RAILROAD AND CANAL STATISTICS. RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES. A Table, showing the number of railroads in the United States, miles now in operation, total number of miles, number of locomotives, amount expended, amount required for completion, total cost, and the average cost per mile; derived from the report of Chevalier Van Gerstner, carried up to 1840. 2 $200,000 2941 2 10 10 1 141 14 2704 1 47 3 94 152 38 4534 1,317 196 $200,000 $20,000 610,000 $300,000 910,000 31,111 3654 52 11,100,000 2,435,000 13,535,000 37,055 473 6 2,500,000 2,500,000 52,632 7 1,905,000 1,000,000 2,905,000 19,079 45 11,311,800 10,503,000 21,814,800 16,570 48 576 8504 114 18,070,000 5,042,000 23,112,000 27,183 7192 37 5,547,000| 100,000 5,647,000 28,826 1 16 16 6 400,000 400,000 25,000 82734 7493 44 12,400,000 10,600,000 23,000,000 30,700 10 341 369 42 5,201,000 250,000 5,451,000 14,772 3247 247 11 3,163,000| 3,163,000 12,806 2136 202 27 3,200,000| 800,000 4,000,000 19,802 640 17 5,458,000 4,320,000 9,778,000 15,266 17,604 4321 3 1,222,000 3,434,000 4,656,000 10,763 218 20 2,862,000 1,834,000 4,696,000 18,880 210 8 3,490,000 2,240,000 5,730,000 27,221 0 1,100,000 855,000 1,955,000 12,880 947,000 1,250,000 2,197,000 22,885 1 420,140 2,859,000 3,279,140 7,883 21,375,000 3,245,000 4,620,000 19,512 8 1,896,000 5,653,000 7,459,000 10,222 2 1,832,000 15,177,500 17,009,500 11,970 42111 4 58 217 5 1,420,000 2,400,000 3,820,000 Alabama,.. Louisiana,. 7 51 10 62 Mississippi,. 5 50 Tennessee, 3 1604 2 32 96 6 39 416 2 20 246 10114 738 11 23 1,421 ERIE CANAL NAVIGATION, 1840. Statement of the number of boats arrived at and cleared from Albany and Troy, navigating the Erie canal, for each month of the season of navigation in the year 1840, and the aggregate thereof, and also the aggregate number for each of the eight years preceding 1840. Statement of the amount of tonnage on the Erie canal, going from tide water, during the season of navigation, in each of the years 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, and 1840; and also of the tonnage of the Erie canal arriving at tide water, in each of the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, and 1840, is as follows : The tonnage on the Erie canal going from tide water, for the years 1832, 1833, and 1834, cannot be furnished separate from the Champlain canal, as such returns from the collectors on the Champlain canal were not then required. The tonnage going from tide water in the years 1833 and 1834, including the Erie and Champlain canals, is as follows: In 1833,..... ....119,463 tons. In 1834,................114,608 tons. The tonnage of the Erie canal arriving at tide water, cannot be given previous to the year 1834, because statistical returns were not required before that year. As there are no monthly returns required of the tonnage, it is not practicable to give it for each month in the year 1840. Statement of the number of lockages at Alexander's lock, west of Schenectady, for each month of the season of navigation of 1840, and the aggregate thereof: and also the aggregate number of lockages at said lock for each of the eight years preceding 1840. For each month in 1840. For each year. April,..... 682 1832,. 3,831 1833, 18,601 20,649 22,911 25,798 25,516 21,055 25,962 24,234 26,987 UTICA AND SCHENECTADY RAILROAD. The report of the treasurer of this company, on a call from the legislature of New York, presents the following facts concerning this well-managed road. John G. Costigan, Esq., the present superintendent, is one of the most efficient, intelligent, and gentlemanly railroad managers in the country. The capital of the company is 20,000 shares,... $2,000,000 The total cost of the road, from its commencement to the 1st Jan. 1841, including the right of way, $322,470, and the purchase of the Mohawk Turnpike, $62,500, was...... The amount received from passengers, the mail and all sources, in 4 years and 5 months, from commencement of road to 1st Jan., 1841,. 1,618,517 The total expenses during the same period,.... 552,598 Nett earnings, 71 per cent, on 4 years,... 1,065,918 The dividends declared to 1st Jan., 1841, being equal to 13 per cent per annum on the capital of $1,500,000, during 4 years,.... 917,000 The total cost per mile of the 78 miles, including motive power, right of way and turnpike, is........ $23,580 Off right of way and turnpike,..............................、 4,934 18,446 This sum covers the cost of grading for a double track, with 20 miles of double track in the centre, and two miles of turn-outs. The above mentioned road has a light flat iron bar-rail. It is restricted from carrying freight, which it readily might do, thereby relieving the Erie canal, and materially subserving the interests of commerce. OPENING OF THE NEW YORK CANALS, 1827-39. The navigation of the canals was opened throughout all the lines, in 1840, on the 20th of April, and was closed on the 5th of December. Lake Erie was open at Buffalo, on the 27th of April. During the thirteen years next preceding, the canals and the lake at Buffalo were respectively navigable as follows:— 1833 352,150 TO UNITED STATES. Bags. Pounds. Bags. TOTAL. Pounds. 933,000,000 883,000,000 639,382 1,019,000,000 707,752 1,132,000,000 627,649 1,002,000,000 464,000,000 230,270 369,000,000 582;420 1834 378,678 605,000,000 174,646 278,000,000 553,324 1835 381,401 607,000,000 257,981 412,000,000 1836 400,311 640,000,000 307,441 492,000,000 1837 499,264 798,000,000 128,375 205,000,000 1838 513,768 821,000,000 267,036 430,000,000 780,804 1,251,000,000 1839 525,802 841,000,000 336,620 533,000,000 862,422 1,365,000,000 700,021 1,120,000,000 | 302,275 484,000,000 1,002,996 1,604,000,000 1840 The Boston Mercantile Journal says of this important article of commerce, that the amount raised has increased considerably of late years, and that the growth now actually exceeds the consumption by some 25,000 tons ' The following is the estimated growth for export in different countries: The following is the estimated consumption in Europe and America : Holland and Netherlands,......tons, 40,500 America,........ .........tons, 22,000 Total consumption,......tons, 140,000 Statement, snowing the prices of all descriptions of cotton wool, at Liverpool, during the last week of the years 1837, 1838, 1839, and 1840. COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. A Table, showing the capital invested in foreign trade; retail drygoods, grocery, and other stores, lumber-yards, number of men employed, capital invested, etc.: as ascertained by the census of 1840, from official documents published by the legislature. Total number of commercial houses in the state of New York, engaged in foreign trade, 459; of which 417 are in the city of New York. Total number of commission houses in the state of New York, 1049; of which 918 are in the city of New York. COMMERCIAL RESOURCES OF OHIO. The wheat crops of Ohio appear to be very large. The crop of 1839 is estimated at 18 millions of bushels. Estimating the home consumption at 7 bushels for each person, which is a fair allowance, considering the quantity of Indian consumed in the state, and 8 millions remain for exportation. The production of wheat, then, yields to the state of Ohio not less than six millions of dollars per annum, exclusive of its entire bread consumption. The production of Indian corn is not less than 30 millions of bushels! An amount which may give an idea of the vast number of hogs, cattle, and horses, which are raised in the west. |