History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 81

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 875

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In :841, a memorial was presented to Congress for a further appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Chicago, and for other relief. It was accompanied by most elaborate statistics of the trade and commerce of the city during the preceding six years and a full list of the mercantile firms which had suspended busi- ness since 1837 .* The memorial was drawn and the statistics compiled by the late Thomas Hoyne, and are, so far as can be found, the only comprehensive statistics of Chicago trade and commerce, in the articles men- tioned, compiled during the period treated, sufficiently accurate to be deemed of historic value. His statement of the trade and commerce of the city for the years 1836 to 1841, inclusive, with names of dealers, description of products, and valnation, is given below:

1836-Walker & Co. exported $1,000 in hides.

1837-Walker & Co. exported $10,000 in hides, and Absalom Funk $1,000 in beef and pork. Total. $11,000.

1838-Walker & Co. $25,000 in hides and thirty-nine bags of wheat shipped in the steamer " Great Western"; Funk, $1,ooo in beef and pork. Total, $26,000.

183g-Walker & Co., $15,000 in hides ; Giles Will- iams & Co., forty-three thousand six hundred and ninety- five bushels of wheat, t $6,000, and corn and flour, 8780 ; C. McDonnell, merchandise, $1,000; John Gage, flour, $2,063 ; Payne & Norton, pork, beef and lard, $10,000 ; and Funk, beef and pork, $1,000. Total, $35.843. Newberry & Dole shipped three thousand six hundred and seventy-eight bushels of wheat on the " Osceola " in October.

1840-C. Walker & Co., hides and wheat, $185,000; Giles, Williams & Co., wheat, corn, flour, pork, beef, tallow and hams, $5,280 ; Church & Selden, white beans, $50 ; L .. Lynd & Co., flour, salt and pork, $180 ; C. McDonnell, merchandise, $1,000 ; B. W. Raymond, flour, wool, pork, wheat and beans, $3,000 ; S. B. Col- lins, lead, $150; John Gage, flour, $626 ; Crawford & Harvey, wheat, $1,552 ; Bristol & Porter, wheat, Sio,- 120 ; John Finnerts, hides and furs, $2,000 ; Payne &

: The list of suspendrd firms appears elsewhere, in its proper historic con nection.

+ There is no record of the shipment of this wheat to any Eastern market. Il was probably bought of farmers and sold to the local trade of the city and surrounding country. The same may be said of a considerable portion of the hides, provisions, flour, corn, and other commodities mentioned in the repent. The statement is valuable as showing The growth of trade in these important commodities, whether they were shipped to Enstern markets or sold at home. It is a comprehensive statement of the whole trade of the city embracing not only the exports, but the home trade also.

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EARLY TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.

Norton, pork, beef and lard, $6,700; H. C. Stone, wheat, flaxseed and beans, $2,271 ; Gurnee & Mattison, hides and furs, $9,454 : Funk, beef and pork, $1,500. Total, 8228,883.

1841 .- W. W. Saltonstall, 7.326 bushels of wheat. $6,165 ; C. Walker & Co., 42,200 bushels of wheat, $29.536; W. I .. Whiting, 94,548 bushels of wheat, $75.362 ; H. Norton & Co., 24,038 bushels of wheat, and 170 barrels of pork, $24,432 ; Giles, Williams & Co., 43,695 bushels of wheat, 1,781 bushels of corn, 553 barrels of flour, 141 barrels of pork, 401 barrels of beef, 2,718 hams, 33 bushels of grass seed, 39 bushels of beans, 833,733; Church & Selden, 16275 barrels of beans, $414.50 ; Harmon & Lewis, 8 tons of lead, $640; Lynd & Co., 70 barrels of flour, salt and pork, $?40 ; C. McDonnell, merchandise, $1,500 ; B. W. Raymond, pork, beans, flour, wheat and wool, $6,000 ; Hiram Norton, butter, $200; G. W. Merrill, 12,212 bushels of wheat, $9,359 ; John Gage, flour, 1,852 barrels, $6,144 .- 75 ; Crawford & Harvey, 18,700 bushels of wheat, and 1,000 barrels of beef and pork, $21,200; Dodge & Tucker, pork, lard and hams, $5,000 : Bristol & Porter, 19,493 bushels of wheat, $10,120; Payne & Norton, pork, beef and lard, $2,000 ; H. Buht, furs, $3,000 ; H." O. Stone, flour, pork, flaxseed and beans, $1,044; S. T. Otis, pork, hams and lard, $500 ; Gurnee & Mat- tison, hides and furs, $17,500; Absalom Funk, beef and pork, $1,200; M. & S. Co., beef and pork, $1,000 ; Smith & Webster, 42,000 bushels of wheat with beef, pork and flour, $72,000. Total, 8328,290.25.

