The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-04-06
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transported across the Isthmuses
81 Panama and Tehauntepec In the
nscal year 1911 via the two railway
lines connecting, in the one case, Pan
anna on the Pacific with Colon on the
Atlantic and In the other, Salina Cruz.
the Pacific terminal, and Tehuantepec
with Puerto Mexico on the Atlantic
lrans1sthmian 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
Tered the only rail connection via the
isshmus between the Atlantic and p
cifc coasts, the total traffic amounted
to about $6.0o0.0OO. In 1907. on Janu-
ary l of which year the Tehuantepec
railway became available, the total
was $21 900, 900; in 1908, $4,000, 900;
In 1909. $62.000,000; in 1910. $82. 800,
600. and in 1911, $99, 1000, 900, exclusive
OF more than $750. 900 worth of foreign
merchandise.
The growth in trafic by the respec
ures compiled by the bureau Of stats
tics Of the department OF commerce
and labor: Via the Panama railway,
from $10.0oO,000 In 1907 to $4,000, ,OOO
in 1911. and via the Tehuantepec rail
way. from $11.50O,00O in 1907 to $73.
100000 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 lsthmus Of Tehuantepec.
or the merchandise passing from the
Atlantic coast ports westward across
the isthmuses. aggregating s62, 800, ,O0C
In value. $4,00O.00O worth went to Ha
wall via Tehuantepec, $4S.500 900 went
to Pacific coast cities, $41.0O0.00G
worth being shipped by way of TIE
huantepec and $S.500.O0O worth by
way Of Panama; and a little over $8.
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..
10000 in value and that Of New York
SCI 100000.
The westward movement included
total of $32, 100000 value to San Fran
cisco, $10,5oO,00O to San Diego, s4.500,
900 to Seattle. nearly s., 100000 to Los
Angeles, about 100000 each to Ia
coma and Portland and smaller
amounts to Oakland and other Pacific
coast points. About 80 per cent. OF
this trafic 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 $5.75O.0OO a
year earlier, were distributed to Peru
100000; to Colombia. $500, 900;
Ecuador and Chile. each about $1,000,
900; to Central America. over $4,000.
900, and to Canada about 100000.
Hawaiian sugar supplies more than
half of the east-bound traffic to citiea
on the Atlantic and gulf coasts Of the
United States. The total eastward
movement last year represented $37.
100000, of which $1s,0O0.0O was sugar
shipped direct from Hawaii via Te-
huantepec to Delaware Breakwater for
orders. In addition to this. $4,000. .00o
worth of miscellaneous merchandise
moved from San Francisco to the At
lantic and gulf coast cities. chiefly
New York, Boston. Philadelphia and
New Orleans. $9,500.000 worth being
via Panama and $6.500.000 via Tehuan
tepec. Eastward shipments from Pu
get sound via the isthmuses totaled
$1,500.00O, destined mostly for New
York and Charleston. Small shipments
also were made from Astoria and San
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