ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

Abstracts 194 - 199
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
CANALS & CANAL BOATS (Cont'd)
194 - H&G July 2: 2/3 - Canal Collector D. H. Beardsley reports that
34,218,616 pounds of property on which toll was charged by weight arrived
at Cleveland by way of the canal during the past month. During
the corresponding month last year 29,409,755 pounds arrived.
The clearances last month amounted to 4,012,162 pounds, while during
the same month last year 3,455,985 pounds cleared. (6)
195 - H&G July 3; ed:2/2 • The work on the Wabash and Erie canal, lying
within Ohio, is going ahead rapidly, and the Defiance BANNER opines that
in about one year the entire canal from Lake Erie to the Indiana state
line wi 11 be completed.
"The opening of this channel of trade with the Wabash Valley, will
greatly increase the Lake trade. The Wabash and Erie Canal will tap
another of the rich grain growing regions of the West, and open a second
Egypt to the Eastern consumers of breadstuffs." (2)
196 • H&G July 25; adv:2/4 • To Boatmen· For Sale: Four or five canal
boats, with or without horses for towing the same. Enquire of J. Gillett
at the office of the late R. H. Backus. (verbatim) (1)
197 • H&G Aug. 2: 2/2 • There arrived at Cleveland by way of the canal
during the past month 27,124,725 pounds of property on which toll was
chargpd. During the corresponding month last year 25,164,342 pounds
arrived.
The clearances last month are reported as amounting to 5,389,683
pounds, while last year during the corresponding month they totalled
5,203,773 pounds.
The tolls received last month amounted to $12,249.81; during the same
month last year, $10,136.37. (6)
198 • H&G Sept. 4:2/1 - The canal exhibit for August shows a handsome
increase of tolls at the Cleveland office over the corresponding month
of last year, though it has been one of the dullest of the season. The
shipments from the south have been on the increase for several weeks past.
The principal articles of property included: 34,918 bushels wheat;
12,665 bushels corn; 3,109 bushels oats; 8,046 barrels flour; 993 barrels
pork; 751 barrels whiskey; 31,830 pounds butter; 7,170 pounds lard; 7,552
pounds bacon; 74 h02sheads tobacco. Clearances included: 9,526 barrels
salt; 581 barrels lake fish; 2,508,888 pounds merchandise; 174,679 pounds
furniture: 82,669 pounds gypsum; 304,869 feet lumber; 309,000 shingles.
The tolls collected last month amounted to $15,488.36, while for the corresponding
month a year ago they were $10,159.29. '·(6)
199 • H&G Oct. 22; ed:2/3 • Fifteen miles of the Rochester and Olean
canal, extending from Mount Morris, Livingstone county, to Cuba in Allegheny
county, are to be put under contract on Oct. 31.
"This work of internal improvement looks to a connection with the Allegheny
river and forms an important link in the grand chain." (2)
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