History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 31

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358

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Capt. Bofinger's wife was Miss Mary E. Shewell, of St. Louis.

John N. Bofinger

LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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NAVIGATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

Capt. Bofinger is regarded as authority on all matters connected with river transportation, especially on the Mississippi and its tributaries, and congressional committees and other bodies desiring information have availed themselves freely of his knowledge, attaincd through nearly forty years of varied and arduous ex- perience. He may be classed with the foremost of the second generation of Mississippi steamboat cap- tains, and is a worthy successor of such men as the gallant Shreve and others who were pioneers in this calling. While Capt. Bofinger has contributed his full share towards making river transportation an im- portant factor in the commerce of the country, his work is not yet ended, and those who know his in. domitable energy do not hesitate to predict that he will again be heard from in connection with works of great magnitude and of equally conspicuous public utility.

The Merchants' Southern Line Packet Com- pany was established in 1870, and its steamers plied between St. Louis and New Orleans, connecting at Columbus with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, at Memphis with the Mississippi and Tennessee Rail- road and Memphis and Charleston Railroad, at New Orleans with the Morgan Line steamships for Mobile, Galveston, and Indianola, also at the same port with steamships for Havana, at the mouth of Red River with Red and Ouachita River packets, and at Hick- man, Ky., with the North western Railroad for Naslı- ville and points in Middle and East Tennessee and Northern Georgia.

The officers of the company in 1870 were J. F. Baker, president ; B. R. Pegram, vice-president ; Thomas Morrison, secretary ; Charles Scudder, super- intendent ; David H. Silver, general agent, and the principal steamers were the " James Howard," B. R. Pegram, captain ; "Henry C. Yeager," I. C. Van Hook, captain ; "Susie Silver," Samuel S. Entriken, captain ; "T. L. McGill," Thomas W. Shields, cap- tain ; " Carrie V. Kountz ;" " Henry Ames," J. West Jacobs, captain ; "John Kyle," John B. Weaver, captain ; " Mollie Moore," George D. Moore, captain.

The Kansas City Packet Company (Star Line) is the successor of the Missouri Packet Company, which originated with the Star Line Packet and Mi- ami Packet Companies. The Star Line was absorbed by the Miami, which then became known as the Miami " Star Line" Packet Company. In 1869 this corpo- ration had five steamers plying between St. Louis and Kansas City. The officers at that time werc Capt. E. W. Gould, president ; Capt. W. W. Ater, secretary ; and Capt. M. Hillard, general freight agent, and the stcamers were the " Mountaineer," M. H. Crapster,

captain ; "W. J. Lewis," R. J. - Whitledge, captain ; " W. B. Dance," N. F. Constance, captain ; " Clara," John Abrams, captain ; " Post-Boy," S. Ball, captain. The " E. La Barge," " M. McDonald," "Nile," and " Viola Belle" were also run under direction of the company. Early in 1871 the stockholders of the Star and Miami Lines formed a new line, and or- ganized under the name of the Missouri River Packet Company, with W. J. Lewis as president ; Joseph Kinney, vice-president ; E. W. Gould, super- intendent ; William W. Ater, secretary ; and M. Hillard, general freight agent. During 1871 the company built three new boats, the "Capitol City," " Fannie Lewis," and "Joseph Kinney." Besides the regular trips to Kansas City, the steamers of the company during 1871 made twenty-one trips to Mem- phis and Helena.

The Kansas City Packet Company was organized July 15, 1878, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, the incorporators being W. J. Lewis, C. S. Rogers, E. W. Gould, N. Springer, and R. J. Whit- ledge. The company transacts a general passenger and freight business on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers between St. Louis and Fort Benton, and owns the steamers "Joe Kinney," "Fannic Lewis," " Mattie Bell," and "D. R. Powell," together with four barges. The officers of the company in 1882 were E. W. Gould, president ; C. S. Rogers. vice- president ; and R. J. Whitledge, secretary ; Directors, C. S. Rogers, W. J. Lewis, E. W. Gould, N. Sprin- ger, and R. J. Whitledge. The office is located on the wharf-boat at the foot of Olive Street.

