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BULLETIN 74, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. — Distance and time of transit over selected river routes in the United States 
during September and October, 1912. 
[Sources: Distances chiefly as reported by the Chief of Engineers, War Department; time of transit as 
reported by representatives of steamboats or steamboat lines.] 
Route. 
Miles. 
Hours. 
12 
1.50 
12 
1.00 
15 
1.75 
16 
3.00 
18 
2.00 
18 
1.50 
20 
2.00 
22 
1.50 
24 
2.50 
24 
4.00 
30 
4.00 
31 
2.00 
33 
3.50 
36 
3.00 
40 
3.50 
40 
3.00 
41 
3.75 
45 
4.00 
45 
4.00 
46 
8.00 
49 
5.00 
58 
12.00 
60 
7.00 
84 
18.00 
86 
24.00 
90 
10.00 
91 
11.00 
98 
10.00 
100 
4S.00 
116 
12.00 
120 
12.00 
142 
15.00 
147 
18.00 
150 
24.00 
160 
16.00 
162 
14.00 
184 
/ 112.50 
\ 112.00 
195 
15.00 
202 
84.00 
225 
17. 00 
285 
40.00 
370 
36.00 
4 
1.00 
25 
6.00 
28 
10.00 
45 
/ 2 4. 00 
\ 3 5. 00 
53 
7.00 
54 
30.00 
62 
/ 124.00 
\ 110.00 
65 
12.00 
69 
12.00 
76 
10.00 
79 
18.00 
90 
48.00 
90 
48.00 
100 
36.00 
104 
40.00 
105 
12.00 
107 
12.00 
128 
/ 2 12.00 
V 3 15- 00 
137 
36.00 
138 
24.00 
160 
96.00 
173 
16.00 
185 
30.00 
Atlantic slope. 
Between— 
Newburgh and Wappingers Falls, N. Y 
Philadelphia, Pa. , and Billingsport, N.J 
New Baltimore and Albany, N. Y 
Newburgh and Poughkeepsie, N. Y 
Philadelphia, Pa., and Bridgeport, N. J... 
Philadelphia and Chester, Pa 
Hartford and Middletown, Conn 
Burlington, Vt. , and Plattsburg, N. Y 
Gardiner and Bath, Me 
Newburgh and Haverstraw. N. Y 
Jacksonville and Green Cove Springs, Fla 
Philadelphia, Pa. , and Wilmington, Del 
Albany and Catskill, N. Y 
Philadelphia, Pa. , and Trenton, N.J 
Burlington and St. Albans Bay, Vt 
La're George and Baldwin. N. Y 
Hartford and East Haddam, Conn 
Philadelphia, Pa., and Salem, N. J 
Philadelphia, Pa., and Delaware City, Del 
Georgetown and Conway, S. C 
Hartford and Lyme, Conn 
Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Fla 
Savannah , Ga. , and Beaufort, S. C 
Washington, D. C, and Mount Holly, Va 
Georgetown, S. C, and Cains Landing— reedee River 
Philadelphia, Pa. , and Frederica, Del 
Newburgh and Troy, IT. Y 
New York and Saugerties, IT. Y 
Kissimmee and Fort Bassenger, Fla 
Norfolk and Richmond, Va 
Baltimore, Md., and Philadelphia, Pa 
Baltimore and Salisbury, Md 
Jacksonville and Sanford, Fla 
Baltimore and Bristol. Md 
Baltimore, Md., and Seaford, Del 
Hartford, Conn., and New York, N. Y 
Baltimore, Md., and Norfolk, Va 
Baltimore, Md., and West Point, Va 
Savannah and Augusta, Ga 
Baltimore, Md., and Tappahannock, Va. 
Baltimore, Md., and Fredericksburg, Va. 
Macon and Brunswick, Ga 
Mississippi River and tributaries, including Gulf slope. 
Between — 
Memphis, Tenn., and Mount City, Ark 
Shawneetown and Cave in Rock. Til . . 
Charleston and Montgomery, W. Va. .. 
and Paducah 
Cairo, 111., and Paducah, Ky 
Lake Charles and Cameron, La 
Alton and Hamburg, I1L 
Charleston, W. Va., and Gallipolis, Ohio. 
Memphis, Tenn., and White Hall, Ark. . 
Albany and Bainbridge, Ga 
Shawneetown and Rosiclare, 111 
New Orleans and Donaldsonville, La 
St. Louis, Mo., and Rip Rap, 111 
St. Louis, Mo. , and Hamburg, 111 
Vicksburg and Natchez, Miss 
Chattanooga and Kingston, Tenn 
Memphis, Tenn., and" Friar Point, Miss. . 
St. Louis and Louisiana, Mo 
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky 
Evansville, Ind., and Paducah, Ky 
Britts Landing, Tenn.. and Paducah, Ky. 
Chattanooga, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala — 
Apalachicola, Fla., and Bainbridge, Ga. . . 
Evansville, Ind., and Louisville, Ky 
These quotations are from different boats. 
2 Downstream. 
a Upstream. 
