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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1902
Page
15
The New York coffee market opened steady with December options up 5 points amid moderate covering before retreating. Overall activity was light with about 12,000 bags traded. Rio and Santos futures showed firmness in London and Hamburg, while U S and European shipments varied. Domestic deliveries totaled around 20.5 million bags locally, with No 2 red and other grades quoted as buyers and sellers navigated a featureless session.
New York market roundup for December 29 1902 reports beans and peas still firm with a large Mediterranean import. butter cheese eggs and fruits show mixed demand amid limited domestic receipts. poultry and dressed meats steady to weak, while vegetables and hay straw markets reflect year end tightness and cautious trading.
Turpentine and rosin markets held steady with active demand at full prices. Prices quoted include spirits turpentine at 55c per gallon and tar and rosin firm with varied receipts and exports. Regional notes cite Wilmington and Charleston trading alongside London quotations for December 29.
Receipts over two days reach 214 cars or 4018 head with 85 cars for export alive. Steers slow with prices down 10 to 15 cents. bulls and cows steady to firm amid moderate arrivals. Calves, veals, and sheep show improved demand. lambs up 15 to 25 cents, with several lots pushed at higher values. Jersey City and Sixtieth Street yards saw substantial activity and varied consignments from multiple firms including Judd & Co., Sanders, McPherson & Co., and Hume & Bro. Sales list numerous specific lots by weight and price across Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio origins.
Chicago market receipts show cattle 26 000 head with mixed to lower prices across grades and steers cited at 430 to 540 dollars. Hogs 28 000 today and 30 000 tomorrow with mixed to higher near 670 dollars for top lots. Sheep and lambs active with wethers and native lambs around 4 to 4 25 dollars, stock and feeder activity steady. East Buffalo reports slower prime steers but higher butcher grades and mixed ranges for cows and bulls, with stockers steady and heifers around 3 25 to 4 75.
Compiled rail schedule lists departures from Desbrosses Cortlandt and West Twenty third Street stations. Various express, local, and through trains to Pittsburg Chicago Cleveland Norfolk and Philadelphia with dining and parlor cars, limiteds, and connections. Also notes baggage check service and ticket offices at major Broadway locations.
Information lists Harlem Branch stations and 2.40 M daily service from Pittsfield to North Adams with Sunday gaps. Ticket offices are at Tit, 281, 415, 1218 Bradway, 23 ba W. 275 Columbus Ave, 133 West St, Central Station 125th St, 138th St, New York 72 and 724 Fulton St, 106 Broadway. Also notes Brooklyn Telephone for New York Central checked from hotel or Wereestt Express.
Kansas City and East Liberty market notes show cattle receipts around 4 2 0 natives and 1 000 Texans, with mixed results from dull to higher. Hogs receipts near 3 000 head with prices ranging from 3 to 6 4 per hundredweight and top sales around 6 6. Sheep and lambs receipts near 6 000 head with lambs and ewes selling from 2 to 9 while stockers and feeders vary.
Buffalo reports steady flour prices with patent and bakers grades ranging from 3.25 to 4.50 per barrel and bundled wheat and corn figures. Chicago and other markets show mixed futures: wheat No. 2 around 74% to 76 cents, oats 32 to 35 cents, rye around 25 to 28 cents, with meal and flour prices noted across regions.
Liverpool on December 29 reports moderate spot cotton trade with prices up several points. American middling fair 5.22d, good middling 4.744, middling 4.464, low middling 4.344. Sales reached 5,000 bales with 7,800 American. Receipts since last report total 64,000 bales, 51,200 American. Futures opened quiet and closed very steady with various December to June pairs quoted around 4.50 to 4.55.
West Shore Railroad routes from New York City to Albany Detroit and Chicago areas with multiple daily departures from Franklin Street and Brooklyn Annex. Services include Saratoga Express and Limited trains with connections to Rochester Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Lane H. Smith serves as General Superintendent and General Passenger Agent confirming schedules.
A fragmented timetable lists bus and rail service frequencies and routes among Easton Bethlehem Allentown Mauch Chunk and nearby towns. It includes times for Lakewood Lakehurst Barnegat and Vineland routes with morning and afternoon departures, and notes Reading Harrisburg Pottsville Williamsport services with specific hourly slots and limited connections.
Fragmentary notice lists Royal Blue Line services and stops including Liberty Street and Broadway addresses, with operating times around 700 PM. Mentions transfer company and officials WAS. BESLER, vice-president and general manager. References to Newstone and baggage transfer.
Train times and routes listed for the Lackawanna Railroad departing from New York to multiple destinations including Binghamton Syracuse Buffalo Chicago St Louis Scranton Plymouth Oswego Ithaca and Buffalo. Sleeper service indicated with overnight departures and ticket office location at 338 Pultes Street Brooklyn Daily with Sunday exceptions noted.
Prices for wheat, corn, and peas are listed with spot and futures quotes across Western winter and Pacific Coast markets. Beef, pork, butter, cheese, tallow, and petroleum show steady or firm tones, with modernized market terms and regional variations.
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