History of Milwaukee, city and county . n of their business, isherewith communicated, marked A. A copy of this statement was sent on the 12th hist, to Col. J. J. Abert, of the Topographical Bureau, in answer to his letter directed to thi Hector of the Port of Milwaukee, accompanied by a letter calling his attention to thesubject; a copy of which is herewith communicated, marked B. This letterand statement, in order to secure their being brought properly before theBureau, were inclosed with a letter (marked () to our delegate in Congress. The whole amount of business each year, in the sha| £ Im
History of Milwaukee, city and county . n of their business, isherewith communicated, marked A. A copy of this statement was sent on the 12th hist, to Col. J. J. Abert, of the Topographical Bureau, in answer to his letter directed to thi Hector of the Port of Milwaukee, accompanied by a letter calling his attention to thesubject; a copy of which is herewith communicated, marked B. This letterand statement, in order to secure their being brought properly before theBureau, were inclosed with a letter (marked () to our delegate in Congress. The whole amount of business each year, in the sha| £ Imports and Exports, is shown in the table marked I). The grand total being nearly sixmillions and a half of dollars. We have also received the statements of the business done at one of thetowns in this county (Prairieville), and a table of the result for the past yearis inclosed, marked E. The commerce of this town is of course done throughthe Port of Milwaukee. The Register of the Land Office has obligingly furnished at our request, a. HARBOR AND MARINE INTERESTS 279 statement of the proceeds of the sales of public lands, in this district, whichwith the amount received at Green Bay, for land in this district before theestablishment of the land office at this place, amounts to about one and-a halfmillions of dollars. From this statement we can safely say that this portion of our countryhas paid at least its due proportion toward the support of the General Gov-ernment, and is therefore as much entitled to consideration as any other partof the country. Five per cent on the amount we have paid for lands alonewould be more than sufficient to construct the work we ask for, and this isno more than is now granted, as a permanent fund, to several of the states. From the general statement, marked A, a great many facts may be seenwhich show the growing importance of our place from a commercial point ofview, and the high character of the surrounding country in agriculture. Itwill be seen
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