--------------------------------------------------- States. | Canals,| Railroads,| Cost of | miles, | miles, | Railroads, | 1854. | 1857. | 1855. ----------------|--------|-----------|------------- California | | 22 | Connecticut | 61 | 600 | $25,224,191 Illinois | 100 | 2,524 | 55,663,656 Indiana | 367 | 1,806 | 29,585,923 Iowa | | 253 | 2,300,000 Maine | 50 | 442 | 13,749,021 Massachusetts | 100 | 1,285 | 59,167,781 Michigan | | 600 | 22,370,397 New Hampshire | 11 | 645 | 15,860,949 New Jersey | 147 | 472 | 13,840,030 New York | 989 | 2,700 | 111,882,503 Ohio | 921 | 2,869 | 67,798,202 Pennsylvania | 936 | 2,407 | 94,657,675 Rhode Island | | 85 | 2,614,484 Vermont | | 515 | 17,998,835 Wisconsin | | 629 | 5,600,000 |--------|-----------|------------- | 3,682 | 17,855 | $538,313,647 =================================================== TABLE NO. XXXI. MILES OF CANALS AND RAILROADS IN THE SLAVE STATES--1854-1857. --------------------------------------------------- States. | Canals,| Railroads,| Cost of | miles, | miles, | Railroads, | 1854. | 1857. | 1855. ----------------|--------|-----------|------------- Alabama | 51 | 484 | $3,986,208 Arkansas | | | Delaware | 14 | 120 | 600,000 Florida | | 86 | 250,000 Georgia | 28 | 1,062 | 17,034,802 Kentucky | 486 | 306 | 6,179,072 Louisiana | 101 | 263 | 1,731,000 Maryland | 184 | 597 | 12,654,333 Mississippi | | 410 | 4,520,000 Missouri | | 189 | 1,000,000 North Carolina | 13 | 612 | 6,847,213 South Carolina | 50 | 706 | 13,547,093 Tennessee | | 508 | 10,436,610 Texas | | 57 | 16,466,250 Virginia | 184 | 1,479 | |--------|-----------|------------- | 1,110 | 6,859 | $95,252,581 TABLE NO. XXXII. BANK CAPITAL IN THE FREE AND IN THE SLAVE STATES--1855.
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