The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-02-22
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ASis - 49, 80 the Unite
transported across the Isthmuses
Of Panama and Tehauntepec In the
fiscal year 1911 via the two railway
1 lines connecting, In the one case, Pan
anna on the Pacific with Colon % the
Atlantic and In the other, Saina Cruz
the Pacific terminal, and Tehnantepec
with Puerto Mexico on the Atlantic
Transisthmian traffic between the
eastern and western coasts OF the
United States and between the eastern
ports Of our country and Pacific coast
points in Central and South America
has Increased greatly In recent years
In 1906. when the Panama railway Of
fered the only rail connection via the
isthmus between the Atlantic and Pa
cifc coasts, the total traffic amounted
! to about $6,000,000. In 1907, on Janu-
airy Of which year the Tehuantepec
railway became available, the total
was s21 100000; IN 1908, $4,000, 600
IN 1909. $62,o0O,OOO; in 1910, $4,000,
600, and in 1911, sos, 100000 exclusive
Of more than $4,000 worth Of foreign
merchandise.
The growth IN traffic by the respec-
tive routes has been, according to fig
ures compiled by the bureau Of stats.
tics Of the department Of commerce
and labor: Via the Panama railway
from sl0,000.000 in 1907 to $26.000,0O0
in 1911. and via the TehuaEfepec rail
way, from s11 100000 in 1907 to $73.
10000 In 1911. In 1907 the traffic was
almost equally divided between the
two routes, while last year about three
fourths OF the total was moved across
the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec.
OF the merchandise passing from the
Atlantic coast ports westward across
the isthmuses. aggregating $62,500,000
in value, s4,000,000 worth went to Ia
wall via Tehuantepec, $48,5OO,o00 went
to Pacific coast cities, s41.O00,0OO
worth being shipped BY way Of Te'
huantepec and sS,500000 worth by
way Of Panama; and little over 49,,
100000 worth went to foreign coun
tries, OF which all but 81 100000 worth
was by way of Panama. These west
bound shipments left the Atlantic sea
board at New York and Philadelphia,
the latter's share being less than ST.
100000 II value and that Of New York
! SCI, 100000
The westward movement Included a
total OF $32.500,O0O value to San Fran
/ cisco, $1O,500, 900 to San Diego 81 $780,
600 to Seattle, nearly $1,000000 to Los
Angeles, about 100000 each to Ia,
coma and Portland and smaller
amounts to Oakland and other Pacific
coast points. About so per cent. of
this traffic was moved by way Of the
Isthmus Of Tehuantepec To foreign
countries the shipment from the At
lantic coast cities, aggregating $500,
600 In 1911, as against 80, 100000 a
year earlier, were distributed to Peru
100000 to Colombia, $1,500,O00;
Ecuador and Chile, each about $1,000.
600; to Central America, over $4,000
600, and to Canada about 100000
Hawaiian sugar supplies more than
half of the east-bound traffic to cities
on the Atlantic and gulf coasts OF the
United States. The total eastward
movement last year represented s37,-
100000, Of which $1s,0oO.OOO was sugar
shipped direct from Hawaii via TIE
huantepec to Delaware BPeakwater for
orders, In addition to this, $l6,0OO,090
worth OF miscellaneous merchandise
moved from San Francisco to the At,
lantic and gulf coast cities, chiefly
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
! New Orleans, s9,500.O0O worth being
via Panama and $6,50O0OO via Tehuan-
tepec, Eastward shipments from Pu-
get sound via the isthmuses totaled
! $1,50O,000, destined mostly for New
York and Charleston Small shipments
also were made from Astoria and San
Diego