129 B8 T48 opy 1 r f m as * 88 SB SB SB SB SB m 33 SB SB SB ft) I©|G: Cj2 £^2 CO ,^" * SB £8 SB SB 51 d 33 SB * The Courier Company, Printers, Buffalo, N. Y A SKETCH COMMERCE, INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES OF BUFFALO By WILLIAM THTJRSTONE, Secretary Buffalo Merchants' Exchange. BUFFALO: PUBLISHED BY THE BUFFALO MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE. 1883. F 1883. COMMERCE, INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES CITY OF BUFFALO. Buffalo for many years has been called the " Queen City of the Lakes," and well merits that appellation. It is a port of entry and the capital of Erie County, State of New York, at the eastern extremity of Lake Erie, at the head of Niagara River and at the mouth of Buffalo River, in lat. 42° 53' N., long. 78° 55' W., about 293 miles N. W. of New York City; — with a water front of three miles on the lake, and of the same extent on Niagara River. It has one of the finest harbors on the lakes, formed by the Buffalo River, a small stream, which is navigable for about two miles from its mouth. The entrance is protected by a breakwater, which is 1,500 feet long, upon the south side of the river; and there is also another on the north side, by which a capacious harbor is made. In 1809, the United States Government began the construction of an outside harbor, by building a breakwater designed to be 4,000 feet long, fronting the entrance of the Buffalo River, at the distance of about half a mile from shore; nearly two-thirds of the breakwater is completed. In addition, there are a large number of slips, docks and basins for the accommodation of shipping and canal boats. It is estimated that the total available water frontage of this port is fully eighteen miles in length. The Lighthouse is a large stone structure, and a Life-Saving Station has been estab- lished, with commodious buildings. The advantages of Buffalo, in a commercial point of view, are unite obvious. Its location at the foot of Lake Erie, whose waters unite with the Hudson River and the seaboard by the Erie Canal, and the centering of many important railroads in its midst, are a sufficient assur- ance of a continuance of its present business prosperity and future growth. The United States census returns for 1880 places the population of the city at 155,134, and of the county 219,881. The details of the city census are 76,904 males. 78,230 females; 103,866 natives, 51,268 foreigners; 154,268 whites, 857 colored. 5 Chinese, 4 Indians. Rank in popula- tion, loth eity in the United States. The estimated population now exceeds 300,000. The earliest notice of the present site of Buffalo may be found in the travels of Baron La Houtan. He ascended the Niagara River into Lake Erie, on August 15, 1687, more than a hundred years prior to the first settlement of the city. He advised the French Government to build a fort here, and, in anticipation of its construction, named it " Port Suppose." on the map accompanying his travels. This fort was intended as a check against the neighboring Iroquois and Seneca Indians. In 1795, La Rochelbucault Lianconkt. a French nobleman, says that " at the port on Lake Erie (Buffalo) there was a small collection of four or five houses." On the map of the Holland Land Company's Purchase, drawn in L800, the present site of Buf- falo is designated as New Amsterdam-. The village, however, was not laid out and the survey Completed until 1804. The first lot sold contained half an acre, and brought $135. On April 2, 1818, the village was incorporated, and in the same year, on December :>0th. was burned, with the exception of two houses, by a force of British troops and their Indian allies, who crossed from Canada at Black Rock. Iii 183:3, Buffalo became an incorporated city, and is now divided into thirteen wards, with two aldermen to each ward. The principal officers are a Mayor, Comptroller, Clerk, Attor- ney, Treasurer, Park and Street Commissioners, Engineer, Superintendent of Education, Assessors, Overseer of the Poor, Commissioner of Public Buildings, Board of Water Com- missioners, Commissioners of City and County Hall, Board of Supervisors and Police Justice. For Police purposes, the city is divided into precincts. The Fire Department is under the management of a Superintendent and assistants. Previous to 1832 all the schools were known as district schools of the Town of Buffalo. The first school-house was erected in 1806, by gratuitous labor and material contributed by the early settlers, and was located at the corner of Cayuga (now Pearl) and Swan streets. The number of public schools in existence, including the Central, January 1, 1884, was 59; num- ber of teachers, 489 — 37 males, 452 females; average number of pupils registered, 26,752, and in attendance daily, 16,329; and the amount paid for this department by the city for the year end- ing December 31, 1883, was $359,596.97, including salaries, but not the expenses of repairing and refurnishing buildings. Total value of school property, $690,385. Schools are also maintained at five asylums, the Church Charity Foundation and the Central School. The pupils of the latter are graduates of other Schools. The German language was taught to 1,800 children in 15 of the districts. The State Normal School and Normal School of Practice is also located here. There are also about fifty private academies, colleges and schools, including the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo, a college established for the study of medicine ; the Homeopathic Medical Society, the Buffalo Female Academy, the Buffalo Classical School,' the Heathcote School, St. Joseph's and many other Roman Catholic Schools, the Holy Angels Academy, the Canisius and St. Joseph's colleges. These are all well patronized and in good financial condition. It may be well to note that the Central School curriculum includes the languages. The commercial advantages of Buffalo are weH known, derived from its favorable relative position with the many points from which are drawn its receipts of flour, grain, coal, ore, lum- ber, oil, cattle, hogs, etc. , and the ready means for the distribution of these articles by lake, canal and railroads; added to which facilities are the benefits of cheap fuel, an excellent and abundant water supply, rapid elevating and transfer of grain, quick handling of coal, exten- sive storage facilities and dockage, with amide harbor accommodations. The healthy climate, handsome streets and driveways, magnificent park system, its public libraries, art gallery, museum, theatres, concert hall, hospitals, and benevolent institutions of all kinds, churches and fine public buildings, combine to render Buffalo a most desirable resort for the pleasure and health-seeker, and a home for the capitalist and the laboring classes. Its close proximity to Niagara Falls, added to the delightful and romantic; lake and river scenery, contributes greatly to its attractions. The City Engineer reports 114 miles of paved streets, also 250 miles opened and surveyed; 125% miles of sewers constructed. The expenditures during 1883 were $342,129.25. The expenses of lighting the city with gas, etc., and the maintenance of lamps, etc., $85,412. The electric light was used July 13th, 1883, for the first time, in lighting the streets. The Poor De- partment cost the city $59,224.08. The Fire Department (paid, not volunteers) employed 16 engines, 5 chemical engines, 16 hose carts, 6 hook-and-ladder trucks, 194 men and 87 horses, at an expense of $174,896.52; there are 1,429 hydrants. The strength of the Police Force, 283 members. The bonded debt of the city, December 31, 1883, was $7,101,581.41, a decrease during the year of $16,283.14. The City Treasurer received from all sources $4,462,930.47. The value of real and personal estate $101,963,765, viz: real, $93,167,090, personal, $8,796,675; property exempt from taxation, $13,457,760. The custom receipts were $806,458.69, including duties on imports. The value of merchan- dise entered for consumption was $4,732,783: for exports to foreign ports, $463,551; for trans- portation to other districts, $392,494. The Buffalo Street Railroad comprises two main lines, double track, one 4% miles and the other about 3% miles in length. The Buffalo East Side Street Railroad comprises four single track lines, aggregating nearly 19 miles in length. Other lines are projected. Herdic Coaches are in use. Buffalo raiiks as the third city in the state, but in commercial importance she must be deemed second only to the metropolis. It is no wonder that her citizens are proud of her position and manifold advantages. With very few equals in the world as a grain port, its terminal facilities are very extensive and complete. Grain is received, transferred, stored and forwarded with greater dispatch than at any other port in this county. The river, for about a mile from its mouth, is lined with immense elevators and floaters, provided with all of the most improved appliances for handling cereals. The transfer of grain cargoes from vessels into storehouses and canal boats, prior to 1843, was done by manual labor, being raised from the hold in tubs and bags. In that year Mr. Joseph Dart erected the first elevator ever built for storing and transferring grain, with steam power, and with a storage capacity of 55,000 bushels, and a transfer capacity of 15,000 bushels per day, near the mouth of Buffalo River. Now there are 22 elevators, 10 transfer elevators and 6 floaters, 38 in all, most of which are massive structures, costing in the aggregate about 86.noo.0OO. Their combined storage capacity reaches 9,215.000 bushels, while their daily transfer capacity is 3,102,000 bushels. That is to say, the elevators of Buffalo are capable of receiving from lake vessels and transferring to canal boats and cars, daily, 3,000,000 bushels of grain if called upon to do so. Much has been said and written against these Buffalo elevators, but the fact that they furnish such excel- lent facilities to carriers and shippers, insuring quick dispatch and freedom from costly delays, is an advantage that can be scarcely overestimated. These elevators are owned by private indi- viduals, excepting that the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad owns two, the Con- necting Terminal Railroad one, and the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad one. Several of these elevators have machinery attached whereby 60,000 to 70,000 bushels of wet or damaged grain can be dried every twenty-four hours. The grain trade has steadily increased for years. The season's receipts for 1880 were the largest on record, aggregating by lake and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad 175,000.000 bushels; last year, 101,122,705 bushels. The facilities for forwarding this vast amount of grain were as extensive as the terminal facil- ities. The capacity of the canal has never been fully tested, and the shipments of 1880, which were the largest ever reported, and reached 73,000,000 bushels, were forwarded with as little effort as the 30,000,000 bushels shipped in 1875. This fact is accounted for by the deepening and improvement of the canal so as to permit of the passage of boats with increased speed. The total of all articles carried from Buffalo in 1880 aggregated 3,286,928 tons, of the value of $59,539,048, and in 1883, 1,301,421 tons, valued at $35,866,304. The total freight