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Esq., President ; AXU The Council of the Montreal Board of Trade : — Gentlemen, By referring to the Report which I made to you on the " Nccesnity for Reducing the (Janul Tolls," you will find the following remark on page 7 : — "A future opportunity may occur for answering a most important question — Wliat will be the effect of Canal Tolls — especially those on the Wellaud — upon the- carrying trade of the near future, between tlie older Provinces of Canada and those of the North- West via Lake Superior? The Secretary has also at hand tlie state- ments of a season's trade by the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, from which it may be fairly inferred that thes-e Canadian Canal Toils will operate very adversely to the intere.iits of the Merchants and Common Carriers of the Dominion." That was written under date 29th March, 1881, and the Canal Tolls were considerably modified by an Order-in-Council, of 21st April following. It was considered desirable, therefore, to ascertain, if possible, what might be the eficct of the modifications upon Canal trafiic, at least approximately, in 1881, as contrasted with 1880 ; but, when it is remembered that the condition of the trade in Breadstufis was exceptional in 1881, there will be no difficulty in concluding that a comparison of its figures with those of 1880, in which the Grain trade of Montreal was the largest on record, would not be a rery fair one. On looking a little more closely into the subject, it becomes evident that the Canal Tolls are not the sole difficulties which are encountered by Forwarders •"V** ':.}.: CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. and Transportation Companies in connection with Canadian Inland Commerce. It is my purpose, therefore, to bring under your notice some important particu- lars relating to the existing traffic between ports on Lake Superior and the Lower Lakes, — to the increase of the trade that may almost immediately be looked for, — and to the improvements in navigation that must inevitably be made to secure much of it for the future. ^■/ i NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE TRAFFIC. Detailed statements showing the traffic passing through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal during 1879 and 1880 are given in»pp. 11 to 15. It will be quite enough to submit here a few items of the upward and downward business in each of four years, — 1873, 1874, and 1879, 1880, — showing an annual aggregate amoTin ting to many millions of dollars:— „ " ■ SOME ITEMS OF .UPWARD TRAFFIC. Floar, brls Coal, tons Coarse Grains, bush. Ground Feed, tons. . Kervsene Oil, brls. . . 1873. 26,7!»6 96,780 309,MB 5,314 6,738 1874. 29,060 84.326 29,809 3,172 6,078 1879. 15,262 110,704 291, 5W> 2,630 8,200 1880. 17,191 170,501 312,716 1,430 14,752 SOME ITEMS OF DOWNWARD TRAFFIC. Copper, Mass, tons. . Copper, Ingot, tons. Stamp work, tons. . . Iron Ore, tons Pig Iron, tons Silver Ore, tons Fish, half brls Fish, fresh, cars .... WTieat, bush Flour, brls Feed, tons 1873. 2,816 2,1C4 4,007 604,121 39,849 580 9,228 2,119,997 145,897 214 1874. 3,964 13,345 8,246 606,384 41,905 601 43,630 1,470,956 269,347 970 1879. 1,440 16,148 4,721 640,075 6,666 324 12,071 148 2,603,666 498,943 1,238 1880. 