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REPORT OF
PORT STUDY - GEORGIA
PuBLISHED BY THE
STATE PLANN I fJG 80/IRD
R. C. JOB, DIRECTOR
WI~H THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
WORKS PROGRESS ADMIN I STR1\ T I ot4 OF GEORG I A 0. P. No. 465--34-3-253, 0. P. No. 665 34 3 127
SPONSORED BY STATE PLANNING BOARD OF GEORGIA EAST GEoRGIA PLANNING CouNCIL, Co-SPoNSOR
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STATE PLANNING BOAPD

E. D. RIVERS, GovERNOR

HENr-Y T. Me INTOSH ... CHA 1RMAN

F. DR. T.

ABERCROMBIE .. Dt?ECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

DR. M. D. COLLINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

JtM L. GtLLIS ........................................... STATE HIGHWAY CoMMISSIONER

FRANK G. LuMPK 1N ... Bust NEss ExECUT 1VE MIss ~iARTHA BERRY .......... EDUCATOR
R. F. BURCH ............ SECRETARY

PI CHARD C. JOB .. , . .................................... DIRECTOR

FOREWORD
PLANNING IN GEORGIA RECEIVED ITS IMPETUS FROM THE COASTAL SECTION OF THE STATE IN JULY 1936, THE EAST GEORGIA PLANNING COUNCIL WAS ORGANIZED, WITH HEAD QUARTERS AT SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TO STUDY, lf-J COOPERATION V/ITH TilE ~JATIONAL RESOURCES COM~ITTEE AND THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, REGIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. FOLLOWING STUDIES OF WATER RESOURCES, RECREATION, COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, A:JD OTHER SUBJECTS, IT VJ,\S f'EAL I ZED TIMT S I tJCE \'ff,TEROORtJE COf1!-lEr;C[ IS ,\ PHt,SE OF THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF GEORGIA'S SEABOARD, WHIC~I HAS CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE TO THIS SECTION S WELFARE AND PROGRESS, A SPECIAL STUDY OF THE SUBJECT SHOULD BE CON DUCTED.
IN SEPTEP1DER 1937, THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION OF GEORGIA PROVIDED A STAFF AND SUPERVISOR TO CONDUCT A PORT STUDY. THIS PROJECT COMPLETED ITS WORK IN SEPTEMBER 1938. IT WAS FOUND, UPON TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS, HOWEVER, THAT BEFORE FINAL PUBLICATION, A MORE DETAILED STUDY OF DOMESTIC COMMERCE WAS AD VISABLE. APPLICATION WAS MADE TO THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FOR A PROJECT TO CONDUCT THIS SUPPLEMENTAL VIORK, \'/HI Cl-1 DEGAN IN DECEf.'>GER 1938.
AN EXISTING NEED FOR MORE SPECIFIC PLANNING BY EACH SEABOARD CITY IS EMPHA SIZED IN THIS FINAL REPORT. DATA PRESENTED HEREIN SHOULD BE STUDIED AND APPLIED IN A BROAD SENSE, SO THAT THE CONTINUANCE OF PLANNING IN EACH PORT MAY BE DASED ON FUNDAMENTALS, AND SO THAT GEORGIAS PORTS MAY PROPERLY FIT INTO A COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF TilE SOUTH EASTERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES.

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TABLE OF CONTEtHS

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TITLE PAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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STATE PLANN 1NG BoARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fOREWORD.....................................................

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CHi\PTER I

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PuRPOSE AND ScoPE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SouRcE OF D A T A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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HISTORICAL SKETCH.......................................

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SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES................

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POPULATION..............................................

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TH<:: GEORG Ill COAST.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER I I

ANALYSIS OF STATISTICS.......................................

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STRAIGHT LINE TRENDS....................................

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Cm1PAR I SONS OF 16-YE:AR AVERAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

INTERCOASTAL DOMESTIC WATERBORNE COMMERCE............... 24

CHAPTER I I I - CoMit.OD 1T 1Es 1N WATErooRNE CoMMERCE........................... 25
FOREIGN COMMEfl.CE .............. 25 DoHEST 1c CoMMercE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

CHAPTER IV

GEORGIA TRADE AND INDUSTRY...................................

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INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

U~JDEPLYING fACTOfl.S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PrESENT ProDUCTION AND TRENDS........................... 31

DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY................................. 34

CHAPTER V

HINTERLAND TRANSPORTATION AND INTERCHANGE.................... 39

LA~~D TRANSPORT AT I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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WATER TrANSPORTATION.................................... 40

INTERCHANGE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

PASSENGER SERVICE....................................... 43

CHAPTER VI

HARBOR RESOURCES AND PORT FACILITIES......................... 45 SAVI\NtJM-l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 BFUNSW I CK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

CHAPTER VI I -SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS.................................. 49

INDEX TO T,\BULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

MAPS
MAP OFTf-E GEORGIA COAST (fRONTISPIECE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JZI
GRAPHIC MAP DEPICTING ToNs AND VALUES....................................... 18 MAP OF Porn fACILITIES AT SAVANNM-l.......................................... 52 MAP OF PORT fACILITIES AT BRUNSWICK ............ , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

GPAPHS

TrEND GRAPHS or WATERBORNE CoMMERCE .................... 11-17 GRAPHS OF AVERAGE TONS AND VALUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-23

ILLUSTRATIONS

SCENES f,T SAVANNAH.........................................................

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::.cENES AT GruNsw 1CK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SKETCH ILLUSTFATING GEoRGIA's Aovt.NTAGES...................................

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~HATTAI-IOOCHEE RIVER CHANNEL .. FACING 28

SAVANIJAH INDUSTRY ............. FACING 29

AUGUSTA - S,WMJNAH :<I VER CHMJNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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DUE ACI<NOWL.EDGI'.1ENT IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THESE SOURCES OF DATA, THE USE OF WHICH IS GREATLV APPRECIATED. IT IS FELT THAT THE INFORJ.1ATION CONTAINED IN TIIIS REPORT WILL PRESENT A PICTURE TO THE STUDENT OF WATERBORNE COMMERCE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REG ION, V/H ICIJ OHIER't! ISE COULD NOT BE OBTtA INED 'II ITHOUT REFERENCE TO IMNV SEPI\RATE PUOL I CAT I OIJS.
THE UNITED STATES CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS CONSTANTLV SURVEYING AND STUDYING HARBOR RESOURCES AND PORT FACILITIES IN GEORGIA. A DISTRICT OFFICE IS MAINTAINED AT
S,wAf~I'-IAH, UNDER THE DIRECTiot-J oF LIEUT. CoL. R. F. FowLEr<. IN ADDITION TO THE
TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SURVEYS OV THE UNITED STATES CORPS OF ENGINEERS, A COMPf<EI-IENS IVE STUDY V/.~S tA,\DE IN 1936 UNDER THE DIRECT ION OF TilE Wt,TER RESOURCES
COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON, D. C., WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE \'/. P. t,. MJD COOPEP.AT ION OF TIJE EAST GEORG IA PLMJN ING COUNCIL. THE STUDY
DEALT WITH Tlll S SU!3JECT UNDER THE IJEf,D I NG OF 11 NAV IGAT I0~1 11 .THIS l S ONE OF THE USES OF WATER RESOURCES, TO WHICH ~HE COMMITTEE ASCRIBES MAJOR IMPORTANCE. THE COMMITTEE HAS LONG RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF NAVIGATION IN ITS RELATION PARTICULARLY TO DOMESTIC W~TERBORNE COMMERCE. INLAND WATERWAYS AND RIVER CHANNELS ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS II~ THE RECmltlE~JDED PLANS OF THE V/ATER f<ESOURCES Cm.1111TTEE OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. THIS COMMITTEE REPORTS ANNUALLY TO TIJE NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
F\ ICHMW C. Joo, 0 I RECTOR OF HIE STATE PLM~~~ I NG 00.1\F:D, IS CHA IRMMJ OF THE GEORG IA
WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE. THESE STUDIES ARE CONTINUING AND SUB-COMMITTEES ARE STUDVING rJAVIG/,TION AT Till!:. Tllt.E I~OR EACH WATER BASIN COMMITTEE.
FoR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING HARBOR RESOURCES AND PORT FACILITIES IT IS SUGGESTED THAT REPORTS OF THE UNITED SV.TES CORPS OF ENGINEEF:S MW THE \'IATEI< RESOURCES COMMITTEE BE REFERRED TO, AS WELL AS MAPS AND DATA OF THE U. S. HVDROGRAPHIC OFFICE AT SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, AND THE U. S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, WASHINGTON,
D. C.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL REVIEW LEADS UP TO PRESENT-DAV CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHE.\STEf<N REG I ON.
THE EARLIEST RECORD OF DISCOVERY, TO OE FOLLOWED ,BY SETTLEMENT AND TRADE~ IN THE f~EI:/ WORLD CENTEPS Otl THE ATLMH IC COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN I<EG ION OF THE UN ITED STATES. THEREFORE A STUDY OF PORTS AND WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF THIS REGION HAS A !3ACKGROUtJD THAT BEJ\f:s GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO THE GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES, AND

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CHAPTER I
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE
TillS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO ASSEMOLE AVAILABLE STATISTICS REGARDING WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF SEAPORTS ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND EAST GULF COASTS. REGIONAL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY WERE PLANNED TO ENABLE COI-lPAR I SONS BETI'IEEN GEORG I A PORTS AND THOSE MOST NEARLY SIMILAR AS TO CONDITIONS AND (OCATION, AND WITH WHICH GEORGIA PORTS MOST CLOSELY COMPETE. IT WAS HOPED THAT COMPARISONS COULD BE MADE or OTHER METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS VALUES OF COMMODITIES, OUT SUCH DATA WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHOUT A SPECIAL SURVEY.
IN THE COURSE OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS, THE STATE PLANNING BOARD DISCOVERED MANY INTERESTING AND RELATED FACTS. THUS IT WAS POSSIBLE TO INCLU~E DISCUSSIONS OF OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING PORT PROSPERITY ~NO PROGRESS.
SOVRCE OF DATA
A GREM DEAL OF DATA EXIST IN THE \1'/AR 0EPt.fcTMEi-JT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINt=:ERS, WASHINGTON, 0. C., WHICH ARE PUDLISHED ANNU:LLY UNDER THE CAPTION C01AMERCIAL STATISTICS - WATERBORNE ComERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE REPORTS OF THE UN 1 TED ST.nEs t.1At' 1T 1,,,E Col,1f.11 ss 1oN ( U. S. SH 1PP 1NG BoARD) -D 1v 1s 1oN oF RESEARCH, AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNiTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE -BUREAU OF roREIGN AND 00I1ESTIC COfIHERCE, CO~ITAIIJ OTHEr DA.TA.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, REPORTS PI<EPAPED OY THE \V.~R DEPARTMENT 1 S 8o,~RD Or ENGINEErS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS WERE FOUND TO BE VALUABLE, AND ITS PUBLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS POf'TS, DESIGNATED A~' PORT SERIES Nos. 3, 8, 9, AND 10, WERE REFERRED TO FREELY.
IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THIS REPORT OF THE ST~TE PLANNING BOARD WILL REPLACE IN ANY MEASURE THE ADOVE EXCELLENTLY PREPAPED PUBLICATIONS. I~OWEVER IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT, IN ORDER TO PRESENT A PICTURE OF THE TRENDS OF WATERBORNE COMMERCE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, SUCH A REPORT AS TillS WOULD MEET THE NEED FOR COMPILATION OF PORT STATISTICS, WHICH WOULD COMBINE THE DATA FROM SEVERAL ANNUAL REPORTS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES NAMED, TO SHOW TRENDS.

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IN 1562 HIE tRENCH HUGUENOT LEADCR, JEAfJ ? I 01\UL T, EXPLOrED THE ATLMJT I C

CO.-'IST. HE LMJDED ON i-'i,W 1ST Of" THAT YEM: f,T THC fIOUTH OF TilE ST. JOI1NS (~I VEf',

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IV~': I' t.i,W". TI-IEfiC!:: HE PrOCEEDED NOI:TH TO THE Pf'ESEt-JT LOCtT I OI'J

01- PORT ~OVAL, SouTII c~rOLIN .\, pt,::;SING E~l rOUTE THE GeorGIA cot.ST M"D Til[

GoLDEN SeA IsLANDS.

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F::JUIJDED Ill 1730. ~1AVMHJMI \'Jt,s IOUIJDED ics::_rt.tv 12TI1, 1733 ov GENEPt,L JM1ES Et:\'/MW ClGLETHorrc,
'li!iO LANDi::D IN CiL'RLIC:STOtJ mJ HIS vJr,v TO seTTLE THe Crwl'm CoLmN 01 GEC.Ji1GIA.
DARIEN WI'\':. rou11o:::o IN 1736 ov ScoTcH HISfiL,\NnErs FI'OI't N::::.roov ForT I~ING GeorGE,

WHICH WAS AN OUT-PO'T, OUILT DY 0GLCTHOIPC TO HILP Pf'OTECT SAVANNA!! FROM SPANISH

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C!'UtJS'.'/ICI< \'/,\S LAID O'_'l- .t..S /1 CIT'f ltl 1771. T111S VICINITY Ht.D OECN A CC:NTEP FJR TRADING ALL t-lMJNEr 01 PI'ODUCTS FT.' ,\ tJIJf.PEr OF YE!.:"'S. lUf':I~EVS TO FiMJCE, --T00/ICCO 1\NO Sf~ INS TO [NCLMJD, --MJD OTW:r: COf.lf100 IT I ES, GAINED IN EXCHANGE \'/I TH THE

INDIMJS, werE STM:n:o OI'J THE!: V/AY 1r:o:1 "Gut.L0UI1JI", "PLuG Po1rn", "CArTEr-::T Po!t-JT",

"r::cDEP.ICA 11 , ,\t-JD OHlEr H:A!'ItIG POSTS ltJ THIS VICitJITY. LATCP, AS PLf,NT/,TIONS 1'/Ef'E
Ul I 0 OUT /oLOtJG THE CO;\c-T, TI-lE l;: Pi:O::'UCE :/f.:, Tf'MJSI'Oi~TED OY I fJL.\ND W.'.TEI'It/A'(S. THE ALTf,f!oAI~A CMJ!,L FP-Oi1 THC:: SOUTH SIDE OF TIJE f.LTAf1t.]!,\ RiVER TO OruloJSWICI< t.ND THE 0GCE-
CI-IEE CAfoJAL, FROi,l THE 0GEECIJEE :'!VEl' TO SAVMmM~, '!/ERE E/lf':LY TESTIH8NI,\LS TO THE INDUSTF::Y MID V.'LUE OF lf/!.TEf: TR.~tiSPOi<Ti".TIOI~ :'LONG TilE GEORGIA COAC",T.
STRUGGLES OET'!IECIJ THE tPENCH i".tW SP1\fJ ISH, TIIEtJ IJETVJ:::EN THE SP,~N ISH f,NQ [NGL ISH, HINDERED THE USC Ole ST. JO!li'JS i.liVEI: FOr COtJf,tERCE. THC FRCIICH GUILT FOI'T CAROLII~::,

FOLLOWED ElY FOPT ST. tJICHOLAS OF Srr,NISIJ Of'IGIIoJ. THE eNGLISH CALLED TI-IEIF: SETTLEMEfH Cows FoRo rROI1 TH:: li~Df,\N "\'l,~cc,\ P!LIIn~A". FfiJi,LLY JACI~SONVJLLE \'lAS LAID ouT AS II CITY AT THE SITE OF CO':IS Foro IN 1822, ArJD NAf1CD FO~ THE /I.MEPICAN GENEP.AL,

ANDrEW JACKSON. FEf'NANDINA ALSO WAS SETTLED IN 1822.

