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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1887
Page
7
Copper remains firm while tin plates grow firmer. Flour and oats stay steady. rye and malt unchanged. Butter easy. cheese very quiet. Eggs steady and firm. Beans, hay, and potatoes show fair movement. Pears in good demand. quinces scarce. grapes fair. Pork, lard, and beef quiet. lambs dull and plentiful. veal moderate. Tallow and refined sugars firm. molasses quiet.
The 1887 American rice harvest is projected at 453 000 barrels, down from 615 000 last year, a drop of 162 000. With 25 000 barrels in stock as of Sept 1, the visible supply totals 478 000 versus 715 000 a year ago, per the circular BAYS.
The week’s export data for Boston shows flour, grain, and produce shipped with year over year comparisons. Figures detail quantities and destinations, highlighting how trade shifted versus the prior period and reflecting port activity during late October. All values and changes are reported for the week ending October 29.
American pig iron demand remains strong with several large orders. Chicago and Cincinnati report contract activity and slow foreign competition. London and Birmingham exports rise in September while rail material and stove demand influence output. Production nears two million tons for the year with about 500 thousand tons left to sell.
The report tracks monthly tin output and prices with March to September figures, notes high pig tin prices and constrained abroad stocks, and cites French syndicate influence on copper. London prices rise for Chili bars and copper, with limited actual tin availability supporting firmer markets and steady demand for immediate use.
The report shows flour markets unchanged with a firm tone, and mills refuse to ship at higher prices. Corn remains firm with tight transport and few carloads. oats prices move on multiple August to December calls. Various quotations cover flour, cornmeal, rye, oats, malt, hops, and millfeed across domestic and export markets.
Butter, cheese, eggs, beans, rye straw and potatoes show steady or firm tones with light receipts. Creamery and New York butter quotations hold firm, while eggs and oats see narrow ranges and market stiffness persists in hogs and hay supplies.
The page lists numerous price quotes for vegetables and bulbs including several potato varieties such as New York rose and Northern hebbrons with prices per bush or barrel, Norfolk yellow sweet potatoes by bbl, and tallow prices for city rendered and country fats.
A readable price list lists onions tomatoes cabbage beets squash beans lettuce parsnips turnips celery cauliflower pumpkins and spinach with prices per basket bush box or barrel. Items include native onions 2 dollars per basket and red and Savory cabbage at 24 percent per barrel with assorted prices for Lima beans turban carrots and other produce.
The report notes steady butter and eggs in New York, quiet cheese, and slow demand for low grades. Chicago markets show steady butter for extras, firm eggs, and quiet cheese, with Western extras at 18. Liverpool cheese dull at 57s, Montreal sees a cheese stir as navigation nears closing. Shipments total 37 000 boxes. price quotes list Finest colored at 1140 1134¢, Finest white 1114 11%4c, Fine 1014 1c, Medium 9 10c.
Market briefs show quiet apple trade with Baldwins and Gravensteins around 1 50 to 3 75 per barrel bulk. New York and Boston arrivals mix good and poor quality with wormy greens and very poor fruit, while grapes and pears hold steady in price and demand.
Pork and lard prices show steady demand with firm quotations. Fresh beet dull and abundant supply. mutton trade dull with full supply. Other fresh meats plentiful and slow with varied prices for pork, lard, beef, and lamb across multiple cuts and preparations.
Liverpool futures opened dull and closed dull with varied October to June quotes. Upland and Orleans sport markets mixed with a dull to steady close. Daily sales 8000 bales, receipts 12000. New York spot steady then dull, futures easy to steady. Day’s sales 46,400 bales. Opening and closing prices provided for multiple cargos. Sugar and molasses prices reported with refined and raw grades and wholesale averages.
New York on October 29 reports flour receipts at 25 176 plgs with exports totaling 4187 bbis and 6900 sacks. Activity is less brisk but prices show no radical change. Sales reach 16 600 bbis with patent Minnesota grades highlighted.
Grain and commodity figures show mixed demand with No 2 spring wheat around 68 to 72 cents, No 2 red corn bids near 84 to 89 cents, oats mostly 33 to 35 cents, and flour markets steady. Receipts and exports cited include wheat 130,500 bush, corn 27,000 bush. beef and pork prices mixed with pork near 13.50 to 14.50 per barrel and lard around 69 cents.
