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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1888
Page
7
New York remains quiet at 72c while Newrye shows small movement. St Louis Rye dips to 61 51 2c, Milwaukee market softer at 63 4ec, Rye Flour steady at 365 390 per barrel, Graham Flour firm with modest demand at 326 335 per barrel.
Weekly receipts show butter 21728 pkgs and 13 boxes, oleo 2146 pkgs, cheese 6317 xes, eggs 21 boxes and 101 bbls plus 9461 cases, beans 1113 bbls, potatoes 122 cars and 8077 bush, hay 166 cars, straw 23 cars, paltry 363 pkgs, sweet potatoes 8188 bbls. Last year’s week had butter 19429 pkgs and 1488 boxes, oleo 3033 pkgs, cheese 7747 boxes, eggs 22 boxes and 77 bbls plus 8567 cases, beans 1903 bbls, potatoes 113 cars and 4524 bush, hay 252 cars, straw 19 cars, poultry 225 pkgs, sweet potatoes 15025 bbls. Butter market notes demand for choice creameries with firm holdings. quotations include Western creameries 24 25c, Vermont extra creamery 24 25c, New York market quiet. beans and potatoes show large receipts with steady or unchanged prices. poultry demand fair at old prices. hay and straw supply mixed with prices steady to firm.
The steamer Marmion is due from Jamaica on September 16 carrying bananas destined for the Boston Fruit Company.
Receipts for apples reach 2355 barrels versus 1809 last year. Choice lots sell fair in small quantities. common lots dull. Quoted prices list Native Williams 2 dollars 250, Gravensteins 2 dollars 250, Pippins 1 dollar 50, and Liverpool Baldwins at 13 15s. Government crop report notes mixed state by region with overall below good. New England weak, New York down three points, Pennsylvania improving, other Western states mixed, drought and storms causing occasional damage. Grapes in steady demand with Delawares 8 cents, Concords 4 to 5 cents, case price 276 to 360-400 per case. Pears well supplied with fair demand for Bartlett native bbl 4.50 to 5.00 and common 3.5 to 4.0.
Market notes show plums in good demand with stable prices. Quackenbos fancy plums 50 cents to $1 per basket, damsons 75 cents to $1.50 per crate. Cranberries in moderate demand at pie prices. Native peaches sold at $2.60 per basket. Watermelon receipts total 660,440 this season versus 762,861 last year. Steamer Progress brings 7,494 banana bunches priced at $1 per bunch.
As on Saturdays, demand remains quiet with prices steady. Fresh vegetables listed include Marrow squash 50c per barrel, Bay State turban 1 per barrel, Savoy cabbage 60c per bushel, onions 75c per basket, lettuce 15c per head, cucumbers 40c per 100 count, and celery 1.25 per bunch.
Receipts for the week show pork 603 bbls beef 90 bbls fresh beef 147 cars lard 149 tierces 641 cases 1850 pkgs hams 125 bbls 253 tierces bacon 1812 boxes tallow 826 bbls 121 tierces 6 bags grease 931 bbls tongues 17 bbls preserved meats 5632 cases live hogs 25267. Year ago pork 212 bbls beef 10 bbls fresh beef 147 cars lard 2416 tierces 1945 cases 1886 pigs hams 89 bbls 690 tierces bacon 1689 boxes tallow 5645 bbls 10 bags grease 423 bbls tongues 2 bbis preserved meats 661 cases live hogs 21286. Pork market strong firm lard firm smoked meats in demand hogs quiet. Prices listed for pork lard hams tongue beef and other meats with regional quotes for New York Chicago Cincinnati and St. Louis markets.
Sugar markets show firm prices with Cuban and Manila quotations and refined levels steady. Havana demand remains active though stock is tight, with West Indian molasses sugar and various grades priced. cotton market in Liverpool advances points as traders weigh yellow fever fears and weather bets, with US port receipts and export totals detailed.
