Destination. Flour. Grain. EASTBOUND VIA P., C., C. & ST. L. R. R. Eastbound tonnage from Chicago for the year 1890, carried via the P., C., C. & St. L. R. R. (Furnished by the Chicago Committee of the Central Traffic Association). 19,775 4,395 418 65 1,024 25 377 16 754 3,239 7,524 290 27 46 86 414 515 160 1,114 13 326 197 16 81 1,777 38,828 18.8 14,047 6.8 Buffalo and vicinity. 468 139 19 59 685 0.3 New York and vicin.. 2,419 23,685 2,444 8 78 8888 3 1 25 13 368 43 589 1,077 111 393 720 2,871 1,349 47 92 101 285 171 2 179 299 17 3 9 3 1 310 15 347 31 400 Totals. 9,626 103,683 15,582 35 72 182 127 7,559 470 29 7,813 3,969 2,153 21,948 3.580| 53 183 2,252 1,115 1.260 1,547 22,854; 206,092 100.0 Roads. Ores. Lumber. Hides. Oil cake and seed meal. Cheese. Seeds. Oil, N. O. S. Glucose. laneous. Tallow and tallow oil. Miscel EXPORT AND DOMESTIC TONNAGE. Export and domestic tonnage for the year 1890, by railroads, showing percentage of each; also percentages carried by each line. (Furnished by Geo. R. Blanchard, Chairman Central Traffic Association). Export freight in Per cent. freight in Per cent. Aggregate Domestic tonnage. 445,266 19.7 80.3 14.5 Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry 95,319 23.4 380,263 14.3 475,582 20.0 80.0 15.5 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. 18,771 4.6 187,321 7.0 206,092 9.1 90.9 6.7 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. 35,416 8.7 476,939 17.9 512,355 6.9 93.1 16.7 Michigan Central R. R. 84,171 20.7 427,954 16. 1 512,125 16.4 83.6 16.7 New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R 47,587 11.7 337,199 12.7 384,786 12.4 87.6 12.6 Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Ry. 38,330 9.4 491,924 18.5 530,254 7.2 92.8 17.3 Totals. 407,161 100.0 2,659,299 100.0 3,066,460 13.3 86.7 100.0 CLEARING HOUSE. The following shows the amount of clearings by the Clearing House of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago for each month of the years 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889 and CUSTOM HOUSE, CHICAGO. (Collector's Office, December 31, 1890). Statement of articles imported at Chicago during the year ending December 31, 1890. IMPORTED MERCHANDISE. Statement showing the value of imported merchandise entered for consumption, and duties collected thereon, at the port of Chicago, in 1890. CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT. The following table shows the amount of clearings by the associated banks of Chicago for each month during the past five years. IMPORTED MERCHANDISE. Duties collected on imported merchandise, at Chicago, during the last five years, by months. IMPORTED MERCHANDISE. Statement showing the value of and duty on imported goods warehoused at the port of Chicago each month during the year 1890; the value of and duty on goods withdrawn each month; and the value of and duty on goods remaining in bonded warehouses December 31, 1890. |