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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1887

Page

7

Cotton and sugar market notes from distant ports

The report shows total vis and imports, with cotton in sight down 66 741 bales versus 1886 and up 249 081 bales from 1885. Sugar prices remain firm across refining and centrifugal grades, with quoted ranges for Manila and Havana products and refined sugar steady. Molasses prices show cargo-quote levels for Porto Rico, Cienfuegos, and Cuba boiling.

Liverpool New York Manila Lloilos Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Various grains and provisions mixed

Markets by telegraph show cotton and flour steady, wheat and corn varying by region. Reports from Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati St Louis Chicago list no dramatic shifts with receipts and exports indicating steady demand. prices quoted for wheat No 2 red around 88 to 92 cents, flour and coffee steady, pork firm while lard and bacon show minor gains.

New York Orleans Minnesota Rio Petroleum—United Bbis Mess Pt City ex-India Mess Western Steam Tierces City Steam Continent South America Liverpool Detroit Michigan Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis Chicago

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities

Hogs mostly lower in Kansas City with bulk sales around 5.35. St Louis reports firm hogs with Yorkers at 5.40 to 5.60 and packers up to 5.60 to 6.00. Peoria notes hogs easier at 4.95 to 5.80. Chicago shows cattle and hogs mixed with varying prices. sheep demand strong with natives around 2.90 to 4.85 and lambs at 4.50 to 5.25.

Kansas City ST. Louis Peoria Chicago

Fall River cloth market weekly statement

Fall River report shows production 160000 pieces deliveries 177000 stock 57000 sales 172000 spot 66000 future 101000 and price 3 percent off for 648 3c for 60x56s. Market firm and steady.

Fall River

Cotton Markets Report for March 19 1887

Cotton market bulletin lists net receipts and grosses for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Charleston Wilmington Mobile Memphis and Savannah. Exports to Britain and the continent noted with stock levels and firm to steady prices across ports.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Charleston Wilmington Mobile Memphis

Shipping trade results across ports and nations

Consolidated daily report shows net receipts across ports including New York and Cincinnati, with coastwise and export figures to Great Britain and the continent. Stocks rise nationally to 624 568 while mid price levels range around 9 to 16 cents.

Great Britain Norfolk Philadelpha Baltimore New York Cincinnati C. St. Louis Louisville France Continent United States

London and Liverpool Wheat and Corn Markets Report

Market notes from London Liverpool and Paris show wheat steady to quiet with mixed cargo activity and firm prices for some grades. Paris and Havana sugar markets report steadiness with firmer early demand fading midweek and detailed freight figures and weekly receipts and exports.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Havana United States

Imports and Exports on March 19 1887 at Liverpool and Halifax

Record lists extensive cargo items and consignments for the March 19 1887 voyage year at Liverpool and various Atlantic ports. Includes steamer Cephalonia goods 140 tons pig iron and 52 bars steel. numerous firms such as Stone & Downer, Baring Bros & Co, J F Mullen & Co, and W H Walbaum & Co. with items like tinplate, wool, wine, brandy, oils, machinery, and dry goods. Also notes exports from Liverpool NS via Portland and consignments to Matanzas Cuba Pubnico Annapolis and Halifax with flour, meal, pork, lard, oils, hardware, and furniture.

Liverpool Eng Stone & Downer Walbaum & Co Jackson Gorham Mig Co Benj French & Co Fiedler, Moeldnery & Co Bird & Co Cutler Bros & Co Dwyer & Co Brandy T Pierce & Co Richards & Son Diamonds Hills Turner & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Thairlwall Brigham Austin & Co Booth & Co Sanderson Bros Mullen & Co Schoenhof Abram French & Co Norcross, Mellen & Co Baring Bros & Co Cretons Pray, Sons & Co Woollens John FE Chatlin & Co Iverson Whitney Hollander & Co Batchelder McCarthy Brown Bros & Co Frost Edward Kakas & Sonus AS & J Brown & Co Davne, Stoddard & Kendall Cottons Cumner, Jones & Co Moors & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co Cienfuegos Bils Do Whitney, Pousland & Co. Campeache John S Williams Sammet & Son Riley & Gray Leigh & Co Linder & Meyer Morey & Co Earle Mfg Co Moise Baring Bros & Co Farley & Sona C Chase & Co M Jones & Co Portland Matanzas Cuba Pubnico Annapolis Emma C Halifax Carroll Yarmouth Mystic

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosae Tunnel Route Schedule

Rail timetable listing daily departures from Boston to North Adams Troy Albany and the West with multiple trains including 6.30 am 8.30 am 3 pm 7 pm and 10.30 pm from various stations such as Ayer Junction Belmont Waverley Brattleboro Cambridge Concord Fitchburg and more. Through tickets to West sold at 250 Washington Street Boston. Officials John Adams J Whitmore J R Watson.

