Market roundups show dairy and cheese prices steady in brutal detail
Butter and cheese quotes hold firm across regions with Western creamery and New York varieties leading the field. Eggs stay steady as island arrivals press market tone. beans, seeds, and potatoes show quiet activity while tallow and meat derivatives trade at modest discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ogdensburg
New York
Vermont
Canton
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Timothy
North
West
Dloc P Ihic
Red Top
Jersey
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Soc
Maine
Burbanks
Houston
Fruit prices and arrivals report from market notes
Apples hold steady with Baldwin and russets priced around 3.50 to 4.50 per case, while dried apples show firm in New York. Bananas coming on steamer Ydun from Baracoa for Seaverns & Co, with other fruit quotes including Valencia oranges at per case rates and various Messina lemons and oranges. Florida and foreign fruit listings show bright and ordinary price ranges, with Baracoa and Aspinwall banana figures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ydun
Baracoa
Seaverns & Co
Norfolks
Prydian
Baldwin
Massachusetts
Maine
Spies
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Florida
Market report with varied prices for meats and futures
Provisions and market figures show steady quotes across pork and lard with long and short cuts listed. Beef prices for fresh meats include choicest steers and heifers, with ranges for various cuts and regional ounce equivalents, reflecting a busy Chicago market mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hed Closin Park
Baty Waar
Ss. Fi
Brighton
Pipeline Certificates and Sugar and Cotton Market Update
Closed 3 p m May 14 and 16 at 68 percent with highs of 644 percent and lows around 6314 percent. Refined oil prices and shipments listed. sugar prices steady with several grades quoted. granulated at 5 13-16 cents. Porto Rico, Cienfuegos, and Cuba molasses quotations given. Liverpool cotton futures opened firm and closed quiet with various May to December contracts mapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Lloilos
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Liverpool
Markets by Telegraph. May 16 price ranges across grains
New York reports flour and wheat activity with receipts and exports totaling large quantities and varied grades. Prices show firm to higher for No 2 spring and No 1 red while oats and corn exhibit mixed movements. miscellaneous commodities including butter and lard show steady to higher tendencies across several markets such as Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Chicago Detroit and St Louis with notable figures for pork, bacon, and whiskey benchmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
St Louis
City
Minnesota
Rio
Sugat
Petroleum—United
Western Steam Spot
Tierces City Steam
Western
Liverpool
Milwaukee
Toledo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Michigan
Wisconsin
Cotton shipping figures show mixed activity across ports
Augusta and Savannah report mixed receipts and steady to dull tones with exports to Britain and the continent. New Orleans and New York present large stock levels and varied exports. Liverpool figures indicate lower spinner deliveries and steady weekly consumption amid broader cotton trade data from Ellison's monthly statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Coastwise
Mobile
C. Memphis
C. Savannah
Charleston
C. Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Continent
C. Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Imports and Exports May 16 1587 Charlottetown and Halifax
A historical ledger style report lists multiple ships and consignments across Charlottetown PEI and Halifax NS on May 16 1587. Entries include Steamer Worcester with eggs butter and produce from various firms, and schooners delivering lobsters potatoes herring fish and wood pulp to ports at Port Hawkesbury Halifax Port Medway Grand Manan Margareville and nearby. Names such as L Arthur, Bartlett Lyman, J F Hutchinson Co, Hinckley Ayer, Kimball Co, McKeever Hall, Noyes French Fickett, Rockwell Sons, Russell Co, Hatheway Co, Cochrane Chemical, Shumway Co, Glover Wilcomb, and train Smith Co appear alongside cargoes including eggs potatoes fish lobsters wood pulp and slats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottetown
Pei
Halifax
Worcester
Arthur & Eco
Bartlett, Lyman & Co
Bowles & Co
Brown de Loria
Cutler
Hutchinson & Co
Griffin & Co
Chapin Bros
Woodside & Co
Suffolk Brewing Co
Stone
Hatheway & Co
Shumway & Co
Port Hawkesbury
Butler, Breed & Co
Brown & Co
Clements & Co
Carboys Cochrane Chemical Co
Ellis & Co
Moise Glover & Wilcomb
Haskins & Montague
Knowles & Son
Puifer & Co