1,795 11,839 1,969 670,973 6,004 66 13,508 124 3105,922 606,459 886 The statements above-referred-to consist of four tables, showing all the kinds and quantities of merchandise passing through the Canal either way. Table I. shows the amount of the traffic between Chicago and ports in Lake Superior; while Table II. indicates the variety and quantities of the merchandise going and coming between Lake Superior and Lower Lake ports, — &11, as far as can be ascertained, in U. S. craft. The arrangements contem- plated by the U. S. Government (hereafter referred to) for the improvement of a channel for the exclusive use of American vessels, show how great a valu^ is set upon the future commerce of the North- West, and a firm determination to keep control of it, at all hazards. \ '.^A . 1 \ \ M ' f \ CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. 6 Table III. gives a similar view of ihe up and down traffic in Canadian vessels. There was a general increase in the volume of merchandise in the season of 1880 ; although, with one or two exceptions, the percentage was not large. Table IV. shows the aggregate trade of the United States and Canada, and there appear to have been large increases in the movement of most staples passing upward. The downward movement shows decreased shipments from the copper mines, but increases of iron ore. There was a decrease of half a million bushels of Wheat in 1880, but an increase in Flour, and very large increases in Com and Lumber. The dues formerly levied upon craft passing through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal were 2^c. per ton register, whether the vessels passing up or down were light or loaded, and without distinction of nationality. These dues are now abolished. . „,- CEAFT IN LAKE SUPERIOR TRADE.— CANADIAN ROUTES. The trade carried on between Lake Superior and the other lakes (includ- ing Georgian Bay) gave employment, during the season of navigation in 1879, to vessels of all kinds, aggregating 117,156 tons register,— the capacity in 1880 being 124,948 tons register. I have at hand a list of names of all these vessels, showing the number of trips made up and down in each of these years ; but this Report need not be encumbered with such details. The following summary will convey all the information needed for my present purpose : — PLYING BETWEEN CHICAGO AND LAKE SUPERIOK. 1879. 1880. Number of Passenger and Mail Steamers 5 5 Total registered tonnage 4,453 4,453 Number of up and down passages through Canal 110 100 PLYING BETWEEN LOWER LAKES AND LAKE SUPERIOR. ' ' Number of Passenger and Mail Steamers 10 12 Total registered tonnage 9,548 12,864 Number of up and down passages through Canal 246 286 Number of Steam Barges 32 38 Total registered tonnage 28,206 31,5!M) Number of up and do^vu passages through Canal 504 495 Number of Steam Vessels with Consorts 151 163 Total registered tonnage 63,348 65,721 Number of up and down passages through Canal 1,323 1,677 CANADIAN VESSEI^. Number of Steamers for Freight and Passengers 11 11 Total registered tonnege 6,846 6,886 Number of up and down passages through Canal 228 244 Number of Steam Vessels with Barges 16 13 Total registered tonnage 4,7M 3,482 Nmmb«r of up and down paasage* through Cwud 80 41 1 P2 CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. With regard to Canadian channels for the future Lake Superior trade, during open naTigation each year, th*^ following five routes show coinparatiTe distances from Montreal, and indicate that the all-water route via the Welland Canal ifl 338 miles longer than the rail and water route via Midland City : — FROM MONTREAL TO FORT WILLIAM :- 1 . By RlTer St. Lawrence, Welland Canal, and Lakes Erie, Huron and Superior 1,2C3 miles 2. By Railway to Goderich,— thence by Lakes Huron and Superior 1,006 3. By Railway to Owen Sound,— thence by Georgian Bay and Lake Superior 980 4. By Railway to Collingwood,— thence