The statement also comprised the following schedule of products, shipped during the period which could not be apportioned :

Shipped by Newberry & Dole, 6,627 barrels of pork, beef, flour and whisky, valued at $60,270 ; 50,136 bush- els of wheat, $50,136 ; 704 packages of furs, $7,000 ; 3.235 hides, $9,705 ; 40 tons of lead and shot, $800.

Shipped by W. S. Whiting, 566 tons of pork, beef, flour and whisky, valued at $33,360.

Shipped hy Smith & Webster, 3,450 barrels of beef, pork and flour, valued at $20,700.

Shipped by Bristol & Porter, 17,057 barrels of pro- visions and flour, valued at $102,402 ; 244 tons of mer- chandise, $14,000 ; 6,223 hides, $18,669; and 421 packages of .furs, $4,210. Total shipments above named, $321,252.

The aggregate value of the trade in produce and native products for six years, as shown in the foregoing statements, is summarized as follows:

1836, $1,000; 1837, $11,000; 1838, $26,000: 1839,

$35,843; 1840, 8228,883; 1841, $328,200,25; Total

$631,016 25

Newberry & Dole and other shippers, not in above .. 321,252 00

Gmin :-

Wheal, winter, per bushel.

.56 @

.63

Wheat, spring, per bushel.

.44

-50

Corn, per bushel ..

.38 00

.44

Oals, per bushel.

.20 (00

.22

Barley, per bushel.

.38 00

.44

Vegetables :-

Potatoes, per bushel

Turnips, per bushel.

.19 G

.25

Onions, per bushel

.63 @

.75

Beans, per bushel,

.63 @@

.75

Apples, green, per barrel.

4.50 @

5.00

Apples, dried, per bushel,

2,00 @

2.25

Peaches, dried, per bushel.

3.75 8 4.00

18.41

348,362 24

18.41 · 564.347 88

1842

659.305 20

1842. 664 347 88

1843

682,210 85

1843.

971,649 75

ARTICLES EXPORTED IN THE YEAR 1943

Wheal .628.967 bus.

Tobacco. ... 74.900 lbs.

Corn

2.443

Lead

360,000

Oals.

3.767

Wool

. 22,050

Flaxseed

1,920

11,112 bb],

Soap .

5.300

I.ard.

2,823

Packages Furs ... 393

Beef ...

10,380

Brooms.

.. ISo doz.

Tallow,

...

1.133

Flour .... .. 10,786 bbl.

Hides.

14.536

ARTICLES IMPORTED IN THE YEAR 1843.

Merchandise . . 2,012 tons

Shingles. . .... 4,117.025

.. 101.470 pckgs

Square timber ...

16.600 feel

Salt ...

.... 27.038 bbl.

Staves .. .. .. 57.000

Whisky.

2.585 ..

Bark. ... .. ...

430 cds.

Lumber ... .. 7.545.1.42 feet

The shipments of wheat and flour up to the year 1842, inclusive, were given by early statisticians as follows:

Wheat, 1838, 78 bushels; 1839, 3,678 bushels; 1840, 10,000 bushels: 1841, 40,000 bushels; 1842, 586,907 bushels. Flour, 1842, 2,920 barrels, which was the first considerable shipment recorded in the annals of the trade.

No reliable statistics of the shipment of corn are extant carlier than 1847, although unimportant ship- ments were made prior to that date. In 1847, 67,315 bushels were shipped to Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, and other Eastern markets, the immense export trade in that cereal being inaugurated that year.

Oats also appears for the first time in the statistics of the year 1847, as an article of export, 38,892 bushels being shipped.

The first shipment of wool, 1,500 pounds, was made in 1842.

