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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1887
Page
7
Commercial matters show mixed tones with many staples steady or firmer. Eggs are very firm while corn and potatoes hold, oats ease, butter and cheese dull, pork steady, lard unchanged, fresh beef firm, and sugar groups steady with ample apples and quiet bean demand.
The market shows steady demand for Ameri can pig iron and firm prices across sheet iron and plate steel. Foreign pig iron demand remains moderate at old prices, nails and bar iron stay in good demand, and tube iron with pipes shows fair activity. UK production and consumption figures for pig iron and Bessemer steel indicate strong first half 1887 results, with notable rises in pig iron and steel ingot output, while copper and tin markets display steady or modest movement amid tight stocks.
No change in flour market demand remains for old spring wheat patents as new flours lag. Corn and oats stay quiet with light supplies. steamer yellow corn at 57 1/4 to 58 1/2 cents, steamer mixed 55 1/2 to 57 1/2. Quoted flour prices vary by grade, with patents and export standings noted. oats and other grains show modest activity and firm bids and asks listed.
Prices listed across commodities include winter wheat at 19 10 per sack and 19 per ton for feed and middlings. Cot tonseed meal quotes range from 23 50 to 23 75 per ton, with October shipment. Rye and malt prices shown for Canada and the State, and hops quality grades with per hundredweight figures.
The market shows quiet trade with unchanged prices for cheese and butter. Eggs, beans, seeds, hay, and rye straw hold firm. potatoes and sweet potatoes remain in good supply with solid demand. Tallow and poultry items are quoted, while receipts rise and are absorbed.
A market list shows prices for onions, tomatoes, cabbage, beans, corn, beets, squash, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, parsnips, pickles and more. Prices are given per bush, basket or dozen, with several varieties including Lima beans and wax beans.
The peach train carried five cars and prices listed for Jersey and New York peaches. Apples are plentiful and trade dull while Bartlett pears show good demand at strong prices. Grapes are abundant with low prices to move stock. Demand remains solid for select plums. Various apple, grape, and pear lots priced by barrel and case.
The market for pork and lard is unchanged with steady trade. Fresh beef shows firming for choice heavy cattle and strong trade with ample supply. Lambs and muttons are unchanged as meat prices stay varied with listed per pound figures for cuts, tongues, hams, and roasts across pork, beef, and lamb products.
Liverpool futures opened quiet and closed steady across nearby months with prices listed from 624-64d to 57-640 for various spreads. The pot market opened quiet at 644d, closed steady at 51ed for middling. Sales reached 9000 bales, receipts 5000 bales all American. In New York spot opened steady at 918-16e and closed quiet at 9138-16c for middling, with lows and ordinaries quoted. Yesterday's market showed quiet opening and steady closing with 86,400 bales sold. A table summarized opening and closing Spigra Nons and day’s close.
A list of carrier routes and departure times from Haymarket Square and Causeway Street stations. Services include connections to Uguata Haymarket, Eastport, Calais, Rockland, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, Portland, and Lincoln, with multiple daily departures and seasonal patterns.
Railroads list departure times from Boston for the Hoosac Tunnel Route with stops at North Adams Troy Albany and more. Daily express sleepers to Chicago Cincinnati St Louis from Boston and varied local and through services noted with stations and agents listed.
Complex timetable lists weekday Fall River Line departures at 7 pm to New York with multiple return options. Includes stopovers at Cohasset Weymouth Hingham Scituate Plymouth Duxbury Marshfield and Brockton and notes via Taunton and New Bedford. GEO L Connor and J R Kendrick sign as general agents.
Pipeline certificates closed bids quoted 647.0 and 6414c with 63% bid results set. Raw sugar prices held firm with 741 bhds sold on private terms. refined sugars steady with prices for loaf and granulated varieties listed. Molasses market steady with Porto Rico fresh crop at 86c and other Caribbean quotes.
New York trade circles report dull flour receipts and varied exports with Western and State flour firm at several dollars per barrel while cornmeal and rye move modestly. Wheat and oats show mixed bids across markets from Detroit to Chicago to Cincinnati with receipts and shipments noted.
