The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-29
BRIDGEPORT HARBOR DOES
 $67, 1000, OF BUSINESS IN YEAR, SAYS US. DOCUMENT

of this line operates on about the same schedule, though at different hours.
 In addition to the aforementioned lines of steamships; there are three regular barge lines which carry coal These barges are brought in by tugs. These lines are the MacWi1liams Blue Line, the MacWilhams Red Ball line, and the McCafferty line.
 Commerce of the port-According to commercial statistics compiled by the United States Army Engineers, the total volume of water-borne com merce handled at Bridgeport in the calendar year 1914 was LOSS, ,3eS short tons, the estimated value of which was $67,0O3,508. In the year 1913, which was a more nearly normal trade year, and is, therefore, preferable for purposes of discussion, the total wa ter-borne commerce was 1,0S3,047 short tons, valued at $4S,727,074. Practically all this traffic was in bound, the shipments amounting to only 99,145 short tons. Moreover, practically, all of the commerce con- sisted of domestic trade, the foreign trade. which was made up entirely of imports, being valued at only $1.164,- 1891.
 Another feature of the commerce of Bridgeport is its local character. For merry there was a large CranS-Sh1p- ment traffic. Raw materials, such as coal, iron, brass and mo1ding sand for the numerous factories in the val leys of the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers, were transferred from boats and barges to earsHat Bridgeport Now much of this traffic is handled either by a1-rai1 route or is tranSshipped from vessel to car at New Haven.
 Of the total traffic at this port in the year 1913, coal constituted about three-fifths, 64O,O O74 short tons having been brought in during the year. The steel products, 11O.906 tons having been handled over the wharves of Bridgeport. Tn point of value, the most important item was miscellan- eous steamboat freight.
 Extent and ownership of water front-While the extent of water front in the entire harbor of Bridgeport is considerable, the most valuable sec ton is the frontage on the main chan neI and Pequonnock river where the depth of water is Is feet. This vaIu- able frontage, most of which parallels the main business district of the city, is owned by the New York. New Ha,- ven & Hartford RaNroad system, the city of Bridgeport, and various coal companies.
 On Yellow Mill channel much of the frontage is used for residential purposes. The only commercial use of this channel is made by the Amer jean Tube & Stamping Co.,, which uses its frontage in connection with 9. steel plant at this point. The city of Bridgeport owns some tidewater land abuttfng on this channel
 On the Johnson River Channel the only improved wharf is that of the Lake Submarine Co. Cedar Creek channel is used extensively by, the Crane Valve Co.,, the Bridgeport Fly drauIic Co.,, the Marine Tube & Stamping Co, and several coal com panies.
 Dermtnals-The city of Bridgeport maintains two terminals. One con- sists of a wharf AT feet wide at the foot of, Wall Street near the head of the main channel and close to the main business district. This wharf is upsed chiefly as a landing place for ex- cursion steamers. tugs and oyster boats. The other wharf owned by the city is on the upper part of the Pe- quonnock river and has a frontage of 112 feet with a, slip alongside 1855 feet in length. This wharf is used almost exclusively for supplies for the city. At