The following price current, from the Daily Amer- ican, April 11, 1840, shows the variety of commodities then dealt in, and the prevailing prices at that time:

Provisions :-

Beef, per 100 Ib. $ 4.00 @ $ 4.50

l'ork, per 100 1b.

5.00 ( 5.50

Pork, per bbl ...

12.00 00 14 00

Hams, smoked per 100 tb.

9.00 (@)

10.00

Lard, per 100 1b.

9.00 (g) 10.00

Butter, per 100 1b.

15.00 (₥) 20.00

Cheese, per 100 Ib. 10.00 (

12.00

Flour :-

Wheat, superfine, per 100 Ib. 2,00 @ 2.25

Wheal, fine, per 100 ft ....

1.75

Wheat, superfine, per bbl

4.25 @

5.50

Wheat, fine, per bbl.

3.25 (0)

3.50

Corn Meal, per bushel.

.44

.50

Buckwheat, none.

Total for six years, 1836 to 1841, inclusive ..... $052,268 25

The commerce of Chicago for this period, and for the two succeeding years, so far as imports and exports showed, was, according to the records of Captain Seth Johnson, Deputy Collector of the port, as shown in the following tabulated statements:

EXPORTS.

IMPORTS.

1836

.. $ 1,000 64

1836 $325.203 90

1837

11,065 00

1837 ..

373.667 12

1838 16,044 75

1838. 570,174 61

1839 33,843 00

1839 630,980 26

1840 228,635 74

IS40. 562,106 20

Cranberries, none.

Raisins, per box ..

2.75 @

3.00

Raisins, per 12 box

1.62 0

1.75

Candles ......

4,900

Pork.

.25

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Greries.

Sugar, St. Croix, per cwt.

12.00 09 14.00

Porto Rico, per cwt

11.00 00

11.50

Muscovado, per cwt ..

10.50 (₡

11.00

New Orleans, per cwt.

10,00 ( 10.50

Maple, per cwt.

12.00 05 13.00

I.ump. per cw1.

17.00 ( 17.50

1.oaf, per cwt

18 75 VR 20.00

Molasses, per gallon

.60 @

.75

Tea, Imperial, per Ib.

.88 (t

1.13

Gunpowder, per Ib.

.75 00

.SS

Old Hyson, per tti

.75 CL 1.00

Young Hlyson, per Ib.

.56 GF

. 75

Brandy. Seignette, per gallon.

2.00 €

2.50

American, per gallon.

Gin, Holland, per gallon. Columbia, per gallon.

1.00 ( 1.12

Barbers, per gallon

1.00 ()

1 12

Rum, St. Croix, per gallon.

1.75 00

2.00

Wine, Madeira, per gallon.

1.50 @

3.00

Malaga, per gallon

1.25 (

1.00

Salt, per bbl ..

3.00 64

3.25

White fish, per bbl.

10,00

White fish, per !2 bbl.

5.50

Mackerel, No. 1. per bbl.

14.00

Mackerel, No. 2, per bbl

11.50

Mackerel, No. 3. per bbl.

8.00

Dry Codfish, per cwl.

7.00 (

8.00

Haddock, per cwt ...

400 00

5.00

Soap. New York, per Ib

.08

.09

Soap, Chicago, per lb.

.07

.08

Candle mould.

Hull & Son, New York, per Ib

.21

.22

Colgate, New York, per lb

.21

,22

Chicago, per lb ..

.16 @

.18

Furs and Skins ;-

Otter, per skin.

4.00 @

6.00

Fox, per skin.

1,00

Deer. per skin.

+75 €¢

1.00

Raccoon, per skin

.38 @

.50

Mink, per skin.

.38 40

·H

Muskrat, per skin

.03 (

.10

Hides :-

Green, per lb.

.04 4

Dried, per lb ...

.08 (

.10

Lumber :-

Clear, per M.

18.00 ( 20.00

Merchantable, per M.

12.00 (!)

14.00

Flooring, per M

14.00 00

16.00

Siding. per M.

14.00 (

16.00

Refuse, per M.

8.00 00

10,00

Wood: -

flickory, per cord

4.00

Oak, per cord.

