Cattle Market Notes From Watertown and Brighton Yards
Export trade shows light cattle shipment from Boston to England with mixed Western and Connecticut River stock. Prices range from 3.85 to 5.80 per cwt live weight with several lots selling at 4 to 5.5 dollars per cwt. Buyers more active at Watertown and Brighton yards, with modest demand for common beef and better quality cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
England
Glasgow
James A Hathaway
Watertown
Onou
W H Bardwell
Brighton
Market Reports October 13 Flour and Grain Prices Firm
Flour prices remain firm with quiet trade and scarce spring patents. Corn markets quiet with steamer and high mixed bids around 57 to 58 cents in elevators, track lots about one cent lower. Oats firmer with No 2 white at 36% to 37% cents elevator and track 36% EC. Millfeed selling well. rye quiet. hops ranged 5 to 16 cents per pound in 1886 markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vfine
Minnesota
Bakers
Michigan
New York Rollers
Canada Superior
Canada Rollers
Canada
New York
Eastern
Quiet market holds steady prices across dairy and produce
Butter and cheese quotations show no change as demand remains steady. Eggs, potatoes, beans, seeds, tallow, and hay trades stay quiet with prices at existing levels. Regional butter and cheese report receivers’ wholesale prices with firm jobbing rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vermont
Eastern
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
New Hampshire
Choice
Canada
Timothy
West
Jersey
Houston Rose
Bush
Houston Hebrons
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
Unclear commodity prices from fragmented 19th century list
Fragmented OCR list shows prices for bush variety goods, Norfolk sweet potatoes and Taliaow product terms with multiple inconsistencies. Contains multiple currency marks and unclear product names, making precise items and entities difficult to determine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vermont
Burbanks
Hebrons
Be & Bush
Peerless
Island
Norfolk
Taliaow
Provisions and Meat Prices From Market Report
Market ledger lists pork and lard cuts with varied prices per unit, including long cuts eighteen eighteen and a half dollars, light backs seventeen fifty, and tongue sixteen sixteen fifty. Beef and veal categories show ranges for plate and family beef, fresh beef, and other cuts with per-pound quotes. notes indicate standard market fluctuations and quality distinctions across hogs, sheep, and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Lord. Choice
Chicago
Brighton
Fruit market reports show weak apple demand and steady prices
Receipts of apples are large with a weak market. Prices for varieties such as Baldwins and greenings are quoted low while dried and evaporated apples hold old levels. Cranberries and grapes supply are ample with prices pressed downward. quince is dull. oranges and lemons and bananas show mixed but modest price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. C. Houghton & Co
Liverpool
Alaska
Adriatic
Baldwins
Greenings
Kings
Northern Spy
James Lindsay & Son
Glasgow
Gravenstein
King
Hubbardston
York State
Cape Cod
Delawares
Salem
Catawba
Concord
Isabella
Martha P Th
Pearl—Seckle
Louis Bonne
Beurre Bose
Beurre A
Anjou
Sorrento
Palermo
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Baracoa
Market prices for assorted produce and onions
Fair demand noted for a wide range of vegetables and fruits. Prices listed include onions $225 per basket, tomatoes 50 cents per unit, cabbage $7 per 100, Lima beans $2 per bush, green corn $150 per barrel, beets 40 cents per bush, squash 75 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents per box, celery $3 350 per box, eggplants $1.50 per basket, and spinach 15 to 20 cents per bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
The Norfolk Boat Steamer Arrives With Potatoes
The Norfolk steamer due Friday carries 750 barrels of sweet potatoes reported for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Cotton and Commodities Market Report Highlights
Liverpool and New York futures show quiet openings across cotton pipelines sugar and refined oils. Spot middling uplands prices hold around 9 7-16¢ in New York with modest daily activity and mixed regional bales traded and receipts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Trade Centre flour and grain prices on Oct 12 report
New York reports flour receipts 350 420 pkgs exports 1605 bbls 10 447 mick with moder ate buyers favor yet unchanged prices. Wheat receipts 39 900 bush exports 11 540 bush sales 329 000 bush spot firm partly for export No 2 spring 2c No 2 red 81 4 82c No 1 red nominal No 1 white nominal 87c Rye dull barley steady oats high and active etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Rio
United
Long Island
West Gales
Grain and commodity prices across Chicago Detroit St Louis markets
Market roundup notes firm flour in Chicago and Minneapolis. Wheat steady to firm in several hubs including Chicago and Minneapolis with No 2 varieties around 69 to 75 cents. Corn generally lower in Chicago and St Louis, oats steady, rye quiet, and pork and lard prices mixed amid shrinking shipments and mixed receipts across Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Toledo Milwaukee markets.
