Arizona republican., 1908-01-06

Z anu H. a5osJoo DuSnelS Tor lne season
ending November. show lower total
than the corresponding 1906 figures Of
5,033.Ss4 for the month and 1G.653,453
bushels for the season. An even larg-
er decrease is shown in the shipments
. of oats. the season figures. 1O.575.369
! bushels being about 3s per cent below
the corresponding 1906 figures.
Lumber shipments for the month.
l26.l19 NJ feet, We're about SO per cent
below the corresponding 1906 figures;
the season total, 1,365,179 NJ feet, also
, shows a heavy decline as compared
with the corresponding 1906 total of
l.731.721 NJ feet. shipments from Du-
luth alone falling over 160.O0O,OO0 feet
! short of the 1906 shipments.
The amounts of package freight
shipped during the month and the sea-
son-S43,970 net tons and 6.73j,I12 net
tons-show considerable increases ov-
er like 1906 figures. The largest
amount of package freight shipped for
the season to December l is credited
to Buffalo-S43.1S9 net tOns-ChicagO.
Milwaukee. Duluth. and Sandusky fol-
lowing i'm the order of Importance. Re
ceipts were heaviest at Chicago
| 1.044.39S net tons; Milwaukee with
, 9iI,701 net tons. Buffalo with $4,000
net tons. and Cleveland with 5I3,19I
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. s.96S
vessels. of 1O,555.74T net tons register.
indicate a smaller vessel movement
than during November. 1906, when
| 1872 vessels of 96S2.60S net tons were
reported; though the tonnage of these
vessels is over per cent in excess of
the corresponding November, 1906 to-
tai Vessel arrivals for the -eleven
months of the year. 72.249 in number
and comprising 97.12S.233 net tons.
show a considerable increase over the
corresponding 1906 figures Of 1882
vessels of 9O.54S.S25 net tons. II
seems likely that the total tonnage of
lake vessel arrivals for the 1907 sea-
son will exceed the 100. goo. OOO mark.
and of the total almost 40 per cent will
stand credited to the six ports of Du-
luth. Chicago. Milwaukee. Buffalo. Su-
perior. and Cleveland in the order OF
their Importance.
Freight traffic through the canals at
Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. and Ontario.
Canada. during November. 6.6O9.ST7
net tons. while over 20 per cent below
the like total for the preceding month.
compares favorably with like traffic
during November 1906 and 1905 Of
$751;. .320 and 5.006.54S net tons OF the
total traffic for the month. 5.2S0.722
net tons represented an eastbOund
and 1.329.155 net tons a westbound
movement. The eastward iron-ore
movement 4.40S.SS4 net tons. while
about 1859 600 tons below the October
movement was. however almost a mil
lion tons larger Fan the November.
1906. and 81 per cent in excess OF the
November 1905. movement
Other important items ot the east
ward movement were. Wheat IA
545.5s7 bushels: other grain. 7.73O S32
bushels: flour. 9.7S1.13S barrels: and
lumber, G5.O77 900 feet The latter
item shows SO per cent and a. per
cent decline as compared with like
figures for November 1906 and 1905.
OF the westbound coal traffic for
the month 933,4 Ala net tons is repre-
sented by soft coal. 21S.924 net tons
by nard coal and ls3,lSS net tons by
general merchandise.
Total freight reported to have pass
ed through the canals during the sea-
son ending November is stated as
. OS5.56S net tons compared with So
l92.S25 net tons reported for the cor
responding periods in 1906 and $1,000
473 net tons in 1905. Assuming ton
mage of a million and a half for the
two weeks in December. during which
the canals were open, the total freight
tonnage for the 1906 season would be
in excess of 5S.50O.O0 net tons COM
pared with 81, 100000 and 44,300,OOO net
tons for the 1905 season.
OF the total freight reported for
the season ending November 4AS32.
S34 net tons was eastbound and H.
252.734 net tons westbUund. The iron
ore movement. 39.445.49S net tons con-
stituting over SIS per cent of the total
eastward freight movement for the
season. shows a IL per cent and %
per, cent gain over corresponding 1906
and 1905 figures. The wheat move
ment. Si,660.779 bushels. likewise
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