A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . ,906 The grain trade of Cleveland has, on the whole, declined, in com-parison with the great growth of its manufactures and increase inpopulation and wealth. Everybody who reads and obseives knowsthat the trade has gravitated to the west and northwest. The re-ceipts of flour, wheat, corn and oats, and the total reduced to bushels(including liarley, rye and other cereals), were for the years men-tioned as follows: Grand TotalFlour Wheat Corn Oats of all cereals Years barrels bushels bushels bushels bu
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . ,906 The grain trade of Cleveland has, on the whole, declined, in com-parison with the great growth of its manufactures and increase inpopulation and wealth. Everybody who reads and obseives knowsthat the trade has gravitated to the west and northwest. The re-ceipts of flour, wheat, corn and oats, and the total reduced to bushels(including liarley, rye and other cereals), were for the years men-tioned as follows: Grand TotalFlour Wheat Corn Oats of all cereals Years barrels bushels bushels bushels bushels 1894 568,130 2,527,105 831,996 2,002,456 8,712,850 1904 680,800 1,057,026 9,532,215 8,815,461 23,389,623 191Y 804,039 2,094,953 2,023,555 4,575,497 13,037,254 lOliSl AND INDUSTRY 705 Tlie grain sliipiuciits fur tlie siune years were: FlourYears barrels 1894 016,660 1904 269,520 1917 262,084 Grand Total ^Vllcat Corn Oats of all cereals bushels bushels bushels bushels 28,750 150,937 2,978,828 297,383 4,763,262 3,002,947 9,297,362 598,595 1,226,335 1,888,681 5,190,256. Cuyahoga Kivkr sScexe The total freight movement at Cleveland, in net toas, is indicatedbelow. The j-ears selected for comparison being the same as given forthe commerce in grain: Received Forwarded Total Yeai-s by rail and lake by rail and lake Movement *1894 5,276,501 2,,955 13,720,445 1904 15,654,908 11,013,201 26,668,109 1917 24,964,223 12,342,036 37,306,259 * The movement by lake was not reported until 1896. In that year thereceipts were ,479 net tons, and 2,053,510 were forwarded. Adding thesefigures to movements by rail, as given in 1894, makes the total approximately,13,000,000 tons. Surplus and Undivided Profits Deposits Total Clearings $ 3,,399,87219,,470,863 $ 36,276,73187, $ ,,591 % ,204,000 706 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap, XXXV The wonderful
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