Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-11
COAL MOVEMENTS
FORF|RS7PAR1
Of PRESENT Year
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-An unus-
ual increase in the volume OF coal
traffic has been reported during the
first three months of the present cal
endar year, according to publica-
ton just issued by the Bureau of Sta
tistics of the Department OF Com
merce and Labor.
Eastern Movement.
The shipment of anthracite coal
from eastern producing territory as
reported to the bureau during the
three months of January, February
and March, 1912, 18,209,351 long tons,
exceeded the shipments during any
three months period in the past de-
cade. Over rs per cent of the total
shipped, namely, 4,738,476 long tons,
was handled in and around New York
City for shipment to New York prop.
err and other Atlantic ports Coast
wise shipments of anthracite from
Philadelphia during the first three
months of the year totalled 539,8oo
long tons, while similar shipments
reported from Baltimore were g.
III long tons. The shipments Of an.
thracite coal during the month OF
March, 1912, from eastern producing
territory were likewise greater than
those of any previous month, and 81
per cent greater than the March ship
! ments in 1911.
The bituminous coal movement in
the East during the first quarter of
the present year as reported by elev-
! en- leading roads amounted to $685.
sos short TONS, as compared with
29,019,174 short tons during the first
quarter of 1911, 3l,773,043 short tons
during the same period in 1910 and
23,701, 1859 short tons In 1909. The
coastwise shipments from the five
principal Atlantic seaports amounted
to 6,563,411 long tons during the first
quarter Of 1912, as compared with g.
480,41S long tons during the same
period in 1911 and 6,307, 4O3 long tons
in 1910. OF the total coastwise ship
ments for the first quarter of 1912,
2,841, 1852 long tons were shipped from
New York, 928,307 long tons from
Philadelphia, 891, 1856 long tons from
Baltimore, 677,133 long tons from
Newport News and 1925, 1868 long tons
from Norfolk. The figures for New
York and Norfolk show a marked in
crease when compared with the same
| period in 1911 and Newport News
shows slight increase, while Phil
| adelphia and Baltimore each show a
| decrease in the coastwise shipments
| of coal from those ports.
River Movement.
The river movement of coal, on the
other hand, shows much smaller
volume during the first three months
OF 1912 than during the corresponding
period in 1911. The shipments by
way of the Monongahela River during
that period In 1912, 2.105,610 short
tons, were much smaller than during
the same period in 1911, namely, g.
| 9SS,513 short tons. A decided de.
crease is also noted in the coal move.
| ment by way of Davis Island Dam,
namely, 345,245 short tons in me first
quarter of 1912, as compared with l.
293,540 short tons during the same
period in 1911; by way of the canal
| and falls Of the Ohio River at Louis
vile from 642,02S short tons in 1911
to 3O4,844 short tons in 1912; and by
way of the Kenawha River from 4O8,-
$50 short tons in 1912 to $3.50
short tons in 1911 The river move.
ment during the month of March,
1872, taken as whole, however,
shows a slight increase when COM
pared with the movement in March
OF the preceding year. The falling
on 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 Imports.
The exports of coal, while consti-
tuting but a small part of the COM
mercial coal product, show a material
increase during the first three months
OF the present year, namely, from
2,174,121 long tons in 1911 to 1885,.
OLA long tons in 1912 in the case of
bdtuminous, and from sos, 291 long
tons in 1911 to 73O,S21 long tons of
anthracite in 1912. This increase in
the exports of coal, however, occurred
mainly in the month of March, the
exports of bituminous coal, 973,O96
long tons, having been % per cent
greater than and the anthracite ex-
ports more than double those in
March, 1911. This increase in the
b1tuminous coal exports has been
mainly in the shipments to South
America and transatlantic countries
and to the West Indies other than
Cuba. The increase in the antbra.
cite coal exports has been mainly in
the shipments to Canada which in
March, 1912, were more than double
the exports in March, 1911. he i'm
ports of coal during the first three
months of 1912, 364,064 long tons,
show falling off when compared
with those of the same period in
1911, namely. 426 25Q lonr tong Tho