E. W. Gould, president of the Kansas City Packet Company, was born in Massachusetts on the 15th of December, 1811. He served an apprenticeship at the trade of carriage-making, and in 1835 went West and worked for two years at his trade in St. Louis. He then purchased an interest in the steamer " Friendship," which was engaged in the Illinois River trade, and subsequently became clerk of a steamer on the upper Mississippi. In 1837 he was made captain of the steamer " Knickerbocker," which was lost at the mouth of the Ohio two years later. Subsequently Capt. Gould became engaged in the Missouri River trade, and was successively president of the Miami Star Line and superintendent of the Missouri River Packet Com- pany. Upon the organization of the Kansas City Packet Company he became its president. Capt. Gould is an experienced and able steamboat manager, and the affairs of the corporation over which he pre- sides are conducted with conspicuous skill and success. In 1846 he was married to Miss Chipley, daughter of Dr. William B. Chipley, at Warsaw, Ill.

1122

HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.

The "K" Line of Packets, designed to ply be- tween St. Louis and Miami and intermediate points on the Missouri River, began business early in 1870 with the "St. Luke," Judd Cartwright, captain. The line was managed by Capt. Joseph Kinney, as- sisted by J. S. Nanson as superintendent, and H. F. Driller, general agent. Subsequently the " Alice" was added, and a flourishing business was transacted by the two steamers.

The St. Louis and Omaha Packet Company was organized in 1867, the first president being Joseph S. Nanson, and the first secretary Joseph McEntire, both of whom were experienced steamboat-men. During the second year of the company's existence Capt. John B. Weaver1 was elected president, and served in that capacity for two years.

The steamers of the line were the " T. L. McGill," T. W. Shields, captain ; "Silver Bow," T. W. Rea, captain ; " Mary McDonald," J. Greenough, captain ; " Cornelia," L. T. Belt, captain ; " Columbian," Wil- liam Barnes, captain ; " Glasgow," W. P. Lamothe, captain ; " Kate Kinney," J. P. Mckinney, captain ; " H. S. Turner," J. A. Yore, captain.

The Coulson Line of Steamers, plying between St. Louis and Fort Benton, was organized in 1878. The officers in 1882 were S. P. Coulson, president ; W. S. Evans, vice-president; and D. W. Marratta, secretary and general superintendent. The company owns and controls the following steamers : " Rosebud," " Big Horn," "Josephine," and "Dacotah." Jen- kins & Sass are the agents at St. Louis.

The Naples Packet Company was organized in 1848, and was chartered Aug. 12, 1872, with the following incorporators : C. S. Rogers, E. W. Gould, J. W. Mortimer, and Samuel Rider. The capital stock is sixty-four thousand dollars, and the company transacts a passenger and freight transportation busi- ness between St. Louis and Peoria, Ill. It owns the handsome steamer " Calhoun," which makes all way landings on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers between the terminal points. C. S. Rogers was elected presi- dent first in 1872, and has retained the position ever since. John W. Mortimer is the secretary, and the directors are C. S. Rogers, E. W. Gould, John W.

Mortimer, and Samuel Rider. The office is located on the wharf-boat, foot of Olive Street.

The St. Louis and Peoria Packet Company was organized on the 3d of February, 1868, its officers at that time being J. S. McCune, president; A. C. Dunlevy, secretary ; and F. A. Sheble, general super- intendent. In 1870 the vessels belonging to the company were the " Beardstown," Samuel E. Gray, captain ; " City of Pekin," Thomas Hunter, captain ; " Illinois," S. E. Gray, captain ; "Schuyler," H. G. Rice, captain ; " Columbia," Joseph Throckmorton,2 captain.

In 1871 the vessels employed by the company were the " Illinois," " City of Pekin," " Huntsville" and barges, "P. W. Strader" and barges, and " Beards- town."

