The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-05-16
Unusual Increase for the First
Quarter of the Present
Year.


WAsH1SGToN, May i0!-An un-
usual increase In the volume Of coal
traffic has been ,repotred during the
fret three months ofthe present cal
nedar year, according tota publication
just issued by the Bureau OF statis-
Ties OF the Department OF Commerce
and Labor.
EASTERN MOVEMENT chip
ment of anthracite. coal from. eastern
producing territory as reported u
the bureau during the three months
Of January. February and March,
1912, 1s,2O9,351 long ions exceeded
the shipments during any three
months period In the last decade
Over twenty-five per cent Of the total
shipped, namely. 4,7ss,476 long tons,
was handled In and around New York
City for shipment to New York prop
er and other Atlantic ports. Coast
wise shipments of anthracite from
Philadelphia during the first three
months of the year totaled 1885
lcng tons, while similar shipments
reported from Baltimore were Gill
long tons. The shipments Of anthra-
cite coal during the month OF March
1912, from eastern producing terri
tory were likewise greater than those
Of any previous month, and thirty
seven per ecent greater than the
March shipments OF 1911,
The bituminous coal movement III
the East during toe first quarter oil
the present year as reported by
eleven leading roads amounted to
S6,S1s,505 short tons, as compared
with 29.019,174 short tons during the
first quarter OF 1911, 31,77S,043 short
tons during the same period in 1910
and and 23.1Ol, 1853 short tons in 1909.
The coasaw.se shipments from the
i've principal Atlantic seaports
amounted to 6,563,411 long tons dur
ing the first quarter OF 1912, as
compared with 6,4SO,41S long tons
during the same period in 1911 and
6,S0740S long tons in 1910. OF the
total coastwlse shipments for the
first quarter Of 1912, 2.S4l,l52 long
tons were shipped from New York,
y2S,307 long tons from Philadelphia,
S9l, 456 long tons from Baltimore,
G77,133 long tons from Newport News
and I,225,363 long tons from Norfolk.
The figures for New York and Nor
folk show marked increase when
compared with the same period in
1911 and Newport News shows a
slight increase, while Philadelphia
and Baltimore ench show decrease
in the coastwtse shipments of coal
from those ports.
RIVER MovEMENT-The river
movement CT coal, on the other hand,
bdows a much smaller volume during
the first three months of 1912 than
during the corresponding period in
1911 The shipments by way of the
MunongaheIa river during that per-
iod in 1912, 2,lO5.6lO short tons,
we're much smaller than during the
same period in 1911, namely. 1885,
51S short tons. A decided decrease is
also noted in the coal movement BY
way Of Davis Island Dam, namely,
345,245 short tons In the first quar-
ter OF 1912, as compared with 1893
$40 short tons during the same per-
: iod in 1911; by way of the canal and
falls OF the Ohio river at Louisville
from 642,02S short tons in 1911 ia
304iS44 short tons In 1912; ami by
way of the Kanawha river from 40s,-
$50 short tons in 1919 to 257,
short tons in 1911. The river move
ment during the month OF March,
1912, taken as a whole, however
shows slight increase when com
pared with the movement in March
of the preceding year. The falling
IF in the January and February
river movement Of coal is probably
due to the severe winter which caused
alonSer and more extensive suspen-
sion Of river navigation than usual.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS The
exports of coal. while constituting
but small part Of the commercial
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