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ERIE COUNTY.
Buffalo is the second commercial city of the State, and the largest and most important upon the
great lakes.1 Its situation at the foot of navigation upon Lake Erie and at the western terminus of
the Erie Canal makes it the principal port for the transhipment of the products of the great grain
region of the Upper Mississippi Yalley, and gives to it the command of the greater part of the
commerce of the lakes.2 The number of entries at this port during the year 1857 was 4,017, with
an aggregate of 1,618,672 tons; and the number of clearances was 3,564, with an aggregate of
1,603,134 tons.3 The exportation and importation by canal is also immense;4 and it is estimated
317
5,713.611
8,286
242
5,211
635
622
845,953
912
139,051
193
75,174
1.323
643,000
221247
21513
68,2831319
1,602,000
150
113
1,789
1,214,760
20,283
1,595
1,150
48,536
14,830
2,173
23,024,213
1,669,000
44.972
270
2,102
445,750
42.140
8,334.179
35,613
681
9,632,477
5.326
820
5,826
890
729
1,126,048
327
111,856
408
72,713
2,077
5,335,500
30,677
2.326
60,584,541
920.000
1,800
805
• 2,870
1,733,382
60.477
3,368
287
245,810
15.297
1,814
18,556,039
398.000
41,467
623
3,837
634,900
36,009
8,466.671
411592
239
8,711,230
5,591
379
6,752
1,112
1,276
936,761
1,191
90,964
362
59,944
3,994
10,357,136
67,309
2,265
72,026,651
245,000
867
346
4,700
2,693,322
106,682
4,311
480
299,591
20,522
2,391
16,421,568
1,764,000
26,508
489
3,470
1,234,100
37,087
8,022.126
47',168
3,255
33,320
7,366
46,327
1,241,600
9,220,932
25,283
404
53,512
1,870,488
2,975
59,911
5,086
37,844
923,000
3,612,519
29,799
91
57,247
2.587,600
4,295
97,804
9,725
62,304
1,988,920
10,768,396
14,049
225
69,878
560,000
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Year. |
Flour. |
Wheat. |
Com. |
Oats. |
Barley. |
Bye. |
|
1836... |
139,178 |
304,090 |
204,355 |
28,640 |
4,876 |
1,500 |
|
1837... |
126,805 |
450.350 |
94,490 |
2,553 |
|
3,267 |
|
1838... |
277,620 |
933,117 |
34,148 |
6,577 |
|
909 |
|
1839... |
294,125 |
1,117,262 |
|
|
|
|
|
1840... |
597,742 |
1,004,561 |
71,327 |
|
|
|
|
1841... |
730,040 |
1,635,000 |
201,031 |
14,144 |
|
2,150 |
|
1842- |
734,308 |
1,555,430 |
454,530 |
|
4,710 |
1,228 |
|
1843... |
917,517 |
1,827,241 |
223,983 |
2,489 |
|
1,332 |
|
1844... |
915,030 |
2,177,500 |
137,978 |
18,017 |
1,617 |
456 |
|
1845- |
746,750 |
1,770,740 |
54,200 |
23,100 |
|
|
|
1846- |
1,374,529 |
4,744,184 |
1,455,258 |
218,300 |
47,530 |
28,250 |
|
1847... |
1,857,000 |
6,489,100 |
2,862,300 |
446,000 |
|
70,787 |
|
1848- |
1,249,000 |
4,520,117 |
2,298,100 |
560,000 |
|
17,809 |
|
1849- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1850- |
1,103,039 |
3,681,346 |
2,593,378 |
359,580 |
3,600 |
|
|
1851- |
1,258,224 |
4,167.121 |
5,988,775 |
1,140,340 |
142,773 |
10,652 |
|
1852- |
1,299,513 |
5,549,778 |
5,136,746 |
2,596,231 |
497,913 |
112,271 |
|
1853... |
975,557 |
5,424,043 |
3,665,793 |
1,480.655 |
401,098 |
107,152 |
|
1854- |
739,756 |
3,510,792 |
10,109,973 |
4,441,739 |
313,885 |
177,066 |
|
1855- |
936,761 |
8,022,126 |
9,711,230 |
2,693,222 |
62,304 |
299,591 |
|
1856- |
1,126,048 |
8,465,671 |
9,632,477 |
1.733,382 |
46,327 |
245,810 |
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1857- |
845,953 |
8,334,179 |
5,713,611 |
1,214,760 |
37.844 |
48,536 |
1 It is often called “ The Queen City,” and “ The Queen City
of the Lakes.”
2 The amount of grain received in 1857 was 15,443,778 hush.,
and of flour 925,411 bbls., of which 15,348,930 bush, of grain and
845,953 bbls. of flour were received by lake. The same year
there were received by lake 29,799 head of cattle, 75,174 hogs,
and 44,972 sheep. The following table shows the imports, by
lake, of flour and grain for a series of years:— _
The annual average receipts of flour during the first five years
was about 360,000 bbls.; during the next five it was 820,000;
during the next five, 1,474,000; and during the next five, 969,000.
The whole amount of grain received in 1847 was 9,668,187 bush.,
and in 1855 20,788,475 bush.,—the greatest amount in any one
year. This was a greater amount than was received that year
in any other port in the world. The following table shows the
receipts of leading articles during three seasons:—
Beef, bbls..............
Broom Com, bales..
Barley, bush.........
Butter, lbs............
Bacon, lbs.............
Cattle, No.............
Cranberries, bbls...
Coal, tons..............
