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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1888
Page
7
Coke priced at 525 to 550 with MF terne at 726. Other brands quoted 525 to 525. Coke terne at 615. Lead jobbing at 544.5 to 4.4 cents per pound. Sheet lead 8440, tin lined pipe 1b c, black tin pipe 55c. Zinc spelter 634 cents, sheet zinc 642. Spelter market described as weak.
The market opened with outside buying of wheat and a heavy local purchase. Afterward price levels turned uneasy as Chicago prices topped other markets. Corn fell on expectations of heavy Monday receipts. Oats remained quiet but steady. The report lists opening, highest, lowest, and closing quotations.
Local carload prices for flour and grains show a strong market with mills seeking higher quotes. Listings include spring and winter patents, Minnesota and Michigan mills, export and domestic grades, with receipts and shipments across New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and Minneapolis and mixed quotes for oats corn rye oats flour and related mill products.
Receipts for creameries and dairies remain light with steady wholesale quotes. Butter ranges from 20 to 28c with Western and Vermont creams offered. cheese, eggs, beans, grasses, and potatoes show varied demand but mostly steady pricing across regions. Northern and Eastern markets report firm tones, while St Louis and Cincinnati note softer butter and steady to firm eggs.
Apples show steady demand with full prices for Baldwins and russets. Oranges and lemons from Palermo and Messina command solid prices. Valencia oranges listed for regular and large sizes. Florida peaches arrive with ready sale at a crate price, and Norfork strawberries bring 15 to 20 cents. Bananas from the steamer Agnaw tally 17,000 bunches with graded prices. pineapples from the Aguan steamer total 10,000 with sales at 10 per 100 count.
The pork market remains very steady with good movement. Lard is firm and demand improves. Smoked meats are in strong demand at steady quotes, with long cuts near 17.60 to 17.75 and various pork products priced across multiple ranges. Regional quotes include New York and St. Louis markets showing mixed but stable pork and lard levels, while beef and other fresh meats stay steady with specific cut pricing.
A fair demand is noted for truck at steady prices. Asparagus 1 50 to 1 76 per unit, Norfolk green peas 1 50 to 2 50 per crate, half-bbl crates 3 4. Florida tomatoes 1 2 per crate. Southern cabbage 3 50 to 8 75 per crate, kale 1 bushel, spinach 85 to 90 cents per bush, Florida string beans 1 50 per crate. Savannah wax 2 50 to 3 50 per crate, Florida beets 1 75 per crate, native dandelions 35 cents per bush, bunch onions 2 cents per bunch, Bermuda onions 1 75 per crate, Egyptian onions 2 56 per case, beer 75 cents per 4 bush, Hubbard squash 7 75 per barrel, Southern summer 1 per crate, carrots 75 cents per bush, lettuce 50 cents per dozen, parsnips 1 60 to 1 75 per bush, turnips 75 cents per bush, white French 1 50 to 1 75 per barrel, St Andrews 1 60 per barrel, rhubarb 24 to 4 cents per ounce, quarts 1 per aoz long, Southern cucumbers 1 3 per crate, native cucumbers 8 to 1 count.
Sugar and molasses quotations show no change in raw sugars with Cuba and Manila prices listed for various grades. Pulverized and granulated sugars hold firm with standard and confectioners grades priced between 64c and 67 4c. Wholesale granulated sugar noted at 7c. New York trade remains quiet, Havana market more active and firmer with speculative business and an upward tendency. week exports from outports were late.
Regular to good polarization prices for gold and ey Muscovado refinings. Warehouses at Havana and Matanzas report 5600 boxes, 626000 bags, and 6600 hhds receipts for the week with exports totaling 899 boxes, 68000 bags, and 4000 hhds, 58000 bags and 24 hhds going to the United States. Freights dull at $2256 per hhd for sugar loaded at Havana to the United States and $250 275 for sugar from north coast ports. Molasses movement described as fair at old prices. New crop sugar prices listed for Ponce, Porto Rico, Cienfuegos, Mayaguez. New York trade noted as dull.
New York cotton prices hold steady with mid dling at 10 cents and sales of 108 bales. Futures opened quiet and closed barely steady. Liverpool apot cotton steadies with uplands at 6 1 2d and Orleans at 5 7 16d. nationwide port receipts and stocks reported for Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, News, and others with mixed quiet activity and mid- to high-9 cent ranges.
Market reports show firm tone across major livestock markets with receipts and shipments detailed. Peoria and Cincinnati hog markets vary by class and price, Chicago cattle receipts mixed with beeves and stockers, hogs stronger with prices rising, sheep receipts at slow trading and varying carcass values across regions.
Market notes show quiet city trading with fractional quotes across commodities. New York coffee and turpentine markets move. Cincinnati and St Louis show steadier pricing. pipe line certificates close and reopen details reported with bid and closing figures.
