The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-01

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Not Barre g our OF Pounds f:
Ore Was eeived at me Port
During the Mo nth Of N ay. !sSs

Durlng the az onti'5 OF ~ ay,
but as glance at he booE of the
llss1oca1 of1fces OF rhe customs depart
ISfnent in the Federal building one car
sSsee the havoc rough sto the CONNER
5ciaI Interests by The general tie-uI
OF lake traffic because of$the recent
troubles existing Between the lake car
rfers and their captains. says the Buff
faIo Zines rs.
g. Resides the; loss of thousands of dol
lars in money represented in the sal
aries of the idle aptains. mates, deck
hands, pursers and boatmon in gen,
2era1 and the@attending losses to the
transportation companies because 81
the stagnation OF the general freight
market. Buffalo loses several points
In her standing in the commercial
world for the months of May, June
and July. 3..3s 400 s
Whether Or not the business for
the rest of the season of navigation
will increase at a ratio large enough
to:offset this decided slump rem aims to
be seen. In the opinion of$the expe-
rienced marine men and the men well
acquainted with the shipping interests
of the city, the general slump felt di-
rectly because Of the strike Will con-
ytinue for the remainder of the season
and the navigation term for 1904 viii
go down in the record as one of the
worst in several years.
All during the month of May and
for. several days during early June
the harbors all along the lakes We're
5stagnant and the great freight ships
lay at their mornings. Thousands of
men were idle about the docks, and
every day thousands of dollars were
being thrown away until finally the
settlement came and with 1.-THE great
rush to make up the losses in time.
and money. @
Buffalo as Wei as the other. lake
ports has suffered rom the results of
this great strike and tie up, as will
from the figures taken from
the books at the customs house. The
months of May, June and part Of July
of this year, as compared with the
corresponding months of last year
show a tremendous falling Off In the
shipments If some cereals there is
a slight increase, but these are due:
more to an unusually large crop ratll-
er than a pronounced activity on the
lakes. I'D
s According to the figures for May,
1903, there was 6,9S5,17O bushels of
wheat received at the port Of Buffalo
The figures from the opening Of nav
igation, May Il tn, till the end of the
same month this year show shipments
of but 655,195 bushels received, a.
falling off of 6,330,027 bushels The
shipments of corn received for May.
1903. We're Z, SS3,6 500 bushe1s;#for May,
1904. L09S,117, a decrease ofs3,735, 5S25
bushels. Tie shipments Of oats re-
cefved for May, 1903, were "A ,414, $50. ]:
while for the same month this year
they were but 100000 bushels, the de-
crease being 4,168, $50. In, the other
cereals also there We're remarkable
decreases. .
q In June, 1904, the wheat receipts 4
began to increase, and at the end Of
the month we're 1.252,786 bushels
more than during the same month
last year A slump was felt IN the
shipments of corn for June lis year
as compared with the figures of June.
l9oS,. a decrease of ..744,792 being re-
corded. The shipments Of oats re-
during June this year showed
In Increase Of 291,T94 bushels over
asst years figures. but in the other
there were big Increases as
compared with last years figures.
Startling asst may appear to the
,erson Interested in marine shipping
'ffafrs there Were no shipments of. /
'ur ore received at the port Of Buff
alo during the month of May, thisti
ear. Navigation opened about N1ayI
~, and from that time until June III
lot a. barrel OF flour or pound of ore
vas received at the port. When onei
considers that.durtng the same month
asst year ,16S.1sT barrels OF flour
we're received here can be ina gined
he losses entailed by the our inter
'sts, and all resulting rom the tie-up |
f traffic, because of the strike. 3
The -four shipments for June this
ear as received here amounted to
$500 barrels During the same
month in 1908 the receipts for -four
we're j, 6S0,114 barrels, showing de-
rease of 1.12lSS7 barrels
I In lumber and general Merchandise
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