TABLE NO 10.

TONNAGE OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND ERIE RAILROADS AND THE CANALS, 1853-1885. *

 

Year.

N. Y. C. R. R.

Erie R. R.

Canals.

  

Year.

N. Y. C. R. R.

Erie R. R.

Canals.

1853

360,000

631,039

4,247,853

  

1870

4,122,000

4,852,505

6,173,769

1854

549,804

743,250

4,165,862

  

1871

4,532,956

4,844,208

6,467,888

1855

670,073

842,048

4,022,617

  

1872

4,393,965

5,564,274

6,673,370

1856

776,112

943,215

4,116,084

  

1873

5,522,724

6,312,702

6,364,782

1857

838,791

978,066

3,344,061

  

1874

6,114,678

6,364,276

5,804,588

1858

765,407

816,954

3,665,192

  

1875

6,001,954

6,239,946

4,859,858

1859

834,319

869,073

3,781,684

  

1876

6,803,680

5,972,818

4,172,129

1860

1,028,183

1,139,554

4,650,214

  

1877

6,351,356

6,182,451

4,955,963

1861

1,167,302

1,253,418

4,507,635

  

1878

7,695,413

6,150,568

5,171,320

1862

1,387,433

1,632,955

5,598,785

  

1879

9,015,753

8,212,641

5,362,372

1863

1,449,604

1,815,096

5,557,692

  

1880

10,533,038

8,715,892

6,457,556

1864

1,557,148

2,170,798

4,852,941

  

1881

11,591,379

11,086,823

5,179,192

1865

1,275,299

2,234,350

4,729,654

  

1882

11,330,393

11,895,238

5,467,423

1866

1,602,197

3,242,792

5,775,220

  

1883

10,892,440

13,610,623

5,684,956

1867

1,667,926

3,484,546

5,688,325

  

1884

10,212,418

11,071,938

5,009,488

1868

1,846,599

3,908,243

6,442,225

  

1885

10,733,499

10,253,489

4,731,784

1869

2,281,885

4,312,209

5,859,080

          

* Report of Superintendent of Public Works, – 1904, p. 207.

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