Market Reports from Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs steady with receipts around 5000 at Kansas City and 1100 at Peoria. Chicago reports 10500 cattle and 22000 hogs with steady to lower bidding and varied prices for steers cows and feeders. Sheep receipts near 7000 with steady bidding across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peorla
Chicago
Cotton Markets Report Oct 12 Across Major Ports
Augusta to New Orleans to Savannah and beyond show varied receipts and stocks. Exports coastwise limit and firm or quiet mid ranges mark daily activity. notable figures include New York and Philadelphia with steady to quiet tones and stock tallies across ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
C. Wilmington
Norfolk
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Continent
France
United States
World Markets Report From London and Liverpool Trade News
Reuters style market snapshot reports cargoes off the coast and steady wheat with firmer corn. Paris and London prices show quiet but firm tones while Liverpool notes firm breadstuffs and strong corn demand. Manchester notes a quiet market with firm prices as buyers pull back. Havana reports sugar sales at about $29.64 per quintal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
England
United Kingdom
Continent
California
Manchester
The
Guardian
Yeyot
India
China
Havana
Imports and Exports Oct 12 1887 Liverpool list
Detailed ship cargo entries from Liverpool dated October 12 1887. Listings include bales of moise, cases of tapes earthenware and woollens, crates, and rough tonnage figures with multiple consignors such as Baring Bros Co and Clark Sawyer Co. Highlights: 15814 tons canal coal sale, 69 skel cases figs, and Marsala wine 1 case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
King & Co
Vast Goods Shipment Ledger From London Listing Goods By Firms
A detailed catalog records shipments and warehoused items from Pierce & co to Brown, Shipley & co and many others. Entries name firms, quantities, bundles, and materials including wool, earthenware, tin sheets, bleaching powders, casks, bales, and mdse across ships and routes in London and Boston markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitsen Machine Co
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Chase & Co
London
Eng
Jones
Richardson & Dennie
Hoxie & ‘Co
Bank of Canada
Lane & Co
Baring Bros &Co
Moors & Co
King & Co
Lewis
Peabody & Co
Doctor Miller & Co
Exports Reported From Antwerp and Liverpool in October 1887
Shipping cargoes listed include the Pieter de Coninck clearing October 8 with lard bacon and leather, the Catalonia clearing October 5 with diverse goods such as leather, domestics, fruit, and machinery. Other ports note Haakson lumber, Moselle flour and cornmeal, Ettawanda cornmeal and meat, and assorted bulk commodities in October trade records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Pieter de Coninck
Liverpool
Eng
Catalonia
Buenos Ayres
Haakson Haakonson
North Sidney
Moselle
River Herbert
Ettawanda
Prominent Shoe Firm Representatives Picket National Buyers
A partial roster lists salesmen and firms from Baltimore to Toledo and Philadelphia to St Louis. Names include Carroll Adams Co Baltimore Adler Frank Adler Chicago Bangs Bard Co J P Smith R P Smith Son McLaughlin Selz Schwat Chicago Wells Wells Chicago Greensfelder Florsheim Co Charlotte Wittkowsky Meis McGraw Detroit etc. The document records buyers and agents frequenting markets across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Carroll
Carroll, Adams & Co
Tre
Baltimore
Adler
Frank & Adler
Bangs
Bangs, Bard & Co
J P Smith
R P Smith & Son
Chicago
C McLaughlin
Selz, Schwat & Co
D Wells
Wells & Co
Greensfelder
Florsheim & Co
Galveston
Tex
A Blum
L & H Blum
J Carrington
Goodbar & Co
Memphis
Tenn
J Goodbar
Goodbar
Love & Co
Portsmouth
F Richardson
Russell, Richardson & Titus
Philadelphia
Penn
C Else
TC Else & Co
H B Hanford
Hanford & Co
J L Twaddell
Swaddell Bros
W M Laird
Laird & Ray
Richmond
Stephen Putney
S Putney & Co
R Roberts
KR Roberts & O
I Stern
Stern & Co
St Louis
C H Smith
Lindsley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe Co
Am. O St Louis
W H di
Savannah
F A Einstein
A Hinstein’s Sons
Toledo
C Smith
Smith, Simmons & Peabody
J S Rodgers
Dewey, Rodgers & O
W Bell
R H Lane & Co
R R Lee
Fuller. Childs & Co
Boston and Providence Rail Train Arrangements May 30 1887