The St. Louis, Cincinnati, Huntington and Pittsburgh Packet Company, whose headquarters

2 Capt. Joseph Throckmorton was born on the 16th of June, 1800, in Monmouth County, N. J. As a lad he entered a mer- eantile house in New York, but, in company with others, sub- sequently purchased the steamer " Red Rover," and made several trips with her from Pittsburgh to Zanesville, Ohio. The " Red Rover" was finally sunk in a collision, but was raised and taken to St. Louis and employed in the Galena trade. While engaged in the upper Mississippi trade, Capt. Throckmorton won the friendship of the Indian chief Keokuk, who offered him nearly all the Flint Hills, afterwards the site of the city of Burlington, if he would settle there. About 1830 Capt. Throekmorton, in company with Capt. George W. Ateheson, built the steamer " Winnebago" at Padueah, and employed her in the Galena trade until 1832, when he built at Pittsburgh the steamer " Warrior," and a tow-barge for the accommodation of passengers. While Capt. Throckmorton was in command of the " Warrior" the Black Hawk war broke out, and the vessel was chartered for the transportation of the United States troops under Gen. Atkinson. At the battle of Bad Axe, which was the deeisive engagement of the war, the captain aud erew of the " Warrior" were hotly engaged. The " Warrior" eon- tinued in the upper Mississippi trade until 1835, when Capt. Throckmorton built the steamer "St. Peter," and in 1836 the "Ariel." During the following year he built the "Burling- ton," and in 1842 the "General Brooke." In 1845 he sold the "Brooke" to tho American Fur Company, and assumed com- mand of that company's steamer "Nimrod," but having pur- ehased the "Ceeilia," relinquished his position. In 1848 he built the " Cora," which he commanded for a year or two, after which he acted for four years as the agent of the Tennessee Insuraneo Company at St. Louis. Ile then returned to his former oceupntion of steamboat captain, and having built the " Genoa," commanded that vessel from 1854 to 1856. In 1857 he built the " Florenee," and in 1864 the " Montana." In the spring of 1868, Capt. Throekmorton purchased the " Columbia," and employed her in tho trade between St. Louis and Fort Benton. Ile subsequently made several trips with his boat in the service of the Illinois Packet Company, and finally sold her to tho Arkansas River Packet Company. During the last two years of his life Capt. Throckmorton was employed by the United States government, under the command of Col. Maeomb, United States engineer, in the improvement of the upper Mississippi. He died in December, 1872.

1 Capt. Weaver died in St. Louis on the 6th of August, 1871, in the fifty-seventh year of his age. Capt. Weaver arrived in St. Louis when a young man, and until his death was identified with the city's steamboat interests. As elerk and then eom- mander, ho was connected with steamers plying on the Missouri River for more than twenty-five years. As previously stated, he was elected president of the St. Louis and Owahn Packet Company, and in connection with Capt. Davidson and others became one of the owners of the steamer "John Kyle," and in the fall of 1870 commander of that vessel.

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are at Pittsburgh, Pa., established an ageney in St. Louis in 1881. It owns and controls the following boats, which run between Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis : the "Buckeye State," "Pittsburgh," " Carrie," and " John L. Rhodes." The company transaets a general transportation business, carrying both passengers and freight. The officers are J. M. Williamson, superintendent, Cincinnati ; and Capt. W. S. Evans, superintendent, Pittsburgh. Jenkins & Sass are the agents at St. Louis.

The Gartside Coal and Towing Company was organized in 1856, and chartered in May, 1873, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars. The incor- porators were James, Charles E., and Joseph Gartside. The company owns two steam-tugs and ten barges, and transacts a general coal and transportation business. The officers in 1882 were Charles E. Gartside, presi- dent, and James Gartside, secretary and treasurer. The office is located on the New Orleans Anchor Line wharf-boat, foot of Pine Street.

The Carter Line (Red River Packet Company) was established in 1869 by Capt. W. R. Carter and Capt. Joseph Conn, who employed the " R. J. Lock- wood," "Silver Bow," " H. M. Shreve," "Oceanus," " M. E. Forsyth," "Lady Lec," " Belle Rowland," and " Mary E. Poe." The annual receipts of the company amounted to about six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The ports visited by the line were landings on the Missouri River, St. Louis, Jefferson, Shreveport, and New Orleans.

