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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1887

Page

7

Meat packing totals and prices from March to Sept 1887

Special reports compare hogs packed from March 1 to Sept 7 1887 with 1886 at Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Cedar Rapids Cleveland and all West packing points. Prices listed for pork and lard beef fresh meats and other items with per unit ranges.

Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Cedar Rapids Cleveland Brighton

Cotton markets show steady fronts and varied futures quotes

Liverpool futures opened steady and closed quiet with a range from 5 23 64d to 6 12 64d for several months. Upland prices steady at 57 16d for middling while New York futures opened dull then steadied. Stocks sold reached 8000 bales with 6100 American. receipts 3000 bales with 2900 American. Sugar and molasses prices remained firm with refined sugar active and various notations for raws and molasses across markets.

Liverpool Orleans New York Isc Manila Belmont Éic Orto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba Minneapolis Northern Chicago Milwaukee Toledo ST. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Minnesota Petroleum—United Talwdull City Extra India Western Steam City Steam Continent South America Western

Wheat markets shift as Chicago and Minneapolis report prices

Wholesale grain notes from Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, St Louis and Cincinnati show oats and rye firming in parts, wheat easing or steady across cities. Receipts tallies and various futures for No 1 hard and No 2 red underpin pricing while flour and pork markets show mixed activity.

HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS ACROSS MAJOR CIDS

Market reports from Peoria Kansas City St Louis and Chicago show hogs steady with steady receipts. Cattle and beef prices listed with beves at 8.05 and various stockers cows and Texans priced. sheep and lambs steady with mixed regional values.

Peoria Kansas City ST. Louis Chicago Texas Western Rangers

Print cloth market reports across Fall River and Providence

Fall River reports weekly print cloth production 130000 pieces deliveries 128000 stock 89000 sales 120000 spots 45000 futures 76000 with prices 3144 cents for 64s and 21616e for 60x56s market firm. Providence notes firm market with closing quotes 344 cents plus cash for 64x64s and 2 5/.. for 56x66os. weekly transactions total 24000 pieces.

Fall River Pall River Providence R. I

Cotton market report with mixed steady prices across ports

The day’s activity shows Augusta Net receipts 1203 and 810 sales with mid 85 cents a pound, Galveston 3445 receipts and 950 sales firm at mid 91 16, New Orleans exports coastwise 1463 with 800 sales and 28 0063 stock, Savannah and Charleston steady with firm mids, Wilmington steady mid 9 dye, Norfolk firm at 93 cents, Philadelphia and New York varied with limited receipts, overall Consolidated Net receipts 16629 and Great Britain exports 22, total US port stock 136,659.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Great Britain New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville United States

Foreign Markets Reported Quiet in London and Liverpool Trading

London markets show wheat quiet with limited sales and corn firm. Liverpool notes steady winter wheat and firmer mixed corn with strong bacon prices and steady cheese. Havana reports active sugar demand with prices advancing and substantial stocks and exports to the United States.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Havana Matanzas

Large New England and Antwerp imports listed from Yarmouth

Import records show September 10 1887 in Yarmouth Nova Scotia detailing steamer cargoes including 90 barrels beef chickens eggs potatoes fish butter codfish berries and other goods to and from John G Hall & Co H A Lathrop E E Butler Baring Bros Co J F Hutchinson F Bachelder and many others with items like gold thread crates of eggs crates of herring and steel billets from Antwerp and Liverpool with numerous firms and vessels listed.

Yarmouth Jones & Eaton John G Hall & Co Butler Griffin & Co Ellis & Co Barclay & Co Delong & Seaman Bachelder Clements & Co Antwerp Belg Baring Bros & Co Abbott & Co Naylor & Co Stone & Downer Williams & Everet Alizarine E Schlbach Co Sherburne Farley & Sons Wy Moors & Co Liverpool Eng Bothnia Abram French & Co Pierce & Co George Tyson Jackson B & Houghton Fisher & Fairbank Doherty Coleman, Mead & Co Beal Higgins & Henderson Hartwell, Richards & Co Hovey & Co Ewing Bros & Co Brown, Durrell & Co Ross & Bros Neal, Morse & Co Macallar Parker & Co H White & Co Moors & Co Warren & Blanchard Richard Briggs Messenger & Co Brigham Bent & Co Lucas Wellington Breck & Sons Bigeine & Co Shuman & Co R Leeson & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Noyes, Campbell & Co

