The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11

Then follows classified statement OF the freghtisg bu
n.ss do ne on the New Yuk Central and New YorS and
Ehs Railroads fof the moaths Of August and September
1853
NO. requiring speedy tran SIT carried the canal
WHEN choice between the tso Afforded; that these
articles carried to the canal BY the railroads when
railroads from dttricts inaccessible 10 tn, canals aud
then - rates so the cost OF trans port afford
Blu. t,le or no prod' to the railroad COMPANY
The local freight which carried the Central and
Erie Railroads In 1879 was ninety per cent Of the
whole tonnage
The local freight on the Northern road was but thirty
seven per cent ON the whole tonnage
The character Of the loss and through freight on the
Northern road is essentially different from that on tbs
Tais road connects With the network Of New England
roads at Lake Champlan, anc ~ there large de6oiea
for home consumption, she receives bar imports Of
such articles chiefly thru ugh tbs Northern Railroad,
which accounts for tie large through transportation OF
those articles over the road.
u-AsAIYa- or TIE PRESENT BUsNHe OF THE CANALS
rsn follow deductions from the tables Of the tonnage
and tolls Of the canals which present Of the
striking points In the busnsss performed.
The foregoing statements AID deductions have been
made from the reports Of tolls trade and tonnage pre-
pared by the Auditor
The tonnage and tolls due to the movement on each Of
the canals cannot be ascsraned from these reports
they chow the tonnage Cleared at each eoe,tms onoe
and the whole tolls collected thereon whether the ar
css conveyed on one or moro OF the canals.
Thus II appears that while the reports Of the Auditor
canal three ourths Of its movsmsnt and tolls evident
y due to the Erie canal and one fourth only to the o.
wseo.
The tonnage and tolls on up freight on the other hand
credited In these reports to the Erie canal when
portion Of tbs Nsmsn and Of the tolls is due to the
lAeral canals.
The up tonnage being less than oneourth Of the down
renders the tables unfavo able TO the tonnage Of the Erie
canal.
The annexed table has been prepared from the
Of the business done in 1872 and shows the tonnag ,s
and total movement Of each article and oAss Of
The report ~ before stated, does not furnish the
mears Of showing similar statement for each Of the
The whole movement 1851 was equal to Ave hundred
and seventy Millions OF tons moved mile or IN
aversge movement Of nearly one hundred and IVY miles
The average movement Of the tonnage On the Erie Ca
nal excluding that Of the lateral canals probably near
ly three hundred miles for each ten.
The comparative movement Of each GLASS; 90 impaired
with the whole movement, was ~ follows
Products OF the Forest Is per cont; agricultural pro
ducts 40 per cent ,haD iSs Is per cent; mAnufAc
lures psr cent; miscsllAseous articles, psr cent
By refer. to the tonnage tables 1t will be how
widely the proportions given BY them differ from those
presented by the total Of these Glasses
The comparative movement Of some Of the principal
articles embraced in thess clAfsss IL as follows
FrB-Of the forest boards and soantling II per cent
OF ,he whole movement Of AL articles all the
slaves, per cent; timber, per cent
OF Per cent pork and cheese each bacon
lard and WOOL each three snths butter and hides each
TIVE tenths OF the whole amount
fhid-O vegetable food Flour 10 per cent, and wheat
FER cent; corn, ID per cent; oats and barley each
per cent
Fourth OF Manufactures Salt two per cent pig iron
and domestic spirits each $40 Of per cent; castings
6l9 bloom iron furniture, leather and oil cake, each
! 10 Of one per cent Of the whole.
Fifth-Nercbandse. At mills per half ton, nve per
cent; OF sugar, moIssses and coffee at mills per
half ton I'VE cent railroad ron ave psr cent Esay
Sxth-Unclsssihsd articles Coal, three per cent;
sts.e lime and ol.y two per cent FISH, 10 Of on: Per
Of one per cent
VII - CoNpApIsoN or rBK pRRspyT prgy,s oy TIN c.x,
WITH THAT OF FORMER yEAKs.
