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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  

  regulated 
  the 
  canals 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  or 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  canals 
  have 
  

   regulated 
  the 
  railways. 
  Indeed, 
  the 
  railways 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  

   as 
  having 
  the 
  better 
  of 
  it, 
  because 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  been 
  obliged 
  

   absolutely 
  to 
  do 
  away 
  with 
  all 
  tolls 
  on 
  the 
  canals 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   insure 
  their 
  obtaining 
  business 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  In 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  resources 
  afforded 
  by 
  

   the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  internal 
  

   navigation 
  system, 
  the 
  following 
  statement 
  of 
  receipts 
  of 
  flour, 
  

   wheat, 
  corn, 
  oats, 
  barley, 
  and 
  rye 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  for 
  certain 
  years, 
  

   from 
  1836 
  to 
  1903, 
  inclusive, 
  is 
  given. 
  

  

  Table 
  no. 
  92 
  — 
  Number 
  of 
  bushels 
  of 
  grain 
  carried 
  by 
  Erie 
  canal 
  from 
  

  

  1836 
  to 
  1903 
  

  

  YEAR 
  

  

  Flour 
  

  

  Wheat 
  

  

  Corn 
  

  

  Oats 
  

  

  Barley 
  

  

  Rye 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  (5) 
  

  

  (6) 
  

  

  (7) 
  

  

  

  Barrels 
  

  

  Bushels 
  

  

  Bushels 
  

  

  Bushels 
  

  

  Bushels 
  

  

  Bushels 
  

  

  1836. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  139,178 
  

  

  304,990 
  

  

  204,355 
  

  

  28,640 
  

  

  4,876 
  

  

  1,500 
  

  

  1840. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  597,142 
  

  

  1,004,561 
  

  

  71,337 
  

  

  

  

  

  1845.... 
  

  

  746,750 
  

  

  1,770,740 
  

  

  54,200 
  

  

  23,300 
  

  

  

  

  1850.... 
  

  

  1,103,039 
  

  

  3,681,347 
  

  

  2,593,378 
  

  

  357,580 
  

  

  3,627 
  

  

  

  1855. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  937,761 
  

  

  8,022,126 
  

  

  9,711,430 
  

  

  2,693,222 
  

  

  62,304 
  

  

  299,591 
  

  

  I860.... 
  

  

  1,122,335 
  

  

  18,502,615 
  

  

  386,217 
  

  

  1,209,594 
  

  

  262,158 
  

  

  80,822 
  

  

  1865. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  1,788,393 
  

  

  13,437,888 
  

  

  19,840,901 
  

  

  8,494,799 
  

  

  820,563 
  

  

  877,676 
  

  

  1870. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  1,470,391 
  

  

  20,556,722 
  

  

  9,410,128 
  

  

  6,846,983 
  

  

  1,821,154 
  

  

  626,154 
  

  

  1875.... 
  

  

  1,810,402 
  

  

  32,987,656 
  

  

  22,593,891 
  

  

  8,494,124 
  

  

  916,889 
  

  

  222,126 
  

  

  1880.... 
  

  

  1,317,911 
  

  

  40,510,229 
  

  

  62,214,417 
  

  

  649,351 
  

  

  335,925 
  

  

  743,451 
  

  

  1885.... 
  

  

  2,993,280 
  

  

  27,130,400 
  

  

  21,028,230 
  

  

  767,580 
  

  

  577,230 
  

  

  309,370 
  

  

  1890. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  6,245,580 
  

  

  14,868,630 
  

  

  44,136,660 
  

  

  13,860,780 
  

  

  5,165,700 
  

  

  1,281,030 
  

  

  1895... 
  

  

  8,971,740 
  

  

  46,848,510 
  

  

  38,244,960 
  

  

  21,943,680 
  

  

  10,253,440 
  

  

  787,340 
  

  

  1896. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  10,384,184 
  

  

  54,411,207 
  

  

  47,811,010 
  

  

  40,107,499 
  

  

  16,697,744 
  

  

  4,404,354 
  

  

  1897. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  12,440,617 
  

  

  56,565,610 
  

  

  56,932,625 
  

  

  64,140,618 
  

  

  14,548,100 
  

  

  7,213,650 
  

  

  1898.... 
  

  

  10,371,653 
  

  

  83,872,837 
  

  

  67,950,073 
  

  

  45,501,233 
  

  

  11,391,332 
  

  

  6,821,694 
  

  

  1899. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  9,088,873 
  

  

  48,008,014 
  

  

  53,843,327 
  

  

  26,469,401 
  

  

  15,110,672 
  

  

  2,260,865 
  

  

  1900. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  11,463,079 
  

  

  47,826,458 
  

  

  63,192,660 
  

  

  28,422,256 
  

  

  9,868,196 
  

  

  1,314,743 
  

  

  1901.... 
  

  

  11,053,439 
  

  

  61,294,248 
  

  

  30,539,848 
  

  

  21,438,545 
  

  

  7,687,239 
  

  

  1,256,284 
  

  

  1902.... 
  

  

  12,026,616 
  

  

  62,452,696 
  

  

  22,487,454 
  

  

  15,891,387 
  

  

  8,969,865 
  

  

  3,716,628 
  

  

  1903. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  11,243,027 
  

  

  40,455,328 
  

  

  43,364,579 
  

  

  30,976,088 
  

  

  10,681.655 
  

  

  3,216,983 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  railroad 
  and 
  canal 
  traffic 
  

   shows 
  at 
  once 
  the 
  vast 
  preponderance 
  of 
  freight 
  carried 
  by 
  the 
  

   several 
  railways 
  centering 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  

   carried 
  by 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  canal 
  was 
  

   made 
  free 
  in 
  1883, 
  figures 
  indicate 
  that 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  there 
  has 
  

   been 
  a 
  continual 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  freight 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  

   canals. 
  Probably 
  no 
  feature 
  of 
  this 
  change 
  is 
  more 
  significant 
  

  

  