Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-09

receipts for the first half OF the current
year. Us, 10, i9S feet, show an even iieav-
icr decline. compared with the SIX
Sight receipts OF cotton during June.
2cY.14 bales, were below like receipts
during the corresponding months or ly6:
re aad bales
Sep j, i, O52 bales, were largely IN ex-
cess OF the corresponding 1906 figures OF
ioiSO.N4 bales, and about O hau.miiii0n
figures. or the total American spinners'
takings for the season, 4,761, G35 bales. p
4s!.SS represents the share taken by the
2,269,i3 bales the share credited to the
Southern mills. The proportion which
the southern min consumption pears 70
the total domestic spinners' takings Is
as during the two previous years. The ex.
ports Tor the ten months OF the present
season, sZ5O.N6 bales, are LARGELY IN ex1I
asss;5 bales. constituting over 81 per cent.
OF Ihe total available supply, as agalnsSi
S. per cent. during the 1905 season.. and
about Is per cent. for the corresponding
Shipments OF redwood lumber from up
per California during June aggregated S4.-
$50, $50 feet, Of which 1906, 0O0 feet came
and eet a fro ps More
About 62 per cent Of the total move-
ment was consigned to San. francisco
Raw. over 26 per cent. to southern Cali
Guiding foreign destinations -, C cSI re
feet. Of which as.7ss,ssl, or over Il per
cent, Vas cOnsigned, TO san fra Era h.12
Of the year We're s224, 49,. $40 feet, or over
80 per cent. in excess Of like shipments
during the first half of the year lSo6. ana
spending 1905 figures. Over 70 per cent.
OF these shipments were CONSIGNED 10
San Francisco Bay, the 1907 figures, 49,
62S. 74G feet. being. about Sc per cent above
above the corresponding 1905 fisures OF
Figures of coal and coke traffic over
roads for the month on the whole com
pare favorably with the June, 1906. fg-
ures. the larger roads-such as the
ts ,,, s. Baltimore o ono en Moa
all showing larger shipments than
year ago. Combined figures Of coal and
coke carried by these nine roads during
300 tons. are about 10 per cent. larger than
the corresponding 1906 toyais.
The estimated coke production az Con-
nellsville, including the lower district. for
10. IA. 400 net tons. compared with S,7S1. 7l3
for the corresponding weeks of 1906. the
average weekly output for the month es-
tablishing new record of maximum pro-
dr"tion. -,
Figures of pig-iron nrodnctf2n dnri,e
the month Of June, 1881, 575 tons, while
slightly below the May output, We're.
however; 10 per. cent. in excess Of the
june, 1875. figures, the Pittsburg district
alone presenting an increase OF over S.
%N tons ~ output for the month. Fig
ures for the six months Of the year. 49,
223, 454 tons. are over per cent. In excess
of the corresponding 1905 figures.
Reports of building operations for the
month in about 50 cities show an aeere-
gate value of building permits granted of
$sfa5S. 0I0. compared with Ss50S $40 for
June. 1906. decreased activity being re-
ported, among others, for New York Chi
-cago and PittsburT. Ffrures for the six
months of the year. $500, $751; 1856, are also
below the corresponding 1000 figures of
1894: 1859 ,352. the check in the building boom
in New York City being largely respon-
sible for the decreased total.
:. A convenient index of the relative traf-
fic activity CT the larger railways Is pre-
sented by the number OF cars handled by
p reporting car-service associations, the
figures for June. 2.43s9o4 cars. comparing
favnrably with the June, 1906. figures of
2.o6S. Sa7 cars. Figures for the six months
Of the year. H,276s0a cars handled. are
over five per cent. IN excess of the cor
responding 1906 Heurag