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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1888
Page
7
The market shows modest improvement in some sectors with slow advance in bridge trade. Supplies vary as hardwoods and Western pine remain ample. shingle demand softens while box boards quiets. Wheat oats corn and dairy products show steady to dull activity with several regional price quotes and carload shipments noted.
The London copper market saw price gains as spot bars advanced by 12 pounds to 105 pounds and futures rose to 79 pounds. Traders noted steady demand in the metal market with expectations of continued strength.
The Montreal Trade Bulletin reports Canada likely to harvest one of its largest apple crops, prompting dealers to seek lower prices. Growers in western sections consider contracts around 1 per barrel on the tree, with bids equivalent to 190 and 2 per barrel transposed locally, a level dealers deem high given the bumper crop. Early fall fruit arrives in quantity, with 1200 barrels sold at 1.10 to 2.00 and some selections at 2.25. Export shipments remain limited this week, with no large volumes expected soon.
John E Welsh flour firm at 201 State Street reports strong market for domestic flours with wide price ranges for various grades. New York receipts and sales show weak settles, while Chicago and Milwaukee reflect steady to strong trends, rye flour stable, corn steady with quiet trade, and broad activity in exports and patent grades across Detroit, Minnesota, and Canadian export lines.
Butter prices remain firm with small receipts and strong demand. Imitation creameries fetch 17 18c while choice Northern dairies hold around 23c for selections. Western creamery lines quote 23 24c. Vermont extra creamery at 23 32 24c. Eggs steady with firm prices and active markets, while cheese demand is quiet but prices firm.
The steamer L D Baker is expected to arrive September 13 from Jamaica carrying bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
A Liverpool despatch notes heavy arrivals but good demand across all descriptions. Prices remain firm with Liver pool quoted at 16s. Exports of apples for the week ending September 8 are reported by A Lombard's Sons.
Trade quiet at old quotations with items priced per bushel and box. Names include Bay State turban squash at 1.00 per barrel and Savoy cabbage at 0.50, native beans 0.75, onions 0.75, lettuce 0.16, cauliflowers 1.00 per dozen, muskmelons 1.50, and peppers 0.60. Prices shown for various crates such as bush boxes and baskets reflect a varied city wholesale market.
Pork demand remains steady with firm tones. hogs quiet. Prices advertised for long cuts and various pork products, including primes, loins, and ribs, are listed across New York and other markets. Beef and lard markets firm, with dry salted meats and bacon showing steady to higher bids. Chicago and Cincinnati notes reflect mixed movements. Continuous regional firming in fresh beef and other meats accompanies a large supply and moderate demand.
New York sugar markets show raw sugar largely unchanged with Cuba and other varieties quoted at comma ranges. Refined sugars stay firm with solid demand and price levels for pulverized to extra C grades. Molasses trades sluggish but steady across Porto Rico and Caribbean offerings.
Allan Asher & Co reports today’s cotton market softens after yesterday’s decline driven by liquidation of long interest before the bureau report. Reports from Atlantic States seen as poor amid rain. Mississippi Valley and Texas show some improvement. Freight shortages and South telegraph issues dampen near term prices. September shipment values may rise as movement remains light. New York levels: middling uplands 11 7 16?. low middling 101 16?. good ordinary 9 1?6. ordinary 7 11 16. Futures opened easy, closed firm. table of opening and closing, plus Monday’s close.
Consolidated figures show net receipts for four days at 25,500 with exports to Great Britain 11,662 and to France 1,150 and to the Continent 1,000. Stocks at all United States ports total 192,000. Individual entries include Savannah and Charleston receipts, Wilmington and Norfolk stocks, Philadelphia dullness, New York exports to Britain, and mid range prices across markets.
Kansas City stock yards show weak cattle trade with steers and cows at mixed figures per head. hogs receipts 4954 with active trade at firm prices. St Louis notes firmer hogs, Peoria firmer, Cincinnati hogs easier. Chicago reports large beef and hog runs with mixed to steady prices and varied regional receipts. Sheep markets largely steady across listings.