by Georgian Bay and Lake Superior 971 5. By Railway to Midland City,— thence by Georgian Bay and Lake Superior 925 The difference between the all-water route and the rail-and-water lines (about three days) may probably not prevent the former being selected for the transportation of the heavier kinds of merchandise, that will not bear the cost of extra handling. On the whole, however, quick delivery by the shorter routes would more than counterbalance any small difference in through rates of freight by the St. Lawrence and Welland, — handicapped as the great Water Highway would be by Canal Tolls. THE STE. MAKIE KIVEE AND CANALS. The Eiver Ste. Marie, from its commencement at the outlet of Lake Su- |)erior to where it enters Lake Huron, is 60 miles long, mid-channel forming the boundary-line between the United States and Canada. Navigation is com- pletely obstructed by the Ste. Marie Eapids ; but that barrier is now orercome by two parallel canals on the United States side. The dimensions of two locks on the older one are : — length, 350 feet by 70 feet ; the ordinary depth of water on the mitre-sills being 12 feet, the lift of the two being 17^ feet. The dimensions of the lock on the new canal, which has only recently been completed, are, — length, 515 feet ; width^ 80 feet in chamber, and 60 feet at gates ; depth of water ob mitre-sill at ordinary stage, 16 feet, — there being but one lock with a lift of 17^ feet. The lock-gates of the new canal are opened and closed by hydraulic power, and the machinery employed for that purpose is said to *' work like a charm." The lock-gates of the old canal continue to be opened and shut by a hand-wind- lass. A great improvement has, however, been recently made. The guard gates of the old canal are removed^ and a n6W and greatly improved one substi- tuted. This gate moves on a pivot and is worked on a round table ; it is situated on the south bank of the canal, and in case of accident to any of the locks, can be easily turned, for it is balanced with brick-work built into a frame of iron on that part which is to remain on the shore. The gate swings acrom the canal, fitting into places made for it on the opposite bank, and, dropping to CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. A the bottom, is received into a place also made for it, and so shuts off the water thai supplies the canal. The navigable channel of the Ste. Marie River is sometimes on the Cana- dian side of the boundary-line, sometimes on that of the United States. The Government of the latter country has had a survey made of waters within its own jurisdiction — notably in Hay and Mud Lakes — for the purpose of obtaining an independent and shorter passage, with an average ordinary depth of 16 feet, thus keeping for its own commerce the increased facilities afforded by the new canal. The improvement to accomplish this may be completed by the end of 1882. The advantages that will thus be secured to vessel-owners of the United States, will be immensely increased, admitting of an addition of 33 per cent, to the carrying capacity of their steamers. Of course, so far as the channel is common to both countries, improve- ments made by either Government inure to the advantage of each. But the channels used by the craft of both diverge below the Neebish Rapids, at the head of St. Joseph's Island, — the Canadian route being on the north side as far as Bruce Mines, where it divides, one branch taking a southward course to Lake Huron, for Sarnia, and the other taking the route to Collingwood, in Georgian Bay, by what is called the North Channel. The Canadian