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BAROMETER.
THERMOMETER.
1845 Month.
Sun- rise.
9 a.m.
3
9 p.m.
Mo. Mean
Sun- rise.
9 a.m.
3 p.m.
9 p.m.
Mo. Mean
Rain.
January
28.85 28.86 28.77
28.82 28.82
26.68 30.06
33.90 29. 94 30. 15
2.54
February
28.86 28.84 28.73 28. 76
28.79 27.93 31. 39 37. 29 31.82 32. 12
1.52
March
28.86 28.84 28. 73 28. 76 28. 79 32.87 40.68 45. 32 36. 55 38. 90
1.13
April
28. 71|28. 72 28. 58|28. 59 28. 65 43. 57 48. 33 54. 90 46. 37 48. 30
3.77
May
28.74|28. 74|28.64|28.63 28.69 53. 13|59.42|62.58 54.06 57.30
1.80
June.
28. 54 28. 50 28. 38 28. 39 28.45 61.60 70.83 75.96 65. 53 68.48
3.65 3.99
August
28.52 28.53
28.43 28.44 28.45
67.71 76.65 79.58 68.71 75.66
2.69
September,
28.61 28. 57 28.49 28.49 28. 54 56.63 64. 10 71.43 60.06 63.05
2.83
October
28.93 28.89 28.81 28.83 28.86
40.90 49. 55 55. 68 47. 39 48. 38
1.61
November_
28.84 28. 80 28. 73 28. 80 28. 79 30. 30 36. 76 40. 33 32. 76 36. 72
1.43
December .
28.91 28.87 28.85 28.91 28.88
16.68 19.56 22.68
17.68
19.15
76
Mean.
28. 76|28. 71 28. 62 28. 65, 28. 67 43. 36 49. 90 54. 20 46. 28 48.90 27. 50
January-I shower with lightning and thunder, 3 snow and I rain storms. February-3 snow and 3 rain storms. March-2 showers with lightning and thunder, 4 snow and I rain storms. April-I snow and 7 rain storms. May -I rain storm. June-6 rain storms. July-6 rain storms. August-8 rain storms. September-8 rain storms. October-6 rain storms. November 5 snow and 2 rain storms.
December-9 snow storms.
The record for the month of December is not complete, the table having been compiled on the 24th inst. This, however, can only fractionally affect the general result. In no instance during the year has the mercury been above 98° nor below 11º when the observations were made. The warmest day was the 13th July, when the mercury was at its highest point 98°: mean 95°. The coldest, yet, was the 19th inst., mercury at sun-rise, 11º: mean 03°.
The Thermometer is placed on the north side of a building, and is not affected by the direct rays of the sun, nor by reflected heat. The cistern of the barometer is 36 feet above the surface of Lake Michigan. I will here remark in relation to the barom- eter, (that ship owners and masters of vessels may improve upon
p.m.
July
28.41 28. 39 28.29 28. 34 28. 36 62.42 71.65 75. 77 64.61 68.61
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it, if they will,) that I have received no information of a gale on this Lake, ( Michigan,) or of a severe gale on either of the others, which has resulted in loss of life, or property, that was not previ- ously INDICATED by the barometer. GEO. F. WILSON .*
CHICAGO, Dec. 25, 1845.
TRADE AND COMMERCE.
For several years after the settlement of the country, the whole of its productions were required for home consumption, and even supplies were demanded from abroad. The length of time neces- sary to bring the lands into cultivation, but more especially the large additions which emigration yearly made to the population of those who were consumers, but for the time being produced noth- ing, satisfactorily accounts for this. But it is gratifying to learn by the statistical facts, hereinafter contained, bearing upon the subject, that since .1836, when shipments were first made, the annual contributions of produce sent from this port, to supply the demands of foreign consumption, have not only increased in amount but have gradually diminished the balance of trade against us ; until at the present time, the most encouraging fact is presented of an excess of exports over imports, adding the amount on hand, and awaiting shipment, the amount of exchange purchased, and the goods unsold.
EXPORTS.