Providence Rhode Island October 29 the print cloth market closed steady at 3144c for 64x64s and 27c for 56x60s with improved demand and sellers scarce. Weekly sales totaled 18 000 pieces 64x64s 314c 56x60s 27 1 4c 66x60s 213 16c. Manufacturers hold 176000 64x64s and 5000 56x60s.
Cattle receipts 3000 with dull steady demand. Shipping steers 2.75 to 4.80, stockers 1.50 to 2.80, cows bulls and mixed 1.25 to 2.50, Texas cattle 1.50 to 2.75, Western rangers 2.35 to 3.35. Hogs receipts 19000, strong market 4.25 to 4.70 for main classes, ships 3.4 to 4.35. Sheep receipts 3000, weak to down 0.15, natives 2.50 to 3.60, mixed 3.25 to 3.75, Western 3.50, Texans 2.22 to 3.5, lambs 4.5.
Records from Yarmouth and nearby ports show multiple consignments including eggs, fish, turnips, mackerel, cod oil, butter, potatoes, berries, and various hides and skins. Goods aboard steamers and schooners include eggs, fish products, mackerel barrels, alewives, herring, coal, logwood, goatskins, cow hides, bananas, and other commodities.
Export records from Lunenburg Digby Windsor Saint John Annapolis and Charlottetown list brig and schooner shipments of meal molasses flour and various goods. Notable entries include Brig Lee with 175 bbls meal and 574 bbls pickled fish. schooner Maggie Smith with 300 bbls cornmeal. schooner W McKay with 625 bbls cornmeal and 2000 feet walnut lumber. brig Warren W with 249 bbls flour and logwood.
A detailed ledger of Oct 29 1887 receipts across Boston Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York New England Fitchburg Boston Maine Western Boston Lowell and Boston & Maine divisions listing cotton wool flour corn oats malt pork lard butter cheese eggs whiskey tea coffee sugar potatoes hay leather hides skins and more with totals by commodity and line. The document tracks hundreds of bales and barrels including cotton bales wool bbls flour oats beef pork and other staples.
Sugar traders report active trading in Havana as foreign market news lifts sentiment. Prices rise but limited stocks keep values from advancing, with molasses sugar at 2 226 gold per quintal and centrifugal 92 to 96 polarization at 2 93 to 3 38 percent. Warehouse stocks include 17 000 boxes, 115 500 bags, 972 hhds. weekly receipts 486 bags. exports 248 boxes and 26 500 bags. Freight rates for sugar loading range 2 25 to 2 50 gold per hhd. Spanish gold exchange at 2 42 to 2 421.
Local time tables for Boston and Albany routes detail departures to Springfield Worcester and New York with express and sleeping car services. Through tickets available at 232 Washington Street Boston. multiple daily trains to Albany Chicago and New York listed with connections at Worcester Chatham Marlboro and other stations.
On and after Oct 17 1887 Weekday trains leave Boston for New York Fall River Line at 6 p m return 4 40 p m Ashmont and other stops listed with many morning and afternoon departures. Sunday service includes New York via Fall River Line and multiple coastal routes with return options and key stops like Plymouth Cohasset Hingham Scituate and Brockton. GEO L Connor and J R Kendrick signed as general agents.
Trains depart Boston Causeway Street for North Adams and Albany after Sept. 5 1887 with multiple daily departures including 6 30 8 30 am and 11 33 am for Albany and Chicago Express with sleeping cars at 3 05 7 pm and 10 30 am. Also listed are stops to Ayer Junction Brattleboro via Miller's Falls and evening SUN rates with varied times.
Rail schedule issued by A. A. Folsom Supt outlines May 30 start for trains from Boston to New York and Providence area. Timetables list departures from Boston to Newark and New York, returns, and numerous intermediate stops including Pawtucket Attleboro Dedham Stoughton Canton Junction and more with varying daily and weekday adjustments.
Concord R. R. and Branches posts a 1887 timetable with departure times from Boston B and L depot to Manchester Concord and upper railroads. Evening and Sunday services listed. returning trains from Concord to Boston include multiple pm slots and Sunday options.
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