3.25 (c) 3.50

From the foregoing the reader may trace the growth of the commerce of Chicago from its beginning in 1833 to 1843, at which time the city had fairly taken its place as the most important inland commercial mart in the country. In 1842, for the first time the exports were more than the imports, The succeeding five years to the close of 1847, at which time the Chicago Board of Trade was organized, the increase in the commerce and trade of the city kept pace with its own marvelous growth, and the rapid settlement and development of the vast region lying to the west and northwest, which then and ever · since has been tributary to it,

The imports from the beginning showed the impor- tance of Chicago as a distributing point for general merchandise, and marked it as the central inland en- porium of trade it has since become. It is unnecessary in this connection to trace, except so far as appears statistically, the growth of the trade in dry goods, gro- ceries, crockery, hardware, and other branches of mer- chandising from the beginning. The columns in the tables given and to be given, showing the increase of imports from year to year, are sufficient. They show

that in the distribution of goods the city has, in its increase, kept even pace with its exports of the natural products, and that it has with uninterrupted progress come to be, not only the greatest inland market for cereals and provisions, but the greatest inland distribut- ing point for general merchandise in the world. So, from the small beginnings here recorded each year, the increasing tides of trade have ebbed and flowed, carrying out the golden harvest to feed the nations, and bringing in the products and manufactures of other climes and other people for the enrichment, enjoyment, and comfort of the millions who now acknowledge Chi- cago as their great emporium .*

Supplementary to statistics already given, the follow- ing shows the growth of trade and commerce for the succeeding five years, from 1844 to 1847, inclusive:

IMPORTS.

EXPORTS.

18.41

.$ 564.347 88

1841

$ 348.362 24

1812.

800.427 24

1642.

659.302 20

18.43.

1,435.886 70

1843

1,006,207 94

1811.

1,680,416 00

1514. 785,504 23

18.45.

2,043.445 73

18:45 .. 1.543.519 85

1846.

2,027,150 00

1846

1,813,468 00

1847.

2.641,852 52 | 1847.

2,296,299 00

The leading articles of export were:

Whrat, bu,

Fluer, bbls

Beef, Pork, bls.

W'ool. P.s.

1842

557.207

2,900

16,200

1,500

1843.

628,966

10,876

21.795

22,952

18.48

891.894

6,320

14.938

96.635

956,860

13.752

13,268

216.616

1846.

1.459.594

28.045

31,224

281.322

1847.

1.974.304

32.535

48.920

411.465

As showing the character and variety of the general mercantile trade of the city in 1847, the following analytical table of the imports of that year are given. The amount of goods. wares, and merchandise received at Chicago from the opening of navigation in 1847 to November 1 of the same year, not including goods landed here and taken to the interior, compiled from the original invoices of merchants, was as follows:

Dry gouds. .$837.451 22

Liquors . . .886,334 67

Groceries .... 506,027 56

Tobacco and cigars. 3.716 00

Hardware ... 148,811 50

Ship chandlery. .... 23,000 00

Iron and nails. . .. 89,275 00

68,612 00

Furniture trimming. 5.564 07

Crockery . . . ...

30,505 00

Glass ...

8.949 24

Boots and shoes. ...

94.275 00

Scales.

4.044 55

Hats, caps and furs.

68,200 00

Coaches, etc ... 1.500 00

Jewelry, cic ......

51,000 00

Looking glasses, etc. 2.500 00

Books and station'y.

43.580 00

Marble .....

Boo 00

Printing paper .. ...

7,234 11

Oysters. ..

2.500 00

Presses, Type, and

Sportsmen's articles,

2,000 00

printing materials

7.432 50

Musical instruments, 6.426 00

Drugs & medicines.

92,081 41

Machinery, etc ..... 30,000 00

Paints and oils .....

25,460 00

Total value of imports of merchandise ... . .. $2,259.309 $3

The total value of miscellaneous articles imported in 1847, exclusive of lumber, and not included in the above, was $117,210.29. It comprised: Salt, 24,817 bbls., and 5.537 sacks; coal, 15,782 tons; water lime, 1,618 bu .; besides grindstones, iron, fish, cider, and other articles altogether of considerable value.

