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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1888
Page
7
Prices across Cincinnati New York Chicago and other hubs show firm or easing trends. Eggs milks beans hops and potatoes listed with varied bids and regional quotes. oats Timothy grass seeds and hay show steady demand while poultry prices hold.
The steamer Victoria is due about May 18 carrying Baracoa bananas for Seaverns and Co. The cargo is destined for importers, with arrival anticipated in the near term.
The market shows quiet demand for apples with Baldwins at 53.50 per box and russets at 3 50 to 4 50. Oranges and lemons hold steady with Palermo oranges 3 50 to 4 50 per box, Messina citrus around 2 50 to 4 per box, Valencia oranges 5 per case. strawberries Florida sales near sea offers, Norfolk at 0 25c. bananas steady with Jamaica at 1 2 and Baracoas at 1 1 50. Baracoa fruit per steamer Balder at 1 per bunch and cocanuts 25 per thousand.
Market remains steady with fair trade and steady prices across pork, lard, and hams. Quotes cover long cuts to prime mess, varying by cut and region, with New York and St Louis markets showing firm or unchanged levels and fresh beef and lamb values maintained.
The market is well supplied and sales proceed readily at quoted prices for assorted vegetables and fruits. Asparagus 2 3 25 per dozen. Savannah green peas 1 125 per crate. North Carolina green peas 1 50 2 50 per crate. Florida tomatoes 1 75 2 00 per crate. Southern cabbage 4 4 per crate. Baltimore kale 1 per bbl. native peaches 6 00 per bush. Florida string beans 1 50 2 50 per crate. Chicago wax 3 per crate. Florida beets 1 25 per crate. native dandelions 0 40 per bush. bunch onions 2 44 per bunch. Bermuda onions 2 25 per crate. Egyptian onions 3 8 per case. beets 0 75 per bush. Hubbard squash 2 75 per bbl. Southern summer 1 per crate. car rots 0 75 per bush. lettuce 0 50 0 60 per dozen. parsnips 2 per bush. turnips flat 0 65 per bush. white French 1 50 1 75 per barrel. St Andrews 2 per barrel. rhubarb 0 05 per th. Chicago rhubarb 2 2 50 per case. radishes 0 60 per bunch for long. 0 50 per dozen for small. Southern cucumbers 2 per crate. native cucumbers 8 per 100 count.
Sugar market dull at firm prices with little change. Cuba refining 413-16 4%%c, 96 test 542c. Javas Nos 10-11 59-16. Pulverized 8c. powdered 6c. granulated 613-16c. confectioners A 65,4c. standard A 6Yeec. New York reports unchanged. molasses quiet with Ponce Porto Nico 37-38c per gal. Porto Rico 26-35c. Cienfuegos 26c. Mayaguez 28-35c. 50 test boiling grade at 20c.
Allan Asher & Co cotton brokers report an easy and soft market for certificates. Liverpool shows unfavorable conditions with moderate business and lower spots. Private cables indicate Manchester and Liverpool gale overestimates. The flat 24 should drop but remains uncertain.
The market opened six points lower on old crop months with reduced interior stocks down about 28,000 bales from last week while receipts stay near last week’s level. Closing prices show declines of several points across old and new crop months, with port receipts and stocks detailed alongside United States and Liverpool activity and weekly export figures.
Market notes show St Louis and Kansas City hog markets steady to easy with Yorkers around 5620 to 545. Chicago cattle receipts at 8000 with steers to 380 and hogs at 535 to 565, while Hogs receipts reach 22,000 with mixed sales 535 to 565 and heavy 550 to 575. Sheep receipts 4000 with lambs steady near 550 to 700 and natives and woolled from 380 to 642.
Market activity varies across items with quotes from London New York and St. Louis. Turpentine petroleum and coffee show mixed movement while pipe line certificates close with specific bid levels and times.
A long list from May 11 1883 detailing cargoes for ships Mareca-74 Balder and N G Davis including steel ingots coils billets glass rags flax waste flax bales greases skins and various goods consigned to firms like Washburn Moen Furness Co J B Moors Co Bank of British North America and Baracoa. Also notes schooners N G Davis and Elbridge with lobster cargoes and molasses bound for Baracoa and Matanzas respectively.
Export details from Cadiz Spain and Yarmouth Nova Scotia list multiple cargoes. Adelphia carried 129600 oak staves and 3 bolls sample shooks while Yarmouth steamer dispatched dyewood dry goods glassware hardware and furniture including 75 pkgs hardware 173 pkyus furniture and 4 cases dry goods. Additional consignments note clothing household furniture cottonseed meal lard lobster crates flour corn vegetables oranges lemons and other items in various quantities.
