﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  735 
  

  

  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  internal 
  movement 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  In 
  1889 
  

   the 
  total 
  movement 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  was 
  1,438,759 
  tons, 
  while 
  in 
  

   1896 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  565,482 
  tons. 
  These 
  statistics 
  show 
  at 
  once 
  the 
  

   decreasing 
  estimation 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  trans- 
  

   portation 
  is 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  body 
  of 
  shippers 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tabulation 
  from 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  

   Chamber 
  of 
  Commerce 
  shows 
  the 
  receipts 
  of 
  grain, 
  in 
  bushels, 
  

   at 
  Xew 
  York 
  by 
  canal, 
  rail, 
  river 
  and 
  coast 
  routes 
  during 
  the 
  

   season 
  of 
  navigation 
  of 
  1903, 
  compared 
  with 
  ten 
  previous 
  years: 
  

  

  Receipts 
  by 
  routes, 
  May 
  1 
  to 
  December 
  1. 
  1903 
  

  

  

  By 
  canal, 
  

   bushels 
  

  

  By 
  rail, 
  

   bushels 
  

  

  River 
  and 
  

   coast, 
  

   bushels 
  

  

  Total 
  

   bushels 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  (5) 
  

  

  Wheat 
  

  

  2, 
  602. 
  400 
  

  

  5.910.400 
  

  

  3. 
  490, 
  900 
  

  

  ' 
  349, 
  600 
  

  

  368, 
  800 
  

  

  147,500 
  

  

  10. 
  597, 
  300 
  

  

  11,845.050 
  

  

  13, 
  857, 
  000 
  

  

  1,132,875 
  

  

  618. 
  150 
  

  

  1,840,500 
  

  

  202, 
  228 
  

  

  

  13. 
  199, 
  700 
  

  

  17, 
  757, 
  750 
  

  

  17,347,900 
  

  

  1,482.475 
  

  

  986, 
  950 
  

  

  Corn 
  

  

  2,300 
  

  

  Oats 
  

  

  Barley 
  

  

  

  Rye 
  

  

  

  Malt 
  

  

  

  1,988,000 
  

  

  Peas 
  

  

  43,976 
  

  

  246, 
  204 
  

  

  

  

  

  1903, 
  total 
  grain 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  12. 
  869, 
  600 
  

  

  24.28 
  

  

  40, 
  093. 
  103 
  

   75.63 
  

  

  46.276 
  ! 
  53,008.979 
  

   0.09 
  100 
  

  

  

  

  1902, 
  total 
  

  

  11,509.050 
  

   21.07 
  

  

  43. 
  093. 
  569 
  

   78.90 
  

  

  13.804 
  54,616,423 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  0.03 
  ! 
  100 
  

  

  

  

  1901, 
  total 
  

  

  14. 
  350, 
  600 
  

   21.25 
  

  

  52. 
  577, 
  750 
  

  

  77.85 
  

  

  602. 
  300 
  

   0.89 
  

  

  67, 
  530, 
  650 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  

  

  1900, 
  total 
  

  

  11,351.100 
  

   13.22 
  

  

  72.033.225 
  

   83.92 
  

  

  2. 
  454, 
  115 
  

   2.86 
  

  

  85,838,440 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  

  

  1899, 
  total 
  

  

  16, 
  299. 
  400 
  

   15.38 
  

  

  89, 
  688. 
  623 
  

   84.61 
  

  

  7. 
  630 
  

   0.01 
  

  

  105, 
  995, 
  655 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  

  

  1898, 
  total 
  

  

  18, 
  686. 
  000 
  

   17.38 
  

  

  20, 
  934. 
  400 
  

   17.73 
  

  

  88.809.259 
  

   82.60 
  

  

  18. 
  243 
  

   6.04 
  

  

  107, 
  514. 
  393 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  1897. 
  total 
  

  

  97. 
  078. 
  000 
  

   82.23 
  

  

  41.456 
  118,053,856 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  0.04 
  ; 
  100 
  

  

  

  

  1896, 
  total 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  31.404.650 
  

   33.43 
  

  

  62.314.800 
  

   66.33 
  

  

  ~54. 
  289, 
  835 
  

   81.33 
  

  

  224,172 
  

   0.24 
  

  

  _ 
  "63,83T 
  

   0.92 
  

  

  93, 
  943, 
  622 
  

   100 
  

  

  

  

  1895, 
  total 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  14,612,700 
  

   21.13 
  

  

  68,966,366 
  

   100 
  

  

  

  

  1894, 
  total 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

  

  42. 
  608, 
  700 
  

   68.12 
  

  

  19,772,420 
  

   31.61 
  

  

  166, 
  320 
  

   0.27 
  

  

  62,547,440 
  

   100 
  

  

  