Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-03
HEAVY SHIPMENTS
Of COAL AND COKE

coal shipped by rail. sea and rivsl
d"rins the 10 months OF tbs present
year. are shown By the figures OF
internal commerce. Just made public
by the Bureau OF Statistics Of the
Department Of Commerce aud Labor
Angnrac.te coal shipments during
October from eastern producing ttr-
ritory aggregated s.2se.l7? long tons
total exceeded only once during the
present year and once before In
March. 1909. The total for the 10
months, 57.si5.55s long tons. is the
largest total on record for any 10
month period. The October ship
ments OF hard coal from the ports OF
New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more aggregated 52S.264 long tons,
compared with 1.417,lii long tons
In October 1910. The quantities Of
anthracite coal shipped at these three
ports during the &c months OF the
present year totaled 13,735.Ois long
tons. compared with l2.si9.394 long
tons in 1910.
The combined soft coal tonnage OF
ten eastern railroads for October Ia
given rs l3.344.6e7 short tons. COM
pared with l2,s63.934 short tons In
October 1910 The same carriers re-
port the soft coal tonnage for the
10 months Of the year isl Gas ii2.-
3S1 500 short tons. as against 112.-
2q4, O31 short tons for the 10 months
of the year 1910. A similar increase
is shown by the October and i0month
figures OF bituminous coal shipped
at the five principal Atlantic coal
ports. The total for the month. o.
3e7,3s4 long tons, shows a normal
Increase over the October, 1910, fig
ures. Substantial increases In the
quantities OF soft coal handled dur
ing the 10 months CT the present year
are reported by AL the ports except
Newport News. the increase being es-
peclally heavy in the case OF Norfolk.
The combined 10 months figures foe
the five ports were 22.316.2Se long
tons. as against q 5OS.79s long tons,
in 1905.
Domestic lake shipments OF hard
coal for the 10 months Of the pres
ent year are given as 3.722.7l1 short
tons. compared with 3,57O.55s short
tons In 1919. Like shipments OF
soft coal totaled li.9S6.652 short
tons for the 10 months of the pres
ent year. as compared with iG.251,-
$40 short tons reported for the same
period in 1910. Of this total li.2I-
6l0 short tons were shipped fryfa
Lake Erie ports and 492.35' shdr;
tons from Lake Michigan ports. Of
the coal received by lake .durSrC -
present. year $685., SSa shofs H.
were landed at Lake Superior pofts;
5.7O4.570 short tons at Lake Michi-
gan ports, and i42,522 short tons at
Lake Huron ports. This total is ex-
elusive of l.S1l.05l short tons Of
bunker coal supplied to vessels in
the domestic and foreign trades, and
Of the considerable quantities OF coal
shipped to Canadian lake ports,
chief yon Lake Superior.
The river movement OF coal on
the whole appears to have been heav-
Ter than last year. though the 10
months figures for the Monogahela !
river, 7.4S6,i45 short tons. show a
decrease from the corresponding |
1910 figures of S,020. 1913 short tons.
As against this the figures for Da-
Wis Island Dam show large gain
from l.5S0.295 short tons to 2,3S7,-
2i0 short tons: the figures for tho
canal and Ohio Falls at Louisville
m equally large gain from S75.252
short tons to l.26O.e67 short tons.
and the figures for the Kanawha riy- I
n n gain from 1.020,640 short tons
% l,0G7.340 short tons. Conditions,
however. are by no means uniform
III over the country: thus, for in
stance, the quantities Of coal ship
red by rail from Ohio mines for the
10 months OF the present year az
by the Ohio Coal Traffic
Association. were l4,959,54S short
hort tons. compared with II. 800, 66i
short tons In 1919. Coal receipts at
Il. Louis declined from 7.2G5,036
hort tons for the 10 months OF 1910
o 6.020.O34 short tons for the 10
month OF the present year. The coal
onnage in the Southwest. including
he Sattes Of Missouri, Kansas. Ark
lnsas. and Oklahoma, shows a con-
iderable gain over the coal tonnage
n 1910. when owing to labor trou-
lies the operation of practically all II
he mines in that section ceased, the
igures for the seven months OF lalI II
icing 5,929,03O tons. as against a.
'5i,534 tons in 1910.
The coke traffic for the 10 months
4 the present year shows a consid-
rable decline, owing to the smaller
lemand OF the iron furnaces. The
output for As weeks OF /
he present year is given as l3.246,- II
SO short tons. compared with H.
ISi,Sli short tons for the CORE