The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-14
SAILING dates
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This Sub ect.

4sailing dates nom the principal
ports OF the United states % the
principal ports and colptgIes Of the
world is the title of a publication!
habout to be issued ~ the department
or commerce and labor throngh It's
bureau OF statistIes at washington
l.D.tC.
The publication. which Is to be
Issued in the form OF a monthly bull
letin or poster Is intended to place
Ibefore the commercial public advances
Information as to the dates at whieil
merchandise may be exported from
the various ports Of the United States
to the various ports or countries OF
the world, the period to be covered
by the current issue being the month
of September. It win be issned slrf-
fciently far in advance OF the month
which 1t represents to enable mer-
chandise or passengers from the In
terror to reach the seaboard at the
dates named.
The preparation OF this bulletin IS
the result OF numerous calls received
by the bureau Of statistics for infor-
nation of this character. That bureau
published several years ago a list OF
the steamers leaving each Of the
ports Of the Country and their regular
Tor approximate satling dates, and
while it was not then found praetic-
able to continue 1t as monthly
statement, the calls upon that bureau
for this information have continued
! to the present time.
This Sailing Dates Bulletin,
while occupying. only single sheet
and designed chiefly for posting in
the meeting places of commercial bod
! les, freight offices, and business
houses, contains some general facts
! OF very material interest. 1t shows,
lfor instance, that more than 100 din
erent steamship lines or companies
have regular sailings from the porss
OF the United States, and that the
EfNed dates for sailings during the
month of September as reported 20
! the bureau alone number nearly 700
THE ports of the country from which
there are regular sailfngs number
about twenty and the ports in foreign
icountries for which sailing dates are
named number about seventy-fve, to
say nothing of the hundrAds of in
termediate ports, or ports Of call.
which serve in some cases as places
or transfer and in others as way
stations"
Even this list. which presents
every liked sailing date which cen be
named by the collectors OF customs
| or the steamship agents of the coun-
try, necessarily omtts all that large
body of steamers known as cramps,
composed of vessels not part Of
any general line and therefore having
no fixed sailing dates, not included In
the bulletin because of their inability
TO furnish the bureau with state
ment OF the exact dates of their pro-
spective saiIings for the month. The
known. number of these departures,
however, coupled with the exact fig
ures given in the bulletin itself. JUS
titles the statement that the total
number of vessel departures from the
United States during the month of
September Will aggregate about 1000,
and the value of the merchandise
which they will carry. approximate
$500. 900. to say nothing Of the
thousands of passengers whom they
will transport to every part Of the
world.
This bulletin will, so far as prac-
ticabIe. be supplied free of charge
to those requesting it. Commercial
bodies or business houses desiring to
post it for reference, railroad com
panies. newspapers desiring 1t either
for publication or posting in their
business Offices, and those desiring i
for individual reference should notify
the bureau of statistics. department
of commerce and labor, of the adj
dresses to which it should be sent
where a number of these bulletins
are desired, they should be ordered
from the superintendent Of docu-
ments, government printing office
who will furnish them at
nominal charge.