The Merchants' St. Louis and Arkansas River Packet Company began business in the spring of 1870. The territory embraced within the range of the company's operations extended from the mouth of the Arkansas River to Fort Smith, and comprised all that section south of the river and between it and the Ouachita, and north of it to the extreme western and northwestern sections of the State, also from the mouth of White River to the upper part of it and the country bordering on Black and Currant Rivers, reaching almost to the northern line of the State. The company was incorporated in 1870 with a cap- ital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, and the following officers were elected :

President, James A. Jackson ; Vice-President, D. P. Rowland ; Treasurer, George D. Appleton ; Scere- tary and Superintendent, James D. Sylvester; Direc- tors, James A. Jackson, D. P. Rowland, Matthew Moody, W. S. Stover, C. L. Thompson, Louis Fusz, George D. Appleton, C. N. McDowell, and George Wolff.

A low-water boat was at once contracted for for the upper Arkansas River, three steamers purchased, and

the line put in working order. The steamers employed by the company in 1871 were the " Sallie," " Colum- bia," " Muncie," "Sioux City," and " Little Rock." At Little Rock the vessels from St. Louis connected with the light-draught steamer " Little Rock," which ran to Fort Smith, thus forming a continuous line of communication with the extreme western border of the State.

Ouachita River Packets .- Prior to 1870 St. Louis had not enjoyed an extensive trade with the region of country bordering on the Ouachita River. Hitherto her merchants and shippers had permitted New Orleans and other Southern cities to monopolize the business of the Ouachita ports, but in that year it was determined to send several steamers, loaded at St. Louis, to that river. The experiment was made, and the results were such as to establish the entire practicability of building up a regular and lucrative trade. The steamers of the line were the "C. H. Durfee," Frank Dozier, captain ; " Mary McDonald," John Greenough, captain ; " Ida Stockdale," J. W. Jacobs, captain ; " Hesper," J. Ferguson, captain ; " C. V. Kountz," J. C. Vanhook, captain ; " Tempest," D. H. Silver, captain. The "Tempest" was destroyed on her first trip up the river. H. F. Driller was the general freight agent of the line. Mr. Driller after- wards secured two boats for the White River trade, the " Osage," Capt. William A. Cade, and the " Na- trona," Capt. George Graham.

VALUE OF STEAMBOATS REGISTERED OR CONTROLLED AT ST. LOUIS, Mo., IN 1871.

Memphis and St. Louis Packet Company .. $700,000

Carter Line Packet Company ....

250,000

Northwestern Transportation Company .. 146,000

Wiggins Ferry Company. 146.500

Northern Line Packet Company. 352,000

Harbor tow-boats and tugs

86,000

St. Louis Sand Company ..

10,000

Grafton Stone and Tow Company.

16,300

Conrad Line (Tennessee River) ....

33,000

Northwestern Union Packet Company

709,000

Merchants' Southern Line.

730,000

Keokuk Packet Company.

450,000

Peoria Packet Company ...

90,000

Naples Packet Company

94,000

Missouri River Packet Company ..

425,000

St. Louis and New Orleans Packet Company (about).

475,000

Mississippi Valley Transportation Company .... 205,000

St. Louis and Arkansas River Packet Company .. ...

110,000

Outside boats (about)

500,000

Total value $5,428,800

CHAPTER XXVIII.

RIVER COMMERCE OF ST. LOUIS.

BY the terms of the treaty for the cession of Louisiana to the United States, the full and complete navigation of the Mississippi River was seeurcd to

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the United States. The trade and commerce of the river at this time (1803-4) were unimportant. New Orleans and St. Louis were the only towns of any size upon the Mississippi, the latter having but four- teen hundred inhabitants in 1811, and the value of its merchandise and imports amounting to about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually. As small a sum as this appears to be, it was princi- pally owing to the fact that St. Louis was the fitting- out point for the military and trading establishments on the Mississippi and Missouri that even this amount was reached. Peltries, lead, and whiskey made a large portion of the currency, and the branches of business were not at all fixed or definite.1

The establishment of the Bank of St. Louis in 1816, and of the Missouri Bank in 1817, indicates a great increase of the business of St. Louis, and may be regarded as fixing an initial point in its trade and commerce with other sections. In 1821 there were only four hundred and twenty-nine tax-payers in St. Louis, and the total taxes levied for the year amounted to $3823.80.

The prices current of a retail market give but a partial idea of the business of the community, and those of St. Louis for Nov. 23, 1816, afford only a general notion of the market of the town at that period.

ST. LOUIS RETAIL PRICES CURRENT.