route from the Neebish Rapids to Little Current, a distance of 120 miles from the Canals, is supposed to have sometimes a maximum depth of 12 feet; but the experience of all captains on the route does not bear out thif view, there being dangerous rocks forming narrow channels between the head of St. Joseph's Island and Bruce Mines. NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN CANADIAN WATERS. Official particulars have not been available ; but the best information obtained from private sources, shows that operations for improving the channel on the Canada side of the Neebish Rapids were commenced in 1878 ; and during the summer months of that year, as well as during the seasons of 1879 and 1880, — the work consisting of the removal of boulders and blasting the bed-rock. These efforts were very necessary, and have been advantageous to navigation. They should be further prosecuted, howover, for it appears that, notwithstanding what has been done, steamboats can only pass that and other points in daylight ; — more deepening and widening must be effected, to make the Canal improvementa available. i ^ The Canadian Channel, between St. Joseph's Island and the north shore, from the Neebish Rapids to the Bruc« Mines (a distance of about 20 miles), ,n«(eds improvement at several places, where there are dangerous rocks that form 8 CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. Tery contracted channels through which all Canadian craft in the Lake Superior trade, from Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, have to pass. In 1881 there was excellent work accomplished at Little Current, some 35- miles eastward from the entrance to the North Channel, and directly in the course of steamers to and from Georgian Bay. INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEST. There are two very important considerations arising out of the prospective- trade between the North-West and the older Provinces of the Dominion, which seem to call for immediate attention on the part of the Government. One of these is that the channel between the ports in the Georgian Bay and Canadian ports in Lake Superior should be so improved and deepened as to enable the vessel-owners of the Dominion to secure all the advantages which will arise from the new canal that has recently been completed, by the use of propellors of greater draft of water. It must not be overlooked, however, that to use the United States Canals at the Sault, as a part of the highway for Canadian com- merce, is simply putting it in the power of a foreign government to throttle the trade, — whenever it may appear to answer its purpose, — as was done at the time- of the Riel troubles, ten or twelve years ago, when the passage of merchant vessels westward was prevented. The important alternative proposition is that the Government at Ottawa she lid, without delay, build a canal of sufficient capacity on the Canada side of the Ste. Marie Ri\er. for the following considerations : 1. There was a short canal on the north side of the river in use more than eighty years ago. It is mentioned in Mr. Harman's Diary of Journeyings in the North- West, under date May 30, 1800. Referring to the North- West Company's establishment at Sault Ste. Marie, he says ; — "Here the Company have built locks in order to take up loaded canoes, that they may not be under the necessity of carrying them by land to the head of the rapid, for the current is too strong to be stemmed by any craft." 