received here was 553,846 tons in 1883. The canal and railway competition thus afforded always insures cheap transportation rates. The Central, Erie, Philadelphia and Lackawanna railroads give much attention to conveying grain, and each moves large quantities received by lake us well as its through shipments. Their tracks run directly into the elevators, so that there is no cart- ing and no handling outside of the elevator. It is no uncommon thing to see a large lake vessel beiug unloaded and two canal boats and two trains of freight cars being loaded at the same time. There are five large steamboat lines plying regularly between this port and the ports on Lakes Erie, Huron, Superior and Michigan. They are the Union, the Western Transit Com- pany, the Commercial, the Lehigh Valley and the Anchor lines. Their combined fleets number 56 first-class steamers, having a capacity ranging from 1,750 to 2,800 tons. With the completion of the Government improvements in the Detroit River, which are well advanced, the appearance of 3,000-ton vessels in Buffalo harbor will not be an unusual sight. In addition to the vessels of these lines, there are other propeller lines, a large fleet of steam barges with consorts, and sailing vessels, many of which are noble ships. With a heavy down movement of flour, grain, iron and copper ore, and lumber, and a large and steady up movement of coal, salt and merchandise, Buffalo bids fair to always occupy a front place among the great com- mercial cities of the continent. The immense works on the Tifft farm, nearly completed, will give nine miles of additional waterways and dockage. Manufacturing interests are attracting as much attention at present as the other branches of business mentioned. The admirable location for manufacturing and the necessity for diversified industries have induced Buffalo capitalists to invest large amounts of money in furnaces, rolling mills and factories of various kinds. With the lakes stretching to the west- ward and the canal to the eastward, together with the New York Central, the N. Y., L. E. iv Western, the Buffalo. New Fork it Philadelphia, the West Shore, and the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Railroads leading East and the Lake Shore, the Canada Southern (branch of the Michigan Central), the Grand Trunk (now including Great Western), and the Buffalo & Southwestern Railroads running West (the Northern Central, Allegheny Valley and many narrow-gauge roads also connect at this point), facilities are furnished for shipping manufact- ured products to all parts of the country and the Dominion of Canada, at low rates of freight that are not surpassed by those of any other city in the country. The Lehigh Valley Railroad now in course of construction will be completed by the close of 1884. Buffalo also occupies a position between the coal and iron fields of Pennsylvania and Ohio and the iron mines of Lakes Superior and Champlain that is very advantageous. The various kinds of iron ore required to produce the best results, and coal and coke are laid down here at minimum rates. Manufacturing has made rapid strides of late years; 1,137 establishments were in operation in 1880. The stove works are very extensive. The iron and nail and the malleable iron works, the planing mills, the grape sugar and starch works, the chemical works and fertilizer works are among the largest in the country. To these must be added the car-wheel works, the marine and other engine works, iron bridge building, the manufactories of water-mains and gas pipes, chains, mills and mill-furnishing goods, threshing machines and agricultural implements, freight cars, scales, stamped hardware goods, refrigerators and bird cages ; tanneries ; oil refineries; boot and shoe and furniture factories; water-lime and cement works; potteries; soap makers; pork-packing houses; canned fruits and vegetables; confectioneries; edge-tool and hinge factories; children's and other carriages; organs and melodeons, and other industries too numerous to mention. Ship-building, both of iron and wood, is also carried on to a large extent. Leather belting and hose is another specialty. The flouring mills of the city and suburbs are quite extensive and the capital invested large. Their capacity may be estimated at 1,350,000 barrels annually, and the products have a widespread reputation for excellence. All the modern improvements have lately been added. The malting interest is a very important one ; sixty malt-houses were in operation last year, turning out over 3,000,000 bushels of malt. The breweries aggregate about 50. The distilleries and rectifying establishments are of large capacity. The estimated value of the leather manufactured here in 1883 was $6,250,000; and of boots and shoes, $1,500,000. Buffalo takes the lead in producing the best quality of hemlock sole leather in the United States. Heretofore the discrimination in freights on petroleum oil to Cleveland worked unfavorably for Buffalo; but now, with the pipe line extending from Rock City, Cattaraugus County, to Buffalo, capable of delivering 5,000 barrels per day, and our enlarged facilities for refining, we can compete with other points. The refining establishments have a capacity of about 2,500 barrels daily. Lubricating, illuminating and other oils are manufactured to a large exteut and yield handsome profits. A very large amount of capital is invested in the printing, lithographing and engraving business. The work executed ranks with the finest and best in the country. The " show " printing establishment of The Courier Company, with its engraving department, in a fire- proof building six stories high, is the largest in the United States, and well worthy of a visit. The wholesale mercantile establishments embrace eveiy kind, and the business transacted is immense. The banking facilities are good; 11 banks, with an aggregate capital of $3,000,000; large surplus funds and other resources. The last official returns from the four savings banks show the deposits therein to aggregate $23, 433, 834. The four local fire insurance companies are prosperous and with a high reputation, having on January 1. 1884, $1,611,131.75 assets. The several private banks and the numerous saving and aid societies handle about $1,500,000 annually. The Buffalo Loan, Trust and Safe Deposit Company, with a capital of $150,000, is doing a good and steadily-improving business. The amount of capital invested in manufact- ures is estimated at $35,000,000; the annual money value of the products, $55,000,000; the number of hands employed, 30,000. The English printed daily newspapers are the Courier, Commercial Advertiser, Express, Daily News, Telegraph and Times. There are several German dailies. Many weekly and monthly religious and secular journals are published. The Board of Trade is an important institution. This organization was constituted in 1844 and incorporated in 1857. On the first of November, 1883, its handsome, fire-proof, seven fV 6 stories and basement building was completed, with all modern improvements, on a lot 132 by GO feet, on Seneca and Pearl streets, at a cost of §250,000. The Merchants' Exchange was incorporated April 14, 1882, and occupied its present quarters late last fall. The opening- ceremonies took place January 1, 1884. The East Buffalo live stock trade is of great importance. The yards for the accommoda- tion of stock cover about eighty acres of ground, are all paved and provided with the requisite sheds to protect stock from the weather, and chutes for loading and unloading cars. This business gives employment to a large number of men and boys. Noth withstanding the great competition of rival cities, Buffalo has held its own as a center in the trade. Its present magnitude and growth is shown on page 22. During 1883 the receipts were 603,755 cattle, 2,379,580 hogs, 1,622,000 sheep and 17,040 horses, and stock slaughtered aggregated 856,690 head. The system of water supply and works is one of the best on this continent and thus far have cost $7,439,7S0; length of pipe laid 151 miles; revenue 1883, $420,000. The water is brought through a tunnel extending into the middle of Niagara River, thus insuring absolute purity; 23,500,000 gallons are pumped daily and distributed to consumers. The construction of this tunnel and its inlet pier was a work of great magnitude, requiring the best engineering skill. The Holly Water Works system is also in use. Another tunnel under the Niagara River, for railroad purposes, is often talked of and its construction is only a question of time, since the great International Bridge is inadequate for the accommodation of all the railroad traffic between Buffalo and Canada. This bridge was opened November 3, 1873, and was built by a joint Canadian and American company, at a cost of $1,500,000. It is nearly three-quarters of a mile in length, and the construction of the central portion was attended with great difficulty, owing to the rapid current of the river. The Cantilever bridge at Niagara Falls was completed December 10, 1883, and shortly afterwards opened for railroad trains. Among the institutions in which special interest is taken are the Young Men's Association, with its large circulating library and a cash yearly income of $20,000; the Society of Natural Sciences, which possesses a fine museum, free to the public ; the Grosvenor Library, another free institution ; the Historical Society, the archives of which are full of valuable material relating to the early history of the city and of Western New York ; the Fine Arts Academy, which owns many works of art; the Decorative Art Society, which is doing excellent work; the Law Library; the Young Men's Christian Association; the Mechanics' Institute; the German Young Men's Association; the Catholic Institute, etc. The Buffalo Driving Park Association has one of the best and fastest tracks in the country. It is the track on which Dexter's and Goldsmith Maid's best records were made, and on which Rarus trotted in 2.13)^ and Maud S in 2.10%. Buffalo also boasts of base ball clubs, bicycle clubs, yacht clubs, rowing clubs, archery clubs, and other popular organizations. The City and County Hall, built at a cost of $1,400,000 and dedicated in March, 1876, stands on a site bounded by Delaware, Franklin, Eagle and Church streets, and the surrounding grounds arc laid out and terraced in an artistic and ornamental manner. The building is of granite, with a tower containing an electrical illuminated clock, and is adorned with four representative statues. It is three stories high, not including a finished basement, and fur- nishes quarters for all the city and county officers as well as the courts. The Common Council Chamber is very handsome and commodious. The Jail stands at the junction of Delaware and Church streets, facing the City Hall. The two buildings are very similar in external appearance, and are connected by an underground passage. The State Insane Asylum is partially completed, and with the Erie County Penitentiary and the Almshouse are model institutions of their kind (the latter has an insane asylum attached). The General Hospital has a training school for nurses connected with it, and the hospitals, the homes for invalids, women and children, the deaf and dumb and orphan asylums and other benevolent associations are well managed and have comfortable and roomy buildings. Freemasonry, Odd Fellows and