The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04
DECREASE SHOWN
IN PORT EXPORTS
Short Cotton Crop Accounts
For Poor Showing Made By
Wilmington
t>s~i4i e TT >~~~ ART o=--

Wilmington. Ang Thc a,nu.i
report 81 Mai II " Sickle. rnt.d
states engineer IN charr. r hl~ DIS
trici, with headquarters IN Wtl-atne
ton. has completed his report fst Ia.
hscal year ending July Isl. And : e,,y
mas be." :.~@ra.u to the cht.f II
engineers an Washington The rIott
gives a detailed resume II IT.. .p.r.-
uons OF the department IN Tie district
and also a record oi In, traha, .N.r
the waterways # the district
\ decided decrease IA commerce
through the port of Mnnln-t.u (or
the calendar Year 1919 Over 49, =
shown in the report. The &onna.. ia
49, was 1860 asatna lo9x 1ca.
in 1912. This failing Of . =
tcibuted to the poor cotton crup -
last year and the decrease M ~,
shipments OF humber ana ,ro.s;i.~.
The last year VAS tie lowest
since 1901 Shipping had :. steady N
crease from 1859, when IN. E..ord vas
22o.00Q tens, to 1913. IS . a...,t H.
dlcatlon Of the fine work that ha" i..u
done III The river between Mllm4nL-
ton and the sea. the average toEuag.
Of ships coming into this port now :
1.30S, as against al tonnage III 1885
During the past hScaie year ending
July LIST. "A total Of 4.A67 .342 cube
yards of earth WAS remove from
the river channel 1T and below WI
vi This work IS done under
the supervision If the engineering d.
partment.
The over the lower cape
Fear river for the year ending Deem
Der Dist. is recapltuiateG as f~olion>.
Foreign exports. S7.:Gi tons. value
So, 6S5. $50: CoastNise ortS. los
SS1 tons, value. 2Z9,3f04s. total
exports, 194.345 tons. value. <2S.sls.-
e64.45. Imports. foreign. 1888
tons; value, S3,7lS,5So. coastw,s..
1s2,0lS tons; value. sS..49. $40 81.
To.al import. 3s7.s51 tons: value.
= S.15S tons: value. s2~4l.1S3.6o- In
terral. downstream. 2S.635 tons.
value. $615,272.52. Total internal.
. 36.S53 tons, value, ss5G.4a6.l2 WI
mineton harbor. outbound 2a.AI2
= tons: value, Sl,S0l, 3S9.4". Whining
: ton harhor, inbound, 1919 tons
value. $1,695,431.e0 Grand totats,
y 1850 tons, value, t46. 736.7fao@.
Foreign exports from Wilmington
for the year show $50, f6e bales II
cotton valued at $24.6 SCI 6G2: 4Oa. ooa
feet Of lumber. valued at $e.t43 3d.
627 tons of coal. valued at sl4.50S
and other items. Foreign import
show 1S5.7S9 tons of fertilizer mater
, ials. valued at S3.715,78e. 10000 CO.
I worth $500. 5.0tG grape
fruits, worth $50. and 250. 600 or
anees worth s.. 500.
The OF the upper Cape
h Fear river. between Wilmington and
8 Fayetteville. for the calendar year
G 1913, as shown in the report, amount
g ed to $3.4S5,373. $1.os9,1s1 Of Whicl
e was downstream business and 81, $50.
1929 upstream. Downstream SIS.
01S tons were handled and upstream
d 66,11a tons. d total Of 154.7@7 tons
| w lacks nAa Il ~ ,,c ~ heinz nIr.
a structed on this river-one at KING
le Bluff and the other near Elizabeth
n tOWn-Whlch when completed viii al
l. ford continuous navigation betWe.r
J. Wilmington and Fayetteville.
'e ON the northeast branch of ~
n Cape Fear. the commerce amount
n TO s1,S4S. 55S.6 SO. $t.l55,SA4 upstream
and ss92,674.6s downstream Tn
tonnage was 46.s37 upstream au'
y 1888 downstream. Work on tn
q river was confined principally To &c
moval Of distinctions III the chan
fV mel.
The ON the BIark river
Il tributary to the Cape Fear vhicl
is navisable to Clear Run. sixty-~i
miles from its mouth, amounted l.
SAGE. 1880: Si2e.a16-5O pps:r.an
and 1886. 1890 downstream. tn,
{ tonnage was 2.6e5 upstream and IS,
400 downstream a total Of II ,ht5.
.t Coolest July Weather.
The coolest weather in July sine
al 1890 was registered yesterday morn
J. ing. the indicator being 60 degree
y The colceSt record is IS, July II
If 1890.
II An appropriation of 500 hasini
IL been made for the purpose ty II
city council. the health dcpartHnen
IN is buying live ats for , cents a pie
O. to be used at the United States Ma
ht rine Hospital in inatiCn - def.r
mine whether or not they are IIfesie
IS with any Of bubonic plague earryirt
BY ea.s
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