The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
BEAT RECORD
IN SHIPPING
BLACK" COAL
U. S. Strike-B Breaking
Leads the World
by GORDON cAscADEN.
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BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 11,--AIl
previous monthly records for ship
ment of seab coal to break the British
miners strike were passed by Sep
TENDER IoAdlnss.
With one day less IN which to load,
last months total tonnage Of coal
shipped to the British isles and other
overseas markets exceeded August, a
record month.
Last month also marked the en-
trance of two additional ports into
the coal-exporting trade, Philadelphia
and Charleston, joining Hampton
Roads and this port.
But the shipments from Philadel-
phia and Charleston were small in
deed when comparison is made with
the two large coal-shipping ports.
Supply Previous British Market.
Coal was exported from Philadel-
phia to all parts of the world. Coal
laden vessels sailed for the Canary
Islands, Azores, Cuba, Porto Rico, Ar
gentina, Brazil West Africa, France,
Italy and the British Isles. The total
tonnage however, was not large, ships
carrying part cargoes Of coal.
The British steamer Trevose, which
sailed from Charleston for BuenOs
Aires, Argentina, on Sept. & was the
first vessel to leave that South Caro-
lima port with a full cargo Of coal.
The total Charleston tonnage during
September reached around 100000
tons, and part Of it went to Cuba and
South America Dredging at the
Southern Railway company's coal pier
to a depth Of 80 feet helped Ssptem-
Der coal export.
100000 Tons a Week.
But more than 100000 tons Of
bituminous coal are leaving the
United States weekly for places
hitherto supplied by British mines.
Hampton Roads, with its twin ports
OF Norfolk and Newport News, which
ships most OF this coal, did not beat
its monthly record Of August, althc
September passed the total for the
first thirty days Of the previous
month.
Hampton Roads Sc ptember Record.
September coal dumpings for all the
Hampton Roads piers totaHed 2,71O,-
s92 tons, as against 2,762.oS1 tons for
August. y
Like the previous month, the Nor
folk & Western railroad led in dump
ing records, piling up 1,107,S15 tons.
The Chesapeake & Ohio total reached
9Os,S76 tons while the Virginian Rail
way dumped 694,S01 tons. The Nor
folk G. Westerns record was the
greatest in the history of any railroad
dumping coal for export. This rail-
road has bettered the million mark
for three months in row.
Baltimore Shipments.
Baltimore coal shipments for Sep
tember exceeded those for any pre-
vlous month in this ports long his
tory. Incomplete returns for the
month put the total at approximately
500, 900 tons.
Preliminary figures show aggregate
export coal loadings Of 7S2,46S tons,
carried in 1875 vessels. August exports,
which established a record, reached
753,629 tons, carried on 1T vessels.
7s2,46s Tons to British Isles.
Ninety-eight vessels transported
e2s, Os9 Of the 1872, ass tons, to ports
in the British Isles, smaller amounts
going to Italy, Spain, Egypt, Argen-
tina, France, and Porto Rico.
The first nine months of 1925 place
Baltimore's total overseas coal ex-
ports at 2,5s7,274 tons, as compared
with 257, s27 tons for the same period
last year and 2sO,Ss7 tons for the
whole OF 1925.
U. 8. Leading seabbery.
The United States has the unenvi-
able record OF supplying nearly half
the total amount of soft coal i'm
ported into the British Isles during
the coal strike Figures compiled by
the Minerals Section, United States
Department OF Commerce, show that
$500 900 out of 100000 tons Of soft
coal imported by Britain from the be-
ginning Of the strike until the end of
August came from this country.
Before the strike very, very little
soft coal was shipped from the United
States 10 British ports. During August,
Great Britain imported 1,510,76i tons
OF bltuminous coal from this country,
slight increase over the total for
July.
New messiah" Returning.