kindred societies are all flourishing. The Charity Organization, the Guild of the Good Samaritan and the Fitch Creche are admirable institutions, and were founded under the auspices of Rev. Stephen Humphreys Gurteen. They are doing excellent work. There are many fine edifices in tlie city, among the most prominent are the Custom House. now being enlarged, German Insurance, Marine Bank, Manufacturers and Traders' Bank and Young Men's Association Building; the Erie County, Western and Buffalo Savings Banks, and the Fine Arts Academy. The depots of the New York Central and Erie Railroads are commodious and ornamental. Several of the banks are located in very handsome edifices, and many merchants have imposing business blocks. The extensive buildings of the Courier, Commercial Advertiser and Eocpress newspapers indicate prosperity. The Academy of Music (theatre) is ably managed, and the front has been rebuilt of iron and brick, and the interior remodeled and beautified so as to increase the comfort of the audience. Wahle's handsome Opera House is on Court street. Two German theatres are open during the winter months. St. James Hall and the Adelphi Theatre are popular places of amusement. A magnificent Music Hall has lately been erected on Main street capable of holding 3,500 persons. Buffalo has long been celebrated for the elegance of its private residences, which can be found in nearly every part of the city, especially on Delaware, Main, Franklin, North, and other avenues on the west side. The grounds attached to these homes are kept with great care. The noble trees which line the walks of the main thoroughfares add greatly to the beauty of the city. An intercepting sewer is being built at a cost of about $1,000,000. The churches and places of worship number over one hundred, divided, according to denom- inations, as follows: Catholic, 21; Episcopal, 12; Baptist, 11; Methodist, 15; Presbyterian, 12; Jewish, 3; Universalist and Unitarian, 1 each; Lutheran, German Evangelical and all others, 27. The most beautiful edifice in the city is St. Paul's Cathedral (Protestant Episcopal) ; it is built of brown stone, Gothic style of architecture, and has a tall, graceful spire containing a fine chime of bells. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral and the episcopal residence ad- joining are imposing piles of light-colored stone; the cathedral is noted for its chimes. St. Louis' and St. Mary's Roman Catholic churches, St. John's, Ascension, All Saints', St. Mary's and Christ Episcopal churches, Calvary and Westminster Presbyterian, Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal and the Universalist and Unitarian churches are all fine edifices, and the interiors are beautiful in decoration and furniture. There are several convents. Hotel accommodation is now ample and the managers strive in every way to please their patrons. Additional hotels are being built and others projected. The military organizations are the Sixty-fifth and Seventy-fourth Regiments National Guards, the Buffalo City Guards and the Buffalo City Guard Cadets. The Arsenal and Fre- mont Place Armory are state buildings of imposing character. A Soldiers and Sailors' Mon- ument is being erected in Lafayette Square, and will be completed by July 4, 1884. The United States Signal Service Meteorological Summary for 1883 was as follows: Mean temperature, 44.9°; highest, S3. 5° August 22; lowest, 0° belo zero January 22. Total rainfall or melted snow, 38.07' inches. Total number of days on which rain or snow fell, 170. Prevail- ing direction of wind, southwest; highest velocity of wind, 53 miles an hour, December 12, from west; average hourly velocity of wind, 11.28 miles. Number of clear days, 73; partly cloudy or fair days, 140; cloudy days, 152. The mean temperature was just 2° below normal, and the total precipitation was .77 in excess of average for ten years. The first frost of the season occurred September 9th, and first ice formed September 10th. First snow fell Novem- ber 1st. Buffalo Creek or River frozen, December 23d. The City of Buffalo has all the favorable conditions for health, longevity and mental and physical vigor that can be desired, unequaled by any city in the United States. The climate is salubrious, of a uniform temperature, without extremes of either heat or cold, the mercury scarcely ever rising above 84 degrees or falling below zero. The death-rate is low, only 10.4 per 1,000. It has many special advantages as a summer resort, which of late years have been quite largely appreciated. Situated within twenty-two miles of Niagara Falls, the trip by rail on the several railroads is too short to be fatiguing, and the return trip in the evening is always pleasant, as the traveler gets the benefit of the fresh air from Niagara River during most of the distance. The drive to the Falls is a very fashionable one during the season. and when the grand idea of a boulevard connecting the city with the Village of Niagara Falls is realized, it will be still more so. On Grand Island there are several private club houses and places of resort. Everybody in Buffalo goes ''down the river" more or less during the 8 season, and several wealthy citizens own private steam yachts. One of the mosj attractive drives is that which leads to the "Front"— now a part, of the park system— a noble bluff above the bank of the Niagara, which commands an extensive view of the lake and river, and also of the harbor and portions of the city. The ruins of Fort Porter and the soldiers 1 barracks are situated on this bluff. Buffalo is about seventy miles distant by vail from Chautauqua Lake, while a trip of less than thirty miles will take the traveler to Lewiston, Niagara City and the shores of Lake Ontario. These points are much visited during the season by excursionists. An act authorizing the selection and location of certain grounds for public parks and to provide for their maintenance and embellishment, was passed by the state legislature in 1869, and lands were selected and appraised at $305,157%85. Messrs. Olmsted & Vaux. of New York, were engaged to prepare plans; Mr. Geo. K. Radford was selected as engineer and Mr. William McMillan was secured as superintendent. The city has a park on a scale sufficient to meet the demands of a large and rapidly-growing population, and one that will compare favorably with any on the continent. The commissioners have always been mindful of the public interests, and have fully appreciated the responsibility of their position. There has been no lavish expenditure of money, and good judgment has characterized their work. Tin- total area of the lands used is 816 acres, embracing the Lake, Meadow, Parade, Front. Niagara square, Prospect place, North street circle, Bidwell place, Chapin place. Soldiers' place. Agassi/, place, the Bank, Humboldt, Bidwell, Chapin and Lincoln parkways, Fillmore, Porter and Richmond avenues. The parkways are from 1,695 to 11J097 feet in length, and the beds are of stone and gravel, rolled hard and smooth and graded. The avenues are each 300 feet wide. The Lake takes up forty-six and a half acres. With its miniature islands, its bays and coves, the boat-house, well stocked with row-boats, and a float for the band, refectories, etc., it is difficult to find a more romantic and picturesque spot. The popularity of the place is attested by the crowds of people to be seen there summer evenings. Adjacent to the main park where the lake is situated, is Forest Lawn Cemetery— solemn, grand and beautiful. The State Insane Asylum, an imposing brown stone and brick structure, is on the opposite side of the main park. About $3,000,000 have been expended on the parks, including the amount paid for the land. TRADE AND COMMERCE OF BUFFALO. LAKE AND RAILROAD COMMERCE. SUMMARY. Annexed are the comprehensive statis- tics of the trade and commerce of Buffalo, for 1SS3, with comparisons of previous years in flour, grain, lumber, coal, salt, live stock, vessel building, custom's receipts, etc. Elaborate tabular statements, although needed by statisticians and parties directly benefited, are not regarded with particular interest by the general reader, and for such the following brief synopsis is presented : The receipts of flour (reduced to wheat bush- els) and grain in 1883 bv lake at this port ag- gregate 76,079,930 bushels; by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, 25,042,775 bushels— grand total, 101,132,705 bushels. If the other railroads' cereal traffic passing over the International bridge and by other routes was reported a much larger exhibit would be shown. The growth of the grain trade of Buffalo is shown by the following figures : In 1836 the receipts by lake were 1,239,351 bushels; in 1846, 13,366,168 bushels; in 1856, 25,753,967 bushels; in 1S66, 53,388,087 bushels; in 1876, 50,074,648 bushels; in 1877, 65,199,291 bushels; in 1878, 84,046,052 bushels; in 1879, 78,805,354 bushels; and in 1880, 112,042,927 bushels. The aggregate receipts by lake of flour and grain from 1836 to 1883 inclusive were 1,833,282,345 bushels. The receipts and shipments of the products of the forest this year were largely short of those of 18S2. A good trade was done however at prices which on the whole were satis- factory. The stocks in the yards at the close were well assorted and sufficient for all prob- able requirements until the opening of naviga- tion. The coal trade of our port makes a contin- ued rapid growth from year to year. The new railroads from the mines of Pennsylvania are all feeders to this branch of our commerce. The receipts this year are largely in excess of last : the total imports of all kinds aggre- gated 4,169,021 tons, against 3,031,831 tons in 1882 and 2,243,571 tons in 1881. Prices fluctuated but little during the year. Buffalo is now the great distributing centre for the lake regions and Canada. Manufactures flourish under the era of " cheap coal," and the different branches appear to be in a very satisfactory condition and many new enter- prises have been started and are in contempla- tion. The shipments of grain from the elevators by railroads connected therewith were.17,403,- 379 bushels, showing a large increase from the movement of 1882 of 4,19S,186 bushels. The exports ty lake f jr the past season in- cluded 1,253,940 tons of coal, 212,969 barrels of cement and plaster, 92,120 barrels and 11,435 tons of salt, and 57,660 tons of railroad iron. The tonnage of t ie miscellaneous west-bound freight was of good proportions, but no record is kept thereof for public use. Ice left this end of Lake Erie on Sunday, the 22d of April. The first arrival of the sea- son was the propeller barge D. Leuty, light, from Cleveland, at half-past 1 o'clock P. M. on Wednesday the 25th of April ; and on the same day at 5 o'clock P. M. the propeller John C . Grault, laden with wheat, from Toledo, aud at 6 o'clock P. M. the propeller Russell Sage, also with wheat, from Toledo. The first clearance was the propeller barge D. Leuty, with barge Montgomery in tow, on Thursday P. M., the 26th of April, for Saginaw. On Friday, the 27th of April, the ice returned but did not obstruct navigation. The schooner J. E. Bailey, laden with wheat from Toledo was towed into this port on Saturday afternoon the 28th of April by the tug James Ash, the first sail vessel of the season. On Friday, April 27th, the propeller Cham- plain, from Chicago, passed the Straits and arrived