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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1887
Page
7
Receipts rise on most lots, market steady to firm with good demand. Butter quoted at several regional grades from Western to New York and Vermont, cheese prices mixed, eggs and poultry steady, beans seeds and hay showing varied wholesale prices. Prices for roots, potatoes, and sweet potatoes listed. livestock and fowl values noted by region.
In Chicago butter is in fair demand with Western creamery extra at 26 to 27 cents. Cheese is firm. Eggs are firm with Western extras at 20 cents. In New York butter remains steady with Eastern and Western creamery at 26 to 25 cents and Eastern dairy half firkin tubs at 25 26 cents. Cheese steady with New York cheddar at 11 44 to 11 4 cents. Eggs steady with Eastern firsts at 25 cents and Western at 24 24 cents. Beans and dried apples are quiet to steady. Weekly receipts: butter 33 177 pkgs, cheese 28 114 boxes, eggs 34 327 pkgs. Last week: butter 36 762 pkgs, cheese 64 7385 boxes, eggs 25 658 pkgs. Liverpool cheese market steady at 59 shillings.
The Norfolk steamer due Monday carries 188 bbls sweet potatoes and 1017 boxes oranges while the Savannah steamer due Monday carries 6700 boxes oranges.
The warm car service starts December 5 on the Fitchburg Boston and Lowell and Old Colony lines. Auctions set 1500 boxes Florida oranges and 1000 barrels Almeria grapes with further sales planned. Prices show steady apples and firm cranberries with large Florida orange supplies and good demand for choice lots.
A list of produce prices includes onions, cabbages, beets, squash, tubers, lettuce, parsnips, turnips, celery, cauliflower, pumpkins, spinach and more. Prices show per basket, per bushel, per box, or per pound with values ranging from 15 to 247 and various regional varieties.
A market summary notes firm pork demand at firm prices with strong export demand. Weekly export value reached 140000 dollars, down from 145000 the prior week and 125000 year earlier. Beef supply small and steady. pork receipts fell to 111 cars, with 34 for export, from 141 cars and 50 export the prior week. Hog movement remains robust. Western points show 421000 hogs in the week, 1102000 since Nov 1, and additional 95000 from eight other points. Weather turned colder aiding interior axe operations, while prices edged near the week’s high amid cautious buyers.
The market reflects higher values for hogs and products due to strong farmer and operator speculation amid a tight corn crop. Exports of hog products were fair but below last year, with pork and lard prices listed for various cuts and forms. Beef and fresh meats show mixed pricing across assorted cuts, while dressed hogs and country hogs command specific level prices. Disease-free reading indicates cautious outlook for next month or January.
New York futures opened firm and closed steady with 94,800 bales sold. Spot prices quoted for middling uplands and lows, while Liverpool futures moved higher in a firm to easy session. Raw and refined sugars show firm raw and easier refined markets with various grades listed. Molasses prices for Ponce and other ports noted.
Reports from New York markets show exports and sales of large grain and flour lots with Minnesota patent and winter wheat extra prices broadly steady to firm. Receipts and bids for corn, oats, rye, and barley featured varied levels across cities including Detroit Milwaukee Chicago Toledo Cincinnati St Louis and others.
Print cloth market in Providence closes firm with 64x64s at 37-16c cash and 56x60s at 216-16c, buyers seeking 34gc and 3s cash. Weekly sales total 3000 pieces 64x64s extras at 3-5c, 4000 pieces at 3 1/2c, 1000 pieces at 37-16c, 5000 pieces at 37-16c, stock held 3000 64x64 and 2000 64x60s by manufacturers.
Cattle receipts 2800 with steady demand and mixed prices for steers up to 270.50, stockers 60 to 275, cows and bulls 112.75, Texas cattle 145 to 150, Western rangers 3.35. Hogs receipts 25000, prices varied with closing weaker, ranges 445 to 485 for different hog types. Sheep receipts 3000 with natives 275 to 440, Western 83 to 65, Texans 280 to 130, lambs 340 to 426.
Net receipts and trading activity across major ports showing mixed prices and steady to quiet demand. Regions including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated totals list receipts gross shipments exports stock and price tones.
Market reports from Liverpool Paris and Havana show wheat steady and corn strong. Prices cited for No 1 California wheat December at 6s 944d and Havana sugar listings with nominal prices, warehouse stocks, weekly receipts and exports to the United States, plus freight estimates in gold.
London reports a large turnout at the wool sales with active bidding led by foreign operators. Prices held firm on scoured grades while high limits trimmed late progress, with Queensland 2800 bales and New South Wales 400 bales among the notable offerings across regions.
