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592 CINCINNATI 1870-71. Ale, beer, porter Boots and shoes Butter Cattle i Coal ! Coffee ! Corn Cotton Furniture Flour Hogs Iron. pig I Iron and steel.. Lard Lumber Pork and bacon. Tobacco Wheat Whiskey.... Imports. $56.706 8.602,374 1,711,775 7,797,802 2,800.000 6,7118,580 1.158,584 19,124,118 8,951, 24:i 10,414.960 2,156,804 5,480,860 1,557,989 6.450,000 12.1s7,914 l,12(i,897 16,592,816 Export!. $1,296,999 3,995,122 22,876 8,463.070 87,000 5,307.556 487,208 15.859,904 5.504.760 1871-72. Import*. Export*. $46,100 8,690,168 1.678.952 9,842,025 4,856,000 4,759.826 896,684 12,834,928 3,009.439 994,786 996,762 8.989.755 4,191,562 9,Vi<M>78 18,600.545 545,158 18,780,450 4,371.975 12,825.548 5,687,650 8.920,680 1,277,855 8,417,000 8,682,772 1,219,430 18,962,460 $1,439,075 8,442,672 88,188 5,880,620 495,000 148,047 12,821,645 2,668,256 2,012,299 2.467,088 6,215,476 8,882,554 12,98Uoi 10,957,155 528,916 19,788,200 About three fourths of the transportation of exports from Cincinnati is by railroads and canals, one twelfth by river up the Ohio, and one sixth by river down the Ohio and Missis- sippi and on their tributaries. Boats in 1873 averaged 330 tons capacity, against 250 tons in 1855. Vessels carrying 1,500 tons run to this port. The employment of tow boats, with barges for carrying all classes of merchandise, is extensive and daily increasing. Such a boat of 350 tons capacity will take 1,200 tons of freight in barges up stream, or 3,000 tons down. The completion of the canal around the falls of the Ohio, at Louisville, enabling boats 300 ft. long and 80 ft. wide to pass through nearly the whole year, has had an im- portant effect upon the river trade of Cincin- nati. Since the opening of this great work in 1872, large Mississippi river steamers have been enabled to come up to the city. Boat- building constitutes an important industry. In 1872, 20 steamboats and barges of 7,761 tons were built, and in 1871, 25 of 12,758 tons. By the act of congress, July 14, 1870, Cincinnati was made a port of entry. Direct foreign im- portations since then have been, in import value, as follows: 1870, $1,058,226; 1871. $1,326,868; 1872, $1,463,984. The chief ar- ticles of import are tea, coffee, and textile fabrics. In 1871 Cincinnati merchants with- drew from the original port of entry $52,000,- 000 worth of imported goods. The central situation of the city with reference to exten- sive iron and coal producing regions lias given it great advantages as a manufacturing centre. The following is a summary of the manufac- tures of Cincinnati in 1872 (to Dec. 31), com- pared with 1860: CLASSIFICATION. HANDS. VALUK OF PRODUCTS. 1860. 1872. 1860. 1872. Iron 8,885 770 4.842 2,258 787 889 10,440 682 626 418 950 789 229 101 1,048 589 169 2,848 10,287 1,678 8,294 6,209 2.621 1,011 14,508 1,870 898 602 1,568 1,268 482 858 2,258 8,649 144 2,018 (5,805,606 1,464,738 5,896.188 2.821I.234 7,428.580 8,222,298 6,787,683 4,BM,S91 766,068 1,204,860 ^r,.s:*t 788.186 868,168 181,170 1,508,101 616,856 199,750 8,282,416 $25,726,481 4,844.650 15,281,089 7,!G6,514 17.729,944 8.486.089 13.229.215 21,536.881 1,418,800 2,473,650 8,666,719 2.216.462 1,882,097 702,858 4,661,180 5,567.348 (iit.%196 6,600,662 Other metals Wood Leather Food Soap, candles, oils. . . Clothing Liquors . Cotton, hemp, Ac. Drugs, <-ln'iiiir:iK < Stone and earth Carriages, cars, Ac. . Paper, &c .' B'kbind'g and blank books. .... Printing & publlsh'g Tobacco Fine arts Miscellaneous Totals... 30.208 68.508 46.995.062 148.486.675 There were 3,971 establishments in 1872, oc- cupying $45,164,954 worth of real estate, and employing $55,265,129 cash capital. The lead- ing interests for the year ending Jan. 1, 1873, were : CLASS. No. of &Ubliih- menU. No. of Hindi. Caih Capital. Value of Real EtUte Occupied. Value of Product!. Book and newspaper publishing 62 1.826 $1,808,000 $2,500.000 $2 818 600 Boots and shoes 514 8,854 1,545.098 917,000 8,787.000 Packing boxes 7 146 277,562 47,800 807 875 Bakery products 207 1,282 818.200 487,000 1,623,800 Building materials not brick or stone 16 1,276 1,164,569 1,750,000 2.185,186 Candles, soaps, and oils 29 1,011 1,988,000 1,018,000 8,486,089 Clothing 841 18,498 8,750,000 4,176,000 12410674 Furniture 182 4,067 8,646,819 8.406.400 7,818,040 Gas 1 280 1 000000 1,406,004 1 040 610 Iron castings 17 877 813.000 625,000 2638,000 Iron, forged and rolled .... 18 1,226 1 417 200 1,281.000 4214500 Iron, pig 2 127 500,000 46,000 1,100,000 Leather. 88 660 1 213000 825,000 2560714 Liquors, distilled 81 868 1,488,000 607,000 6,754 978 44 malt 85 917 2,728,000 8.110,000 4.102.878 " rectified 80 602 8,000,000 873,000 11,895 980 Wine 5 88 75,000 40,000 288.000 Machinery 42 1,682 8,410,000 2.987,000 4,828.806 Job printing 71 982 650,000 675,0! K) l,787.<Mi Provisions 84 897 6,000.000 2,700,000 12,6sS.297 Railway materials and supplies 7 517 6S8,000 464.000 1,666.000 Fire safes 4 1,185 885,1)00 410.000 2.98-2.IHMI Stoves and hollow ware 11 1,481 1,147,000 1,818,000 2,051.(il:; Stone and marble work 88 986 1,118,500 968,000 2,818,000 Cigars 270 1,820 626 000 678,000 2,045,856 Tobacco, plug, fine cut, and snuff 80 1,518 675,000 650,000 2,767,748 Colors, paints, &c. . . 5 195 750,000 285,000 1,800,000 Starch 1 .. ... . . 8 206 810,000 820,000 770.000