TYPICAL OF THE EFFORTS TO SETTLE ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER WEf'E THE ATTEMPTS

TO ESTABLISH II SETTLEMENT AT PENSACOLA, FLOF:IDA. AN EFFORT FAILED IN 1559. THE

SECOND IITTici1PT li'J 1696 BY TilE SPM<IS!-1 PEYSISTED, UNTIL DESTROYED IN 1719 OY TilE

tROJCH. FINALLY I foJ 1763 PEt,SACOLA :Jt,DC ITS LAST f,ND SUCC<::SSFUL 010 TO OECO:iE A SETTLEf1EIH, .~NO OY THE Lf,TE 1780'S B~GMJ TO Gil I tJ Pr:or.ll ~JENCE AS ~~ POrT.
f,1031LE, AL;\OM-111 1.'/.~S FOUNDED lei 1702 GY THE FrENCH. TMWA 'Nf,S PEPtlf,NEiHLY FOUND[ 0 IN 1823. ~.i I Afoll , mE tJEWE S T SOU TIE RN P0:-1, 'NilS L,~ I 0 OUT IN 1896.

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FROM A PELAT IVE STANDPOINT, TO HE GROWTH OF THE AMEP ICAN CotJT I NENTS. THERE IS MUCH INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE PORTS
OF THIS REGION, WHICH HAS GROWN OUT OF SPANISH AND FRENCH fNFLUENCES, FOLLOWED BY ENGLISH COLONIZATION AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
THE GREAT RESOJRCES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION or THE UNITED STATES ATTRACTED ALL OF THE MOr'E POWERFUL EUROP::Afl NATIONS. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE r::NGL ISH COLONIES VIEPE FAIRLY WELL EcTADLISI1ED, HOWC:VEr, THAT DEVELOPt1ENT OF i'ESOUPCES WAS STM'T<:::D. RECORDS ARE EXTANT OF SHIPLOADS OF TOBACCO, RICE AND LUMBER, FOLLOWED BY COTTON, NAVAL STORES, AND OTHER COMMODITIES, WHICH FLOWED INTO THE RAPIDLY GROWING OCEAN TRADE OF THE 18TH, 19TH :,tJD EARLY 20TH (ENTUR IES.
THE INVENTION OF THE COTTON GIN DY Ell ~HITNEY IN 1793 WAS A DOON TO SOUTHERN
COI1MEPCE, SINCE UNEQUALED. As THE L~ND FRONTIERS MOVED FARTHEr WEST, LAND TRANSPOR-
TATION ~ETHODS KEPT PACE ~ITH TillS GROWTH AND PROGRESS, BUT THE GREAT SHIPPING INDUSTRY HAS NOT FULLY REALIZED THE POTENTIALITIES or ITS PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES.
OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DECADES RAW MATERIALS HAVE BEEN EXPORTED IN LESSENING QUANTITIES, WHILE EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED MATERIALS INCREASED. THE SUPERFICIAL STIMULUS PROVIDED TO FORE(GN SHIPPING BY THE WORLD WAR DROUGHT TO A PEAK A LONG PERIOD OF PORT PROSPERITY. THE HINTERLAND UPON WHICH PORTS DEPEND GRADUALLY HAS BECOME MOPE SELF-RELIANT AND SELF-SUSTAINING THROU31~ DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING PLANTS, WHICH USE NEAR-BY RAW MATERIALS IN STEADILY INCREASING QUANTITIES. THE WORLD WAR ACCENTED THE ADVISABILITY OF PROCESSING AMERICAN-GROWN RAW MATERIALS FOP HOME CONSUMPTION IN ADDITION TO FOREIGN USE.
THROUGHOUT THE PRESENT SCHEHE OF COt1f't.Er;C I AL .~NO IIJDUSTR I AL TREtJDS RUNS .~ TENDENCY TO DE -CENTRALIZE, AND TO BREAK DOV/N HIGHLY SPECIAl I ZED ORGANIZATIONS. WHILE HII S TRANSIT ION IS H,K I NG PUCE, IT SEEMS F ITT If~G TO PRESENT THC PICTURE OF LATTER-DAY CONDITIONS.
PRESENT CONDITIONS REQUIRE STUDY OF COMPARATIVELY RECENT T~ENDS TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. VOLUMES OF TRADE FLUCTUATE ALARifiNGLY, AND SOME PORTS HAVE SUFFERED REVERSES IN RECENT YEARS. TO CARE FOR EXISTING DOMESTIC COMMERCE, AND TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT "SWING OF THE PENDULUM" TOWARD AN EXPANDED WORLD TRADE IS TOO VASTLY IMPORTANT A PURPOSE TO BE DE,\LT \'liTH LIGHTLY.
8~GINNING WITH PONCE DE LEON'S DISCOVERY OF THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA !N 1512, THERE FOLLOWED A PERIOD OF EXPLORATION. DUPING THE FOLLOWING 50 YEARS OTIIER SPANISH EXPLORERS MADE EXTENSIVE VOYAGES, AND DISCOVERED MANY NATURAL HARBORS.

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INDUSTRIALIZATION OF SAVANNAH AND IMPROVED PORT FACILITIES OF MoBILE IN RECENT YEARS HAVE HELPED THE ECOI'JOH IC cmJD IT ION OF THESE TWO PORTS. THIS SHOULD DE REFLCCTED IN POPULATION INCREASES IN TilE 1940 U. S. CENSUS. THE CITY BOUNDARIES OF SAVANNAH HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. WHILE LOSSES IN POPULATION ARE MOSTLY DUE TO EMIGRATION, ABNORMAL GAINS IN PORT CITIES ~AY DE ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO IMMIGRATION AND EXTENDED CIT'/ L If-.1 ITS, E ITIIER OF WI-I ICll FACTOf'.S MAY INDICATE IMPROVED ECONOr:ll C COND IT IOtJS.
ALTHOUGH THE GEORGIA PORTS HAVE AN ACCOUNTABLE FOREIGN BORN POPULATION, IT IS LESS THAN 3 PERCENT AT SAVANNAH AND ABOUT 2 PERCENT AT 0RUNSVJICK.
THE NEGRO POPULATION OF THESE TWO PORT CITIES DOES NOT VARY GREATLY FROM THE STATE AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT FOR URBAN CENTERS. THIS PROVIDES AN AMPLE ,SUPPLY OF LABOR, INCLUDING STEVEDORES. IT IS PARTICULARLY THIS CLASS OF LABOR TIIAT REr;JUIRES Ef.1PLOYt<1ENT IN THE SHIPPING BUSINESS IN PORT CITIES.

PoPULATION OF THE SouTHEASTERN REGION

NoRTH CAROLINA SouTH CAROLINA GEORGIA FLORIDA ALABAMA TENNESSEE

1920 2,559,123
1,683,724
2,895,832 968,470
2,348,174
.,_ 337..&2

1910 2,206,287
1,515,400 2,609,121
752,619
2,138,093 2,184,789

1900 1,893,810 1,340,31.6 2,21.6,331
528,542 1,828,697
2,020&1

1890 1;617,949
1,151,149 1,837,352
391,422 1,513,401 1_,_767,518

1880 1.,399,750
995,577 1,542,180
269,493 1,262,505
1!542,35';t

ToTAL

12,793,208 11,406,309

9,828 ,312.

8,278,792

7,011,864

uPE,P-sC.ENTTOTOAFL

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12.4

12.9

13.1

14.0

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1930

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UROAN

NoRTH CAROL 1N/.\ SouTH CAROLINA

48,740 30,495

3,170,276 1,738,765

65.0 57.0

809,847 371,080

2,360,429 1,367,685

25.5 21.3

GEORGIA

58,725

2,908,506

49.5

895,492 2,013,014

30.8

FLORIDA

54,861

1,488,211

26.8

759,778

70P,433

51.7

ALAGAMA

51,279

2,646,248

51.6

744,273 1,901i975

28.1

TENNESSEE

41.t.287

2!616.L.22

62.8

.Q96,538 1!720,018

34.3

ToT,\L

285,787 14,548,562

50.9 4,477,008 10,071,554

30.8

uPE.RCsE.NTTOTOAFL

9.6

11.8

6.5

18.7

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THESE PORTS HAVC CECOf,1E THE TERH I N.ALS FOR WATEfWOPfJE COI11vlEP.CE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION.
SoUTI:!E/\STEt'N REGIOIJ or THE UNITED STATES
THE REGION, REFERRED TO HEREIN, CONSISTS OF THE STATES OF NORTH CArOLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, ALABAMA, AND TENNESSEE. THE PRINCIPAL PORTS ARE:
WILMINGTON, N. c.' CHARLESTON, s. c.' SAVANNAH, GA.' 0RUNSWICK, GA.' FERNANDINA,
FLA.' JACKSONVILLE' FL,~.' HI Mt. I ' FLA.' TAt.IPA' Fu.. ' PENSACOLA' FLA'' AND r.\031 LE' ALA.
VIH I LE THERE ,~RE OTHE F: PORTS LOCf1 TED IN THIS REG I ON, THE IF EST ABL I SH~1ENT IS EITHER TOO RECENT OR PRESENT AVAILABLE DATA TOO NEGLIGIBLE FOR ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT.
TI~ESt: SIX STATES HAVE A TOTAL LAND M'EA OF 285,787 SQU1\PE MILES, VII TH POPULATION OF 15,747,000 (1936 ESTIMATE). THE AREA COMPRISES 9.6 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL UNITED STATES LAND AREA, AND THE POPULATION COMPRISES 12.3 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL UNITED STATES POPULATION.
PoPULATION
POPULATION OF THE SoUTHEASTERN REGION, AND OF ITS PORTS, CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THIS STUDY.
POPULATION TP.CtJDS OF THC:: PORT CITIES HAV:C: A DIPECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE TRENDS OF THEIR WATERBORNE COMMERCE. THE POPULATIONS OF PORT CITIES GENERALLY ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE STABLE THAN THOSE OF INDUSTRIAL CENTERS AND RURAL SECTIONS. MIGRATION DUE TO SHIFTING OCCUPATIONAL CLASSES NORMALLY IS NOT 50 GREAT.
EXCLUDING FLORIDA PORTS, WHOSE POPULATION TRENDS HAVE BEEN ABNORMAL fOR THE PAST 30 YEAR.S, LARGELY DUE TO THE TOURIST INDUSTRY, THE OTIIER REGION1'L POP.TS SHOWED 110RE THAN THE REGIONAL INCREASE IN POPUU T I ON 8ET'.'./EEN 1910 AND 1920. HOWEVER, IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930 WILMINGTON, CHARLESTON AND BRUNSWICK LOST 3 PERCENT, 8 PERCENT AND 3 PERCENT RESPECTIVELY OF THEIR NET POPULATIONS. SAVANNAH GAINED 28 PEP~ENT BETWEEN 1910 AND 1920 GUT ONLY 2 PERCENT BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930. M031LE GAINED 18 PERCENT DURING 1910 AND 1920, AND ONLY 12 PERCENT BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930.
FROM 1880 TO 1910 ALL REGIONAL PORTS SHOWED RATHER REMARKABLE INCREASES IN POPULATION.

AN~ THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE GEORGIA SEABOARD HAS MANY WELL DEVELOPED PORT FACILITIES, AS WELL AS PO-
TENTIALITIES IN HARBOR AND NAVIGATION rESOURCES. SOON AFTER SAVANNAH WAS ESTABLISHED, IT W~S DETERMINED BY PLANNERS or THAT DAY THAT THERE WERE OTHER VALUABLE HARBOR RESOURCES ALONG THE COAST. IN COLONIAL DAYS, THE OLD TOWN or SUNBURY, NOW IN LIBERTY COUNTY, RIVALED SAVANNAH IN VOLUME AND IMPORTANCE OF COAST-WISE TRADE.
\

7

NonH c~~OL I Nf,
Soun1 Ct>.:~:L 1':11 Gc:JRGIA FLORIDA i\LAGM.1A TErJNESSEE TOTAL
PERCENT OF
U. S. TOTAL

EsTI~ATED PoPuLATION oY STATES

JULY 1,l9]C,
3,457,000 1,860,000 3,060,000 1,642,000 2,864,000 2,864,000 15,747,000

JULY 1, 1937
3 "~92 ,000 1,875,000
3,085,000 1,670,000 2,895,000 2,893,000 15,910,000

12.3

12.3

PoPULAT 1ON - S. E. PeG 1oNAL Pm:I.?.

c. VJ IU.11 NGTON , ~J. s. c. CHARLESTON,
SAV,\NN.<\H' GA. BRUNSWICK, GA FERN/,ND INA, tLA. JACKSONVILLE, tLA. f.11AMI, FLA. TAf.1PA' FLA. PENSACOLA, FLA. r.1oB ILE, ALA.
s. SuO. URCECDOFJSUDSAT:AJU: RE AU

