Market unsettled by warm weather and ample supply
The market shows a fair demand but a generally unsatisfactory condition due to large receipts and warm weather. Eastern extras are limited while other kinds are plentiful. prices vary across regions with firming tendencies in some items such as eggs and beans, and a quiet note for potatoes and hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Cincinnati
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
California
Lima
West
Marrow
Timothy
North
Red Top
Jersey
Aroostook Hebrons
Burbanks
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Bush
Aroostook
Southern Tomatoes At New York Freight Arrives In Poor Condition
Southern tomatoes reach New York by freight with most lots in poor condition and prices from 90 cents to $1 per crate. Market shows ample truck supply and weak activity. Listings include marrow gouash and various vegetables with price quotes per ton, crate, or bush. The Norfolk boat arriving Friday carries 630 packs of spinach and 3880 packs of kale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltimore
Epinach
Chicago Wheat and Hog Market Signals Steady Tones
Provisions report shows wheat in Chicago drawing the focus with hogs closing steady after large packer purchases. Prices range across pork products with firm lard and brisk beef tones, detailing cuts and values from New York to Cincinnati and regional markets.
Kansas City Hog and Cattle Market Roundup
Stock Yards, Kansas City notes cattle receipts 1836 with fair activity and steady prices. Hog receipts 6674 show a weak market with heavies 4.55 to 4.74, mediums and lights 4.24 to 4.50, pigs 4.37 to 4.50. Sheep steady at 4.25. St Louis and Cincinnati markets show steady to lower trends for hogs and packers rates with varied ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Pocker-Speerpil
St Louis
Cincinnati
Market Receipts and Shipments for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle receipts 2045 shipments 1300. Chicago cattle receipts 3500 shipments 4000. prices range from 3 to 4 60 for steers and cows. Hogs receipts 19 000 shipments 7000. prices 4 60 to 4 96, weights light to heavy. Sheep receipts 6000 shipments 2000. western corn fed 4 50, Texans 4 42 5, lambs 4 75 5 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Market Row of Fresh Fruit Prices and Supplies
The market shows good fruit supply with active demand and steady packing. Baldwins and russets sold at various pence per barrel, oranges and lemons plentiful though Florida oranges scarce, Messina and Palermo citrus priced per box, Valencias and navels per box and half-box, cranberries firm with Jersey shipments large, Almeria grapes quiet, dried apples steady, strawberries in poor condition with some sales from a prior steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eac
Baldwins
Florida
Messina
Palermo
Jersey
Almeria
S$rawberrie
Steamer arrivals bring Jamaica and Palermo fruit to Boston
Marmion arrives with Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Company. By March 21 the Bergen from Jamaica is due with Jamaica fruits. Trinacnia, due March 18 after Gibraltar March 2, carries 1000 Palermo oranges 300 Palermo lemons 1200 Messina oranges 2800 Catania oranges 700 Catania lemons 4250 Valencia oranges. Wallachia loading at Palermo for Boston. Edwin passed Gibraltar March 2 for Boston with 3050 Messina oranges 1800 Messina lemons 11900 Palermo lemons 12200 Palermo oranges. North Britain sailed from Palermo March 11 for Boston with 8050 Messina oranges 2500 Messina lemons and unknown Palermo fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Fruits
Boston Fruit Company
Bergen
Jamaica
Trinacnia
Gibraltar
Palermo
Messina
Catania
Valencia
Wallachia
Boston
Edwin
Auction sale of steamer Effective cargo fruits
Harris & Co sold the cargo of the steamer Effective at auction today including Mediterranean fruits. Messina lemons brought 75 cents per box with prices 1 75, Palermo lemons 50 cents per box with 4 8742, Messina oranges 1 2 25 per box, half-boxes 744c 2 1244, Palermo oranges 25 cents per box with 4 1242.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Harris & Co
Messina
Palermo
Cotton prices hold steady amid mixed NY and Liverpool markets
