Iron and metal price list with varied regional quotes
The document lists refined bar iron, puddled iron, beams, rails, and scrap prices, with ton and pound quotes for Eglinton, Langioai, Glengarnock, and other mills. It covers pipes, tin plates, lead, zinc, and off discounts on small lots, plus London and New England market references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglinton
Summerlee
Gartsberry
Langioai
Glengarnock
Coitness
New England
London
Straits
Flour and Grain Market Report March 24
Market reports show flour and grain prices steady with light movement. Flour values range from 2.50 to 5.10 per barrel depending on grade, corn and oats show small offerings and dull calls, with specific bids and asks listed for futures and cash prices. Carload-only notes include barley malt rye and barley, with several regional price points and export terms.
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Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada Roller
Canada
New No 1
New York
Bush
Choice
Fresh butter and dairy prices dominate wholesale market
Fresh arrivals of butter meet strong demand with varied quotations across regions. Creameries, imitations, and Western and Eastern lots show prices from 10 to 32 cents, with egg, bean, grass seed, and potato values also quoted. overall market steady with limited movement in supply and demand.
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Burrer
Choice
Western Extra
Elgin
Western Rts
Western June
Western
New York
Vermont
Vermont Dairy
Eastern
Liverpool
Ohio Choice
Northern Sage
New Hampshire
California
West
North
Red Top
Jersey
Houlton Rose
Bush
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook Rose
Jp Bush
Aroostook Hebrons
Northern Rose
Burbanks
Northern Chevrons
Northern Peerless
White Brooks
P Bush
Ry& Straw
East Swale
Market Report For Butter Eggs And Cheese Prices
In St Louis butter is strong with Liggs at 14 142¢ and light receipts. New York butter and cheese unchanged. Eggs steady with Western firsts 18¢ and Western 17 4¢. Receipts: Butter 2106 pigs and 3018 boxes cheese and 1231 bbls 6293 cases eggs. In Cincinnati butter firm at 2 cents and eggs buoyant at 164.
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St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Banana Steamers Schedule and Banana Shipments
The steamer Brattan arrives March 28 with Jamaica bananas for George H. Harding. The steamer Hertha arrives March 29 from Baracoa with bananas for W. W. & Co Ki. Noyes. The steamer Lorerzo D. Baker from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Co. docks March 25. Seaverns & Co. expect a Baracoa steamer on April 2.
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Banana Steamers
Brattan
Jamaica
George H. Harding
Hertha
Baracoa
Fruit Market Notes and Auction Sale Details
H Harris and Co announce an auction Tuesday of 1000 boxes of Florida oranges and the Pontiac steamer cargo sale Monday. The Liverpool apple quota tions show declines across Baldwins greenings reening Northern spies Jack Oxfords amid reduced fresh arrivals and a late season with much fruit landing sweat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Harris & Co
Pontiac
A. C. Lombard’s Sons
Liverpool
Baldwins
Greenings
Reening
Northern Spies
Jack Oxfords
Boston
Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule 188s
Railroads announces through trains on Western and Eastern divisions from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with numerous routes to Augusta St. John Halifax Eastport Rockland Lewiston Manchester Concord and Portland connections to Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln lines plus steamer services to Halifax and Saint John.
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Atareh
Augusta
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Yami
Angor
St. John
Malifax
Haymarket Sq
Eastport
Calais
N. J
Halifax
Portland
Rockland
Castine
Southwest
Bar Harbors
Haymarket
Lewiston
Haymarket Ag
Tipmanchester
Concord
N. H
North—Haymarket
North Conaway
Ip i
ortland—Haymarket Sq
Causeway At
Maine Central
Grand ‘Runk
Knox & Lincoln
Aymarket Sq
Causeway
Shippers urged to ship small lots and select quality
In Glasgow the sale of the steamer Carthaginian disappointed buyers, while demand remained for good fruit. Prices shown include Spy 32 50 3 50 per barrel greening, Baldwins 275 3 00 per barrel, Tallman sweets 4 ab per barrel, and other fruit terms. Oranges and lemons hold steady with Palermo prices around 450 per box for Palermo oranges and 460 600 for Florida fruit. cranberries dull with Cape Cod and Florida berries offered, strawberries plentiful at 25 6e per choice lot.
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Glasgow
Carthaginian
Spy
Choice Baldwins
Tallman Sweets
Palermo
Florida
Messina
Valencia
Cape Cod
Meat prices firm with steady pork and beef quotes
The market shows steady demand for pork and firm prices on smoked and lean cuts. Boston exporters moved about 505,000 dollars last week with higher prices for long and short cuts, while beef remains quiet with unchanged quotations and a good movement in fresh beef.