1930
32 ,J?O 62,295 85,024 14,022
3,0?J 129,549 110,637 101,161
31,579 68,202

1920
33,372 67,957 83,252 14,413
3,:!.-17 91,558 29,571 51,608 31,035 60,777

1910
25,748 58,833 65,064 10,182
3,482 57,699
5,471 37,782 22,982 51,521

1900
20,976 55,807 54,244
9,081 3,245 28,429 1,681 15,839 17,747 38,469

1890
20,056 54,<:J'55 43,189
8,459 2,803 17,201
5,532 11 '750 31,076

1880
17,350 49,984 30,709
2,891 2,565 7,650
720 6,845 29,132

/\ VEfN li1PORTANT P,~RT OF TillS STUDY IS THE HYDPOGI:APHIC FORIMTION OF GEORGIA'S COAST.
GEORGIA HAS A COAST-LINE OF ADOUT 100 STATUTE MILES ON THE ATLANTIC 0CCAN. Tf~ SOUTHEASTERN REGION, OF WltiCH GEORGIA OCCUPIES APPROXIMATELY THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER, IS AMPLY SUPPLIED WITH COAST-LINE, ALTHOUGH IN ITS ENTIPE LENGTil THERE DOES NOT EXIST 100 CONSECUTIVE MILES OF HARBOr AND NAVIGATIONAL FESOURCES TO COMPARE WITH THOSE OF GEORG I A,.
STUDY OF THE FRONTISPIECE ~AP SHO~S THAT, IN ADDITION TO GEORGIA 1 S PORTS AT SAVANNAH, DARIEN, BRUNSWICK AND ST. MARYS, THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL PORT SITES IN NATURAL HARBOrS LOCATED IN THE LARGER ESTUARIES OF GEORGIA'S RIVERS.
PRACTICALLY ALL PORTS OF THE SoUTHEAc,TERN REG I ON ARE IN CLOSE PrOXIMITY TO THE BOUNDARIES OF GEORGIA. FoR THIS REASON, MANY OF GEORGIA'S PRODUCTS MAY BE TRANSPORTED TO ALL PORTS OF THE REGION. THENCE THESE PRODUCTS OF GEORGlA'S EXTENSIVE NATURAL RESOURCES GO INTO FOREIGN COMMERCE OR DOMESTIC TRADE, EITHER TO THE PACIFIC COAST IN INTERCOASiAL TRADE OR DY COAST-WISE SlliPMENT, ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST

10
MAY BE USED AS PROJECTIONS TO THE FUTURE. IF NEW OR UNTOWARD FACTORS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED SINCE 1935, OR OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, THEIR INFLUENCE WOULD OBVIOUSLY AFFECT THESE CALCULATED TRENDS.
TONNAGE TRENDS OF THE REGION AND THE PORT OF SAVANNAH COMPARE FAVORABLY WITH THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES, USUALLY EXCEEDING THEM, EXCEPTING IMPORTS AND COASTWISE SHIPMENTS: TONNAGE TRENDS OF THE PORT OF BRUNSWICK GENERALLY INDICATE A LESS PROMISING ASPECT AS COMPARED WITH THE UNITED STATES TRENDS, EXCEPTING IMPORTS, WHICH ARE A SMALL PART OF BRUNSWICK'S COMMERCE.
TRENDS OF VALUE OF WATERBORNE COMMERCE, WITH THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF 0 0THER THAN COJ,STVJISE" DOI',1ESTIC COMh1ERCE, HAVE DECLINED FOR TI~E REGION AND THE GEOHGIA PORTS. THE DECLINING TREND IN THE VALUE OF SAVANNAH'S COMMERCE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING. THE VALUE OF TillS PORT'S COMMERCE HAS BEEN FAR ABOVE THE AVERAGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND STILL REMAINS HIGH.

9

CHAPTER II
ANALYSIS OF SloTISTICS

CH.-'IPTER I, UNDER "Pur:~ POSE ,~ND SCOPE", CONTAINS A GENERAL DESCRIPTION, AND AC-

KNOWLEDGES SOURCES, OF THE STATISTICS HEREIN, TABULATION OF WHICH HAS BEEN THE

MAJOR PORTION OF THIS STUDY. ALL TABULATIONS HAVE BEEN NUMBERED AND APPEAR IN NU-

MERICAL ORDER, BEGINNING WITH AN INDEX ON PAGE 55. THE SOURCE OF DATA IS SHOWN AT TilE FOOT or EACH T/IOLE.

THIS CHAPTER DEt,LS WITH TABLES tJos. 1-7 (FOHEIGN COMMERCE), AND 24-34 (DOf,JES-

TIC COf-111ERCE) , VJH ICH SHO'I/ THE TONNt,GES AND Vr LUES FOP E/ICH '(L\R, lOTH FOP THE rE-

GION AND THE INDIVIDUAL PORTS, DURING THE PERIODS CHOSEN FOH STUDY. THESE PERIODS

WERE 1920-1935 FOR FOREIGN COMMERCE, 1920-1937 FOR DOMESTIC WATERBORNE COMMERCE. THESE STATISTICS f,JUST BE CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT or ~.!ANY CONTRIBUTING FACTORS,
WHICH ARE VARIED IN SCOPE :'.ND IMPORTANCE. INDIVIDU,\L PORT STUDIES .~RE NEEDED TO

ACCOUNT FOR AND EXPLAIN IRREGULARITIES SHO~N FROM YEA~ TO YEAR IN THE DIFFERENT

PO~TS, SUCH AS THE FLUCTUATIONS IN MOVEMENTS OF COMMODITIES. COTTON, PETROLEUM,

NAVAL STORES, LUNDER, AND SO rORTH, FLUCTUATE WITH SUPPLY AND DEMAND, AND ARE INFLU-

ENCED BY FREIGHT RATE DIFFERENTIALS AND PORT CHARGES.

IN ORDER TO VIEW THESE STATISTICS FREELY, ASIDE FROM COI1PLICATING CONDITIONS,

THE FOLLOI'/ING GRAPHIC ANALYSES HAVE OEEN PFEPARED.

STRAIGHT LINE TRENDS

THESE GRAPHS INDICATE TRENDS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF COMMERCE IN SUCH FORM

AS TO PERMIT COMPARATIVE ANALYSES.

NOTE: THE 1-1ETilOD USED IN THESE Cf,LCULATIONS IS A flr\THEt<IATICAL FORt1ULA I~J

WHiCH THE X 11 11 COLUMN EQUALS THE ACTUAL TONNAGE OC: V/,LUE FOR EACH YE:r'IR, MJD THE Y 11 11

COLUMN REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF YEARS BACKWARD AND FORWA~D FROM THE HALF-WAY POINT

OF THE 16 YEr'I<'S COVERED. THE VALUES OF Y 11 1' COLUMN ARE MINUS FrWM 1927 TO 1920, AND

PLUS FROM 1928 TO 1935.

THE

DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN

THE

SUt~MATIOtJS

~F

THE

111NUS

XY 11

11

ITEMS ,\ND THE PLUS 11 XY 11 ITEMS IS DIVIDED BY THE SUMMATION OF "Y " COlUt.1NS TO GIVE

THE ANNUAL INCREMENT OR DECREMENT IN TONS OR DOLLARS. THESE INCREMENTS OR DECRE-

MENTS ARE THEN APPLIED TO THE ARITilMETICAL AVERAGES (TOTAL TONS, OR DOLLARS, FOR 16

YEARS DIVIDED OY 16). THEREFORE THE 1920 CALCULATED TREND FIGURES, SHOWN UNDER

EACH G~APH, REPRESENT A MATHEMATICAL STARTING POINT, AND APE NOT ACTUAL.

REFERENCE TO THE TABULATIONS WILL SHOW THAT, IN SOME INSTANCES, TRENDS FOR THE

STUDY PERIOD MAY DE BROKEN INTO TWO OR THREE PERIODS. HOWEVER THESE CREAKS OCCUR

IRREGULARLY. THEREFORE A STRAIGHT LINE TREND FOP THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF SIXTEEN

YEARS IS PROVIDED, SO THAT THE TRENDS ARE CONSISTENTLY COMPARABLE, AND GENERALLY

12
'i
I j

:L9?0

1 925

-..;-~f-
116,000
To1~s

T Q T 1~ L

i 'J :" E I G ii C 0 :.1 t', c_ :~ C E: % Tmm,\GE CHHJGE--
%VALUE CHANGE - - -

1930

1
"

g~=;
~-~

---

?00

---

j 9?0

1925

1930 1935

lSO ---
;so---

---140---

---1.20---

-- --- -25o/n

--- 1.005'--- '
30---

--~ :,... _-_ .-.... _-

-':>..,.;;-70

60---

40---

~'0 - - -

$9,000,000

0--6,289 Toils

-- 25o/n
...::!!._7p $351,000

EXP0 RTS

'..9?0

U:l 'ED ST,~ ES

. ..

1...

'3~0 ~

--

?00 - - - 1920

S. :~



~

::~G: Qf.J
- 1. 9l0

1935.

.lGO - - ---160---

--- 140 - - -

- - - : 1?.0 - - -

-- - --- ~r---

---100%---

,...
~

80---

~-

-- - 60
--... _,.,.,.n-_

10

40

20

68,000 Tor.1s

$5,600,000

0--3,:S70
Tot:s

- -21%
- -~"':.%
$248,000

19?0

UNITED STATES

19?. 5

1- 930

1935 --- 200 --- 1920

S. E . REG I OfJ

1925

1930

1935

48,000 TONS

---180---

- - - 1GO - - -

---140---

---120 ---

- - 7 0 . 1 . .
1--

--- 100?0---

"!"70

80 ---

60

4(i

---- - ~r---_

-";!nO/ ~
-ss-,0.,/-

--~~3 ,400,000

20
0--?,719 ToNs

$103,000

S T P /1 I G H T L I ~J E T :~ E n D S
ToTr,L \VATEr:oorNE Cot.Ji1ERCE 1920-1935
PERCENT oF TonNAGE CHt,NGE Pcr;cc:tn OF VALUE CIIMJGE ~
1920 CALCULATED TrEND FIGURES = 100%
(SHOWN BELOW EACH GRAPH)

(Aoo 000 TO ToNNAGE & V~Luc)

UNITED STATES

s. E. REGtON

192- 0 192-5

1-- 930 19]5 ---- 200

1920 1925

1930 193

---- 180

----160

- --------- ~ -

+2~ ---- 140
----120

---- 100%----

'-::-,:;;;;;,-

,u

80

60

~ "
--~..... z':"~

:.19,000 TotJS

$23,700,000

15,000 TONS

$1,200,000

BRUNSWICK

19?0 1925

1930 1935 ----200

1920

~

1930

_,

----180

---- --~
.......

----160

_n/
~

----140 ----120

----100%----

80

GO

..;:: /'I'U.

......:::...,

40

~- -~

-- - -~OL ~----~,~

2,000 TONS

$542,000

0
830 TotJS

$39,700

14

T 0 T A L D 0 H E S T I C C 0 MME R C E

%TONNAGE CHANGE-% VALUE CI~ANGE--

UNITED STATES

s. E. REGION

1920 1925

1930

. 1935 - - - - 200 - - - - 1920 192'-1 '

1930

193- 5

---- 180 ----

'

--r---

---- 160 ----

. n/,
~

-------

140 120

-------

- ---...., 100%----

-A.02

80 ----

.10{.2..

---- -~

-- ~ ----

---3-t-1-0-=L--

60 ----

40 ----

20 ----

403,000
ToNs

$14,700,000

0---8,745
ToNs

$870,000

COASTWISE

UNITED STATES

s. E. REGION

1920 19,25
v
L
./'.

1930 1935 ---- 200 ---- 1920 1925 1930 1935

Q..o,Of~

L:_ ---- 180 ----

k1z:Q

/
-

---- 160 ------- 140 ----
+5'J/O - - - - 120 - - - --1----- 100%-...,.-80 ----

-------

~
--

~
~
r-..:..:~

60 ----

40----

20----

136,000
TONS

$9,100,000

0---6,394
TONS

$797,000

OTHER DOMESTIC

UNITED STATES

s. E. REGION

1920 1925 1930 1935

200

1920 1- 925

1930

- 193")

180 ----

160 ----

-\'A~

-- ---- ---:- .',"_'o'/~.- - - :...,... __

140 ---120 ---100%----

:~

t-:

.--

~
----

~--.:n.;
+ &.""/(

r----=
- ts'?'o

80 ----

,.

60----

40----

20 ----

267,000
TONS

0

$5,600,000

2,351

Tows

(ADD 000 To ToNNAGE & VALUE)

$73,000

T 0 T A L F 0 R E ! G N C 0 M~ E R C E

% Torw,;GE CHANGE--
%VALUE CHANGE------

SAVANNAH
1920 1925 1930

0RUNSWICK 1935 ~--- 200 - - - - 1920 1925 1930

1935

---- 180 ----

---- 160 ----

---- 140 ----

- --- - ............... ....... ........

-24%

......... ........ ....

---~....~... ;k

---- 120 ------- 100%----
80 ---60 ---40 ----

.........

20 ----

~
- ""'".::::-.-... -:.4s% :::'.:.-. -....,. ~ .....

950 TONS

$154,000

0 236 TONS

$15,400

1920

SAV,\Nf<AH
1925 1930

1935

........... ~ .......
!"'-- ...
........
.........

-24J6
...,.
-.....:-~~ .......

<)1) i TotJS

$113,000

EXPORTS

1920 200 ----

GRu;JS\'11 cK 1925 1930

1935

180----

160 ----

140----

120 ----

100%---80----
60----
40----
::.''! ___ _

~

~
....... ~ ~'~;;-

0 162 Tor<s

$13,600

IMPORTS

1920

SAVJ.NNAH
1925 1- 930

1935

BRUNSWICK
200---- 1920 192"-' 1- 930

1935

180----

160----

14o----

........ .........
, ~ .....~ ........ ........

-24%

120---1 0 0 % - - - ...
80----
Go----

----- -- -

-10~

-,~ "b

... ..0.
""<.(0

4o----

"'

20----

0

5L!3

$41,000

74

$1,800

ToNs

TONS

(ADD ooo To ToNNAGE & VALUE)

:t6

T 0 T A L C 0 A S T W I S E C 0 WN E R C E

%ToNNAGE CHANGE-%VALUE CHANGE------

UNITED STATES

s. E. REGION

1920 1925 1930 1935

1920 1925 1930 1935

/
/_

v

"'~0!_9.-:

----

200 180

----

....- / L_

----160 ----140

..........

--~ +5'10 ----120
1----..,.-.;;_ ___ 100%----

~

~1~'

----- - - - 80

-~~_g.

60

40

136,000 TONS

20

$9,100,000

0 6,394 TONS

$797,000

SHIPMENTS

UNITED STATES

s E REGION

1q2o

1925

1930 1935
.olo _

- 200

192- 0

~ ----180

/---

---- 160 ----

1925

1930 193. ~-'

/
~

---- 140 ----
+I% ----120 ----
---- 100%------- 80 ------- 60 ----

- --- - --

+ 22/o

--,_

46~'

40 ----

20 ----

10,000 TONS

$4,500,000

2,855 ToNs

$346,000

RECEIPTS

UNITED STArEs

1920 1925

1930 1~35

,,,1- ' S. E REG ION

~~

1920 1925

1930

)(9ij?

