New-York tribune., 1877-06-30
Turing the past twelve years:

The report furnishes the statistics of the iron ship
building industry recently piesIhe3 III iHh lEibUNE'
ses built IN tnc fiscal year 1876, vessels regatng
Was Duiit { Ballns,on " j.; IL vessels assrcg ting
9SO9l tons, within TIE jurisdiction OF thr port or
piiadeIpiia; vessels, aggrrgiug sos % tons in
the state of DeaWar ; and Two vessels, aSsregaung
915l2 cons, al NcwOGeans At the present time there
are building under contract on the Delaware River
are iron steamships O The best class. ranging from 800
to 1000 tons burden, Including tTO monitors Tor tue
Untra States Government, besides uumocr Ol power
mi tugs Oi 700 Or 800 toys burden AMI oher small
Graf. suOng ground is taken IN the report against the
admission the American register OF Oregn-buil SHIPS
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.
Statistics of railroad construction in this country
given. increase IN the number of miles constructed
In SIG over the increase in the preceding years is
quite marked and shows that the lowest point Of de-
preston in railway construction in this country was
reached in 1875. The revival in railway building
menced in the latter half Of 1879. OF The railway mile
age OF 1876 nearly one.ourth was marrow gauge. At
the close of 1876 the country bad one mile Of railroad
FOR about every 575 Inhabitants. In one particular the
WORK of 1876 much like that Of 1879; 10 very
great ,Nent IL consisted oi tue CONSTRUCTION o. o,"I
lucs % 40 great 'h- h' lhei' Were noNe,' ayeattr
number of iung lines blt tnan IN lo7J ana ,hc average
nlcJse is 20 cater than Tor NO years previous Adding
1880 miles loi cS !" uahS Al'h~S ~t "e o. IousN
OF inrAs al beginning of the year Is Cstmaicd at
93Sli mlos-heai. enosh 20 70 louf thc' around the
mInc The year ended Dee 81 1876, the United States
impor,ri IRON ecl products assrc citHl SlO.jSl,
10 n Nauc, asnsl @lJ'-OiI1 ~ 1o.9, S%l1' o,o3o
Ia ls1l, 94j,1oIG7O IA 1913, 9Ol1-l-21 IN 1872,
included III these dgures. In the year
,nucu Dec. 81, 1876, The United states
por eJ iron ma steel products OF domestic manufacture
g.r,gatug S1J,9J1oi3 value, against T2O4l7 7635 IN
1879. r2U.A5S7o2 IN 1874, flO.6o17JI IN 1873, Sl4,
36UUl1 1872 AID SlJ-OO 20 IA Io7l., Tne decline
Ia oug pots since lo42 LAS been yesyBIeat, bu our
cN. .oris have pa tie ly iemulu stationary durnk the
past yrsin. Dunn tho year 1876 We dlu moi nm
"A single STEEL rail; m 1919 ~ mpUri lJ9JI net tons.
Ouf imO4ls rails IN 1876 amounted 10 Ouy 2S1
TONS: IA 1871 tl,y announced tu 5loUOO tons. Whine
tnesc grauy it il nevertheless source OF
that We should ast ear nave bought abroad
SlOuGOOOO worth O ps iron, Dl ltOi Steel etc, Mhlci
uir and steel makers could have manufactured
with tLc hrip UI Lille MOrAlu-nlcn.
ia follow liable OF the prices OF steel
aud per ton estimated rUn TIE h-ug,s gwen IN
the report: - ~,
1873. 1875. 1876 1877.
No. D. Anthracite founlery pig - - 49,, .., ~,
al 10 10 80 % ~ ~
EcuncG bar lrOn at Fiia.tl .,
Bt,srmor II, Norks.l2l % % 20 30 - % 90
Iscs. mon rAis i'n4icrII - 50 ~ 20 Al Il 80 %
A., AL., l-TI price oil y -. anthracite 4Nunucry
pi. htd stil further declined 10 FI5 90 al Ihiaie
pfln and price nncd bar non IN the same mar
- 10 il So Ia May 1871, tne pllcr Oi br6, Un rails
had i4lrA g}1 al Philadelphia, ana Tie ptee O Bes-
setnrr fli the 10 9iS And Sf9 THESE are as
lo,, ,rce is ,he cOtntry has even known. IL 10 be
.la noWcVr T., that the beneficial inpcuce upon al The
nlnstrrs nf The go nty abundant supply Of good
iron and -UOd at low prices since the panic. Is IN
caeiir, Ia t.s cause alone IL due lhht mitigation
f h IL cis o the panic which has saved hundred OF
t lrnon industries the country from utter stagna.
non and thousand, of orleans from want and despair
e rcpit contains only elaborate statistics all
tnt, directly connected witb the aud steel indus
FRY but al so many related topics, such that OF
mi ,,tin and the general movements Of commerce..
L.,ie. AN lnis tueru extended lne OF the iron
uloduoton and advance aud condition Ol tho Indus
| iry i'm an other countries OF tue world.