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TELEGRAPHS

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NUMBER AND GROSS TONNAGE OF SAILING VESSELS, STEAM VESSELS, CANAL BOATS, AND BARGES, ON THE NORTHERN LAKES, VARIOUS YEARS, 1870 TO 1898

Year	Sailing		Steam		Canal Boats		Barges		Total
Year	No.	Tons	No.	Tons	No.	Tons	No.	Tons	No.	Tons
1870	1,699	264,609	642	142,973	2,894	249,553	114	27,569	5,349	684,704
1880	1,459	304,933	931	212,045	572	47,159	165	40,965	3,127	605,102
1890	1,272	328,656	1,527	652,923	657	67,574	54	13,910	3,510	1,063,063
1894	1,139	302,985	1,731	843,240	386	41,961	85	39,214	3,341	1,227,400
1895	1,100	300,642	1,755	857,735	406	44,074	81	39,008	3,342	1,241,459
1896	1,044	309,152	1,792	924,631	416	45,109	81	45,175	3,333	1,324,067
1897	993	334,104	1,775	977,235	361	37,978	101	60,785	3,230	1,410,102
1898	960	333,704	1,764	993,644	384	40,456	148	69,696	3,256	1,437,500

Telegraphs

MILEAGE OF LINES AND WIRES, NUMBER OF OFFICES, AND TRAFFIC OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, VARIOUS YEARS, 1866 TO 1898

Year ending June 30—	Miles of Line	Miles of Wire	Offices	Messages Sent	Receipts	Expenses	Profits	Average per Message
Year ending June 30—	Miles of Line	Miles of Wire	Offices	Messages Sent	Receipts	Expenses	Profits	Toll	Cost
					Dollars	Dollars	Dollars	Cts.	Cts.
1866	37,380	75,686	2,250	—	—	—	—	—	—
1870	54,109	112,191	3,972	9,157,646	7,138,738	4,910,772	2,227,966	75.5	51.2
1880	85,645	233,534	9,077	29,215,509	12,782,895	6,948,957	5,833,93s	38.5	25.4
1890	183,917	678,997	19,382	55,878,762	22,387,029	15,074,304	7,312,725	32.4	22.7
1894	190,303	790,792	21,166	58,632,237	21,852.655	16,060,170	5,792,485	30.5	23.3
1895	189,714	802,651	21,360	58,307,315	22,218,019	16,076,630	6.141,389	30.7	23.3
1896	189,918	826,929	21,725	58,760,444	22,612.736	16,714,756	5,897,980	30.9	24.0
1897	190,614	841,002	21,769	58,151,684	22,638,859	16,906,656	5,732,203	30.5	24.3
1898	189,847	874,420	22,210	62,173,749	23,915,733	17,825,582	6,090,151	30.1	24.7

MILEAGE OF LINES OPERATED, NUMBER OF MESSAGES SENT, AND NUMBER OF OFFICES OF POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY

Year	Miles, Poles, and Cables	Miles of Wire	Offices	Messages
1885	2,811	23,587	260	1,428,690
1890	11,142	67,751	1,050	7,380,000
1894	17,715	108,695	1,759	10,965,509
1895	19,477	117,344	2,067	12,493,892
1896	20,165	126,483	2,101	13,461,452
1897	21,098	130,449	2,133	13,628,064
1898	24,547	143,290	2,601	15,407,018

The aggregate mileage of telegraph lines which carry varying numbers of wires, according to the business requirements of the localities through which they run, in the United States, open for public business, exceeds 210,000 miles, besides railways, government, private, and telephonic

lines; length not ascertainable.

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