The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
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5ow York, Sept. 2l.-whether 6r
H railroads afs delivering the
- either actually or Agurative-
~ ~ waterways Of the country
6 carfyfng their full quota Of
teght. They will continue to do
ing after the close OF -nayiga-
], @HHfof the winter. Reports from
Atths important inland shipping
Noutsrs received within the last II
1ogBu indicate that every available
4 11Del will Be In. operation until ice
kotf1ow water forces suspension OF
ocvice.
belai view Of the present railway
anS-1hortage and the fact that the
11Iike IL still sfar from settlement
aumdmany roads, three great basic
s1oGAm0dfties, coal, steel and grain,
NJ dependent to . greater extent
1han ever before on transportation
~ water.
The tonnage carried over inland
waters In the next three months
Will be the greatest ever handled in
/ ! similar period. Great Lakes ship
ring will be taxed to capacity. Two
hundred thousand tons Of coal are
enroutes to Duluth today and coal
shipments on the lakes will aver
are well above 100000 tons a
week until navigation closes. Word
4oGm Duluth states that every YES
1er will 60 back loaded to the
plimsoll mark with iron, grain or
general commodities.
assp Farmers Release Grain.
Y Farmers who have been holding
their grain for better prices now
Afe releasing 1t in response to de-
yefopments in the near earst. Iron
mining operations in Michigan and
Minnesota are being expanded to
c6pacity as fast as miners can be
secured, and furnaces near lower
lake ports are roaring for raw ma
eef1al. Embargoes on some rail
Uhipments Is senGing flood Of gen
efal mer chandise into the holds Of
lake boats for Buffalo. Cleveland.
Chicago and other ports.
From st. Paul came dispatches
~ showing that pressure from
Industrial leaders was being
fought to bear to secure reopen
ING Of the upper Mississippi barge
- to permit simultaneous coal
and grain movement.
Barge Lines Overloaded.
The barge lines of the Missouri
- lower Mississippi are being Of
fefed more freight than the vessels
available can move. The federal
large line out Of st. Louis today
has 81 cargo vessels in service with
9 combined carrying capacity Of
$500 tons. They are carrying car
goes composed largely Of grain and
general merchandise with about SO
pr cent Of the tonnage moving
down stream. In the fiscal year
ending June 80. the federal barges
carried over $4,000 tons Of freight
- they will pass the million tor
1Bafk in the present fiscal year, &C.
QQIding to word from st. Louis.
M Big Coastwise Shipping.
New Orleans reports that grain
1&fic on the southern reaches Of
the Father Of Waters would be
q1oHh heavier, were 1t not for ne.
cessity for light loading caused BY
1T: water from Cairo to Mem
p0aS. The Warrior River barge
liee tonnage is increasing at tn,
- Of 1900 tons a month will
Nsteel and coal the principal car
49,. Coastwise shipping out o
New Orleans is above normal TO
tn season of the year. 1t is est
mated that the Mississippi rive
kges have saved shippers on tn
lower portion of the river nearl,
900 in freight rates as com
>p1fed with rail charges this veal
IT, big steel companies of tn
Wnoeling and Pittsburgh distric
am making extensive use OF tn
M6AOngahela and Ohio rivers 10
The transportation of coal and con
vAnce of materials between
plants. During the rail and min
. ke Monongahela river ship
nients Of coal were largely respon
sfnle for keeping the steel industr,
active and for the first time Coz
Moged north over the Ohio from
west Virginia mines to Pennsyl
vgnia steel plants.
4, " Mach Steel Moved.
The Carnegie Steel company
JSaes and Laughlin.N Pittsburgh
Steel. National Tube, American
sal and Wire, and Wheeling Stee
aea among the great companies
wt5ch have brought river traffic t,
an effective stage. Some of thes,
cpanies are carrying coal b,
wAter at the daily rate of 1900
ID each. The Jones and Laughlil
company is arranging to reopen it
or and Mississippi steel deliv
81 Service interrupted during tn,
suDmer by low water.
several new barge lines at Pitts
bpEGh are preparing to enter rivel
tr60ic this fall One million dol
lar company has just been formed
tdSngdge in trade from Pittsburgh
To- New Orleans and intermediate
points. Pittsburgh has leased Its
big exposition buildings at the
3uacture Of the Allegheny and Mo.
nQnoahela as Z water terminal.