at Mackinaw, and the steambarge S. J. Macy passed through the north passage at 11 A. M. Saturday, the 28th of April, being the first craft to report at that port as coming through this year. The Erie canal opened May 7, and closed 10 December 1 ; number of days of navigation 206. The Welland canal (Canada) opened April 5 and closed December 13. The Straits of Mackinaw opened April 28 ; one month later than in 1882. The year 1883 will be a noteworthy one among owners of vessels and navigators on the lakes. The destruction of property and loss of life were very large. The grain business on Central wharf (this famous locality was destroyed to provide ac- commodation for the Delaware & Lackawanna railroad company's docks and warehouses late in the fall) was far from satisfactory for rea- sons which cannot here be stated for want of space. The forwarding and vessel interests, however, were fairly remunerative. Elevator owners worked together in harmony and their season's business was largely in excess of 1882 and quite remunerative. The ruling prices at the close of this year of various leading articles show many changes ; an advance in flour, winter wheat, beans, peas, seeds and apples, and a decline in Du- luth wheat, corn, oats, barley, oatmeal, pork, lard, dressed hogs, potatoes, lard, cheese, but- ter, eggs and leather. The other articles enumerated about the same. The capacity of the flouring mills of the city and suburbs may be estimated at 1,350,000 barrels annually; all the modern improve- ments have been added. The malting interest is a very important one ; sixty malt houses were in operation dur- ing the jear turning out over 3,000,000 bushels of malt. The breweries, distilleries and recti- fying establishments are on a large scale. The amount of capital invested in manufac- tures of all kinds is estimated at $32,000,000 ; the annual value of the products $52,000,000 ; the number of hands employed 27,000. The banking capital is over $3,000,000 with re- sources equally large. The live stock trade statistics make an in- teresting exhibit : the yards at East Buffalo cover nearly sixty acres of ground and have all the facilities necessary for this immense and growing traffic. The regular special review presented annu- ally of the live stock trade is annexed. The figures show a slight decrease in the receipts of cattle as compared with last year, which fact is accounted for by the inroads made by the shipments of dressed beef and by the large number of through cattle that formerly passed east by way of this city but now go via Salamanca by the allotment of the percentage to the Erie's new western connection. There is a gratifying in crease in the receipts of both hogs and sheep, which were 414,230 head of the former and 162,000 head of the latter. The local trade for the year has been the largest in the history of the yards. The continued growth of the oil and coal producing districts of Pennsylvania and the adjoining towns of New York state, which points depend for obtaining the bulk of their supply upon Buffalo, has brought many additional buyers to this market, while a number of additional eastern houses have repre sentatives here in addition to those long estab- lished. During some of the active weeks of the years as many as 400 cars of cattle, 350 of hogs and 175 of sheep have been disposed of, the transaction in cash aggregating nearly a million of dollars. Taking the year as a whole it has been fairly prosperous both for the feed- ers and shippers. Farmers have realized a good return for their feed, and shippers from the gen- eral steady state of the market have also done fairly on their investments. The opening of the New York, Chicago &St. Louis railroad (Nickel Plate) during the past year has shown it to be a most important feeder, traversing as it does a rich and growing stock country, while the new roads building will add' greatly to this already large and still growing branch of Buffalo's trade. Large additions to both the sheep and hog yards have been made dur- ing the year, and other facilities for the proP">pt handling of the large business done have been secured at both the New York Cen- tral and National yards. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad has estab- lished fine yards some two miles east of the Central's, and within the past two months connections have been made with the Nickel Plate road, whereby all the through stock re- ceived over that line is delivered at the Lack- awanna yards direct, instead of being driven out, as formerly. Lake freights on grain from Chicago to Buf- falo fluctuated from two and a quarter cents on wheat and two cents on corn to five and a quarter and four and half cents per bushel re- spectively ; the average for the season was three and a half cents for wheat and three cents for corn. Coal was carried from this port to Chicago and Milwaukee at rates vary- ing from 50c to $1.50 per ton, free in and out, the average rate was about 70c. Railrood freights hence to New York ruled at nine cents for wheat and eight and a half cents for corn from January 1st to April 30th ; from that date to November 30th, seven and three quarters for wheat and seven and one 11 quarter for corn ; from Dec. 1st to the close nine cents and eight and a half cents respec- tively. Elevating (including five days storage) and transf ering rates steady all the season at three- quarters of a cent per bushel ; one- eighth of a cent paid by the vessel in addition. The amount of grain handled by the West- ern Elevating company was 64,436,804 bushels, (including flax seed) a large increase over 1883. The arrival and departure of vessels in the district of Buffalo Creek for the season of 18S3, 7,099, aggregating 4,150,7S2 tonnage. The tonnage of vessels built and enrolled, 031.72 tons ; of vessels built but not enrolled, 1,753.96 tons, and 26 vessels changed hands by total transfer. The total gross tonnage of the port at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, was 22S vessels of 118,347.62 tonnage, ex- clusive of canal boats other tnan steam, of which the custom house does not keep a rec- ord. The number of vessels in winter quar- ters only 96. Loading grain into cars from elevator costs half a cent per bushel, and $1 per car for trimming less than five cars. Five cars and over half a cent per bushel and no charge for trimming. The receipts at the custom house during 1883 were $854,462.62 against $1,038,245.20 in 1883, $812,916.92 in 1881, $768,106.48 in 1880, and $513,561.09 in 1779. This exhibit shows a very gratifying increase since Buffalo became a port of entry,— although there was a considerable falling off in the receipts of 1883. The canal exports of grain for the season were 42,37S,968 bushels, including flour reduced to its equivalent wheat ; these figures show the large increase of 12,893,576 bushels over 1882. The total tons of all articles car- ried eastward 1,361,421 of the value of $35,- 866,394; the total tons arriving at Buffalo 553,846 of the value of $20,547,078. The num- ber of canal boats cleared 6,081. Canal freights hence to New York fluctu- ated from six and a-half cents on wheat and six cents on corn to three and three- eighth cents and three and one-eighth cents respect- ively. The average this season was about four and three-quarters cents for wheat and four and one- quarter cents for corn. — Pine lumber per thousand feet ranged from $2. 30 to $3.50; and staves per ton from $1.50 to $2.30 to New York. Merchandise from New York to Buffalo varied from sixty cents to one dollar per gross ton. The receipts of flour (reduced to wheat bush- els) and grain at tidewater from all the canals this year were 40,407,000 bushels, as compared with 34,637,500 bushels in 1882. The export movement of flour and grain from New York for the year 1883 aggregated 76,962,500 bushels (including flour reduced to its equivalent wheat) an increase as compared with 1882 of 5,755,500 bushels. The receipts of flour and grain at the west- ern lake ports of Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland and Duluth from January 1 to December 31 aggregate 355,626,151 bush- els, an increase of 52,625,945 bushels as com- pared with the figures of 1882. The ship- ments for the same period from these places were 207,757,657 bushels, showing a decrease of 27,078,198 bushels. Comparative Imports by I-ako. The following table shows the imports of princi- pal articles into this port by lake for the years 1SS1, 1882 and 1883: 1881. 1882. 1833. Barley, bu 282,510 701,500 583,990 Cedar posts, no . . 40,200 25,000 Coal, tons 7,860 8,880 4,550 Corn, bu 34,434.830 21,654,530 34,975,040 Copper, pkgs.... 410 9,855 8,732 Copper tons 16,540 8,915 12,942 Copper, cak's and bars 1,961 13,831 20,240 Fish, pkgs 4,750 7,818 10,140 Flour, bbls 1,051,250 1,999,350 2,071,570 Flaxseed, bu... 2,178.938 2,749,150 1,463,880 Feed, sks 86,094 286,430 201,160 Hoops, no 7,964,000 1 ,434,900 Heading, bbls.... 8,516 3.780 Iron ore, tons... 13,747 14,490 45,855 Iron pig, tons... 10,820 12,547 9,480 Lead, pigs 17,243 152,338 376,290 Lard, pkgs 25,424 53,750 72,330 Lumber, ft 240,802,100 248,196,000 233,433,000 Lath, pes 2,863,000 5,251,050 14,508,000 Oats, bu 3,565 737 ■ 1.650,170 3,226,900 Oilcake, pkgs... 45,497 „ 123,420 112,370 Pork, bbls 11,922 * 4,995 11,500 Peas, bu 6,038 Rye. bu 22,210 767,360 2,830,830 Seeds, bags 23,221 35,820 98 810 Staves 3.986,275 7,074,460 2,362,100 Stavebolts, cords 10,065 20,783 14,820 Shingles 25,249,060 44,90s, 750 37,302,000 Shooks. no 964,000 1,510,000 Tobacco, pkgs . . 9.356 13,240 Ties, no 419,842 840,200 275,950 Wheat, bu....... 18,495,320 26,050,030 23,105,420 AGGREGATE RECEIPTS OF FLOUR AND GRAIN. 1881. 1882. 1883. Flour, bbls... .. 1,051,250 1,199,350 2,071,570 Wheat, bu 18,495.320 26,050,030 24,105,420 Corn, bu 34,434,830 21,664,530 31,975,010 Oats, bu 3.565,737 1,650,170 3,226.900 Barley, bu 282,510 701,500 583,890 Rye, bu 22.210 767,360 2,830,830 Peas, bu 6,038 Total grain, bu. 56,806,645 50,833,590 65,722,080 Flour to grain.bu 5,256,250 5,996,750 10,357,850 Grand total, bu 62,002,805 56,830,340 76,079,930 Grain Trade of Buffalo for Forty-eight Years. The following statement shows the grain trade of Buffalo for forty-eight years (the receipts by the Lake Shore Railroad not included): 12 Years. Flour, bbls. 1836 139,178 1837 126,805 1838 277,620 1839 894.125 1840 597,142 1841 730,040 1842 734,408 1843 917,517 1844 915,030 1845 740,750 1840 1,374.529 1847 1,857,000 1848 1,249,000 1849 1,207 435 1850 1,103,039 1851 1,258,224 1852 1,299,213 1853 975,557 1851 739,750 1855 93(5,761 1856 1.126,018 1857 845,953 1858 1,536,109 1859 1,420,333 18G0 1,122,335 1861 2,159,591 1862 2,846,022 1863 2,978,088 1801 2,028,520 1865 1,788,393 I860 1,313,513 1867 1,440,056 1808 1,502.731 1869 1,598.48; 1870 1,470,391 1871 1,278 077 1872 762.502 1873 1,259,205 1874 1,093,585 1875 1,810,402 1876 807,210 1877* 693,044 1S78* 911,980 1879* 897,105 1880* 1,317,911 1881* 1,051,250 1882* 1,199,350 1883* 2,071,570 Oats, bti. 1836 28,640 1837 • 2,553 1838 6,577 1839 1840 1841 14.144 1844 1843 > 2,489 1844 18,017 1845 23,300 1846 218,300 1847 446,000 IMS 560,000 1849 362,384 1850 357,580 1851 1,140,430 1852 2,590,231 1853 1,580.655 1854 4,401,739 1855 2,693,222 [856 1,733,382 1857 1,214,700 1858 2,275,231 1859 391,502 1860 1,209,594 1861....' 