Complex timetable announces trains from Boston to New York Providence and coastal branches with numerous departure and return times including Sunday schedules. The notice lists stations such as Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Everett Great Falls Roch ester Lynn Salem Swampscott Newburyport and Portland with diverse departures and late evening returns. Officials James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders sign as General Manager and General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saugus
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lymn and Way
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Biairfax
Salem
Workingmen
Ssouth
Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Staple Goods Shipments by Regional Railroads
A long list documents commodity tonnages and counts shipped by multiple railroads. Items include cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, malt, meat, sugar, butter, cheese, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, straw, lumber, leather, hides, skins, and more across the Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Fitchburg, New York & New England, Old Colony, Bison & Maine, Boston & Maine Western, Lowell, and Express or Sea routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Bison & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division
Lowell Railroad
Express
Total Receipts October 12 1887 Trade Totals
A compiled ledger style report lists receipts of cotton Wool and other staples with quantities in bales boxes barrels sacks and other units. The entry notes totals for various commodities including corn oats wheat apples potatoes hay and meat products with prices and counts for several years alongside a mention of the United States Watch Co. Waltham Watch promotional line and low price assertion.
Boston & Maine Through Trains Schedule One
Boston and Maine timetable lists through trains on both divisions with Haymarket and Causeway stations noted. It covers Augusta Haymarket to Portland routes including St John Halifax New Brunswick Calais and other Maine points with approximate departure times and weekday details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Gregor
Gar Harbor
Stt. John
Halifax
Provinces
Eastport
Calais
St. John
Kalifax
Portland
Krecklanda
Castine
Southwest
Bar Plarbers
Haymarket St
Mewisten
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Maines Central
Grand Trunk
Fanox
Lincoln Railways
Western Division Train Schedule Across New England Towns
The listing shows trains from Iseston Station Haymarket to Alton Bay and numerous stops including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Weaverhill Kennebunk and more with daily times across mornings afternoons and evenings. It also lists lines for North Lawrence Reading Merrimac Newburyport and Portland with various departure times and a Workingmen's train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Iseston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Bmechester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Weaverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Tiddeford and Lace
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Malden
Ium
Mediora
An. Melrose Mlighlands
Stoneham
DB Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
Waketiera
Wilmington
Inverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Sowell
Medford
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Timetable of Boston and Lowell Railroad services listed
The notice details fall season train times from Boston Causeway Street and City Ticket Office for routes to Filton Laconia Lake Village Meredith Ashland Warren Nashua and Montreal with parlor and sleeping cars. It lists local Passumpsic and Northern Division points with multiple daily departures to Manchester Keene Concord and Greenfield and notes through trains to Montreal and Windsor regions. Ends with authority names S Mellen and G W Storer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Vermont
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Central Vermont K. R
Washington Street
J.W. Hobart
Ss. W. Cummings
St. Albans
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Causeway Street
City
Old State House
Filton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weis
Meredith
Ashland
Nee Mouth
Iwarren
Hiaverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Franklin Lebanon
White River Junction
St Johnsbury
Newart
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
Wells River
Bristol
Maremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burtington
Montreal
Lvucal Servic
Manchester and Co
Araraveya
Keene
Peterboro
Billsboro
Lilisborso
Concord
Witten
Bmilford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
