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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1888
Page
7
The market shows firmer tones with strong demand for cornmeal oats and barley amid varied grades. Prices for export kiln dried cornmeal rise to 295 300 per barrel, oats firm at 590 630 per bag, rye firm near 85c, and mill feed with spot spring bran 21 50 to 24 00 per ton.
Butter market remains firm with small receipts and varied regional quotations. Prices span Western, Vermont, and Eastern creamery products, with jobbing margins and firm cheese and bean markets. poultry and hay show steady demand and price ranges across regions.
The steamer Victoria is due about May 18 with a cargo of Baracoa bananas for Seaverns and Co.
Apples show no change with Baldwins at 5 350 per bunch and russets 330 to 350. Oranges and lemons steady with Palermo oranges 550 to 450 per box and Palermo lemons 4 5 per box. Messina oranges 250 to 400 per box, Messina lemons 3 4 per box. Valencia oranges 5 per case, large and extra large 550 to 650 per case. Banana market unchanged with Jamaica fruit 1 to 2 and Baracoa at 1 150.
Pork market remains firm with uneven movement and firm lard. Hams unchanged. various cuts quoted from 13 to 17 dollars, with primes and mess up to 16 75 to 17 75. New York notes quiet sales for old and new mess. beef and mutton markets mixed with firm lard and steady to stronger pork on several fronts.
A quiet demand for trucks emerged on Saturday with prices holding steady. Reported quotes include asparagus 2 325 per dot, Savannah green peas 1 1 25 per crate, North Carolina green peas 150 250 per crate, Florida tomatoes 175 per crate, southern cabbage jelly 4 per crate, Baltimore kale 14 per barrel, native spinach Oc YY bush, Florida string beans 150 2 OU per crate, and Florida potatoes under partial listings.
A dense listing shows prices for produce including dandelions onions and beets. Items include crates of native dandelions 125 dollars, Bermuda onions 1 dollar per crate, Egyptian onions 225 dollars per crate, radishes 2 50 per case, cucumbers 2 60 per crate, rhubarb Chicago origins 2 dollars per ..., and numerous small lots such as 75 cents per bush and 60 cents per dozen.
Sugar markets show quiet movement with steady prices in New York, Havana, and Moassa regions. Havana reports early activity at outports then closing quiet. molasses sugar and various refining grades noted with prices and polarization ranges. warehouse stocks and weekly receipts listed. freights for sugar shipments to the United States cited.
New York spot cotton at 10c for mid dling uplands with other grades quoted. Futures opened quiet and closed steady. Liverpool spot 6 7-16d uplands and 61d Orleans. U.S. and global market cross marks show mixed activity with 18,200 bales traded in New York and 7,000 in Liverpool, while several ports report firm or dull tones with mid prices ranging around 9 1/2c to 10c per pound across grades.
Cincinnati hog and cattle markets show steady hogs with price tags around 4.25 to 5.65 for various lots. Chicago cattle receipts total about 20,000 with strong market, beef steers around 3.37 to 3.46, cows near 2.38, and Texas steers at 3.4. Hog receipts around 12,000 with opened six cents higher, later gains erased. heavy, light, and ship hogs priced 5.30 to 6.15. Sheep receipts 4,500 with good demand for natives and woolled lots from 3.75 to 6.60.
The bulletin notes quiet tallow trading at old prices with city and country quotes, London and New York reports showing mixed levels, and assorted certificates and chemical products activity. Turpentine rosin tar and petroleum prices are listed with shifts, while coffee and city markets show steadiness or modest gains in several hubs.
A detailed shipboard and dockside import list from Glasgow and Yarmouth records items aboard multiple steamers. Entries include tonnage, consignors, and quantities of pig iron, machinery, canvas, woolens, glass, bricks, paper stock, flax, leather, oils, fish, lobster, mackerel, turnips, and other commodities with firms like Baring Bros & Co, Houghton & Dutton, J L & DS Riker, Cushman Bros & co, and J F Townsend & co.
Cargo lists from ports including Sydney Port Antonio and Honolulu show flour corn beef oil lard case goods and lumber on various vessels. Items include 725 bbls flour 410 bbls corn and 261698 feet pine lumber with miscellaneous supplies like nails paper oil and coal.
A detailed list enumerates cargoes including tobacco cotton prints bleached sheeting and various textiles, hardware, machinery, oils, timber, canned goods, and personal effects. Entries mention locations such as SJOHN NB and HALIFAX NS along with steamer Worcester cargoes and numerous quantities in cases bales crates and pounds.
A dense listing from May 12 1888 details quantities moved via multiple rail lines Boston & Albany Boston & Providence Grand Junction New York & New England Richburg etc. items include wool bales flour corn oats malt feed bacon butter cheese eggs lumber leather hides and other perishables and commodities with unit counts such as bales bbls sacks rolls cases and cars. The record shows extensive interchanges of wool cotton grain meat dairy and miscellaneous goods among regional railroads and operators.