The export trade of Chicago consists, at present, almost exclu- sively in produce, raised in the surrounding country, and conveyed
* George F. Wilson, oldest son of Benjamin and Mercy Wilson, was born in Uxbridge, Mass., December 7, 1818; lived upon a farm until 17, injured his hip while at the plow so as to permanently affect his gait; was apprenticed at Waterford, Mass., to the trade of wool-sorting, for the selection of this pursuit, he gave as a reason, characteristic of the man, "That kind of work can not be done at night, and I shall have my evenings for study." At the end of three years he had mastered his trade, and after a year at book-keeping at Uxbridge, he entered the academy at Shelburne Falls, Mass., as a pupil, and afterward became a teacher there. In 1844, he came to Chicago with his newly-married wife-Clarissa Bartlett, daughter of Prescott and Narcissa Bartlett of Conway, Mass. - traveling by canal to Buffalo, and by schooner through the lakes. Here they opened the Chicago Academy in the basement of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, s .- e. corner Washington and Clark Streets, commencing with three scholars, and ending in 1848, when they decided to return East, with quite a large number, among whom were many who have largely contributed to the progress of our City. From 1848 to 1855, he was variously employed, when he associated himself with Prof. E. N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass., and at his death, which occurred at East Providence, January 19, 1883, he was at the head of the Rumford Chemical Works.
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to this market, by the producer, in wagons. The heaviest articles are wheat, flour, wool, tobacco, beef, and pork. The latter articles are packed here.
To arrive at the amount of our exports and imports, has always been a laborious and perplexing undertaking. Chicago has never had the benefit of the revenue laws of the Union; no power, in consequence, has existed to compel vessels to report ; and cargoes have been received and shipped, in numerous instances, without leaving any evidence of their amount or value. To rely, therefore, upon the books of the custom-house would be sure to lead to the most false and erroneous conclusions.
The existence of this difficulty, so far as it relates to exports, was clearly set forth in a report of the common council to Con- gress, in 1840. In that report they recommend a deduction of one-third from the amount known to be added for the amount unknown. These difficulties exist at the present time to as great an extent, as they did in 1840, and they always will exist until .Congress extends that justice to us which the growing importance of our trade imperatively demands.
In our endeavors to arrive at this important information, we · have had in view these difficulties and embarrassments; and the plan adopted has been dictated by them, It is circuitous and attended with considerable labor; but on the score of accuracy, less objectionable than any other that could be devised.
It is to be observed that many shipments to the Lower Lakes are made through our forwarding houses, and are found recorded in their books. The amount which is thus obtained, can be relied upon; and it will include the gross amount of wheat, wool, tobac- co, and several other leading and most important articles of export. The difficulty consists in finding the balance, and it is a difficulty of the most formidable character.
It is a well-established fact that almost every vessel that leaves this port, takes away more or less way-freight, to be distributed at the various ports at which they stop; and consisting principally of grain, flour, beef, pork, etc. This is sometimes taken on account of the master; but more frequently on that of the subordinate officers of the vessel. This kind of freight is considered inde- pendent of the regular cargo; it never goes through the hands of the forwarder; but is in most cases bought in the streets, conveyed aboard, and taken away, without attracting the attention of any persons, but the parties immediately concerned. When we con- sider that there are little short of 1400 departures of vessels during the year, it must be apparent that a vast amount of produce is exported in this silent, and we may say illicit, manner; and it
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must be equally apparent that no ingenuity, skill, or diligence can by possibility more than estimate the amount.
Precisely in the way above indicated, are the supplies for the lumber-country, consisting of produce, a large amount of every kind of merchandise purchased and shipped. Two-thirds or three- fourths of these supplies have heretofore gone from Chicago; they have been purchased by the lumberers themselves, and put on board the lumber-vessels from the lumber-wharves. Inquiries among those most familiar with the subject .has lead to the opinion that the lumber-trade has heretofore required, in supplies, an amount equal to the supply of lumber. Assuming this opinion to be correct, we shall be entitled to a credit, of $196,037.10 on the account.
A large amount of produce has accumulated since the close of of navigation, and is now awaiting shipment in the spring. The exact amount of this, and its value will be found in its proper connection in the tables.
