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LAKE COMMERCE DORING SEPTEMBER.
Lake commerce during September as measured
by the volume of freight shipments between domestic
ports on the Great Lakes aggregated 10,-
730,460 short tons, compared with 11,892,412 anil
12,527,865 short tons shipped during September.
1910 and 1909, respectively. Reports to the Bureau
of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and
Labor show smaller monthly figures for all classes
of merchandise except hard coal and miscellaneous
treight than those reported a year ago. The season
shipments to the end of September totaled
56,314,826 short tons, as against. 68,195,753 short
tons in 1910 and 37,060,153 short tons two years
ago. The shipments of iron ore during the
month aggregated 5,032,948 long tons, compared
with 6,009,682 long tons during September, 1910.
ine largest losses are shown by Duluth and Ashland,
while shipments from Superior and Marquette
docks appear to have been larger than last
year. The total season shipments of iron ore to
the end of September are given as 24,106,818 long
tons, indicating a decrease of over lo million tons
as compared with the 1910 shipments. Of the
total iron ore received during the present season,
19,019,777 long tons are credited to Lake Erie
ports and 4;322,6S9 long tons to Lake Michigan
ports.
The shipments of soft coal (luring the month,
chiefly from Lake Erie ports, aggregated 2,314,782
short tons, compared with 2,457,721 short tons reported
for September, 1910. Over one-half of these
shipments proceeded from Ashtabula and Toledo.
The 9 months' shipments totaled 12,823,808 short
tons, as against 13,697,705 short tons reported last
year. Duluth-Superior and Milwaukee were the
principal destinations of these shipments, taking
about two-thirds of the total receipts. The September
and 9 months' shipments of hard coal, 455,-
THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN. 69
716 and 3,262,880 short tons, respectively, mainly
from Buffalo, Erie and Oswego, were in excess of
the corresponding 1910 shipments. Practically
all of this coal was destined to Lake Superior
ports, chiefly Duluth-Superior, which are credited
with 1,209,806 short tons and to Lake Michigan
ports, chiefly Milwaukee and Chicago where 1,917,-
749 short tons were landed.
The vessel movement in the domestic trade during
September comprised 10,158 departures representing
14,025,808 net tons register, as against
9,897 departures and 14,743,014 net tons register
in September, 1910. Departures for the 9 months
comprised 60,800 vessels of 79.551,420 net tons
register, as against 59.83S vessels of 86,907,512 net
tons register in 1910. It is thus seen that while
the number ot active vessels increased, the combined
tonnage of these vessels decreased, due probably
to the smaller number of trips made by larger
ore-carrying boats.
SPANISH COAL TRADE.
It is estimated that the consumption of coal in
Spain increases by 200,000 to 250,000 tons each
year. Considerably over 6,500,000 tons are now
used annually. The present production of the
country is over 4,000,000 tons, which increases
from 400,000 to 500,000 tons every year. The importation
has remained neaily stationary for the
past five years, being slightly over 2,000.000 tons,
with a value of $11,500,000.
The importation of coke is about 300,000 tons.
valued at $1,980,000. With the exception of Italy,
Spain is the European country of size which produces
the least coal as shown by recently published
statistics, as follows: Great Britain, 200,000,000
tons annually; Germany, 194,000,000; Austria-Hungary,
45,000,000; France, 35,000,000; Belgium, 24.-
000,000; Spain, 4,01)0,000.
ARGYLE COAL COMPANY
SOUTH FORK,
MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF THE
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