Way Bills May 1858 - Ascending (- Cumberland office) - No 4

This is a listing of WAY BILLS received at the Collector’s Office in Cumberland during the month of May 1858. Most of the boats returned from Georgetown empty (Georgetown was Mile 1 and Cumberland Mile 185) so they paid the standard toll of $4.08.

Three boats carried cargo:
J. T. ROWLAND carried fish and pitch for 123 miles, (Tonoloway Creek) and paid an additional 30 cents in toll
J. L. CATHCART transported a carriage and 50 tons of salt to Cumberland and castings for 55 miles. He also carried two loads of plaster. His toll was $55.
W. G. MORRISON had a cargo of one ton of plaster for 57 miles and paid 14 cents additional in toll.

The items listed as types of cargo carried on canal boats read:
Ale, Beer, Cider, Vinegar, Liquors, Wines, &c.;
Fish, salt and fresh;
Flour, meal, grain, seeds, &c.
Bacon & other meats.
Butter. Lard, &c.
Furniture and empty barrels.
Carriages
Wrought stone
Wrought Iron, Nails, and other Hard-ware.
Tar, pitch, rosin, oakum, &c
Dry goods, groceries and other merchandise.
Mill Offal, Potatoes Turnips &c.
Wagons, carts, ploughs, &c.
Castings and Bloom Iron,
Oysters
Melons and Fruits.
Salt
Lumber, Laths, Palings, Shingles, Hoop-poles.
Charcoal
Pig and Scrap Iron.
Tiles and Slates.
Bricks, and Ice,
Lime and Cement.
Rough Stone.
Rails, Posts, round and square Timber.
Coal.
Plaster
Guano, bone dust, poudrett
Ashes, lime, and other manures.