Our merchants during the season, have purchased with moneys. realized from the sales of goods, a large amount of exchange, which has gone forward to liquidate the debt, which our imports of merchandise places against us. The amount of this it has been impossible to ascertain, owing to the unwillingness of dealers in the article, to make known their private business.
We are also to have the benefit of the goods on hand, which will be a considerable item.
IMPORTS.
The import trade of Chicago comprises the different varieties of merchants' goods, lumber, salt, coal, whisky, etc.
The plan adopted and rigidly followed to attain the amount and value of the different articles imported into the place during the last, and the preceeding years, has proved very laborious ; but has led, it is believed, to a most satisfactory result. The plan was based upon the principle that the only evidence upon the subject, was in the possession of the dealers in the different articles of the trade, in the shape of invoices and bills of pur- chases. Application was accordingly made to commission and general dealers, in the different departments of trade in the City and the amounts of their several importations obtained from them. In case of lumber and coal, the exact amount in quantity is given ; in that of salt, only a part of the quantity is given, the value of residue being included in the value of merchandise.
To obtain the value of merchandise, a sealed box was presented to every importer in the city, in which they were requested to
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deposit the amounts of their respective purchases, without name or mark to distinguish one statement from another. With one or two exceptions only, the request was cheerfully complied with, and there being no motive, and, it is believed in most cases no disposition to misrepresent, there can be no reason to distrust the accuracy of the result arrived at.
With these preliminary remarks and explanations, the following tables, exhibiting the export and import trade of Chicago, from 1836, to the close of navigation of the present season, are sub- joined. A number of articles of which very small amounts have been exported, are included in order to show clearly and satis- factorily the character of our export trade :
TABLE showing the Value of Articles Imported and Exported from 1836 to 1845 inclusive :
IMPORTS.
IS36
$325,203.90
1840 $562, 106.20
1844 $1,686,416.00
1837
373,667. 12
1841
564,347.88
1845- 2,043,445.73
1838 579, 174.61
1842
664,347.88
[1846 2,027, 150.00]
1839 630,980.26
1843
[971,849.75]
[1847 2,641,852. 52]
EXPORTS.
IS36
$1,000.64
1840 $228,635.74
1844 $785,504.23
I837
11,065.00
1841
348, 362. 24
1845 1,543,519,85
1838.
16,044.75
1842 659,305.20
[1846 1,813,468.00]
1839
33,843.00
1843 [682,210.85]
[1847 2, 296, 299.00]
ARTICLES IMPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1843:
Merchandise
tons,
2,012
Shingles M., 4, 117,025
11
- packages,
101,470
Square Timber .feet, 16,600
Salt
barrels,
27,038
Staves
57,000
Whisky
=
2,585
Bark cords, 430
Lumber
feet, 7,545, 142
ARTICLES IMPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1844:
Sawed Lumber
feet, 19, 160, 407
Coal
tons, 2,008
Shingles
M., 12,285,000
Total value
$234,400
Square Timber feet,
66,478
Total value of Mdse $1,402,016
Staves
137,000
Salt
27,462
Grand Total 81, 636,416
ARTICLES IMPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1845:
Lumber.
Sundries.
Sawed Lumber
feet, 22, 526, 508
Salt, St. Ubes barrels, 1,439
Shingles M., 17,883,000
11 Dairy
sacks, 1,51I
Lath bundles,
1,397,000
11
Coarse barrels, 11,25I
Square Timber feet,
67,484
Coal, Anthracite tons, 220
Shingle-Bolts
" Bituminous. 11 5,687
Cedar Posts
2,355
Pig-Iron
11 319
Value. $196,087. 10
Value $50,607.79
Amount of Invoices of Merchants
1,796,750.93
Total Imports
$2,043,445.82
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Many articles, such as dried apples, cider, whisky, etc., are not enumerated here, and consequently the amounts above given should not be taken as the total amounts of those articles import- ed. The value however of the remainder, has been obtained and is included in the value of imports of merchandise under the head of invoices of merchants.
ARTICLES EXPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1842:
Wheat
bushels, 586,907
Flour
barrels, 2,920
Corn
35,358
Beef.
