246 



Tolls on 42 wagons, $7,056 



Two engineers at mines, at $30 per month, 720 



Oil for engine, $20 per month, 240 



Four hands at mines, at $20 per month, 960 



Ten hands at coking ovens, at |20 per month, 2,400 



Mining 20,160 tons of coal, at 50c, 10,080 



State tax on coal, 101 



Total, $46,986 



20,160 tons of coal will yield 604,800 bushels of coke; 604,- 



800 bushels of coke at one shilling, is 75,600 



Deduct expenses, 46,986 



Net profit, $28,614 



Forty-two teams, making 60 trips each, with loads of 240 bushels, 



will deliver at Detroit, 604,800 bushels of coke. 



An estimate on the same basis, for working 84 teams, exhibits a net 



profit of $02,376, and a delivery at Detroit of 1,209,600 bushels. 

 Detroit, March, 1854. 



BUSINESS OF DETROIT. 



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The following article was prepared in March, 1854, for the Detroit 

 Evening Tribune, by one of its editors: 



DETROIT HER INTERESTS AXD PROSPECTS. 



"While it has always been our endeavor to keep om- readers informed 

 of the state of trade, of the various business enterprises of the city, 

 together with its growth and progi-ess, as fully and correctly as may be 

 done from day to day, and have thus, perhaps, discharged our whole 

 duty as journalists, yet it is much to be regretted that no full, correct- 

 ed, and reliable statement of the commercial transactions and leading 

 manufactures of Detroit, has been laid before our business men at 

 home, as well as those abroad, who have interests here, or who may be 

 seeking a field for profitable investment. It is by such statistical state- 

 ments, and figures only, that we shall be able to mark, with accuracy, 

 the progress of our city in business and wealth, year by year, while 



