San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-25
EXPECT HEAVY
WATER TRAFFIC
| IN j. S. IN 1924
transportation Hampered
50 Far This Spring by
Bad Weather.
Ian PLEASURE TRIPS
any Make Reservations for
Weekend Journeys on
/ Great Lakes.

Pyight by The San Antonio Light.
New York, April 26.-Transporta-
IN over the inland waterways of the
lntry has been somewhat hampered
\ far this spring by weather con-
ions which produced floods and ice
BPS. But the volume of .water-borne
.ffic will be higher this year than
r before in the history of the coun-
the best informed shipping men
zee. This fact will have a distinct
airing .on the prices of nearly every
|nmodity which enters an American
isehold.
|fo far as the shipping industry on
y Great Lakes is concerned, various
Unions are expressed about the bust
us expected. Last year tonnages of
Bin and stone broke all records and
|he are inclined to doubt whether
Ey will' be as heavy this season.
|tpments of merchandise and manu-
Etured goods, however, are certain
pbe heavy.
THE slump in the pig iron market
having a tendency to affect the VOL
BE Of iron ore shipments. but it is ex-
|rted none the less that between
400. 900 and 10000, 900 tons of iron
will be carried to plants in Hi
Us. Indiana. Ohio and Pennsylvania.
|hl shipments for the Northwest have
II yet given indication of extreme
II or urgency. Increased railroad
les are operating to the benefit Of
lake freights. which are offering
|ppers rates 4 to IL per cent lower
I'm rail rates. Already reservations
being made for the week-long pas
Tiger cruises on the Great Lakes
5ch proved a feature of the summer
kation season in the Midwest last
II.
Traffic on Rivers Increases.
whatever may be the tonnage on
lakes. there can be no doubt as
he volume of freight traffic on the
hrs of the country. The river-borne
fife out of Pittsburg for the first
Brter of the year exceeded that of
Panama Canal by more than s.
700 tons, while traffic on the Mo-
Bgahela alone exceeded that passing
bugh the Suez Canal by 100000
Is and fell behind Panama by about
"a amount. New barge lines are
n being added to the equipment on
Ohio and Mississippi rivers and
the waterways from the lakes to
gulf.
The Atlantic passenger liners are
fparing.-to' carry more Americans
Europe this summer than at sany
ke since the A. +. F. was sent. to
nee. Tourist agencies here report
the advance bookings have been
Emous. The normal summer vaca-
movement has been increased by
fact that the Olympic games will
held in Paris this year and that
klsands will attend the convention
the international Sunday schools.
American Bar Association, the
Club. and other national and inter-
ional organizations. Steamship
panies are making a special drive
secure business from college stu
It's who expect to make the voyage
bad this year. These preparations
outside the ''round-the-world"
rs which have grown so in popu-
0ty lately that other countries are
hing vessels on similar runs.
Plan Summer Rates.
teamship companies operating lines
Bermuda, Bahama, Cuba, Mexico.
trail and South America. are pre-
I'd to put special vacation rates
effect this summer and expect to
die a heavy volume of traffic.
rists, passenger agents of these
5 say, have discovered that the
mer in those localities offers equal
actions in the matter of climate
the winter months because the
season is more pleasant than the
on of winter rains.
he American st. Lawrence COM
sion, appointed last month by
kident Coolidge to report on the
tect of opening the Great Lakes
going ships and developing
water power facilities Of the riv-
has gone briskily TO work, but a
] report. ms to whether the enter
should be undertaken at pres
is not expected for some time. 1t
stimated the total cost of the i'm
yements of the st. Lawrence route
ID be $252, 72S,200.