2. A site for a canal at the Sault was surveyed in 1852 by the Department of Public Works, that is, before the old canal on the United States side of the river was commenced. It was reported that there were no engineering difficul- ties ; and that every condition existed in favor of the construction, at a moderate ^expense, of a first-class canal. Some of the trial pits are still visible along the line that was selected. There are good bays at the upper and lower entrances.. /' CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCK. ;' This is of immense importance, as afFordinjr perfect safi'ty for vessels entering, • eopecially from above. 3. In 1871, the Canal Commission recommended the makingof such a canal, — about half-a-milc in length — the distance between the deep water bays at the upper and lower entrances being little over a mile, and at a cost of 0550,000. This estimate included entrance piers and exfavations to deep water, superinten- denta' and lock-tenders' houses, the lock to be 270 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 12 feet on mitre-sills. 4. A canal, with a lock chamber 300 ft. x 60 ft. x 14 ft. would perhaps l>e quite adequate to the requirements of increasing traffic, and that would involve some increase in estimated cost. A survey of the route usually followed by the steamers from ports in Georgian Bay to Lake Superior would probably show- that the cost of a 14 ibot channel would not involve a greater outlay than would be more than counterbii lanced by the accruing commercial advantages. 5. The construction of such a canal would effectually prevent foreign inter- ference with commerce between the Canadian North-Wcst and the Provinces to the eastward. 6. On this question, the Rev. Principal Grant has said : "The report of a North Western Navigation Company, in 1858, gives the length of a ship canal around the Ste. Marie rapids, on the Canadian side, as only 838 yards, while on the opposite side, the length is a mile and one-seventh. In the interest of peace and commerce, and because it would be a convenience to trade now, and may be ere long an absolute national necessity, let us have our own roadway across that short half-mile. Canada can already boast of the finest ship-canal system in the world ; this trifling addition would be the crowning work, and complete her in- land water communication from the ocean westerly, across thirty degrees of longitude to the far end of Lake Superior." 7. It may be taken as a fair indication of the views of commercial men in Canada, that, at the annual meeting of the Dominion Board of Trade, held at Ottawa, in February, 1874, — at which twenty-seven Boards and ChamberH were represented, — the following resolution was adopted : — " That in the " opinion of this Board it is of vital importance to the interests of the Dominion " that a canal should be built at Sault Ste. Marie, and that the Government be " urged to proceed with the work so soon as means at its disposal admit of it." 10 CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. CONCLTTSION.— RECOMMENDATION. It would be easy to elaborate an arj^uinent in favor of the immediate removal of every obstacle from what will, evidently for years to come, be a great Summer- 'channel of commerce, — the Ste. Marie River ; but the merchants and business- xuen of Canada arc quite able to appreciate the statements submitted for their consideration without special pleading. It is not likely that, when the facts are considered, they will allow the water-way that leads up to Lake Superior to be impeded by physical obstructions, or their internal commerce imperilled by risk of foreign interposition ; I have, therefore, pleasure in submitting this Report, which is almost