The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12

coastwise trade. the total arrivals in
January included 674 vessels, of which 3TS
were coasting vessels and 296 foreign
rivals. AT Philadelphia out of 221 vessels
reaching that port 1i3 We're engaged in
the domestic trade and IS in foreign
trade
Shipments of lumber from Charleston,
S c. (to domestic destinations. from
September !. 1903, to January %, 1904,
amounted 10 Is, 543,144 feet, the major pOr
ton Of which was shipped to New York
city This total in 1928 was %, 2,542
feet
The years shipping business at Bruins
wick, Ga. during 1893. where values are
regularly reported, amounted to S2s TO-
392. including receipts and shipments
SI63i6,9S0 comprising shipments and sl2,-
S29 952 receipts. Domestic coastwise ship
merits were valued at $7.9l6,576. and for
eign shipments at $. 43o,4o4.
Arrivals of vessels at Galveston. Tex,
for 1865. included 200 vessels of the regis
tered tonnage OF l,72IS72 tons.
In southern territory receipts of cotton
for the first five months Of the crop year
show that 500, 6l6 bales were sent TO sea-
ports, of which 3s95,l4 bales, or two
thirds Of the total port receipts. arrived
at gulf ports: the other one-third having
beeusfeceived at Atlantic ports.
Galveston continues to hold first rank
among seaboard receiving points in south
ern territory. receipts TO the end Of jan
uary. leei. being 2.09O,97S bales OF cotton,
compared with lJ6S.s09 bales received at
New Orleans Savannah received 1,0ol,
9Sl bales. derived largely from the Caro-
Ipas
Receipts of grain at New Orleans for
the calendar year 1868 amounted to Co.
421.oSs bushels. including 25.oi4.sSe bushels.
indicating a gain Of about 20 per cent.
Lumber receipts at san Francisco in
January 1904 totaled $4,000 feet. com
pared with 42.7s2o0o feet in January. 1903.
Receipts of coal for the same month
were as follows: Seventy-one thousand
one hundred and two tons in 1904. 5l.162
tons in 1878. and 5.493 tons in 1892.
Shipments of -four from Portland. Seat
tie. and Tacoma 10 oriental points dur
ing the seven months ending with JanG-
airy. 1864. were l.-66.096 barrels. in con-
trast with l.o55. 81 barrels in 1923
The report Of Eureka. Cal. reports
shipments during 1893 to the value Of
s. 64S,6l0 Of which SS.S45SoS represented
shipments TO domestic ports.
Commercial movements by rivers and
canals have generally been impeded by ice
during January. 1894 10 an unusual en-
tent On the Mononsahela 1888 tons Of
traffic were reported for January. 1894.
compared with 81. 7s5 tons a year ago. At
the Davis Island dam January tonnage
was the lIghtest in three years. being 49,
S24 tons. The contrary was the case At
Louisville. where the tonnage tpassing
both river and falls was the highest -
three years. Fourteen rivers and canals
report a combined tonnage much smaller
than for any other OF The two preceding
years The river at Cairo has been prac-
scaly closed Tor the first month of the
calendar, year. arrivals at that port being
as less than AT any tirne since
the harbor. records have been kept.
Coal movements as reflected in ihe an
thracite shipments for January have
shown tendency 10 decline. 4.I5&.245 tons
being reported for January. compared T.
with ..25s7iS tons in December 1916. and
49IlE tons in November.
The Chesapeake and ohio railway re-
port IS. ss2 tons OF coal and coke moved /
during 1865. in contrast with $50 20 tons +
in la0. Seven Ohio railroads handling (!
biturninous coal report Les,-Iz nal toos |!