200

z

/
/""'

_,../

---- 180 ------- 160 ----

- - - - .!_.:f:J - - - -
-o I

/ / /

-- ---- ---- L--

_:!..~~

'/

---'-- 100%----

80----

-.?sO_/,,.

60 ----

66.000
To~Js

40 ----

20 ----

$4,600,000

0 3,539

TONS
(ADD ooo To ToNNAGE & VALUE)

$451,000

15 T 0 T A L 0 0 ~1 E S T I C C 0 r.J 1': E ~ C E
% TONNAGE CHMJGE----
%VALUE CHANGE------

SAVANNAH
J920 1925 1930

1935

1920 200 ----'

IJRUNSWICK
1925 1930

19l5

__~ ....

I
-\'~

----

180

----

v ./v

---- 160 ------- 140 ----

---- 120

- - - - 100%

r-- ..... _

80----

~ .....~%

60 - - - -4:' - - - -

--.

110/,.
... _
- r-:_~~

.1 ,081 To!JS

$388,000

:. ----594

$24,300

CO;\STI'i I SE

SAVM-JflfiH

IJpur;SV/1 CK

1- 920 1~ 9?.'C-

1930

- - 193'C ----

200

----

19~ ?0

19?S '----'

19-l0

-"'

---- 180 ---,--

A90/o_,

~

---- 160 ----

~ ~
--- - - r----.....

---- 140 ----

---- 120 ----

---- 100%----

80----

-~}'~

60---40 ----

20----

------- .to/. ~ __......._ -s..,.fJ/ _~

973
TOi'JS

$385,600

0

413

ToNs

$18,000

0 I
I I SAVM1NAH

OTHEi- DO! !EST IC

IJrur!S\'1 I CK

1920 1925 1930

~0/

_, /

8' l~Y

v -i.j'

~ /

v1 /

1935

200

1920 1925 1930 193::-

180----

160----

140 ----

---- 120 ----

100%---80----

-=:::.:: ~-- ~--21%
~

6r) - - - -

~0

-4~.~ - - - -

' ' I . - - - - ..:.:.~

lC8 TONS

$2,400

c----
181

TONS

(Aoo ooo To ToNNAGE & VALUE)

$6,300

TOTAL WATERBORNE COMMERCE
SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF UNITED STATES
SIXTEEN YEAR AVERAGE Cl920-1935)
l:
1ft

u
G

F

0 F

M A'

=STAT! STICS=
ADO COQQ) TO TONNAGES AND VALUES
AVERAGE PERCENT AVERAGE PERCENT NO NAME OF PORT TONNAGE OF REGION VALUE OF REGION
::1::::~~'A.~1~EGsTf'oNN:: :::::::::::2 ~~~:::::::. :~~ 7.::::::::$ I jf ~t!:::::.:: lg ?o:::::
t : ~::::~~~~~~~f~~::::::::::::::2 ~!~ ::::.::1~ 3 7o..::::::$ ~~ ~!i:::::~::3f 7o:::::
::t:::1~~~~:~~;~:~~:::::::::::: 2!g::::::::::::::~ 7o::::::::$ I~: ti::::::::I! 7o:::::
::t5::::~~~Tt~.~-~~.::::~::::::::::2 ~~~ :::::::::::::ti h::::::::$ IT~ ~~~ :::::::: tT ?o:::::

......._~----=--

-~-~

TON BOARD-AUGUST 1938 W.P.A. OF GA. O.P.-465-34-3-253

--.-.

-~--- . ---

~-- - - --- -

T 0 T A L C 0 A S T W I S E C 0 MME R C E
%%ToNNAGE CHANGE-->~
VALUE CHANGE~~~-

SAVANNAH

1920 1925

1930 1935 ---- 200

v-

~g~ ---- 180 - - - -

v ....---

---- 160 ---- - - - :~/tO - - - -

_ ~ .............

- - - - :~_?0 - - - ---- 100%----

-I-..._

"
.._...C.. .J..7.._..%,o
.......

80 ----
60 ----
40 ----

20 ----

BRUNSWICK

1925

1930 193"i

------ -- --_of_ -~ I-1- -s,oL

9(3 TONS

$385,000

413 TONS

$18,000

SHIPMENTS

SAVANNAH 1920 1925 1930

BRUNSWICK 1935 - - - 200 ---- 1920 1925 1930

1935

----, -__.....
370 TONS

---- 180 ------- 160 ----
~ ~J - - - - 1~-0 - - - -
---- 1?0 ----

'......:~% .....
$183,400

80---60---40---20----
::----

----- 1--1--

_,
~
--- =-~o
$11,300

RECEIPTS

1920

SAVANNAH 1925 1930 ~935
Q'?)u~
v

/
/ .....

- -- /' .......... ... ___,'K

......

13RUNSWICK 200 - - - 1920 1925 1930

1935

180----
lGC ---240----

___ ....... ~.~

----- _ 120----

100%---- .......

so----

..... .......

6() ----
40----

...... - :...?19-f
........

20----

603

$202' 200

---- 205

TONS

TONS
(Aoo 000 To ToNNAGE &VALUE)

$6,700

20
CoMPARISONs oF 16 YEAR AvERAGEs THE FORM OF THE FOLLOWING GRAPHS GIVES CROSS-SECTIONAL VIEWPOINTS OF THE THREE
LARGER CLASSES, NAMELY, TOTAL COMMERCE, FOREIGN COMMERCE AND COASTWISE DOMESTIC COMMERCE.
OTHER DOMESTIC COMMERCE, WAlCH COMBINES INTERNAL RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS AND RIVER TRAFFIC, IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO GEORGIA 1 S PORTS AT THIS TIME. SPASMODIC CHANGES, WHICH POINT TO CONSIDERABLE INCREASE OF THIS GENERAL CLASS OF DOMESTIC COMMERCE, MAKE IT ADVISABLE TO OMIT COMPARISONS. SUCH COMPARISONS, BASED ON THE PERIOD 1920-1935, WOULD NOT PRESENT A TRUE PICTURE. THE RECENT COMPLETION OF A 6-FOOT CHANNEL IN THE RIVER FROM SAVANNAH TO AUGUSTA HAS AN IMPORTANT BEARING UPON INTERNAL COMMERCE. THE NEW PAPER PULP PLANTS ARE USING RIVER CHANNELS AND THE INLAND
WATERWAY FOR TRANSPORTING PULP WOOD. A RECENT REDUCTION IN THE RAIL RATE OF PETRO-
LEUM, IN COMPETITION WITH CHEAPER WATER RATES, WHICH HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER DEVELOPMENT, IS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF CHANGES WHICH ARE AFFECTING THE MOVEMENT OF OTHER DOMESTIC COMMERCE. THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NEXT
THREE TO FIVE YEARS IS NEEDED BEFORE PROPER COMPARISONS MAY BE MADE. A LONGER
PERIOD WILL BE NEEDED, UPON WHICH TO OASE DEPENDABLE TREND ANALYSIS. IT IS SIGNIFICANT, HOWEVER, THAT CHANGES POINT TO IMPROVEMENT AND INCREASE IN THIS TYPE OF DOMESTIC COMMERCE.
ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE REGIONAL TOTAL TONNAGE IS FOREIGN COMMERCE, WHEREAS LESS THAN ONE-FIFTH OF THE UNITED STATES TOTAL TONNAGE IS FOREIGN. THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY SIGNIF~CANT IN VIEW OF THE LARGE VOLUME OF TONNAGE HANDLED INTERNALLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
OTHER COMPARISONS OF 16 YEAR AVERAGES ARE GE~~RALLY CONSISTENT, AS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REGION, AND THE REGION AND GEORGIA PORTS. HOWEVER THE EXCESS OF COASTWISE RECEIPTS OVE~ COASTWISE SHIPMENTS IN BOTH THE REGION AND GEORGIA PORTS, AS COMPARED WITH THE UNITED STATES, 15 NOTEWORTHY. THIS EXCESS OF RECEIPTS MAY BE ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO RECEIPTS OF PETROLEU~ IN COASTWISE TRADE.
WITH RESPECT TO COMPARISONS OF AVERAGE VALU~, STUDY OF THE GRAPHS INDICATES THAT THE UNITED STATES AVERAGES ARE HIGHER FOR FOREIGN COMMERCE. IN COASTWISE COMMERCE THE RECEIPTS AVERAGE HIGHER FOR THE REGION, WITH THE GEORGIA PORTS APPROXIMATELY EQUALING THE UNITED STATES AVERAGE PROPORTIONS.
THE COMMERCE OF GEORGIA PORTS COMPARES FAVORABLY WITII TRENDS AND AVERAGES OF BOTH T~IE REGION AND THE UNITED STATES. THESE DATA INDICATE CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM IN VIEWING THE FUTURE OF GEORGIA'S WATE~BORIIE COMMERCE.

PORT OF SAVANNAH

SEABOARD AIR LINE TERMINAL

}'

........... /

t

' ..- .. 2 ;;~',

._.

~> >

,:"''

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA TERMINAL
- OcEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY-

WATERBORNE COMMERCE
1920-1935
SIXTEEN YEAR AVERAGE

COMPARISON OF PORTS-REGION TO U.S.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TONNAGE

AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE

1---1--t---J----\1 FO1R8E~I0GN 1---1---+--+--1

c z
:::j

1"1

r-0

(I>

~-l

~ H I ~ FOREIGN 25'Yo

DOMESTIC

I I (I> :0

~

I

66 % I

1L "' -;1,:, I

SHORT TONS-ADD (000) REGION COMMERCE UNITED STATES

5505---- FOREIGN---- - 101 390
liS 56--- -DOMESTIC----- 475 599

17 051

TOTAL

576 989

5.4 %{PERCENTAGE }3.3% 2.4 7o oF REGION 5.1 %

2.9 7o

TO U.S,

4.5%

DOLLARS -ADD (000) REGION COMMERCE UNITED STATES

243 467-- --FOREIGN----- 7 382 221 740244-- --ooMESTic---- -14 411 595

983 711

TOTAL

21 793 816

JiQTI.