1,797,905 1662 2,624,982 1863 7,322,187 1864 11,682,687 1865 8,491,799 1866 10,227,472 1861 10,933,166 1868 11,492,472 1869 5,459,847 1870 6,840,983 Wheat, bu. 304,090 450,350 933,117 1,117,262 1,004.501 1,035,000 1.555,420 1,827,241 2,174,500 1,770,740 4.744,184 6,489,1' 4,520,117 4,943,978 3,681,317 4,167,121 5,549,778 5,420,043 5 510,782 8,022,126 8,465,671 8.334,179 10,671,550 9,234,652 18,502,615 27,105,219 30,435,831 21,240,348 17,677,549 13,437,888 10,479,694 11.8:9.0X5 12,555,215 19,228,546 20,556,722 22,606,217 14.304,942 30;618,372 29,778,572 32,967,6S6 19,324,612 23.284,405 35,419.136 37,788,501 40,510,229 18,495,320 26,050,030 24,105,420 Corn, bu. 204,355 94,490 34,148 ;i,3« 201,031 454,530 223,966 137,978 54,200 1,455,258 2,862,800 2,298,000 3,321,651 2,593,378 5,988,775 5,136,746 8,065,793 10,108,983 9,711,430 9,033,277 5,713,611 6,621,688 3,113,653 11,386,217 21,024,657 24,388,627 20,086,912 10,478,681 19,840,901 27,894,798 17,873,638 16,804,067 11,549,403 9,410,128 26,110,769 34,643,187 28,550,828 24.974,518 22,593,891 20,939,853 33,362,866 35,133,853 32,990,993 62,214,417 34,434,830 21,664,530 34,975,040 Barley, bu. Rye. bu. 4,876 1,500 3,267 909 4,710 l',617 47J530 3,600 142,773 497,913 101,098 313,757 62,304 46,327 37,844 308,371 361,550 262,158 313,715 423,121 611,119 465,057 820,568 1,606,384 1,802,598 637,124 651,339 1,821,154 2,150 1,268 1,332 456 28,250 70,787 17,789 10,652 112,251 107,152 177,066 299,591 245,810 48,536 125,214 124,693 SO, S-J2 337,764 791,564 422,309 633,727 877,676 1.245,485 1,010,693 947,323 126,093 626,154 Years. Oats, bu. Barley, bu. 1871 9,006,409 1,946,928 1872 6,050,045 3,088,925 1873 5,972,346 1,232,507 1874 5,396.781 1,154,948 1875 8,494,124 916.889 1876 2.397,257 2,015,081 187^* 4,279,229 1*652,568 1878* 5,122,972 1,375,184 1879* 1,104 793 600,740 1880* 649,350 335,925 1881* 3,565.737 282,510 1882* 1,650,170 701,500 1883* 3,226,900 583,890 GRAIN INCLUDING FLOUR AS GRAIN. Years 1836.. 1837.. 1838.. 1839.. 1840.. 1841.. 1842.. 1843.. 1844.. 1845.. 1846 . 1847.. 184S.. 1849.. 1850.. 1851.. 1852.. 1853.. 1854.. 1855.. 1856.. 1857.. 1858.. 1859.. I860.. 1861.. 1862. . 1863.. 1864 . 1865.. 1866.. 1867.. 1868.. 1869.. 1870.. 1871 . . 1872.. 1873.. 1874.. 1875 . 1876.. 1877*. 1878*. 1879*. 1880*. 1881*. 1882*. 1883*. 1886 1846 . 1856. 1866.. 1876. Grain, bu. 543,461 550,560 974,751 1,117,262 1,075,888 1,852.325 2,015,928 2,055.025 2.335,568 1,848.040 6,491,522 8,864,187 7,396,012 8,628.013 6,618,004 11,449,661 13 392,937 11,078,741 18,553,455 19,788,473 20,123,66; 15,348.930 20,202,444 14,429,069 31,441,440 50,662,646 58,642,344 49,845,065 41,044,496 42.473,223 51,820,342 43,499,78q 42,436,201 37,014,728 39,261,141 60,765,357 58,447,822 67,340,570 61,562,627 '.194,716 46,038,598 61,734,071 79,176,152 74,379,829 105,453,372 56,806,545 50,883,590 65,722,080 Grain, including Hour, bu. 1,239.351 1,184,685 2,587 8S7 2,-302,851 4,061.598 5,592,525 5.687, 168 6,642,610 0,910.718 5,581,790 13,366.167 19,153 187 14,641, HIS 14,605, IS!) 12,1159, 551 17,740,784 20,390,506 15,956,525 22,252,238 24,472,277 25 753,965 19,578,690 26,812,982 21.530.722 37.053,115 61.460,601 72,872,454 64,735,510 51.177,146 51,415,188 53,388,087 50,700,060 49,949,856 45,007,163 46,913,096 67,155,742 62,260,232 73,036,595 70, 03O,, -.52 74,246,726 50,074,648 66,199.291 81,046,052 78,865,354 112,042.1127 62,062,895 56,830,340 76,079,930 COMPARED BY DECADES. 543. 161 6,491,522 20,123,667 51.820,342 46,088,598 1836 to 1845— lOyears. 1846 to 1855— 10 years 1856 to 1865— 10 years 1866 to 1875— lOyear- 1876... 1877*. 1878*.. 1879*.. 1880*.. 1881*.. 14. 113 344 526 46 61 79 74 105 56 908 005 324 775 598 071 .152 829 372 645 13 Years. 1882*. . 1883*.. Total, 18 years. Grain, Grain, including bu. Hour, bu. 50.833,590 56 830,310 65 722,080 76,079,980 1,541,251,398 1,838,282,345 ♦Canadian receipts through Custom-house not in- cluded in 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880. 1861. 1882 and 1883. Receipts by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. The following table shows the principal receipts at Buffalo by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad for the year ending December 31, 1883, as compared with those of 1882 and 1881 : 1881. 1882. 1883. Flonr, bbls 889,800 690.390 626,455 Wheat, bu 8,343,400 9,499,800 6,060,200' Corn,bu 16,731,200 13,274,900 11,731.500 Oats, bu 5,409,000 3,407,800 3,301,800 Barley, bu 235.800 236,900 296 000 Ry e, bu 340.000 408,400 521 ,000 Total grain.bu. 31,059,400 26.827,800 21,910,500 Flour to wh't,bu. 4,449,000 3,451,950 3,132,275 Grand total.bu. 35,503,400 30,279,750 25,042,775 Beef,bbls and tcs 79,510 76,500 73,300 Butter, lbs 20,100,000 18,2J0,000 8,753,000 Bacon, lbs 31,950.000 25,280,000 12,622,000 Broomcorn.bales 14,895 13,456 9,715 Coal, tons 88,949 46,935 69,663 Cattle, cars 30,799 26,037 22,483 Cheese, boxes... 85,860 66,218 60,046 Cotton, bales. .. 73,950 67,665 70,090 Cornmeal, bbls . 242,000 178,635 186,140 Eggs, pkgs 35,745 19,370 19,963 Fish, pkgs 16,950 18,545 26,016 Grindstones, no.. 23,970 23,140 15,960 Hides, no 304,533 340,580 235,324 Horses, cars 830 746 813 Hops, bales 1,295 765 862 Hogs, cars 14,369 14,298 15,959 Hemp, bales 6.080 5,795 3,068 Hams, tcs 108,500 89,250 65,250 Iron, plates, no.. 23,920 26,346 22,460 Iron, pig, tons .. . 7,720 7,472 9,120 Leather, rolls.... 6,010 12,268 7,060 Lard, lbs 28.800,000 27,780,000 13,240,000 Lumber, cars 5,073 4,556 4,1C3 Oil cake, pkgs... 128,370 107,540 80,700 Oil, refined, bbls. 415,760 565,055 339,785 Oil, crude, bbls . . 497,240 547,535 391,065 Pork, bbls 201,140 125,500 101,750 Pelts, bdls 12,950 7,200 5,365 Seed, bags 51,180 47,790 36,850 Stones, tons 7,624 6,9-9 4,337 Staves, cars 921 701 627 Sheep, cars 3,466 5,018 5,386 Tobacco, pkgs... 29,980 27,900 33,050 Tobacco, hhds... 5,224 3,534 2,961 Tallow, bbls or pkgs 11,630 12,080 8,915 Tanbark, cars... 677 493 180 Whisky, bbls.... 70,900 67,400 65,100 Wool, bales 26,090 32.990 28,005 Of the above receipts for 1881,1882 and 1883 the follovviug were for this city: 1881. 1882. 1883. Flour, bbls 31.500 11,750 11,025 Wheat, bu 50,400 136,500 127,000 Corn, bu 1,150,100 1,783,800 1,667,500 Oats, bu 82,100 67.200 283,900 Barley, bu 6,400 ^9,000 96,000 Rye, bu 400 7,500 16,000 Hides, no 117,283 114,490 84,270 Fish, pkgs 4,894 2,582 6,406 Lumber, cars ... . 2,211 1,896 1,724 Oil, refined, bbls. 2,880 4,080 Coal, tons 66,549 30,405 44,808 Flour and Grain Receipts by Lake and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. The following statement shows the receipts of flo r and grain by lake and the Lake Shore & Mich- igan Southern railroad for three years: 1881. 1882. 1883. Flour, bbls 1,941,050 1,889,740 2,698,025 Wheat, bu 26,838,720 32,549,830 30,165,620 Corn, bu 51,166,030 34,939.430 46.706,510 Oats, bu 8,974,737 5,657,970 6,528,700 Barley, bu 518,310 938,400 879,890 Rye, bu 362,210 1,175,760 3,351.830 Peas.bu 6,038 Total bu 87,866,045 77,661,390 87,032,580 Flour to wh't, bu. 9,705,250 9,448,700 13,490,125 Grand total.bu 97,571,295 87,110,090 101,122,705 Luin'jer Trade of Buffalo. The following table shows the receipts and ship- ments of lumber, etc., for three years: IMPORTS BY CANAL. 1881. 1882. 1883. Lumber, feet. . . 2,357,066 1,323,339 495,863 Timber, cubic ft. .... 29,260 352,292 Shingles, no 172,000 462,000 Staves and head- ing, lbs ... 110,000 30,000 EXPORTS BY CANAL. Lumber, feet.... 74,865,668 87,661,551 70,399,062 Staves and head- ing, lbs 61,652,021 84,225,390 55,149,900 Shingles, no 12.253,000 21,811,000 11,177,000 Timber, cubic ft. 4,000 IMPORTS BY LAKE. Heading, bbls... 8,516 3,780 9,500 Hoops, no 7,961,000 l,43i,900 863,000 Lumber, feet.... 240,802,160 248,196,000 233,433,000 Lath, pieces 2,863,0C0 5.251,050 14,508,000 Railr'd ties, no.. 419,812 840,200 275,920 Staves, no 3,986,275 7,074,460 2,362,100 Stave bolts,cords 10,065 20,783 14,820 Shingles, no 25, '-.'49,000 44.908,750 37,302,000 Shooks, no 964,000 1 ,510,000 Cedir posts, no. 40,200 25,000 25,300 OTHER IMPORTS BY RAILROADS AND TEAMS. Lumber, feet.... 97,000,000 103,000,000 125,000,000 Railr'd ties, no.. .... 150,000 550,000 AVERAGE PRICES. The prices at the yards during 1883 were about as follows, per 1,000 feet: Basswood. .$15 00@24 00 Walnut.. . .$40 00©100 00 Pine 12 50@54 00 Maple 22 00® 36 08 Ash 18 00®41 00 Hickory... 30 00<§ 50 00 Whitewood 18 00©38 00 Lath. per M 2 00® 2 50 Oak 25 00@45 00 Sh i n gl e s Cherry 35 0C®70 00 per M... 3 15(3} 4 50 Chestnut... 25 00® 40 00 Coal Trade of Buffalo. The anthracite and bituminous coal trade of this city is shown by the following figures: IMPORTS BY CANAL. 1881. 1882. 1883. Anthracite, tons 181,292 233,004 163,042 Blossburg, tons 500 500 EXPORTS BY CANAIi. Bituminous, tons 29,222 25,276 23,515 IMPORTS BY LAKE. Bituminous, tons 7,860 8,880 1,550 EXPORTS BY LAKE Antraoite, tons 795,210 995,500 1,218,940 Blossburg, tons 30,000 32,000 (5,000 14 IMPORTS BY RAILROADS.* 1881. 1882. 1883. Anthracite, tons 1,065,000 1,700,000 l,91(i,000 Bituminous, tons 923,919 1,024,907 2,014,929 Blossburg, tons 05,000 65,000 70,000 EXPORTS BY RAILROADS. No estimate to hand of the movement in detail. RECAPITULATION. 1.240,292 1.933,014 2,079,042 931,779 1,033,787 2,019,479 05,500 65,0^0 70,500 211,222 795,240 30,000 25,276 995,500 32,000 23,545 1,218,940 35,000 Total imports Anthra- cite, tons Do, Bituminous, tons. Do, Blossburg, tons . . . Total exports, Bitumin- ous, tons Do, Anthracite, tons.. Do, Blossbu'g, tons... "Partly estimated. The retail prices of anthracite per 2,000 pounds, delivered in the city limits, during the year were as follows: Grate. January 1 $5 60 April 23 5 25 July 1 5 50 September 1... 5 50 December 31.. 5 50 The range of prices during 1883 for bituminous, delivered to manufactories, gas works, propeller lines, etc., was from $2 50 to $4 25 per ton, accord- ing to description. The price at retail varied from $5 00 to $6 00, delivered, per ton, accordlig to qual- ity, for family use. About 285.000 tons of anthracite were consumed, mostly by families, and 1 J,000 tons of bituminous coal were consumed by families in this city during 1883. Comparative Prices of Leading Articles. Tlif following statement shows the approximate ruling rates of the various articles enumerated at Buffalo December 31, 1883, and the corresponding periods in 1882 and 1881 : Bloss- Egg. Stove. Nut. burg. $5 75 $6 00 $0 20 $4 25 5 35 5 60 5 60 4 25 5 66 5 80 5 95 4 25 5 50 5 95 t; 10 4 25 5 70 5 95 6 10 1881. 1882. $6 25a 75 5 50a 5 75 5 75a 00 i r00a son 5 25a 5 75 6 25a 6 75 o 50a 7 Oi) 5 50a (1 00 6 (Ida (', 50 7 50a 8 25 1 0i ia 1 50 Flour, bbl— Citygr. sp. No. l..$7 00a 7 75 i 'ily gr. amber 7 00a 7 75 « 'ily gr. white 7 25a 7 75 ( 'iiy g. new process s 00a 8 75 i Hear I 'ninth spring Straight do 1>«. Minn bakers. . Clear Minnesota. . .... Western spring... 7 00a 7 75 Western bakers'... 7 25a s on Western amber. ... 7 50a 8 00 Western white 7 50a 8 00 Western newprocs s 25a 9 25 Rye 6 25a 6 50 Wheat, bush No.l h'd Duluth.sp 1 51 1 17 Red and amber.... 143 1 02a 1 05 \\ bite l 42 l (>2a 1 05 Corn, bush- No. 2 western 67)4>a 68 ( )ats, lai, western. . 19a 50 l,'\ e, Ini, do 1 05 Barley, bush- West 'n and Canada 95a 1 10 state 85a 1 03 Barley malt, bu.. .. i 10a l 25 I'eas, bu (free of .lut vi, Canada.... 100 90a 95 Beans, bu 2 75a 3 25 2 50a 3 00 Seed, Clover, bu .. . 5 50a 5 76 5 00a 5 50 S I, timothy, bu 2 J5a 3 00 2 80a 2 75 Buckwheat, cwt. . . 4 00a 4 50 3 00a 3 50 1883. 