The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07
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Across the Panama Isthmus
by the United States
is Large.

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Practically 100 million dollars worth
of domestic merchandise from the
United States was transported
across the Isthmuses OF Panama and
Tehuantepec in the fiscal year
1911 via the two railway lines con-
Meeting, in the one case, Panama ON
the Pacific with Colon on the At
lantic and, in the other. Salita
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
America and South America has
greatly increased in recent years. In
1906. when the Panama railway Of
fered the only rail connection via
the !sthumus between the Atlantic
and the Pacific coasts,e the total
traffic amounted to about S6,O00,-
600. In 1907, on January /, OF
which year the Tehuntepec railway
became available, the total was
SCI, 10000 in 1908, forty-two mil
lion, in 1909, 81 million: in 1910,
SO 1-2 million; and in 1911. SO
million dollars, exclusive of more
than three-quarters of million dol
lars worth OF foreign merchandise.
The growth in traffic by the re.
spective routes has been, according
to figures compiled by the Bureau
of Statistics, Department of Com
MERGE and Labor: via the Panama
from 10 million dollars in
1907 to 20 million dollars in 1911;
and via the Tehuantepec railway,
from IL H. million in 1907 to 10
3-4 million in 1911. In 1907 the
traffic was almost equally divided
between the two routes, while last
year about three-fourths of the total
was moved across the isthmus of
Tehuantepec.
OF the merchandise passing from
the Atlantic coast ports westward
across the isthumuses, aggregating
go 1-2 million dollars in value, four
million dollars worth went to Ha-
wall via Tehuantepec; As 1-2 million
went to Pacific coast cities. Al
to dallars worth being
SHIPPED by way of Tehuantepec and
81 1-2 million dollars worth by way
of Panama and little over 8 Ia
million dollars worth being
eign countries, of which all but one
million dollars worth was by way,of
Panama. These west hound ship
ments left the Atlantic seaboard at
New York and Philadelphia, he
latter's share being less than one
million dollars value, and that OF
New York 81 1-2 million. The
Westward movement included q
total of SO 1-2 million dollars value
to San Francisco, 10 Ia million to
San Diego, 4 142 million to Seattle,
nearly one million to Los Angeles,
about half million dollars each to
Tacoma and Portland, and smaller
amounts to Oakland and other Pa
cific coast points. About 80 per
cent Of this traffic was moved via
the lsthumus of Tchuantepec. To
foreign countries the shipment from
the Atlantic coast cities, aggregatine
s 1-2 million dollars in 1911 1s
against 5 "a million a year earlier,
were distributed to Peru, two miir
lion dollars; to Colombia, one and
one-half million; Ecuador and Chile
each about one million; to Centfa'
America, over two million, and Il
Canada about 100000.
Hawaiian sugar supplies more
than half of the east-bound traffic
to cities on the Atlantic and gull
coasts of the United States. Tht
total eastward movement last yeal
represented 81 million dollars. o.
which Is million was sugar shipped
direct from Hawaii via Tehuantepe,
to Delaware Breakwater for orders
In addition to this Is million dol
lars worth of miscellaneous mar
chandise moved from San Francisc,
to the Atlantic and Gulf coast cities
chiefly New York, Boston, Philadel
phia and New Orleans; l-2 million
dollars worth being via Panama AMI
8 l-2 million via Tehuantepec
Eastward shipments from Puge
Sound via the isthumuses totale,
] i-2 million dollars, destined most
ly for New York and Charleston
Small shipments were also mad,
from Astoria and San Diego.