. Factory and industrial management . TOWING BARGE OR sClIOuNtR NIAl, by Chicago Ship-Building Co., Chicago, 111. The total merchant marine of the United States for certain years isshown in the followincr table : Year. Number of vessels. Tonnage. 1870 28,998 4,246 ,507 1880 24,712 4,068 ,034 1890 23,467 4,424,497 1895 23,240 4,635,960 1896 22,908 4,703: ,880 The tonnage built d uring certain years is as follows , the year end- ing on the 30th of June of the respectiYC y ears : Mississippi River Year. On seaboard. and tributaries. Great Lakes Total. 1870 182,836 56,859 37,258 276,953 1
. Factory and industrial management . TOWING BARGE OR sClIOuNtR NIAl, by Chicago Ship-Building Co., Chicago, 111. The total merchant marine of the United States for certain years isshown in the followincr table : Year. Number of vessels. Tonnage. 1870 28,998 4,246 ,507 1880 24,712 4,068 ,034 1890 23,467 4,424,497 1895 23,240 4,635,960 1896 22,908 4,703: ,880 The tonnage built d uring certain years is as follows , the year end- ing on the 30th of June of the respectiYC y ears : Mississippi River Year. On seaboard. and tributaries. Great Lakes Total. 1870 182,836 56,859 37,258 276,953 1880 101,720 32,791 22,899 157,410 1885 121,010 11,220 26,826 159,056 1890 169,091 16,506 108,526 294,123 1891 237,462 19,984 111,856 369,302 1892 138,863 14,801 45,969 199,633 1893 102,830 9,53s 99,271 211,639 1894 80,099 9,111 41,985 131,195 1895 67,127 8,122 36,353 111,602 1896 102,544 108,782 227,097 614 PROGRESS IN AMERICAN **- ii#X ?. V ^^•sxatbiismm CAR FERRY SAINTI. MARIE, I357 TONS, IN 27 INCH 502 feet, breidth , depth 24. Built by Detroit Dry Dock Co. The value of the shipbuilding industry is shown below : Capital invested Number of Gross income Year. in shipyards. employees. of yards 1870 3 9,102,335 11,063 $17,910,328 1880 20,979,874 21,345 36,800,327 1890 53,393,074 25,934 40,342,115
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