The amount of lumber, etc., received at Chicago for

. The city from the beginning did a large retail trade in dry goods, gro- feries, hardware, boots and shoes, etc., with the settlers of the surrounding country. The wholesale trade in dry goods was marted in afas, by Hamilton & Day. Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., two years after commenced wholesaling dry goods on a large scale, and for years did a widely extended business Throughout the West, In hardware and iron. William Blair was the pioneer in the wholesale trade, which he began in 1844. The wholesale trade in groceries began quite early, but the question as to who was the first wholesale desler cannot be definitely decided. The jobbing trude in chonthing was begun by Henry A. Huntingdon, in November, 18sz, afterward Huntingdon, Wadsworth & Parks. Their sales for the frst year amounted to $100,000, C. N. Hender- son & Co. were the first wholesale dealers in boots and shoes, beginning in # small way in 1851. O. F. Fuller commenced the wholesale trade in drugs, dyes and chemicals in :852.

Dig

1.50

1.75 G 2,00

New England, per gallon.

88 @

1.00

Pori, per gallon

1.25 00

3.00

Whisky, per gallon

.10

.44

Shingles, per M.

2.50 0g

4.00

Tools & hardware .. 15,000 00'

Stoves and hol'ware

325

EARLY TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.

1847, from the opening of navigation to November 1, was as follows:

Plank, boards, etc., (1. 32,118,225 | Shingles-bolts, cords. ... 328

Shingles, M ....... . 12, 148,500 Tanner's hark, cords. ... 600

Lath, M .... + 5,655,700

Slaves ...

50,000

Square timber, feet. 24,000 ! Spokes. . 109,000

Total value, $265.332.50.

1847 .....

32,118,225

12.148,500

5.655,700

1848 .....

60), INX), 250

20,000,000

10,025,109

1849 ....

72,259.553

39.057,750

19.281.733

.....

1850 .....

100,364.779

55.423.750

19,809, 700

1851 .....

125,056,437

60,238,250

27.583,475

1852 .....

147,816,232

70,080,500

19.759,670

1853 .....

202.101,008

93.483.764

39.133.116

1954 .....

228.336.783

28,001,250

32.431.550

228,336,783

1855 .....

306.553,467

158,770,860

46.487.550

306.553.457

1856. . ...

456,673, 160)

135.876.000

79.235.120

456,673,169

1857 .. ...

459.639.198

131.832,250

80,130,000

459.639. 198

YKAN.

. Recripts by lake and rail. Pounds.

Shipmeid. Pounds.

Prices

1500

20 ₩ 23

1549

520.242

25 ( 30)

1850.

913.681

25 44 30)

1851

1,088,553

25 ( 40)

1852.

.....

920,143

18 @7 37

1853.

953.100

35 ( 50)

1954.

536,791

20 @ 1)

1855.

1.943.415

2.155 462

20 00 3~

1.853,920

575.908

20 00 37

1. 106,821

1,062,881

25 00 42

HIDES.

LESX.

Receipt-, Number.

4Slaughtered in Charagit, Number.

Shipment, Number.

1852.

25.893

22,032

47.925

1553.

25.486

33,658

59.144

1954.

28.606

14.560

43.16₺,

1855

31.149

33.966

65,115

1856 ..

70,560

117.284

187,884

1857.

171.770

$334

172,104

. The receipts by trams, which wie years were considerable,were never re- juited. It is estimated by ull dealers that, during the years treated, theer weir not less than yunan per year thus marketed in Ihr cily.

+ This column shows the number of hides taken from the slaughter house. of the city, less the number manufactured into Irather in the Chicago tanneries Tler number thus consumed annually is not known.

Jesse B. Thomas's Statistical Report.

I The tables, to insure perspicuity, have in some instances, been extended heyend the date mentioned.

LUMBER.

RECEIPTS

Y'FAX.

SHIPMENTS.

Timber, Wards, Planks, Elc.

Shingles,

Jath.

The exports from the port of Chicago during navi- gation season of 1847, were as follows :

Wheat, bushels .. .. 1.974.304

Flax Seed, bushel -. ... .. 2.262

Flour, barrels .. ....

32.598

Mustard Seed, bushels ... 520

Corn, bushels .. .....

67.315

.. Timothy .. 536

Oals, ...... 38.892

Hay. tons ..

415

Pork,

22.416

Buffalo Kobes, bales ..

Hams and shoulders. .

