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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1888
Page
7
Trade remains quiet with mixed prices across Chicago Peoria St Louis and New York markets. No 2 white oats firm, cash corn around 36 37c, rye soft across regions, flour and meal prices steady, cottonseed meal firm, and malt quiet with Canada and State varieties quoted.
Butter quotations hold steady with quiet demand and light receipts in Western creameries Vermont and New York markets show similar firmness. Cheese eggs beans and potatoes mix show varied pricing while poultry and hay markets remain firm with steady to higher jobbing prices.
The report lists bale prices for various hay grades and straw types. Prime hay at 19 to 19.50, fancy 20, fair to good 16 to 18, Eastern fine 14 to 16, poor to ordinary 14 to 17, East swale 10 to 11, rye straw 18 to 50, oat straw 10 to 11.
Prices steady with limited activity. Readout lists marrow squash at 50c per barrel, turban squash 75c, cabbage varieties from 50c to 1.50 per barrel or basket, onions 1.50 per barrel, cauliflowers 1.25 per dozen, celery 2.50 per box, citron melons 75c per box, spinach 40c per bush, pumpkins 75c per barrel, and related items with assorted units.
The steamer Hondo is due November 22 carrying Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The shipment strengthens existing trade ties and supports fresh produce supply for Boston markets.
Florida oranges at 25c, lemons 95c, grapes 1.10 to 5.50 per box. 9000 banana bunches, 12553 cocoanuts, 1915 boxes, 16 bbls oranges for Boston Fruit Co arrive on Lorenzo D Baker. Tokay grapes slated for 10 o'clock auction. Apple and grape markets steady with varied quotes. Tokays fetch 2.25 for fancy half boxes and 4.50 per case for select lots. Oranges and lemons quiet at old prices. Messina lemons 1.50 to 4.00, Jamaica oranges 8.50 to 9.50 per bbl, Florida fruits active with price ranges. Cranberries quiet. sales 7.50 to 9 per bbl, 3.50 to 5 per case. Quince and nut markets steady with listed ranges for various varieties.
Chicago provisions dull with weak cash trade. demand mainly for South side meats. Report covers futures quotes for torx nov and jan contracts, lard, pork, and various cuts with prices in New York Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and other markets. Notes on beef, dry salted meats, and fresh meat prices and availability across regions.
New York cotton remains steady with middling at 10 cents, low middling 9 42, and good ordinary 8 7 16 cents, sales 1,442 bales. Futures open quiet and close steady as markets show firmness. Liverpool spot holds at 5 11 16d for both middling uplands and Orleans with 10,000 bales traded. A broad market scan lists receipts, exports, and stocks across U.S. ports, with general firmness and mixed demand.
Consolidated weekly net receipts reach 261 857 with exports to Britain 121 581 and Continent 48 909 while stocks at all US ports total 673 797. Comparative week shows declines in receipts and steady to firm prices across cities including New York Baltimore and Louisville, with detailed regional figures for end week and Liverpool stock levels.
Kansas City cattle receipts 6221 with steady market. best natives at 215 to 290, ship prices 350 to 460. Hogs receipts 9545, demand fairly active, heavies 530 to 545, mediums 525 to 545. St Louis hogs steady 5 5 20, Peoria firmer 5 10 to 6 5 45, Cincinnati hogs firmer 4 25 to 5 30, packing 5 30, shipments 2870. Chicago cattle receipts 9000 shipments 4000 active and higher for natives beeves 550 to 615, steers 85 to 135, Texas and Western ranges varied. hogs receipts 23 000, mixed 85 25 to 55, heavy 5 30 to 5 56, light 5 85 to 5 65, sheep receipts 3000 with natives 2 75 to 4 80, Westerns 2 80 to 4 00, Texans 2 60 to 3 25, lambs 4 26.
Sugar markets show firm with quiet trade in raw sugars and steady refined prices. Cuba goods range 4 15 to 6 14c, Manilas around 4 4% to 4 4140, Javas Nos 10 to 11 at 6 USO. Pulverized 8% sc, powdered 8c, granulated 7% sc, standard A 74c, Belmont A 7c, extra C 658c, yellow 644¢c. Molasses firm with Porto Rico 38 40c per gallon, common to choice 28 338c, Cienfuegos 23 27c. New Orleans strong on foreign lots. New York notes quiet. overall market activity mixed.
Closing dates and opening times for Piti Line certificates and Cottonseed Oil certificates listed for November 1888. Includes opening times on November 15 and 16, with closing times at 3 pm on November 16, and references to highest and lowest prices and par values in the period.