Exports from St Johns and Atlantic ports Sept 10 1887

Cargo listings from St Johns via Halifax and multiple ports include Brig Corinne with flour lumber and acid. schooners Lynx Lennie On Time with various foodstuffs. Brig Orloff with flour and refined oil. steamer Carroll bound for Halifax Charlottetown with flour hardware and assorted goods. Aguan steamer with netting and cocoanut bags. numerous items from Hillsboro Port Elizabeth East London and Glasgow with marble furniture crates and vast shipments. Maud W carrying household furniture.

ST Josn’s Halifax Corinne Yarmouth Lynx Lennie Arichat Orloff Liverpool Charlottetown PEI Carroll Belize Boca del Toro Cuba Aguan Hillsboro Ethel Emmerson Port Elizabeth East London Glasgow ST John, NB

Complex cargo ledger lists varied goods from major firms

A long slate of consignments from Shreve Crump & Low and others shows goods shipped or stored, including earthenware, hardware, silversmiths, textiles, leather, iron, bricks, and office items. Entries name firms like Jordan Marsh, Baring Bros, W Power, and A Stowell, spanning items from casks to muslin, with Savannah and Brunswick schooner activity noted.

Horswell & French Frost & Adams White & Co Macailar, Parker & Co Cook & Co Riley & Gray Soule Hewins & Hollis Cunard Steamship Line Hollander & Co Austin & Co Pierce & Co Bartlett & Co Bigelow, Kennard & Co Lovering & Co Electro I Leyland & Co Baldwin Bros & Co Beal Higgins & Henderson Hovey & Co Shepard Norwell & Co Everett & Co Stone & Downer Waldo Bros Shepard, Norwell & Co Chaffee & Son Rawson & Co White Bros & Sons Little, Brown & Co Bixby & Co Stowell & Co Fanny Berlin S Morse George H Chessman Baring Bros & Co Blanchard Crocker, Jr Stearns & Co Shhoninger, Moses & Co Ives, Bellamy & Co Atkins & Co Schoenhof Rogers Fa & Co Oe & Henderson Jordan Marsh & Co DeBlois & Co Savannah Jessie Lena Wellman, Hall & Co Brunswick Messenger George MceQuesten & Co

Staple Goods Receipts Reported for Sept 10 1887

A detailed tally of shipments by railroad lines including Boston & Albany Providence Grand Junction New York & New England Witchburg Boston & Maine Western Lowell and others. Entries list bales wool bbls flour oats corn meal sugar tea butter eggs beans potatoes lumber leather hides and related commodities with quantities.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Witchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell Railroad Express

Through Trains On Both Divisions For Boston Railroads

Train schedules list Haymarket and Causeway street stations with departures to Augusta Boston St. John Halifax Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland Rockland Eastport Calais and other Maine and New England points. Connections include steamer routes from Portland and services on Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox Lincoln railways with multiple daily departures.

Agusta Haymarket Sq M. Causeway St Sanger Bar Marbor St. John Halifax Provinces Causeway St Eastport Calais Set. John N. KR Portland Rockland Astine Southwest Bar Harbors Skymarket Sq Lewiston Manchester Concord N. HE North Haymuarket North Conway Haymarket St Causeway At Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln R Railways Montreal & West Wagner Palace Central Vermont R. K Washington Street Boston J. W. Hobart W. Cummings Agh St. Alvary Central Vermont Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Ogdenburg Saratoga Delaware & Findson Canal Company R. R Cheshire Pullman Palace St. Albons Brontweal Faxon A KR. Stewart Keene, N

Trains From Boston Station to Aston Bay and Nearby Towns

Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston Haymarket to Aston Bay Rochester and Farmington with multiple daily departures. Several schedules include Andover, Dover, Danvers, Exeter, Great Falls, Haverhill, Malden, Medford, Reading, Wakefield and Wilmington with varied times and frequencies on weekdays and Sundays.