47.248

Dry Hides .. ..

8.774

Tallow, pounds. Butter.

208.435

47.536

Beans, bushels.

Furs, packages

275

Wool. pounds.

411.058

tiinseng, pounds.

3.625

Tobacco,

......

28.423

Ashes, barrels,

Lard,

......

131.000

Bristles, pounds

4.548

Leather.

2.740

Giluc.

2.480

Beeswax. .. ......

......

5.300

froonis,

3,169

Oil, gallons. .....

8.793

White-fish, barrels. ... 1,224

Lead, pounds. ....

10.254

Barley, bushels. .. .. .. 400

Hemp,

6,521

Value, 82,206,20g.

Besides a large amount of merchandise, produce, provisions, grain, horses, cattle, salt, and supplies of all kinds sent to the lumber and mining regions, and differ- ent ports on the upper and lower lakes."

The preceding pages have given a history of the commerce of Chicago from its beginning to a time when it was primarily established; and had attained such magnitude and importance as to have evolved a com- mercial association, the Chicago Board of Trade, which thereafter became the exponent of mercantile thought and the representative of the executive force of trade in the city. The specific history of this organization will be given further on.

From the annual reports of the Chicago Daily Dem- ocratic Press, the less elaborate reports of other con- temporaneous journals, the reports of Federal officials. and from all other accessible sources of information, the .following tables have been compiled showing statistically the commercial progress of Chicago from 1848 to 1857-t

During 1857 the local demand from the tanneries nearly equaled the local supply.

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Beef, barrels, 26,504

Cranberries, bushels. .. 250

Deer Skins, pound -...... 28,250 Sheep l'elis. 1,133

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COARSE GRAINS.

CORN.

BARLEY.

YEAR.

Receipts, bushels.

Shipments, "bushels.

Local consump+ tion or left un hand,

Average price for the year.

Kerripts.

Shipments, bushels

tion, ur left on hand. bų.

Average prar fue the year.

Ke- ceipts. bu.

. Ship- ments,

Local comsnmp- Lunes, or left un hanıl,

Average price for the year.

Re+ cripts. bu.

Shop-

Luxcal Iting or left on hand,

Average price for the year.

I848 ....

...

550,460 644.848

$0 32

65.290

90 26

.....

...

......

1849) ..

....

26.840

...

.....

. . ....

31.453 22,872

185 .....

1,262,013

155.054

(x15.727

.....

...

127,028

19.997

107,031

1852 ....

2.991.011

2.757,011

244,000 139.787

2.08.941 1.875.770

1.638.84

236.928

86,162

4,000

$0 58

192,378

120,267

72,111

.854 ....

7.490,753

6,626,054

7.517,625

1.014.752

2.947.188

3.229,987 1,899.535

1,057,650

68.166

48.848

201,875

98,011

103,864

1 06

1856 ..

11, 885, 306

11.129,668

755.728

675.385

1.707.245 2.919.957 1,014.637 500,775

1,200,467

87.711

......

47.116 97.711

127,689

17.993

109,696

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PROVISIONS.

"CATTLE AND BIFF.

SWINE AND PORK.

YEAR.

Range of Prices per 100 lbs,

Number Shipped.

Number Packed,

Aver-i age wright

Number of Harrels Beef Packed.

Total Value Berf Packed and Products.

Number Received.

Range of Prices per too lbs.

Number >happed.

Number of Lacal Con- sump= tion.

Nem- bet Packed.

weight

Average I'rice Meas l'ork per Bbl,

1851 ..

$3 00 (83 75

21,806

...

......

.....

22,036

23S

1852 ..

3 50 01 4 50

24,663

542

46.395

$650,621

65.458

$4 00 @:85 00

....

44.156

211

$14 50

1853.

4 75 61 6 00

2,657

25.431

563

57.500

865,950

73.980

3 50 @ 5 00

...

52.849

249.

16 00

1854.

5 50 (7) 6 50

11,221

23.001

565

54.108

865.773

38.515

3 25 00 4 75

54.156

10,665

73,694

240

13 50;

1855.

6 50 , 7 50

8.253

25.972

572

62,687

1.152.421

308.539

170,881

57.278

80,380

233

18 00

1856 ..