A long list of land and building transfers across Suffolk County and Dorchester with dates April 24 to April 26, including parcels on Hudson Beach Worcester Norwich Eaton Clement Sussex and more. Notable transfers include Duncan Street No 7 for 3500 Duncan st mortgaged back 3100 and Elm Wood Dunlow corner 26 April.
George A White transfers a mortgage on land and buildings on the northerly side of Salem Street Chelsea dated April 25 for 1000. Mary Nolan mortgages land on the westerly side of K Street South Boston age 26 for 600. Charles H Poor mortgages the northwesterly side of Broadway dated April 25 for 800. J Allen Davis conveys land and buildings on the south side to the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Railroads Boston and Maine timetable lists through trains on Western and Eastern divisions. Stations include Haymarket square Causeway Street with multiple daily departures to Augusta Augusta Haymarket Portland Rockland Bar Harbor Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and Portland. Services note steamship connections from Portland to Saint John Halifax and connections to Eastport Calais and Kennebec rivers.
Extensive timetable lists departures and arrivals for Boston to New York and numerous intermediate stops. It includes Sunday and weekday trains with specific times, noting limited runs for Newton and Wellesley Hills, and details on special Sunday services and return trips.
Listings show multiple mortgage deeds recorded in Boston area counties. Transactions include Boylen to Albee on Spring Street Revere for 1300 dollars, French to Thayer on Fuller Street Dorchester for 1000, Fuller et al to John R. Fuller on Sullivan Street Charlestown for 5200, Sullivan to Bagley on Canton Street Roxbury for 500, Lufkin et al to South Boston Savings Bank on Glover Street, Wilhelm to South Boston Savings on Mitchell Street, Kohler et al to Kennedy at Dunlow and Kimwood Roxbury for 4000, Moran et al to Alfred Clarke on Everett Avenue Chelsea for 300.
A dense listing shows transit times among many towns including Braintree, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Weymouth, Quincy, Taunton, Plymouth, and several others. Frequent Sunday services and varied morning to evening departures are noted with numerous specific times and route markers.
Cheere of Lighthouse Inspector O A Batcheller announces proposals for furnishing and delivering a marine boiler and appurtenances for the lighthouse tender Iris at Portland Maine. Bids due noon May 26 1888. Proposals forms and specs available on request. Right to reject or waive defects reserved.
In Suffolk County Boston a civil action by John E. Pinkham against Max Heinrich of New York City seeks 176.43 dollars for a March 13, 1888 debt. The court notes Heinrich is not an inhabitant of Massachusetts and orders publication and notice to appear May 19. Clerk WM T Connolly signs.
Notice: Charles H. Sprague assignee announces a second meeting of Burditt and Colby insolvent debtors. Held at Insolvency Office Boston on June 1 at 10 o clock. Creditors may present claims.
Traditional ad fragment noting Baeder Adamson & Co makers of glue, emery paper and cloth, curled hair and leather goods at 143 Blilk Street. Claims highest prices given for hides and mentions assorted materials.
Trains depart Isonton Station and Haymarket Square for Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover and many others with numerous daily times listed. Sunday trains travel to Dover Baverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston and more, with early and late options and a special Workingmen’s train.
Daily and Sunday trains listed for the Eastern Division from Boston to Amesbury and numerous intermediate stops including Beverly Chelsea Lynn Newburyport Rockport and more. Times cover morning to late evening with additional Sunday services and branch notes.
Local service from Manchester and Concord New Hampshire includes multiple daily arrivals and departures with numerous intermediate stops such as Hillsboro Greenfield Nashua and Woburn. Connections extend to Boston station Causeway Street with offices at 218 Washington Street and include fares and wake times for Montreal via White River Junction and other northern routes.
Train times listed from Worcester and surrounding stations to Northampton Bradley Amherst South Amherst Betheortown and other towns with multiple daily departures. Tables note local and through trains with stations at L ston, Causeway Street, Portland Street, Ware Gilbertville and Weston among others. Public notice directs travelers to stations for full schedule details.
Hoosac Tunnel Route timetables list trains from Boston Causeway Street to Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and west with multiple daily departures. Expresses with sleeping cars run Chicago via Niagara Falls and via Erie Boston Line. variety of local and Sunday times across Belmont Waverley Montague and other stations. numerous am and pm slots listed with note on Miller's Falls and Concord connections.
Fragmentary timetable lists Cape Cod division departures from Kneeland Street to Buzzards Bay and several towns including Chatham Harwich Nantucket and Wellfleet. Travel times show morning and afternoon runs with inconsistent OCR text implying multiple weekday and monthly services.
Train listings show departures from Park Square Station to New York Shore Line with times across weekdays and Sundays. Multiple stations include Attiebors Boylston Central and Kosline, with varied morning and evening schedules and noted express or limited services.
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