A list of shipments for May 11 1888 from several railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony and New York and New England. Entries note quantities of wool flour oats feed butter cheese eggs beans apples hay straw lumber leather skins lard bacon pork sugar molasses oleo potatoes and more across wagons cars and tubs. Highlights include 9 pales wool 700 barrels flour 8815 bushels oats and 13 50 sacks flour among multiple lines.
A dense OCR of timetable entries outlines rail departures and arrivals for many Boston area stations including Newtonville Newton Center Wellester Hills and Brookline with special Sunday and Saturday notes. Names Hanson and Gallup appear as railroad officials.
The Boston Post item catalogs vast freight movements across multiple rail divisions and by sea including cotton, wool, hides, leather, bales, flour, eggs, butter, beans, potatoes, lumber, and various goods. Listings specify quantities such as 619 bundles 110 bales 38 bags and 2445 sacks, with rail lines including Witchburg, Eastern and Western Boston & Maine divisions, plus Lowell System.
Railroads announce special notice for passengers with tickets via the Fall River Line Shore Line and Stonington Line. Baggage may be checked from Hotel Residence in Boston to destination or baggage may be called for and left at No 3 Old House.
Markets show wheat and corn mixed with steady or firm tones at various ports. London cargoes quiet, Amsterdam and Paris figures steady or quiet, Liverpool breadstuffs weak on wheat but corn firm, with futures quiet for wheat and mixed American corn for May to near delivery.
A series of March 26 27 transactions across East Boston South Boston Chelsea Revere Winthrop and Brighton lists buyers and sellers including Moseley avenue Roxbury Highland street Paris street Fourth fifth and Beacon streets with prices ranging from 1 to 1000 and mortgage backs noted. Notable transfers include Charles M Chase to Nathaniel E Chase on Allston street and John Lennon to Cornelius Donovan on Highland Street.
A series of mortgage notices dated March 24 to March 27 record borrowers pledging land and buildings in Dorchester Roxbury Charlestown Roslindale West Roxbury Allston Winthrop and more. Amounts range from 8000 to 36000 with lenders including Warren D Vinal George H Stone Workingmen Cooperative Bank and The Warren Institution for Savings.
The Supreme Judicial Court is asked to dissolve the Empire Steamboat Company of Boston. Staples Phillips Phillips and others state the company ceased business, debts paid, assets liquidated, and profits distributed, requesting notice and a court hearing to grant dissolution.
A scrambled OCR fragment lists times, numbers, and scattered names such as Dor ee, Dudley L, Klin, Highland, Bowdoin, New London, and Norwich Line. The piece resembles a timetable or ledger with invalid punctuation and incomplete items, offering no clear事件 or narrative.
A jumble of times and place names appears as OCR garble detailing transit or travel timings. The readable fragments mention Waverley, Miller's Falls, and various hourly marks like am and pm. The text lacks coherent events or dates to form a clear report.
Rail timetable lists morning and Sunday trains from Moston to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and other towns including Exeter Great Falls Claverhill and New England stops. Services show numerous times throughout the day with many lines and branches across Merrimack River regions and coastal towns.
Eastern Division timetable lists departing times from Boston for Amesbury and multiple stops including Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett and various coastal towns. Sunday trains to Lynn Newburyport Portland and Halifax are shown with limited workingmen's trains and branch connections.
Daily and Sunday train times list departures from Boston to Concord and points north. Notes include service from Lowell, Bedford, Lexington, Woburn, Nashua, and Manchester with intercity routes to Montreal, White River Junction, and Plattsburgh areas, plus local stops on Passumpsic and Northern Maine divisions.
Fragmented timetable across Cape Cod towns shows multiple 8.15 am and 4.15 pm departures from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Way and various stops including Barnstable Bourne and Brewster. Also lists destinations such as Provincetown Wellfleet Falmouth Harwich Nantucket and Sagamore with irregular times and weekday routing via New Bedford and Nord.
Timetables detailing local and through train services for Belmont Waverley Waltham Hudson Way Stations to Ware are posted. Full information available at stations. Ames Furber and D Flanders sign as General Manager and General Passenger Agent.
A garbled OCR listing rail times and stops across central divisions, including communities such as Cohasset East Bridgewater Weymouth Quincy Taunton and Plymouth. The fragmentary data shows various daily and Sunday schedules with mixed times for stations like Ashmont Braintree Brockton and New York via Fall River Line, but many entries are unreadable or incomplete.
Fragmentary OCR from a Providence Division timetable lists numerous stations and times, including departures toward New York via Shore Line and various local stops. The text combines schedules, exceptions for Sundays, and multiple incomplete entries for stations like Park Square, Stonington, Boylston, Central, Jamaica Plain, and others, with scattered times and notes.
Boston and Albany connections to Framingham Marlboro Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Pratt Junction and Fayville with varied times on Sundays and weekdays. Full timetable available at Boston stations and Old State House. J R Kendrick General Manager and Geo L Connor General Passenger Agent Boston May 7 1888.
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