The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-12-09
Steamboat Arrivals for 1852.

The Minncsotan has given an accurate detail OF
steamboat arrivals ior the last three seasons. We
extract the following summary of the doiugs Of the
present season.
The number Of steamboat arrivals at ST. Paul du-
ring the Just closed has been Ill; OF those 13l
have been from Galena, % from st. Lous I3 from
the Minnesota river, from the st, Croix, and
from Lake Pepiu. There have been II diltcrcn,
steamboats, here this year. about double the number
that have ever been here IN any former year
The Nominee has made q trips from Galena, in
cludpg once that she only to the Pigs Eye bar.
and no, inc cludng the trip last spring. that she only
came III, to the foot o. Lake Pepin
The DR. Franklin has made % trips. This does
not include the last trip she made when she left her
ST. Paul freight at Point Douglass and carried the
mail back with her.
The Excelsior has made Q trips from Saint Louis
The Tiger has made TRIPS from Gaena, 3
from Mankato, 2 from the ST. CroIx, from Lake
Pepm.
The Franklin No. 2 has made trips from ST
Louis.
The Caleb Cope has made 5 trips from Galcna.
The st Paul has made ii trips7 from Gacna
and from ST Louis.
The West Newton has made - tlips from Gale.
ma
The Ben Campbell has made trips from Gale
Ma.
The Black Hawk has made 81 trips--i4 from Ga
.
traverse des Sioux, and from the ST. Croix.
The Jenny Lind has made 5 trips--2 from Galena
/ from Bal,cok's from Traverse des Sioux, and
from Holmes. She also made one trip 10 POM
DoucIass which is not included in the above reck-
oning.
! The Martha No. has made trips from Gaepa
The Greek Slave has made trips from GaIona
The Luea has made trips from Galena.
The Enterprise has made two tips--l from Gale
na from Little Rapids the Minnesota
! The Regulator and Geneva have each made trip
from St. Louis.
From thi, 1t will be that we have had 81
more arr, ais this year than We had last not"Ith-
standing the season has been three weeks shorter,
and the extreme low wafer for more than halt OF the
time This is an increase of about ID per cent over
las, year and had this year been a. favorable Tor nav
,gaton last year, there would have been an m
crease of at least 20 per cent.
Another fact 4orihy OF note is observable from an
inspcction of these statistics IL Is this while the
number of arrivals from Galeua has been increasing,
YEARLY and has almost doubled since last year, the
number from ST. Louis has been rapidly diminishing
Tbc account stauds thus in 1850 there were 40 ar
riyas from st. LOUIS in 1851, 35; and 1852 there
were but % The rapid decrease this year may in
some measure be accounted for by the low water but
this does not not explain it all. The fact Is Gaicna,
with her fifteen or twenty steamboats,, nearly monop-
olizes the carving trade between ST Louis and that
CITY, and all points above and although our trade
with ST Louis has largely increased, yet the number
Of boats making trips from that city ITO ST. Paul has
diminished in as great proportion and we cons'd-
er it vev doubtful supposing next season to be favor
able to navigation whether IT will show much OF
increase in the number Of arrivals from st. LOUIS.
We have kept an accurate record OF the time o
the arrival Of every Steamboat this year; that the
statistics We haye presented may he relied upon as
correct.