The summary shows 1887-88 port receipts totaling 5,612,448 bales with 1,001,261 bales moved overland. The total crop reaches 7,046,833 bales, including Southern interior takings of 483,124 bales, with New York market quotes at 107-16 cents for middling uplands and futures opening firm.
Hogs steady in St Louis with prices from 6 15 to 6 70 for various packers and butchers. Cincinnati hogs weaker. receipts 750, shipments 830. Chicago cattle receipts 2000 with steers 3 50 to 3 50, stockers 1 85 to 2 30, cows and bulls 1 35 to 2 95, Texas cattle 1 55 to 3 00, Western rangers 2 40 to 4 00. Hog receipts 8000, shipments 3000. prices 5 80 to 6 80 by class. Sheep receipts 1000, shipments 800. natives 3 4 20, Westerns 3 25 to 3 75, Texans 2 75 to 3 40, lambs 4 65.
Tallow markets remain firm with fair demand as quoted. city renders 644 642 cents, country 472 4% cents. New York coffee shows firm quiet, Rio weak with fair cargoes at 15 cents. Whiskey markets steady at old prices across Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati. Turpentine closes at 42 cents with resin around 9 4 cents, petroleum at 65 3 4 cents, RSW at 7 4 cents and cases at 9 4 cents.
A long list of goods and consignments arrives on steamer routes from Antwerp and Liverpool. Mineral water, coffee, glass, chemicals, jewelry, toys, hosiery, and countless mdse are shuttled by major firms including Baring Bros, J B Moors, Abram French, and Shreve Crump Low. Numerous ships like Hermann Progress Pavonia bring bundles of bags, cases, and crates through September 1888 trade channels.
A listing enumerates items including gloves samples from Kidder Peabody and Co, chloride lime, silk nails, cotton sacks, granulated rice, earthenware, hosiery, tin plates, soda ash and other quantities, framed as a noisy order.
Shipping list from Halifax shows multiple vessels and cargoes including flour, cornmeal, hardware, glassware, furniture, dyewood, and petroleum. Port calls include Charlottetown, St John, Maitland, Christiansand, Port au Prince, Montevideo, and Sheet Harbor. Vessels include Carrolls, Anthony, W H N Clem ents, Orlando, Getrude, Arctila, and Petrus with diverse consignments such as bacon, beef, lard, tea, rubber goods, lumber, and hardware.
Detailed ledger entries document multi-railroad consignments of wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, meal, feed, bacon, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, hay, straw, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, and more. Totals list bales, barrels, sacks, cars, and tons for Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine (Eastern and Western Divisions), Lowell System, and by express or sea routes.
Newswire from London and Liverpool lists wheat and corn activity with limited sales and arrivals, prices for No 2 California wheat, and various futures quotes. It notes active cargoes, firmer spot wheat at Mark Lane, and steady or quiet markets across Paris and Antwerp with mixed futures.
A dense list of buyers and ads from multiple cities including Atlanta Baltimore Chicago Cleveland St Louis and more. Names and firms such as Bates & Co Stevenson & Co Frank & Adler and others appear with addresses and professions in a long fragmented trade notice.
Suffolk probate announces M Isaacs appointed administrator of Henry Bloch estate and Annie E Curley executrix of Thomas Curley estate. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay, with bonds filed as required. Boston date September 8 1885.
Cape Cod division offers rapid transit times from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and multiple towns including Barnstable Hyannis and Barnstable. Sunday trains listed for Buzzards Bay Bourne and others with varied morning and afternoon departures and minor timing inconsistencies.
A dense timetable lists Providence Division departure options for Park Square Station to Los Angeles and New Work along the Shore Line, with numerous stops including Attleboro Canton Junction Medham Moxbury and beyond. It notes Sunday exceptions, midday and evening runs, and special central and Rhode Island connections with many times and destinations.
Timetables for local and through train service are obtainable in Boston at stations and at Old Colony Railroad Office No.3 Old State House. J. R. Kendrick General Manager and Geo L. Connor General Passenger Agent announce Boston date September 11 1883.
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