Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Canal Company operations
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
wcco183
IDEntry
5989
Page #
36
Creator
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Rights
Public domain
Date
1875
Collection Location
Maryland Room, Enoch Pratt Free Library
Contributor
Printer: L. F. Colton & Co., Annapolis
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body
| Ascending. | Fish. | Salt. | Plaster. | Manures. | Hay and Straw. | Iron-Ore. | Lumber, | Total Tonnage. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | |
| 1873 | 243 | 1,903 | 1,610 | 418 | 690 | 8,-458 | 1,147 | 14,474 |
| 1874 | 149 | 1,157 | 1,883 | 1,553 | 235 | 6,380 | 027 | 11,984 |
| Increase | 273 | 1,133 | 1,408 | |||||
| Decrease | 96 | 749 | 455 | 2,078 | 520 | 3.898—2,490 actual decrease. | ||
| Descending. | Flour | Wheat. | Corn. | Lumber | Bricks | Rough Stone. | Coal. | Total Tonnage. |
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons, | |
| 1873 | 1.744 | 8,569 | 3,285 | 1,582 | 1,080 | 15,994 | 797,838 | 830,098 |
| 1874 | 1,523 | 9,780 | 5,312 | 1,102 | l,3i 3 | 12,146 | 833,996 | 868,165 |
| Increase | ||||||||
| Decrease | 1,211 | 2,027 | 217 | 39,158 | 42,613 | |||
| 218 | 480 | 3,848 | 4,548—38,067, actual increase. | |||||
| . | ||||||||
| Coal tonnage in 1873 | 797,838 Tons. | |||||||
| 1874 | 833,990 " | |||||||
| Increase | 39.158 " | |||||||
| Tolls collected in 1873 | $482,528 57 | |||||||
| " 1874 | 500,416 24 | |||||||
| Increase | $ 17,887 67 | |||||||
Notes
47th annual report to the stockholders.
Comparative Statement of Principal Articles of Commerce transported upon the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1873-1874