In New York cotton is steady with middling uplands at 9 1/16 to 9 16 cents and sales of 6 bales. Futures opened steady and closed dull with March 14 at 10.00 cents and May at 10.12 cents. Liverpool spot is quiet with middling up lands at 5 1/16d and sales of 10,000 bales. Various U S ports show mixed receipts and steady to firm tones across markets and futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ighest
Choice City
New York
Tierces City
Cincinnati
Brighton
MAPON
Cc Sielvecienns
Ce Veesscee
MAG Sci
Tevee Waa
Cadeavasdee
Liverpool
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Willmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
Continent
St Louis
Louisville
France
United States
Sugar market notes show firm prices and rising trend
Sugar prices across Cuba and New York trading floors remain firm with good demand and limited supply. Refined sugar gains noted, trust meeting postpones stock offers, and Havana sales show 85 to 87 polarization for Mus covado. Molasses and syrups hold steady while new sugar arrives in small lots and fetches 15 16 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
Belmont
New York
Havana
Ponce
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Cienfuegos
Market notes on tallow turpentine and coffee prices
Dull market for tallow with steady city prices and several grades listed. Turpentine and petroleum quoted in New York with closing levels for resin tar and petroleum. Coffee in Rio noted as easier with fair car price around 190.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
New York
Rio
Whiskey Market Steady with Chicago and Cincinnati Quotes
The whiskey market shows a firm tone with Cincinnati at 103 and Chicago at 103. St Louis remains steady at 1t 03, reflecting balanced supply and demand across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Staple Receipts by Railroads Calendar 1889
A detailed ledger of receipts from multiple railroads listing quantities of cotton wool flour cornmeal oats barley and other staples. Railroads include Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Maine Eastern Division Western Division Hoson & Maine Lowell System Salem & Peabody Express and Sea shipments with items such as bales of wool cotton and oats, barrels of flour and beef, cases of eggs and butter, and hides and leather totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Matne Railroad
Western Division
Jiosion & Maine Railroad
Lowell
Salem & Peabody Express
Sea
Imports And Exports Ledger March 14 1889
Shipping list from multiple ports detailing cargoes including hemp sugar and codfish, with vessels such as the Wensleydale Virginian Kansas and Edith etc. Entries cite buyers and merchants like Nash Spaulding & Co E H Cutler and Baring Bros & Co, listing bags, cases, bales, casks, and boxes of goods across Cebu Cienfuegos Georgetown Halifax Liverpool Port Elizabeth and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cebu
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Cienfuegos
Wensleydale
Nash
Spaulding W& Co
Georgetown
Demerara
Edith
Halifax
Worcester
Thomas Butler & Co
Haring Bros & Co
Turner & Co
Moors & Co
Moise Jones
MceDuffee & Stratton
Cook & Co
Murray
Baring Bros & Co
Dame & Co
Shepard
Stoddard, Lovering & Co
E & F King & Co
Wadsworth, Howland & Co
Thomas Leyland & Co
Leigh & Co
Riley & Gray
James Lee
Sumney
Webber
Coleman, Mead & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Kansas
Indsej & Moors & Co
Edwin Brown
Joel Goldthwait & Co
H Jones & Co
Thaxter & Son
Morrison & Co
Milne & Co
Sugden
B_ Brigham & co
Ludlow Mans Co
Providence Worsted Mills
Blerkins
Stone & Downer
H White & Co
DeBlois & Co
Lee
Ross
Wetherell Bros
Pierce & Co
Smith & Sons
Warren & Blanchard
Parker & Co
Jordan
Marsh & Co
I’ Lardy & Co
Snow & Co
Clarke & Co
Dwyer & Co
Cutler Bros & Co
Graves & Sons
Fos & Co
Nickerson & Laxter
Manila
Port Elizabeth
Anita
Gillespie, Patterson & Co
Salt and goods listed aboard brig Echo-1493 and steamer Venetian
In St John New Brunswick the brig Echo-1493 is loaded with salt and hard pine. In Liverpool England the steamer Venetian cleared March 12 with varied cargo including toys, organ material, bolts, rubber goods, butter, paint, organs, hubs, spokes, beef, apples, cattle, staves, cotton, corn, patent medicine, bacon, leather and other items totaling thousands of units and bundles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST John