Beef, on foot, per cwt ... $4.00

Flour, horse-mill, su-

Bread, ship, none ..

perfine, per cwt .... $6.00

in hair, 1b.

.10

.12

raccoon-skins.

.30

.33

Feathers, 1b.

.37

.40

Flour, superfine Illinois, bbl. superfine Ohio, bbl.

4.25

4.50

Cheese, common, per

.12%

Grain, corn, per bush ...

.37

Glass, 10 x 12, box.

5.00

5,25

8 x 10, box.

4.00

4.25

Grain, wheat, bush

.60

.62

Corn, bush

.45

.50

Molasses, gall.

.35

.37

Cotton, «

.40

Hogs' lard, per lb. .12

1.50

Feathers, per pound ....

.50

Honey,

1.00

The annual imports of St. Louis were computed for 1820 "at upwards of $2,000,000,"2 and the Indian

1 John Arthur advertises among "cheap goods" bleached country cottons, cotton cloth, cotton and wool cards, German steel, smoothing-irons, ladies' silk bonnets, artificial flowers, linen duck, muslins, white thread, wool and cotton, a handsome new gig and harness, cable and cordelle ropes, and that he will take pay in furs, hides, whiskey, country-made sugar, and bees- wax, with " a negro girl cighteen years of age also for sale." And even the editor and proprietor of the only journal west of the Mississippi advertises in his sheet that he will keep a house of entertainment for strangers, where they will find every ac- commodation except whiskey. He would also take care of eight or ten horses .- Edwards' Great West, p. 295.

2 Dr. Lewis C. Beck's Gazettecr of Missouri, 1823.

trade of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers was val- ued at $600,000. The establishment of a Branch Bank of the United States in 1829 would indicate a great increase in the trade and commerce of St. Louis for the decade from 1820 to 1830. In the absence of statistical records, the only sources of information on this point are the public journals of that period, which are filled with the evidence of the great rapid- ity with which St. Louis was growing in business and manufactures.

A comparison of the prices current for 1816 with those for 1835 affords some idea of the progress indi- cated, as well as of the articles which made up the trade of St. Louis by the river at that time :

ST. LOUIS PRICES CURRENT FOR 1835.

Ale and porter, bbl.

$8.00

Bacon, ham, lb

$0.03

@ .09

66 hog, round.

.05} @

.06

Beans, bush ...

.75

Beef, bbl.

8.00

10.00

Beeswax, 1b

.16} @

.17

Butter, lb.

.10

.12

Castings, ton

70.00

Castor oil, gall.

1.35

1.37

Candles, sperm, lb ..

.40

.42

mould, 1b.

.14

dipped, lb.

.11

Clover-seed, bush

7.00

8.00

Coal, bush

.10

.12

Coffee (in demand), 1b.

.06

@ .08

Copperas, 1b

.02

.03

Cotton, 1b.

.11

.12

yarns, 1b ..

.25

.27

Furs, beaver, lb.

3.50

muskrat-skin.

.20

.25

Butter, per pound ..

.25

Grain, wheat, per

Beeswax, "

.25

1.00

Candles,

.......

.25

.624

Cheese,

...

.25

bushel.

.75

Mackerel, bbl.

6.00

8.00

pound

Grain, oats, "

.37

Cider, none in market.

Hams,

.12

Coffee, per pound. .50

Hides, per piece .....

2.75

Nails, cut, 1b.

.061

.07

Oil, sperm, gall.

,65

.70

" linsced, gall.

1.00

1.12

tanners', bbl.

18.00

20.00

Pork, mess, bbl

11.00

12.00

prime, bbl

10.50

11.00

Potatoes, bush.

.25

.37

Rice, 1b ...

.05

.06

Sugar, lb.

loaf, Ib.

.15

a .17

66 white, 1b ..

.12

.13

Salt, Liverpool, bushel of 50 lbs .....

.85

.90

ground, bushel of 50 1bs.

.70

.75

Turk's Island, bushel of 50 1bs ..

.62

.65

" Kanawha, bushel of 50 lbs.

.45

.50

Shot, bag.

1.50

1.62

Cognac brandy, gall.

