Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-04

Ohe CaiSHudT year ASVS, rs medSuE- a
BY the volume OF freigh. shipped be-
tween domestic ports OF the Grea
-akes. aggregated S0,e746o5 net tons.
a riding to q report ssued by IN,
Bureau OF Statistics today This
tonnage, while about one-;hird lars
r than for the year betor' is abou
Two and one-half million tons 5elo,
The corresponding 1902 tonnage. the
largest total in the history of Ia,
lake trade The above total report
d by the Bureau 4 Statis'ice of the
Department OF Commerce and Labor
does not comprise the entire volum
Of lake commerce, as IL does not In
clude tIe volume Of eXpoi;2 10 Canad.
nor the imports from Canada nor tn,
movement between Canadian ports
Neither do these rgure5 include tn,
volume OF the purely local move
ments within the units OF the port,
proper If the volume OF these move
ments were included II Is likly tina
The total lake commerce during the
year would approximate, IL not ex
coed so million tons. or the tota
domestic lake shipments for tle year
i4,OS7O71 net tons are credited to
ports OF Lake Superior, compared
| With 2S.253774 net tons shipped from
,hese ports on Lake Michigan. com
AIRED with lO,9S2,O56 net tons in
90S; 1,510,S79 net tons to Lake
Huron ports, compared with ,096, 014
net tons in 1908; 1859, 22l net ton
o Lake Erie ports, compared wit
lS,267,S70 net tons in 1898, and 535
43 net tons TO Lake Ortario ports
impaired with 440,9OS ne. tons shi,
ed from these ports in eos In o.
ase OF Lake Superior and LAX
tichigan the bulk of shipments
made up OF iron ore and grain;
he case of Lake Erie ports the ship
ments are more divers q, and I'm
clude hard and soft coal iron manu-
actures, and miscellaneOrs freight
rhe shipments from Lake Huron
ports are OF a more local characte
| and are made up largely Of unolasset
'reight. The merchandise shipment
N Lake Ontario consisted pdrtly O
\ coal and partly Of unbiased freight
Further analysis OF the totals dis
closes the fact that by far the larger
art Of tle freight consisted OF bulky
nd long--haul traffic. THIS is par
cularly true of the eaIoDund ship
ents of iron ore and gram and t.
stbound shipments IL coal
The iron-ore shipmeUts ny lax
ing the year, as reported to t.
ureau. exclusive az bbou, 1000
! ross tons exported o. C1Hada tot
I'd 40,7326,77 gross tonr compare
it'll 24.939.1S5 gross tins In 10
nd 4O,727,972 gross tons in 1907
e largest shipping ports in the ord
+ their Importance Ve''c Dulut
'redited with 13,26O99s Sos ton
TWO Harbors. credit wI'n $4,000
ross tons; Superior credited with
credited with 1888, 69S gross ton
Ashland, credited with 2G3S.S4J gros
Ons; and Marquette and 'reequo Isle
,redited with 2,884,24 frCss tons. o.
he total iron-ore shipments Sc pc
cent originated at Lake Sh,erior and
II per cent at Lake Michigan ports
About SO per cent Of ike total iron
ore was landed at Lake Erie ports
he remainder being delivered ai
Lake Michigan ports ~ consumption
al local furnaces The largest iron
ore receipts during the year. SO56.31
gross tons, are credited 20 AshtabuIa
Conneaut with 6,992,056 gross-tons.
was second in place; iac Chicago
district, including the Gary and In
diana Harbor docks, received $685.
53S gross tons. Cleveland with
! G126.936 gross tens, aul Buffalo in
Guiding the Tonawandas. with 5000
304 gros tons are the other ports
showing yearly receipts in excess OF
% million tons. The total iron ore re-
Iccipts for the year at Lake Erie ports
33,673469 gross tons. show q remark
able agreement with the annual fig
urospubished By The Marine Review
Of 33,672,S25 gross tons. though tle
distribution Of receipts by ports. as
reported fo the bureau. On several
cases show slight differences from the
trade data
Domestic gail shipments during
Enc past season .ofalcd i1s.2ro.-fr
bushels Of which 5GI1lG2a busbol
was wheat. 28,o5lIlo corn l7S2.
H. oats; itt3L6e2 barley; au(
ti619SS bushels rye As compared
with corresponding shipments dur
ing tho past season the figures Of
wheat and rye show decreases and