5 50 €¢ 6 75

22.502

14,071

543

33.058

220,702

4 50 00 7 00 103.074

43.628

74,000

230

17 50

1857 ..

6 00 @0 7 00

25.502

34.675

5440

42,100

214,223

5 25 @0 8 50

88.546

26,415

99,262

230

18 50

...

1852 ..

937.496

635,446

302,000

124.316 131,130

70,978 82,883

195.294 214,013

61,196 70,884

134.098 143.129

3 75 @ 5 25

1854.

3.035,955

3,306,925

732,030

1 30

1 00

234.575

66, 590

301.165

111.627

180.538

6 98 @) 7 48

1855.

7.535.007

6,298, 155

1.236,942

1 31

320,312

399.962

163.419

7 12 @0 8 14

1856,

8,767,760

8,364,420

403.340

1 27

1 05

410,989

497.057

265.359

231,668

4 91 @@ 6 26

1857.

10,554. 7611

9.646,052

708.700

489.934

585.934

250.648

335.286

....

(20 5 06

Receipts, barrels.

Mn'fd in Chicago. barrels,

Total slax k of barrels.

Ship-

Receipt», bushels.

Shipments, bushels.

Local om- sumption, ur left on hand, bushels.

Winter.

Spring.

1848.

2,160,500

So So

So To

.......

1849.

1.936,264

.....

.......

.....

1850.

S83,644

.......

4 50 1 4 75

1851.

437,660

72,406

2 50 0 4 00

1853 ..

1,687.465

1,200, 163

481.302

.. .

45,200 51,309 100,871

* The statistics of the providing trade prine to 1851 were not sufficiently full or reliable to admit of tabulation, set large a port of the receipts of cattle were driven in on foot that it was not attempted to enumerate the receipts,

326

BREADSTUFFS. .

WHEAT.

FLOUR.

YEAR.

Average price per bushel.

barrels.

Local sales, or left on hand, bls.

Average price per year.

83 75 @0$1 00

3 75 @@ 4 00

....

1851 ....

3,221.317

4º

2.030.317

59,624

....

1853 ...

2,80, 339

2.729,552

4. 114.385

004.398

55,191

44,038

201.704

048,411

53.353

1855 ...

8,532.377

128,457

19,051

109,406

1 21

47.707

41.153 19 318 591

1857 ....

7.490,000

6,814 615

...

.....

17.315 53.102

80 40

bu.

Aver-

3 50 00 4 50

603. 113 656,508

1.005.350

2 75 00 4 25

79.650 86,068 96,000

327

EARLY TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.

PRIMITIVE MANUFACTURES.

Following, in good time, the ample supply of grain, cattle, hogs and other products of the field and farm, came the establishment of various branches of depend- ent manufacture-milling, slaughtering, packing, ren- dering, soap and candle making, brewing, distilling, tanning, glue making, etc., which, as distinguished from the more intricate and varied manufactures of wood

ucts, and were naturally the ontgrowth of a bounteous supply of the raw products of the soil. Other manufact. ures are treated elsewhere. It will be interesting to note in future volumes the immense development of these primitive branches of manufacture, and to mark how largely the manufactures of the great city have sprung from the agricultural products of which it is the great mart.

Of the branches above enumerated, the most impor-

FOOD ANDROSTER

FAT CATTLE FAIR IN 1856.

and metal, may be termed primitive manufactures, Of these there were in Chicago, in 1857, well-estab- lished, the following branches, with capital invested, value of manufactures, and number of hands employed, as below stated:

Description of Business.

Capital Invested.

Annual Product.

Hands Employed.

Flour . ..

$325,(Kx)

$ 636,569

Beef and pork. .

154.100

1,250,000

175

Soap, candles, lard, etc ..

290,000

528,021

100

Glue and neats-foot oil

20,000

25.000

Starch

15,000

75,000

lligh wines, beer and ale .

497,000

1,150,320

165

Leather

332,000

432,000

120

Total ..

$1,639,100

$4.096,910

679

The above statistics are only of such branches of inanufacture as spring directly from agricultural prod-

tant up to 1857 were: milling, packing, brewing and distilling, and tanning hides; and their gradual devel- opment is deemed worthy of further specific mention.

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History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 81

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas Number of Pages: 875

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 875