The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-13
CARRIAGE BY WATER.

In considering the of freight to and from
and within our own territory great many interesting
comparisons be made with the freight in
other pOrOnsof the country and especially with the
movement Of freight by water. In recent publication
by the Bureau Statistics of the Treasury Department.
great deal Of valuable information this subject is
given .+a @p"
Among the~s streams of the United States the traffic
the MOnOngahea River possibly the heaviest owing
the prominence of the coal trade For the II months
ending with December 1902 the total coal traffic passing
through Lock No g. in addition to the quantity mined in
the first and second pools, reported amounting
to 100000 tons This may be compared with the total
amount of coal shipped from domestic ports on the
Great Lakes other domestic ports during the year 1902
amounting 1852 S66 net tons. The total MonOngahea
freight movement in both directions reached grand
tai of 9,9S9,6S6 tons in 1902.
The point Of largest recorded traffic the Ohio, after
leaving Pittsburg is that of Davis Island DAM short
distance below Pittsburg, This dam, both in constitute
ton and in operation is of the cOuntrs noteworthy
achievements of engineering talent 1t affords the coal
and iron trade of this portion of the country deepwaer
navigation which to accumulate the products of the
mines and industries to be fOated down the Ohio River
whenever sufficient depth of water is available. The
total tonnage passing this point during 1902 reported
by the engineer in charge 3S73952 The month
of the largest business July, when 112399O tons
where shipped. q 'saE
Another point which traffic the Ohio is guaged is
at Louisville, Ky. Here the Ohio River trade passes
either through the locks of the Louisville and Portland
canal the Falls of the Ohio, in that the
of sufficient depth; that the of these
two channels gives the total traffic at this point
given period or the II months ending with December
1902 the traffic through the canal amounted to 422
tons, and that the Falls of the Ohio 1853 TONS
making grant total of 1,997,973 tons.
Next in Importance to the traffic of the MOnongahela
and Ohio rivers is that of the Great Kanawha River
ssting primarily of coal and lumber. During the year
1902 the total tonnage moved through Lock No II this
stream was S1l1O1 tons. Next in Importance is
River KY. through Lock No. of which 1928 tons
passed. The Big Sandy River, the same locality is
credited with 251 511 tons passing Lock No. l. The Lit
tie kanawha had total freight tonnage of 697O6 tons
for the period The Des MOnes, 0a.) Rapids Canal
carried 55S tons The Canal of the Cascades in Oregon
reported 25,3O3 tons of traffic. The Barren River KY
41,231 tons through Lock No 1. The Black Warrior
River, Ala through Lock No. B. had tonnage of 161O5
TONS and the CO0sa River, of the State through
Lock No. B. 1926 tons, mostly lumber in both cases. On
the Kentucky River, Lock No A. 665 freight
were shipped and on the Muskingum River Lock No l.
1880 TONS in 1902.
The tonnage moved through the New York State canals
reported by the State Superintendent Public Works
as amounting to 3179,362 tons in 1902 OF this amount
22259S6 tons moved eastward and 953376 tons west
ward showing that the eastward tonnage is about 12
times the westward tonnage For the year 1901 the total
tonnage for an equal endnglwih November was
and 1O66,OS5 tons westward. Coal shipments on the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal 1872 535 tons in 1902
compared with 229,393 tons in 1901.
The above traffic movements may be cOntrasted with
those of the SaUlt ste Marie Canals through which
freight tonnage of 35961 46 net passed in the sea
son of 1902 and also with the Portage Lake Ship Canals
of Michigan which cargo of 1856 1S9 net tons passed
Chesapeake andDeawae Canal as reported by the er-
atlng compahyf been given for only the months
of 1902, as 2O53S2 net tons, with movement of
I ,}S2 vessels. ''
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