The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-09
Annual Report Of Collector of the
Port Shows INCREASE in the
Tonnage for Year
FIRST FOREIGN IMPORTS HERE
Report Shows That 500 Vessels Ar.
rived in the Harbor This Year
and That Their Tonnage Was
More Than 100000 Tons

George Hale, deputy collector of
customs for the port of Kenosha, to.
day forwarded to the Collector at
Milwaukee his annual report for the
support of Kenosha for the calendar
year ending on December 81 of last
year, and the report will be of inter-
est to Kenosha people in that it
shows that the business of the harbor
is rapidly picking up again.
The number of DO It's entering the
harbor during the year, and the tom
mage of the boats shows an increase,
and if this healthy increase con-
tinues, in few years the port of Ke-
nosha will again return to it's pristine
fame as one of the leading lake ports
on the Western shore. The falling
off in the business of the harbor has
been SO noted during the past few
years that the Government Engineers
have been slow to ask for any appro-
priation for further Improvements of
the Kenosha harbor, out with the in
crease IN the number of vessels and
their tonnage it is thought that the
engineer, Major Judson, IN charge of
this district, will make better prcvi-
sion for the maintenance of the har-
Dor.
Last year Congress appropriated
$4,000 for the Kenosha harbor, but
this money has not been expended on
account of the fact that it was
thought that the business Of the port
would not warrant such expenditure.
Plans for changes in the harbor have
been made some time ago, and it is
possible that the work of carrying
out these plans will be taken up next
season. The report of the Deputy
Collector shows that during the year
there were 335 steam vessels with
tonnage of 95,873 tons arrived in Ke-
nosha. There were "a sailing vessels
with a tonnage Of 1884 tons. The
total tonnage for the year was 1922
562. There were $50 steam vessels
and "a sailing vessels cleared during
the year, and the tonnage cleared was
1850.
Two large steam vessels laid up for
the winter in the Kenosha harbor.
The report of the exports for the year
shows that the main export from Ke.
nosha was merchandise, the lamount
reaching total of 1901 tons. This
was mostly made up of the products
of the Kenosha factories shipped
with the Hill Boat Line. During the
year Kenosha shipped out by boat
1880 bushels of potatoes and 100
barrels of apples.
The imports Of the city included
2O,875 tons of coal, 7,715,0O0 feet of
lumber, 4,612 cords of tan bark, 1884
tons of merchandise, a. 500 bushels
of potatoes, $50 cords of wood, 1,40O
yards of crushed stone, 10 tons of
fresh fruit, II, 100 pounds of fresh
fish, and 200 barrels of apples.
One Of the features of the report is
the fact that during this year Keno
sha received her first shipments from
Canadian ports. The shipments were
wholly of tan bark and under the
treaty with Canada this bark is ad-
mitted to this country free of duty.
No other foreign imports were
brought into Kenosha over the lake
during the year and not a cent of
revenue was collected.
It is thought that the port of Keno
sha will show larger proportionate
increase in the business for the year
than either Racine or Waukegan,