Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-16

Washington. D. e., July iG--
Transisihmian traffic Via the Panama
arc Tchunntcpcc railroads amounted
t. approximately lg2 million doliarS
value Ia the fiscal year 1918. agaiust
- million In 1907. ~ million In 1908.
g. million In 1903. - million in 1910,
1908 million Ia 1911. and 1ii million
in 1919. The decrease of about 10
million dollars in 1918 as compared
with 1879 is due 90 e large reduction
in the value 81 sugar sent from Haw-
aii Co the eastern coast OF the United
states In the west bound traffic the
figures for 1913 are million dollars
greater than those ~ 1919. hut IN
the east tound traffic there Is re-
duction OF approximately 10 million
dollars. due chiefly To fall In both
quantity and price OF sugar sent FROM
the Hawaiian islands 20 the eastern
coast OF the United states: though
certain other articles from the Pacific
coast of the t'nHed states niso show
slight reduction In 1913 compared
with 1919.
OF this 1872 million dollars worth
ol traffic crossing the lsthmusrs of
Panama aud Tchuantcpcc In 1919. -
million dollars worth passed FROM
the eastern coast to the western coast
of the United states aud Hawaii. ard
o. million dollars worth 60 forcien
countries, while 80 million dollars
worth OF products ~ the Pacific cba.t
and Hawaii moved eastward 20 the
Atlantic and gulf ports Of the United
.s'atcs and So million dollars worth
tu foreign countries
The remarkable growth In the
trunsisthmian traffic has occurred
chiefly since the opening OF thu
Tchuartcpcc wilroad on January l..
1907. The traffic via Panama alone
was in 1906 but million dollars
,uluo. During the first years opera
ton at the Tchuantcpcc railroad tho
combined traffic Of the two railrua,lh
was n million dollars. In 1905. g.
million, and So on increasing until II
reached ~ million In 1919: bat
droppi q 10 l3e million In 1913 for
r'er ons above indicated,
The larger growth has been in thu
west bound movement. the total Wcst
bound traffic from the Atlantic and
gulf frontage of the United Statcs
having rccn 10 million dollars IN
1907 and 81 uilliuu IN 1913: Whilc
tho eastern movement from Hawaii
ana the Pacific coast ports IL inc
United states was million doilars ip
lto1 aud ffis million In 1913.
The CHIEF growth has occurred IN
the traffic or the Tchuantopec rout.,
whose west bound frcights amounted
II, million dollars iu 1907 and a.
million In 1919. and us east bound
/ o., ishts @ million dollars in 1907. a.
million Ia 1879. and SO million iu
| 1913 The Panama west bound
( troights carried in 1897 amounted "a
million dollars, and 20 milton IN
sos the east bound frcights mil.
/ lion dollars In 1907. and million 81
Z 1913. these figures including cnl,
1 W,i chaudise originating az rnitcd
Savtcs ports out bound. I'm some c1 ,rs
lto foreign countries, Ia other CAGES
. e. other ports at the United States.
Sugar forms about ono-huif OF a.,
/ cast bound traffic while iron au,
steel manufacturers form about one,
/ Fourth Of the west bound traffic, cot
I tom manufactures ahoat one-sistt
"ud miscellaneous manufacture
F. large proportion of the remainder. D
the west bound movement of dom, s
tlc merchandise across the isthmusc
! in the ten months ending with April
\ 'Hi3, % million dollars value won
\ Nm Tchuantcpcc oud 10 million ga
Panama. ana of this total Of g. mil
lion dollars about 10 million donart
value was iron and steel. 10 mlioi
passing Via the Tchunntcpec raiivua,
and &C. little over million vic th
Panama ro"tc, Cotton manufutturr
going via Tchuantcpec amounted &
. million dollars value. and yip Pan
aaiu lcss than half million. Tahac
eco wet bound amounted 90 appruNi
mutriy million dnllnrs. nearly an a
b. going via Tohuantepcc: while ptho
mIortunt articles ia tho west boun
movement included chemicals. ab lu
million dollars copper munufac
lures. million, cordage and twin,
nearly million. manufacture e.
leather CHIEFLY boots ana shaesI
rearly million. oils CHIEFLY min
vral nearly I million; nni vcgrta
l'n. over million. bt the odi
hounu merchandise. amountlr.. 80
p'iiu,n dollars in the tcn month
"ndnt with April. sg millpr iol'at
WJ,th pasfed viu TchuantepeD aud
rillion Via Panama. Of th. total ,
o! hi"ion, ittwailn suvar an.onnte
q" 49, million dollars ,,l Jf ID b.,
uf ,n rehuuntepCc. fuiis ANA put
chiefly from Ghs paciii, coast a. co