Market Report of Commodities and Prices in New York
New York futures opened easy with quotes for contracts from April to January and strong closing. Sugar, molasses, and pipe line certificates noted, with raw sugar firm and refined prices higher. cargo and shipment figures given for recent periods and locations including Manila and Lloilos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VluUlness
New York
Manila
Lloilos
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cuba
Markets by Telegraph Cotton and grain prices across major hubs
New York reports cotton steady with Uplands and Orleans values listed, flour and rye flour movements, and wide grain figures including No 2 spring at 92¢, Minnesota extra at 3 10, and wheat receipts. Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago markets show varied prices for wheat, corn, oats, barley, and pork with steady to firmer tones and notable receipts and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uplands
Orleans
City
Minnesota
Green Bay
Lidec
Petroleum—United
Rosin
City Extra India
Tierces Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
Liverpool
Detroit
Michigan
Milwaukee
Toledo
Cincinnati
ST. Louis
Chicago
HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS ACROSS KEY CITIES
Hogs and cattle markets show steady to easy trends across Kansas City Chicago St Louis and other centers with varying receipts and price bands. Kansas City reports hogs at 5 35 to 5 50 with 3000 receipts. Chicago notes cattle steady with steers 3 90 to 5 00 and hogs 5 20 to 5 70. St Louis lists Yorkers at 5 35 to 5 50 and packing at 5 60 to 5 90. sheep and lambs range up to 5 50 for lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Eoria
ST. Louis
Chicago
Cotton Markets Still Firm Across Major Ports in March
On March 26 1887 net receipts and gross values show firm markets at Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville With exports coastwise to Great Britain and the continent strong stocks listed at many ports Consolidated totals show 4437 net receipts and 569090 stock at all US ports with continued mid level to high range prices across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
C. Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Great Britain
Cincinnati
C. St. Louis
C. Louisville
C. Consolidated
Continent
United States
London grain markets report slow cargoes and steady prices
London and Liverpool market notes describe wheat and corn movement with slow cargoes off coast. Arrivals and sales listed for wheat and corn, prices given for California and Michigan wheats and mixed American corn. Bread and flour markets in Liverpool show quiet demand and steady quotations for winter wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Michigan
Wheat and Wool Markets Move in March Reports
Market notes show spring wheat unchanged at 7s 1d and 7s 3d, club wheat steady at 7s 8d and 7s 9d, corn mixed Western lower, peas steady, pork and bacon unchanged, cheese firm, lard value steady. Liverpool wheat futures steady and London wool sales show brisk continental demand with varied greasy merino prices and large Sydney and Queensland consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lara
Liverpool
Paris
London
Victoria
New South Wales
South Australia
Queensland
New Zealand
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Imports and Exports March 26 1887 Baracoa and Halifax
Shipping and cargo lists show Steamer Elsa loading bananas cocoanuts and coffee in Baracoa. sugar, lumber, and various goods listed for Seaverns Chase & Sanborn and others. extensive Boston and Liverpool import tallies include wines, brandy, shoes, machinery, woollens, oils, and many crates. Halifax items include fish, eggs, mackerel, codfish, and various cargoes from Delong Seaman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baracoa
Seaverns & Co
Coffee Chase & Sanborn
Sagua
Cacoana
Sugar Standard
Mobile
Carrie Strong
George McQuesten & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Samaria
Cushing & Bliss
Gross & Strauss
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Harwood & Beardsley
White & Co
Stone & Downer
Walbaum
Pollard & Co
Warren & Blanchard
Sears
Baring Bros & Co
Jackson
Bixby & Co
JD & M Williams
Richards & Sons
Tin Holder & Herrick
Norcross, Mellen & Co
Wellington & Co
Little, Brown & Co
City Machine Co
Providence
J & J Murdock
F Baker & Co
Beal, Higgins & Henderson
Brigham
Stedman & Fuller
J A & H Bird & Co
Tillotson & Power
Loring, Crocker & Co
Mackintire, Lawrie & Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Carter, Rice & Co
Belcher, Loomis & Co
Mdise Shepard, Norwell & Co
Mdse Baring Bros & Co
Booth & Co
Collins & Fairbanks
Gilbert, Roe Co
Batson & Day
Hovey & Co
Machinery Stone & Downer
Steel
Leas
J &E Chattin
Schmidt & Co
BF Smith
Macallar, Parker & Co
Lace Brown, Durrell & Co
O Ditson & Co
Foster & Bowman
Perry & Ryder
Tuttle & Co
Ff Hovey & Co
Bradford, Thomas & Co
Frost Adams
Williston, Knight & Co
Halifax
Carroll
Delong & Seaman
William Fitzgerald
Griffin & Co
Haskins & Montague
Hathaway & Co
Charles D Stone
Alfred Winsor & Son
Wyman
Exports Across Ports Open March 26 1887
Shipping list shows cargoes from Liverpool Lunenburg and St John s with oil, flour, kerosene, pork, beef, butter, coal, lumber, hardware and agricultural implements. Highlights include the brig Westaway with machinery and items for Carphtagena and Abrata River and several vessels carrying bales tar oil and foodstuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Barrington
Mary
Lunenburg
Donzella
ST. John
Sarah A Townsend
Halifax
Sih
Samuel Ober
ST John’s
Montevideo
Uruguay
Staubo
Carthagena
Abrata River
Usc
Brig Westaway
Inventory fragment of shop goods and materials
List of items including sun dried goods leather and handles, blacksmith tools and hardware, woodwork supplies, stoves and stove parts, furniture and glassware, oils and chemicals, lumber and coal totals, and various packing units with numerous bundles and cases. Proportions suggest a broad mixed stock record for a hardware or general store.