entirely a rtsumi of particulars bearing upon the question. Permit me, in conclusion, most respectfully to suggest that you bring this (subject before the Dominion Government, by memorial or otherwise ; and that it be brought also to the notice of the different Boards of Trade. I am, Gentlimsn, Your Obedient Servant, WM. J. PATTERSON, .Montreal, \st March, 1882. Secretary. . r ■ M-' APPENDIX. STATEMENT I. Showing the amount and kind of Freight carried through the Canal (Sault Ste. Marie) to Lake Superior on Voats runu' between Lake Superior and the lower Lakes during the seasons of navigat q 1879 and 1880. UPWARD FKiiJlGHT. 1879. 1880. Aeld cwrboTB 282 71 Apples bbls 10,246 31,431 Bacon lbs 49,990 Bntter Ibe 92,424 227,60« Barrel hoops brtls 3,601 2,000 Barrelheads bdls 330 30 Beef bbls 340 1,295 Boilers 28 46 Beer kegs 330 971 Bar Iron tons 3,692 2,363 Brick m 948 2,937 Carriages 2 Cattle 64 161 Canned Goods cans 6,200 cases 800 Crockery crates 15 Coal Oil bbls 7,342 13,271 Coal tons 110,112 168,460 Candles lbs 61,648 163,211 Cheese lbs 6,849 36,872 Coffee bags 7,635 4,740 Coarse Grain bush 6,030 09,600 Cement bbls 11,736 17,093 Cordage coils 236 Cider bbls 20 Coke tons 200 1,667 Dried Fruits lbs 130,889 37,740 Engines 21 37 Eggs bbls 163 624 Ffih kegs 8,923 6,607 Floor bbls 1,432 2,663 Tamitnre pieces 2,619 4,844 FireBrick m 146 683 Fireclay. tons 664 284 OrovndFeed tons 1,066 421 Horses and Mules 71 346 Hogs 31 19 Ha^ tons MO 791 Household Goods . . ..pkgs 168 Lime bbls 3,292 16,934 Lekther rolls 178 LwdOil bbls 1,798 3,100 Liird lbs 3,960 79,220 1879. 1M9. Liquors bbls Limestone tons Lumber Throwers and Reapers Malt lbs Machinery tons Moulding Sand tons Nails kegs Oak Lumber Pig Iron tons Pork bbls Powder tons Potatoes bosh Railroad Iron tons Railroad Spikes kegs Railroad Splices bdls Sewing Machines Slate tons Sheep Salpetre lbs Sumach lbs Steam Pump Salt bbls Sugar bbls Soap boxes Soda lbs Syrup bbls Staves Shingles m Tea chests Tobacco lbs Tallow lbs Threshing Machines Vinegar bbls Vegetables bush Window Glass boxes Wagons Wheelbarrows Merchandise not other- wise enumerated, .tons Passengers 967 1,120 8,838 10,540 360,006 25,000 «7 23 234,197 695,640 62« 2,702 600 710 47,632 ni,30O 368 790 368 54fi 172 346 3,636 11,763 31,044 19,58» 5,833 12,583 665 94 96 38 6,600 6.00« 1 88,368 72,076 23407 8,453 11,291 6,00t 13,822 46,280 3,378 1,18T ,104,000 362,000 388,000 6,684 '4,194 213,639 65,47r 1,060 < sas 702 6,530 5,103 3,343 1,13S 371 319 501 38,60» i7,«a 13,«S9 (i,im r 12 CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. DOWNWARD FREIGHT. ]87f Butter lbs 2,600 Bones tons H CoalOil bbls 421 Carboys 561 Carriages Corn bush 374,?76 Copper, Ingot tons 15,719i Copper, Mass tons 1,4353 Copper Stamp W'rk.tons 4,6ao| Flour bbls 246,623 Flour sacks 117,340 Fertilizer sacks 300 Feed tons 170 Flax Seed bush 19,870 Furs and Pelts bales 25 Fresh Fish cars 147 Fish half bbls 4,261 Grain Separators Horses and Mules 4 Hides bales 491 Hides 1,049 Household Goods.. pieces 4«4 Iron Ore tons 539,542 Kaolite tons 1.38 1880, 250 5 1,287,630 11,400} 1,7(4 1,792| 393,829 25 3,2,55 .592 106 5,102 6 7 1,356 .516 666,643 280 107 4,804 2,132 18 1879. 