Evening star., 1902-02-07

in excess Of 1900. In shipments there was
gain of 4,270 cars. The five western mar
kets received 7.24s.467 cattle Is. .764 .O41 hogs
and 1896 ,O2 sheep, making total of 3S,-
406 DAB head. or gain Of 3O63, 1877 head over
1900. OF the total Chicago received I5 365-
9s5 head: Kansas City, $685. CAT head;
Omaha, 4,546, ,S96 head; st. Louis. 3,74O. .S5l
head, and st. Joseph, 3.056. .164 head.
On the Great Lakes.
On the great lakes the reports of the bu-
reau of statistics cover the entire years
navigation for the first time The opera
tions reported include 2O4 ports of receipt
and 331 points of shipment during the cal
endar year 1901. BY reducing the total
freight to net tons. the total quantity of
commodities received during the past year
amounted to 45, ,6S9, 507 tons and the total
amount shipped to 1905. .2SS TONS the COM
bined total handled in the form of both re-
ceipts and shipments amounting to 81 754, =
195 tons. The tonnage passing through the
Sauit Ste Marie canal was Is, ,4O3, ,O69 net
tons. compared with 25. .643. .O73 tons for the
season Of 1900. being a gain Of 2.758, ,996
tons, or IL per cent
At the north Atlantic seaports the re-
ceipts OF staple commodities from the in
tertor fell somewhat short Of the mark
reached In 1900: At Boston. New York,
Phfladeiphia and Baltimore there was an
aggregate decrease Of 20 1887 587 bushels or
II per cent, compared with 1900 This fig
ure. In some cases, includes flour and meal
reduced to bushels. The receipts Of coal at
Boston during the year were 4,s7s, ,275 tons.
mostly by weasel.
Atlantic States Regain Their Lead.
In southern territory the cotton brought
into sight by the end Of the calendar year
was 6.6O4 ,e43 bales The port receipts were
the largest in four years. The overland
shipments were the lowest and southern
mill takings were the largest in the his
tory of the trade.
The first quarter of the crop year shows
that the Atlantic states have regained their
primacy as geographical sources of cot
ton production; 80 per cent Of the receipts
have come from their territory 80 per cent
from what Is known as Texas territory and
SO per cent from the other gulf states The
years shipments of pig iron. iron pipe and
steel from southern producing districts
reached a grand total Of .6S5 674 tons
Lumber.
On the Pacific coast the red wood Ium-
Der shipments from upper California dur
ing 1901 amounted to 244,3S6,O75 feet, and
2oeO01 ,022 feet for 1900 Another lumber
movement on this coast of prime import
ance is that from Washington, out of
which state 24,491 cars were sent in 1901
and 10, 402 cars in 1900. The shingie ship
ments were 2S,251 cars In 1901 and 1855
cars in 1900. From Portland and Tacoma
Last years lumber and shingle shipments
by rail considerably exceeded those of the
preceding year. Shipments of -four from
the upper Pacific coast from July 8 to De-
cember % reached a total Of 6S5, ,991 bar
rels, Portland sending 315.3SO barrels, Sc
attic 23S, $50 and Tacoma 21S.634 barrels
For eight months ending December, 1901,
the shipments from Tacoma, foreign and
coastwise, amounted to SIG, 429. .965 in value,
of which S3 per cent, or one-third, were
coastwise shipments.
Coal.
In the coal trade the anthracite output
which reached 54.290,374 tons. was the
largest in the history of this industry. The
gains on the Pennsylvania company's lines
east Of Pittsburg and Erie, amounting TO
nearly a million tons. were made In an
thracite and coke traffic alone. The Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company's coal
tonnage for five months ending November.
1901, was 2, 1S9. 704 tons, of which .134 96I
tons reached tidewater. For a like period
In 1900 the shipments were 2417979 tons
of which 1.265. .S46 tons reached tidewater,
The coke shipments for 1901 over this line
shows an increase of 3S per cent over the
tonnage Of 1900, The Norfolk and Western
coal and coke tonnage for the first eleven
months of 1901 were 6,741.1S6 tons COM
pared with 6.630.060 tons in 1900. The
Southern railway, excluding the st. Louis
division, handled 1.457067 tons during i've
months ending November. The Connclls-
vile coke region produced 11.624.472 tons
in 1901. compared with 1O.166,234 tons IN
the year 1901 to move the connellsville
coke output than in 1900. The average
weekly shipments Of 1901 we're 10s400 cars,
Nhfle those Of 1900 were 0,700 cars.