I! I~f ~~~~~~~~~~!!1!~~!!1

REGIONAL *GEORGIA

PORTS-EXCLUDE ~T.MARYS C. DARIEN GA,
PORTS-SAVANNAH .. BRUNSWICK ONLY

~~~~~~~~~!!!!~~~!!~!

LARGE SQUARES REPRESENT 100"

SMALL SQUARES REPRESENT

I ?o

COMPARISON OF PORTS- GEORGIA TO REGION

AVERAGE ANNUAL TONNAGE

AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE

I FOREIGN I 32%

ll-'--i--t-----1r--ll FOREIGN J-1--1--+-1 1 25% I

.j

1

.j

~

"

r-H DOMESTIC! I I 6sr. 1

SHORT TONS-ADD (000)

GEORGIA C0Mh!ERCE

REgiON

I 020----- FOREIGN------ 5 505 2 126----- DOMESTIC------II 556

3 146

TOTAL

17051

18.2:{ PERCENTAGE} 3.9%

18.4

OF GEORGIA 38.3%

18.:4-% TO REGION 38.5%

DOLLARS -ADD (000)

GEORGIA

COMMERCE

~

98 137----- FOREIGN -----243487 283 401----- DOMESTIC--- --740244

37950&

TOTAL

983711

SOURCE1ANNUAL REPORTS OF "''HE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
OF THE U.S.ARMY

STATE PLANNING BOARD AUGUST 1938
W.P.A. OF GA.OP. 465-34-3-253

21
FOREIGN
WATERBORNE COMMERCE
SIXTEEN YEAR AVERAGE-(1920-1935)

COMPARISON OF PORTS-REGION TO U.S.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TONNAGE

I IMPORTS
I 44~ I

l

11'1

a.J

Tt;~
l':~o~:~r~ ~

I I I I EXPORTS

~ z~

56% I

~

~:o;:sl

!

!

~

AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE

r

! I IMPORTS 459'o

c z =i
"0 '

Vl

-i

~

"'

1'~o:,:

EXPORTSl 55 'Po

ITII ~ ::o;~s I

SHORT TONS-ADD <000) REGION........ FOREICN.......UNITED STATES
2 314 ...........J MPORTS...............44 3 1 I 3 191 ............ EXPORTS............ 57 0 79
5 505 ----J'"OTAL............_I 0 I 3 9 0

5.2% {PERCENTACE}2.3'7.
5.6 '7. OF REGION 4.1 '7.

5.4%

TO U.S. 3.3'7.

DOLLARS-ADD COOOl RECION. .........FOREICN......UNITED STATES
74726 .......JMPORTS........3 302 120 168735 ........EXPORTS......A 080 101
243461 _________TOTAL ..........7 382 22 I

NOTE

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REGIONAL PORTS- EXCLUDE ST. MARYS L DARIEN GA. GEORGIA PORTS-SAVANNAH & BRUNSWICK ONLY

~!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii!!ii~
'

,..o LARGE SQUARES REPRESENT 100 ,..0

SMALL SQUARES REPRESENT

I

COMPARISON OF PORTS-GEORGIA TO REGION

AVERAGE ANNUAL TONNAGE
-~
IMPORTS 1 42% I

AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE

f-

-

HEXPORTS 58%

I

z
Q
"' ~rz0Vh0 ~
la.J ~ '~:o~ ~
W3 ~ ~
~-II

SHORT TONS-ADD COOO> CEORCIA............FOREICN......... REGION
54 L ............ IMPORTS............. 2 3 14 4 7 2 __________ .. Dlf'ORTS.........3 I 91
I 0 I 9_______________:rOTAL..............5 505

23.6% {PER~.lNTACE}33.6'7.
I 4.8% OF GEORGIA 42. I '7.
18.5% TO REGION 39.5'7.

DOLLARS-ADD COOO) CEORCIA...........FOREICN........... RECION
25 144.......... 1MPORTS...........74 728
7 o 9 93 ...........EXPORTS.........I 8 8 73 5
96 137 .............TOTAL......... 243 461

SOURCE: ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

STATE PLANNING BOARD AUGUST 1938
W. P.A. OF CA. O.P. 465-34-3-253

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INTERCOASTAL DoMESTIC WATERBORNE CoMMERCE
lADLES Nos.22 AND 23 COVER INTERCOASTAL WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHEASTEf1N PEG I ON.
INTERCOASTAL WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTES A MINOR POR
TION OF DOI~STIC COMMERCE, APPROXIMATELY 2 PERCENT. THE SAME CONDITION IS GENERAL-
LY TRUE REGARDING THE INTERCOASTAL PORTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION'S DOMESTIC COI-'IIJEG:CE. As HAS ALREADY BEEN l'l0TED, THE COAST\V ISE TRAFFIC ON THE ATLAIH IC COAST DEARS 11UCH GREATER SIGNIFICANCE TO HIE \'/ELFAf!E OF THE GEORGIA PORTS, AS 1t/ELL AS THE PORTS or THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION.
A MUCil LARGER PORTION OF INTERCOASTAL COMMERCE IS SHIPPED FROM THE PACIFIC COAST TO THE ATLANTIC COAST THAN VICE VERSA. IN FACT, ABOUT 74 PERCENT OF INTERCOASTAL COMMERCE IS EASTBOUND, WHEREAS ONLY 26 PERCENT IS WESTBOUND.
lf/1 THIN THE SOUTHEASTERN REG I ON Tl-IE SAME PERCENTAGES, VII TH RESPECT TO INTERCOAST!'L TOI~NAGE, DO NOT APPLY. THROUGHOUT THE PEF!IOD 1920 THROUGH 1935, THE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND INTERCOASTAL TONNAGES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION WERE APPROXIIVIII TELY EQUAL.
THE INTERCOASTAL COMMERCE OF MoBILE, ALABAMA DESERVES SPECIAL STUDY. THIS PORT HANDLES ALMOST ONE-IiALF OF THE INTERCOASTAL TONNAGE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION. IT SHIPS TO THE WEST COAST ALMOST FIVE TIMES AS MUCH TONNAGE AS IT RECEIVES F~OM PORTS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. THE REASON FOR THIS IS VERY APPARENT. THIS PORT IS NEARER TO PACIFIC PORTS, THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL, THAN ANY OF THE OTHER SOUTHEASTERN PORTS. THE CLOSE DALANCE OF TRADE, PREVIOUSLY NOTED, BETWEEN THE SOUTH EASTERN REGION AND THE PACIFIC CoAST IS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE LARGE VOLUME OF PRODUCTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION, WHICH ARE BEING SHIPPED TO THE PACIFIC COAST THROUGH THE PORT OF lv'IOB I LE.
INTERCOf.,STAL COi,111ERCE OF THE SOUTIIE/-STErm REGION IS COI'-1P/\f~'ATIVELY SMALL. THE STATE OF GEORGIA liAS MANY RE~OURCES, PArTICULARLY MINERALS, WHICH SHOULD FIND A MARKET ON THE PACIFIC COAST. PRODUCTS OF GEORGIA FARMS MIGHT FIND ADDITIONAL MARKETS TIJERE. ALL OF THE PRODUCTS IN '.VHIC/1 GEORGIA LEADS COULD DE SOLD, EXCHMJGED, OR TRADED FOR PRODUCTS OF THE PACIFIC COAST AND ALASKA.

23
COASTWISE DOMESTIC
WATERBORNE COMMERCE
EIGHTEEN YEAR AVERAGE-(1920-1937)

COMPARISON OF PORTS-REGION TO U.S.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TONNAGE

AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE

II)
w
1-
i!
II)

0 w

1-

z

~ j ~:::>

~

(:;

_j ____ l_

SHORT TONS-ADD (000) REGION COMMERCE UNITED STATES

DOLLARS- ADD (000) REGION COMMERCE UNITED STATES

5838

RECEIPTS

103 294

5.7 '7o {PERCENTAGE} 7.9:70 391 221

RECEIPTS

4 933 234

_3:::....:.;18:..:9_ _...::S:.:.;H-"-IP.c.:;M:=.E:...:.NT'-=S'----'1..::.0:::..3=.24..:..:0::..__..._,3:..:..:..1_r._. OF' REG ION ..::5:..:..:...7_"'_- _,2:..:5;;;.8.:::;55;;;.:1_ _.::;SH"'I'-'PM.::.:E:.:..N:...:.T:::..S_ _;4::;..:::..57:..::4c..::6:..:9.:2_

9027

TOTAL

206534

4.4 '7o

TO U.S.

8.8% 649772

TOTAL

9507926

NOTE

PETROLEUM TONNAGE INCLUDED

REGIONAL PORTS EXCLUDE ST.MARYS &. DARIEN

,.o LARGE SQUARES REPRESENT 100"

5MALL SQUARES REPRESENT

I

COMPARISON OF PORTS- GEORGIA TO REGION

AVERAGE ANNUAL TONNAGE

AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE

z
Q
C)
w
~~-.J_j_l

SHORT TONS-ADD (000)

GEORGIA

COMMERCE

REGION

DOLLARS -ADD (000)

GEORGIA

COMMERCE

REGION

I 201

RECEIPTS

5 838 20.6% {

_ _,6:..:.7;;;.o_ _~sH~I;..;PM~E~N~T~s_ _.:::;3~18;;;.:9~~2;..;I.~O~%

I 871

TOTAL

9 027 20.7 '7.

PERCENTAGE } 33.5% 131 002

RECEIPIS

3QI 221

76 7 72 OF' GEORGIA _4~8_.7_%_--~12~58~7~s~---=s_H_IP_M=EN_T...::s~~&=2s~as==s~1_

TO REGION 39.5 '7o 255877

TOTAL

u

SOURCE:ANNUAL REPORTS OF' THE CHIEF' OF' ENGINEERS
OF' THE U.S.ARMY

STATE PLANNibiG BOARD FEBRUARY 1939
W.P.A. OF' GA.OP. 665- 4-3-127

26

THIS APPEARS TO BE FURTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DOMESTIC WATERBORNE COMMERCE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND SUGGESTS THE IMMEDIATE AND PRAC TICAL IMPROVEMENT OF ALL RESOURCES, INCLUDING INLAND WATERWAYS, RIVER CHANNELS WITH NECESSARY LOCKS AND DAMS, INLAND CANALS, AND INLAND OR RIVER PORTS. ALL SUCH IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEABOARD PORT FACILITIES, SUCH AS WAREHOUSES AND CARGO HANDLING MACHINERY. IT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED THAT, WITH SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AS ABOVE SUGGESTED, THE PRODUCTS OF TilE HINTERLAND WOULD MORE ECONOMICALLY REACH THEIR PROPER MARKETS.

DoMESTIC CoMMERCE

TABLES Nos. 36-47 DEAL WI TI-l THE COMI-.lOD IT IES COMPOSING THE PORT AND REG IQrJAL

TONNAGE TOTALS FOR THE EIGHTEEN-YEAR PE~IOD 1920-1937, IN DOMESTIC WATERBORNE

COMMERCE. TABLE No. 36 IS A RECAPITULATION OF TABLES Nos. 37-46 (INDIVIDUAL PORT

TAOULATIONS), AND SHOWS THE YEARLY REGIONAL TOTALS AND THE EIGHTEEN YEAR AVERAGES,
V/H! LE Tf,BLE No. 47 I5 A L 1ST OF THE COMliOD IT IES INCLUDED IN THE GROUPS SHO\'/N IN

THE TABULATIONS.

THE HEAVIEST MOVEMENT FOR THE REGION BETWEEN 1920-1937 WAS PETROLEUM AND ITS

PRODUCTS, WITH A YEARLY AVERAGE OF 4,714,656 TONS, OR 39.15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL

REGIONAL TONNAGE. LISTED OELOW ARE THE CLASSES, OR GROUPS OF COMMODITIES, IN THE

ORDER OF THEIR IMPORTANCE RECKONED BY TONNAGE:

1. PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS

2. NoN-~ETALLJc MiNERALs

3. FERTILIZER AND CHEMICALS

4. LUMBER

5. WooD AND PAPER

6. VEGETABLE FooD PRoDucTs

7. MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE

8. ORES, METALS AND MANUFACTURES OF

9. ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS 10. NAVAL STORE~

11. TEXTILES

12. COTTON

.

13. MACHINERY AND VEHICLES

14. PULP (WOOD AND PAPER)

15. CLAY

16. INEDIBLE VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

17. COTTONSEED AND ITS PRODUCTS

39.15% 10.62%
9.20% 8.33% 7.42% 7.07% 6.08% 4.15% 2.71%
2.15% .80% .74%
.43% .42% .38%
.19% .16%

PETROLEUM AND ITs PRODUCTS

IT IS WELL, IN STUDYING THE WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF ALL PORTS, TO CONSIDER

PETROLEUM AS A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT ITEM.

PRIOR TO 1920 IT WAS FOUND TIIAT PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS BEGAN TO

CHAPTER Ill COMMODITIES IN WATERBORNE COMMERCE

THE COMMODITIES TABULATIONS SHOW THE COMPOSITION OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WATERBORNE COMMERCE ANALYZED IN CHAPTER I I, AND THIS CHAPTER ANALYZES THE VARIOUS COMMODITIES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. FOREIGN AND DJMESTIC MOVEMENTS ARE DEALT WITH SEPARATELY, AS FOLLOWS:

FoREIGN CoMMERCE

TABLES Nos. 8-16 ARE ARRANGED IN TWO SECTIONS, NAMELY IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

THE FIRST PART OF EACH SECTION IS A "RECAP" OF THE MAJOR COMMODITIES OF ALL SOUTH-
EASTERN REGIONAL PORTS. FOLLOV/1 NG THESE ARE TABULATIONS OF S0!1E OF THE LEADING IM-

PORTS AND EXPORTS BY TONS, AS DISTRIBUTED TO INniVIDUAL REGIONAL PORTS, AS LISTED

BELOW:

IMPORTS:

1. FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS. 2. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. 3. SuGAR AND MoLASSES.

EXPORTS:

1. PHOSPHATES. 2. LUMBER. 3. NAVAL STor.Es. 4. CoTToN.

