The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-17
PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC
HIGH RECORD MADE 1920
INTERESTING FIGURES AND
FACTS REGARDING GATE
BETWEEN SEAS.

According TO the Panama Canal
Record of February o. the official pub
LEGATION of the Panama canal. the
traffic through the canal during the
calendar year 1920 exceeded that
during any previous period of u
months
rrior to this the record period was
the fiscal year from July /. 1919 10
June 80 1920: and prior to that the
record was i'm the calendar year 1919
Traffic i'm the calendar year 1920
was made mp of 2S14 ships in com
mcrcial service. paying tolls. and 221
vessels in the service of the United
states government principally the
navy passing through the canal
without the payment of tolls The to-
'al was So55 ships exclusive of yes
sells used i'm the canal work and Of
launches
As the ships passing through free
are not i'm commercial use Though
the POI i'm 1920 carried total of s6l.-
$50 tons of cargo principally coal
fuel oil and suppics) they will not
be considered i'm the comparisons
Thcir passage constitutes kind of
extra service performed by the canal
for which no tolls are paid and which
is not a part of it's usual commercial
service
The 2S1i commercial ships passing
through the canal I'M 1920 exceeded
.ho number i'm tho fiscal year ending
Juno 30. 1920 10y 1876 per cent and
he number i'm the calendar year 1919
BY S19 per cent
The aggregate net tonnage OF the
1911 ships was lOS7S265 tons PAN
ma canal measurement They car
led 112SG.119 tons of cargo TIL.
oils earned ON them amounted 20
40 295 3G221 In net tonnage. tolls.
nd cargo they were PHI POS and 1919
'cr cent greater respectively. than in
he past fiscal year In comparison
With the year 1919. the net tonnage
oils and cargo were respectively. so.
70 and sos per cent greater in 1920
han in the preceding calendar year.
Distribution Of Commercial Traffic.
OF the commercial ships, 1914 went
rom Atlantic to Pacific and 400 from
'acihc to Atlantic
The cargs handled bv commercial
hps from Atlantic to Pacific through
he canal amounted to 5.269 $50 tons:
nd that from Pacific to Atlantic to
966769 tons The total was 1896
10 tons.
Nationalties Of Vessels.
or the 2S1i commercial vessels
sing the canal during 1920 the lead
mr. nationaliues were as follows:
NE United states ships numbered
eS1 or 1915 per cent of the total: the
rtsh ships numbered SGT. or sOs
er cent Of the total; the Japanese,
w. or per cent: Norwegian. III. or
g per cent
ecord Traffic During January. 1921
All previous records for traffic
rough the canal were broken dur
le the month of January, when 279
and 70 non commercial
ssels transited the canal OF the
hove ships 1o7 vessels passed from
ne Atlantic to the Pacific and 161
.om the Pacific to the Atlantic
The number of commercial vessels.
image etc. as compared with the
rcNious high records are as follows:
OF tine a. non commercial vessels.
were United States navy ships.
hich were classified as follows Bat
eships Q, cruiser l. destroyers 10.
'pply vessels 10. mine sweepers 3,
lhmarine chasers 4. submarines Z,
lhmarine tender l. repair ship l.
,spital ship 1. navy tugs 3, navy
inch l.
In addition to the above GO navy
ssels there were Z vessels under the
ntrol of the United States shipping
,ard passing through the canal with
el for the navy.