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railroad, the coal company were unable to keep their employees at steady work,. 

 and consequently were unable to supply the demand for coal. The number of 

 cars shipped out that fall and the following year of 1881 amounted to 8,706. Dur- 

 ing the past year of 1882 the shipments have been as follows : 



1882. CARS. 



January 1,439 



February ... . ,. . Ij379 



March 1,286 



April 1,043 



May 1,020 



June 812 



July -. 1,294 



August 1,90^ 



September 1,879 



October t,ioi 



November . . 2,251 



December 2,404 



The average car load, by actual weight, exceeds sixteen and one-half tons. 



The shipments of the Gulf road have not been quite as large as those over 

 the Missouri Pacific, but still make a good showing. Coal wa,s first shipped over 

 the Gulf road about the ist of October, 1880, and during that year 3,081 cars 

 were sent out; in 1881 the shipments ran up to 17,436. During 1882 Keith & 

 Perry, the principal shippers over the Gulf road, were developing new mines, 

 and a large portion of the year shipped but very little coal, but the total fer the 

 year runs up to 12,960 cars, and their shipments now average 65 cars per day. 

 This makes a total shipment . over the Gulf road since its construction, of Coal 

 from Rich Hill, of 23,477 cars, up to December 3rst, 1882, and overthe Missouri 

 Pacific of 27,221 cars, or a grand total of 50,698 cars, or 329,537 tons. 



During all this time there has been a very large output for the local trade,, 

 which has made the coal business of good proportions for a new mining field. — 

 Rich Hill {Mo. ^ Mining Review. 



REPORT OF THE KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS FOR 1882. 



This report, made by E. E. Richardson, Secretary, shows the receipts at the 

 yards for the year to have been as follows: Cattle, 439,671; Hogs, 963,036; 

 Sheep, 80,724; Horses and Mules, 11 716. The shipments were: Cattle, 439,- 

 521; Hogs, 961,906; Sheep, 80,708; Horses and Mules, 11,607. Total receipts 

 in twelve years : Cattle, 2,722,291; Hogs, 4,657,606 ; Sheep, 457)7^9; Horses 

 and Mules, 88,614. Grand total 7,926,230. 



