Mr. Kyle. She makes a trip every day, practically; but that is only one of the boats.
Mr. Gardner. Do you think that on an average a thousand people a day pass up and down the river during the period of navigation?
Mr. Kyle. For the total number of boats; yes, sir; very many more. I think that around Alexandria Bay there are two or three thousand people, or more, perhaps, every day, because the boats from Kingston run in there.
Mr. Dewey has just informed me that he thinks there would be 30,000 people during the day within 30 miles of Brockville on passenger steamers.
Mr. Gardner. That would have reference to the whole navigation season?
Mr. Dewey. Yes; and during July and August I think it would be a very conservative estimate to say that there would be 35,000 people on steamers every day.
Mr. Powell. About how many freight steamers pass up and down daily?
Mr. Dewey. I could not say. There is a continuous line of them. The majority of the boats that go through the Welland Canal, freight boats, that pass down the river, pass by here.
Mr. Gardner. I do not suppose you have any means of knowing what the average river population would be during the entire navigation season?
Mr. Dewey. No, sir.