Market Report for Truck and Produce Prices
A dated market note lists truck demand at old prices with ample supply. It records prices for cabbage, kale, onions, beets, tomatoes, squash, Hubbard squash, carrots, lettuce, parsnips, turnips, and celery in various units, noting several items like native dandelions and onions at specific per unit values.
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Bermuda
Florida
St Andrews
Mixed prices hold steady in sugar and molasses markets
Raw sugar and refined sugar markets remain firm with full prices obtained. granulated sugar steady at 6 1/2 cents. Molasses prices steady with options like Ponce, Forto Rico at 38 cents per pound. Tallow quotes range city and country rates, turpentine, resin, tar and petroleum prices reported in New York and London.
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Manila
Lloilos
Javas
Ponce Forto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
New York
London
Market Reports From Trade Centers On March 24
A dense dispatch from New York lists flour receipts and exports, wheat prices, corn oats and rye values, with mixed movements across U S cities including Detroit Cincinnati St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Chicago Toledo and others. Prices show weakness in flour and strong grains with notable shifts in pork lard and butter markets.
United States Cotton Movement to March 1 1888
Official statistician A B Shepperson reports 1887 88 cotton crop at 6 776 000 bales, below government estimate. Regional markets show receipts exports stock and pricing across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk West Point New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and Liverpool with quotes for spot and futures in mid 9c to 10c range and extensive daily totals.
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New York Cotton Exchange
A. B. Shepperson
United States Cotton Movement
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
France
Continent
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
West Point
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
United States
Biore
Ceese
Iscvesa Sekis
Januety
Cssis
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Hogs and cattle markets report across major cities
Kansas City hogs steady with 5000 today and 7918 official receipts yesterday. St Louis hogs steady with Yorkers selling around $4.95 to $6.20, mixed packers at $5.15 to $5.54, butchers to extra at $5.40 to $5.50. Chicago meat markets show steady steers at $3.10 to $6.05, stockers and feeders $2.35 to $3.55, cows bulls and mixed $1.25 to $3.50, Texas grass steers $3.10. Hogs receipts 8000 with strong demand and prices $5.20 to $5.60. light $5.15 to $5.45, skips $3.60 to $5.10. Sheep receipts 1000 with weaker market. natives $4.06, Westerns $5.50 to $6.00, Texans $3.25 to $4.75, lambs $5.50 to $6.50.
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Kansas City
Ecole
ST. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Print Cloth Markets Report From Fall River and Providence
Fall River week summary shows production 175000 pieces deliveries 167000 stock 3000 sales 85000 spot 60000 future 25000 with 648 34c and 56x60s 3c. Market firm. Providence closes quiet firm at 35e per 648 and 56x60s week sales 18000 up from 12500 with 17000 64x66s spots and early delivery at 35c and 1000 64x64s spots seconds at 84c. Stock 4000 64s and 1000 56x60s with no speculators stock.
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Fall River
Providence
Imports and Exports Report from Halifax 1888
Shipping record lists Steamer Worcester and other vessels with cargoes of eggs, potatoes, kraut, junk, salmon, canned lobster, mackerel, pickled fish, fish products, paper stock, lumber and fruit. Entries cover Halifax NS, Liverpool NS, and Jamaica bound cargoes with firm consignments and quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Worcester
Barclay & Co
E. Bautler
Chapin Bros
Cook & Co
Simonds
Wilds & Son
Winsor & Son
Liverpool
Maud S
Jamaica
Aguan
Boston Fruit Company
Exports from Matanzas Offer Second-Hand Molasses Hogsheads
The March 24 1888 report from Matanzas Cuba notes export listings for the bark Hiawatha including 750 second-hand molasses hogsheads and 100 second-hand molasses tierces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matanzas
Cuba
Hiawatha
Staple Product Receipts and Totals From 1887–1888 Trade List
A historical inventory entry lists quantities and values for staples and commodities across 1887 and 1888. Items include cotton bales, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, barley, malt, millfeed, meat products, molasses, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, straw, lumber, bacon, dressed hides, tea, coffee, sugar, calfskins, and molasses measures with year figures and yardage or container counts. The fragment shows fluctuating tallies like 1,572 to 2,292 for wooldom, 6,570 sacks of flour, and hundreds of barrels and boxes across categories.
