10.55 am and Sunday services. It notes full timetable availability at Boston stations and Old State House Office. J R Kendrick and Geo L Connor listed as general managers agents. Boston Feb 11 1889.
Boston and New England trains depart from Boston station weekdays with a dense schedule listing departures to Ashewott Baltimore Dorchester Dedham and many more. Sunday trains run to Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin and intermediate stations with return times.
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