6 00a 6 25 7 00a 7 50 6 25 50a 6 75 i; 25a 6 75 5 50a 6 00 6 00a (i 25 ; ooa ; 5o :; 75a I 25 1 15 1 08a 1 09 l 08a 1 09 61a 62 60 40a 42 34a 36 O.'ia 65 64 62a 85 65a 85 70a 85 65a 78 90a 9") 75a 90 100 2 75a 3 26 6 50a 75 1 70a 1 75 3 75a I 00 Millfeed, ton— 1881. 1882. 1883. Coarse 16 00al7 00 16 00al7 00 16 00al7 00 Fine .17 00H8 00 17 00al8 00 16 00al7 00 Finished 21 00a22 00 19 00a20 00 20 00a21 00 Cornmeal, 100 lb. . . 1 40a 1 60 1 25a 1 35 1 20a 1 30 Oatmeal, bbl 7 50a 8 00 7 00a 7 50 6 00a 6 50 Mess pork, bbl— Heavy 17 50 18 OOalS 50 15 50 Short cut 17 50 18 00al8 50 15 50 Lard, lb llj^a 12J4 ll}4a 12 9J^a 10 Dressed hogs, cwt.. 7 25a 7 50 7 75a 8 25 7 00a 7 56 High .vines, gal.... 119 119 118 Potatoes, bu 90a 1 00 75a 85 38a 50 Butter, lb 26a 33 25a 33 16a 27 Cheese, dairy, lb... 11a 12 Ha 12 9a 10}4 Do., factory, lb.... llj^a 13 12,4a 13 11a 11}Z Hops, lb 20a 26 1 00a 1 05 20a 26 Eggs, doz 28a 30 30a 32 28a 30 Cranberries, bbl .... 11 00al2 00 15 00 13 50 Apples, dried, lb.. . 4a 6 6a 7 5^a 6 Do., green, bbl. ... 2 25a 3 50 2 50a 4 00 3 00a 4 00 Oranges, case 5 00a 6 00 4 00a 6 00 4 00a 4 50 Lemons, box 2 25a 4 25 3 00a 4 50 3 50a 5 50 Salt, coarse, bbl... 110 1 13a 1 20 125 Salt, fine, bbl 1 05a 1 10 88a 1 20 92 Coal, Anthracite, retail price, delivered, ton- Grate 5 35 5 60 5 50 Egg 5 60 5 75 5 70 Chestnut 5 90 6 20 6 10 Stove 5 90 6 00 5 95 Coal, bituminous.. 5 00a 6 00 5 00a 6 00 5 00a 6 00 Hides, green, lb... 9^all4 8J^a 9^ 8a 10 Do., cured 15a 18 15a 19 15a 19 Best sl'ght'd sole.. 29a 31 29a 31 27a 29 No. 2 do 27a 29 27a 29 26a 27 Cement, bbl 1 20 1 20 1 20 Refined Petroleum, gal— 112al2)° leg. test... 8a 9 11 11 Pease's Prem. oil.. 30a 35 30a 35 30a 35 Pease's Headlight.. 20a 25 25 25 Lard Oil- Extra winter, gal . . 95 95 75 Do., No. 1 do 90 90 70 Linseed, raw do. . . • 65 58 5S Do., boiled, do 68 60 60 W. V. oil, black, gallon 23 23 25 Do., gal., in bbl .... 25 25 25 Sperm oil, gal 115 1 30 1 50 Fish, half bbl— White 7 00 6 50 7 00 Trout 6 00 5 75 5 00 Siscoes 4 50 4 75 3 75 Codfish, George's Bank, cwt 5 50 5 50a 6 00 5 50a 6 00 Halibut, cwt 1100 1100 16 00 Mackerel, kit 1 10a 2 80 1 20a 2 10 1 25a 2 00 Do,halfbbl 850al350 675all00 760all00 Sterling Exchange 481a 485 4814a485J4 481J^a485X> Exports from Elevators by Railroads. The following statement shows the exports of grain from the elevators of this city having connec- tions with the railroads for the several months of 1883, and comparisons with preceding years: Wheat, 1888. bu. January .. 1S9.550 February. 97,355 March.... 170,591 April 109,036 May 415,088 June 275,647 July .... 179.153 august... 397,893 Septem'r. 329,733 October. 521.111 November 589,008 December 579,252 Corn, bu. 15.023 2,000 15.321 1,702,079 1,018,988 1.209.05; 2,102.131 1,913,640 2,481,109 1,535,628 1,183,221 Oats, Barley, Rye, bu 1,600 l.roo i. in hi 800 1,273 32,797 52, , 82 8, 197 25.300 1,600 2,600 bu. 9, HIS 39,656 11,000 :,i ii i 1,764 15JH8 635 26,612 21.937 bu. Total 1883, 3,854,320 13,204, r 03 132,249 126,730 85,577 15 Wheat, Corn, Oats, Barley, Rye, 1883. bu. bu. bu. bu. bu. Total, '82.4,384,050 7,816,201 852,754 124,223 27,365 Total, '81.4,852,973 15,205,794 1,588,068 57,521 7,000 Total, '80.9,677,469 20,319,376 469,689 32,960 259,433 Total, '79.8,575,129 7,369,007 183:339 94,230 81,831 Total, '78.9,173,439 9,300,650 254,057 185,212 223,310 Total, '77.9,323,348 3,851,034 620.009 348,082 90,332 Total, '70.5,984,722 6,581,989 715,649 112,741 278,291 Total, '75.6,198,393 6,436,717 1,091,327 60,437 16,786 Total, '74.4,658,080 5,209,202 1,318,097 191.277 10,318 Grand total, bushels, 1874 11,386,974 1875 14,800,660 " 1876 13,672,732 " " 1877 14,235,805 1878 19,136,668 1879 16,308,526 1880 30,758,927 1881 21.808,356 1882 13,205,193 1833 17,403,379 Increase, 1883 over 1882, bu 4,198,186 Elevating and Storage Rates. The following shows the current rates as pub- lished by the Western Elevating company, during the days specified in 1883. January 1 to April 28.— On the 20th day of No- vember, 1882, the following card was issued: "Ele- vating, including five days' storage, seven-eighths of one cent per bushel. Storage, each succeeding ten days or parts thereof, one quarter of one cent per bushel . The vessel pays, in addition to the above, one eighth cent per bushel. On all grain in store at that date or after the charge for winter storage will be one-quarter of one cent per bushel for each ten days or parts thereof until such charge (accumulated after November 20, 1882) shall amount to two cents per bushel; then the grain shall be free of storage until ten days after the opening of canal navigation in 1883 . April 29 to November 20.— Elevating, including five days' storage, three-quarters of one cent per bushel; storage each succeeding ten days or parts thereof, one-quarter of one cent per bushel; the vessel pays in addition to the above one-eighth of one cent per bushel. November 21 to close of Navigation.— Elevat- ing, Including five days' storage, three quarters of one cent per bushel; storage each succeeding ten days or parts thereof, one-quarter of one cent per bushel; the vessel pays ia addition to the above one- eighth of one cent per bushel. On all grain in store November 20 or ;»f ter the charge for winter storage will be one-quarter of one cent per bushel for each ten days or parts thereof until such charge (accu- mulated after November 20, 1883) shall amount to two cents per bushel; then the grain shall be free of storage until five days after the opening of canal navigation in 1884. Note.— The amount of grain handled by the Western Elevating company was 64,436,804 bushels, against 50,934,922 bushels in 1882, about 49,000,000 bushels in 1881, and 99,000,000 bushels in 1880, a large increase in 1883 over 1882. Loading Railroad Grain from Elevators. Loading grain into cars from elevator costs J^c per bushel and $1 00 per car for trimming for less than 5 cars. Five cars and over, J>£e per bushel and no charge for trimming. Lake Exports. The following statement, collated from the clear- ances issued during the season of navigation at the custom-house of this port, shows the exports of the articles named during the season of navigation in 1881, 1882 and 1883 westward by lake: Coal, tons Cement and plas- ter, bbls Salt, bbls Sa t, tons Railroad iron,tns Railroad iron.brs 1881. 825,240 170.410 109,810 11,955 50,237 23,100 1882. 1,027,500 223,810 111,600 12,810 1883. 1,253,940 212 960 92,120 1 1 .435 April 28.. . 4 ®A May 5 . . . 3% 3* May 12.. . 3 2*j . 2M 2 May 26.. . Wx 2 June 2 . . . ay* a . m 2VS June 16. . ■ 3^2 2Vj June 23 . . . m 2 June c0. . ■ ^4 2Vfj July 7 . m ny 4 July 14.. . 2!4 2 July 21 ■ 2W 2 July 28.2^@3 2% n 4 3H m m 3 m m 4 3*j 4 ■m 3ki 3 4ki 4 4k 4 Lake Freights from Chicago to Buffalo on Wheat and Corn. The following statement shows the ruling rates of lake freights on wheat and corn from Chicago to Buffalo on the dates specified in 1883 : Wheat, Corn, 1833. bu. bu. 1883. April 14 . . .4@4!4 -i}&Caom and bar iron, lbs 10,880,265 5,440 217,605 Castings and iron ware, lbs 443,852 222 35,508 Domestic salt, lbs.... 59,665,034 29,833 149,163 Foreign salt, lbs 38,581,614 19,291 192,908 Total manufactures .... 83,346 $1,169,893 Merchandise. Coffee, lbs ... 1,424.287 712 $256,372 Sugar, lbs 8,006.018 4,004 640,481 Molasses, lbs 11,553,590 5,777 462,144 Nails, spikes, horse- shoes, lbs 420,000 210 12,600 Iron and steel, lbs.... 70.613,881 35,307 1,765,367 Railroad iron, lbs 59,661,537 29,831 1,193,230 Flint, enamel, crock- ery, glassware, lbs.. 966,177 483 77,295 All other merchan- dise, lbs 224,684,878 112,342 11,234,244 Total merchandise. .... 188,665 $15,641,717 Other Articles. Stone, lime, clay, lbs. 107,130,965 53,565 $535,655 Gypsum, phosphates, lbs 19,295,064 9,648 385,901 Anthracite coal, lbs.. 327,084.054 163,542 817,710 Iron ore, lbs 1,204,732 602 4,016 Petroleum oil, crude and refined, bbls ... 14 3 63 Sundries, lbs 60,667,317 30,334 1 ,203,346 Total other articles. .... 257,694 $2,946,691 Grand totals .... 553.846 $20,547,078 EXPORTS. Statement of property first cleared at the Collect- or's office at Buffalo on the - rie canal during the year 1883, showing the quantity, tolls and average value of each article, and also the whole amount of tolls received at that office on each article of property during the same period coming from the Western Stales, Canada and New York: The Forest. Articles. Quan- Product of Wood— tity. Boards and scantling, feet 70,399,062 Shingles, M 11.177 Timber, cubic feet .... 4.000 Staves, lbs 55,149,900 Total of the forest . . Agriculture. Reduced Value to tons of of each 2,000 lbs. article. 87,999 $1,407,981 1,677 39,119 80 16,000 27.575 551,489 117.331 $2,014,589 Product of Animals — Lard, tallow and lard oil, lbs 10,000 Reduced Value Articles. Quan- to tons of of each Vegetable Food— tity. 2,000 lbs. article. Flour, bbls 5,349 524 $32,094 Dried fruits, lbs 8,000 4 100 Wheat, bu 17,824 272 534,728 19,606,699 Rye, bu 2,82i;790 79.010 1,834,163 Corn.bu 18,472,804 517,216 9,236,002 Barley, bu 283,982 6,816 204,467 Barley malt, bu 257,991 4,382 226,856 Oats, bu 2,949,375 47,190 1,002,787 Bran and shipstuffs, lbs 2,901,721 1,451 232,137 Total vegetable food .... 1 ,191 ,321 $32,375,305 All other Agricultural Products- Clover and grass seed, lbs 254,020 127 $12,701 Flax seed, lbs 29,611,885 14,806 888,357 Total all other agri- cultural products . .... 14,933 $901,058 Manufactures. Pig iron, lbs 4,037,188 2,019 $40,372 Castings and iron ware, lbs 70,00 > 35 4,600 Oilmealandcake,lbs. 4,415,994 2,208 132,480 Bar and pig lead, lbs. 624.493 312 31,225 Total manufactures. .... 4,574 $209,677 Merchandise. Sundry merchandise, lbs , 337,675 169 $16,884 Other Art id es. Stone, lime and clay, lbs , 6,226,000 3,113 $31,130 Phosphates, lbs 400,000 230 9,200 Bituminous coal, lbs.. 47,089,349 23,545 58,861 Petroleum oil, crude and refined, bbls... 704 133 6,108 Sundries, lbs 12,131,114 0,067 242,622 Total other articles. .... 33,088 $347,982 Grand totals .... 1,361,421 $35,866,394 Imports and Exports Compared. IMPORTS. 1881. 1882. Lumber, feet.... 2,357,066 1,323,339 Timber, cub. f t . . ... 29,260 Shingles, M 162 462 Wood, cords 2,877 1 ,372 Staves and head- ing, bbls .... 110,000 Hides, lbs Cheese, lbs 83,487 7,108 Flour, bbls 6,906 3,069 Wheat, bu 3,317 18,533 Barley, bu 19,220 24,809 Corn, bu 4,000 Barley malt, bu . . 411 — Oats, bu . . 520 Bran, etc., lbs . . . 20,940 Beans and peas, bu 9,840 1,157 Potatoes, bu 75 Hemp, lbs 1,281,699 230,217 Apples, bbls — 232 Dried fruits, lbs. 9,351,998 4,051,588 4. Dom. spirits, gal. 469,475 2,500 Lard, tallow and lard oil,' lbs.... 8,227 Live cattle, sheep and hogs, lbs.. 20,000 40,0.10 Dom.woolens.lbs 8,304,240 504,404 Dom. cottons, lbs 11,221,245 540,352 Furniture, lbs... 21.000 83,830 Pig iron, lbs 39,994,369 27,779,235 57 Castings, etc.,lbs 770,500 358,195 Bloom and bar iron, lbs 5,505,578 33,186,702 10 Bar& pig lead, lbs — — 1883. 495,863 352,292 30,000 52.475 'iis 252,200 4,792 108 470 607 741,088 14,000 050,900 443.852 ,880,265 56,000 20 Rock and super- phosphate, lbs. Domestic salt,lbs Foreign salt, lbs. Sugar, lbs Molasses, lbs Coffee, lbs Nail$& spikes, lbs Iron and steel, lbs Railroad iron, lbs Crockery, etc, lbs All other mdse, Lbs Stone, lime, etc., lbs Anthracite coal, lbs Petroleum oil, re- fined and crude, lbs Sundries, lbs. . . . Iron ore, lbs 1881. 17.827,848 78,294,619 17,898,058 35,873,046 9,612,546 5,308,633 3,505,481 346.078,189 158,658,431 11,545,405 156,464,316 151,794,026 363,584,690 1883. 