1880. Linseed Oil bbls 40 Lumber 20,382,000 33,594,000 Oats bush 20,000 Oilcake 227 Potatoes bush 1,961 80 Powder tons 49 Potash tons 114 Pig Iron tons 4,597 Quartz tons 492 Rags tons 28 Rags bales 131 Railroad Ties 7 000 Silver Ore tons 47 9J Scrap Iron tons 548^ 882 Shingles 120,000 128,000 Square Timber c. feet 64,000 18,000 Tallow lbs 417,798 70,451 Tallow Oil bbls 276 Telegraph Poles 280 150 Wheat bush 2,223,462 1,792,020 AVool lbs 278,4.56 Merchfindise not other- wise enumerated., tons 376 662 Passengers 1,719 3,351 STATEMENT II. Showing the amount and kind of Freight carried through tho Canal (Sault Ste. Marie) to Lake Superior on boats running between Chicago and Lake Superior Ports during the seasons of navigation 1879 and ^ 1880. , >: UPWARD FREIGHT. . : 1879. Apples bWs 2,846 Butter lbs 129,970 Bacon ibs 208,679 Beef bbls 2,25«i Boilers 7 Beer kegs 2,854 Beer cases 3,860 Barlron tons 102 Brick m 158 Cattle 645 Coal Oil bbls 7 Coal tons 262 Candles boxes 3,609 Cheese lbs 17,559 Colfee bags 1,130 Coarse Grain bush 247,425 Cement bbls 1,518 Dried Fruits lbs 12,110 Eggs bbls 1,284 Engines. Fish kegB 1,738 Fireclay tona Flour bbls 8,049 Furniture pieces 7,603 Fire-Brick m 6 Ground Feed tons 1,475 Horses and Mules 210 Hogs 660 Hay tons 1,9m 1880. 2,324 223,080 171,9.%'i 1,864 9 3,411 750 12.'i 57 397 25 121 41,470 72,475 1,137 220,966 489 17,740 596 2 4,475 11 8,270 24,448 36 963 253 51 7S1 1870. 1860, Lime bbls 1,735 1,280 Lard Oil bbls 177 139 Liird lbs 93,510 146,770 Liquors bbls 1,290 2,013 Lumber feet 325,000 Malt lbs 481,343 484,100 Mowers and Reapers 9 19 Machinery tons 18 164 Nails ;....kegs 2,340 1,447 Pork bbls 3,647 4,507 Potatoes ' . . . bush 5,462 7,315 Railroad Iron tons 78 1,138 Railroad Spikes kegs 92 214 Salt bbls 187 576 Sugar bbls 2,802 3,454 Sheep 1,331 1,062 Soap boxes 5,804 5,712 Soda lbs 4,050 Syrup bbls 504 692 Tea chests 1,035 1,018 Tobacco lbs 55,975 112,010 Vinegar bbls 450 616 Vegetables bush 5,704 5,S6S Window Glass boxta 969 2,044 Wagons 36 20T Merchandise not otherwise enumerated tons 10,374 >,6eT Passengers 1,384 l,sas \ CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. m DOWNWARD FREIGHT. * fi BaM«r lbs Bones tons Brovn Stone tons Beer kegs Beer eases Copper, Ingot tons Copper Stamp Works.tons Copper, Mass tons Com bosh Floor bbls Feed tons Fnrs, Pelts bales Fresb Fish cars Fish half-bbls Horses and Mules Hides HoBsehold Goods. • .pkgs 1879. 6,140 108 2,226 600 2,257 429 90i 581 32 5,963 1 5,365 12 9,581 1,026 1880. 6,280 2^283 438^ 166 2i 700 315 29 4,833 4,356 3 7,694 262 18T». Iron Ore tons 638 Kaolite tons 9 Lumber 11,161,000 Lath 1,018,000 Pickets 68,000 Pig Iron tons 2,069 Quartz tons 1,351 Railroad Ties 5,960 Rags tons 98 Shingles 6,076,000 Scrap Iron tons 514 Tallow lbs 45,617 Wool lbs 2,040 Wheat bush 76 Merchandise not other- wise enumerated, .tons 129 Passengers 1.067 1880. 4,330 10,050,000 1,079,000 1,200 496 "ioj 4,841,00* 913 36,160 300 238 1,358 STATEMENT III. i Showing the amount and kind of Freight carried through the Canal (Sault Ste. Marie) to Lake Superior on Canadian boats during the seasons of navigation 1879 and 1880. UPWARD FREIGHT. Apples bbls Butter lbs Bacon lbs Beef lbs Boilers Beer kegs Bar Iron tons Brick m Cattle Chloride of Lime. . .hhds Coal tons Coal Oil Candles lbs Cheese lbs Cement bbls Coffee bags Coarse Grain bush Dried Fruit lbs Dynamite cans Dualine cans Engines Bxgs bbls Fisn kegs Fish cars Flonr bbls Fnrniture pieceb Flat Cars Qroand Feed tons Horses and Mules Hogs Hay tons liime bbls Lmmber feet 1879. 1880. 1,633 2,616 144,590 831,118 173,600 521i,U28 660 bbls 1,574 7 1 301 820 477 394 7 1,291 1,462 30 ;J30 1,920 851 1,466 14,260 12,400 30,730 32,000 10 320 190 1,.369 39,060 32,250 4,600 30,870 116 .... 