The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-22
TRAFFIC
ON THE RIVERS
OFFICIAL REPORTS SHOW HEAVY
INCREASE OVER 1906 IN
NEARLY ALL PORTS.
CAIRO SURPRISES ALL
In Number Of Vessels and Freight
Tonnage carried--Nearly T.
900 Vessels Here In
Ten Months.

Official reports relating to the traf-
fc on the various rivers shows the
, following;
/ Arrivals by river at Cairo during
/ the month numbered BIZ vessels OF
/ 2a5,34G tons compared with 5lT
vessels OF 2Si,993 tons reported dur.
/ ing October. 1906, OF the total arri-
walls, 234 vessels Of 12S,743 tons.
represented through movement and
! 1T8 vessels, OF 96.S9l tons. a local
| movement Arrivals for the ten
months of the yaar numbered 6.931
vessels OF 4,272S37 tons, compared
with 6.56o vessels OF 3,7243S7 tons
i, ported for the corresponding 1906
period,
The maximum tonnage on the Big
Sandy River for October 1907. was
AT Lock No +, where 2.i32 tons Of
freight passed. Of which T20 tons
were lumber timber and ties, and
i H. tons miscellaneous merchan-
disc
Cumberland river for October, 1907
was at Lock No. /, where l,720 tons
OF freight passed, of which 454 were
lumber and ties. 40 farm products
and 1926 miscellaneous.
Upstream tonnage on the Ken
tuclSy river during October. 1907
was largest at Lock No, l. where
1888 tons OF freight passed, Of
which 1880 tons We're coal and l,703
tons We're miscellaneous merchan-
disc Downstream tonnage at Lock
No. & aggregated l7,211 tons of mis-
cellaneous freight The grand total
freight passing In both directions at
locks of maximum tonnage was 90,
IA tons.
Upstream tonnage on the Musgin-
sum river during October 1907, |
was largest at Lock No. 2 where
2.5il tons of freight passed OF which
Z tons were lumber aud 2.50i tons
miscellaneous merchandise. Down
stream tonnage was largest at Lock
No. where 2.772 tons of freight
passed. all of which was merchan
glise. The grand total freight passing
Iii both directions lit locks Of maxi
mum tonnage was 5,2Ss tons
Upstream traffic during October on
the Monongahela river at Lock No.
t. representing the maximum up
stream movement on that river. com
pfised 1e9,976 tons, mainly sand
and gravel. The downstream traffic
curing the month at Lock No. b
the maximum down
stream movement on the river. |
| ,029.Gi7 tons, shows a considerable
increase over the preceding years
figures, owing to heavier coal traffic |
during the month. The upstream
traffic at Lock No. ! for the ten
months of the year, 14ls.9i6 tons, |
as well as the downstream traffic at
Lock No. , for the same period |
8. 414,lT7 tons show larger volumes
than for the corresponding periods
in the two preceding years.
Ascending traffic BY way of Davis
Isnnd Dam. for the ten months Of
the year. aggregated 5s9,S2i tons, '
mostly sand while the descending (
traffic for the same period aggregat-
ed 2.A19.135 tons. composed chiefly |
OF coal, though comprising also con-
siderable quantities of iron and steel
and miscellaneous mer
ohandise. The number of vessels |
passing the dam in either direction
during the ten months of the year,
2i SCI, is more than double the
reported for the correspond
ing ten months of 1906.
Traffic through the Louisville and
Portland Canal and Falls at Louis /
vile. Ky. for the season ending Oc-
tober, is given as l.3Ol.G tons, OF
which 1,15l,765 tons was represented
by coal and Ga.6O6 tons by mis-
oellaneous merchandise. Figures for
the corresponding periods in 1906
and 1905 we're 99S,759 tons and T..
sos. 75S tons, respectively.