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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1887

Page

7

Prices Pressures and Supplies in Late Season Meat and Fruit Markets

Prices are fairly steady with a moderate supply of spring lambs and variable Chicago quotes. Beef cuts show mixed pricing from pork products to fresh meats, while fruit and produce demand remains steady for apples, bananas, and Florida oranges. The Viking from Baracoa delivered bananas for W. W. & C. R. Noyes, with assorted regional fruit prices listed for apples, dried apples, Valencia oranges, and Messina lemons.

Chicago Brighton Florida Viking Baracoa Barcelona Montreal Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Spies Valencia Messina Palermo Aspinwall Jamaica

Mixed Cotton and Commodities Market Summary

Liverpool cotton futures opened regular and closed quiet with May at 5 44-64d and July at 6 46-64d. Spot markets steady for middling uplands and Orleans. Molasses steady with Porto Rico at 42c and Cuba at 50c. New York futures quoted widely, market quiet. Pipe line certificates show activity. sugar and maple syrup markets described with multiple price points and stock statuses.

Liverpool Orleans New York Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba Pijm Manila

Markets by Telegraph. Flour and Wheat Prices Mixed in Report

New York May 12 report shows flour receipts 13 212 pkgs with exports 107% bbls and prices for No 2 flour at $4 76 to 480 per 100? bbls. wheat receipts 11 635 bush with exports 137 265 bush and sales totaling about 671 000 bush. No 2 Milwaukee wheat at 94 4c, No 1 hard 87 to 9 p er bushel. corn, oats, barley and rye listed with varied dull to firm activity. Lard, sugar, molasses, rice and turpentine shown with mixed movement.

New York City Minnesota Milwaukee Rio Petroleum—United Tierces Western Steam Spo Tierces City Steam Western Liverpool

Grain and flour prices across major markets May 12

Across St Louis Chicago Minneapolis Milwaukee Toledo and Detroit markets, flour held firm while wheat and corn moved irregularly. Prices show No 2 red wheat around 85 to 86 cents, corn 38 to 44 cents, oats 26 to 27 cents, rye around 57 cents, with pork and lard varying and whiskey near 1.10. Receipts and shipments numbers accompany each city report, reflecting mixed demand.

Hog and cattle market summaries across major hubs

May 12 market notes show hogs weak or lower in Peoria St Louis and Kansas City with varied receipts and shipments. Chicago reports cattle active and lower with steer prices around 4 40, feeders 4 20, cows 2 40 to 3 15 and hogs mostly 4 60 to 5 05, with western and Texas weights noted and lambs around 4 50 to 6 50 per head.

Peoria ST Louis Kansas City Chicago Texas

Maritime Net Receipts and Stock Across US Ports

Aggregated six day totals show net receipts across major ports with varied grosses and shipments. Highlights include New Orleans and Cincinnati leading shipments, while Consolidated totals show exports to Great Britain France and the continent with total stock across all US ports at 804,615.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Winnington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Continent Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville France United States

Foreign markets report steady or firmer grains worldwide

London and Liverpool markets show wheat firmer and corn steady amid quiet country markets. Paris wheat and flour prices firm with spot wheat at Antwerp and futures in Paris noted. Chicago-like prices not included. Cargoes awaiting sale and shipments kept wheat holdings higher, with demand steady across major ports.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Michigan Antwerp

Imports and Exports May 12 1887 Liverpool List

Comprehensive list of imports and exports recorded for May 12 1887 at Liverpool. Entries name steamer Town-50 drams caustic soda to KE and F King and Co and multiple consignments from firms such as Jere Abbott Co, BW James, Baring Bros Co and others. Items include hides, buffalo hides, calico, moise, steel cord wire, crates, tin plates, machinery, hemp, sugar, and tea related goods. Numerous firms and consignors are listed with quantities ranging from a few cases to hundreds of bales and crates. The document reflects broad commodity flows through Liverpool with extensive involvement of British and foreign trading houses.

