The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-14
extensive. and thsr. ar. row indications Of an sxpar

extensive and there are row indications Of an sxpar
sion 10 some extent.
The report the Bureau of Typographical Engineers
present. some most remarkable statements Of the COM
merce and Tonnage of tho Western lakes and rivers
We give the most interesting extracts for the purpose
Of showing tbs immense internal commerce of the
Western country =
The net money vs'us Of the lake commerce for tho
year lsa6 was $6 GA 90 having nearly doubled In
Ave years For the same year. tbs total amount Of
American lake tonnage was 100 500 tons. and of
chandise, 1851 0s8 tons British 80 600 tons Esti-
mates from highly intelligent authority make the cost Of
construo,in this tonnage So COO Tho passenger
trade is also an important item lake commerce The
number OF passengers In all directions Is stated ut 25O
0o0 which, 1t vs dollars esoh average charges gives
for its value 81 100000 Tho number Ct mariners EN-.
The aggregate population depending upon the lakes
2 929 925
Ofthe western rivers the Mississippi and It's direct
and indirect tributaries, 1t appears from the official
turns tins Treasury Department that the boat
nase for the year s42 l28275 aud for 1885, 249
IL supposed that are 30o 600 tons of ether boats
(no employed on these rivers, which, added
10 Tue tonnage gives for the year 1912 an
greeate oil 426 27s tons The astboAt navigation 10 sup
po'ed 10 carry to market Ia year 100000 ons Of
produce, while the steamboat freight amounts to 262
tons or total Of merchandise transported to and
from New Orleans tho western rivers Exclusive of
the way rade) for 1892 Of s62 $50 tons The probable
morey value Of this commerce. for the year. he
stated at $50 902 and for 1885, according state
ment from the Treasury Department, 7l9 This
includes OF course only ths direct river commerce. and
not that immense amount OF commodities interchanged
between place and place tho western rivers, and
which forms no part Of the Now Orleans commerce. OF
this latter the total net value be stated for 1916 at
$4S 500 7lS-the floating value cannot BIS less than
double this amount. The passenger trade, too Is very
great and Is supposed to have yielded for ls4S 80 1917
992 making the total of the western rivers
Sio 4es7oi TIE steam tonnage for lsl6 Is stated at
249 Q55 tons.
TIN total cost OF the river craft engaged in this trade
was sig 9ia $685. and sustained OF $40 leg
242 per annum. TIL" number Of hands employed (not
shore emp,oyses) was liza. These amounts the Blu
ted and that II $lss ,725 be assumed reliable
exposition Of the for ls46 instead of
i4ss,7Ol, 1t will more nearly approximate to the
The total population depending upon the western
rivers as means Of communication with market, for
the lSs6 576 027ths rate of increase from
1870 to ls46 having been sbou. per cent Tho Miess-
spp with Its tributaries which traverse every section
steamboat navigation thus afordng great natural faoi-
htes for the devtlopement Of unlimited resources.
The tonnage of Lake Champlan is stated ct 1892
toms and the value Of the export and import trade for
1916 oil 266 069 The total amount appropriated for
Improvement of Its harbors sl9l 500 The tonnage Of
Lake Ontario is stated to be IS $685. Of which ~ 1875
are British end 2s 81 American. The export and i'm.
port trade for s46 stated at Sl4 02S 90 and the total
expended for tho Of its hsrboIs
harbor improvements was Sl24s, 2a9, and the total
smount OF its commerce exports aad impors) In s46
Michigan for hsrbor improvements Is 1904 447 amount
Of commerce not known. For Chicago, however, Il
amounted, In 1916, to $S,927 100.
1hs total amount Of American lake tonnage II 100 SS6
tons. The total British lake tonnage Il making
combined tonnage Of l5s All tons.
Notwithstanding this immense extent Of internal ma
vgation, and the immense amount Of property trans
Ported upon the western lakes and rivers yet In
the infancy of the dsveopement Of the Of
section Of country The population at present depend
Ing upsn the western rivers and lakes for oommuncs
ton with market, is SOL 9s2 This large compared
~tkh he ,,Iotto
compared with what the population Of tho sections
drained by these lakes and rivers will be in few years
The Wiley Of the Mississippi also, viii in fev years
contain population equal to that Of the whole country
at present. and the Of these waters will ex-
osed that Of the Atlantic coast.