Long list of cargo and consignments from Charlottetown NB and Grand Manan NB to Liverpool and other ports. Items include potatoes, herring, bloaters, fish oil, woollen goods, prunes, paper, books, lace, stoves, wines, oils, textiles, and many manufactured goods. Names of firms involved such as Jordan, Marsh & co, Pierce & co, Saco Water Power Machine Shop, and others appear alongside numerous quantities and lots.
Shipping list items from the steamer Worcester carrying hardware pine crates beer whiskey pine goods and a vast array of goods. Entries cover pianos nails glassware oils tobacco canned goods fruit chocolate and many other manufactured and agricultural products bound for Halifax and Adelaide Australia with numerous cases and packages listed.
A fragmented ledger lists varied cargo items on multiple vessels and ports. Items include corn flour, oil, lumber, hardware, paper, bales of cotton, beef, bacon, tools, and pigments. Ports referenced include FIVE ISLANDS NS and ST JOHN NB with vessels schooners N H Upham and Holmes and steamer Bavarian sailing from Liverpool.
A detailed list records cargo receipts for several railroads including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Old Colony, Boston and Maine Western and Eastern Divisions, Boxston and Lowell, and express and sea shipments. Items cover cotton wool flour corn oats beef cheese eggs butter lard tea coffee hides leather and numerous bales and crates with quantities.
A detailed ledger style summary listing quantities across commodities for 1887 and 1886. Cotton sugar, wool, flour, cornmeal, butter, oats, wheat, eggs, barley, millfeed, cottonseed meal, potatoes, peas, tallow, sweets, hay, straw, lumber, leather, pork, lard, wine, hides, presh’d meats, grease, green hides, bacon, dressed hogs, tea, coffee, pelts, and bags with numerous figures indicating barrels, bushels, sacks, crates, and case counts.
Railroa ds Boston and Maine timetable lists daily through trains serving Sea Hackket Square, Haymarket Square, Causeway Street and Portland, with departures at 8 30 am 9 am 12 30 pm and 7 pm from various terminals. Additional services connect St John Halifax Eastport Calais Manchester Concord Lewiston Castine and Conway with Maine Central Knoxe Lincoln routes noted.
Train times listed for Western Division from Boston Braymarket to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Exeter Great Falls Maverick Hall and many towns including Lawrence Malden Medford Melrose Reading Wakefield and Wakefield area with Sunday trains noted Dover Haverhill Manchester Lowell and other stations. Times show morning and afternoon runs with numerous early and late departures.
Boston schedules list numerous departure times to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett and more. Highlights include trains to Salem Revere Rockport Gloucester and Newburyport with varied morning afternoon and evening slots. Special notes mention Workingmen's train on Thursdays and Saturdays and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furbur and D. Flanders sign as General Manager and General Passenger Agent.
Boston and Lowell timetable lists through service from Boston for Tiltena Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Minverhill Woodsville and branches to St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke and Montreal with parlor and sleeping cars on select trains Local service from Boston to Manchester Concord Nashua Lowell Wilmington Woburn and beyond including multiple branches and Sunday schedules. timetable valid for Oct 10 1887 with full station and contact details.
Fragmented transit notice shows timetable snippets for routes including Ware Oakdale Waverley Belmont and Beeston Rutland West Hoyl KRockbottom with varied departure times and days. General passenger agent signs supply October 10 1387 dating.
Comprehensive timetable listing weekday and holiday departures for trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and connections to numerous coastal towns and inland points. Includes multiple stop times at Ashmont, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Hyannis, Weymouth, Quincy, Rockland, Brockton, Taunton, Newport, East Weymouth, North Easton, and Providence areas, with return times and notes on service via Taunton or Brockton.
Local time tables for the Boston and Albany Railroad issued November 20, 1887. Lists departures from Boston stations to Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany, New York and other points with multiple daily trains, connections, and through sleeping and dining car notes. Includes stations and branches, expresses to New York, and weekly Sunday services. Joe Hanson and Gallip, General Agent and General Superintendent listed.
Trains will run from Boston to New York and return with Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail schedules. New steamboat service on the Stonington Line operates, with varied departure and return times from Providence Attleboro Readville Roxbury and other stops. Connections adjusted on specific weekdays with updated evening departures and one hour fifteen minute shifts on certain days. A. Folsom, Superintendent, signs off.
Boston passenger station Causeway Street trains to Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and the West depart 6.30 and 8.30 Ex with one room car for Albany 11.38 am and 38 am express daily with cars for Chicago via Niagara Falls and Wabash. Grand Trunk 10.30 pm sleeping car to power They Ayer Junction reflects a dense list of daily departures to Gardner Greenfield Miller's Falls Hudson and Maynard with many times and routes. John Adams, Gen Supt.
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