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 492 NORTH CAROLINA The total number of manufacturing establish- ments in 1870 was 3,642, having 306 steam engines of 6,941 horse power, and 1,825 water wheels of 26,211 horse power, and employing 13,822 hands, of whom 11,339 were males above 16, 1,422 females above 15, and 861 youth. The capital invested amounted to $8,140,473 ; wages paid during the year, $2,195,711 ; value of ma- terials used, $12,824,693; of products, $19,021,- 327. The leading industries are shown in the following table : INDUSTRIES. Blacksmithing....'.. Boots and shoes. . . . Carpentering and building Carriages and wag- ons Cotton goods " thread, twine, and yarn Flouring and grist- mill products Lumber, planed " sawed Tar and turpentine. Tobacco, chewing, smoking, and snuff- ing Woollen goods Zinc, smelted and rolled... Number of estab- lishments. 121 130 1,415 10 523 14T 110 2 Hands employed. 519 818 272 1,351 102 2,660 60 2,361 959 1,464 150 17 Capital. $98,185 118,979 80,765 141,785 968,500 62,400 2,584,520 53,500 1,175,950 472,100 191,000 4,500 Value of products. $257,802 804,502 208,601 840,284 1,280,035 65,017 7,583,183 107,070 2,000,243 717,765 183,129 522,000 The production of smelted and rolled zinc in North Carolina was nearly half that of the United States. The value of zinc mined in the United States was $788,880, and in North Carolina $435,000. The products of fisheries were valued at $265,839. The production of cotton during 1873-'4 was 57,895 bales ; 14,726 bales were consumed in the 30 mills of the state, which had 1,055 looms and 55,498 spin- dles, North Carolina contains four United States customs districts, which are indicated in the following statement of foreign com- merce for the year ending June 30, 1874, with the number of vessels registered, enrolled, and licensed : REGISTEl IED, AC. Vessels. Tons. Albemarle Beaufort. $274 8862 $81 965 60 98 1,462 O -I(A Pamlico 8,569 8'643 67 1 412 Wilmington 186,812 8,541,010 67 4,617 Total $144,01 T $3 581 618 OQO Edenton is the port of entry of the Albemarle district, and New Berne of the Pamlico. The leading foreign exports are turpentine, tar, pitch, and rosin ; cotton, tobacco, fish, lumber, and flour are shipped to domestic ports. The entrances and clearances in 1874 were: FOKEIGN PORTS. DISTRICTS. ENTERED. CLEARED. Vessel*. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Albemarle 1 2 5 211 99 440 889 57,729 "8 8 278 V,io9 632 74,913 Beaufort Pamlico. Wilmington Total... 219 68,657 289 75.654 COASTWISE. Albemarle.. . Beaufort. . . . Pamlico Wilmington. Total... 185 19 179 82,617 155,861 7 12 80 201 478 5,531 17,992 115,427 Fishing is carried on in the sounds and rivers of the coast. The kinds of fish taken are chief- ly the herring, shad, bluefish, mullet, and rock. The number of barrels annually packed for market on the sounds is about 100,000. The state had 87 m. of railroads in 1841, 283 in 1851, 937 in 1861, 1,190 in 1871, and 1,447 in 1874. A large portion of the state debt has been created in aid of railroads. The follow- ing table shows the railroads lying wholly or partly within the state, with the termini, the length of the entire road, and the number of miles in operation within the state in 1874 : NAME OF CORPORATIONS. TERJ DO. 6 a efg 5 a& a Ij'l From To III pi! Atlantic and North Carolina Goldsboro Morehead City 95 Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Atlanta, Ga Charlotte. 85 265 Atlantic, Tennessee, and Ohio Charlotte Statesville 47 Carolina Central Wilmington Rutherford 218 272 Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Charlotte Augusta, Ga. . 12 195 Petersburg Petersburg Va. Weldon. 17 63 Branch. Hicksford Va Gaston 5 21 Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Raleigh Columbia, S. C. . 44 Raleigh and Gaston. Raleigh Weldon ... 97 Richmond and Danville Richmond, Va. Greensboro 143 46 Leased: Roanoke Valley Keysville Va 82 58 Northwestern Greensboro Salem 25 North Carolina Goldsboro Charlotte 223 Seaboard and Roanoke Portsmouth Va Weldon 20 80 Western. Fayetteville Egypt 43 Western North Carolina, Eastern Division. . Salisbury Asheviiie 114 142 Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Wilmington Columbia S. C .... 65 189 Leased, Wilmington and Weldon Wilmington .... Weldon 162 Branch.... Tarboro.... Rockv Mount. . . 19
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