Receipts from multiple railways show bulk goods movement
Detailed ledger of March 26 1887 receipts lists Boston and Albany to Fitchburg Boston and Maine and other lines with cotton wool flour corn meal oats malt millfeed molasses butter oleo eggs beans apples hay lumber leather hides bolls skins calfskins and related quantities across many rail divisions and shipments including Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England and Sy Sea lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
By Express
Sy Sea
Eere
Dalos Vc
Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Details
Suffolk County transfers list multiple March 9 deeds including Tyler street parcel from Sarah Bradford Morton to John J. Williams for 8400 dollars mortgaged back 6000. Other transfers cover Sargent's wharf Huntington avenue Melville avenue Beacon street Edgerly place Parkway Roxbury Dorchester South Boston with various buyers and nominal prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County
Tyler Street
Sarah Bradford Morton
John J. Williams
Sargent’s Wharf
James H. Young
John Worster
Huntington Avenue
Josiah B. Kendall
Henry H. Fitch
Melville Avenue
Cornelius M. Vinson
Julius Pratt
Beacon Street
Henry M. Rogers
Joseph A. Lasigi
Edgerly Place
William W. Story
Alfred A. Marcus
Parkway
George D. Russell
Albert Metcalf
I. Park
Roxpury
Amoskeag Savings Bank
Henry Pearson
Linwood Street
Anna B. Jackson
Ellen F. Fisher
Henry W. Kelley
Patrick J. Sullivan
Alarkc Street
Patrick Kelly
Patrick J. Keefe
West Roxbury
Dorchester
Jonathan R. Gay
Halsey J. Soundman
Mortgage transfers and land sales across three towns
Records show multiple real estate transactions: Elihu G Loomis to John H Worthington on Dorchester avenue for 40 dollars March 11. Marshall H Sanborn to Emma C Colson on Eighth street for 981 dollars March 10. John Daley et al to Sarah McCusker on Sixth street for 3350 with 1300 mortgage. Ephraim L Hall to John H Kavanagh on Pearl street for 1750. Augustus Russ to Patrick Flanagan on Medford street mortgage 600. Lizzie G Haynes to James H Haines on Crystal Cove avenue for 2000. locations include Charlestown and Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goat Street
Elihu G.loomis
John H. Worthington
Dorchester Avenue
Marshall H. Sanborn
Emma C.colson
Eighth Street
John Daley
Sarah McCusker
Sixth Street
James H. Haines
Crystal Cove Avenue
Mortgage Transfers Across Charlestown and Nearby Areas
A series of mortgages recorded March 8 to March 9 involving borrowers in Charlestown East Boston Revere Chelsea and Roxbury. Notable loans include Charles W. Stevens to Warren Institution for Savings totaling 1000 900 800 and 900 for properties on Cottage Crystal Wall and Allston streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Stevens
Warren Institution For Savings
Cottage Street
Charlestown
Ditto
Crystal Place
Mead Street
Wall Street
Allston Street
William Huston Et al
Institution For Savings
Roxbury
Stanhope Street
Ann Anderson
George McCarthy
Havre Street
Boston
Samuel L. Holmes Et Ax
Constant F. Drury
Bellingham Avenue
Revere
Timothy Moriarty
William P. Fowler
Tyso Park
Maria Fletcher
Gertrude Power
Cross Street
John T. Pope
Helen Forman
Arlington Street
Chelsea
Shoe firm representatives listed across multiple states
A compiled list shows named individuals and their firms across cities such as Baltimore Carroll Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Detroit Dallas Kansas City Macon Memphis Norfolk Philadelphia Savannah Sedalia St Louis Toledo Tipton Washington Zanesville with affiliations to shoe companies and partnerships, including Bangs Bard & Co Ramsdell Sweet Co Phelps Dodge Palmer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charles Bangs
Bangs
Bard & Co
Tre
Carroll
Carroll, Adams & Co
Buffalo
T Ramsdell
S M Sweet
Ramsdell
Sweet & Co
Brun
Chicago
E M Phelps
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
J S Scott
J C Anderson
Cincinnati
W F Thorne
Thorne & Co
Cleveland
H Childs
Childs, Groff & Co
Detroit
Mich
E Smith
H S Robinson & Burtensham
Dallas
Tex
J Newburger
Sanger Bros
Kansas City
S K Green
Macon
D Witkowski
Witkowski & Dunmody
Memphis
Tenn
W Goodhear
Goodbar & Co
Norfolk
J Whitehurst
Whitehurst & Co
Philadelphia
Penn
W Morgan
Hoar, Morgan & Co
F Monroe
Monroe Bros & Co
Savannah
Einstein
Winstein’s Sons
Ad. Sedalia
S Mackey
St Joseph
W Noyes
Noyes
Norman
Mee
St Louis
Todd
Woolman-Todd Boot & Shoe Company
W Allen
Claflin Allen Shoe Company
B Linasley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe Company
Toledo
Taylor
The
American Hand Sewed Shoe Co
Tre. Tipton
L Dean
Washington
Zanesville
Henry C Werner
Proposals for Indian Supplies and Transportation 1887
U S Department of the Interior Indian Affairs solicits sealed bids for beef pork flour tea sugar and other subsistence goods plus transportation to agencies. Bids due April 12 1887 in St Louis and May 3 1887 in New York with certifications and schedules. Rights reserved to reject any or all bids. Temporary schedule lists and delivery points across major western and midwest posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF the Interior
