The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-05
lake COMMERCE
OF THE COUNTRY
During the Month Of August
Shown by Government
Report.

MOrei slhuh ten per cent, In the do.
mestie freight tonnage shipped be.
tween ports On the Great Lakes dur.
ing August OF the present year /.
shown by the monthly figures Of
lake shipments, just made public b,
the Bureau of Statistics OF the De.
partment Of Commerce and Labor
These shipments totaled 1853, 49,
short tons, compared with 1906, lis
short tons in August, 1910, and -.
54S,057 short tons In August, 1903
Assuming that the relative losses Gor
the succeeding months Of the present
season, as compared with last season
will not exceed the losses for August
the 1911 domestic freight shipments
on the Great Lakes are not likely to
exceed seventy two and one half mil
lion short tens, as compared with
S6,732,S16 short tons in 1910 and
SO,s74,6O5 short tons in 1909. The
total domestic lake shipments for the
eight months OF the present year as
gregated 45,5s4,366 short tons OF
about nineteen per cent less than in
1910. OF the total loss of over 1917
million short tons about 1913 million
short tons represent the loss in iron.
ore shipments alone.
The iron-ore shipments for the
month aggregated 5,S4l,626 long tons
compared with 6,s72,27S long ton.
shipped during August, 1910. Iron.
ore shipments for the year will prob
ably not exceed 80 million long tons
compared with forty-one and one hal,
million for the preceding season.
The August shipments of soft coal
2,73SOs6 short tons, exceeded the cor.
responding 1910 shipments. all the
larger shipping ports such as Ash
tabula, Toledo, Cleveland, Lorain an6
sandusky showing considerable gains
over the 1910 figures. Shipments fol
the eight months, 1O,5O9,O26 shor
tons, were 7SO,95S tons less than -
1910, Cleveland, Lorain, Huron, and
Fairport showing the main losses FOL
the season, while Toledo, Ashtabul;
and sandusky report larger ship
ments than year ago. About two
thirds OF the coal received during tn,
month was landed at Duluth, Superior
and Milwaukee docks. Shipments Q
hard coal for the month and season
6S3,44o and 2,SO7,l64 short tons, re
spectively. mainly from Buffalo, os
wego, and Erie, we're also Eeayi.
than the year before
The lumber shipments for tn
month, 149,924 NJ feet, fell below tn
corresponding 1910 shipments. of 15S,
3s2 NJ feet. OF the eight months
shipments, 7Oo,722 NJ feet, about fifty
four per cent proceeded from LAX,
Michigan ports, about thirty-nine pc
cent from Lake Superior ports, large.
" from Duluth, and about seven pei
cent from Lake Huron ports.
Grain shipments for the month
1i,226.995 bushels, compare favorabr
with like shipments in 1910, 11,475,
800 bushels. OF the total, 6,6lS,1Sl
bushels was wheat; 3,S7S,O22 corn;
S,254,90l oats. and the rest barley and
rye. The grain shipments for tho
eight months of the present season
1897 ABS bushels, likewise show a
large gain over the head Of corn and
cats. Flour shipments during An.
gust, t35,9s7 short tons of ten bar
rels each, show slight increase owe,
the figures Of year ago. The month
ly shipments Of the other specific
articles, i. e., pig iron, iron manufac
lures, salt, and copper. were al
smaller than the year before. The
August and eight months shipments
of unbiased, including package
freight, 1,O72,767 and 5,SO9,O95 short
tons, exceeded in volume similar 1911
shipments.
The August freight traffic through
the sault Ste, Marie canals, S,54s,S1.
short tons, shows considerable de
cline from the corresponding 1910 anc
1909 figures of 9,744,55e and s.9sS,22;
short tons. AS against heavy los.
for the month in the eastbound iron
ore movement, considerable gains /,
the westbound coal and eastbount
grain movements are noted The YES
sci movement through the canals TO
tie month and season was consider
ally lighter than during last year, tn,
relative decline in tonnage bein,
much larger than the decline in tn,
number of vessels locked through.
The domestic freight movemen
during the month by way of the De
trolt river, s,9s4O95 short tons, wa
about million andsa half tons light