Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-06
LARGE INCREASE IN
LAKE SHIPMENTS
TRAFFIC COMPARED WITH THAT
OF PREVIOUS YEARS
During November s,e7o,74s Net Tons
Were Carried from Various
Lake Ports, According
to reports

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Lake Ports, According
to reports
Traffic movements on the great lakes
during November, as measured by the
volume of shipments from the various
lake ports, totaled S.97O,74s net tons, COM
pared with 1884. 53S net tons shipped dur
ing November, 1906, and 7,4O2 ia net tons
shipped during November 1905. The only
item showing large increase over the
corresponding 1906 figures is coal, all other
large classes of merchandise showing but
slight increases or even decreases. This
is particularly true of lumber, the ship
ments of which were 33 per cent below
those reported for November, 1906
Domestic iron ore shipments for the
month, mainly from Lake Superior and
Michigan ports, 4042, 2S7 gross tons. show
but slight variations from the quantity
reported for November. 1906 Like ship
ments for the eleven months of the year,
40 995, 672. were - per cent in excess of
the corresponding 1906 figures, the in
crease being due mainly to larger ship
ments from Duluth and Superior. Ad-
ding to the eleven months total about
100000 tons of iron ore exported to Ca
madam ports for the season and about
100, 900 tons-the estimated shipments dur
ing the early part of December before the
close of navigation-we obtain the total
of iron ore shipped by lake for the 1907
season about Al, 100000 gross tons, which
is practically the trade estimate for the
seasons shipments as given by the Ma
rine Review.
Soft Coal Shipments Larger
Shipments of soft coal for the month,
mainly from Lake Erie ports to the head
of the lakes and Milwaukee, 1,66l,3OS net
tons, show larger total than those for
the preceding month as well as those for
November, 1906; shipments for the eleven
months of the year, 14.946,071 net tons
were about q per cent in excess of the
corresponding 1906 figures; these totals
are exclusive of the quantity of bunker
coal placed on vessels engaged in both
domestic and foreign commerce on the
great lakes.
Reports from masters of vessels plying
between domestic lake ports show the
quantity of bunker coal loaded during
November as 219,012 net tons, compared
with 1856 03 net tons reported for Novem-
Der. 1906. while the quantities of bunker
coal loaded In vesse.s engaged in domes-
tic commerce during the eleven months
of the year is stated as 1,9S5,060 net tons,
compared with 1884, 705 net tons loaded
during the corresponding period in 1906.
The quantity of bunker coal taken by
lake vessels in the foreign trade during
the month of November was 1865 ret
tons Shipments of hard coal, mainly
from Buffalo, N. Y, Erie, Pa, and Os-
wego. n. Y, totaled Sal, asa net tons for
the month, compared with $1,000 net tons
for November, 1906 Shipments for the
eleven months, of which 81 per cent pro-
ceeded from Buffalo, are over one million
net tons in excess of corresponding 1906
figures.
Canal Traffic Large
Wheat shipments for the month, main
~ from, Duluth Superior, Chicago and
Milwaukee, 14,295.311 bushels, show a
large increase both over the October f1g-
ures as well as the November, 1906, fig
ures. The total for the season, 5S,609, 43S
bushels, of which over 90 per cent lie cred
tied to Duluth, Superior and Chicago, are
about 40 per cent larger than the CORE
spending 1906 shipments.
Corn shipments, practically all from
Chicago, totaled 1.6Ss. 1928 bushels for the
month and 44153,602 bushels for the sea-
son. compared with 2,0S3524 bushels and
"A. 1853. 602 bushels for the corresponding
1906 periods.
BARLEY shipments for the month. 1854
Milwaukee, and 12736.S66 bushels for the
season ending November, show lower to-
tails than the corresponding 1906 figures
of O33. 1884 for the month and 1858, 4oS
bushels for the season.
An even larger decrease is shown in
the shipments of oats, the season fig-
ures, 10, 575 1863 bushels, being about IS per
cent below the corresponding 1906 figures.
Lumber shipments for the month 126,119
halOW the
corresponding 1906 figures; the season to-
tai ,365, 179 NJ feet. also shows heavy
decline as compared with the correspond
ing 1906 total of 1731.7 M feet, ship
mente from Duluth alone falling over l60,-
o0O, 900 feet short of the 1906 shipments.
Increase in Wheat Shipments
The amounts of package freight shipped
during the month and the season-S43,y SIC
net tons and 6, 735, 712 net tons-show con-
siderable increases over like 1906 figures.
The largest amount of package freight
shipped for the season to December Is
credited to Buffalo-S43,7 S9 net tons-Chi-
cago, Milwaukee. Duluth and Sandusky
following In the order of Importance. Re-
ceipts were heaviest at Chicago-1, 044, $50
net tons; Milwaukee with 9A, 7Ol net tons,
Buffalo with $4,000 net tons and Cleve-
land with 513191 net tons being the only
other ports showing receipts of this class
| of freight in excess of one-half million
| tons.
Figures of coastwise arrivals at lake
| ports during November. 696S vessels of TO-
| 555.747 net tons register, indicate smaller
vessel movement than during November
| 1906 when 1872 vessels of 1852, Cos net tons
were reported; though the tonnage OF
these vessels is over per cent in excess
| of the corresponding November, 1906
total.
Vessel arrivals for the eleven months OF
| the year. 72,349 in number and compris-
ing 81. 12S, 1888 net tons. show considerable
| increase over the corresponding 1906 fig
ures of 1882 vessels of 80, 1926 net tons.
It seems likely that the total tonnage
of lake vessel arrivals for the 1907 season
will exceed the 100,00o,0O0 mark, and of
| this total almost 45 per cent will stand
credited to the six ports of Duluth, Chi
cago. Milwaukee, Buffalo, Superior and
| Cleveland in the order of their import
ance.
Much Package Freight
Freight traffic through the canals at
Sault Ste Marie, Mich, and Ontario,
Canada, during November, 6609,877 net
tons. while over 20 per cent below the
like total for the preceding month, COM
mares favorably with like traffic during
November, 1906 and 1905. of 5,7S7,32O and
| 4. COG. 543 net tons. OF the total traffic fol
the month 52SO,722 net tons represented
| an eastbound, and 1,329.155 net tons a
wesbound movement. The eastward iror
| ore movement, 4.40SS84 net tons, while
about one and three-quarters million tons