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 566 MILWAUKEE Milwaukee alone during 1873 was 5,561, of 2,323,786 tons; departures, 5,535, of 2,233,- 857 tons; belonging to the port at the close of the year, 120, with an aggregate tonnage of 23,276. There are several vessels engaged in the lake fisheries. The receipts and ship- ments of flour and grain to and from the city since 1860 have been as follows : YEARS. FLOT7B, BARBELS. WHEAT, BUSHELS. OTHEB GRAIN, BUSHELS. Received. Manufactured in the city. Shipped. Received. Shipped. Received. Shipped. I860 805.208 f>is,3oo 529,600 453,424 295,225 839,771 495,901 502,252 567,853 807,763 824,799 796,782 884,202 1,254,821 202,810 250,256 221,729 185,813 187,839 212,829 828,780 546,000 624,930 481,511 530,049 567,893 560,206 634,102 457,843 674,474 711,405 603,526 414,833 467,576 720,866 921,663 1,017,593 1,220,053 1,225,941 1,211,427 1,231,986 1,805,200 9,108,453 15,930,706 15,630,995 13,485,419 9,147,274 12,043,659 12,777,557 12,523,464 12,750,578 17,745,283 18,883,837 15,686,611 13,618,949 28,457,987 7,568,608 13,300,495 14,915,680 12,837,620 8,992,479 10,479,777 11,634,749 9,598,452 9,878,090 14,272,799 16,127,883 13,409,467 11,570,575 24,994,266 497,544 406,716 846,183 1,665,280 1,803,265 1,222,049 8,142,086 2,278,313 2,071,867 1,661,816 1,849,980 8,613,743 5,594,555 4,270,557 189,676 87,715 259,884 1,138,083 989,759 478,666 2,391,420 1,016,385 1,065,735 644,271 845,179 1,977,411 4,087,916 2,182,828 1861 1862 1868 1864 1865 1866.... 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871... 1872 1878 The receipts of other grain in 1873 included 921,391 bushels of Indian corn, 376,634 of rye, 1,763,058 of oats, and 1,209,474 of barley; shipments, 197,920 bushels of Indian corn, 255,928 of rye, 990,525 of oats, and 688,455 of barley. There were also received during that year 3,650,194 Ibs. of butter, 203,416 hides, 59,969 sheep skins, 241,099 live and 158,955 dressed hogs, 17,262 beef cattle, 11,745 sheep, 136,017,000 ft. of lumber, 93,233,000 shingles, 11,058,000 ft. of lath, 239,877 tons of coal, 222,961 barrels of salt, 2,681,927 Ibs. of rags, 5,022,840 of Wisconsin tobacco, and consider- able quantities of hops, cranberries, peas, beans, cheese, eggs, &c. There were shipped 2,842,- 501 Ibs. of butter, 3,133,042 of wool, 54,334 hides, 17,997 live hogs, 10,261 beef cattle, 10,- 291 sheep, 4,216,420 Ibs. of Wisconsin tobacco, 137,111 barrels of salt; 80,010 barrels of pork, 24,954 tierces of hams, 62,211 boxes of mid- dles and sides; 1,915,610 Ibs. of bulk meat, 4,065 barrels and 24,399 tierces of lard, 5,365 barrels and 462 tierces of beef, equivalent in the aggregate to 329,267 barrels of 200 Ibs. each, and valued at not less than $5,000,000 ; and (by rail) 29,791,465 ft. of lumber, 24,097,- 150 shingles, and 630,400 ft. of lath. The sto- rage accommodations for grain, comprising five elevators with a combined capacity of 2,450,000 bushels, have been inadequate for the trade; but in 1874 a new elevator with a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels was erected. Pork pack- ing, in which six firms are engaged, is exten- sively carried on. The number of hogs packed in the regular packing season (Nov. 1 to March 1) of 1873-'4 was 296,142, of an average net weight of 204 Ibs. The manufactures are ex- tensive, and embrace lager beer (which is high- ly esteemed and widely exported), pig iron, iron castings, flour, leather, malt, machinery, agricultural implements, highwines, tobacco and cigars, furniture, brooms, paper, woollens, wagons, soap and candles, doors and windows, boots. and shoes, steam boilers, car wheels, baskets, trunks, and white lead. The product of the blast furnaces and rolling mills for 1873 was valued at about $3,500,000 ; of the flour- ing mills, $5,000,000; of the breweries, $2,- 600,000 ; of the distilleries, $1,500,000 ; and of the tanneries, $3,000,000. The Milwaukee iron company is engaged in the manufacture of pig iron, railroad iron, and other kinds of merchant iron ; the Minerva furnace company produces pig iron. The receipts of ore were 103,427 tons, shipments 26,940; receipts of pig iron, 11,457 tons; manufactured in the city, 35,120 tons; shipped, 8,330 tons; receipts of railroad iron, 6,099 tons; manufactured in the city, 34,494 tons. The number of breweries is about 20 ; quantity of beer sold in 1873, 260,120 barrels; distilled spirits or highwines manufactured, 29,207 barrels, of which a considerable por- tion was redistilled and converted into alcohol. There are 13 mills, which, besides the flour, produced more than 46,000,000 Ibs. of bran and middlings, and three ship yards. The num- ber of hides tanned was 149,082. In 1874 there were four national banks, with an aggregate capital of $750,000; circulation, $657,400; de- posits, $2,808,752 53; resources, $4,706,225 23. There were four state banks, with an aggregate capital of $266,325; deposits, $2,480,196 79; resources, $4,427,011 50. The two savings banks had a joint capital of $125,000; de- posits, $1,403,989 97; resources, $1,553,955 77. There are four private banks, four fire insurance companies, and one life insurance company. The aggregate receipts of the banks in 1873 amounted to $451,686,356 90, which sum is regarded as a fair indication of the total volume of business of all kinds transacted in the city during that year. Milwaukee is divided into 13 wards, and is governed by a board of alder- men of one member and a common council of two members from each ward. There is a municipal court, presided over by a single judge. The police force consists of a chief, two lieutenants, four detectives, two station keepers, a pound keeper, and 40 patrolmen. The fire department has five steam fire engines