Liverpool
Eng
Foreign Markets London Shipping Report and Prices
Foreign markets report from London notes cargoes off the coast with corn and wheat steamers. Two cargoes of corn arrived since the last report, two cargoes sold, three cargoes awaiting sale. Wheat quiet, corn steady. Mark Lane prices show wheat No 2 club at 38 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Paris and Liverpool grain markets show mixed firmness
In March markets English and French country trade quiet with wheat steady in Paris and Liverpool while corn remains steadier in the ports. Liverpool reports firm wheat futures with cautious demand and mixed American corn values. Prices for March May and June contracts listed. Paris quotes for March and April wheat and flour, and English country markets show a downward tilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Liverpool
England
California
Proposals for City Stables Roofing Work in Roxbury
Sealed proposals by the City of Boston Department of Public Buildings for roofing the city stables on Highland Street Roxbury are due March 16 1889 at 12 noon. Bids must include certified checks of 200 payable to Boston with words and figures and be signed with full name. A performance bond of 1/4 to 1/2 the contract may be required by James C Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Street
Roxbury
Boston
James C. Tucker
Massachusetts
Middlesex
Francis Freeman
Tewksbury
Nathaniel Mitchell
Cambridge
Boston Post
George M. Brooks
Esquire
J. H. Tyler
Register
John J. Marson
J. H. Yyler
Kezister
Abutment bids invited for Leyden Street Bridge East Boston
Sealed proposals for building the Leyden Street Bridge abutments in East Boston are due by noon Saturday March 16 1889 at the City Engineer’s office City Hall Boston. Plans and specifications can be obtained after March 8 1889 and the City Engineer may reject all bids if deemed not in the city’s interest. Read aloud at opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyden Street Bridge
East
Boston
City Engineer
City Hall
William Jackson
Proposals for Iron and Brass Castings in Boston
Boston Water Board invites sealed proposals by March 23 1889 for two contracts Iron and Service Box Castings and Brass and Composition Castings. Bidders must list names and residences sign proposals and provide a 500 dollar certified check forfeitable if contract not executed. Specifications available at 221 Federal Street Boston. board reserves right to reject all proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Division
Federal Street
Boston
Water Board
Thomas Feet
William B. Smart
Boston Water Board
Robert Grant
Cape Cod Bus Schedule Details for Coastal Towns
The schedule lists morning and afternoon departures from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and multiple Cape Cod towns including Bourne Hyannis Falmouth Wellfleet and Provincetown. Services run variously at 8.15 am or 4.15 pm with some 3.15 am 3.30 pm and 8.30 pm times and notes for Nantucket via Woods Hall and non daily runs on specific weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Division
Kneeland Street
New Wort
Fall River
Ashmont
Middleborea
Bridgewater
Rockton
Cohasset and
Hinzham
Easton
East Bridewater
Brockton
East Weymouth
Taunton
Harrison Square
Marshfield and
Sea View
Mate Senes
Ilon
Eponset
Gedford
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Bockland and Manover
Shawmut
South Braintree
South Boxbury
Taune Ton
Central Station
Dean St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Meidits
Weesridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Buzzards Bay
Barnestabie
Bourne
Bourneydale
Brewster
Cataumet
Chatham
Cottage City
Im. Park Sq
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Falmouth
Hyannis
Harwich
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantucket
Woods Hall
Provincetown
Sandwich
Providence Division Rail timetable excerpts
A dense list of train times and routes for the Providence Division including Park Square Station to New Work Shore Line and New Work Stonington Line schedules. It notes numerous stops such as Attleboro Canton Junction Dedham Readville Readville and Providence with weekday and Sunday patterns and many single and multiple trip times. The entry ends noting additional trains see Central Division.
