The foregoing Seattle rates apply also from Tacoma to points on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad or connecting lines east of and including Easton, Wash., points on the Great Northern Railway or connecting lines east of and including Berne, Wash., and points on the Northern Pacific Railway or connecting lines east of and including Hubner, Wash., when via routes specified in governing tariff. Tariff authority, Agent W. J. Bohon's 81, I. C. C. 394. Rates on coffee, roasted, in packages, any quantity, from Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett to Montana points Rates on tin cans, carloads, between Seattle, Wash., and points in Washington and Oregon Rates on tin cans in straight carloads or in mixed carloads with pails and boxes, to Seattle and Tacoma 1 Dayton group includes Dayton, Pleasantview, Pomroy, and Turner, Wash. Ellensburg group includes Ellensburg, Kittitas, Lakedale, Renslow, and Thrall, Wash. 451 4536 45 5436 41 421% 4214 Walla Walla group includes Walla Walla, Tansick, Wallula, Whitney, Baker-Langdon, Wash., and Atena, Milton, Umhapine, and Pendleton, Öreg. Sunnyside group includes Sunnyside, North Prosser, and Prosser, Wash. Spokane group includes Spokane, Adrian, Chester, Coulee, Dishman, Colfax, Davenport, and Farmington, Wash., Arrow, Bovill, Coeur d'Alene, and Elk River, Idaho. 7 Yakima group includes Yakima and Selah, Wash. Tariff authority: Agent W. J. Bohon's 2-F, I. C. C. 439. Rates on various manufactured iron and steel articles, carloads, from Seattle and COMMERCE Seattle, a seaport of major importance, is an important industrial center, and shipping is one of the chief industries. During the 10year period 1927-36 the average annual water-borne commerce amounted to 7,860,679 tons. Comparative figures of tonnage handled show that the peak movement for the period was reached in 1929, when 10,117,554 tons moved through the port, and that from 1930 there was a steady annual decline, with a low of 6,044,676 tons in 1933. During 1934 and 1935 substantial increases were noted, but in 1936, due to maritime disturbances and economic and industrial conditions, a decrease in tonnage was again reported. IMPORTS The accompanying graph shows that the annual foreign imports during the period 1927-36, inclusive, averaged 370,855 tons or 4.7 percent of the total port traffic. The import traffic was comparatively small in quantity and irregular, decreasing from 515,902 tons in 1927 to 282,401 tons in 1931, then fluctuating annually until 1936, when 341,849 tons were imported. Logs and piles were the most important commodity imported by volume, with an annual average movement of 55,865 tons or 15.0 percent of the total imports. Coal and coke ranked second with an average movement of 39,228 tons or 10.6 percent. Paper and paper manufactures averaged 23,845 tons annually or 6.4 percent. Cement and gypsum averaged 21,386 tons or 5.8 percent, while creosote oil, lumber and shingles, vegetable oil, cake-meal, grain and feed, earthenware, and fish and marine products ranked next in the order named. EXPORTS Exports from Seattle averaged 527,911 tons annually or 6.7 percent of the average annual port traffic. Grain and flour exceeded all other commodities, with an average of 136,480 tons annually or 25.8 percent of the total exports. Lumber and lumber products averaged 129,694 tons annually or 24.6 percent. Fruits and vegetables, fresh, canned, and dried, averaged 100,402 tons or 19 percent. Logs, piles, and poles averaged 33,545 tons or 6.4 percent, while other principal commodities were metal scrap, fish and fish products, petroleum and petroleum products, and iron and steel manufactures, and followed in the order named. COASTWISE RECEIPTS Coastwise receipts comprised 62.1 percent of the total port traffic, exclusive of local and intraport traffic but including tonnage received in the intercoastal and Alaskan trades. Petroleum and petroleum products comprised 53.6 percent of the coastwise receipts with an AVERAGE ANNUAL COMMERCE OF SEATTLE, WASH., 1927–1936 annual average of 2,073,436 tons. Rafted logs and piles averaged 497,149 tons or 12.9 percent. Receipts of sand and gravel amounted to 272,724 tons or 7.1 percent. Fish and fish products averaged 170,030 tons or 4.4 percent. Iron and steel manufactures, sugar, sirup, and molasses, manufactured forms of iron and steel, and fresh, canned, and dried fruits and vegetables ranked next in the order named. COASTWISE SHIPMENTS Shipments in the coastwise and intercoastal trade averaged 1,425,776 tons annually or 18.2 percent of the total port traffic. Lumber was the principal commodity shipped, with an annual average of 240,031 tons or 16.8 percent. Logs and piles ranked second with an average of 153,141 or 10.8 percent. Grain, flour, and feed ranked third in importance by volume, with an average of 141,211 tons or 9.9 percent. Other leading commodities were petroleum and petroleum products, fish and marine products, fruits and vegetables, coal, paper and paper manufactures, and tin plate and tin manufactures. INTRAPORT AND LOCAL Previous to the year 1930 there were no reports on the amount of intraport traffic. Averaged over the 10-year period the traffic amounted to 269,953 tons annually or 3.4 percent of the total port traffic. The true average for the 7 years in which the traffic moved was 385,647 tons. The local traffic was first recorded in 1929 and averaged 1,400,982 tons or 17.9 percent annually for the 10-year period under discussion, the average for the 8 years in which the traffic moved being 1,751,228 tons. Rafted logs and piles, sand, gravel, and rock, petroleum and petroleum products, and lumber were the principal commodities handled. |