Boston Causeway Street North Adams Troy Albany West Accou Chicago & St. Louis Chicago St. Louis Ayer Junction Belmont and Waverley Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Miller’s Falls Greenfield Lincoln Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Nashua N. M North Leominster Saratoga Naoy and the West Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Winchendon Keene Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington Montreal St. Albans Worcester Hloosac Tunnel Washington Street John Adams J. Whitmore J. R. Watson

Boston and Albany R R Time Tables and Fares Notice

Local time tables for all divisions of the Boston and Albany Railroad are available at ticket offices and 282 Washington street Boston. Through tickets to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West are on sale. The notice lists numerous departures and connections including Springfield Buffalo New York Providence and coastal cities with daily and Sunday services and special evening trains.

Washington Street Boston Springfield Pittsfield Albanny West Syracuse N. W. Springfield Albany Newton Lower Walls Leavy Ewilis Worcester Newton Highlands Brookline Oiecko S. Hanson Gen New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Boston & Providence Railroad Stonington Washington Corner State Street Boston & Providence R. R Dd. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providence R. Rk

Old Colony Train Schedules and Stops Listed

Train timetable details outline departures from Boston Warren Mansfield and Providence connections. Notes specify arrival and departure times across weekdays with adjustments for certain days and links to Shore Line service under A A Folsom, Supt.

Boston Warren Mwistol Provi Mansfield Shore York Nsfield Shore Line A. A. Folsom

Boston and Maine Through Trains On Both Divisions

Schedule lists trains from Augusta via Waymarket Square and from Lewiston via Haymarket Square with departures at 8.30 am 9 am 12.30 pm and 7 pm. Also notes service to Halifax Saint John Eastport Calais and connections to Portland with multiple daily departures from Causeway Street and Haymarket Square stations.

Kingham Weymouths Cohasset Hingham Brockton Taunton South E Way South Braintree Augusta Waymarket Sq Causeway St Bandor St. John Malifax Provincesaymarket Sq Eastport Calais John N. B Halifax N. S Portland Haymarket Sq Lewiston Causeway Street Mane Central Grand Trunk Knox Lincoln Railways Haymarket Square Lynn and Way Newburypoetard Portsmouth Bangor Halfax Salem aVia Sangus wWorkingmen Thortadays South Reading Boston Washington Street James T. Furber D.J. Flanders

Shipping Ledger Details for Ocean Freight Consignments

A detailed list from Halifax and Manila shows cargo consignments including bleaching powders wool bales soda ash and various goods aboard multiple ships and trading houses. Entries include jute cloth and bagging, gin, indigo chests, ropes and cement, tea and tobacco, marine stores, and seafood consignments with quantities in bales cases chests and drums.

London Eng British Crown Baring Bros & Co James F White & Co Gilroy, Sons & Co Moors & Co Dwyer & Co Doherty H Graves & Co Stone & Downer Goldsmith & Co Adams, Taylor & Co Roefler Indigo Indigo J $ Morgan & Co Indigo J B Moors & Co Milne & Co Slabs Steel Norway Steel and Iron Co Young & Co Waldo Bros Baring Bros Halifax John Pearson & Son Dana G Hall & Co Henderson Bros Butler Manila ST Jacques Sidonie Marie Halibut Delong & Seaman

Receipts of staple goods by railroads in 1887

A detailed ledger of cargos loaded across multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Providence Grand Junction Fitchburg and others. It lists bales cotton wool flour corn oats wheat bacon butter eggs cheese leather hides tea coffee sugar and many more items with quantities such as 79 bales cotton 485 bbls flour and 1200 bush oats for March 19 1887.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Heston & Maine Railroad—Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Umar Eis Ecadeg Wes CO Biggs Este Ie Deo AG

Boston and New England Rail Schedules Corrected to January 3 1887

Train timetable fragment lists departure and arrival times for multiple routes in New England and New York. It includes connections to Hartford New Haven Norwich and Waterbury with noted stops at Woonsocket Providence Boston and other stations. The document references trains such as the New England Limited and Norwhich Line with through cars and dining service.