COTTON

COTTON, SO IMPORTANT TO THE WELFARE OF THE GEORGIA HINTERLAND, 11EQUIRES

SPECIAL STUDY. IT IS THE ONLY COMMODITY ON WHICH WORLD-V/IDE STATISTICS ARE A-

VA ILAGLE. (SEE TABLES 16-21).

THE DECLINE IN COTTON EXPORTS, PARTICULARLY OF THE PORT OF SAVANNAH, STARTING

IN THE EARLY 1920'S, APPEARS TO BE ENTIRELY DUE TO WORLD TRADE CONDITIONS.

BEGINNING IN 1926, THE PRODUCTION OF COTTOI~ IN THE UNITED STATES DECLINED MA-

TERIALLY. THIS DECLINE PRECEDED, BY THREE YEARS, THE GENERAL BUSINESS DEPRESSION.

THC PRODUCTION OF COTTON FLUCTUATED FROM YEAR TO YEAR BETWEEN 1926 AND 1933, THROUGH-

OUT THE W0!1LD. STUDY OF THE WORLD CONSUMPTION OF COTTON ALSO INDICATES AN IRREGU-

LAR AND UNSETTLED CONDITION BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1927 AND 1937.

THE UNSETTLED CONDITION IN WORLD MARKETS, AS PRESENTED IN THESE TABULATIONS

OF ONLY ONE COMMODITY, INDICATES THAT OTHER COMMODITIES IN WORLD TRADE WERE AFFECT-

ED.

28

IT WAS 8.03 PERCENT AND 0.87 PERCENT, RESPECTIVELY, or THE AVERAGE YEARLY TONNAGE.
MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE
THIS CLASS CONSISTED or WIDELY D I rFEP I NG CQf-HWD IT I ES. IT P.EPRESEfiTED 6. 08
PE:~CE!H OF THE REGIONAL AVEP-t.GE YEf,RLY TONNAGE. AT SA.Vf.bJNAI-1 ,\NO Cr\UNSVI I Cl~, IT
REPRESENTED 17.68 PERCENT AND 1.24 PERCENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE /\VEFAGE YEARLY
TmJN,\GC.

THIS CLASS or cor. ::.lODITIES 1."/AS 4.15 PEF:CEfJT OF THE REGIONAL AVE<iAGE YEf,RLY TONNAGE. IT WAS 3.20 PERCENT OF SAVANNAH'S AVERAGE YEARLY TONNAGE, 0.05 PERCENT
/\T BruNS''! 1Cl<. Arl_111ALS f,No A~J 111/\L rRODIJCTS
THIS CLASS r'EPP.ESENTED OI'JLY 2. 71 PEG'CENT OF TI1E AVEP,\GE YEM':LY REGIONAL TaNNAGE AND ONLY 1.76 PERCENT AND 1.08 PERCENT OF THE AVEP~GE YEARLY TOTAL TON-
tMc:::s or S ..WMII~,\11 t,No CP.UIJSWICI<, RESPECTIVELY.

IJAV/\L STORES ACCOUNTED FOR 2.15 PE~CENT OF THE REGIONAL AVERAGE YEARLY TON-

Nt.GE. AT SAVi.~JNAII ,;tJD 8RUNS'.IJ I 0~, HOVIEVEP, IT ASSUit.EC Lf,RGER PPOPOPT IONS, DC I NG

4.35 PERCENT AND 8.59 PEFCENT, RESPECTIVELY.

TEXTILES, COTTON, tt~CH I t-JEPY M~D VEHICLES
PuLP l~Q.Q D M JQ_ PAP EJ3.l.1_C L!l.2:'...L.l!is.!2J.I3 LE
VEGET/,iJLE PRODUCTS, COTTOf~SEEO_AND__b:2
C['iJJ21!C T S .

TI1ESE CLASSES AGGF'[GATED ONLY 3.12 PEI'~CENT OF THE P.EGION/,L f,VEP,~GE YEARLY

TONNAGE. 3ELOW 15 THE !IVCP.'GE YEAf'LY 1.10VC:.1ENT THROUGH GEOF'G I A 1 S PORTS:

TEXTILES Con oN f,1ACHINERY AND VEHICLI0:s *PULP (WOOD AND PAPER) CL/\Y INEDIBLE VEG. PRoDs. COTTONSEED AND ITS Pi-JDUCTS

SAVANNAH
3.85%
o2:2"o'0%"'
0.?0% 1.31% 0.16%
0.91%

BRUNSW I Cl~
0.06% 0.03% 0.05%

*fJo 1-10VEt.1ENT EXISTED PRIOP. TO 1936. IN 1936 IT WAS 16,633 TONS OP. .70 PEr-

CENT. IN 1937 IT WAS 73,397 TONS, 2.91 PEPCENT. THUS THE CORRECT AVERAGE IS 1.80

PEi'CEI'JT. IT IS KNOWN Tii,\T ,\ COI'JS I DE RADLE I NCP.E,\SE IN THIS COM!10D I TV IS TM~ I NG

PLAC~ AT SAVANNAH.

27
ASSUt.lE Ij,1PORT MICE IIJ DOit,EST IC, f,S WELL AS fOREIGN, \'/,\ TERBORNE Cat.1MERCE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION. A STATISTICAL RECORD DY PORTS STARTED IN 1920.
THE I NCI<EASE OF PETROL~\.JI,l IN I'IATER30f:~JE. COMI,1ERCE I-MY BE TRACED TO ECONGrW. IT WAS FOUND CHEAPER TO SHIP OY \'lATE~ FROM TilE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA OIL FIELDS TO E,\ST GULF MJD f, TLMJT IC PORTS, TllENCE CY TANK OARGE, TRUCK, OR RAIL TO CENTERS OF STORAGE AND CONSUMPTION.
As TO GEORGIA'S PORTS, TABLES Nos. 39 AND 40 SHOW THAT AT SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK, RESPECTIVELY, PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS REPRESENTED AN AVERAGE OF 34.18 PERCENT AND 55.95 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE TOTAL DOMESTIC WATERDOFN~ COMMERCE OF THOSE PORTS. tiQN-MET.~LL ~~- i11 NE!'i\LS
TliiS CLASS Of COMMODITIES REPRESENTED 10.62 PERCENT OF THE REGIONAL AVERAGE YCAf!LY TOT1\L TOII/Nf.GE. THIS VIAS S'.:COND PL!1CE Iil THE ORDEr< OF IMPORTMJCE FOR THE fii:GION. /I.T SAVo\tJNMI AfJD 8RUfJSVJICI<, IT VJ,\S 7.53 PERCENT AJ~D 1.92 PERCENT, OR THIRD /lt.IC F I FTI-1 PL\CE, RESPECTIVELY, OF 'I liE t, VER,\GE TOT,l L YE1\RL Y TONN,\GE. Cl-llc_::J_C,\L,?_MID FErn 1L l_f'ER
THE DULl< OF TfliS liOVEI-1EtJT WAS FErTILIZER liATERif,LS OF V,\RIOUS KINDS. IT RE-
PRESENTED 9.2 PERCENT or THE REGIONAL AVERAGE YEARLY TOTAL TONNAGE. AT SAVANNAH
AND 3RUIISWICK IT WAS ONLY 3.18 PERCENT AND 0.61 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE YEARLY TOT/,l TONNAGES. LU/.1BER
THIS INCLUDES LUMBER ARTICLES AS WELL AS LUMOER. IT WAS 8.33 PERCENT OF THE rEGIONAL YEARLY TOTAL TONNAGE, OR FOURTH PLACE. IT WAS ALSO FOURTH PLACE AT SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK, WITii PERCENTAGES OF 6.23 AND 7.0, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE AVERAGE YEARLY TOTAL TONNAGES. Vlo_oD ANQ p,.,PER
THIS MOVEMENT WAS LARGELY RAFTED LOGS, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF NEWSPRINT PAPEr INCLUDED. IT REPRESENTED 7.42 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE YEARLY REGIONAL TONNAGE, OR FIFTH PLACE. WHILE AT SAVANNAH IT WAS ONLY 0.20 PERCENT (ELEVENTH PLACE), AT GrUNSWICK IT WAS 22.37 PERCENT (SECOND PLACE). IJEGETI\CL'c_ F OQQ_fROJl_!,!QS
TliiS CLASS INCLUDES A GREAT VARIETY OF FOOD PRODUCTS OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN, OUT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF CANNED VEGETADLES. IT REPRESENTED 7.07 PERCENT OF THE REGIONAL AVERAGE YEARLY TONNAGE, OR SIXTH PLACE. AT SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK,

CoLUMBUS- CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER CHANNEL
STEAMER ''GEORGE W. MILLER44 ARRIVES AT COLUMBUS -RIVER TRAFFIC RESUMED-
STEAMER~~ BARBARA HUNT U ARRIVES AT COLUMBUS
-WITH 150,000 GALLONS OF GASOLINE-

SAVANNAH INDUSTRY
UNION BAG &. PAPER COMPANY
SAVANNAH SUGAR REFINERY ATLANTIC COAST LINE ROSIN YARD

JO

AND SIMILAR PROJECTS WERE AOANDONED, EITH~~ OECAUSE THEY WERE IMPRACTICAL OR COST

TOO MUCH TO SUBSIDIZE. THE COLONISTS TURNED TO LUMBER, FURS, TOBACCO AND COTTON.

THESE PRODUCTS WERE THE OASES OF GRO':'ITH IN THEIR RAPIDLY EXPANDING WORLD TRADE.

RICE WAS GROWN IN THE RIVER OOTTOM LANDS OF THE COAST UNTIL AOOUT THE 20TH CENTURY,

\'/HEf.l IT WAS PROVED THAT THE DELTA LANDS OF louIS I ANA PRODUCED THIS Cot1!,10D I TY 110RE

ECONO/'i!ICALLY. THE COASTAL i\F!EA IS riCH IN TlitlOER, WHICH IS Vf,LUAOLE IN '.'/ORLD TRADE. i~M.JY A

STAUNCH SlliP HAD ITS ORIGIN IN THE FORESTS OF GEORGIA. CREDITAOLE TO EARLY AMERI-

CAN SHIPBUILDERS WAS THE U. S. S. CO!JSTITUTION, WHOSE GEORGIA-GROWN OAK TIMBERS CA:~NCD HEr. COGN01"1EN "0LD I r.m~s I DES". SooN TO FOLLOW OAK T I i,mER VIERE PINE, CYPr.ESS, AND GUI.1, ALL OF \'IH I CH CONTINUE TO L\I<E MJ I 1.1POICTI\~H PM:T IIJ THE :O!'.H,1ERCE OF GEOF!G I A

TODAY.

Fr.Di'-1 THE EXTOlS I VE PINE FOI\ESTS 01 THE REG I ON COi'!tE F!OS IN M!D TURPENT II,JE, AND

N. WiLMINGTON,

C. WAS Tf~ FIRST NAVAL STO~ES PORT OF THE WORLD. SAVANNAH IS NOW

THE LEADING JJAV,\L STORES PO!:T AI~[) i1M~I~ET 01 TilE ':IORLD, \'/!Til JACKSONVILLE A CLOSE

SECOND.

TOBACCO GROWING WAS INTRODUCED DUriNG DAYS OF COLONIZATION, AND CONTINUES TO

BE A VALUABLE PF!ODUCT. SOUTH GEOPG I A CITIES CONTI\ IN SOltlE OF THE WORLD 1 S LARGEST

MJD J,JOST I t1PORTANT TOOACCO i1M<I(ETS.

THE FIRST CHINAWARE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES WAS MADE IN SAVANNAH OY A
POTTER, ANDREW 0UCHE 1 , IN 1738. A GOOD GRADE OF KAOLIN WAS DISCOVERED NEAR AUGUSTA
AND USED DY 0UCHE'. THIS GEOP.GJA KAOLIN IS CO!,lPAPIIDLE ':liTH THAT /'.liNED II~ CHINA,

AND IT HAS DEEN USED BY ENGLISH POTTERS TO HAKE FINE ENGLISH WARE. THE GOLD DEPOSITS 01 [~ORTH GEORG I/, PLAYED A VI TAL PAfn \'!llEN THAT SECT I ON OF

THE StATE WAS TAKEN IROM THE INDIANS. THEY WERE OF SUFFICIENT IMPORTANCE TO JUSTI-

FY THE ESTABLISHMENT, IN 1838, OF A BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT DAHLONEGA.
TH I~. GRAI>ICJ-1 f,i I NT OPER,\TED UNTIL THE \'/1\R GETi'/EE/J THE STATES. THE I RON MINES MW

FURNACES OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA SUPPLIED THE CoNFEDERATE MUNITIONS PLANT AT ATLANTA,

AND WERE ONE OF THE CAUSES FOR GENERAL SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGN FPON CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA. GEo:"GIA 1 S I~ET,\LLIC 111/'JEF<AL INDUSTFIES A:E OF 1'-liNOR 111PORTANCE NO\'/; HOWEVEr! HIE STATE HAS OECOJ,JE THE LARGE:? T PRODUCE J,: OF I~AOL IN MJO FULLER 1 S EAFITH, MID RANI<S

SEC01JD I ~J HIE PFODUCT I O~J OF J.1A"GLE AND f.10NUJ.1EtJT,\L GRANITE. [~ECORDS SHOV/ TH,\T TilE F I PST COTTON EXPORTED FRQt.; THE COLO!~ I ES AI10Ut.JTED TO
11 7 DAGS 01 COTTOI~ 'i/OOL SHIPPED OUR I NG 1747-1748 FRot1 CHARLESTON, SoUTH CM10L I NA 11

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CHAPTEI~ IV
GEORG I A TRADE /,No I fJDUSTRY
INTRODUCTION IN THE FO~EGOING CHAPTERS, THE SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY HAVE BEEN OUTLINED; MJD THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WATERBORNE COI'<HE~CE, ALSO THE Cot.1II;ODITIES COI1POS I NG TI1EM, HAVE DEEtJ ANALYZED. IT ,\PPEA[(S FUNDM!oENTAL TH,\T HI NTEf;Lt\I.JD TRADE,
I tJDUSTRY MJD OHlEr~ FACTORS SHOULD DC :~ONS I DE RED. TliEI'EFOR':, TABLES Nos. 48-51,
WHICH P~OVIDE A PICTURE OF THE VALUE AND TREND OF MANUFACTUriNG AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, WERE PREPARED.
IT MAY BE OBSERVED FROM niE T~END OF REGIONAL AND GEORGIA PERCENTAGES, THAT BIENNIAL VARIATIONS OF COMBINED MANUFACTURING AND FARM PRODUCTION (VALUE OF MANUFACTURES PLUS GROSS INCOME FROtl CROP~ AND MJ I W,LS PRODUCED ON F;\RI'1S), CLOSELY CORRESPOND V/ITH VARIATIOfJS TO THE UNITED STATES GP.At~c> TOT,\L.
STUDY OF THE ST,\TISTICS AND TRENDS OF \'JATEP.BORrJE COM!lE!:CE SHOWS FLUCTU/,TIONS, WHICii ARE DUE PARTIALLY TO UNSETTLED CONDITIONS OF THE HINTERLAND. THE LOSS TO SAVMJNAH OF COTTOIJ AND OTHER EXPO!HS MAY BE TRACED TO A NUI.10ER OF CAUSES. IT 111 GHT BE WELL TO CONSIDER WHETHER A PORT, IN ITS BEST YEARS, IS TOO INDIFFERENT TO THE WELFARE OF THE HINTERLAND, WHICH FEEDS IT. DISREGARD OF TRENDS OF HINTERLAND PRODUCT I ON IS LIKE A SHIP AT SEA, WHICH D I SREGAPDS ITS BAROf,1ETER. IT IS NOT ECON-OMICAL OR PROGRESSIVE TO BUILD UP PORT FACILITIES FOR HANDLING A PARTICULAR COMMODITY FOR A FEW YEAF:S, ONLY TO LOSE THIS COf1f,1ERCE BEFOR:: INITIAL INVESTt1ENTS AND FIXED ASSETS AT LEAST HAVE BECOME LIQUIDATED.
UNDERLYING FACTORS
EXPLORAT I mJ Or THE EXTENSIVE HI NTERLMJD, NOV/ COf.1PF: ISING THE SOUTHEASTERN !(E-