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New Haven
Hartford
Park Square
Stonington
Attleboro
Boylston
Central
Rostindale
Highland
West Rexbury
Spring Street
Aim
Canton Junction
Dedham
Dodgeville
East Foxboro
Ing
Foxboro
Forest Biblie
Hazelwood
Hiebronville
Mlyde Park
Aem
Jamaica Plain
Mansfield
Mt. Hope
Clarendon Hills
Orth Attleboro
Providence
M. Readville
Oxbury
Umford
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wrentham
Amat Hill
Stonehaven
Warren and
Bristol
bTaunton
bNew Bedford
Norton
dFall River
bNewport
Fallver
New Qleondon
Newport
Wickford Junction
Central Div
Northern Division Timetable Sudbury Boston Line Details
Time table notes list train departures from Boston and Albany Station to Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Bolton Northboro Leominster and nearby towns with multiple daily slots. Special Sunday times and through services are noted along with where to obtain full information in Boston and at Old Colony R R office. J Kendrick Gen Manager announces the schedule dated February 11 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg Depot
Causeway Street
Boston
St. Albans
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Johns
Montreal
Ogdensburg
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R. Oo
Cheshire
Connecticut River
Vermont
White River Junction
Setessa Ene Faenad R. R
White River
Wagner Palace
Ottawa
Washington Street
U.A
FAXON
A R. Stewart
Keene, N
New York
Old Colony
Brooklyn
J Area
Annex
Providence
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
L. H. Palmer
Northern Division
Boston & Albany
Kneeland Street
Framingham and
Fayville
Southboros
Bolton
Northboro
Claton
Leominster
Penne
Sun US
Bratt’s Junction
Loston
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J E Carter & Co
aintaiCaie
Railroads
Central RR. of
New Jersey
Washington
Central Railroad of
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York Station
Liberty St
N. R
J. N. Magna
New England
Washington &T
Bostom
Tbony Line
Uoseph Burnet &Co
Mass
Joseph Burnett & CO
City OF
Department OF Public Buildings
Leyden St. Bridge
Fitchburg
Central Vermont Railroads
Aaron R. Gay & CO
State Street
Massachu
Suffolk
George Tyner
Margaret H. Tyner
Commonwealth
Jonn W. McKim
E Ij AH George
C. Hale
James B. F. Thomas
Dudley A. Dorr
Joan W. McKim
Elwah George
Blese
Lucy W. Rogers
Malden
Isaac P. T. Edmunds
Grorce M. Brooks
Massachussetts
David Morton
Natick
Patrick J. Quinn
Acaponeta
Republic of Mexico
Horace Wells
Mary J. Flynn
Mary C. Marron
Elbridge
Briggs
Adeline Briggs
Chipman
WM. H. Chipman
Adimr
Tewyo Boston
Montreal & West
Bee
Central Vermont
R. R
Albany
BS Lulu Wsi
Neo
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Michigan Central R. B
Cleveland
Toledo
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Wes
A.m
Ars
Leston
A. & Hanson
Gen. Pass. Agt
Hoosac Tunne
Tro Albany
Rotterdam Junction
Binghamton
Erie
St. Louis
Michigan Central
RKR
Palace
Grand Trunk Railway
Roy
SUN
Belmont and Waverley
Bresheners
Miller’s Falls
Concord
E'Sep Mitchburg
Gardner and Miller’s Falls
Hoosick Falls
Johnsonville
Lincoln
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard
Nashua
N. H
Ayer Junction
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburna
Miller's Falls
Hoosac Tunnel
John Adams
J. Whitmore
J.R. Watson
Pasa
Stonington Line
Park Square Station
Washington, Cor. State Street
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
H. Briggs
Gen. Pass
N.H
H. E. Chamberlid
Cape Cod
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