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Cork
Ees & Pork
Tercesia
Gale
Receipts from 1888 railroads list extensive cargo items
The itemized list records shipments for March 24 1888 from the Boston and Albany Grand Junction and Old Colony railroads. Goods include wool bales flour cornmeal oats butter eggs beans apples leather hides and various foodstuffs, with counts such as 50 bales wool 2625 bushels flour 100 bushels cornmeal and 600 bushels oats.
Freight cargo totals from New York to Fitchburg and beyond
A detailed ledger lists shipments by railroad lines and routes including New York and New England Railroad Fitchbore line and Boston and Maine divisions. Items cover cotton wool flour barrels corn meal oats wheat butter cheese eggs apples hay lumber leather hides skins and potatoes with quantities in bales barrels sacks and cars.
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New York & New England Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell
Express
London and Liverpool markets show wheat and corn slow trade
Foreign markets report quiet conditions in London and Liverpool with wheat and corn prices steadier in places and dull futures in others. Havana sugar markets surge, cargoes moving, and U S shipments rising as stock and freight rates shift.
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town
A list of buyers and agents from various cities and firms visiting Allentown and surrounding areas, including Ld Krause Qu Allanta Ga Kingsbery of Ldwin Bates Co Tre., and representatives from Baltimore Philadelphia Cincinnati Detroit Memphis and Chicago seeking shipments and orders for boots and shoes. The note catalogs attendees and their firms, indicating broad regional trade activity in the footwear market.
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Allentown
Penn
L D Krause
Qu. Allanta
E Kingsbery
Ldwin Bates & Co
Tre
Wee
H Slingluff
Stevenson & Slingluff
Baltimore
J B Dixon
W T Dixon & Bro
T G Patterson
Patterson, Renshaw & Co
J A Lawrence
Lawrence, Berry & Co
C Bangs
Bangs, Bard & Co
Spragins
Spragins, Storer & Co
R Creighton
Creighton, Disney & Co
Hig Rapids
Mich
H Reeder
Birmingham
Ala
Mr Cawthorn
Cawthorn & McIntosh
Cincinnati
J B Hickman
Hickman, Taylor & Co
H M Richardson
H M
Robinson & Butenshaw
M Hapgood
Hapgood & Co
Knoyville
Tenn
E E McMillan
McMillan, Hazen & Co
Meee Tenn
J A Henson
Haynes, Henson & Co
Serene Penn
J M Davidson
Long & Davidson
de Memphis
J M Goodbar
Goodbar & Co
Memphis
W Jackson
Lowenstein & Bros
Precasant
H Strickler
Omaha
A Louis
J H Schaffer
Schaffer, Swartz & Co
St Louisa
Boston and Albany Rail Schedule Becomes Readily Available
Local notices detail through tickets and schedules for Boston to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West with daily departures from Boston at multiple times and connections at key hubs. It lists dining and drawing room cars and notes weekly Sunday and weekday variations with and without Wis. Rail staff signatures.
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Boston & Albany
R.R. Bee
Leea
Washington Street
Boston
Boston Sation
Kneeland Street
Springfield
Pittsfeld
Albany
Pittsfield
North Adams
Chatham
Yan
Millbury
North Grafton
Westbone
Train Arrangements for May 30 1887 Across Boston Line
The Boston and Providence Railroad lists daily and Sunday train times to New York Newark Pawtucket and coastal towns with many departures and returns. Connecting services, through cars, and special Friday and Sunday schedules are noted along with branch and via lines to Montreal St John and Halifax.
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New York
Fall River
Boston
Old Colony
Providence
Brooklyn
Jersey
Albany
Niagara Falls Short Line
St. Louisa
Falls and Wabash Western Railway
Chicago
Eviton
Niagara Falls
Trunk Railway
Central Massachusetts Rail Timetable Opens to Northampton
Timetables list trains from Boston Station Causeway Street foot of Portland Street to Northampton Madsley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Jutland Jefferson's Oakdale West Boylton and other stops with multiple daily departures. Full local and through train information available at stations. James J. Furbir and D J Flanders general manager and passenger agent.
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Northampton
Boston
Causeway Street
Portland Street
Madsley
Amherst
Belchertown
Bondsville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Jutland
Jefferson's
Oakdale
West Boylton
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Madson
Sudbury
Ockbottom
Wayland
Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Belmount
Belmont
Waltham and Way
Hudson
James J. Furbir
D. J. Flanders
Gen’l
Gen
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Rio
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