The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-23

blOtted out by cold weather, the WORK nf
| three more m ,nths in the lower river trade
suspended by the epidemic, and that of at
least two additional months seriously I'M
paired BY low water, the number of steam
boats arriving and departing must necessa-
rily have been diminished. The total num-
Der of arrivals for the year was 2,725 in
sis III the figures however, shows that in
the six months in which the serious obsta-
cles to business did not exist, the arrivals
aggregated l, ,541. compared with ,493 for
the corresponding period of tue preceding
year.
The departures for the year aggregated
2,730, in comparison with 2942 in 1877-iS,
and for the six months which we're mainly
unaffected by the unfavorable circum-
stances named, the departures were l, $50
compared with ,493. 1t will thus be seen
that the aggregate loss was all sustained in
the period embraced by these extraordinary
circumstances, while during the remainder
of the year there was an actual gain. The
same causes have also been operating to re-
duce the number of vessels plying between
Cincinnati and ether ports. In addition to
these causes the business seems to be con-
centrating int the hands OF less number
of boats by reason of q steady increase in
their size and speed, less number of boats
being thus enabled to performs given work !;
by the multi plying of trips by the same
boat on account of the regular methods es-
tabished, and by the dininution OF the
number of transient boats, which mainly
nave been crowded out. Irregular practi-
ces are giving way to fixed methods, by
which the loss from friction is diminished
and the health of the whole service pro-
NOTED, without any real loss to shippers,
who are never permanently benefited Dy
having transporters, rs class perform
their labor below suitable allowance for
snch service. The total number IF boats
plying between Cincinnati and other ports
for the year, was 311, compared with 342 in
the previous year. with tonnage Of Is, 569
in 1878-79, compared with 84,SGS.
The business in bodybuilding, which,
after long period of declension, in which
it appeared tor time that it was almost to
cease having an individual existence here,
but which showed encouraging signs of re-
newed life during the two preceding sea-
sons, exhibited increased vigOr and results
in the past year. Il, e whole number of
steamb ats built was less than in 1878,
| but the tonnage shows material increase.
| The whole number Of steam boats built was
10, in comparison with IL in the years
lS17-78, but the tonnage in the late year Of
this class of boats was 6437 TONS, in com
parlson with s, 2S5 tols in the previous year.
the average increase of tonnage to the ves-
sci having been over So per cent The av-
erage of the steamboats, TOR the year was 6i3
tons, in comparison with 406 tons in the
preceding year, showing a material change
in the class OF boats which have been built
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Wv t'oa,E w W,,ndruf hoe re,nnrad ard do.
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"n1 naar ~, hnad Of nrond chan whicl, slnn,e
a.nreuated g20 cuhic v.rls At Erpncn
Ts1,n1 the d;ks has haen rl.cnd in tbornueb
re,'a;r nv an eYnenIitu,e If 1G3 nilas 3l5
onrJs ~ hr,.h and & ooo cuh;c Yards of
st,,e A. t,,e Evsnsvlie All a on q ytension
',r kn1 ,oat ,',,S j., rr,,,rsss ose lilac lsI
VI oHo 'fIv h,''sh "S' ~ n nes omb;op p rorls -
onlua 1919 h,v;n, n haan ,S,d i, tns extansion
Ma a,o'1 t. rana;,s Nv ,ha nid wort of tho wnr
NV NV adns ~ % W. nars @ w s!"nS lam Mari.
ne ~ p;,'.S' "t t,,a d,ha at Wh,ta,s p;n,ia
a" ,ha T, n'PSo Stoor,S Farr, Dsadman,s IsIana
i';o ;0a iSp ISana V Groanhot;on, ninnla Cnncnn.
nnnva ,,ne ,I"' War ou;ct's Rnu and RRrnsh Greak
o4'I no4s u. va ,.Wnn,a1 i' ,h,, .ggrag.ts ia aos
cubic ards of gravel. Operations on the
Davis Island Dam have been energetically !
rushed.
Tha oo,;ve on,os;t;on that this work has
hor4t,f'ra .e ers xnnerrencad from nart nj rhe
ooai ;ntsrsst haa haen greatly modified Il
I"a "nt uhnllv w;tbdrswn a. ths work is bet.
, tar ,U' "ndaystnnd The annrnnrialions fo,
tbis vow viii h. q = hopsted by the close Of
r tha oa,en1sr vear and II 10 feared mucl
inahle t;ne will ha lost. unless an annro
nr;at;om shail no made hv Inngress in ad
pIJ pa~oa Of ,he regular biIi The subject a
;ca srh,,rx for fhs nrntect;o,, Of the gen
oral cn,nmsrce Of the Ohio River. has beer
. al van much stndv and snecial surveys bay,
+ baen made of tnc mnnths of the Muskin
, ,,,,, nnd NJ tho T;ttla K.nawha The ones
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