The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-02

Across the Panama Isthmus
by the United States
is Large.

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
Iantfc and, in the Other, Salina
Cruz, the Pacific terminal, ana
Tehuantepec with Puerto, Mexico
on the Atlantic.
Trans-Isthmian trafic 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 isthumus between the Atlantic
and the Pacific coasts,e the total
traffic amounted to about $1,000
900. In 1907, on January l, OF
which year the Tehuntepec railway
became available, the total was
sa1 600 900, in 1908, forty-two mil
lion. in 1909, 62 million; in 1910
50 IL million; and in 1911, SO
million dollars, exclusive Of more
than three-quarters Of million dol
lars worth of foreign merchandise
The growth In trafic 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
railway, from 10 million dollars In
1907 to 2e million dollars in 1911
and via the Tehuantepec railway
from II l-2 million in 1907 to "a
"A million in 1911. In 1907 the
traffic was almost equally divided
between the Two routes, while las
year about three-fourths of the tota
was moved across the isthmus O.
lTehuantepec.
OF the merchandise passing from
the Atlantic coast ports westward
across the isthumuses, aggregatint
| GO 1-2 million dollars in value, fou
million dollars worth went to Ha
wall via Tehuantepec; 4s 1-2 million
went to Pacific coast cities, A.
million to dallars worth beinI
shipped by way of Tehuantepec ant
81 1-2 million dollars worth by wa
of Panama; and little over l.
million dollars worth beini
eign countries, OF which all but on
million dollars worth was by way o
Panama. These west bound ship
ments left the Atlantic seaboard a
New York and philadelphia, tn
Iatter's share being less than on
million dollars value, and that o
New York 81 1-2 million. tn
westward movement included
total of 80 1-2 million dollars valu
to San Francisco, 10 1-2 million t.
San Diego, tie million to Seattle
nearly one million to Los Angeles
about a half million dollars each t
Tacoma and Portland, and smalle
amounts to Oakland and other Pa
cffic coast points. About so pc
cent of this tramc was moved vii
the 1sthumus of Tehuantepec. tt
foreign countries the shipment from
the Atlantic coast cities, aggregattnl
IL million dollars in 1911 n
against "a million year earlier
were distributed to Peru, two mil
lion dollars; to Colombia, one ant
one-half million; Ecuador and Chile
each about one million; to Contra
America, over two million, and t
Canada about 100000.
Hawaiian sugar supplies NOR
than half Of the east-bound trafn
to cities on the Atlantic and gul
coasts OF the United States. Thu
total eastward movement last yea
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 16 million dol
lars worth of miscellaneous mar
chandise moved from San Francisco
to the Atlantic and Gulf coast cities
chiefly New York, Boston, Philadel'
phTa and New Orleans, 9 1+2 million
dollars worth being via Panama and
6 1-2 million via Tehuantepec