Liverpool Eng KE & F King & Co Jere Abbott & Co Moise Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co James Moise Chase & Co Brown Bros & Co Clark, Adams & Clark Jose & Co French & Co Walker & Co Houghton & Dutton Miller & Eco Geneva Vieree & Co Gahen Hawson & Co Baring Bros & Co Fuller, Danan & Fitz Walbaum & Co Herrick Brown, Durrell & Co Simons,ateli & Whitten Parker & Co Soule Reed & Barton Read & Son Bolls Washburn & Moon Mfg Earl & Co Stone & Downer Morrison &Co Morrison & Co Mullen & Co Hollings & Eco Fuller, Dana & Fitz Bates Oriar Baracoa Viking Manila Baring Bros & Ev

Exports May 12 1887 Lunenburg Nova Scotia

Schooner Sunbeam lists 50 bbls meal 11 bbls oil 20 bbls dried apples 10 bbls pork 0 cases lard 40 cases oil. Steamer New Brunswick at Annapolis and Digby Nova Scotia carries 127 cases glass 1 cask zinc 1 bbl meal 10 pkgs furniture 4 cases hardware 78 epe carriers 1 case dry goods 11 case paint 1 bale netting 1 horse.

Lunenburg Sunbeam Annapolis Digby New Brunswick

Staple Goods and Rail Receipts From 1887 Trade Ledger

A ledger of freight and goods shipments across multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell and Boston & Maine divisions. Entries list bales wool flour beef tea coffee and numerous other commodities with quantities such as bales cases bbls rolls and bolls, noting ships by railroad and mode.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad By Express By Sea

Proposals for Navy cruisers and gunboats 1887

The Navy Department invites sealed proposals for five vessels to be built in the United States under acts of March 3 1885 and 1887. Cruisers No 1 No 4 and No 6 and Gunboats No 3 No 4 with specified tonnage speeds and build sites. Bids include three class options hull and machinery plans, deposits required, and strict completion timelines.

Navy Department Washington Congress Naval Service United States Naval Advisory Board Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Secretary of the Navy Department Lland Sch

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Dorchester and Nearby

A list of 1947 Suffolk County transfers shows multiple property deals on Dorchester avenues and surrounding streets, with May dates and nominal sums. Transactions include easterly and westerly side lots, mortgagebacks, and transfers between individuals such as Winslow Dunning Jacobs Fowles Robson Allen Dunican Hurd Curtis Hanlon Bartlett and others across Dorchester Jamaica Plain and Charlestown areas.

Wales Street John Humphrey James Dunican Dorchester Avenue William Keal Ruth Hurd Alonzo P. Clifford Elia G. Curtis Howard Avenue Nelson S. Bartlett Katherine M. Hanlon the Provident Institution For Savings Jamaica Plain John Stuck Louis Schumann Chestnut Avenue Boston Joaquin K. Souther Charles H. Dolbeare Sixth Street Asumontt Charles W. Higgins Warren J. Niles An Avenue BriGutTon Walter 8 Gordon John J. Spellman Gordon Street Charlestown John Callahan Henry W. B. Cotton Medford Street Short Street

Mortgages Recorded May 4 Across Boston Area

Transactions list multiple May 4 mortgage actions including Edmund M. Stanton to Union Institution for Savings on Pynchon Street Roxbury for $700 and Edmund Rice to South Scituate Savings Bank on Highland Avenue for $6800 plus several other loans and land deals involving Allston Roxbury and Woburn with sums noted.

