Bambooware, rattanware, viz.: Baskets, rakes, furniture of bam- Bulk commodities, n. o. s., per 2,000 pounds.. Direct to or from open cars, per 2,000 pounds.. Chalk, clay, coke, cordwood, per cord, concentrates, marble in slabs, crated or loose, ores, n. o. s., phosphate rock, sulphur, slate in slabs, crated or loose, sand moulding or glass, per 2,000 pounds. Copper, lead, zinc, spelter, bars, slabs, ingots, pit or blister, in carload lots, per 2,000 pounds.. Pig iron, per 2,000 pounds... Direct to or from cars, any quantity.. Scrap iron or steel, n. o. s., loose, in carload lots, from open cars direct to vessel, per 2,000 pounds.... Scrap rails, car wheels or axles, in straight lots, per 2,000 pounds.. Scrap metal, in bales, bundles, barrels or other containers, per 2,000 pounds... 8888 (4) (1) 1 1 Sand, building, crushed rock, gravel, local trade only, per cubic Berries, in standard crates, local trade only, per crate.. Fertilizers, fish meal, whale meal, bone meal or tankage, per 2,000 Fertilizers, n. o. s., phosphates, nitrates, and other chemical or prepared fertilizers, per 2,000 pounds. Fish, in barrels or tierces, salted, mild cured or pickled, per 2,000 pounds. charge on NOTE 1.-The minimum charge for any single shipment shall be 25 cents. Minimum storage any W/R shall be 25 cents. New W/R's consolidating minimum storage lots may be issued upon request. Charge for issuing new W/R shail be 50 cents. NOTE 2.-When canned fish is received from Alaskan vessels during overtime hours the difference between straight time and overtime plus 10 percent shall be charged against the freight. NOTE 3.-When canned fish is received from dray or local steamer for storage or delivered to dray or local steamer from storage a handling charge shall be assessed for the labor of handling in and/or out of warehouse or assembling for delivery to steamer. NOTE 4.-This charge covers labor for handling on barges or lighters when such labor is performed by terminal. It is additional to regular wharfage, handling, and other charges named. NOTE 5.-Shipments of canned fish received for immediate transshipment may take the per diem wharf demurrage rates (columns D and D-1) and be allowed 10 days free time, provided shipments move out within 30 days from date they are received on terminal. Shipments held in transit and not delivered within 30 days will be placed in storage on W/R's and storage charged from date shipment was received. NOTE 6.-Rules and regulations covering regular warehouse storage when not conflicting with this item shall govern the warehousing of canned fish and sea foods. NOTE 7.-On canned fish received (ex. dray) for consolidation apply consolidation charge. Shed storage.-Whenever facilities for storage are available at terminal properties, freight may be moved and stored on the premises at the rates and under the rules and regulations provided for warehouse storage. Shed storage is at option of terminal operator. Open wharf and yard storage.—At option of terminal operator freight may be stored on open wharf or on land areas off wharf premises at the following rates. Rates are in cents per 2,000 pounds or quantity specified: Storage in bonded lockers in transit sheds.-Storage on transit import freight in bonded lockers shall be 50 percent greater than the wharf demurrage charge shown against the particular commodity; minimum storage charge 25 cents. Labor handling in and out of bonded locker shall be 60 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds; minimum charge 25 cents. This is additional to the regular wharfage, handling, and loading charges. Drayage charges are additional when goods are moved from one pier to another for storage in bonded lockers. Customs officers' services for receiving or delivering shipments or for inspection of goods in bonded lockers are at cost plus 20 percent additional to the above rates. STEVEDORING RATES Stevedoring rates listed under Everett on page 175 are also applicable at Bellingham. LIGHTERAGE Terminal practices in Bellingham Harbor do not require the use of lighters for the overside loading and discharge of vessels except under unusual conditions. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES Running lines.-No charge is made by shore companies for running lines except between 5 p. m. and 8 a. m., when actual cost is charged. Watchmen.-The usual charge is 62%1⁄2¢ per hour. Launch hire.-Privately owned launches may be hired at a charge of from $3 to $5 per hour. Electric current.-Alternating current is available, 60-cycle, 110 volt (or multiples thereof). Charges for current (base rate 3 cents per kilowatt-hour) and installation is at cost plus 20 percent, minimum charge 50 cents. Water. An ample supply of water is available at the prices listed below: First 100 cubic feet (metered or fraction). Over 100 cubic feet, per 100 cubic feet_-_. Use of hose furnished by wharf to vessel taking water_ $2.00 · 15 2.00 Ship dunnage. The charge ranges from $8 to $10 per thousand feet, board measure f. o. b. wharf. Weighing. The terminal companies maintain a weighing department. Charges for service are as follows: All freight, n. o. s. in transit, per 2,000 pounds. All freight, n. o. s. from pile and repiling, per 2,000 pounds.. Bales, fiber, hemp, jute, wool, etc., in transit, per bale_- Bamboo and rattan in bundles, in transit, per bundle_ Commodities in barrels, in transit, per barrel____ Commodities weighed with steelyard scales, per 2,000 pounds._ _ $0. 20 55 .05 . 10 . 10 . 06 1. 20 4.00 STEAMSHIP SERVICES, RATES, AND RATE CONFERENCES For information on these subjects see report on Everett, page 179. TERRITORY TRIBUTARY Despite substantial increases, during recent years, in shipments of canned salmon and other fish, Bellingham continues primarily to be a lumber port and as such serves an area largely confined to the heavy stands of timber adjacent to Puget Sound. The population of this area is sparse and practically self-sufficient insofar as water-borne commerce is concerned, while industries, aside from those connected with forestry and canning are virtually nonexistent. These factors are mainly responsible for the wide disparity existing between inbound and out-bound traffic, the latter during 1936 being more than 92 percent of the total foreign and intercoastal trades. This unfavorable load factor has, to a large degree, militated against the establishment of regular line steamship services at Bellingham and thus has been instrumental in precluding its participation in traffic originating in or destined to interior areas served by transcontinental rail lines. FOREIGN TRADE According to statistics compiled by the Division of Research, United States Maritime Commission, water-borne foreign commerce of Bellingham for the calendar year 1936 totaled 82,868 tons of which 70,977 tons or 85.6 percent were exports and 11,891 tons or 14.4 percent imports. Imports. In common with other Puget Sound outports Bellingham's import traffic originated entirely in Pacific Canada. Chief commodities comprising this trade in order of their tonnage importance were pulpwood, wood pulp, coal, coke, logs, lumber, lime, paper and paper manufactures, the combined total of which accounted for approximately 90 percent of the entire import movement. Virtually all of these commodities were consumed locally or by mills in the immediate vicinity of the port. Exports. Although exports from the port were distributed among 15 different countries or political divisions more than 93 percent of this traffic was absorbed by Japan, China, Pacific Canada, and England, the first two having imported more than three-fourths of all water-borne commerce destined for foreign consumption. The principal items were logs, lumber, paper stock and manufactures, and animal, fish, and dairy products which combined accounted for over 98 percent of the total. Logs and lumber, exports of which amounted to 52,461 tons during 1936, enjoyed wide distribution, being shipped principally to Japan, China, the Netherlands, and Australia, |