SUN
No. &Illerica
Central Massachusetts R R Schedule Opens War on Monday
The Central Massachusetts railroad announces a timetable starting Monday October 10 1887 with trains from Boston to Ware Barre Rutland West Boylston Oakdale Jefferson and other points. Notable departures include 7 15 am 12 05 pm and 3 40 pm with several westbound and Sunday runs listed. EO W. ST TORER general passenger agent and G. Melllen are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxbury
Bedham
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Highlands
Aieaneon
Canton
Boston
Mt. Hope
Warren
Bristol
Ireturn
Monday
Yuesday
New York
Providence
A. A. Folsom
Massachusetts
R. R. Row
Ware
Kbarre
Rutland
West Boylston
Oakdale
Jefferson
Bwudson
SUN
Rockbottom
So. Sadbury
Wayland Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Belmont
EO. W. ST Torer
Gen. Pass
G’r Agt
C.s.mellen
South Duxbury
Taunton
Central Station
Dean Street
Whitman
Southeymouth
Brockton
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Wood’s
Concord R. RK
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Chamberlin
Old Colony Timetable For Fall River Line Trains
On and after Oct 3 1887 Weekday trains run Boston to New York via Fall River Line 6 pm with returns by evening. The timetable lists Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and many other stops with numerous departure and return times and notes connections via Brockton Taunton and New York boat trains. GEO L CONNOR and J R KENDRICK are listed as officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fall River
Boston
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex
Pilgrim
Bristol
Bagrage
Old State House
Old
Fall River Line
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Eridgewaten
Cot Pe Return
Brockton
Return
Buzzard’s Bay
Wareham
Provincetown
Elifieet
Cohasset
Mingham
Hingham
Cottage City
Wood's Hall
Wood's
West Quincy
East Milton
East Wemouth and Weymouth
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Taunton
Harrison Square
Marshfield
Mattapan An Milton
Mattapan
Mikton
Neponset
Mattapoisett
Middlboro
Nantucket
Wood’s Hall
Newport
New Bedford
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Nort Easton
Plymouth
Abington
Duxbury
Moeckland
Hanover
Rockland
Scituate
North Scituate
Return Scituate
Pny Sea View
Pny Mhawmut
Weymouths
Ounton
South Staintree
South Braintree
Middleboro
Fail River
Geo
L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Gen. Pass
Fitchburg Railroad Timetable for Hoosac Tunnel Route
Schedule details show trains from Boston for North Adams Albany and the West after Sept 5 1867 with numerous daily departures including exp or sleeping car services to Albany and Troy via different junctions. Local stops include Brattleboro Cambridge Gardner Miller's Falls and Concord with varied AM and PM times especially Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Chksnoee
Cage
Weomeg
Troyan Seie Seyer Junction
Igar
Elmeont
Overley
SUN
Brattleboro
Miller’s Falls
Marlboro
Hudson and Birnere
Nashua N. H
Ayer Junction
North Leominster
Sarratoga—s
Union Square
Somerville
GAO
Waltham
M. Sun
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Worcester
Also Mentioned on This Page
T Fisher
C P Burke
Connecticut River
H Bird
Tbs
Monroe
Farrell & McFlynn
Norfolk Boat
Manilas
Lloilos
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Oc. Sas
V. Ve
BGC
Aia Vecci Ste
Sewiss
Detroit
Minneapolis
Northern
Milwaukee
Railroads
Providence Tmatl Road
Shore Line
Pawtucket
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Attleboro
Agen
Mana
Z Omer
Ryan
Eturn
Py Hve Vo
Hyde Park
Lan
Iwi
Sharon
Fenweale Pote Awe
Hope Awe
Vlavendon
Th. W
Eastern Bdivision
Boston Station
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Everett
Rochester
Krampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Son
Marblehead
North Peabody and Simies
Bay Be
heyehUy
Pswich
Lynn
TekOsures
Stockport Ant
Swampscott Branch
Ddleton
Wburyport
Conway
Banvers
Revere
I Gloucester
Mark Harbor & Beach
EB. i
United States Watch Co
Montreal & West
ALL River Line
Stonington
Boston & Providence Railroad
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence RE. R
J. W. Richardson
Boston & Providence R
Boston &Maine
Lawrence Am
Willington
Walnut Ril
Bhy Agu Oy OU Wan
An An
Woburn
Wincheater
Winter Hill
Maass
Boltege
Ne ‘Sun
Billertea
Bedford
Frem
Arlington
S. Mellen
Geo. W. Storer
L Passenger Ag
Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams, Tes, Albany and
the Wes
Ambridge
Fitchburg
Ase Gardner
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