Boston Haymarket Square Aston Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Georgetown Kennebank Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence

Eastern Division Train Timetable Highlights

Extensive list of train times across multiple stations including Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Revere and Newburyport. Schedules feature morning midday and evening departures with many stations such as Ipswich Marblehead Lynn Salem and Portland showing frequent services.

esTes Wwe Wse Awe Amesbury Chelsea Everete Great Falls Eater Elsam Beach North Sampson Rye Ipswich Burn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Newburyport Tom North Conway Peabody and Danvers Revere Blockpornt Gloucester Branch S&s Work Harbor Kqam- Qikmanla

Boston to Oak Island and Point of Pines Timetable

Train schedule lists Oak Island and Point of Pines departures and returns with multiple daily times. Interline routes include Boston Haymarket square and South Reading Branch with Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furber is General Manager and D. J. Flanders is General Passenger Agent.

Oak Island Point OF Pines Boston Sun of Pines Sangus Workingmen’s South Reading

Boston and Albany Railroad Schedule Fragments

Time tables list Boston to Albany routes with multiple daily departures to Springfield Pittsfield and New York. Through tickets sales at Boston offices and stations, with several express and sleeping car services noted and various connections to Worcester Framingham North Adams and Fitchburg.

Boston & Albany R.R Washington Street Boston Springfield Pittsfield Ibamy South Framingham Albany Syracuse N. C. Hellam Springfeld Buffalo Cleveland Cchicago Detroit Chicago Worcester Muffalo Toledo Niagara Falls North Adams Chatham Hudson Palmer Hartford New Haven New York Thali Ia. i Pe Ville Eal Cordaville Ashland Joiford Sax Natick Wellesley Hilis Falls

Complex Rail Timetable for Old Colony Line Readers

A dense 1887 timetable lists Fall River Line trains to New York from Boston and stops at Ashmont Barnstable and coastal towns. It details inbound and outbound services, numerous local stops, and boat connections with agencies GEO Connor and Kendrick handling passenger operations.

Train Arrangements of the Boston and Providence Railroad

The May 30 1887 timetable lists Shore Line Fast Express departures from Boston to New York at 10 am and returns from New York at various afternoon or evening times. It records connections to Providence Pawtucket Attleboro East Foxboro Sharon and other towns, with multiple return windows and notes on Sunday and holiday services. The schedule includes line names, steamer connections, and the supervising official A. A. Folsom, Supt.

Ullas Newton Lower Falla Boston Wellesley Blilis Worcester Spin Newton Highlands Brookline Frains Washington Street Hanson Boston & Providence Railroad New York Shore Line Spm Shore Stonington Providence Pawtucket Bodgeville An M. Attleboro G. m North Attleboroe Wane Return East Foxboro Ds m. Return Sharon Carton Preste M. Headville Highland Stoughton Canton Bosto Warren Bristol Dam Saturda Folsom Woonsocket Division Oston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Woonsocket Middletown New Haven Pullman Hartford New Britain Waterbary Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Port Jervis Chicago & Stee Limited Erie Railway Norwich New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Summer Street

Boston and New England Rail Schedules Corrected 1887

Corrected July 1887 timetable listing trains from Boston Station to Ashcroft and numerous New England destinations. Includes daily weekday departures, intermediate stops, and special through services to New York, Hartford, Providence, and coastal towns. Details cover departure times, connections, and notable through trains like the New York via Middletown and the New England Limited.

New York New England Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Maltimore Bie Street Saatta Blackstone Vanbury Dorchester Street

Trains From Boston To Manchester Concord 1887 Schedule

Boston and Providence line announces July 24 1887 changes with daily departures from Boston to Manchester and Concord New Hampshire and connections to upper railroads. Trains run morning and evening with Sunday times and return trips from Concord. Boston agents and superintendent listed.

Jon Cue Dk. BR Boston B. and Manchester Concord N. H N.H

Daily Passenger Timetable Fragments for Albany and Nearby

Fragmented schedule data lists departure times and routes for Albany and connections to Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Troy with sleeping cars on several express trains. Also shows Brattleboro Cambridge Concord Fitchburg and Sun runs with numerous times and annotations.

Albany Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Troy Ayer Junction SUN Melmont Reay Eatey Brattleboro Miller’s Falls I. Cambridge Pie Bo Concord Biahaa Fe Fitchburg

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