The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-05-10
Unusual Increase for the First
Quarter of the Present

M.-r.I
WASHINGTON, May 10-An UNI
usual increase in the volume Of coal
traffic has been repotred during the
first three months of the present cal
nedar year, according to publication
just issued by the Bureau Of Stats
tics ofsthe Department OF Commerce
and Labor.
EASTERN MoyEMENT-The ship
ment Of anthracite coal from eastern
producing territory as reported u
the bureau during the three months
Of January. February and March
1912, 1s,209,S51 long tons, exceeded
the shipments during any three
months period In the lasl decade !
Over twenty-five per cent Of the total
shipped namely. 4.7SS,476l 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
Philad elphia during the first three
months Of the year totaled $685.
long tons, while similar shipments
reported from Baltimore we're 62,117
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 n previous month, and thirty
seven per ecent greater tran the
March shipments of 1911.
The bituminous coal movement in
the East during the first quarter OF
the present year as reported by
eleven leading roads amounted to
S6'S1S,505 short tons, as compared
with 29.O19,174 short tons during the
first quarter Of 1911, 81. 77S,O4S short
tons during the same period in 1910
and and 2S.7O1,S5s short tons in 1909.
The coasawise shipments from the
five principal Atlantic seaports
amounted to 6,56Ss4f1 long tons dur
ing the first quarter Of 1912, us
compared with 6,4S0,41S long tons
during the same period in 1911 and
6,S07,40S long tons in 1910. OF the
total coastwise shipments for the
first quarter of 1912. 2,s41,152 long
tons were shipped from New York,
s2S,S07 long tons from Philadelphia,
8sl.456 long tons from Baltimore,
677,t33 long tons from Newport News
and 1,225,S6S long tons from Norfolk.
The figures for New York and Nor
folk show a marked. increase when
compared with the same period in
1911 and Newport News shows a
slight increase, while Philadelphia
and Baltimore each show a decrease
in the coastwise shipments OF coal
from those ports.
RIVER MovEMENT-Ths river
movement of coal, on the other hand,
shows q much smaller volume during
the first three months Of 1912 than
during the corresponding period in
lsll The shipments by way of the
Monongahela river during that per-
iod in 1912, 2slO5.6lO short tons,
were much smaller than during the
same period in 1911, namely, $685.
51S short tons. A decided decrease is
also noted in the coal movement by
way Of Davis Island Dam, namely,
5,245 short tons In the first quar-
ter Of 1912, as compared with 1884,
$40 short tons during the sam per-
iod in 1911; by way Of the canal and
falls OF the Ohio river at Louisville
from S42,O28 short tons in 1911 to
SO4,S4 short tons in 1912; and by
way OF the Kanawha river from 4OS,-
$50 short tons In 1912 to 257,54O
short tons in 1911. The river move
ment during the month Of March.
1872, taken as a whole, however
shows a slight increase when com
pared with the movement in March
Of the preceding year. The falling
of in the January and February
river movement OF coal Is probably
due to the severe winter which caused
a longer and more extensive suspen-
sion of river navigation than usual.
EXPORTS AND MPoRTS-Tbe
exports of coal, while constituting
but a small part of. the commercial
coal product, show q material in
crease during the first three months
Of the present year. namely, from
2174,124 long tons In 1911 to 1885,
Ola long tons in 1912 in the case Of
bitum3nouar and from 1921 long
tons in 1911 t.. 73O,S21 long tons Of
anthracite In 1912. This increase In
the exports of coal, however, oc-
cured mainly in the month Of March,
the exports Of hituminous coal, $751;
09s long tons. having been thirty
five per cent greater than and the an
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