The annual repor" Of the tolls trade and tonnage OF
the canals, furnish much formation this subject An
examination Of the table shows
FstThat the tonnage and tolls Of AL the canals and
Chsnpsn increased year By year from isss to s.9 ana
that while the tonnage by year from ls43
to 1858 the tolls remained abou ut stationary.
SecorcThAt the tonnage and the tolls Of the 0swego
canal increased rapidly TO l847 and also to 1885, and
then, while the tonnage continued "a increase rapidly
Third-That the tonnage arriving at tide water in
creased by to lS47 ard from 1913 to 1858
that shs Tonnage leaving tide increased lSs fell
of In 1s4s and has rapidly increased since
FouIth-Tnat ths tonnage shipped u Like Eis has in
creased 70 1871 Che increase was 50 cent in ls4
has Increased year BY year from 1875 70 is5s
Nfth-Tbst the tonnage shipp.d 1t os-ego has In
creased nearly five times to 1Si8 and alArly
creased every year since, being eight times In 1858
s1th-Trst the tonnage shipped At wbit.h.n has in
crsassd to 1885, that fell of half in ls4 Increased
In lSs8 has continued to increase since except In
1851, when 1t fell Off largely
comparison Of onn.ss ana tolls Of the different Glasses
OF articles transported shows
Fs-That OF tho products OF the forest the tonnage hs
increased year y year TO ls47 while the te inorsased
remained stationary IL ls47, ls4s and Isi0 AID has
aimee Uniformly increased while the tolls from
lS47 to 1850, and have fallen of every year siaos
soons-ThAt Of the products Of animals the tonnage
and tolls have inc sassd to 1S4s and HAYS since dmnSh
Thiro-Tbst Of vegetable food the tonnage and tolls on
All Of the canals have increased year BY to 1S7 and
that ths tonnage has increased rregusrly from l8i8
while the tolls decreased in 1851 and
and that while the tonnage wheat aud ur from this
State ard the tolls derived thersrom have decreased
since ls4s from other States they have steadily and
Fourth-ThAt Of manufactures the tonnage and tolls
have increased from lS43 to 1885, Of the years show
Tth-That OF merchaudise the tonnage has Increased
year year since ls43 while the tolls to Sa8
remained stationary TO $780, increased In 1851 fell OF in
1863
Thsn follows comparison OF the tonnage and tolls OF
rome Of the principal sti;lss embraced in the foregoing
The stationary condition OF the tells on the Erie canal
since ls4s is mainly owing to the division Of the Western
r.. y the q nd and also to the reduction
The tonnage fro other Stes cleared ct Oswszo the
last Fix years bas been nearly eighteen hundred thousand
The tonnage from other States shipped in 1851 at osws
and that sent to them BY the OF O3sego during
the tolls which estimated to have been hall
million OF dollars.
large amount OF the trade BY the Of 0swego be-
longs 10 Canada and the imperfect Navigation Of the Erie
canal west OF Jordan has undoubtedly caused diversion
OF considerable amount OF trade to the 0swego
The reduction in the tonnage Of the products animals
has been To extent owing to the transfer OF these
toes TO the Central and New York and Eds Re- froads
In the report Of the Central Railroad for ls49 and 80
and Of the Central and Ere for 1851, thsre
ments from which 1t appears that both the Central
and Erie Railroads In 1881 than third OF the
class Of products Of animals, Was made NJ live cat
tie, which tbs canals did not carry another taird
on the Erie, and considerable amount the
Central was fresh meat. game, snd milk, which the
canals could not carry; and that the amounts Of bes
pork bacon ard lard which together formed nearly one
half Of the articles OF this clas cd by the canal
formed but thirtieth OF this class the
and that butter cheese AMI wool the only articles Of
his class carried BY the raj roAcs which were TO auy OF
tent oi 7srtsd from ths csi ais
The diminished amount Of the tomas Of eysasle food
from this State transported tns canals duriug ths last
few years, a'cri5abe to the changes tAtsn
place in the pursuits OF the population OF the interior
hsnofactores have sprung mp In amost every section
which furnished home consumption for these products
In the counties along the ,hawk and elsewhere large
quantities OF -four are now imported, whereas formerly
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