11
762
Oats
53,486
Pork and Hams
15,447
Peas
484
Fish
915
Barley
1,090
Lard
pounds, 367, 200
Flax Seed
750
Tallow
151,300
Hides
number of,
6,947
Soap
2,400
Brooms
=
5,587
Candles
500
Maple Sugar.
pounds,
4,500
Tobacco
11
3,000
Lead
59,990
Butter
24,200
Feathers
11
2,409
Wool
Fur and Peltries
-packs,
446
ARTICLES EXPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1843 :
Wheat
bushels, 628,967
Tobacco
pounds,
74,900
Corn
2,443
Lead.
360,000
Oats
3,767
Wool
22,050
Flax Seed
11
1,920
Candles
49,000
Pork
barrels,
11,112
Soap
5,300
Lard
2,823
Furs
packages,
393
Beef
10,380
Brooms
dozens,
180
Hides
14,536
ARTICLES EXPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1844:
Wheat
bushels, 891,894
Tobacco
pounds, 526,536
Flour
barrels,
6,320
Cranberries
barrels,
31
Beef
7,889
Hides
II,042
Pork
7,049
Calf Skins
1,246
Tallow
pounds,
34,899
Deer Skins
5,194
Lard
barrels,
1,630
Furs
8,000
Lard Oil.
55
Buffalo Robes bales,
51
Soap and Candles
_ _ pounds,
74,465
Sheep Pelts
158
Potash
barrels,
36
Horns.
casks,
29
Neatsfoot Oil
8
Grass and Linseed
barrels,
72
Beeswax
pounds,
5,410
Hemp-seed
16
Wool
96,635
Total value
$785,504.23
ARTICLES EXPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1845:
Whitefish
barrels,
878
Feathers
pounds,
7,332
Butter
pounds, 25,945
Corn
bushels,
2,790
Wheat
bushels, 956,860
Cornmeal
barrels, 178
Flour
barrels,
13,752
Raw Hemp
- pounds,
2,800
Beef
6,199
Buckwheat
bushels,
I
Pork
7,079
Potatoes
500
Tallow
1,133
Flour
barrels,
10,786
1,500
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Tallow pounds, 1,000
Oats bushels,
5,900
Lard.
11
66,220
Rags pounds,
7,446
Lard-Oil
¡gallons, 300
Onion Seed
11
104
Soap
boxes,
150
Grass
bushels, 591
Candles
11
961
Mustard "
=
32
Beeswax
pounds,
5,174
Hemp 11
barrels,
I
Neatsfoot Oil
barrels,
2
Ginseng pounds,
3,830
Wool pounds, 216,616
Snake-root
140
Hides
12,256
Tongues
11
4,400
Skins
2,821
Hams 22,926
Sheep Pelts
2,199
Black Walnut feet, 500
11
bundles,
Leather
- pounds, 2,860
Furs
packages,
200
Venison
353
Stearine
11
8, 839
Tobacco pounds,
52,425
Shot
=
600
Buffalo Robes bale,
I
Lead
600
Horns hhds,
32
Beans
bushels, 22
Brooms.
dozens,
666
Hay tons,
227
Stuffed Prairie Birds __ boxes,
25
Cranberries bushels,
125
Value
$1,017,039.45
Articles in Store, January 1, 1846 :
Wheat
bushels, 549,732
Flour
barrels, 2,682
Beef
barrels, 8,295
Hides
5,400
Pork 11 6,177
Value $526,489.40
$2,043,445.82
Value of Exports.
$1,017,039.45
Value of Articles in Store.
526,489.40
Produce to come forward, estimated value,
416,770.00
1,960,289.85
Leaves a balance of.
$83,155.97
against the country. The deficiency, however, will be more than liquidated by the exchange purchased by our merchants and by the merchandise on hand.
There have been engaged in the trade of Chicago, during the year 1845, 210 vessels, to wit: 19 Steamboats, 12 Propellers, 29 Brigs, 145 Schooners, I Barge, 6 Sloops; their average tonnage being, 185, and their total tonnage 39,850. The number of arri- vals. during the year was 1316, Total departures 1320; Total tonnage of arrivals 242,420.
VESSELS CLEARED FROM CHICAGO FOR CANADA PORTS:
Names.
Burthen,
Destination.
Value.
Cargo.