The report notes firm quiet demand across markets with light offerings in tallow and coffee. New York quotes show firm prices for city rendered fat and coffee cargoes while Chicago and St Louis markets hold steady. turpentine rosin tar and petroleum figures are listed with bids and closes.
Report for the Boston Post by George J. Fox covers the week ending Sept 11 1888. Details totals for sheep cattle lambs and swine, prices for market beef store cattle and sheep, tallow and skins, plus market notes from Watertown Union with sales by J A Hathaway Scollans Farrar and others and current home market demand for lambs and sheep.
Listings of steamer cargoes and consignments from Liverpool London and other trade centers. Includes cedar mahogany pig iron steel wool salt and vast assorted merchandise from firms like Baring Bros Co Abram French Co Parker & Wood Stoddard Lovering Co J B Moors Co and others. Entities include Virginian Milanese Milanese ships and various goods such as cotton hardware glassware salt oil jute cloth and tea with numerous quantities and package counts.
A list of goods shipped from multiple ports including Yarmouth NS St Johns NF and Lunenburg via La Have Rosario and Yarmouth NL. Items include flour, bran, oils, apples, evaporated fruit, tools, hardware, leather, canned meats, pork, rosin, og, sailcloths, and assorted commodities with quantities.
A condensed ledger lists quantities of vegetables oranges lemons oysters berry crates egg cases. Locations include Christiansand and Fredericton NB. Items include refined petroleum from Bark Balthasar cleared Sept 10, Schooner Maggie Miller cargo, 500 bbis cornmeal, 40 tons corn, 41 packages coal, 2 barrels glassware and kerosene oil.
Receipts detail cargoes for multiple rail lines including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Ly Sea and 3y Express. Items include wool flour corn oats pork bacon lard butter cheese eggs potatoes leather hides cotton and various crates and bags. Quantities range from a few bales to thousands of bushels and dozens of cars and boxes.
Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool notes wheat and corn largely steady to quiet with varied demand. Cargoes on the passage show fewer buyers, prices quoted for winter and spring wheat, corn and peas, plus pork bacon cheese lard tallow trends. Paris reports wheat quiet as of Sept 11.
A scanned list shows multiple firm representatives and offices across the United States. Names include Browne Tex-A J Bloomberg Brooks Rogers Belknap McLauchlan Cowen Cobban Smith and others with firms based in Columbus Cincinnati Detroit Des Moines Kansas City Kalamazoo Nashville Norfolk Pittsburgh Richmond and more.
Train times from Boston North Station and stops to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West are listed with numerous connections. Through tickets available at stations and 232 Washington street Boston. Dining and sleeping cars on select services.
Short OCR fragment notes a 50 time, 8.20 pace, a 2 1K arm entry, and 185 vy e war context. Details are unclear but indicate relay or event timing with athletic references.
Train times and routes from Boston to Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and beyond. Includes daily express and palace car services to Chicago via Niagara Falls and extensions to St. Louis, with multiple departures from various itineraries and Sunday schedules.
The timetable lists multiple Cape Cod division stops with morning departures around 9.00 am and varied afternoon times including Buzzards Bay Bourne Chatham Falmouth Hyannis Sandwich Wellfleet and Woods Hall. Sunday trains include Buzzards Bay 7.30 and 8.15 am and Ca taumet 7.30 am plus Chatham 8.15 am.
A dense list of schedule times and station names for various routes and Sundays. Includes stations such as Park Square, Attleboro, Canton Junction, Dedham, Foxboro, Forest Mills, Hyde Park, Newton, and Newport via Wickford with numerous time entries and notes on Sundays and exceptions.
Timetables showing local and through train services available in Boston at specified stations and at Old Colony Railroad Office No 3 Old State House. General Passenger Agent G Connor announces operational notes dated September 11 1833.
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