A long list of cargoes and vessels exported and imported at Charlottetown and surrounding ports including Schooner Althea Anastasia F-63 and Steamer Aguan with baskets of cocoanuts bananas pineapples and other produce, plus salt, oil, wines, and hardware from Liverpool, Spain, and Boston era trade networks.
A long OCR list shows Barbados Bark Anna holding sugar and crates, Bahia Bark Heinrich Bjorn unloading bags sugar, Barrington Ns Electra loading lobsters, Yarmouth NS Yarmouth steamers with salmon eggs codfish lobsters and other perishables, De Long Seaman and Ellis Co consignments of lobsters eggs mackerel and turnips, Barclay Co noting lobsters salmon trout eggs and clothes, and multiple firms such as G W Preston Perkins & Welsh J Hutchinson and F Batchelder among others handling varied cargoes in a colonial port shipment ledger style.
Trade item list from schooner Annie Simpson Carroll and Bark Rachel Emery detailing flour meal cornmeal hardware glassware paper tin leather and many other goods totaled in BBLs cases and boxes. Ports include Halifax Nova Scotia Carroll town Charlotte Town PEL and Trinidad BWI with extensive cargo notes and quantities.
A dated inventory from May 19, 1888, catalogs staple shipments across multiple railroads including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine. Entries specify bales and boxes of cotton wool flour corn oats sugar tea butter eggs leather hides and other commodities with quantities. The list reflects broad cargo movements by railway lines in the late 19th century.
London and Liverpool markets show quiet, holiday conditions with wheat steady and breadstuffs subdued. Prices noted for winter wheat around 65 9d to 66s 10d, sprig wheat 6s 10d, club wheat 6s 11d to 7s, with bacon and cheese movements modest and lard firmer.
OTIUCE announces Moses H Schwarzenberg named administrator of Jacob M Schwarzenberg of Suffolk County Massachusetts with bond filed and creditors to present claims by May 15, 1838. Also Meredith Wilvan of Philadelphia appoints Henry F Day as agent for estate matters with claims to be exhibited and debts paid by May 11, 1988.
Insolvency notices announce creditors meetings for Isaiah Hh Paine at Cambridge on May 24 and for Richard A O’Brien of Winthrop, Boston, with assignees Joe E Farley and Lass Wareer arranging hearings. Creditors may attend, prove claims, or object to accounts and reports.
Boston Park Commissioners invite sealed bids for iron railings on the Charles River Embankment at the sea wall. Bids due 12 noon Friday May 25 1888 at 87 Milk Street Boston. Include total price in figures and words and completion date. accompany with a $300 certified check. Plans at City Engineer Office City Hall Boston. The city may reject any or all bids.
Sealed proposals for building iron railings on the Marine Park Pier in South Boston must be received at the Park Commissioners office 87 Milk Street Boston until 12 o clock noon Friday May 25 1888. Bids must be indorsed Proposal for Railings for Marine Park Pier and signed with full name and address. A price for the entire work must be stated in figures and words and the date of placement and completion. A $300 check to the city of Boston is required with the bid and will be returned if not forfeited. bonds for faithful performance equal to half the contract amount are required with Massachusetts residents as sureties satisfactory to the Park Commissioners.
The Boston Water Board announces that on or about June 1 1888 the water supply on listed Tremont Washington Avery Mason West Temple Winter Bromfield Province School Court Howard Cambridge Bowdoin Louisburg square and connected streets will switch from low to high service increasing pressure by about 50 psi. Property owners and tenants should prepare for plumbing and elevator changes before the date. Signed by Thos J Doherty William B Smart and Robert Grant.
A fragment lists bus or train times for Pike Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield Heesick Falls and Lincoln with varied morning and evening slots including SUN listings. Entries show numerous times such as 6.05 6.30 9.10 11.15 pm and partial day markers, representing a dense schedule snippet.
Compiled listings show departures and arrivals across towns including Fall River Line to New York, Ashmont Brockton Marshfield Mattapan Cohasset Hingham and Scituates. Times vary by weekday Sunday exceptions, with numerous morning and evening slots and boat connections noted.
A list of travel times and routes across Cape Cod and nearby harbors. The entries mention various towns such as Buzzards Bay Bourne Chatham Hyannis Provincetown Sandwich Wellfleet Barnstable and Nantucket with multiple departures around 8 15 am and 4 15 pm and a few mid day times.
A dense listing of station-to-station times across Providence Division routes with numerous stops including Attleboro Keosklston Canton Junction Forest Hills Jamaica Plain Mansfield and others. The schedule notes various daily and Sunday exceptions and late evening connections with a pattern of departures around morning to late evening hours and special weekday adjustments.
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