The Glasgow courier., 1917-07-13
BUSINESS fine MONTANA
FOR MONTH OF APRIL
Railroad Commission Makes Re-
port-Coal Shipment Shows
Large Increase

led in the state for the month Of April
are 1850 car loads in excess Of April
of one year ago. The number for this
year is 34,052, while for April Of 1916,
it was 32,792. This report is for car
loads only. All carriers in the state
are obliged to make monthly report
to the commission of commodities
shipped, both state and interstate.
Beer shipments for this April and
for one year ago were exactly the
same, the report showing the billing
Of % cars. Brick and clay products
to the number Of 203 cars were ship
ped April Of this year while for the
month one year ago the shipments
amounted to 225 cars.
Coal shipments for the month show
an increase Of more than 40 per cent
over one year ago. For April Of this
year 1886 cars were billed out while
for the month one year ago, the total
was only 1921.
One of the remarkable increases in
the volume of business is in the ship
ments of concentrates, the increase
coming mostly from the report Of the
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific railroad
One year ago in April, the shipments
of concentrates amounted to 932 cars
while for this April the record shows
2,047 cars. Of this number of cars
1886 were carried by the Butte, Ana
conda and Pacific railroad.
Farm implements also show &
marked increases, as this April tn
total number of cars were 101, com
pared to 60 cars for April of on'
year ago.
Twenty-six more cars of flour ant
mill stuffs moved in the state during
the month compared to one year age
On account of the lateness of the sea
son, only % cars of fruit and vege
tables were moved, while year ag
81 cars were billed.
Grain shipments were 486 cars i
excess Of the month year ago bu
hay shipments showed falling off Q
25 cars. Hogs seem to be prett
scarce on the Montana ranches, a
only 155 cars were shipped in Apr
while a year ago for the same tim
the shipments numbered 242 cars.
Lime rock shows falling off {
356 cars, as in April 1916, the shil
y ments amounted to 1877 cars, Will
= for this April, the number was 1,16
The livestock gain is 49 cars over
8 year ago, with records of 1,741 cal
in April of 1916 and 1,700 cars
= April 1917.
I There is a radical falling off fl
H the month in the shipment of logs al
lumber products, compared to OF
year ago. In April of 1916, carloa'
: of logs to the number Of 1886 we
billed while for the month this ye
q only 544 were shipped. The story
g the same in lumber and its product
8 as only 985 cars were shipped duri,
s. April of 1917, while the record f
: one year ago was 2,159 cars.
+. In the shipment of ore, the compa
Z ison of two months, April of this ye
4 and April of last year, show a falli1
3 off of 762 cars, and like falling Q
8 of posts, poles and pilings of 2
= cars.
. Potatoes seem to have been pref
. we'll disposed of this year before
y month of April, probably due to t
4 high prices offered. Only IS cars we
= shipped for the month this year, VIII
3 one year ago it was 1873 cars.
& About a year ago the sugar who
y salers were holding for higher pric
g and only 72 cars were billed out
4 April. This year there was no spec
. lative element in sugar. shipments a
= 118 cars were billed during the mon
8 Business in copper was better tt
q year in April as the records sh'
. shipments of 365 cars, gain of
Q over last year. Business was also b.
& ter in general miscellaneous carlo
8 shipments, as the report gives an
crease of 294 cars compared to
month year ago.