New York New England Ho Ae Ap Ih Summer Street Lerwise Ashcroft Dorchester LL A.M Endicott Franklin Borest Park Milford Bowdoin IAG Ay H New London Middletown Norwich Pawtucket Philadeclphia Eareae Tiss Liver Street New Haven Pullman Boston Hartford New Britain Weeterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot New Ruta Waterbury Willimantic Doe Press Jersey City Trenton Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond M. Norwich Dee Danielsonville Putnam Worcester City OF New York Washington Street W. H. Turner

Real Estate Transfers Across Suffolk County

Suffolk County records list transfers on March 5 to 7 involving properties in Carver Street Dorchester Roxbury West Roxbury South Boston and Charlestown Brixton and Briargate. Notable moves include Vaughan to Codman on 13 Carver Street for 11100 and Tucker to Rhodes on Hancock Street for 7500.

Carver Street William Warren Vaughan Charles Russell Codman Mary R. Parkman Dorchester James Tucker Mary E. Rhodes Hancock Street George F. Pinkham Albert W. Robinson Elm Lawn Street Charles E. Ricker Martha Clapp Orchard Place Roxbury Howard T. Mann Ellen Maguire Roxbury Street West Roxpury Austin P. Day Stephen A. Bates Bellevue Street Boston Artemus Richards Et Ax Elizabeth St. Littlefield Emerson Street

Mortgage transfers on Washington and Learnard streets

A series of mortgages recorded March 5 to 12 involve Henry P. Bailey at Chelsea Savings Bank with property on Washington street, Michael Haley at Boston Five Cents Savings Bank in Dorchester, Charles A. Merriam with Evangeline Sampson in Chelsea, Louise Strickler with Charles Grinnell in Dorchester, and Benjamin Rockwell with Eben Hutchings and Charles Todd on Learnard street, with loan amounts ranging from 400 to 3000 dollars. The mortgages pertain to land and buildings on the specified street sides in Chelsea and Dorchester.

Henry P. Bailey Chelsea Savings Bank Washington Street Chelsea Michael Haley Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Dorchester Charles A. Merriam Evangeline E. T. Sampson Walnut Street Louise Strickler Et al Charles P. Grinnell Back Street Benjamin Rockwell Eben W. Hutchings Learnard Street Benjamin Rockwell Etux Charles S. Todd Ditto

Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service Timetable

Boston station on Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street list through service to Tilton Laconia Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier St Albans Montreal and more with multiple daily departures and Pullman parlor and sleeper cars. Schedules include local White Mountain and Northern Division points and connections to Concord Boston and others. Mindful of era travel patterns, the timetable provides full local and long distance rail options with a focus on Morning and Evening departures.

Central A. M Cheshire Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Tentpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. “Ibans Montreal Warren Maverhill Woodsine St. Johnsbury Tewport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Trpmn Claremont White Mountain Northern Division Pullman _ sleepie Central Vermonti. R Passumpsie R. R Mountain S Yaar Aiwe

Trains From Boston Area To Coastal towns and More

Schedule lists Western Division trains from Boston to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with numerous daily departures to Andover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill and many others. Sunday trains shown includes Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Portland and Bangor routes with multiple return and via Georgetown options.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Lace Lawrence Nore Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melros Highlands Stoneham Melrose Bao Merrimac Nort Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington

Rail schedule excerpts from New England stations

Lists implied train times and routes across many towns including Amesbury Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach Ipswich Lynn Swampscott Salem and Portland with notes on branches and service days. Includes general manager and passenger agent names.

Amesbury Beveerly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Fallls Rochester Hampton ‘Beach North Brampton Rye Beach Ipswich

Train Schedules for Boston and Lowell Line Feb 21 1887

Central Massachusetts R R Station announces Monday February 21 1887 train departures from Boston to Jefferson Way Stations Hudson Sudbury Rockbottom and Waltham. Express and local times listed with morning and afternoon runs. Station agents C W Storer and C Mellan oversee operations.

Central Massachusetts R. R Boston Lowell FR. E Causeway Street Jefferson and Way SUN Hudson M. Rockbottom OT Land Weater Jerley and Waltham

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