Cattle receipts 2000 steady with steer prices around 3 4 90 and feeders 40 3 10. Hogs receipts 1000 with market opening lower and closing stronger. prices 4 80 5 10 and 4 90 5 25. Sheep receipts 2000 steady. natives 33 4 10, Western 41 3 60, Texans 3 3 70, lambs 4 25 5 Ov.
Providence prints market closes firm with 814½ cents plus 1 percent offered and declined. Week uneventful aside from steady strength. Transactions include 13,000 pieces 64x64s at 314 cents plus 1 percent, 15,000 pieces 64x64s seconds at 88-16 cents plus 1 percent, Stock 167,000 pieces 64x64s.
The report lists net receipts and gross values for multiple ports including Augusta Savannah Charleston Baltimore Philadelphia Wilmington Cincinnati New York St Louis Galveston Norfolk Memphis Mobile New Orleans Louisville and overall consolidated figures. Exports coastwise to Great Britain and to other destinations are noted alongside stock levels and price middling ranges.
In Havana the sugar market remained steady with expectations of price rises. Quoted molasses and Muscovado prices are given, while stocks in Havana and Matanzas reach tens of thousands of boxes and bags. Exports to the United States total 46 000 bags and all bhds. Freights and exchange rates also noted with firm Spanish gold.
London wool sales report a moderate turnout with spirited competition for superior scoured Australian and greasy cross-breds at firm prices. Home buyers remain active, with New Zealand lots in upcoming catalogs and expectations that American buyers will join the market. Details show Victoria catalog entries including 3000 bales scoured and specific price readings for scoured racks and greasy lines.
The item lists 2300 bales from New Zealand, 1800 from New South Wales, 900 from South Australia, 400 from Queensland and 2200 from the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Prices show scoured and greasy variants with varied old currency notations and per bale weights.
Shipment list notes Brig Caroline Gray-486 at Arecibo and Antwhrp Bolg Spain side. Carried items include sugar billets steel rails coffee woollen goods window glass mineral water plate glass and various iron and steel components. Numerous firms listed with quantities such as 1110 tram rails 150 bags coffee 260 casks glass 4500 billets and 902 iron sheets.
Shipping manifests note exports from St John New Brunswick Halifax Charlottetown and Liverpool England. Batches include onions flour oil hardware marble kettles sugar lard pork beef shoes books and many other commodities aboard several steamships and schooners with quantities in barrels bags cases and feet. The itemized cargo reflects a broad range of imports and raw materials traveling to overseas markets.
A detailed ledger listing shipments to multiple rail lines and sea routes in September 1887. Items include wool, flour, corn, oats, bacon, lard, hams, sugar, butter, eggs, cheese, leather, tea, and hemp among bales, barrels, boxes, and cars. Named lines include Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Boston & Maine, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Western Division, Lowell, and various By Express and By Sea consignments. Read across multiple consignors and destinations with quantities in bales, barrels, sacks, and crates.
Railroads advertise through trains with Pullman cars on both lines from Boston to Chicago via Lowell and Fitchburg. Night and day expresses run daily with Wagner Palace Cars and modern dining rooms at key points. Tickets and Pullman seats available at 260 Washington Street office. June 6 1887.
Train times listed for towns from Andover to Wilmington with weekday and Sunday departures. Services cover multiple routes including Dover Haverhill Melrose Reading and nearby communities with morning and afternoon slots and late evening options.
A dense OCR timetable lists trains departing Boston area stations and branches including York Harbor Beach Saugus Swampscott Lynn Newburyport Salem and North Conway. It notes various departure times stations and branch lines with references to Pullman service and city offices. Names JAMES TT FUR BER and Jd. FLANDERS appear as officials.
Local time tables for the Boston and Albany line list frequent departures to Springfield Pittsfield Hudson Chatham and New York with through tickets at 232 Washington Street Boston and stations. schedules include Sunday trains to Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Hills and intermediat e stations. Hanson H T Gallup gen pass agt sign becomes shown.
A dense listing shows train routes from Boston to New York and points along the Shore Line with multiple departure and return times. It notes Saint returns and special times, including overnight and Sunday runs, fare figures, and connections at stations such as Pawtucket Readville Canton and Berry stations.
Incomplete OCR text outlines transit times and stops including West Roxbury Bedham Mt epes and Mt. epes references. Mentions trains not stopping at certain stations and various return times with weekday adjustments and connections to science lines.
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