Edmund M. Stanton Union Institution For Savings Pynchon Street Roxbury Edmund Rice South Scituate Savings Bank Highland Avenue Thomas Frye Allston Antonia Gardella Et al Francesco Gardella North Square James Campbell Joseph F. Wilson Tremont Street Maher Charles A. J. Farrar Elwyn W. Lovejoy Rockview Street Rosinda A. Preston Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank

Proposals for Coal and Stationery Across Boston Transit

City of Boston issues sealed bids for Cumberland coal deliveries to East Boston ferries and for War Department stationery needs for 1888. Proposals due May 18, 1887 with bonds and certified checks. bids opened publicly. Separate notice lists Marine Hospital Service subsistence proposals due May 25, 1887. Also extensive US Treasury and railroad timetable details for old colonies routes and schedules. Key entities include City of Boston, Cumberland Coal regions, Office of the Board of Directors East Boston Ferries, War Department, Marine Hospital Service, Boston & Albany R.R., and numerous towns and rail stations across New England.

Board OF Directors OF East Boston Ferries North Ferry East Buston Georges Creek Elk Garden Wheeling Boston

Proposals for Ordnance Supplies at National Armory

Sealed proposals in triplicate are invited by Lt Col A R Buffington USA for furnishing ordnance supplies to the National Armory Massachusetts May 13 1887 with bids due June 13 1887. Articles include steel iron castings coal lumber hardware stationer y paints oils chemicals and more. Bidders must follow specifications and bonds may be required. samples may be inspected at armory. deliveries start after July 1 1887.

National Armory SrRiInGcFikto Mass Bor A. R. Buffington Ord ICO USA Oman

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Train Times

Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable lists departures from Boston Causeway Street to North Adams Troy Albany and the West with multiple train types and connections. Fares and excurtorial listings are shown for Cambridge Concord Marlboro Nashua and other stops. Through tickets to points West available at Hoosac Tunnel Route office 250 Washington Street Boston. JOAN ADAMS J. WHITMORE, Genl Supt. Genl Traffic Manager. J. R. WATSON, Genl Passe. Agent.

Central Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Boston Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Kellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Rey O Cheshire Uirman Palace Cluse Kiswn Washington Street C. A Fanon K.speware Keene, N. IL Boston & Albany R.R Springfield Pittsfield Ibany South Framingham Albany Syracuse N. Y Muffalo Cleveland Chicago Detroit North Adams Chatham Budson Palmer Ware River Hartford New Have New York Daly Worcester Mombury oNrth Grafton Westboro Atho Me Cordaville Ashland Malford Saxonville Natick Wellesley Wellesley Hills Newton Lower Aburndale West Newton Newtonville Newton Faneuil Brighton Allston Cottage Farm Brookline Cypress Street Reservoir Chestnut Hill Newton Centre Newton Highlands Framingham and Fayville Southborvpe Northbuo Clinton Leomister Fitchburg Asertin West _Berlin Pratt's Junction Litchburg Niyo Newton Lower Falla Welle Toy Hbmims Opa A. S. Hanson Gen. Pass. Agt Hudson and Maynard Nashua N. H Ayer Junction North Leominster Troy and the West Union Square Somerville Weatertoy In Bellows Falls Tex Worester Ami Hoosac Tunnel Joan Adams J. Whitmore J. R. Watson Vermont Pullman Carson Lowell Poll Central Vermon Rh. B J. W. Hobart W. Cummings St.Albans

Boston and New York Rail Schedule From 1887

The notice lists daily trains between Boston and New York via Shore Line and connections to Hartford New Haven and other cities, with Pullman cars, dining service, steamer connections, and various local stops. It details departure times from Boston, New York, and intermediate towns, plus schedule adjustments and a superintendent’s note.

New York New England Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury Dorchester Dadiey Street Ellis Endicott Fishkill-on-Hudson Franklin Forest Avenue Hartford Harvard Street Rivde Park Mighland Lake P.m. Talington Manchester Mattapan New Britain Newbury New London Middletown Norwich Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Readville River Street Pas Reckville Conn Willimantic Ebster Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Mheturn Weonsocket New Haven Pullman Waterbury NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Ee Press City OF New York Washington Street A. Jackson

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