10,158,510 63,035,690 15,895,133 13,565,765 5,733,437 3,695,770 1,063,330 94,969,174 73,173,733 670,210 1883. 19,395,064 59,665,034 38,581,614 8,006,018 11,553,590 1.421.387 420,000 70,613,881 59,661,537 966,177 180,619,632 324,684,878 214,523,714 466,007,826 19,431,465 65,476,386 Total ton3 of ar tides carried.. 691,879 645,790 Total value of articles carried $11,048 980 $24,397,952 EXPORTS. 1881. 1882. Lumber, ft 74,865,668 87,661,510 Timber, cub. ft. . Staves and head- ing, lbs 61,652,031 84,335,390 Shingles, M 12,353 31,811 Lard, tallow and lard oil, lbs. . . . 6,606,405 3,347,903 Wool, lbs .... 31,096 Ashes,leach'd,bu 15,666 38,667 Flour, bbls 4,465 7,567 Wheat, bu 13,886,763 19,506,566 Rye, bu 3,827 684,313 Corn, bu 16,368,436 8,619,045 Barley, bu 73,357 Barley malt, bu. 345,812 *' 67,871 Oats, bu 1,546,934 565,377 Peas & beans, bn 3,533 Bran, etc., lbs... 1,571,460 2,604,570 Cornmeal, bbls.. 4,370 2,383 ] >ried fruit, lbs. . .... Clover and grass seed, lbs 918,634 454,911 Flaxseed, lbs.... 90,896,725 96,788,955 Hemp, lbs ... 12,611 Dom.spirits.gals. 56,280 10,447 Oil meal and cake lbs 4,222,000 6,284,748 Pit,' iron, lbs .... 929,600 Bar and pigjlead. lbs Castings, etc.,lbs .... 538,370 Dom. salt, lbs... 37.000 Sundry mdse.lbs 9.133,358 725,437 Stone, lime, clay, lbs .... 260,000 Bituminous coal, lbs 58,414,132 50,552,069 Iron ore, lbs .... 200,000 Petroleum oil, ra- fined and crude, bbls 2,514 1,199 Sundries, lbs.... .... 6,060,463 Rock and super- phosphate, lbs. 302,000 448.0(H) Iron and steel, lbs 1,176,065 107,130,965 327.081,054 14 60,667,317 1,204,732 553,816 ),547,078 1883. 70,399,062 4,000 55,149,900 11,177 10,000 5,349 17.842,273 2,821,790 18,472,804 283,983 257,991 2,949,375 2,901*731 8,000 254,020 29,611,885 4,415,994 4,037,188 634,493 70,000 337,675 6,226,000 47,089,319 704 12,131,114 460,000 Total tons of ar- ticles carried. . 1,121,240 1,139,054 1,361,421 Total value of articles carried $31,782,568 $35,222,439 $35,866,394 Total boats cl'd. 6,294 6.613 6,081 Total miles b'ts cleared 1,946,078 FLOUR AND GRAIN RECAPITULATION. The exports of flour and graia, compared for three years, are shown thus: 1881. 1882. 1883. Canal opened May 17. April 11. May 7. Flour, bbls 4,465 7,567 5,349 Wheat, bu 12,886,762 19,506.566 17,834,273 Corn, bu 16,368,436 8,619,045 18,472,804 Oats, bu 1,546,034 565,377 2,949,375 Barley, bu .... 72,357 283,982 Rye, bu 3,837 684,213 2,821,790 Total, bu 30,805,949 29,447,557 42,352,223 Flour to wh't,bu 23,325 37,835 26,745 Grand total, bu 30,829,374 29,485,39* 42,378,968 Note. — In 1874 there were shipped 104,754 bushels of barley malt, 153,853 bushels in 1875, 215,238 bush- els in 1876, 205. 9S6 bushels in 1877. 220,723 bushels in 1878, 295,083 bushels in 1879, 163,179 bushels in 1880, 345,813 bushels in 1881, 267,871 bushels in 1882 and 257,991 bushels in 1883. Of peas and beans 208 bush- els in 1374, 3,844 bushels in 1875, 836 bushels in 1877, 27,215 bushels in 1878, 22,441 bushels in 1879, none in 1880, 3,533 bushels in 1881, none in 1882 and 1883. Kitstwunl and Westward. Movement on the Erie Canal. The following statement shows the amount of freight by tons moved on the Erie Canal eastward and westward for ten years: SHIPMENTS OF EASTWARD MOVING FREIGHT FROM BUFFALO. Products of Products of Veg'ble the forest, animals, food, Years. tons. tons. tons. 1874 216,893 38 3,164,392 1875 151,953 39 1,007,559 18.6 124,379 23 783,123 1877 183,019 10,633 1,820,249 1878 234,433 2,686 1 ,635,082 1879 212,121 364 1,562,208 1880 157,783 9.863 3,061.9110 1881 157,601 3.302 877,502 1882 192,102 1,685 863,400 1883 117,331 5 1,191,321 Other ag'l Mauufac- Mer- products, tures, chandise, Years. tons. tons. tons. 1874 204 846 -530 187B 7 11,602 337 1876 29 878 335 1877 3,516 3 364 292 1S7S 532 1,406 472 1879 11,174 1,581 643 1880 24,288 1,602 5,049 1881 45,907 2,850 1,717 1882 48,627 8,918 951 1883 14,933 1.571 169 other articles, Total Total tons. tons. value. 1874 65,269 1,448,172 $46,244,875 1875 38,051 1,319,53s 40,608.163 1876 33,213 941,174 24,411,551 1877 38,049 1,459.122 38,229,716 1878 75,758 1,946,602 43,466,806 187!) 41,952 1,830,843 48,142.030 1880 36,447 3 286,992 59,539.048 1881 29,858 1,131,210 84,782,568 1882 38,970 1,139,651 35,222.439 1883 33,088 1,861,421 35,800..7)4 RECEIPTS OK WESTWARD MOVING FRETGHT AT BUF- FALO. Products of Products of Veg'ble the forest, animals, food, Years. tons. tons. ions. 1871 2,011 37 15,174 1885 1,529 266 7,521 1876 1,507 88 3,453 1877 1,356 230 5,881 21 Products of the forest, Years. tons. 1878 1,874 187!) 5,210 1880 9.843 1881.... 12;007 1882 6,746 18-3 13,990 Other agr'l products, Years. tons. 1874 3 1875 4 1876 187? 442 1878 304 1879 305 1880 755 1881 641 1882 115 1883 Other articles, Years. tons. 1871 373,903 187-i 403,465 1876 242,815 1877 287,760 1878 212,038 1879 198,140 1880 178,566 1881 ; . 276,330 18S2 378,103 1883 257,694 Products of Veg'ble animals, food, tons. tons. 72 7,211 51 3,321 28 6,253 46 6,404 4 3.870 26 10,125 Manufac- Mer- tures, chandise, tons. tons. 99,305 36,145 111,531 30,921 60,547 4,627 74,426 '24,685 204,893 106,060 130,708 161,708 120,70D 241,469 82,913 313,538 70,706 186,246 83,346 188.605 Total Total tons value. 526.311 $8,646,610 555,237 9 193,785 313.036 5,045,911 395,o80 12,310,455 432,472 22,474,227 499,453 43,551,185 557,601 33,692,510 691.871 41,048,930 645,790 24,297,952 553,846 20,547,078 Canal Clearances- The following statement shows the number of boats cleared from the opening to the close of nav- igation for a series of years 1883 6,081 1882 6,613 1881 6,291 1880 10.623 1879 8,709 1878 9,027 1877 6,908 1876 4,850 1875 6,349 1874 7,628 Canal Freight? from Buffalo to New York. The following table shows the ruling rates of freight to New York from Buffalo on the dates spe- cified in 1883: Pine 1883. Wheat, Corn, Oats, lumber, Staves, bu. bu. bu. M ft. p. ton. May 7 6 5J^ 4 .... .... May 12 5 4)4 3>4 $2 30 $175 May 19 4\4 4 3y 4 2 30 1 75 May 26 4^ 4 3 2 30 1 50 June 2 4 : M 454 3^ 2 60 1 50 June 9 4)4 m 3 2 60 1 50 June 16 4 3^ 2£i 2 60 150 June 23 4 3J^ 2*S@2% 2 65 150 June 30 4J4 4 3 2 65 156 July 7 4)4 4 3 2 65 1 63 July 14 4 3% 3 2 65 1 56 July 2i S]4 3!4 2% 2 65 156 July 28 3% 3% 2}/ 2 2 40 163 Aug. 4 3% 3>fe Wx 2 40 1 63 Aug. 11 4 3-fc 2% 2 30 1 50 Aug. 18 4% ^ %% 2 45 150 Aug. 25 6 5!^ 4 2 75 1 75 Sept. 1 5J4 5 3J4 2 90 1 88 Sept. 8 6M5 6 4 3 00 2 00 Sept. 15 m W4 3% 3 00 2 25 Sept. 22... 6}4 6 4 3 25 2 30 Sept. 29 6% 5^ 4J4 3 50 2 30 Oct. 6 6^6 6 4}^ 3 50 2 30 Oct. 13 5)4 5 3% 3 50 2 00 Oct. 20 5 4]4 3% 3 10 175 Oct. 27 4-M 4>4 3% 3 00 163 Nov. 3 4% 4)4 3H 3 00 163 Nov. 10 4}A 4 3% 3 00 163 Nov. 17 4% ©5 4J4 ®4J^ 314 3 00 163 Nov, 21 5 4>£ 314 3 00 163 Nov. 24 *5% .. . *Steam. AVERAGE CANAL FREIGHTS. The following statement shows the average rates of canal freights on wheat and corn between Buf- falo and New York during each month ;n the past ten 3 r ears ; the highest rate on wheat in each year and the average rate on wheat in each year: May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. cts. cts. cts. cts. cts. cts. cts. i„~, < Wheat.. 11.8 11.3 9.5 9.0 9.5 9.5 9.7 1B,4 )Corn. .. 10.8 10.3 8.5 8.0 8.5 8.5 8.7 Highest rate of wheat, 1874, 14c; average for the season, 10c. 187G- 1S7 - I Wheat.. 1875 ) Corn.... Highest rate Wheat.. , Corn Highest rate cw j Wheat.. 1877 1 Corn.... Highest rate iu-q ( Wheat.. 18 ' 8 '|Corn ... Highest rate iq-q S Wheat.. 18,J iCorn.... Highest rate 1880) Wheat.. Highest rate icai I Wheat.. 181 1Corn.... Highest rate ao I Wheat.. ' } Corn Highest rate ; Wheat.. j Corn . . . Highest rate Note— Tolls inclusive. 18S2 1883' 7.4 6.9 7.5 8.1 7.0 8 2 10.5 6.6 6.3 6.9 7.4 6.5 7.4 9.1 wheat 1875, lie; average, 7.9c. 6.7 6.2 5.9 5 8 6.2 8.3 7.6 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.6 7.5 5 5 wheat, 1876, 10c; average, 6 6c. 5.8 5.0 5.4 7.0 7.7 10.9 10.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 6.4 6.7 6.2 8.7 wheat, 1877, 12c; average, 7.4c. 5 8 4.7 4.3 5.2 8.0 8.0 5.8 5 2 4.1 i.8 4.6 7.1 7.0 5 2 wheat, 1878, 8.5c; average, 6c. 4 7 4.1 5.2 6.5 8.1 8.0 10.2 4.2 3.6 4.7 5.9 7.4 7.9 8.8 wheat, 1879, 12c; average, 6.8c. 6.9 6.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.7 8.8 5.5 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 6.0 7.5 wheat, 1880, 9c; average, 6.5c. 5.3 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.2 3,8 3.5 4.3 4.5 4.6 wheat, 1881, 7c; average, 4.7c. 4.9 4.3 4.4 5.4 5.8 6.8 6.1 4.5 3.9 4.0 4.9 5.3 6.2 5.5 wheat, 1882, 8c; average, 5.4c. 5.0 4.3 3.9 4.6 6.3 5.5 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.6 4.3 5.9 5.0 4.1 wheat, 1883, 6.5c; average, 4.9c. I ncluded from 1874 to 1882, both years Canal Freights from New York to Buffalo. The following statement shows the ruling rates of up-f reigbt f rom New York to Buffalo on general merchandise, per gross \ on, on the dates specified: 1883 Rates. 1883. Rates. May 7 65@70 Aug. 18 75@85 May 12 85@90 Aug. 25 75@85 May 19 85@90 Sept. 1 85 May 26 1 00@70 Sept. 8 85 June 2 60®65 Sept. 15 75 June 9 60@65 Sept. 22 75 June 16 6u@65 Sept. 29 70@75 June 23 60@65 Oct. 6 75@80 June 30 60@65 Oct. 13 75 July 7 65@75 Oct. 20 75 July 14 75 Oct. 27 75 July 21 65 Nov. 3 75 July 28 65 Nov. 10 75 Aug 4 60 Nov. 17 75 Aug! 11 75@85 Nov. 24 Propeller lines contracted f rejght from New York by HJrie canal to Buffalo, thence to Chicago by lake at 30c for first and second-class, 20c for third class and 18c for fourth-class per 100 lbs on general merchandise . Receipts at Tidewater by Canal of Flour, Grain, Ktc. The following comparative table shows the quan- tity of the principal articles of cereal produce left at tide- water from the commencement to the close of navigation in the years indicated: 22 1881. 1882. 1883. Canal opened .. May 17. April 11. May 7. Flour, bbls 11,000 1,900 600 Wheat, bu 13,701,900 19,000,000 16,000,000 Corn, bu 18,472,000 7,500,000 16,000,000 Barley, bu 2,982,900 3,210,000 1,650,000 Rye, bu 557,000 1,468,000 3,114,000 Oats, bu 2,070,000 2,700,000 2,975,000 Malt, bu 702,700 750,000 665,00J Total grain, bu. 38,487,100 34,628,000 40,404,000 Flour to wheat, bu 55,000 9,500 3,C00 Grand total, bu. 38,542,500 34,637,500 40,407,000 The receipts at tide-water by canal of new crop bar- ley in 1893 were 1,500,000 bush, against 3,150,000 bush- els in 1882, 2,931,700 bushels in 1881, 4,035,4CO bush- els in 1880, 3,114,000 bushels in 1879, 2,988,000 bushels in 1878, 5,126,500 bushels in 1877, 3,632,100 bushels in 1876, 3,833,600 bushels in 1875, 3,354,300 bushels in 1874, 2,130,800 bushels in 1873 and 4,147,100 bushels in 1872. The receipts for ten years compare as follows (malt not included): Grain and flour, Year. Flour, bbls. reduced to bu. 1874 165,200 1875 113,600 1876. 1877. 1878 1879. 1880 1881. 1882. 1883. 37,100 29,500 14,400 8,400 21,200 11,1)00 1,900 600 48,687,200 37,674,200 30,845,300 47.475.500 62,510,600 56,597,600 71,759,800 37,839,400 33,887,500 39,742,000 Note— It is estimated that there were on the canals when navigation closed on the 20th day of November, 1880, 1,180,000 bushels of wheat, 3,700,000 busheis of corn, 39,000 bushels of oats, 399,000, bush- els of barley and 42,000 bushels of rye. LIVE STOCK TRADE. We present below very valuable tables showing the receipts and shipments of Live Stock by the dif- ferent routes during the year 1883, with compara- tive tables of the total receipts, showing the growth of trade for 27 years, and a carefully prepared table of the range of prices in each week during the year: RECEIPTS. PER LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Cattle Hogs Sheep Horses Month. curs. cars. cars. cars. January 2,426 1,758 491 60 February 1,832 1,087 418 91 March 1,486 1,017 382 133 April 1,743 931 429 105 May 1,325 982 392 107 June 1,711 944 729 93 July 2,090 972 648 60 August 2,016 1,131 442 53 September 2,068 1,487 363 67 October 1,976 2,007 362 41 November 1,676 1,874 325 41 December 1,882 1,833 439 44 Total, 1883.