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MAINE 33 According to the same authority, the total number of establishments devoted to manu- facturing and mechanical industry was 6,072, employing 55,614 hands; the capital invest- ed amounted to $48,808,448; materials used, $57,911,468; wages paid, $16,584,164; value of products, $96,209,136. The extensive sea- coast and numerous harbors of Maine give the state great facilities for commerce. The harbor at Portland is one of the best on the Atlantic coast There are 14 United States customs dis- tricts, viz.: Aroostook (port of entry, Houl- ton), Passamaquoddy (port of entry, Eastport), Machias, Frenchman's Bay (port of entry, Ells- worth), Castine, Bangor, Belfast, Waldobor- ough, Wiscasset, Bath, Portland and Falmouth, Saco, Kennebunk, and York. The imports from foreign countries and domestic exports for the year ending June 30, 1874, were as follows : CUSTOMS DISTRICTS. Imports. Exports. Aroostook $40157 Bangor . 15834 $298 367 Bath 21.744 79,071 Belfast 15930 5787 Castine Frenchman's Bay Machias 2,919 400 13671 7,719 6,508 101 803 Passamaquoddy Portland and Falmouth Waldoborough 774,279 2,733,569 9,784 I,264,'l07 8,581,502 Wiscasset 148 27238 Total $8,628,425 $5,372,102 The chief articles of import were coal, fish, iron, sugar, molasses, and wool ; of export, cot- ton goods, canned fruit, fish, and vegetables, boots and shoes, bacon and hams, lard, and lumber. The vessels entering from and clear- ing for foreign countries, together with the vessels registered, enrolled, and licensed in the different districts, were as follows : CUSTOMS DIS- TRICTS. ENTERED. CLEARED. REGISTERED, AC. No. Tons. No. 74 22 20 18 6 2 169 360 758 2 52 6 Tons. 19^27 7,123 8,446 2,501 904 1,808 25,717 160,131 280,788 830 8,827 1,885 No. Tone. Bangor 27 6 10 6 2 4,171 2,857 1,275 1,515 40 240 278 337 856 817 87 249 215 892 23 588 173 16 85,670 125.915 78,772 26,736 20,934 2,820 34,595 28,786 101,832 3.76(5 100,643 9,808 607 Bath Belfast Castine . Frenchman's Bay. Kennebunk Machias Passamaquoddy . . . Portland and Fal- mouth Saco 21 227 428 2,071 136,396 218,351 Waldoborough Wiscasset 22 1 1,910 110 York Total 363,196 1^489 ^12,287 750 3,221 ; 585,842 Besides these, there were entered in the coast- ing trade and fisheries 2,291 vessels of 1,124,- 127 tons, and cleared 1,526 of 847,178 tons. Of the total number registered, enrolled, and li- censed, 3,157 of. 547,665 tons were sailing, and 63 of 18,025 tons were steam vessels. The transit and transshipment trade at Portland is larger than that of any other port in the United States. Maine had 11 miles of railroad in 1841, 293 in 1851, 472 in 1861, 871 in 1871, and 945 in 1874. A board of three railroad commis- sioners, appointed by the governor and council, are required to examine into and report upon the condition of the railroads in the state, the cause of accidents, &c. The lines in operation at the beginning of 1875, with their mileage, were as follows : NAME OF CORPORATION. TERMINI. Miles in operation in the state in 1874. Length be- tween termini when different from preceding. From To Leeds Junction Lewiston Island Pond, Vt Lewiston . ... 28 6 82 6 18 54 33 45 114 49 39 129 14 100 10 52 27 49 52 4 22 13 i49 iie 206 iio '52 'n Branch Crowley's Junction. . . Portland Main line Atlantic and St. Lawrence Bucksport Brewer Abbot Bangor and Piscataquis Oldtown Belfast Belfast and Moosehead Lake Boston, Mass Bangor Portland St. John, N. B Rockland European and North American Bath Leeds Junction Farmington Bangor Dexter Maine Central Newport and Dexter Portland Branch Brunswick Portland Bath Dalton, N. H Canton Portland and Ogdensburg Portland and Oxford Central Mechanic's Falls Portland Portland and Rochester Rochester, N. H Portsmouth, N. H . . . . North Conway, N. H.. Princeton Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Portland Portsmouth, Great Falls, and Conway. . Conway Junction Calais St. Croix and Penobscot Somerset West Waterville . . . Norridcrewock. . . Of the lines above mentioned, the Androscog- gin, Belfast and Moosehead Lake, Leeds and Farmington, Newport and Dexter, and Port- land and Kennebec are leased and operated by the Maine Central company; the Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth, by the Eastern of Mas- sachusetts ; the Atlantic and St. Lawrence by the Grand Trunk of Canada; and the Bangor and Piscataquis by the European and North American railway company. Lines of steam-