The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
Sixty Alabama Towns and
 Cities Take Advantage of
 Lower Rates by Water to and From Gulf of Mexico Ports. Ten in Georgia Participate
N0RTHBOUND SHIPMENTS
 SCATTERED IN ORIGIN
Sulphur, Rice, Salt, Canned
 Goods and Brazilian Ores Are
 Among Commodities Coming Up Stream--CoaI, Steel and Iron Products South For Shipment All Over the World

Charts in another column pre- senting traffic data of the Warrior river for the year ending June 30, 1922, show that more than 60 Ala bama towns, 10 Georgia cities, eight in Mississippi and the city of Chattanooga participated in north bound and southbound traffic of the Warrior in that period.
 Every item hauled was 20 per cent under the all-rail rate in both directions.
 The charts afford a graphic glimpse of the part that the Warrior has already played and is playing as medium of exporting Birming- ham products and importing what Birmingham needs at reduced rates.
 Import~tions
 The origin of north bound traffic Is partially given as follows: From Texas, sulphur for Birmingham chemical plants, 3,927 tons; from South America, principally Brazilian ores for the Tennessee Company lO,912 tons; from Pacific ocast, prin- cipally canned goods, 3.0l2 tons; from Weeks Island, Salt Mine and Jeff ferson, La, 4,139, 3,319 and 1,739 tons, respectively. of salt.
 Northbound Traffic
 Northbound traffic was delivered partially as follows:
 Enslcy. 4,757 tons; Bessemer, 4.655; Exum (Steel Cities Chemical compa- ny), 2.122; Grasselli. (GrasseIli Chemical company 900 tons; Fair field, 84 tons; Birmingham, TOPS tons; Chattanooga, 1,472 tons; At lanta, 5,295; Corinth, Miss. 169; Mo bile, 3,759; Pensacola, 2,471; Mont gomery, 669; Selma, S07; Demopolis, 3,104.
 The destination of southbound traffic was partially as follows: To New Orleans. SS,41S tons, principally 699 tons; to Europe, 1924; to Central America, s34 coastwise, 2.62O; un- classified, 14,439.
 SOuthbOund Shipments
 Principal points of origin of south bound. traffic were as follows: Car bon Hill, 9,645 tons; Empire, 2,662; Ensley, 42,57-; Fairfield. 4,665; Bes- semer, 1,29S; Birmingham, 97l; Payne's Bend, 36,365; Sipsey. 69.5O7: demopolis, 55S. The total southbound was 175,00O tons.
 The tonnage from Carbon Hill. Empire, Payne's Bend and Sipsey was coal The tonnage from Fairfield was principally wire mill products from the American Steel and Wire company for Texas and export. The Ensley tonnage was steel halls, sul- phate of ammonia, steel plates, track accessories, etc, for Japan, China and Korea and other export movements The Bessemer tonage was principal ly steel products for export also.
 All Craft Busy
 Every available craft on the War rior is extremely busy at this time and much more business could be done if there was more craft to move products.
 The Tennessee company Is now having built nine steel barges for it's exclusive use on the Warrior in moving it's steel products down the Warrior for export and to bring ores and other raw materials up river to it's steel mills and furnaces.
 The business in coal and wire mill and other steel and iron products to Galveston and Houston with return cargoes of sulphur for Birmingham chemical plants Is one of the perma- nent and growing ones. It is ex- pected to also arrange for return careoes of rice from the Texas cities.