Note 242 — Chapter XXVII · COMPARATIVE COST OF WATER AND LAND TRANSPORT.
Reading edition
According to the “Statistical Abstract of the United States” for 1887, the rates on the principal trunk railroads and the New York State canals at different periods were respectively:—
Year. Railroad Average. Canal Average.
cents. cents.
1868 2·45 ·87
1878 1·40 ·42
1880 1·29 ·49
1882 1·18 ·42