AMERICAN STATISLIBS.
The "United States Statistical Bureau; attached ;jq the Treasury . reports that there were in this country. at .; at the close, 0fj.867 54,325 miles of rail- . ways, of which 1 38,605 miles were com« pleted,:andthe aggregate cost of roads and their equipments was 1,654,050,799, •dols. Pennsylvania is the leading railroad state, with 4192 miles completed, costing 221,947,857 dols. Ohio has 3397 miles ; .Illinois, 3224 ; New York, 3182 ; and Indiana, 2306 miles. The annual report of the coffee trade of the "United States shews that 226,322,811 lbs, were imported during 1867, as compared with 160,392,983 lbs. in 1866. This is a larger.. importation th~an for any year since 1859," when coffee was free of duty. The production of anthracite coal in the United States during 1867 was 12,650,571 ton?/ an increase of 271,081 tons as compared with 1866. ; The total productions of coal during the year was 25,800,000 tons, the yield of bituminous and other lands being estimated for some of the mines outsider of Pennsylvania. The American coal trade for 1867 is reported to have been a veryunprofitable one, nearly all the pro- ... ducers having lost money.
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Southland Times, Issue 949, 11 May 1868, Page 2
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188AMERICAN STATISLIBS. Southland Times, Issue 949, 11 May 1868, Page 2
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