The New York herald., 1870-11-23

Tho TOunage Of the United States.
! We have received copy Of the annual re-
port made by Mr. Edward Young, Chief 81
the Bureau Of Statistics al Washington, to the
Secretary OF the Treasury, in which we ind
table showing the number. and tonnage Of ves-
sells owned In the various sea, river and lake
/ ports OF the United States. The total aunber
q vessels Z. employed II our ocean and interior
trade IL 2s,l ,l3s, Of an sl&eregate tonnage OF
S,a46, i43 tons OF that m,mber there aro
1890 sailing vessels with q tonnage I.
2, loo,zoo; o,sfl steam vessels, with ton
mage OF l,Ol5,075, and 7,so2 unr;rved ves-
sels-such as canal boats-with q TONNAGE NJ
795, sos. ere are therefore over fve ,i,rs.
as many sailing vessels as there are s,e,,,.rv
and the comparative tonnage OF tn, twc
classes is little more than two to one Or
the coast Of Maine the proportion Of sailing
vessels to steamers is as sixty-Hve to one
2,s7s to 46-and the comparative tonnage as
twenty nine to one-49S, ,764 to 17,5s5. This
disparity in favor Of the sailing vessels is
owing to the fishing fleets of that coast, which
are exclusively propelled by SAIL \.
On the Massachusetts, coast the disproportion
Is iessened by about ons-half-2, 795 sailing
vessels to 80 steamers. The chief fishing port I.
OF Massachusetts, Is Gloucester, where there
are 56O sailing vessels owned, of an aggre-
gate tonnage Of 28,547 tons, and but one little
steam tugboat Of IS tons. New Bedford, the
great whaling port, has 2S8 sailing vessels, Of
50, GAL tons-half the number but twice the
tonnage of Gloucester Even in Boston.
which has considerable foreign trade, the pro-
portion Of sailing vessels and steamers is as
thirteen to one-8l7 10 63-and the compare
tive tonnage as twelve to one-259. SO4 to
22, O2O. ~
When we come to examine the figures for
New York we find the number Of sailing YES
sells owned in this customs district 10 be Q, AGO.
with an aggregate tonnage Of 473,451 tons;
the number Of steamers to be Cos, with tom
mage Of 1890, and the number OF unrigged
vesses--canal boats and barges--to be l,487,
with iSaanage of 1886. In other words,
the sailing vessels are nearly four times as
humorous as the steamers, while their tonnage
is only as eight TO i've; and the vessels on
gagged in the canal and river trade are more
than twice as numerous as the steamers, with
a tonnage ia the proportion Of three to Eve.
On the Western rivers, exclusive Of the New
Orleans district, the number of steam vessels
owned is 725, with tonnage of 206, lS9 and
the number Of unrigged vessels is 843. with a
tonnage Of l2O,28 There are no sailing
vessels reported. In the New Orleans district
the number of sailing vessels owned is 400,
with tonnage Of IA, 252, and the number Of
steam vessels 10, with tonnage of A., 1888;
so that while in number the sailing vessels
outstrip the steamers in the proportion of two
and half to one, in tonnage the steamers out
strip the sailing vessels in the proportion OF
three to one. asans#t
The commerce Of the great lakes employs
,5tS sailing vessels, with tonnage Of
252, 453; GAL steam vessels, with tonnage Of
AZ, 74, and 3,l5t unrigged vessels, with q
tonnage of 285, 535-the total number Of ves-
sells employed being 5,343, with an aggregate
tonnage Of $50, f62.
The Pacific trade employs 802 sailing ves-
sells, with a tonnage Of 8S,9i6 tons, and 1877
steam vessels, with tonnage Of 53,0S8 tons,
The entire tonnage Of che Uaited States,
engaged in ocean, Lake and river trade, is as
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