The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-14

port touched. This was necessary in
order to avoid confusion, and especially
to conform with the custom of counting
cotton as net at the first port at which
it is received or through which it may
pass. Far example, cotton shipped from
/ the interior to Providence, passing
through New York, is credited to New
| York. and so with like shipments
via other ports to ports or TO the mills.
/ The difficulty Of working up the details
has been enhanced by the fact that few
transportation companies keep their
/ books so as to be enabled To furnish
any thing but the aggregate quantities
of cotton handled, and it was therefore
necessary to overhaul this years bust
ness item by item to arrive at the facts.
In most cases this was done by the rail
road officials themselves, whilst in other
cases access was cheerfully given to the
representative of the National Cotton
Exchange TO all records from which
could be extracted the necessary inform
alton. With these remarks your Com
mittee submit the figures of overland
movements for the year ending Aug. 81,
1870:
RaIes
shipped from st. Louis. ,sOi
at Hannibal. .................!........ s,42I
bondal-. .......................... Al
Carried north from Cairo, via Cairo &
Vincennes Railroad. .................... s2,7IO
trsI Railroad. - 81, 40
Carried north from Evansville via Evans
vile & CrawfordsyiIie Railroad. 1923
Carried north from Louisville, via Ohio &
Mississippi Railroad. .................. IS, las
Carried north FROM Louisville via.ICfer5On-
vile, Madison & indianapolis Railroad. ll6, 72l
Carried north from Louisville via Louis
vile, Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad. 81 $50
Received at Cincinnati by river........... 30 225
shipped TO mills adj 4cent To river and to
points above without touching at Cincin-
natl. exclusive Of cottCns to Marysville,
counting in Southern consumption. 10, 40
Total. ..................l56, so
Less shipments from st. Louis to Louis
vile, counted at both places............- OF
CaTbOndale TO 81. Louis, counted at both
cI4S ss ST Louis. counted at both places: 81
ST. Louis 10 Cincinnati by river........... 81
It. Louis to Memphis by riyUr............ 30
st. Louis to New Orleans by riyer........ 302
Total overland. .ld7
Deduct receipts overland at New York,
Baitimore ~ - - f' GIG
by rail and river to interior. 85S
Less deducted at New Orleans............l30 ,2!S
Less deducted at Savannah................ 1862
Less deducted at Charleston. 5,O6j
Less deducted at Norfolk. .............-.. ,456
Total to be deducted from shipments
from Mobile w ................. 14 III
Leaving ....... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lO,s4I
Making total receipts at New York,
Boston, etc, and interior ...2G2 SOB
Leaving direct overland movement not
elsewhere counted. -l9l bOJ4
We have made special inquiry relative to the
item of shipments to mills adjacent TO the river,
etc, which il set down above as Az bales,
and have traced the actual shipments as fol-
lows:
Iltt5DurG f,fOV
CauncltOn, lnu.. o,OJp
New Albany, lnu..... go
Evansville ....-...-................. 0JU
lOLdl.. -'...-"'". W.
In addition to the above, $3.50 bales
were shipped TO Maysville, which went
! into Southern consumption, 253
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