Kendall & Co
Rockwell & Son
Russell & Co
Taylor & Mayo
Wyman
Shipping cargo listings from Nassau to Nova Scotia and beyond
Readable items detail cargoes aboard multiple vessels including steamer Yarmouth and schooners Nellie G Davis Minnie Davis Eureka with goods such as lobsters, potatoes, eggs, salmon, halibut, codfish, lumber, oranges, and domestics. Names of merchants and ports appear from Yarmouth NL to Savannah GA and Barrington NS, listing quantities and crates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
John G Hall
Barclay & Co
Delong & Seaman
Ellis & Co
Clements
Annapolis
New Brunswick
Hyde, Wheeler & Co
Wheeler & Co
Yabacoa
Gossler & Co
Barrington
Nellie G. Davis
Marston
Minnie Davis
Weymouth
Eureka
Hall & Co
Savannah
Merrimack
A Bigelow & Co
Boston Rubber Co
Duck N Boynton & Co
Billings & Eaton
H Blanchard
Cook & Co
Continental Mills
Davis, Chapin & Co
Eaton & Eustis
Florida
Farnum & Co
Commodity Totals Across Several Rail Lines and Goods
A long list of shipments from multiple railroads and firms details quantities of staples and materials. Items include beef, butter, eggs, tea, sugar, flour, corn, oats, wheat, hay, leather, hides, and many others. Railroads referenced include Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, Boston and Lowell, and multiple divisions. Quantities are listed in bbls, bales, cases, bags, rolls, casks, and other units with many numbers and types of goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Train Schedule for Boston and Providence Railroads 1887
The Boston and Providence Railroad posts February 28 1887 timetable changes. It lists departure and return times from Boston to New York Shore Line New York Providence Pawtucket Attleboro North Attleboro Maine field and many other stops with daily and Sunday variations, late trains, and notes on delays and Mansfield transfers. Superintendent A A Folsom signs off the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Providence Railroad
Boston
Shore Line
Meturn
Stonington
Providence
Pawtucket
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Attleboro
Lips
North Attleboro
Maine Field
Smeturn
Wiscon
East Foxboro
Sharon
Can and Urection
Henuville
Hyde Park
Mt. Mope
Clarendon Hills
Forest Hills
Hireturma
Moyleton
Roxbury
Dedham
Metura
Spring Street
West Hoxbury
Stoughton
Canton
Mt. Hope
Warren and
Isristol
New York
Walt
Mansfield
A. A. Folsom
Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable February 21 1887
Boston station schedule with through service from Boston to towns across New England and Vermont including Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec and Montreal plus local Boston Manchester Concord Nashua Lowell and others. Parlor and sleeping car arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston Station
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Boston
Tilton
Laconia
Late Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Franklin
Lebanon
White Miver Junction
Tront Pelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Bristol Branch Lp
Claremon
White Mountain
Northern Division
Pailman
Central Vermon KR. R
Passumpsie RR
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
Lowell
Time table with local and through routes listed
Time table for Concord and surrounding towns with numerous hourly and half hour markers. Local and through trains to Billerica Bedford Lexington Concord and West Medford among others. Full information on local and through trains available at stations. C. B. Mellen and George W. Storer are general superintendent and assistant general passenger agent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUN
Wilmington
Stoneham
Woburn
Winchester
Te Aee
Sen Rae
West Medford
Aeu
SIN
College Hill
Ste
TOD
Rat Concord
Mass
Billerica
Bedford
SU Oe
Lexington
Staions
Mellen
George W. Storer
Snpt
Pass
G’r
Value of imports into Port of Boston for May 15 1887
The Boston port imports for the week ending May 15 1887 include flour, meal, and various freight items from multiple locales. Major consignments include schooner Alpha with flour and cotton and numerous case goods, hardware, lumber, and dairy products. Halifax, St John, and other ports provide varied shipments such as cheese, glassware, paper, oils, machinery, and agricultural products. the report lists many small lots, with totals in sacks, bbls, cases, and pounds, reflecting a broad assortment of goods entering Boston during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha
Halifax
Charlottetown
Carroll
Islands
Kennard
ST John
N B
Tignish
Pei
Veritas
Cardenas
Cuba
David Bugbee
Annapolis
Digby
Hillsboro
Meteghan
ST. Pierre
Miq
Voyageuse
Bridgewater
Ornatus
Boston Post
New Brunswick
Port OF
Boston
Oakuin
Rede Caressa
Cooperage
St'ck
Tron
Manuf
India Rubber