-22,231 16,023 5,420 895 1883. .25,950 14,264 5,057 783 L881. .30,987 14,308 3,622 830 1880 .38,023 15,164 3,403 1,001 INTO.. 30,606 12,947 3,090 1,097 1878.. 31,391 13,309 2,983 597 1877.-24,485 7,711 2,144 610 1876.. 29,771 7,999 2,421 566 1875.. 23.935 7,300 2,131 915 1874. .22,147 11,049 2,036 1,103 L873. .22,401 14,078 2,362 1,687 1872.-20,710 12,01!) 1,888 1,188 1871. .17,080 7,252 1,655 722 1870. .15,631 6,354 2,217 425 PER NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY. At Central Stock Yards. January 42 100 51 February 310 204 56 2 March 238 198 41 2 April 289 120 94 1 May 207 76 9 5 June 115 93 7 4 July 197 113 10 2 Auirust 280 88 22 3 September 313 105 48 4 October 580 227 59 Cattle Hogs Month. cars. cars. November 210 233 December 142 288 Sheep cars. 38 64 Total, 1883.. 2,923 1,845 499 At National Stock Yards. For the Year... 2,225 387 170 At D., L. & W. Stock Yards. November 141 57 December 240 64 Total, 1883.. 381 121 PER GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. January 96 72 125 February 79 34 131 March 178 17 105 April 193 10 57 May 135 20 15 June 31 15 10 July 90 Hi 19 August 84 14 54 September 98 61 116 October 162 112 207 November 179 59 184 December 182 56 165 Total, 1883.. 1,507 486 1,188 1882.. 1,023 513 1,287 1881.. 2,603 190 695 1880.. 1,711 20s 824 1879.. 202 252 sir, 1878.. 1.15i) 166 773 is;; 27'S 67 227 1876.. 1,290 60 031 1875.. 2,ii01 76 879 1874.. 2,533 321 919 PER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. January 2 .. 1 February 2 l March l .. 2 April 4 May June 1 July August 5 September October 12 9 November December Horses cars. 1 23 Cattle Hogs Sheep Horses cars. cars. cars. cars. Total, 1883.. 16 4 13 1 1882.. 2,864 635 319 53 1881.. 4,062 849 444 64 1880.. 2,918 2,312 424 73 1879.. 228 1,321 500 67 1878.. 3,028 142 655 70 1877.. 2,409 485 496 67 1876.. 1,565 1,023 714 51 1875.. 1,192 1,065 633 98 1874.. 860 164 530 26 PER CANADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Month. January 482 157 '71 2 February 768 108 134 14 March 59,2 71 119 19 April 520 '83 64 11 May 1,228 134 22 8 June 897 76 13 8 July 279 109 4 1 August 360 144 25 4 September 304 138 48 1 October 303 285 113 2 November 151 181 85 2 December 306 197 93 1 73 Total, 1883. 6,190 1,743 791 1882. 4,221 1,607 603 1881. 5,002 1,835 583 1880. 3,533 1,851 490 1879. 232 2,141 592 1878. 3,123 2,955 7,020 1877. 4,174 1,006 649 1876. 3,597 919 598 1875. 3,477 837 562 1874. 4,141 898 431 PER BUFFALO & SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD. For the Year... 42 83 29 Total 1883.... 42 83 29 1882.... 35 23 17 7 1881.... 61 24 11 8 1880.... 59 50 13 SHIPMENTS. PER NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER RAILWAY. January 1,627 1,350 525 51 February 2,136 881 471 86 March 2,114 858 451 143 April 2,128 72 i 397 95 May 2,154 599 245 86 June 1,899 582 550 78 July 1,649 570 536 53 August 1,690 653 385 35 Sept ember 1,849 927 368 59 October 2,019 1,446 394 37 November 1,575 1,521 398 42 December 1,815 1,484 513 43 Total, 1883.. 22,655 11.596 5,233 808 1882.. 25,698 10,473 4,969 814 1881.. 33,925 10,056 3,661 755 1880..35,618 11,572 3,521 1,092 1879. .31,482 10,825 3,571 1,027 1878.. 26.763 10,924 3,120 634 1877. .23,287 5,381 2,570 667 1876. .26,325 5,571 2,320 366 1875. .24475 3,737 2,524 803 1874..24.288 9,207 2,234 1,207 1873. .17,825 '9,254 2,067 1,531 1872,. 18,046 6,642 2,117 354 1871..14,3"63 4,110 1,205 536 1870.. 13,022 2,678 1,399 343 PER NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE & WESTERN RAILWAY. January 1,669 251 178 9 February 719 199 89 23 March 862 238 189 27 April 763 266 166 16 May 549 290 106 18 June 496 285 43 20 July 558 305 35 14 August 465 370 84 10 Cattle Hogs Sheep Horses Month. cars. cars. cars. cars. September . . ... 423 506 144 13 ... 466 594 220 8 November. . ... 296 422 149 7 December . . . ... 297 213 233 6 Total, 1883.. 7,563 3,939 1,636 171 1882.. 9,243 3,081 1,343 141 1881.. 7,089 2,477 993 98 1880.. 8,950 4,430 1,177 130 1879.. 4,403 3,133 1,089 233 1878.. 8,634 3,646 1,143 170 1877.. 8,385 2,296 949 104 1876.. 7,783 2,563 986 95 1875.. 4,252 2,366 1,058 106 1874.. 2,913 1,693 1,146 82 1873.. 4,050 3,399 1,408 171 1872.. 2,716 3,666 658 144 1871.. 6,945 2,666 702 151 1870.. 7,826 2,671 1,146 113 PER DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILWAY. January 162 5 5 2 Febru/ary 85 2 2 2 March 85 2 6 1 April 144 1 3 4 May 121 ..4 3 June 217 .. 5 3 July 314 .. 7 August 285 1 7 2 September 255 2 7 October 280 9 11 November 225 81 10 1 December 344 92 3 2 Total, 1883.... 2,517 195 20 RECAPITULATION. GRAND TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR 1883. Cattle Hogs Sheep Horses Routes. cars. cars. cars. cars. 16,023 5,420 895 Canada South'n 6,190 1,743 791 73 N. Y., C. & S. L. 5,529 2,353 6G9 28 Grand Trunk. . . 1,507 486 1,188 67 Other routes. .. 58 87 20,692 42 8,110 1 Total, 1883..35,515 1,064 1882.. 37,115 17,092 7,300 1,094 1881.-38,653 16,357 5,562 1,022 1880.-46,258 19,581 5,166 1,293 1879.-37,268 16,661 5,098 1,311 1878.-38,625 17,947 5,161 850 1877.. 31,348 10,598 3,818 766 1876.. 36,223 10,001 4,309 784 1875..30,203 9,281 4,205 1,137 1874.-29,682 12,441 3,919 1,371 GRAND TOTAL SHIPMENTS FOR 1883. N.Y.C.&H.R. 22,655 11,596 5,233 SOS N. Y. L. E.&W. 7,563 3,939 1,636 171 D. L. & W 2,517 195 47 20 Total, 1883.. 32, 735 15,730 6,916 999 1882.. 35,024 13,560 6,319 956 1881.. 41,024 12,533 4,654 853 1881.. 44,568 16,002 4,698 1,105 1879.. 35,855 13,958 4,660 910 GROWTH OF THE TRADE. The following table shows the growth of the trade from 1857 to 1883 inclusive: Cattle head. 1857 108,203 1858 134,073 1859 103,337 1860 156,972 1861 141,921 1862 129,433 1863 154,789 1864 135,797 1865 212,839 1866 275,091 1867 257,872 Hogs Sheep Horses head. head. head. 117,168 307,549 92,194 345,731 73,619 189,579 85,770 145,354 101,679 238.952 103,671 524,976 92,128 474.849 301,629 155,959 300,014 207,208 552,831 341,560 697,440 239,943 24 Routes 1868. ... Cattle bead. 265,105 Hogs head. 170,578 794,272 739,519 886,014 1,145,109 1,662,500 1,431,800 1,067,300 1,150,210 1,128,770 2,063,765 1,916,015 2,251,815 2,096,325 1,965,350 2.379,580 Sheep head. 385,815 381,450 561,447 551,131 606,748 733,400 783,800 841,000 871,928 763,600 1,032,225 1.019.600 1,033,200 1,113,350 1,460,000 1,622,000 Horses head 7,773 1869 1870. . . 347,871 388,057 12,038 7,896 1871 1S72. ... 1873 . . . . 384,294 379.086 109 738 13,319 20,786 28,380 21,936 18,187 12,542 12,557 13,602 20.976 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 504,594 513,530 . ... 615,790 569,915 657,809 633.556 1880 786,386 20,768 1881.. .. 1882 . . 1883.. . 738,900 630,955 603,755 17,376 17,504 17,040 STOCK SLAUGHTERED. The estimated amount of stock slaughtered in this city for the last ten years is as follows: Cattle head. 187 4 35,073 1875 19,956 1876 25,651 1877 20,158 1878 53,025 1879 23,511 1880 28,000 1881 35,845 1882 35,547 1883 47,260 RANGE OF PRICES. The following exhibit shows the range of prices per cwt. in each week on cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs: Cattle. Hogs Sheep head. head. 173,30il 96,800 159,500 118,200 208.560 103,678. 171,000 47,500 387,210 175,265 310,845 87,600 406,295 88,600 443,100 98,600 406,180 196,200 570,630 238,800 Common Good to Stockers & to fair. best. feeders. January 3.. ..$3 50a5 40 $5 50a6 50 $3 40a5 25 10. . . 3 25a5 30 5 4:a6 50 3 40a5 25 17. . . 3 5ua5 00 5 lOaO 25 3 30a5 00 24 .. 3 65a5 20 5 30a6 40 3 40a4 75 31. .. 3 70a5 00 5 10a6 35 3 30a4 70 February 7. . . 3 7Ca5 25 5 30a6 40 3 30a4 75 14. . 3 65a5 25 5 30a6 25 3 25a4 75 21. .. 4 00a5 50 5 U0a6 50 3 60a4 75 28. . . 4 00a5 50 5 60a6 50 3 50a4 80 March 7 .. 4 00a5 50 5 60a6 60 3 50a4 85 14. . . 3 90a5 40 5 50a6 35 3 50a5 00 21 .. 4 00a5 60 5 65a6 75 3 65a5 50 28. . . 1 00a5 65 5 70a7 50 3 75a5 75 A.pril 4. . . 4 25a5 75 5 80a7 00 3 75a5 50 11. .. 4 00a5 65 5 70a7 00 3 50a5 75 18. . . 4 15a5 60 5 70a7 10 3 60a5 70 25. . . 4 15a5 75 5 80a8 0C 3 75a5 75 May 2.. . . 4 20a5 75 5 80a7 50 3 65a5 75 9 . . 4 25a5 75 5 80a7 00 3 75a5 75 16. . . 4 25a5 80 5 90a0 90 3 65a5 70 23. . . 4 00a5 80 :, 90a0 so 3 50a5 75 30. . . 4 00a5 70 :» BOatf 85 3 7'5a5 75 June 6. . 4 00a5 60 5 70a6 60 3 75a5 50 5 30a0 25 3 50a5 50 20. . . 3 75a5 00 5 15a0 15 3 50a5 50 27 . . 3 7'5a5 00 5 20a6 00 3 50a5 50 July 3 . . . :; B5a5 --'o 5 25a6 00 3 75a5 40 11 . . 3 85a5 20 5 25 a6 00 3 65a5 40 18. . 3 50a5 00 5 10a6 20 3 75a5 40 25 . . . 3 50a5 70 5 20a6 10 3 65a5 40 August 1 . . 3 50a5 10 5 20a6 25 3 76a5 40 s .. 3 25a4 90 5 OOaO 20 3 50a5 00 15. . . 3 50a5 00 5 20a6 15 3 50a5 00 22 . . 3 10a5 00 5 10a5 90 3 25a4 7 29. .. 3 00a5 15 5 25a0 30 3 25a4 50 September 5.. . . 3 00a5 15 5 25a6 15 3 25a4 50 12. . 3 00a5 20 5 25a6 30 3 25a4 50 19 . . 3 00a4 90 5 00a6 20 3 40a 1 75 26 . 3 00a4 90 5 OOaO 20 3 40a4 75 October 3 . . . 3 00a4 90 5 00a6 35 3 40a4 75 10. . . 3 00a5 00 5 lOaO 50 3 40a4 75 17. . . . 3 00a4 90 5 00a6 25 3 40a4 75 24. . . . 3 00a4 90 5 00a6 30 3 40a4 75 31 . 2 75a4 60 4 75a6 15 3 30a4 50 November 7.... 2 75a4 90 5 00a6 15 3 40a4 50 14... 2 90a5 25 5 30a6 00 3 30a4 50 21.... 2 75a5 00 5 10a6 50 3 25a4 50 28.... 3 00a5 00 5 20a6 0) 3 50a4 05 December 5 3 25a5 25 5 30a6 15 3 50a4 65 12. . . . 3 40a5 40 5 50a6 75 3 50a4 75 19. . . . 3 40a5 50 5 60a8 00 3 5 a4 75 26.... 3 25a5 40 5 50a6 25 3 50a4 70 Sheep and Lambs. Western Canada sheep lambs. January 3 $4 OOaO 00 $5 50a6 13 10 3 75a6 15 6 50a0 88 17 1 25a6 00 6 OOaO 60 24 4 00a6 Oil 6 OOaO 50 31 4 OOaO 00 6 00a6 50 February 7 4 25 aO 13 6 OOaO 50 14 3 50a6 10 No sales 21 4 5Ua6 00 28 3 75a6 25 March 7 3 75a6 in 14 4 00a6 90 21 4 25a7 15 28... 5 00a7 50 April 4 4 50a7 13 11 5 00a7 40 18 5 00a7 13 25 4 75a6 90 " May 2 4 50a7 00 9 4 30a7 00 16 4 40a6 25 23 4 50a(i 40 " 30 4 75a0 25 June 6 4 60a0 25 " 13 4 00a5 50 20 4 50a0 00 27 3 30a0 00 July o 3 25a5 70 5 90a6 00 11 3 25a5 25 No sales 18 3 25a5 25 25 3 25a5 80 August 1 3 50a6 00 6 25a6 50 8 3 50a5 75 6 00a6 25 15 3 25a5 40 OOaO 50 22 3 00a5 50 5 65ao 75 29 3 25a5 75 5 85aG 25 September 5 3 25a5 75 6 OOaO 50 12 3 25a5 50 5 75a«i 00 19 3 00a5 13 5 40a5 75 26 3 25a4 90 5 00a5 50 October 3 3 25a5 00 5 15a5 50 10 3 40a5 00 5 50a5 ',:> 17 3 50a4 90 5 50a5 75 24 3 25a4 90 5 00a5 38 31 3 50a4 75 5 00a5 50 November 7 3 70a5 00 5 00a5 30 15 3 80a5 50 5 00a5 70 21 3 50a5 10 5 00a5 45 28 3 40a5 00 5 00a5 25 December 5 3 50a5 10 5 25a5 50 12 3 65a4 90 5 50a5 70 19 3 50a6 35 6 lOaO 65 26 3 50a4 90 5 75a0 25 Hogs. 1 1 ighest and Medium Lowest Price. Yorsers. and heavy. January $6 10a6 75 $5 85a7 25 February 6 50a7 50 6 25a7 75 March 7 10a7 75 6 40a8 25 April 7 35a7 90 6 00a8 15 May 7 00a7 80 6 25a8 05 June 6 25a7 20 5 50a7 80 July 5 OOaO 60 4 50a6 50 August ... 5 35a6 90 4 50a5 90 September 4 75a5 60 4 25a5 65 October 4 30a5 55 4 25a5 50 November 4 40a4 90 4 15a5 25 December 4 7'5a5 85 4 25a6 75 I- (~*M it LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 220 743 6 9 I B U F K A LO ERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, Board of Trade Building. -?- _::..; m-z±