Copper Ore, lbs..
|
Year. |
No. |
Tonnage. |
Men. |
|
1852............ |
9,441 |
3,092,247 |
127,491 |
|
1853............ |
8,298 |
3,252,978 |
128,112 |
|
1854............ |
8.912 |
3,990,284 |
120,838 |
|
1855............ |
9,211 |
3,360,233 |
111.515 |
|
1856............ |
8,128 |
3,018,587 |
112,051 |
|
1857............ |
7,581 |
3,221,806 |
132,183 |
Cotton, bales..............
Corn, bush................
Eggs, bbls.................
Feathers, sacks..........
Fish, bbls.................
Furs, bdls.................
Flax, bales................
Flour, bbls................
Hemp, bales.............
Hides, No..................
Horses, No................
Hogs, No...................
Iron, pig, tons............
Lard, lbs..................
Lead, pigs.................
Leather, rolls............
Lumber, ft................
Lath, No...................
Meal, com, bbls..........
Nuts, bbls.................
Oil, bbls...................
Oats, bush................
Pork, bbls................
Pelts, bdls................
Bobes, Buffalo, bales...
Bye, bush.................
Seeds, bbls................
Skins, bdls................
Staves, No................
Shingles, No.............
Sheep, No.................
Tobacco, hhds............
Tobacco, cases............
Tallow, lbs|...............
Whisky, bbls............
Wheat, bush.............
Wool, bales...............
The total value of the importations of these three years were, in
1855, $48,767,315; in 1856, $40,429,871; and in 1857, $34,846,592.
3 Following is an exhibit of the number of entrances and
clearances, their tonnage and crews, for six successive years:—
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4 The following tables show the receipts and shipments of leading articles for the year 1857:—The total value of the canal ship¬
ments that year was $16,956,740, and the tolls of the same received at the collector’s office amounted to, $569,537.44.
RECEIPTS. |
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Lumber, ft.................... |
...... 1,853,693 |
Bran, &c. lbs..................... |
236,689 |
Foreign salt, lbs................. |
193,839 |
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Timber, 100 cubic ft........ |
....... 30,920 |
Beans and peas, bush......... |
10,908 |
Sugar, IBS......................... |
12,768,136
7,701,144 |
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Staves, lbs..................... |
|
Potatoes, bush................... |
3,342 |
Molasses, lbs..................... |
|
Wood, cords................... |
....... 25,835 |
Dried fruit, lbs................... |
. 130,900 |
Coffee, lbs.......................... |
4,900,077 |
|
Cheese, lbs.................... |
....... 22,662 |
Hops, lbs.......................... |
621,852
24,720 |
Nails, spikes, &c. lbs.......... |
2,856,471 |
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|
....... 1,320 |
|
|
12,417.665
32,187,521 |
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Hides, lbs...................... |
|
Leather, lbs...................... |
. 714.135 |
Bailroad iron, lbs................
Crockery and glassware, lbs |
|
Flour, bbls.................... |
|
Furniture, lbs.................... |
, 4,363,775
. 12,417,164 |
5,606,277
92,894,060 |
|
Wheat, bush.................. |
...... 19,966 |
Pig iron, lbs...................... |
All other mdse, lbs............. |
|
Bye, bush..................... |
....... 7,778 |
Castings and ironware, lbs— |
. 30,902,457 |
Stone, lime, and clay, lbs..... |
74,134,242 |
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Corn, bush.................... |
|
Domestic cottons, lbs.......... |
594,868 |
Gypsum, lbs...................... |
560,687 |
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Barley, bush.................. |
...... 37,434 |
Domestic salt, lbs............... |
, 52,278,989 |
Coal, lbs............................ |
115,193,297 |
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Sundries, lbs..................... |
10,471,711 |
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SHIPMENTS. |
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Lumber, ft...................... |
. 43,727,523 |
Bye, bush...................... |
6.341 |
Furniture, lbs...................... |
393,025
214,416 |
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Timber, 100 cubic ft.......... |
12,485 |
Com, bush..................... |
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Lead, lbs............................. |
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Staves, lbs...................... |
. 185,921.748 |
Barley, bush................... |
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Pig iron, lbs........................ |
1,240,408 |
|
|
1,829 |
|
..... 905,814 |
|
87,736
121,789 |
|
Pork, bbls....................... |
9,195 |
Bran, &c. lbs.................. |
..... 4,796,624 |
Castings and ironware, lbs..... |
|
Beef, bbls....................... |
5,256 |
Dried fruits, lbs............... |
Domestic salt, lbs................. |
32,100 |
|
Bacon, lbs....................... |
. 2,112,093 |
Cotton, lbs....................- |
|
Iron and steel, lbs.............- |
201,703 |
|
Cheese, lbs...................... |
65,469 |
Tobacco, lbs.................... |
|
Bailroad iron, lbs.................. |
|
Butter, lbs...................... |
9,874 |
Hemp, lbs....................... |
|
Crockery and glassware, lbs.. |
122,594 |
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Lard, tallow, and lard oil. |
710,435 |
Seed, lbs......................... |
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All other mdse, lbs............... |
674,242 |
|
Wool, lbs........................ |
.. 1,325,289 |
Flaxseed, lbs.....-............ |
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Stone, lime, and clay, lbs....... |
4,989,599 |
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Hides, lbs....................... |
780,885 |
Hops, lbs......................... |
...... 1,529 |
Coal, lbs.............................. |
28,051,852 |
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Flour, bbls....................... |
88,092 |
Domestic spirits, gals....... |
...... 836,000 |
Copper ore, lbs..................... |
2.565,201 |
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Wheat, bush................... |
.. 6,673,827 |
Leather, lbs..................... |
..... 56,786 |
Sundries, lbs........................ |
12,771,000 |
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