The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-26
COAL BY WATER .
Knnpseved syatem Would BE HeEpful to
Mobile.

Kmpseved syatem Wouid BE Helpful "a
Mobile.
Baltimore. Jan. 25.-(special. )--In
this weeks issue Of The Manufactur-
ers' Record interesting light upon the
coal trade Of the country IL given in
an article by Mr.. Frederick Z. Saward
dealing with water-borne coal. He
THE Mononsahela river has long
been slackwatered and damned from
West Virginia to Pittsburg, and there
on PILE t e coal sorE Pss 81 e. over ana
latest figures as to last seasons tom
mage show 9.sl0.slS net tons OF btu
minous coal. This 10 q quantity equal
as great bulk reaches mills, etc, in
the Pittsburg district, IL means cheap
fuel for many industries. The great
Davis Island dam, below PittsburE, is
show total passage OF 27io. $50 net
tons or bituminous coal bound for
southern points. some OF 1t going clear
o gown to New Orleans. Then below
mat we got the Kanawha TONNAGE
This river is slack watered and dam
med entirely. one might almost say, for
the benefit OF the coal Industry. and
S Sea,o OF that stream there passed last
bituminous coal bound for Cincinnati
and points further south, travelling
parity over the same course as the
FiaISourg coal, as noted above
coal eut Of the t9an rssss . g KKsnttgcky
river coal districts. and the total for
these two avenues OF supply In the
PasI season amounted to 1a2,40s net
large total as yet, but bound To erou
and there will be tonnage out OF me
Big sandy district to be added. When
ono once gets down to louisville there is
me coal that goes through the Louis-
vile and Portland canal and the fon.
mage passing Louisville falls to be reck-
oned with. The total here IL I,295. ore
net tons OF bituminous coal. So you
mage moving over and UPON thess ysr 1-
Gus systems. ] must not forget that
mere IS now coal going out Of the
warrior river, and there viii be more
completed. When this is done Il means
cheaper coal for Mobile, and that n
most desirable 70 make It an even
greater port Of call for bunkering coal
only very small Warrior river tom
nage-say 5000 tons q month al pres
enIt..oout' as said above. 1t will expand.
some OF the old canal ways also
nave a coas tonnage, even when rail-
roads are right aIongside OF them. as
II We're. Here we have the old Chesa
psake and Ohio, canal, carrying $685.
n rsS tons as Of soft coal. ana the CHEESE
tons Of both kinds OF coal, while the
odd Erie ditch" carried 50O, 200 tons by
the last report, mainly hard coal
There is q large coal tonnage pass
Ing through the channel OF the Detroit
river, and the total for last season was
1I974,9e2 net tons of both grades OF
COAL the soft being four times that Of
the hard coal. This brings ON to a
consideration OF the 500" canal tom
mage, and, as everyone should know,
that is a government" waterway. *
anything can be called such in this
mage last year was 11.400.095 tons Of
both grades, with bitul1inouse In the
proportion Of about 8 to /.
1T may be stated that the total OF
coal loaded for shipment and for bunk
er purposes. at the ports along the
Great Lakes was 20.S5S,990 net tons of
all kinds. mostly bituTninouB.
On the Atlantic coast there is coal
loaded into barges and vessels for the
supply Of other cities and towns. which
pulls up a big total"