England
Nova Scotia
W Nee
Miquelon
Langley
Newfoundlands and Labrador
British West Indies
British Guiana
Africa
Australasia
Dutch Guiana
Uebec
Ontario
Uruguay
Argentine Republic
Belgium
Porto Ca
Historic Atlantic Freight List From Multiple Ports
Liverpool notes detail steamers Istrian and Marathon cargoes cleared May 10 and May 11 with hundreds of items including corn, wheat, lard, beef, leather, machinery, tobacco, and patent medicines. Other entries cover Brig Rocky Glen at St Thomas with oats and fowls, Brig BL Page at St Johns Newfoundland with apples and beef, and schooners Hugo M and On Time with assorted provisions and flour across Nova Scotia and Quebec regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Istrian
Steamer Marathon
Ox Tongues
S Vales
ST Thomas, Dwl
Brig Rocky Glen
ST. Johns
Brig
ST Plerre
Miq
Hugo
Bear Blyver
Carrie
Receipts on May 16 1887 for Boston and Albany line
Shipping record lists 61 bales cotton 8 bales wool 1891 barrels flour 2640 bushels corn tied to the Boston and Albany Railroad with dated receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Old Colony Train Schedules From Boston to Many Points
A long, dense list of weekday and week day return trains from Boston via Fall River and Cape Cod lines. It names Ashmont, Barnstable, Hyannis, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Hyan nis, Nantucket, New Bedford, Quincy, Cohasset, Hingham, Mattapan, Milton, Marshfield, and numerous intermediate stops with departure and return times, including via Taunton and Brockton, and special routes to Provincetown and Woods Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Bridgewater
Return
Brocktuonn
Buzzara
Hay and
Wareham
Sbazzard
Cohasset
Mingham
Hingham
Cottage City
New Bedford
New Hedford
Wood's Hall
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
Hawt Milton
West Quincy
East Milton
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Taunton
Varriso Square
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
Nepomach
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Duxbury
Quincey
Seituate
North Seituate
Sea View
Shawma
South Duxbury
Dean Street
Whitman
Lihapim
South Weymouth
Wood's Mall
Sunday Trains Schedule From Fall River Line Outbound and Return
New York via Fall River Line trains depart 7 pm with returns at 5 am and 5 pm from Cohasset Hingham and Plymouth to Duxbury. River routes via Brockton Taunton Taunton Bay Newport and South Mainland stations show multiple daily outbound and return times with variations by town and arrival of the New York boat. KR Kendrick General Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fall River
Cohasset
Mingham
Weymouths
Plymouth
Duxbury
Hingham
Pall River
Brockton
Taunton
Newport
South Mraintres
Bouwm
South Braintres
Tom
New Bedford
Tueadays Patridge
Kendrick
Trains Alter Schedules Boston Providence and New York
In Connecticut updated rail notices show after May 29 the 10 a.m. trains from Boston to New York and from New York to Boston will be discontinued. A 10.4.1 a.m. Boston Providence service and a 4 p.m. Providence Boston train will operate starting June 5. From May 30 the Shore Line train to Boston departs New York at 1 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. The chart lists numerous stop times and stations on the Boston Providence and Woonsocket divisions including major hubs and local stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Boston
New York
Providence
Shore Line
Folsom
Historic 1830s Rail Schedule Fragments for New York Boston Lines
Dated train notices describe the A M DAY EXPRESS and NEW ENGLAND LIMITED routes via Middletown Hartford Willimantic and Boston to New York. It lists through cars, dining services, steamers City of Worcester and City of New York connections, and office details at 322 Washington Street with General Superintendent Jackson and Kendall. A Boston Providence line outline shows evening departures with Stonington and New York arrivals and the 1836 schedule from Boston and Manchester Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal & West
Vermont
Pallman
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg
Pullman
Central Vermont
Kk. R
Washington Street
D. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Pass
St. Albans
New York
Middletown
Jiaven
Beston
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbury
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
NEW England Limited
Newark
Air Line
Dune Grand Central Depot
Artford
Willimantic
Ae RP. M
Philadelphia
New Haven
Jersey City
Trenton
Iladelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Points South
M. Norwich Line
Exdee
New London
Norwich
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF Workcester
City OF New York
Summer Street
