4 23 4,830 336,000
1842 2 none 23 3,000 164,000
1841 1 none 28 3,530 173,000
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Total 31 8 140 30,302 1,880,000

"The whole of the above vessels were built above the Falls, at places
between this port and Chicago, by capital drawn from the many sources
legitimately pertaining to the lake business, and designed as a
permanent investment. What has been done below Niagara, in the same
field, during the past season, may be seen in the subjoined list of

VESSELS BUILT ON LAKE ONTARIO, 1845.

Syracuse propeller 315 Oswego, N. Y.
H. Clay ... 300 Dexter, do.
Hampton brig 300 Pt. Peninsula, do.
T. Wyman ... 258 Oswego, do.
Algomah ... 335 Cape Vincent, do.
Wabash ... 314 Sack. Harbour, do.
Crispin ... 151 ditto
Liverpool ... 350 Garden Is., C.W.
Quebec brig 280 Long Island, do.
H. H. Sizer schooner 242 Pillar Point, N.Y.
Maid of the Mill ... 200 Oswego, do.
Milan ... 147 Pt. Peninsula, do.
H. Wheaton ... 200 Oswego, do.
Welland ... 220 ditto
Josephine ... 175 ditto
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Total 15 vessels, 3,787 tons.

"To which must be added the schooner J. S. Weeks, rebuilt and enlarged
at Point Peninsula, at a heavy outlay; and also the schooner Georgiana
Jenia, at St. Catharine's, which was cut in two, and rebuilt. The
Josephine and Wyman are rebuilds, but so thoroughly as almost to fall
within the denomination of new craft. The Wyman is polacca-rigged, the
only one in service, we think. The Algomah is full rigged, and, like
the others, very strongly built. The Quebec and Liverpool are also
well ironed, and designed for Atlantic service, when the St. Lawrence
locks will admit of a free passage.

"There have been built on the lower lake other vessels than those
embraced in the above list, including some steamers; and, in order to
give our exchanges an opportunity to present the entire number and
amount of expense, we omit any estimate of the cost and general outlay
of the vessels named above. Applying our data, however, we make the
outlay 25,000 dollars each, for the two pro