Schooner Texas,
I20 tons,
St. Catharines, $3,439.00
Wheat, bu., 5,700 11 7,000
Prop. Syracuse,
314 11 Maitland,
5, 166.90
and 14 boxes of Saleratus. Wheat, bu., 7,500 6,270
Brig Empire,
150
11
Maitland,
3,742.00
Schr. Niagara,
152
Maitland,
4,860.00
= =
6,915
Schr. Welland,
198
Maitland,
5,828.00
11 8, 327
Schr. D. Webster, 120
St. Catharines, 3,322.70
=
11 4,761
Schr. Columbia,
150
Maitland,
5, 100.00
2
.casks,
75
6
Value of Imports of Merchandise, Lumber, etc.
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CHICAGO AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The country surrounding Chicago, and the trade of which it commands, is, in its productive capacity, and in its numerous manufacturing and commercial advantages unsurpassed in the world. The extensive valleys of the Fox, Rock, Desplaines, DuPage, Kankakee, and Illinois Rivers, are already settled by an industrious and enterprising population, and their efforts to bring the country into cultivation have been crowned with abundant success. Numerous and flourishing villages have sprung into being; mills and manufactories have been erected and brought into successful operation, at various points, and the amount of surplus productions of various kinds, annually sent to Chicago for consumption or shipment, will, in proportion to its population, exceed that of any region of country in the world.
Stretching beyond and around this favored region to an almost unlimited extent, we find other regions, scarcely less favored than the one we have above described; and which, included with it, constitute the great produce region of the valley of the Mississippi, a region whose population, wealth, and productive capital, will, in a few years, make it the first country, not only in the Union, but in the world.
What the value of the trade of this region is to be, is no ques- tion of doubt; the direction of that trade, and its influence upon the growth and importance of Western towns, may perhaps be open to discussion.
By what route is produce, the great staple of this region to attain the markets of the world? Is it to go where much of it now goes, by the Mississippi River? Will it choose the Ohio River, or is the time coming when it will select the safer, more natural, and the cheaper route of the Northern Lakes; and if so, is it to attain the lakes at several, or concentrate itself at one point?
There are numerous objections to the Southern route as a route for produce, among which its circuity, the dangers of navigation and the climate, may be mentioned. The latter is the most fatal, causing as it does risk of loss or damage of most articles; addi- tional expense of packing; and heavy rates of insurance. Numer- ous instances might be adduced, some of them of recent occurrence, where large and valuable cargoes of produce have been entirely lost, or greatly injured, by the humidity of the atmosphere or the heat, which prevails at the South for the greater part of the season.
If the Southern route is objectionable, that by the Ohio is still more so, notwithstanding its connection by railroads and canals with Lake Erie, and the Atlantic. The length of river navigation
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before this route can be attained, but more especially, the consid- erable portion of the year during which it is either closed by ice, or deprived of the amount of water which its navigation requires, are obstacles of so serious a character that no others need be mentioned.
In view of these and other considerations which might be adduced the opinion is a rational one, that the produce of the greater portion of the West, will seek at the nearest practicable point, the Northern Lakes. This route leads more directly to the great markets of the country, where the capital which controls produce is concentrated; it enjoys a climate pure and wholesome, and admirably adapted to the preservation of every description of produce ; and it passes through a country inhabited by a people, remarkable for their enterprise, hardihood, and perseverance.
The only measures, in our opinion neccessary to establish the commercial advantages of Chicago upon a secure foundation, where no competition, however eager and grasping, can, in the slightest degree affect or influence her condition or prospects, are judicious works of improvement.
Let Chicago anticipate in this matter, as she may do, and secure in advance communications with the North-West, as well as the South-West; and a more speedy and certain communication with the East; and she will become at once and for ever the centre of the trade and travel of the West; capital will flow in here to operate in our staple; our population will increase in a ratio greater than it has ever done; the value of our property will be enhanced an hundred, nay a thousand-fold, every interest however minute, will be promoted, and Chicago will become the first city in the West.
Chicago has already secured a communication with the Illinois River, by the Illinois-and-Michigan Canal. In the spring of 1847* the main line of this canal will be in operation. In about one year more its main feeders, connecting it with the valley of the Fox and Kankakee Rivers, will be completed, introducing her into the heart of the Mississippi Valley.