A. Jackson
NEW
Stonington
York
Boston & Providence Railroad
State Street
Boston & Providence RK. R
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Hoston & Providence R. R
Central Massachusetts R R Station Train Schedule 1887
Trains from Boston for Jefferson Way Stations depart 5.05 pm express starting February 21 1887. Sundays list various times 9.10 11.50 am 2.45 4 5.05 express 6 pm plus 1.15 pm for several stations including Hudson Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham with geolocation notes and officials GEO. W. Scorer Assistant General Passenger Agent C 8 Mellen General Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Massachusetts
R. R
Boston
Lowell
KE. K
Causeway Street
Jefferson and Way
SUN
Hudson
Rockbottom
Sudbury
Wayland
Weston
Belmont Waverley and Waltham
Geo. W. Scorer
Pass
G’t Ag C
Mellen
Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule 1887
Through trains on both divisions from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and various Maine Central and Knox lines. Service includes 8:30 am departures from Haymarket and Causeway and 1 pm, 12:30 pm, and 7 pm returns to Boston with connections to St John Halifax Calais Saint John New Brunswick and Port land steamer routes on Monday Wednesday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Flaymarket Sq
Causeway St
Ban
Pars St. John
Édaifax
The
Provinces
Laymarket Sq
Sastport
Calais
St. John
N. B
Halifax
Portland
Haymarket Sq
Lewiston—Haymarket Eq
M. Causeway St
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North Haymarket Sq
North Conway
Portland- Haymarket Sq
Train Schedules West of Boston to New England States
Western Division trains depart Boston for Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and more with numerous daily times listed for towns including Andover Danvers Exeter Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Wakefield Wilmington and others. Sunday trains run to Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Portland Bangor and more with several daily slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Station
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danver
Kennebunk
Setekoe Saco
Lawrencce
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
M. Lowell
M. Return
M. Malden
Medford
Melrose Highlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
Nort Andover
Newburyport
Salem
Wakefield
M. Wilmington
Haverhill
Lawrence
Lowell
M. Medford
Portland
Bangor
Lewis To
Reading and Way
Boston to Amesbury and many regional trains schedule
The notice lists a dense timetable of trains from Boston station through Causeway Street to Amesbury and other towns including Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Mover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Northampton Rye Beach Fpswick Lynn Marblehead Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody Portsmouth Mevere Rockport Gloucester Salem Saugus Swampscott Wenham and Wolfeboro with numerous daily and some weekday services. It notes through routes via Saugus Branch and South Reading Branch and mentions Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. City ticket office is 306 Washington Street with James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders as general managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Mover
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hiampton
Beach
North Mampton
Rye Beach
Fpswick
Sae m. Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
Po North Conway
Peabody An Dyenvers
Portsmouth
Mevere
Rockport
Gloucester
Salem
Saugus
M. Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lyon and Way
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
aVia Saugus
wWorkingmen
South Reading
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
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Orleans
Wes
Saece Sence
Ziou
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Telegraph
Cotton Markets
Ellison
N. Y
Biles
Railroads
Mee
Sillerica
Italy
Surinam
Calcutta
Zanzibar
Melbourne
Trinidad
Orae
Ceree
Reese
Azores
Germany
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Scotland
Rio Grande DO Sul
Bahamas
Eames
Old Colony
York Aituite
Pilgrim
Keistol
Brooklyn
Vickers
J. R. Kendrick
L. H. Palmer
Boston & Providence
Coe
Lge
Iereft
Birdget
Blackstone
Anbury
Dor
Dudley Street
Ellis
Endicott
Harvard Stre ‘Tan
Mighland Lake
Islington
Manel
Mt. Bowdoin
Britain
New Thetown
Norwood
Wood Central
Scket
Po Putnam
Headville
Rockville
Conn
Southbridge
M. Walpam
D. C
L. Winslows
Webster
Norwood Central
Woonsocket Division
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Loston
Ym. Hyde Ran Wee
Aford
Ata
Tiltom Ole
A.C. Kendall
Gen'l Pass
Boston & Maine
Eehis
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