The report notes a quiet steady market with steady prices for various items. Turpentine closes around 4554 46c with resin at 1 105 and tar at 220, while petroleum closes near 6568 714c with RSW at 7 6c and cases at 9 %%c.
A detailed cargo list from the Norseman voyage to Liverpool includes bales of waste paper, hides, turmeric, wine, flax, cheese, machinery, whiskey, mackerel, wool, coal, steel, and numerous goods from firms such as J i Moors & co, Baring Bros & co, Davne Stoddard Kendall, E King & co, and Brown Bros & co. The document also records port entries at Port Antonio and consignments to and from Garrards, with quantities in bags, drums, cases, bales, and tons across many firms and items.
YARMOUTH NS shows steamer cargo including cornmeal cotton kerosene rubber boots and shoes oil rubber clothing nails hardware axe handles dyewood fruit and miscellaneous items. Brig Shannon at YARMOUTH conveys steel rails while ASPINWALL USC lists Brig H C Sibley cargoes of cement corn calves freezers ice hay kerosene oil lumber oats and various hardware and wood products.
Receipt ledger lists Staples receipts for Boston and Albany, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, Boston and Maine Eastern Division, and Western Division. It details bales of cotton and wool, flour, corn, oats, rye, barley, tallow, lard, butter, eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, straw, leather, hides, dairy products, and various sacks and barrels across multiple rail lines. Names rail lines and quantities by carriage, including Grand Junction and numerous divisions with hundreds of bales, bbls, sacks, and boxes recorded.
A dense OCR style ledger lists quantities of goods by mode and route. Items include cornmeal, tallow, eggs, apples, lumber, leather, skins, cotton, wool, butter, lard, beans, syrup, cheese, potatoes, hay, and molasses with figures such as bbls, cases, bags, and rolls. Routes note Boston & Maine Lowell system, and By Express or By Sea.
London reports cargoes off coast wheat quiet and steady conditions for corn and flour. At Mark Lane and Paris markets remain quiet, with specific prices for November to March futures. Liverpool notes wheat quiet with fair demand, corn dull, and prices for pork bacon cheese and lard shown. weather described as variable.
A list of sales agents and company representatives from multiple states including New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Illinois Indiana Missouri and Tennessee with names firms and affiliations in the footwear trade across cities such as Albany Allentown Bloomington Chicago Cincinnati Louisville Milwaukee Memphis Mobile Nashville New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
A set of probate citations and notices appears for estates in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Documents announce wills probated or to be probated, executors or administrators named, bond requirements, and publication duties in the Boston Post and Boston Globe style notices. Debtor claims and executrix or executors' appointments are listed with dates and court locations.
Rail schedule lists through trains on Western and Eastern divisions from Boston routes. City ticket office at 218 Washington Street offers departures to Augusta Haymarket, Bangor, St John N B, Portland and Maine Central connections with varied times at Haymarket and Causeway Street stations. Also notes steamer connections from Portland on certain weekdays and multiple inland destinations including Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and Grand Trunk links.
The listing shows a Western Division schedule from Boston Station Haymarket to towns including Alton Bay, Rochester, Farmington, Andover, Dover, Exeter, Haverhill, North and South Lawrence, Lowell, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Melrose Highlands, Merrimac, Newburyport, North Andover, Salem and others. It notes numerous departure times across mornings, afternoons, and evenings, including special notes like a Workingmen's train.
A dense list of train times and station names across multiple New England towns. It details weekday and Sunday departures with varied hours, including Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Ipswich and many more, plus notes on branches and workingmen trains.
Local schedule details Lowell Station Causeway Street offers through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Orren Biaverhill Woodsville 9am 1 and 7pm North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Branch am 1pm Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster 7am 1am Fabyan Jefferson 9am Franklin Lebanon White River Junction 3 7pm St Johnsbury Newport Shicherbrooke Quebec am 1 7 pm Yassumpsic Division White River Junction Wells River 30am 11and7 pm Bristol Essex Junction Claremont ranch Montpellier Montreal via White River Junction 30am 1 7pm local points Northern RR 830am 3pm Montreal via Montreal Boston Air Line 9am
Incomplete schedule shows early and late runs from Leave Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards itay Bourne Brewster Cataninet Cus ham Cottage City Wark Sq. Pairhaven Falmouth Hyannis krarwich Monument Reach Mattapoisett Nantucket Nantucket via Woods Hall Providence Town Sand w ich Wellfleet Tremont and other destinations with 8 15 am and 4 15 pm departures and several inconsistencies noted such as Mondays only and mis-typed names.
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