The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-22
c1vlNNAH'S TRADE BY SHIPS.
coral OF G7,21s,O5z REACHED
LAST YEAR.

Coostwfse Exports $30,142 POI
- the Foreign Exports S2s,O75,-
-ee-An Increase over the Average
~. preceding Fifteen Years of
-. OOO.O 900 - Everything In
.5ed In the Exports From As
,,,us TO Chewing Gum and Tar
TerraDin-COttOn, Naval Stores,
rher, Hides, Tobacco, Vege-
lbs and wool Among the Lead
no articles of Export.
,,- William B. Adams, the veteran port
ID, has submitted an interesting
'..,sment showing the character, destina-
-, olantity and value of the foreign
I'D coaslwise shipments from this port
1-,~tng the year 1897 for publication in the
MAYORS annual report.
rbA statement is very carefully COM
..5 and contains much interesting and
+,uabe data. According to the state
..s,t the total foreign exports for the
-,,r amounted to s2S,O75, 7S6O7 and the
.-..I coastwise shipments SIS, 142, 29O.7S.
cotton. of course, composed the bulk of
tbs EXPORTS both coastwise and foreign.
y, un,and cotton 1881, 2O3 bales, valued at
l,afq s4g6 were shipped coastwise, and 612,-
NJ bales, valued al $19,609,5dS, were ship
,sr foreign. OF sea islands, 42,452 bales,
,aIued at SSH 12O, were shipped coast.
uise and 1854 bales, valued at $685., 040,
we're exported Cotton was shipped for
eisp 10 nineteen different European ports,
Bremen taking about half the exports.
The coastwise shipments of cotton all
vent to Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia
and New York.
There is considerable more variety about
The exports than the average person
would expect. Among the items are
hjevcle, valued at $780, and two dogs, vail
ned at $50, to st. Petersburg. Savannah
shipped pig iron to nine foreign ports to
the amount of 2105S tons, valued at $780,
So. and iron rails to Genoa, valued at
g171g. Lumber was shipped to sixteen
foreign ports chiefly in South America,
to the value of $lO6, $1,000.
Phosphate rock to the value of $685., $40,
was shipped to seventeen foreign ports.
Hamburg and Rotterdam took $21, 295 of
Ditch Rosin had the widest dstribu-
ton of any product which left Savannah
being shipped TO forty-eight foreign ports.
The amount shipped foreign was S56, 37S
barrels. valued at $2,569134. Spirits tur-
pentine to the value of $685., 1856 was ship
ped 10 nineteen ports. Other items were
bauxite ore, TO Rotterdam, $1,7S0; -four to
Liverpool, $41,250; rosin oil, $3S, 292; slaves,
$59552
The coastwise shipments are of more in
terest, being of greater variety, including
everything from asparagus to chewing
gum. The latter is not an unimDortant
item, $3.50 worth having been shipped to
New York
Of canned goods, the steamship compan-
les handled $51,S36 worth. Clay is put down
at 1886. Cotton seed oil was quite an
item, being put down at $669615. While
there are no cotton factories in Savannah
just now, the shipments of domestics and
yarns from Savannah last year, were val
i ued at $2,7i9S50. Fruit is another large
4 item, being down for $449, 760.50 Hides
form another considerable factor of Sa-
yannah's trade, the shipments last year
being valued at 81 ,4S0 635.
The shipments of pig iron were valued
Fl at S5j3,4GO. Leather was also shipped to the
value of $3.50, COO. The coastWise lumber
shipments were valued at $1,9O3 7SO.03, and
Went to 10 ports.
Fl Merchandise is credited with value of
EQ3061Q
"a Inc value OF oranges SniDDed cOaStWlSe,
#Was $47SS; oysters, $51 1888; pitch S3S, 685;
rice, &5,975; shingles, $50, 922. 80; straw Der
h Fies S2S350; terrapins, $9,760; tar, S. $50; to
oaeco, $il3,500; turtles, $14 145.
the coastwise rosin shipments were 1885,
i 43 barrels, valued al 1889, 359, and rosin oil
to the value of $50, 346. OF turpentine there
E We're 1874 casks shipped coastwise, val
ued at $l,321, AIS
Iesetab.e shipments were valued at
%l4651 Shipments of wool, 1887 bales,
We're valued at S1,43S,96O Shipments
f Of cigars were valued at $2,17O200.
A statement of the value of foreign and
Il ooastwise shipments from 1882 to 1897 in
clslye is given. The value Of coastwise
shipments last year was $39, 291, an in
j crease over the average value of the fif-
zen years preceding of 4,O4626 The
sa'ue OF foreign exports for the year was
@aVi9'iS6, an increase over the average
.aIue Of the preceding fifteen years of
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