Office OF Indian Affairs
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Chamber of Commerce
Third and
Chestnut Streets
St. Louis
Missouri
Indian Service
Wooster Street
New York City
Kentucky Jeans
Chicago
Kansas City
Sioux City
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
New York
James Lidgerwood
Broadway
Merchants’ Exchange
Cheyenne
Leavenworth
Omaha
Saint Louis
Saint Paul
Yankton
Kansas
Arkansas City
Burlington
Caldwell
Dodge City
Emporia
Eureka
Great Bend
Howard
Hutchinson
Larned
Merherson
Marion
Medicine Lodge
Newton
Osage City
Sedan
Sterling
Topeka
Wellington
Wichita
Winfield
Boston Sealed Proposals for Masonry Work at Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
City of Boston Water Board invites sealed proposals for Mason’s work at Chestnut Hill Pumping Station with bids due March 5 1857. Requires certified check of 2000 dollars and plans at City Architect office. Water Board may reject any or all bids. Also notices from United States Lighthouse Depot and Army Purchasing Office outline bids for buoy construction and listed army supplies with deadlines in April 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Boston
Boston Water Board
City Hall
The
Water Board
United States General Lighthouse Depot
United States Lighthouse Inspector
Tulip District
Tompkinsville
N. Y
A. E. K. Benham
U.S. N
Office OF Purchasing and Depot
High Street
Mass
Thomas C. Sullivan
C. S
U. S. Army
Five The Prince Of Cent Cigars Is Ashton
Local ad notes Ashton at 00 State St promotes Five The Prince Of Cent Cigars with pricing and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton’s
Ashton
State St
Dividends Declared by Major Firms
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company pays a quarterly dividend of 1.50 per share on May 16, 1887 to stockholders of record April 5, with transfer books closed that day and reopening May 6. Dividends are handled by The National Bank of Commerce in New York and Merchants' Loan and Trust Company in Chicago. Also note semi annual 3 percent dividend from Prescott Insurance Company payable April 1 to stockholders of record March 23, 1887. Sanford MeG Company declares regular quarterly dividend of 21 2 percent payable April 1 to stockholders of record March 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company of Chicago
Chicago
Prescott Insurance Compa
W. C. Harris
Sanford Me’g Company
High Street
F. W. Whicher
Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule 1887
Railroads Boston and Maine announce through trains on both divisions. Listings include Augusta, Haymarket, Causeway, Bangor, St. John, Halifax, Eastport, Calais, Lewiston, Manchester, Concord, North Conway, Portland, and connections with Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln Railways. Timings cover morning, noon, and evening departures on multiple routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bangor
St. John
Emaiifax
the Provinces
Eastport
Calais
N. B
Halifax
N.S
Portland
Haymarketsy
Lewiston—Haymarket Sy
M. Causeway St
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North Haymarket Square
North Conway
Haymarket Square
Causeway Street
Maine Central
Grand Crunk
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Boston to New England Train Schedule Excerpt
Trains depart Boston from Causeway Street for Amesbury Beverly Chelsea and many other destinations with listed times including early morning and evening runs. The timetable includes branches to Revere Rockport Gloucester Swampscott and Cape Cod lines with notes on speculative weekday operations and connections to Fall River Brockton and boat trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Dover
Howerett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
Train Arrangements for Boston Providence Line 1887
Rail schedule details routes from Boston to New York Providence Pawtucket Mansfield and other towns with frequent daily departures and returns. Timetables include Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail services, with Sundays and special notes on delays and connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Shore Line
Providence
Paws Tucket
Podgeville
Hebronville
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Return
Mansfield
Hreturn
East Foxboro
Wreturn
Sharon
AG Tse Okee Ors Oyee Ype Ae
Wmeturn
Bmiyde Park
Mit
Hope
Retu
Maica Plain
Boston and Albany Railroad Timetable Notice 1887
Local timetables for the Boston and Albany line are on sale at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston. through tickets to New York Springfield Albany and more. Various daily and Sunday trains listed with departure times and connections. A. S. Hanson and H. T. Gallup sign as general officers.
Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Schedule
Boston to North Adams Troy Albany and the West departures list multiple daily trains with classes and sleeping cars to Albany Chicago St Louis and St Albans from Causeway Street station. includes Ayer Junction Belmont Waverley Brattleboro Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield Lincoln Marlboro Nashua North Leominster Saratoga Troy Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown and Worcester service. Through tickets available at the Hoosac Tunnel Route office 260 Washington Street Boston. John Adams J Whitmore G Spt J R Watson G Pass Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Vermont
Rutland
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Causeway ‘Street
Boston
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R. Jay
Lo A. M
Cheshire
White River
Vermont
Rys
OS Pr. M. Hire & Monadnock
R. R
White River Junction
Pullman Palace
Rattana
St.Albans
Washington Street
A. Faxon
A R. Stewart
Keene, N .T
Pullman Carson
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg
Rh. R
J.W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Causeway Street
North Adams
Albany
West
Belmont and
Waverley
Brattleboro
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
Concord
Gardner and Miller’s Falls
Greenfield
Lincoln
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard
Nashua
N. H
Ayer Junction
North Leominster
Troy and
the West
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Land
Worcester
Hoosac Tunnel
John Adams
J. Whitmore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Telegraph
Frederick W. Todd
Halsey J. Boardman
James W. French
Brooks Street
Patterson Street
Barry Estate
South
Oliva E. Packard
James R. McLellan
United States Depository
First National Bank of
Boston Station
Maymarket
Alton Bay
Farmington
Andover
Danvers
Exeter
Maverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Saco
Lawrence
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Medford
Melroe Mighlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Reading
Wakefield
Haverhill
Sam
Tom
R Portland
Lewiston
Reading and Way
YW. T. Rockwell
Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE Railroad Company
Geo. L. Goodwin
Milk Street
Railroads
Boston & Maine
Pam Nay Deou
Der
Betty Wea
Bueauy Leld P IL
Saugus
Swampscott
Yenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Hanger
aVia Saugus
South Reading
James T. Furber
D.J. Flanders
Old Colony
Fall River
Sandsturn
Hyamtree
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth Wich
Renis
Brain
Bridgewater
Brockton
Buzzard’s Bay
Wareham
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Wellfleet
Cohasset and Hingham
Cohasset
Hingham
Cottage City
New Bedford
East Bridgewater
Abington
East Milton
West Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Taunton
Warrison Quer
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
Wood’s Hall
Wood's Hall
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Plymouth
Duxbury
Quincey
Ro Ins
Scituate
North Scituate
Sea View
Shawmut
South Duxbury
Central Station
Dean Street
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Weymouths
South Braintree
Way
J. R. Kendrick
Hontreal & West
Boston & Providence Railroad
Eures
Wea
Eure
Ube Te
Te Boy
Usca
ORV
Ston
Ig Sbvk
Eer
Il Os
Ady
Com
DU Roxbury
West Roxbury Atin
Canton
Barton
Mt. Hope
Warren
Bristol
Mansfeld
A. A
Folsom
Vehury
Ames
Cate, Ue
Lu.ou
Brenden Hillis
Forest Hills
O.ud
Alan
Pris
Springfield
Pittsfield
Ibany
Niagara Falls
Chatham
Hudson
Palmer
Ware River
Hartford
New Haven
Millbury
North Grafton
Westboro
Southville
Cordaville
Ashland
Milford
South Framingham
Saxonville
Natick
Wellesley
Wellesley Hills
Newton Lower Falls
Aburndale
West Newton
Newtonville
Maneuil
Brighton
Allston
Cottage Farm
Brookline
Cypress Street
Reserevoir
Chestnut Hill
Newson
Newton Hghlands
Framingham and
Fayville
Southboro
Northborve
Clinton Leomister
Berlin
West Berlin
Bolton
Pratt’s Junction
Newton Highlands
A. S. Hanson
H. T. Gallup
Hoosace
Stonington
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Washington, Corner State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
New
York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Concord R. BR
B. and
N.H
B.and
H. E. Chamberlin
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