As GlON OF THE UNITED STATES, RESULTED IN DISCOVERY OF VAST NATURAL RESOURCES.
EARLY AS 1575 \If I LD TURKEYS \'/ERE EXPORTED FROH THE 11/,RBOI< OF "GUALQU IN I" ( !10UTH OF
TilE FREDERICA RIVER AT BRUNSWICK) TO THE KING OF FRANCE. BEFORE TREATIES WERE ARRANGED WITH TilE I NO I ANS, SEVER,\L PROJECTS WEPE PROPOSED BY THE TRUSTEES AND ATTEMPTED BY GEORGIA COLONISTS. AMONG THESE WERE THE CULTURE OF DRUG PRODUCING AND EXOTIC
PLANTS, HIE GROVITH OF IIEI!,P AND FLAX, MJC fJOTADLY TI1E PPODUCT I ON OF S I u:. THESE

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PRESENT PRODUCTION AND TREND~

V,;Ef,L Til I 5 CRE1\ TED IN GeorG I;\ AT TH I 5 T 111E r.;t. I NLY rr:O:: VM' I OUS rORrlS Or ,\GR I-

CULTUrE, LIV'::STOCI< rAISING, rOR'::ST INDUSTRIES, 1.11~JING, QU/IRr:Ytr~G i\fJD COI.1f1EI'CI.\L

FISIICRIES. TtiEO'.,E ,\RE EXTrt.CTIVE INDUSTRIES, UPON \'IHICH GEOf':GI/1 ,\LflOST UJTIRELY
DEPU.JDED ror: ltJCOI1E Ur-JTIL FROI1 25 TO 30 YEARS AGO. /IT TII,\T Tlti,E COTTOtJ 111LL5 OE-

GMI TO CXPMJD IIJ TilE SOUTH, MW Gcor.G I A i':ECE I VED HEr. SH/'If'!E OF I'll LLS.

STUC'/ Or IIV:.tLMJLE STt.TISTICS INDICf.TES TII/1T THE NEED rOr. GrE!,TER INDUSlPI/.LI-
z,\TtOf! rs occo::rtJc r.tor-T ACUTE. CotJPtL~>.TtOrJs or THE STt,TE Pu,NN!tJG Cor.ro stiO'il Tli1\T TliE LOSS or V/.LUE liJ ,\Ci:ICULTUI:,\L CROPS SINCE 1920 II1\S :JCEIJ TI:OIEIJDOIJc,. Tt-t~ING 30

PC\ I tJC I PAL CI'OPS fT:lf.l C::/.Cii /,Gf' I CUL TUR/IL CEUSUS, THE IOLL0\'11 NG II GUi~CS I ~ID I c;, TE TH,\T

SO: :E fl[MJS OF I I<C 'Jf.JE, I tJ MJD IT I ON TO f.GP I CUL TIJPE, IS NEE DE 1J.

1920

$493,900,000

1925

$241,960,000

19::10

$207,861,000

193~~

$1~5,GG1,000

Ttl[ V!;LUE 01 GEOrG If, 1 S rarEST PrODUCTS H/,S DEDI V!.r I OUSLY EST I i!.\TED AS UP-
WArDS or $43,000,000 PEP YEt.r. TtiROUGH! STUDY NOW DCING C0NDUCTED OY THE STt.TE
PL~NNING GOARD, IT IS EXPECTED THAT A DEFINITE liGUlE WILL OE DETErMINED. UNTIL
1935 THESE PrODUCTS Co;JSI STED 11A I NL'.' OF LUI.mcr, POLES, MJD PI u::s, ,\liD tJ/.V,~L STO:.'ES.
TilE NE\'1 P/.PC~< PUU' IHDUSITY 15 CXP/,NDII-JG MJD ,\DOING TO THC \I,~LUE Of- rot'EST RESOUrC-

ES. ADDED TO TfiiS, NEW USES FOP NAVAL STOI':ES Pf'!ODUCTS ARE OCING DEVELOPED. ADDIT 1f_1N/,L PM'ER r: ILLS, I NCLUC I NG IJEWSPf~ I NT 1.11 LLS, f,f'E /, POTENTIALITY. Tt!E POSS I 0 I L ITY or ESTAOLISI!ING rAYON ~ILLS IN GEOPGif. TO USE GeOrGI~ PULP WOOD IS ANOTHER STEP TO OE Tf.I<C:N t.LOIJG TIIC LIN[ 01 11/INUF/ICTURING THE 5T,\TE 1 S PAW ilt.TErt/ILS IN GEOrGIA. CONTI ~JUANCE 01 rESCARCH INTO f,\f'!f.1 CI~EMUr.GY IS rECO~-lf.lENDED, VII TH A VI[\'/ TO rur~THER

DEVELOP~ENT OF THESE rESOUrCES. THE STATE GEOLOGIST REPOrTED THE VALUE 01 GEOFGIA 1 S ~!NEPAL Pf'!ODUCTS AT
$19,169,912 II< 1926. IN 1936 THE VALUE V/1\S L!::SS THAN $10,000,000 AND It! 1937 IT WAS PEROf'!TED TO DE $12,791,628. A GREATER USE or GEORGIA'S MINERAL WEALTH WILL DE

C!::VELOPEn, /IS f,DD IT I OIJ,\L 1.1AI-JUFACTUr:Er.S VIHO USE THESE i~ATCP I ,~LS IN THE I P PROCC~.SCS
LOCf,TE HEI'E. ACCOr.DIIJG TO THE 1938 SUrVEY OY THE 0EPM'H1EIJT OF CERM.JICS ENGif-JCER-
IrJG 01 TIIC GEOI:GI/1 SCHOOL OF lECI!NOLOGY, HIEi'E ARE THE rOLLO'.'IING CEr,\t.11CS INDUS-

TRIES IN GEORGIA.

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RESEARCH OY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHOWS THAT 8 GALES OF COTTON WERE SHIPPED FROM THE PORT OF SAVANNAH TO LIVERPOOL IN 1784. THIS SHIPI~ENT IS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE STAYED ON THE DOCKS AT LIVERPOOL, BECAUSE PORT AUTHORITIES WERE DUBIOUS OF ITS tlAN I FESTED ORIGIN, AND DID NOT GEL I EVE THAT SO 11UCH COTTON COULD HAVE BEEN GROWN IN GEORGIA.
OUR I tJG THE ERA PRECEDING THE VIAR OET'.'IEEN THE STATES, Lf,ND SETTLEI.1EtH PUSHED INTREPIDLY WESTWARD IN GEORGIA, AND COTTON, GY VIRTU~ OF Ell WHITNEY'S INVENTION
OF THE COTTON GIN IN 1793, BECAtlC THE LEADING PP.ODUCT OF TilE GEOF<G I A PLAINS AND
IJPLJ\tJDS. GEOP.GIA 1 S FOREST PRODUCTS, ,\NO THOSE FEC"ULTIIIG FROI!o DIVEP.SIFICATION OF FAP.H-
ING, AP.E RAPIDLY INCREASING IN IMPORTANCE IN WORLD TRADE, AND IN VALUE TO GEORGIA FArn.1ERS. GEORG I A 1 S PRODUCT I ON OF SI-W IMP MJD OTHEr. VIEAL TH FPot1 HEr. OCEMJ WATERS IS I t~PORTA:JT /',NO VtLUAOLC:. ALL OF THESE, MID t-iAtN OTHC:RS ORIGIN/ T I NG IN THE FIELDS, WATErS, VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO TilE GAIN IN GEORGIA'S EXTRACTIVE
ANC tlAtJIJf ACTUR I IJG INDUS H<l ES. [)u:- I tJG THE P,\S T 25 YEARS, COTTON tlM~UF AC TURING HAS r-1 I GRATED Fr-~Ot; [JOP-THERN STI-TES TO THE SOUTHE:AST<::R~J [~EG I 01~. COTTON t11 LLS OPERATE
IN fo/IMJY CITIES AND TO'IIIJS OF THE STATE, CONCENTP-AT IIJG I tJ THE pI EDtlONT M~D CENTP/\L
t1 I DLMJD.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPt.IENT IN GEORGI,\ COtiTINUES TO PROGRESS COf'I:,ERVITIVELY. THE NEW PULP MILLS ALONG THE COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION HAVE A NORtlAL ANNUAL
CONSUMPTION OF 2,219,490 CORDS OF PULP WOOD. A RECENT SURVEY INDICATES TfiA7 OVER 50 PERCENT OF THIS VOLUI1E IS 11ANDLED OtJ R I VEPS AND ;,LONG I NLMJD WATER\'.f.-'.YS. SPECIAL
GARGES HAVE 3EEN DUILT TO CARRY THIS COMMERCE. OTHER PLANTS, SUCH AS Tl iE NCVI GYPSUI1 PL\~JT ,\ T St.V AfJNAH, tJEED p,\\'1 MATER I ,\LS,
WHICH MAY DE ECONOMICALLY TRANSPORTED VIA IMPROVED INLAND WATER ROUTCS. SIMILARLY, SOI'r.E OF THE NATURAL RESOUP.CES or GEOrG ft, 1-1AY BE t-101\E ECONOII.I CALLY CARR I ED TO POTEIJT I ;\L USEP-S THROUGHOUT THE r<EG I ON.
SEVERAL CERAMICS PLANTS, MANUFACTURING DETTER GRADES OF CHINAWAPE AND POTTERY, HAVE MOVED TO GEORGIA IN RECENT YEARS. TfiiS INDUSTRY HAS GREAT POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
COi'111EPC I AL C.\NtIC:F: I ES OF' 5[;\f()QDS MJD 1'-GR I CUL TIJR,\L Pr:ODUCTS, AS \'JELL AS A NUt.Jo;::;: OF i~EIIT P'.CI<IIJG PLMITS, J,f:[ lrJ OPEr<f,TION IN THE STATE; MID THEIR PRODUCTS ARE RECEIVING NAT:ONAL DISTRIBUTION.

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LIFE, SUCH AS CREAMERIES, MEAT PACKING PLANTS, CANNERIES, AND CLOTHING. MANUFACTURING OF THIS KIND COULD BE STARTED DY LOCAL INTERESTS IF MORE CAPITAL WERE AVAILABLE IN 30ME SUCH MANNER AS OUTLINED. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH RESULTS OF THIS KIND WE NEED TO PLAN ON A STATEWIDE BASIS, AND IN MANY INSTANCES ON A REGIONAL OASIS. IN ORDER TO PLAN WE NEED MORE INFORMATiruJ UPON WHICH TO BASE OUR PLANS, WHICH DRINGS US RIGHT BACK TO TilE NEED FOR INVEIHOJ\IES OF EXISTING D1\TA 1 OR NE'Ii SURVEYS TO ROUND OUT I ~JCOI.JPLETE OR I N,\DEOUATE DATf-, 11 THE 110ST SIGNIFICANT FEATURE OF THIS CQt.JPARISON IS THE FACT TH,H IF, IN 1935, NONE OF GEORGIA'S RAW MATERIALS I~D DEEN SHIPPED OUT OF THE STATE, OUT HAD DEEN USED BY GEORGIA MANUFACTURERS, THERE WOULD STILL HAVE DEEN APPROXIMATELY 64 MILLION DOLL/1f!S \'fORTH OF RA':/ ~1ATER I ALS DROUGHT INTO THE ST1HE TO GO I tJTO IMd~UFACTURE'D PRODUCTS.
DEVELOP~ENT OF INDUSTRY
GEORGIA'S NATURAL RESOURCES ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY, YET THE GP-OWTI-I OF t1ANUFACTUR I NG IN LINES OTHER THMJ TEXTILES liAS Bt::EN SLOW MJD UL TR/1 CONSEf1VATIVE. LACJ< OF CAPITAL USUALL'/ IS TilE ONLY ADVERSE I-ACTOR THAT IS CONSIDERED IN ACCOUNTING FOR TH!S CONDITION, CUT OTHER FACTORS ENTER THE PICTURE.
ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES NOW ARE BEING ATTRACTED TO GEORGIA BECAUSE OF IMPROVED CONDITIONS, AS FOLLOWS: EDUCATION
RELUCTANCE OR INABILITY OF A LARGE MAJORITY OF GEO~GIA 1 5 POPULATION TO DEPART FROM CUSTOMARY DEPENDENCE UPON AGRICULTURE, FREQUENTLY HAS BEEN DUE TO LACK OF ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, AND INSUFFICIENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
ACCORD IiJG TO TIJE 1930 U. S. CENSUS, THE STATE OF GEORG If, WAS LISTED HIGH IN
ILL ITERf,CY, BUT IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AND ACKNOWLEDGED G'l AUTHORITIES THAT THIS WILL NOT DE THE CIRCUMSTANCE AFTER TI-lE 1940 CENSUS. A \'/ELL PLANNED CM-1PAIGN BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIO~ HAS BEEN STARTED TO OBLITERATE THIS CONDITION, ON THE BASIS THAT PEOPLE WHO APE UNADLE TO READ AND WRITE GENERALLY HAVE $150 PER YEAR LESS INCOI1E ON E1\RNING POWER THAN THOSE'WHO AP-E LITERATE. THE FIRST STEP IN THIS CAJ,JPAIGN WAS AN EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OR CENSUS, SCHOOL DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, AND COUNTY OY COUNTY. 8Y MEANS OF THIS SURVEY, THE NAME OF EVErY ADULT PERSON IN GEO~GIA, WHO CANNOT READ OR WRITE, HAS BEEN TABULATED AND ADULT EDUCATION IS DEING CAP-RIED TO THEM. To ENABLE THIS PROGRAM, APPROXIM~TELY 1,000 TEACHERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED 0'1 THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION. CIVIC, FRATERNAL, PARENT-TEACHER, THE PRESS, AND I~ IN ISTER I/IL ASSOCIATIONS ARE COOPER1H Ir-.JG I H THE PROI10T ION OF THIS \'/ORI(.

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TYPE OF PUNT

BUILDI~JG GRICI(

18

R<::n,\CTORIES

4

:)o'lf"ING TILE

1

STRUCTURAL TILE

l~

SE'.'IER PiPE

1

Cmmu 1T

1

FLoor AtJD \'fALL T 1LE

1

PoTTERY

15

PoRTLAND CEI1ENT

3

~tJA IIEL\'/Mc.E

1

T.t.OLE V//4r.[

1

Tcr-:R,\ CoTT/,

_1

TOTAL

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I tJ f, TJI.LK DEFOrE THE I HST I TUTE vr CIT I ZEtJSH I P AT TilE GEorG I A SCHOOL OF TECH-
NOLOGY ON FEoruARY 14,1939, PICH~RD C. Joa, DirEcTor or THE STATE PLANNING GoArD,

DIVULGED THE FOLLOWING FACTS:
"AccorDING TO THE UNITED Srt-TE:, CENSUS OF fiANUFACTURERS IN 1935,
THE VALUE OF GEOrG If, 1 S r1ANUF ACTUrED PF'JDUCTS AMOUtJTED TO f, LITTLE OVER
523 r11 LL 1ON DOLLt.RS. TilE fJA T 1ONtL I rmusn: 1AL CorJFERENCE BoARD REPOrTED GeorGIA'S MANUFACTURING PRODUCT/0~ INCOME IN 1935 TO BE 142 MILLION
DOLLARS. THE INDUSTRIAL (ONFEP~NCE BOARD DEFINES PRODUCTION INCOME AS I tJCLUD I NG 11 TilE ".,\LM~ I ES AND WAGES, EtJTf!EPRENUP I AL INCOME OR NET PROFITS OR UNINCORPORATED ENTERPRISES, DIVIDENCS, INTEREST, AND NET RENTS AND ROV t, L T I E S 11

"TilE D I FFEI:ENCE OF 381 /.1/ LL I OtJ DOLU,f\S \'IOULD GCtJEF<ALLY REPRESENT
THE COST OF MATERIALS, TRANSPORTATION AND DISTriBUTION. THE FIGURE ON
TRMJSPO[(TAT I ON, PRODUCT I ON I NCOtlE, F'W GeORG I A, FROM THE Sflt.1E SOURCE IN
1935, \"lAS GIVEtl TO DE S7 t<11LLIOIJ DOLLARS. THIS SUCTPACTED rr011 381 ~ILL/ON DOLLARS, LEAVES 324 MILLION DOLLA[(S TO COVER THE COST OF /MTEriALS,
SELLING, DISH: I OUTING, ADVE~.T ISING, DEPPEC I ,\T I OtJ, MJD SO fORTH. I NASt.1UCH AS THE TOTAL VAL~E OF GEORGIA'S RAW ~ATEriALS FOr THIS YEAR DID NOT EX-
