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GEORGIA T19 INDUSTRIES. No. of establish- ments. Capital. Value of products. CLEARED. FOR FOREIGN PORTS. COASTWISE. Agricultural Boots and sh Rripk implements oes 10 244 41 178 2 3 25 9 6 1,097 77 3 4 23 100 66 7 532 42 9 3 45 CO 14 4 56 20 85 11 $39,550 113,6(55 132,500 267,295 122,050 91,000 3,064,050 369,215 51,500 3,103,918 85,900 215,860 12,200 179,500 113,323 72,924 89,500 1,718,473 806,700 122,300 170,000 416,798 92,188 104,070 63,000 76,630 118,700 42,150 894,435 $77,450 493,862 420,109 664,512 205,960 160,830 8,333,647 315,326 163,950 11,202,029 214,203 855,856 47,212 442,297 283,960 288,346 571,200 4,044,375 1,624,622 160,760 184,023 929,151 176,065 188,300 95,970 212,919 475,874 118,940 852,583 PORTS American Foreign Sailing vessels. vessels. vessels. Steamer.. Carriages an Car repairin, Cars, freight Cotton good Cotton thre yarn I wagons No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. T and passenger. . 3 Savannah... 6530,102 224129,164 5222489 414 87S561 Brunswick.. 84 10804 144 76 Til ifis d977 a '. 001 ad, twine, and St.Mar/ 8 ... 14 4^50 26 t&S 1 ijll '. ""I*. Total U3 ! 44,956 394218,828 228 67,208 414875,561 Flouring and grist-mill pro- The mileage of railroads in the state at dif- ferent periods has been as follows: in 1841 271; in 1851, 795; in 1861, 1,420; in 1871,' 2, 108. The Central railroad of Georgia, which extends from Savannah to Macon, leases and operates the Augusta and Savannah railroad, from Millen to Augusta ; the Milledgeville and Eatonton, from Gordon to Eatonton; the Southwestern, which extends from Macon to Eufaula, Ala., 144 m., with branches from Fort Valley to Columbus (72 m.), Smithville to Albany (23$ m.), Cuthbert to Fort Gaines (20 m.), Fort Valley to Perry (13 m.), and Albany to Arlington (36 m.) ; the Macon and Western, from Macon to Atlanta ; and the Upson County railroad, from Barnesville to Thomaston. The Georgia railroad, from Augusta to Atlanta, with branches from Camak to Warrenton (4 m.), Union Point to Athens (40 m.), and Bar- nett to "Washington (18 m.), operates the Ma- con and Augusta line, which connects Warren- ton and Macon. The Western and Atlantic railroad, from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tenn., 138 m., was built by the state. The other lines are the Alabama and Chattanooga, from Chat- tanooga, Tenn., to Meridian, Miss., 295 m. ; the Atlanta and West Point, between those places ; the Atlantic and Gulf, from Savannah to Bain- bridge, with branches from Thomasville to Al- bany (58 m.), and from Lawton to Live Oak, Fla., 48 m. ; the Brunswick and Albany, be- tween those points ; the Cherokee, from Car- ters ville on the Western and Atlantic to Rock- mart, to be extended to Pryor, Ala., 22 m. further ; the Macon and Brunswick, between those places, with a branch from Cochran to Hawkinsville (10 m.) ; the North and South (in progress), from Columbus to Rome, 135 m.; the Rome, from that point to Kingston; the Savannah and Charleston, between those cities, 104 m. ; the Savannah, Griffin, and North Ala- bama (operated by the Macon and Western), from Griffin to Newnan, to be extended to Guntersville, Ala., 116 m. further; the Selma, Rome, and Dalton, from Selma, Ala., to Dai- ton, 236 m. ; the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line, from Atlanta to Charlotte, N. C., 263 m. ; and a branch of the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia railroad, from Cleveland, Tenn., to Dalton, 27 in. The mileage of these roads and branches in operation in Georgia in 1873, with the capital stock and cost as far as report- ed of those lying wholly or chiefly in the state, is shown in the following table : Furniture... Iron, forged and rolled Iron, casting Leather, tanr Leather, curr Lumber, plai Lumber, saw Machinery . Marble and s Paper 3 ed ... ied ied ed tone work Printing and Saddlery and Sash, doors, Tar and turp Tin, copper, ware Tobacco and Wool carding ing Woollen gooc harness md blinds entine and sheet-iron cigars and cloth dress- Is There are three ports of entry, Savannah, Brunswick, and St. Mary's. The imports from and exports to foreign countries, with the ship- ping belonging to the several ports, for the year ending June 30, 1873, are shown in the following table : PORTS. Value of Value of imports. export;. VESSELS REGISTERED, ENROLLED, AND LI- CENSED. No. Tons. Savannah . . . .. $820,258(8 2,675.500 987,027 172,087 79 16 5 18,587 2,211 395 Brunswick . 4096 St. Mary's 795 Total $825149 $8 3,834,614 100 21,193 The exports consist almost wholly of cotton and lumber, the cotton being shipped from Sa- vannah. The quantity of the former was 376,- 431 bales, valued at $32,169,060 ; of the latter, 48,425,000 feet of boards, clapboards, deals, &c., and 3,176,457 cubic feet of timber, to- gether valued at $1,609,140. Of the vessels, 27 of 9,009 tons were steamers. The entrances and clearances were as follows : ENTEEED. PORTS. FROM FOREIGN PORTS. COASTWISE. American Foreign Sailing vessels. vessels. vessels. Steamers. No. Tons. No. Tons. N ). Tons. 1 ^o. Tons. Savannah . . . Brunswick. . St. Mary's... Total 34 16,140 218] 17 5,611 109 3 576 19 19,816 18 59,832 22 7,102 2 1 50,160 { 4 61,767 4 6,869 132 331,435 54 22,327 8411 85,750 379 118,796 i !32 831,435 353 VOL. vii. 46