1,25

1.75

American brandy, gall

.75

1.00

Peach brandy, gall

Holland gin, gall.

1.25

1.50

Common gin, gall ..

.50

.60

New Orleans rum, gall

.50

.55

Jamaica rum, gall ..

1.10

1,15

.28

.30

Whiskey, corn, gall rye, gall 66

.40

.45

Cordage, white, lb. " manilla, 1b.

.20

.22

deer-skins, shaved, lb.

.20

.22

bushel.

Grain, rye, per bushel Grain, barley, per

4.50

4.75

Boards, none in mar- ket.

Gunpowder, per lb.

1.00

.09

.10

Havana, 1b.

...

....

1.25

Cotton yarn, No. 10. 1.25

Bears' lard, per gallon ..

Flour, per barrel, su- perfine in demand .... 16.00

.15}

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RIVER COMMERCE OF SAINT LOUIS.

Tallow, 1b.

$0.08

a $0.09

Tar, bbl.

4.50

5.00

Tea, Gunpowder, 1b.

1.25

1.33

Imperial, 1b.

1.20

1.30

Young Hyson

1.00

1.06

Gunpowder, Dupont's, keg.

Kentucky & Delaware,

keg ...

6.50

Ilides, dried, 1b.

.12

Iron, Missouri and Juniata, ton 2000 lbs

120.00

Lard, 1b.

.06

Lead, bar, 1b.

.06

.04%

white, in oil (in demand), keg.

.13

.14

.20

.22

Vinegar, bbl.

4.00

5.00

Wine, Madeira, gall

3.00

4.00

Teneriffo, gall.

1,00

1.25

S. Madeira, gall

1.50

1.75

Port, gall

2.00

2.50

Malaga, gall.

.70

.75

champagne, doz.

14.00

18.00

claret, doz ..

4.00

la 4.50

Provision market :

Beef, 1b.

.05

Veal, 1b.

.08

Mutton, 1b.

.06

Butter, 1b.

.12}

Eggs, doz ..

.18ª

.25

Chiekens, full grown .. young.

.12

The steamboat register for 1835 shows the number of different steamboats to have been.

121

Aggregate tonnage.

15,470

Number of entries.

803

Wharfage collected.

$4,573.60

Wood and luuber liable to wharfage :

Plank, joists, and seantlings.

1,414,330 feet.

Shingles.

148,000

Cedar posts (S's)

7,706

Cords of firewood ..

8,066

A comparison of these figures with the same items for 1831 shows an increase of more than one hundred per cent.

The panie of 1837 was attended with the ruin of thousands of people all over the country, and with the prostration of the business, trade, and commerce of St. Louis. The arrivals and departures of steamboats for 1839, however, were: arrivals, two thousand and ninety-five; departures, sixteen hundred and forty- five.1

It is impossible to give any concise statement of the amount of the river trade of St. Louis, but some of the leading and principal items for the year 1840 will afford an approximate idea of the volume of busi- ness then transacted. From 1831, when the first in- surance office was established, to 1840 the marine risks amounted to $58,021,986. This sum does not include the whole amount of property at risk, because some of the boats and cargoes were insured at the East and South, and some were not insured at all. The estimate of property uninsured was put at thirty- three and one-third per cent., which would raise the value to $77,362,648. The receipts of lead at St. Louis for 1839 were 375,000 pigs; for 1840, 390,- 000 pigs ; and for 1841, 395,000 pigs. A pig of lead averaged sixty-nine pounds, and was estimated at three and one-half cents per pound, making the value of this trade for 1841, $13,825, and for the three years nearly $50,000. " At least 8500 hogs- heads of tobacco" passed St. Louis, with a value of $912,500. There were shipped from St. Louis 80,- 000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 barrels of flour, valued at $610,000.

When to these figures are added those for the trade in beef, pork, bacon, lard, butter, corn, live-stock, buffalo robes, furs, skins, and peltries, hemp, bag- ging, bale-rope, and the many other articles that comprise the industry of a growing community but of which there exist no statistics, it will be seen that

are by no means so extravagant as have been obtained in other Western towns, and are such as will justify the purchasers in making permanent improvements upon the property. In many cases it is their intention to do so.

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History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 31

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898 Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts Number of Pages: 1358

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358