400 11 1 265 543 993 3,253 6,78i' 6,368 2,633 6,176 32 100 46 638 654 265 331 834 8.52 20 144 3,676,000 710,000 1879. Lath 46«,000 Lard Oil bbls 3 Lard lbs 17,500 Liquocs bbls 871 LocomotiTCS Malt lbs 55,960 Mowers and Reapers 147 Machinery tons 51.'i Nails kegs 8,540 Nitro-Glycerine cans Pork bbls 667 Powder tons 10 Potatoes bush 7.50 Pig Iron tons 24 Railroad Iron tons 6,675 Railroad Spikes kegs 2,737 Railroad Cars Salt bbls 3,690 Sugar bbls 6,731 Sheep 83;J Soap boxes 2,W5 Soda lbs 10,700 Steam ShoTel Syrup bbls 212 Shingles 388,000 Tea chest 2.71)3 Tobacco lbs 86,924 Vinegar bbls 171 Vegetables bush 131 Window Glass boxes 997 Wagons 210 other Merchandise. . tons 10,725 Passengers 7,448 1880 60,00« 157 30,130 1,09« 1 76,215 36 291 8,473 500 505 218 4,980 14,59» 9.30 15 5,264 7,728 622 3,470 4,u00 317 420,000 111,100 337 573 2,902 143 14,268 o,6«« 14 CANADIAN INLAND COMMERCE. DOWNWARD FREIGHT. 1870 Butter lbs 8,000 Buffalo Robes bales 297 Copper, Mass tons 4 Corn bush 265,155 Flour bbls 125,636 Flour sacks 8,763 Furs and Pelts bales 2,514 Fish (fresh) half bbls 2,455 Fish cars Flaxseed bush 2,582 Feed tons 1,036 Hides 3,302 Horses 1 Household Goods. ..pkgs 52 1880 946,560 112,315 2,065 4,050 14 3,375 832 420 29 1879 Lumber 1,020,000 Oil Cake tons 60 Potatoes bush Kags tons Square Timber Pine c. feet 510,000 Silver Ore tons 276^ Scrap Iron tons 30 Tallow Ib8 2,200 Wheat bush 380.129 Wool lbs 42,070 Other Merchandise 80 Passengers 3,.v44 1880 395,000 15 20 167,00» 5& 81,140 313.602 30 8,279 statemp:nt iv. Showing the aggregate Trade passing through the Sault Ste. Marie Caiiul during seasons of navigation 1879 and 1880. UPWARD FREIGHT. Acid carboys Apples bbls< Butter llis Barrel Hoops bdis Barrel Heads bbls Bacon \hs Beef bbls Boilers Beer Kegs Beer eases Bar Iron tons Brick m Carriages (battle Canned Goods cases Chloriile ui: IJtue U\u\h Coal Oil bbls (^oal tons Cordage coils Crockery crates Cider bbls Candles lbs (Cheese lbs Coffee bags Coarse Grain busli (Jement bbls Coke tons Dried Fruits lbs Dynamite cans Dualiiie cans Kngiues Eggs bbls Fieu kegs Fish cars Flour bbls Furniture pieces Fire Brick m Fire ( ilay tons Flat Cars Ground Feed tons Hoxisehold Goods pkgs Horses and Mules Hogs Hay tons Lime bbls Leather rolls LocomotiTe 1879. 1880. 2ti2 71 14,724 36,.'?71 4(i(;,!i!^4 781,8114 0,500 2,000 330 .■;o 382,179 744,sr;3 3,l(i5 4,7.!3 12 55 .<,4l'5 5.20:^ 3,8(;0 750 3,271 2,KK() 3,001 .^ 1,990 2,020 5,200 H«(J 30 8,200 14,752 110,704 170,.-)0l •Si.-} ir, 20 79,417 207, (isi 54,13s 141,;U7 8,9.") 7,2:i(i 291,505 .312,710 13,32;j 17,902 201) l,m 137,.~)99 76,350 110 • « . - . 400 3.'! 4'i 1,692 1,663 11,654 14,235 7 15,262 n,i9i 12,755 W,4t)8 151 719 564 'V* 295 2,630 1,430 168 919 1,152 856 401 3,284 2,374 5,070 18,358 178 1 Lumber feet Latli feet Lard Oil b1)ls Lard lbs Liquors I)bl8 Limestone tons ^lalt tons -Mowers and Keapers ]Macliinery tons Moulding" Sand tons Xails kegs Nitro-Glycerine cans Oak Lumber feet Pork bbls Powiler tons Potatoes bush Pig 1 ron tons liailroad Cars Railroad Iron tons Kailroad Spikes kegs Railroad Splices bdls Salt bbls Sewing ^Machines Sugar bbls Sheep Slate tons Soap boxes Soda lbs Saltpetre lbs Sumach lbs Steam Pump Syruj) bbls Shingles Staves m Steam Shovel Tea chests Threshing Macliines Tobacco lbs Tallow lbs Vinegar bbls Vegetables bush Window Glass boxes Wagons Wlieelbarro ws Other Merchandise tons Passengers 1879. 1880. 3,036,000 1,0(50,000 450,000 60,000 1,978 3,402 114,975 256,120 3,128 4,223 8,838 10,540 771,500 1,265,965 243 78 1,0,59 3,157 5110 710 .53,412 61,180 .500 59,000 4,6S2 5,5.37 ]h2 503 9,848 W,048 392 v.nt 15 27,797 35,322 8,662 13,727 15.55 92,245 77.4ie • 94 31, WO 19,635 2,250 1,712 96 19,980 15,191 3.182 5;3,830 5,000 6,000 1 2,662 2,094 388,000 420,000 11,040 252,000 1 9,709 2,856 • t • • • U 120,(!45 288.537 1,050 81 1,288 695 11,237 377 6,i:51) 26 568 501 17,406 41,547 21,488 17,765