* The Illinois- and - Michigan Canal was commenced at Canalport, now Bridgeport, July 4, 1836, with imposing ceremonies. Col. Wm. B. Archer broke the ground and threw the first shovelful of earth; and was completed April 19, 1848; the boat through being the Gen. [Wm. F.] Thornton.
ILLINOIS-AND-MICHIGAN CANAL. GENERAL OFFICE, LOCKPORT, III., May 23d, 1883.
ROBERT FERGUS, Esq., Chicago. Dear Sir :- Yours of 22d instant duly received. In looking over the early records I do not find any formal date of opening the canal, but in subsequent reports it is referred to as April 19, 1848,
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In connection with the canal, the project of improving the Kankakee and Iroquois Rivers, by slack-water navigation, will ere long, command the attention of the public, and may be expected to be effected at no distant day.
TRAVEL AND TRAVELERS' REGISTER.
STAGE ROUTES IN ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, AND MICHIGAN.
From Chicago to Peoria,
via Joliet, Ottawa, and Peru : To Lockport 35
Joliet 5- -40
Ottawa
45-85
Peru 16-IOI
Hennepin 15
-116
Lacon 23
139
Chillicothe 15- 154
Rome. 3 157
Peoria 18-175
Fare : winter, $10; summer, $8.
Coaches leave Chicago and Peoria daily; time, 2 days.
Peoria to Springfield, 74 mls, fare, $4.
Peoria to Oquaqua & Burlington, Iowa, via Knoxville:
To Knoxville
40
Oquaqua 50 90
Burlington 7- 97
Coaches leave Peoria and Burlington every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; time, 172 days. Fare, $5.
Chicago to Galena, via Rockford : To Elgin
37
Belvidere 36-73
Rockford 12-85
Freeport 29-114
Galena 46-160
Coaches leave Chicago and Galena every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; time, 2 days. Fare, $8.
Chicago to Galena, via Dixon. To Naperville 30
Aurora 10-40
Little Rock 15-55
Paw Paw 22 -- 77
Joliet 17-94
Dixon Fare, $5 16-110
Buffalo Grove. 12-122
Elizabeth 43-165
Galena. 15-170
Coaches leave Chicago and Galena every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat- urday; time, 2 days. Fare, $8.
Dixon to Rock Island and Stephen- son, 73 miles, fare $4.
Stages leave Dixon on ar'val of coaches from Chicago every Monday, Wed- nesday, and Friday, and return next day.
Chicago to Milwaukee,
via Southport [Kenosha] and Racine:
To Wheeling
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Libertyville II-34 Little Fort [Waukegan], 11-45 .
so we are probably safe in assuming that that was the date. In regard to the first boat through, I will copy from the record book of the Canal Trustees, under date of April 24, 1848, as follows:
" A communication in writing was received from the chief-engineer, dated this day, stating that the canal is 'so far completed as to be in navigable order,' that the first boat which had passed over the summit level of the canal was called the 'Gen. [ Jacob] Fry' of Lockport, Capt. Porter, and that she made her first trip from Lockport to Chicago on the 10th inst. That the first boat which had passed through the entire length of the canal, from the Illinois River at LaSalle to Chicago, arrived at this place yesterday (23d inst. ), and that it is called the 'Gen. [Wm. F.] Thornton' of LaSalle, Capt. Mills; that others are on the way, " etc.
I think the foregoing answers your questions.
Respectfully, WM. MILNE, Clerk.
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Southport [Kenosha]. 14-59 Racine 10-69
Milwaukee 28-97 Fare: winter, $5; summer, $3.
Coaches leave Chicago and Milwaukee Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in summer, and daily in winter; time 1 1/2 days; lodge at Southport.
Milwaukee to Madison, Wis., 90 miles, Coaches leave Milwaukee and Madi- son every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; lodge half-way. Fare, $4.
Madison to Galena, via Mineral Point :
To Mineral Point.
58
Platteville 16-74
Galena 25-99
Coaches leave Madison and Galena every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and lodge at Mineral Point; time, 2 days. Fare, $5.
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