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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 ...illustration of present tendencies. The canal was open to traffic about March 15, and during the remainder of the month 179 boats, carrying 16,357 tons, passed through the canal and feeder. Of these only 12 boats, carrying 2,201 tons of miscellaneous cargo, and 33 unloaded boats passed through the entire length of the canal from Bordentown to New Brunswick. In addition 9 boats, carrying anthracite coal, and 1 unloaded boat moved from Trenton to New Brunswick, all returning light. The remainder carried local traffic, largely coal between Trenton and Bordentown. During the early years there was a steady increase in the commerce of the canal. The maximum of traffic and earnings was reached in 1866, when the tonnage carried amounted to 2,857,233, of which 83 per cent was coal. The earnings in that year were $1,294,156.69 and the operating and maintenance expenses $360,513.83, leaving a surplus of $933,642.86. Thereafter the traffic on the canal remained nearly uniform until 1872. Since that year there has been a steady and almost uninterrupted decrease in the tonnage, continuing down to 1917, when only 304,700 gross tons of freight were carried, the smallest tonnage since the earliest years of the canal. The decline in the tonnage of the canal feeder has been even more abrupt. In the years from 1912 to 1915, inclusive, when the feeder 1 United States Commissioner of Corporations. Report on Transportation by Water In the United States, pt. 2, p. 80. was still open for its entire length, the maximum annual traffic was 73,461 tons. The erection of the fixed bridges in Trenton in 1915 prevented through shipment and in 1916 the tonnage declined to 7,336 tons, all of which was local traffic. By an act of the legislature of New Jersey, agreed to by the Pennsylvania Ka...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Atlantic Intracoastal Canals. To get started finding Atlantic Intracoastal Canals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 ...illustration of present tendencies. The canal was open to traffic about March 15, and during the remainder of the month 179 boats, carrying 16,357 tons, passed through the canal and feeder. Of these only 12 boats, carrying 2,201 tons of miscellaneous cargo, and 33 unloaded boats passed through the entire length of the canal from Bordentown to New Brunswick. In addition 9 boats, carrying anthracite coal, and 1 unloaded boat moved from Trenton to New Brunswick, all returning light. The remainder carried local traffic, largely coal between Trenton and Bordentown. During the early years there was a steady increase in the commerce of the canal. The maximum of traffic and earnings was reached in 1866, when the tonnage carried amounted to 2,857,233, of which 83 per cent was coal. The earnings in that year were $1,294,156.69 and the operating and maintenance expenses $360,513.83, leaving a surplus of $933,642.86. Thereafter the traffic on the canal remained nearly uniform until 1872. Since that year there has been a steady and almost uninterrupted decrease in the tonnage, continuing down to 1917, when only 304,700 gross tons of freight were carried, the smallest tonnage since the earliest years of the canal. The decline in the tonnage of the canal feeder has been even more abrupt. In the years from 1912 to 1915, inclusive, when the feeder 1 United States Commissioner of Corporations. Report on Transportation by Water In the United States, pt. 2, p. 80. was still open for its entire length, the maximum annual traffic was 73,461 tons. The erection of the fixed bridges in Trenton in 1915 prevented through shipment and in 1916 the tonnage declined to 7,336 tons, all of which was local traffic. By an act of the legislature of New Jersey, agreed to by the Pennsylvania Ka...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Atlantic Intracoastal Canals. To get started finding Atlantic Intracoastal Canals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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