The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-02
TRAFFIC VIA PANAMA AND
TEHUANTEPEC 1906 TO 1871

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Practically 100 million dollars worth
Of domestic merchandise from the
United States was transported across
the Isthmuses Of Panama and Tehaun-
tepec on the fiscal year 1911 via the
two railway lines connecting. in the
one case. Panama on Jacific with Colon
on the Atlantic and, in the other, Sa-
lima Cruz, the Pacific terminal, and
Tehuantepec with Puerto Mexico on
the Atlantic.
Trans-isthmian traffic between the
eastern and western coasts of the
United States and between the eastern
ports OF our country and Pacific coast
points In Central and South America
has greatly increased in recent years.
In 1906, when the Panama railway Of
fered the only rail connection via the
isthmus between the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts. the total traffic amount
ed to about million dollars. IN 1907
on January OF which year the Tehuan-
tepec railway became available. the
tota twas p million dollars in 1908.
AZ million; in 1909, So million; in 1910.
S2A million; and in 1911, 80 million
dollars, exclusive of more than three
quarters Of a million dollars worth of
foreign merchandise.
The growth in traffic by the respec-
tive routes has been, according to fig
ures compiled by the bureau of statis-
ties, department of commerce and
labor: via the Panama railway, from
10 million dollars in 1907 to 26 mil
lion In 1871, and via the Tehuantepec
railway, from liz million in 1907 to
7S% million in 1911. In 1907 the
traffic was almost equally divided be-
tween the two routes, while last year
about three-fourths Of the total was
moved across the isthmus of Tehuan-
tepec
OF the merchandise passing from the
Atlantic coast ports westward across
the isthmuses, aggregating 621s mil
lion dollars in value. million dollars
worth went to Hawaii via Tehuante-
pee; 4S1k million went to Pacific
coast cities, Al million dollars worth
being shipped by way Of Tehuantepec /
and S1a million dollars worth by way
OF Panama; and little over 81 mil
lion dollars worth went to foreign coun-
tries, of which all but ! million dollars
worth was by way OF Panama These I
west bound shipments left the Atlantic
seaboard at New York and Plnladel- /
phia. the latter's share being less than
million dollars value and that of New I
York. 61h million The westward /
included total of 32ia mil /
ion dollars value to San Francisco. 1
l0ls million to San Diego, 4 y million
% Seattle nearly ! million TO Los An
yeles. about half million dollars each
o Tacoma and Portland, and smaller
amounts to oakland and other Pacific
,oast points. About so per cent of this
rafiic was moved via the Isthmus of
rehuantepee. To foreign countries the
shipment from the Atlantic coast cities
iggregating S1s million dollars in 1911
IS against 5% million year earlier,
we're distributed to Peru, 2 million dol
ars; to Colombia, Y million; Ecua-
or and Chile, each about million;
0 Central America, over million, and
o Canada, about 100000
Hawaiian sugar supplies more than
alf of the east-bound traffic to cities
n the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the
United States. The total eastward
1ovement last year represented 81
lillion dollars, of which is million was
ugar shipped direct from Hawaii via
'ehuantepec to Delaware Breakwater
Or orders. In addition to this, 16 mil
on dollars worth of miscellaneous
lerchandise moved from San Fran
isco to the Atlantic and Gulf coast
tiles, chiefly New York, Boston, Phil
delphia. and New Orleans, 9% million
ollars worth being via Panama and