Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-31
sandusky oity.. Ms Business.


intimately connected with The eily Of sau.
dusky, thar any other on the Lake, and
i,s prosperity or sdversi,y mus, nlway.
bs OF great interest TO them. In late
number Of the Register we find an &C
count Of is commerce. which we know
or readers wal psrase with as much
pleasure as we did, and 10 afford them an
opportunity, we win give them portion
Of is--S being rather lengthy for our
columns. i4
The commerce for 1853 has been in
mense, even exceeding the expectations O
the most sansuine. Last year when the
Register made its Annual Exhibi, Of the
Receipts and Shipnenis-in value owe,
e54, ,000. .000-it was deemed an increase
for this year improbable. But of thai
increase there is now no doubt. The
Imports and Exports have exceeded those
OF las. year, by large figures. In Mer.
chandise alone. the receipts al the Mad
River Docks. since the month Of august,
have been without precedent in any city
west of Buffalo, in quantity and value.
a daily line Of Propellers to and from
Oswego-two daily lines of Steame to
and from Buffalo, and great numbers of
transient Propellers and Vessels to and
from Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, Og.
densburgh, oswego, St. GATHERINGS, Buf.
falo and Dunkirk have no, only tasked the
great facilities enjoyed BY Sandusky to
the utmost, but demonstrated the fact that
there alone, Of all ports on Lake Erie,
are such room and conveniences afforded
as are here necessary to rapid and sue
cessful trade.
But Merchandise, exclusively, has no,
monopolised its shipping and commercial
resources, as will be inferred from the
fac. of one Produce Dealer, of tha, city
having purchased and shipped to osweg"
over 100000 bushels Of Wheat-dis.
bursing over s ,09O, ,OO0in his operations.
Other dealers have operated to very large
figures, but 10 what amount canno. be
conjec'ured until business is finally closed
with the season Of navigation yet open.
One Forwarding House has shipped, up
to this time, 100000 barrels of Flour.
In Live Stock Shipments, Sandusky y
stands far before any other City on the
Lakes. The daily shipments Of from
1000 to 1000 Live Hogs, besides frequen,
droves Of Cattle, Sheep and Horses, fol
nearly three continuous months. is dals
enough to approximate the value of thi.
item of its trade.
In Railroad Iron the receipts have been
Unexpectedly large. Iron for eleven o.
the most extensive Roads in the Yves
has been landed and bonded there-mak.
ing the transactions heavy and valua BILE
In Commercial and Financial point OF
view. Importa,ions of this Iron have
been di.ect--the transfer being made at
Quebec or Kingston, but the charges and
duties all collected at Sandusky.
From this outline statement, it may be
discovered what the present value of the
city of Sandusky as Port of Entry, and
from the comparative increase in duties
collected there, some estimate may be
made of the future revenue occurring to
Government from its commerce. In 1916
the Custom House duties collected were
but. 1894 ,72--in ls47 they increased so
per cent.--in lS4s. $50 per cent. over
the previous year--in '49, 1000 per cent
over '4S--in so 100 per cent. over '4s
--ln 81, SO per cent. over '50-in So,
goo per cent. over '5l-in SO the in.
crease will be large over that of The pre-
vious year. and the duties collec ed vii
probably exceed 100000.
The Register recommends tha. til,
Government erect Gus ON House build
ing that will accommodate the Collect
or and The Post Office.