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 254 CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIES. i! Steam engines, horse power. Water wheels, horse power. 1 1" ! 1 j 1 1 18 281 12 430 8 205 10 189 79 82 41 7 8 276' 145 88 18 81 77 18 6 82 6 20 103 13 19 816 169 800 185 447 111 585 275 376 125 654 420 2,640 584 1,183 1,380 1,011 185 886 685 585 862 2,253 258 80 827 70 "401 275 6 9,405 1,435 1,046 917 224 6,251 1,773 56 981 559 635 1,157 1,450 499 80 800 6,110 188 2,417 416 2,156 1,185 2,341 1,204 8,112 10,849 1,237 1,788 590 1,607 562 7,246 2,464 1,946 2,848 1,758 437 616 2,107 2,800 1,576 7,285 $150,100 585,800 785,000 685.000 1,530,000 2,292,810 759,000 1,166,675 10,978,900 1,786,800 1,806,555 911,675 1,793,770 1,165,358 6,863,895 1,153,800 2,345,000 2,866,650 2,542,441 854,100 1,046,346 2.837.500 2,850^000 1,855,130 12,490,400 $81,852 640,774 244,800 1,103,145 482,031 1,402,034 736,000 1,053,784 2,870,434 376,349 912,563 861,110 1,100,668 128,358 8,549,840 1,018,108 761,484 1.368,345 1,160,000 206,986 815,848 1,201,552 1,640,246 536.380 2,860,120 $2,541,985 1,225,048 694,630 2,040,500 1,307,397 1,798,299 713,518 2,519,559 7,741,551 1.077,100 607,217 584,885 815,247 8,352,964 5.122,759 1:894,647 2.355,488 1,682.535 969,963 932,230 1637,929 2,005,090 1,200.335 1,921.509 11,016,925 $2,849,748 2,319,596 1,381,013 4,015,851 2,027,186 4,164,480 2,245,048 4.120,190 12.805,101 1,721,238 2,099,895 959,911 2.222.878 3!966,828 12.111,084 3,740,871 4,239,329 3,986.544 8,324,847 1,467,489 2,158,511 4,066,806 8,619,000 8.138,620 17,365,148 Carpenterin" and building Carpets other than rag Carriages and wagons Clocks Clothing " thread twine and yarn Cutlery and edge tools Edge tools and axes Flouring and grist-mill products Hats and caps India-rubber and elastic goods Machinery Paper printing. " writing Plated ware , Sewing machines Silk goods Woollen goods The extensive seacoast and various harbors, together with the enterprising and hardy char- acter of the men, are favorable to commerce and navigation. Besides the coasting trade, which is extensive, especially with New York, Connecticut is largely interested in foreign commerce. There are in the state five cus- toms districts, of which the ports of entry are Fairfield, Middletown, New Haven, New Lon- don, and Stonington. The imports from for- eign countries and domestic exports for the year ending June 30, 1872, were as follows : PORTS. Import*. Export*. Tairfield $18 798 $4490 Middletown 814 New Haven. 843 227 821 359 New London 255,352 106,711 Stonington ... 82108 Total $1,200,299 $433,160 The principal articles of export were flour, manufactures of wood, provisions, and car- riages. The vessels entering from and clear- ing for foreign countries, together with the vessels registered, enrolled, and licensed at the different ports, were as follows : ENTERED. CLEABED. REGISTER 1 !), <fcc. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. Fairfleld... 33 5.509 84 4,580 168 11,296 Middletown. 1 201 151 18,694 New Haven. New London Stonington. . 117 28 18 24,681 4,616 2,873 97 25 8 16.489 8,878 870 155 197 115 17,600 20,878 15,290 Totals.... 198 87,880 164 25,817 781 88,760 Besides these, 1,055 vessels of 584,715 tons engaged in the coasting trade and fisheries entered, and 498 of 553,361 tons cleared. Of the total number enrolled, registered, and licensed, 696 were sailing vessels, with a total tonnage of 55,339, and 68 were steam vessels, tonnage 25,047. Ship building is an impor- tant item of industry. During the year there were built in the state 26 sailing vessels, ton- nage 1,550, and 10 steam vessels, tonnage 373. The fisheries of the state are carried on chiefly from Stonington and New London. In 1872, 69 vessels with a tonnage of 1,473 from the former place were engaged in the cod and mackerel fishery ; from the latter, 100 vessels, tonnage 2,918, were engaged in the cod and mackerel fishery, and 19 vessels of 3,113 tons in the whale fishery. According to the census of 1870, 1,001 persons were engaged in fish- eries, and the products for that year amounted to $769,799. Connecticut has one mile of rail- road to every 5%S8 square miles of area, and to every 620 inhabitants. According to the re- port of the general railroad commissioners of the state made in May, 1873, there were 22 railroad companies, representing 1,268 m. of railroad wholly or partly in the state, of which 10 were dividend-paying. The total number of miles in operation was 1,163, of which 868 were in Connecticut. The aggregate char- tered capital of these companies amounted to $44,344,550; amount of funded and floating debts, $43,273,492 ; cost of road and equipments, $74,074,037. Up to May 1, 1873, $35,460,117 of the capital had been paid in, of which 44 per* cent, was held by 4,005 stockholders resi- dent in Connecticut. The gross earnings of all the companies during the year amounted to $11,368,425, of which about 50 per cent, was from passengers. The net income was $3,169,- 902, of which $2,271,143 was paid in divi- dends, being 7*9 per cent, on the paid-in cap- ital of the companies paying dividends. There were 10,134,633 passengers transported during the year. The railroads lying wholly or part- ly in the state were as follows :