New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-26


Treasury to collect and report statistics, exhibit
ing officially the External and Internal Steam
Marine of the United States. WILLIAM D. GAL
LAGHRR. ESQ, was commissioned to obtain the
Inland. and Professor f. D. MANSFIELD the
External and most faithfully and ably have they
discharged the arduous duty. The aggregatcTe-
suits far exceed, in magnitude and importance
the most extravagaut estimates and antlclpatlons
These reliable facts and statistics were reported
to the Senate on Thursday last, by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. We take the subjomed
statements from that Report
The Steam Marine OF the United states, on
the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and the Gulf OF
Mexico. is as follows
From Passamaquoddy Bay to Cape Sable.
there are 10 ocean steamers 27i ordinary steam
ers 65 propellers. and 50 ferry-boats. Tunnage,
1920 tuns. High pressure steamers ll6; low
pressure 3l2 Number Of officers and crew
6,3is Passengers annually, 33,ll47S2. Average
miles travelled s,lls,9s9. These statistics refer
to the year ending July /, 1851.
The steam marine on the Gulf Of Mexico
from Cape Sable to the Rio Grande, consists OF
y ocean steamers; % ordinary steamers
propellers Tunnage 1924. High pressure
81 low pressure, 10 Number Of officers and
crew, 3,f73. Passengers during the year, H.,
700. Number Of miles travelled, l,360,3SO.
The steam marine on the Pacific coast con
sists of 81 ocean steamers l3 ordinary steamers
Tunnage, 1886 High pressure, low pres
sure. II. Officers and crew, ] $40 Average
miles travelled. 49, 200.
The aggregates of the external steam marine
are:
Ocean steamers, o. ordinary steamers, 3s2 ,
propcllors, O.. ferry boats, 80. Total, OPS.
Total tunnage, 2l2 500. High pressure, 2l3i
low pressure, il2. Officers and crew, ll,77O
Annual passengers 81, 3l2,si6 OF the annual
passengers 21,OO9, $50 were by ferry boats.
The Shpwrecks IN the United States, on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and GullOf Mexico,
during the year ending July /, 1851, were 80
ships 50 brgs 100 schooners slOops and %
steamers Total 32s, of which 27s were by
tempest, IA by fire, Is by collisions, 10 by snaggs
and by explosion The number of lives lost
was 3ls
The "human movement" by steamboat, on
the principal tide water lines :wss as follows:
No. p.s.
On Long Island Sound. Observation-Disclosures 1927
Between New York and Philadelphia BY
on fcto@sc and James Rivers and C6esa
peake pay ------------ i6itcS
Gulf OF Mexico tOSSUo
Pacific Coast OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 's|J9
In 20 Districts on the Atlantic Coast, there
were I6O vessels lost, valued at 81 $50, III, aud
on which insurance was paid to the amour, Of
S96s, $50
InNsw.York the marine paid wass3, 59Gl6l
In Philadelphia yOt6l6
In Boston - 55is55
The total marine mot inland) insurance paid
during the year is estimated at S6,227 600.
The Inland Steam Marine of the United States
comprises three grand dIyisionS-the Northern
Frontier, the Ohio Basin, and the Mississippi
Valley
Tun- Officers PAs.en-
Northern Frontier has l64 69l65 1855 l,5;39O
ONO BASIN -..-.-.....3is 67.6Ol : 33s 3,46A967
Mississippi Valley .---a55 67957 GAIA ss2593
Total 2O4,7l3 I7,6O7 5,s5C,95O
OF the passengers, 2,4sl, 9l6 were by Ferry
boats, and in addition to the above, there were
l,325,9ll passengers by Railroads, $4,000 by
Canals and 1852 by stages On the Northern Fron-
tier line OF travel and PCS 1886 Railroad and % 773
stage passengers on the Ohio Basin line.
TRAVEL TO AND FROM INLAND COMMERCIAL cESrERs.
PltsbuIgh IIast year, --------.-.-....--.-ioe eSo
~ LOUIS. -
buhsio-- -
Chicago 99ss3
ioia---- i,o|ol'@f
The resident Population Of these four cities isbut
81 s66
The travel 10 and from Buffalo comes and
goes as follows
By ordinary steamers l57,257
rIVpeIefs- ..-.-------.-----..---- afSVC
Buiiao and Rochester Railroad -.........2 $50
Niagara Railroad
bIle lanai -tSOoO
Total --o22, i25
II. Louis has 81 steamers New-Orleans
100, Detroit A. Buffalo ~ Pitis5urg u Dur.
ING eight years, ending July /, 1851, the tlnnage
IA the Buffalo District has increased l9.2I7 tuns
IN Presque Isle, 2,77s Cuyahoga 1868, and IN
Detroit l4fl6. The steamboat tunnage Of the
Upper Lakes has more than quadrupled IN eight
YEAS and on the Mississippi Valley 1t has
doubled IN nine years
The steamboat disasters on the Missislppi and
tributaries, since the introduction OF steam 10
the year lSis. are. by collision. IS FIRE lOl
snsgs, 469-total OILS. The original cost of the
boats. - S9974s, deficiency In value, S5l76.757;
final losses, S4,7l9,99l. The loss IN 1870 Is
stated AZ 100000.
Losses on the lakes and rivers during the wear
ending July ], 1851, by tempest; IS: FIRE 30 col.
lislon, Is snags, 32 Persons lost on the lakes.
g.. and Oh the rivers, 62s-to;al, 695
The average tunnage OF Lake steamers i 437
tuns OF the Ohio BASIN, 206 and Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley, BIB
OF the SO ordinary steamers on the rivers. 3l7
are enrolled II tie Districts OF the Ohm B.sip.
anG 2il IL those OF the Mississippi VALLEY.
oi the IA ordinary steamers aEd prooeuers
On the Lakes, 81 are enrolled on the Lakes
Ch,mplaln and Ontario and the ST Lawrence
Sc on Lake Enc, and 90 At DetroR ana the Lakes