Mobile & Ohio Produce Deliveries
   Listed below are the Produce Deliveries by railroad to Mobile, as reported in the Mobile Advertiser & Recorder. It is obvious from the data that this is a recording of the freight that arrived on the only railroad connecting directly to the city -- the Mobile & Ohio RR. In the newspaper are also listed the deliveries by steamboats.
   These two weeks are presented as representative only. The city was short of food during this period, so the arrivals are less than they would have been if there were sufficient supplies. Also, a large percentage of produce deliveries were made by river steamboats.
Date Reported Train Number Freight
1/18/62

 

 90
10 barrels vinegar
607 " molasses
44 half- "    "
91
156 barrels molasses
15 " sugar
1 bundle trees
1 barrel acid
1 " onions
1 " eggs
6 boxes    "
1 barrel soap
1 half- "    "
1 box    "
12 coops
1 beef
6 swine
2 steers
14 turkeys
1 box sausage
451 sacks corn
41 "    " meal
8 " peas
50 " wheat
12 " potatoes
5 " grits
1 cask tallow
27 bales hay
3 packages butter
1 " bacon
1 " vegetables
2/1/62

 

 108
161 barrels molasses
109
74 "    "
40 hogsheads sugar
42 hogs
22 coops
2 looms
45 barrels flour
22 sacks    "
4 " peas
1 " eggs
4 " potatoes
19 sacks    "
1 hogshead    "
1 barrels pork
14 packages eggs
10 " butter
1 " cabbage
20 sacks peas
209 " corn
14 " oats
75 " meal
60 " wheat
25 " bran
3 coils rope
2 casks bacon
1 sack    "
267 pieces    "
1 bale peavines
110
168 barrels molasses
101 half- "    "
109 cowskins
2/4/62 111
6 shoats
18 coops
11 hogs
132 fowls
12 cattle
1 cask bacon
25 " lard
1 package   "
1 barrel   "
1 cask potatoes
4 boxes   "
97 sacks   "
270 " flour
66 " bran
206 " corn
11 " T. I. salt
66 " oats
9 " peas
1 barrel   "
4 sacks fruit
1 barrel   "
25 sacks wheat
50 bales fodder
10 barrels whisky
2 " soap
1 " beef
1 " eggs
9 boxes   "
109 barrels molasses
1 roll leather
13 bars iron
1 box meat
6 packages butter
2 dozen coonskins
2 1/2 " brooms
2/4/62 112
1 barrel lard
1 " eggs
3 " pork
3 " potatoes
250 " molasses
8 half- "   "
1 " butter
66 sacks corn
136 " oats
200 " salt
116 " T. I. salt
160 " flour
31 " potatoes
2/5/62 113
45 bales cotton to E. F. Hellen
50 boxes shells
1 " fuses
50 coils rope
27 hogsheads sugar
401 barrels molasses
40 half- "   "
114
126 barrels molasses
50 half- "   "
2 barrels nuts
3 " sugar
45 hogsheads   "
8 bales wool
2/6/62 115
29 hogsheads sugar
32 barrels molasses
1 " soap
4 boxes   "
3 barrels eggs
14 boxes   "
2 packages   "
3 barrels lard
1 keg   "
12 barrels flour
205 sacks   "
5 barrels potatoes
53 sacks   "
1 barrels cabbage
10 coops poultry
1 " pigs
1 boxes candles
2 hogs
3 packages butter
1 " tallow
209 sacks corn
8 " meal
12 " peas
52 " bran
203 " oats
140 " wheat
200 " salt
1 car load cotton
12 gun carriages
1 battery wagon and forge
2/7/62   no trains on the report
2/8/62 116
2 bales cotton to J. T. Bradford
4 hogsheads potatoes
24 boxes   "
4 barrels   "
4 sacks   "
244 " corn
2 " grits
8 " cotton seed
4 " peas
12 " peanuts
140 " wheat
180 " salt
160 " flour
5 " rice
3 packages butter
23 " eggs
1 " cabbage
2 " beeswax
1 barrel lard
1 horse
28 coops
4 pigs
8 barrels mackerel
2 bundles trees
1 tent cloth and poles
2/11/62 120
817 barrels molasses
31 coils rope
2 bundles wood
2 hogsheads sugar
121
1 wagon
6 horses
4 coops
3 beeves
101 sacks corn
312 " shoats
40 " oats
28 " bran
305 " flour
26 " fruit
5 bales abucks
4 " ???
2 casks bacon
1 barrel lard
3 " molasses
135 " beef
3 packages eggs
2/13/62

 

 121
2 coops
1 box lard
2 packages butter
446 sacks corn
184 " bran
900 " salt
30 barrels oil
84 bundles iron
123
3 hogsheads sugar
135 barrels molasses
102 half- "   "
104 files
5 car loads cattle
5 " hogs
2/14/62   no trains on this report

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