CEED 260 MILLION DOLL,\RS, IT ,\Pi0 EAi'S /.PP/RENT HIAT t1UC/l Of THE RAW 11ATEP.-
IALS USED IN MANUFACTURING I~DUSTRIES IN GeORGIA ARE IMPORTED FROM ELSE-
Y/HERE.

"FOR THE GOOD Of- THE PEOPLE OF GEORG I /1, MJD THC ENTIRE SOUT/1, IT
APPEARS ADVISABLE TO PLAN INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, IN LINES OF MANUFACTURING
Vlfll C/1 CMJ AND VII LL USE OUr RA\'1 f,l,\TEr I ALS. f'CSC:,\RCH MJD EXPC:R I t-10JTS IN THE STATE, PREVIOUSLY t.1E~JTIONED, INDICATE TIIAT IT CAtJ DE DONE. IN PROPORTION AS THIS IS DONE, IT WILL DE FOUND TH~T THE 11 LION 1 S SHAPE" OF PRODUCT I ON I NCOtlE VI ILL fJOT LEAVE GEORG I A IN LM'GE LUt.1P SUI~S TO PURCHASE SOME RAW MATERIALS AS NOW SEEMS TO DE THE CASE. LIK~WISE, IF SUCH INCOME
REt.1A INS LONGER IN CIrCULATION IN THE Srt, TE, AND C I RCULt,TES TI1ROUGH t.10PE
IMI~DS HERE, IT IS LII\ELY TI~/IT INDUSTRIES !l1W BE ATTRACTED TO THE STATE
AND pf,RT I ALLY F I N/INCED LOCALLY, TO 11AKE COI1110D IT I ES Vlfll CH THE PEOPLE OF
THE ST,\TE ARE tWW PURCIMSING Ff\OM fiiMJUr,'CTUf\EPS IN 110RE DISTANT SECTIOtJS.

"TilUS IT t1AY DE SEEN THAT THE LOSS IS A TWO-WAY ONE. FIRST, A VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE VALUE or GEORGIA'S ~!INUFACTUPED GOODS GOES OUT Or TH~ SfATe FOR THE PURCHASE OF RAW MATEriALS. SECONDLY, A LARGE PORTION OF PRIVATE INCOI.1E GOES OUT OF GEORGI/, TO DUY FlloJISHED PRODUCTS, MANUFACT-
Uf'.ED ELSEWHERE, V/111 CH COULD GE MADE IN GEORG I A.

"/1DVANTAGES OFFERED TO INDUSTRIES, USING.GEORGf/, 1 S RAW f.1ATERIALS, WOULD SE A STAPT IN THC RIG/IT DIRECTION, TO KEEP t10RE OF THE INCOME OR MONEY IN GEORGIA ror A LONGER TI~E. lr WE CAN DELAY A LARGER PORTION OF TH!S INCOME, AND INDUCE IT TO TARRY FOR A wIIL~ WITH US, IT MIGHT NOT DE LONG BEFORE THERE WOULD DE SUFFICIENT LOCAL CAP I TAL or CREDIT TO ST.~RT NEW LINES or INDUSTRY. GEORGIA IS DEFICIEIIT IN PLANTS TO MANUFACTURE
N'OCC::SSlTIES 01--

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FEI,f<ED 1-1/,LM!I/1 AS HUCH AS ltJDI/If/ ATT.~CI<S 08 SPANISH lfJVASIOf.JS, TIUDITION HAS IT THAT THE ENDURANCE OF MAN'f A tiNE RIDING HORSE VMS TAXED TO TI-l~ LIMIT OY PLANTATION 0'-:.JNCflS II~ THEIR ANXIETY TO GET OUT Ot THC: P.ICE FIELDS GEtOP.E f"GHT-r!ILL.
THE ST,HE 130ARD OF liE'LTH HAS PURSUED,\ PURPo:cFUL Pi:OGRMl TO ELIMifJATE TI1E C!IUS::: OF TillS DISEASE. ltJ f,DDITION TO THE LATEST APPROVED HEDICf,L TPEATr1ENTS, IT IMS, '!liTH THE HELP or THE !!JORI(S PROGRESS .'D~C.If-JISTRATION M~D OTHER ~.J,qioN,\L [I~Er:GENCY AGEI~C IE~, CO:!DUCTED CXTENSI VE DP.A I NAGE PROJECTS Af.ID PPEVEfJT/, T I VE TF!EA THE NT PIWGf"UIIIS,
I tl THE SP,\CC: OF ONLY A tE',/ 'fEAP.~ TilE D:NGCf' OF f.1J\LfP.I i\L I fJtECT I OH IIAS OEEN GI'C:ATLY tii1JII11ZED. THIS IS SHOV/N If! CAr'EtULL'i COI1lPILED VIT!,L ST;\Tic.TICS or- THE SHTE Go:.ro or HuLTH MJD 01 nr= IJHITED STATES Pu:JLIC HEALTH ServiCE.
THE DCCPEASC II~ DC\TH r:ATE PE;-" 100,000 POPUL!1TION tr'Of1 1936 TO 1937 IN GEO!"!Gif, VIAS 62.1 PERCENT. TI1E PEM~S OF TilE llf.U,f':IAL CYCLC, VII11CH ;,ppf:OXIfi,\TE SEVEN VE!IRS, HAVE STC!IDILY DECLINED. THE PEAK or 1929 VMS APPROXIMATELY 58 PErCENT ADOVE 14.6 DEATHS PEr 100,000 PEOPLE, \'/HICH WAS TI~E AVEi!t\GE FOR 19?'J THfWUGH 1936. THE PEAK ar 1936, HOWEVER, WAS ONLY ABOUT 31 PErCENT fiiGHER THAN THIS DEATH f'ATE OF 14.6 PER 100,000, AtJD THE 1938 RECORD IS A NEW LO'c'! OF 4.3 PErCENT.
0 I ,\RRHOEf, IS MJOTHEP. PREVEtJTMJLE D I S[,\SE THAT 1-L\S DECL I tJED IN GeorG I A. S I liCE
19Z4 THE DECLINE IN DEf,THS DUE TO TillS c,~usr: liAS DEEfJ OVEP. 60 PERCEfJT. 01PIHHErlt, IN THE P~ST tltTEEN YEARS HAS GEEN REDUCED BY OVER 60 PERCENT. TUBERCULOSIS, WHICH
TAKES ITS GREATEST TILL tRON THE ~EGRO POPULATION or TI~E STATE, HAS DEEN REDUCED A-
GOUT 40 PERCENT IN FIFTEEI'J YEARS. TillS STEADY IMPROVEMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE THROUGH
UO:-C Or THE L,\ TEST flE THODS OF PP.EVEIJT I ON AfJD CUf\E, V/1 TH E Ftl C I ENTL Y PLM~NED USE Ot FACILITIES AT HAND.
rr.o11 1921 TO D,\TE, DEATI-IS DUE TO TYPHOID FEVC' 1-1/,VE DECRE!>SED AS 11UCI~ AS 75
PERCENT.
As FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE GREAT I~PFOVEMENT MADE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN ,
THC CONTROL OF PP.EVEf.JT;\OLE DISEASE, IT SIJOULD DE NOTED THAT PELLAGPA DE,\THS I-lAVE
DECRE~SED APPROXI~\TELY 50 PERCENT.
THe ErF I C I ENCY OF GEOr:G I /1 1 S EXPMJDED HE!L Til PROGP.M'I IS FURTIIER SHOWN BY THE
FACT GEOf'GIA f~DE THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT, DURING THE PERIOD 1935-1937, OF FIVE
ADJOINING STATES IN DECREASED DEATH RATE DUE TO MALARIA, DIPHTiiEPIA, TUOEPCULOSIS, TYPHOID FEVER AND INFANT NOP.TALITV.
DURING THE P,\ST TVIO 'IEAI:S, WITH THE ADVISE AND t'.SSISTMICC:: or THE STATE SMJITARY ENGINEERING DIVISION, MANY TOWNS IN GEORGIA I~AVE IMPROVED AND CNLArGED THEIR

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MATERIAL FACILITIES FOR CARRYING OUT THIS CAMPAIGN HAVE GECOME AVAILABLE THROUGH AND EXTC:NS IVE SCI!OOL 3U ILD I~JG MID It.tPROVCf.IENT PROGRM-1 It-J THE ST/; TE, '1/111 CH VIAS ~lADE

POSS I OLE THROUGH TilE PUGL I C ':JORKS /\OM I fJ IS TRAT I ON, THE \'iORKS PrOGRESS Act.11 t-J IS Tf\A T I OIJ,

A~D OTHER ~ATIOt-JAL EI~ErGENCY AGENCIES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN EVERY COUNTY RECEIVING

ONE OR MORE NEW SCHOOL 3UILDINGS. IN CASES WHERE NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS HAVE 3EEN

CON~TRUCTED, CONSIDErATION HAS OEEN GIVEN TO LOCATION, ADEQUATE SPACE AND PLAYGROUND

F!CILITIES.

EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENTS IN GeorGIA HAVE PROGrESSED RAPIDLY IN THE PAST YEAr.

T\"10 HUNDRED M~D TEN NEVI SCHOOL OUILDINGS H/,VE OEEIJ COMPLETED IN THE STATE, NINETY

FIVE OF WHICH WERE FOR WIIITE PUPILS, ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN FOR NEGRO PUPILS. SEVEN

MILLION FREE TEXTBOOKS WERE DISTRIBUTED. THE SALARIES OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS HAVE

OEEN RAISED; THE SCHOOL TEPt1S Ht,VE ~~ ~-II NIt-1Ut.1 OF SEVEN HOIHHS; ADD IT I OIJ,\L FOUR-YE,\R

ll!GI! SCIIOOLS IMVE DEct-J PP.OVIDED UNTIL NO\'/ EVERY COUIJTY IN THE STATE HAS ,H LL\ST

ONE rOUP-YEM? ACCRCDITCD HIGH SCIIOOL. THE NUWJEI' OF TE:.CHEf'S H1\S GEEN INCPEf,SED

FROM 20,731 TO 21,232.

VocATIONAL TRAINING

VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN (EOP.GIA HAS OEEN LARGELY CONFINED TO AGRICULTURAL SUB-

JECTS. THIS CONDITION STILL EXISTS IN RURAL AREAS, ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL PHASES HAVE

BEEN INTRODUCED IN RECENT YEARS. IN URO,\N SCilOOLS TilE VOC!,TIONAL DEP,\P.H1ENTS M~E EMPHASIZING OTHER LINES. HIGH

SCHOOLS IN THE LARGEr. CITIES ARE TEACIIING MECHANICAL SUBJECTS AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS

IN STRUCTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL FIELDS.

/

ItJCREASED VOCATIONAL TRAIN I tJG IS AN ANSWER TO GEORG IA1 S UP GENT NEED FOR Arn I-

SANS. IT WILL GENEFIT THE LARGE NUMBERS OF YOUNG MEN, WHO ARE NOT ADAPTED NOR FI-

NANCIALLY AOLE TO FIT THEMSELVES FOR THE PROFESSIONS, OUT WHO SIIOULD BE TRAINED AS

MACHINISTS, MECHANICS, MACHINE OPERATORS, ESTIMATORS, ELECTRICIANS, OR OTHER TRADES.

IT HAS DEEN PROVEN THAT GEORGIA'S YOUTH LEARNS SKILLED TRADES QUICKLY AND BE-

COMES VErY EFFICIEf"lT 'dHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. BY PREPAP.ING SKILLED WORKERS FOR

IIIDUSTrY, FRESH CAPITAL WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO COME TO GEORGIA AND OUR YOUTHS WOULD

FINO BETTER AtJD lo10P.E PROF I TABLE WORK TO DO NEAR HOI.1E.

HEALTH AND SANITATION

I f,1PROVEI1ENTS It~ HEALTH AtJD SAN IT,\T ION THROUGHOUT THE ST,\TE DUPING TilE PAST T\'/0

OR TliREE YEARS, HAVE GrEATLY ALLEVIATED PREVIOUSLY FEArED DEVITALIZING INFLUENCES.

DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF SETTLEMENT IN GEORGIA, THE PL~NTERS !LONG THE COAST

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WATER SUPPLIES. ALSO THEY HAVE INSTALLED UP-TO-DATE, MORE ADEQUATE, AND ADDITIONAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANTS. THE NATIONAL ~MErGENCY RELIEF AGENCIES HAVE GIVEN INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN EFFECTING THESE CONDITIONS AND IMPROVE~ENTS. HI GfiWAY TRMJSPOIH AT I ON
HIGHWAY TrANSPORTATION HI\S NOV/ ret,CHED ,\ HIGH DEGREE or ADEQU1\CY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. LATEST FIGUf:ES SHO'i/ 10,740 MILES OF STATE 1-!IGHVIAYS, 61 PE\:CENT OF WHICH ARE PAVED. IN ADDITION TO THIS MILEAGE, WHICH INCLUDES UNITED STATES AND fEDERAL AID ROUTES, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE COUNTY HIGHWAY MILEAGE, CONSISTING OF HARD-SURFACED AND ALL-WEATHER ROADS.
1-iYDRO-ELECTR IC PO\'/ER DEVELOPMENTS SUPPLY Til 15 NEED FOr\ f1ANUFACTURERS. Poss I- BILITIES FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT HAVE .NOT BEEN FULLY MEASURED, GUT THE POTENTIAL SUPPLY IS FAR IN EXCESS OF THE EXISTING DEMANDS.

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"GEOHG IA - WITH ITS WE1\L TH OF RESOURCES PRESENTS MANY INDUSTRIAL 0PPORTUN IT IES",
THE EDITORS WRITE:
"iN THE MATTER OF TRANSPORTATION, GEORGIA HAS OVER 6,500 MILES OF PAVED HIGHWAY AND 4,240 MILES OF STATE ROAD ARE IMrROVED CHERT. IN ADD ITION THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 MILES OF RURAL ROADS. OPERATING WITHIN THE STATE ARE 52 BUS ROUTES AND 78 MOTOR TRUCK LINES. THERE IS NO STATE II IGHif/AY I NDEBTNESS.
11 THE RAIU~OADS, NUMBERING 38, OWN OVER 7,000 fliLES OF TRACK AND SUPPLY ADEQUATE Pi\SSEiiGER AND FRE IGIH TRANSPORT FROf-l AU-lOST EVERY SECT I O~J OF THE STATE. Ff<OM ATLMITA, IN THE NORTHWEST CENTRAL SECTION OF THE ST/1TE, AIR TRANSPORT REACHES ALL PARTS OF THE NATION, WHILE VARIOUS OTHER CITIES ARE REGULAR STOPPING PLACES ON REGULARLY SCHEDULED AIR ROUTES. THERE ARE 57 AIRPORTS MJD FIELDS STR/;TEGICALLY SITUATED THROUGIWUT THE STATE."

WATER TRANSPORTATION

THE HYDROGRAPHIC FORMATION OF THE GEORGIA COAST ENCOURAGED EARLY COASTWISE

j
~

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SEABOARD TRADING CENTERS, WHICH DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE

'1

COLONIES. NUMEROUS ESTUARIES, PROTECTED BY THE COASTAL ISLANDS, PROVIDED SAFE

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!

ROUTES FOR SMALL CRAFT.

THE ATLMH IC I ~JTRACOASTAL \'f:,TE:R~/AY IS A Pr.OTECTED, CH.i\1\TED COURSE ALONG THE

f.\TLANT IC SEABOAfW, THE IMPROVEf,IEtH OF VIIJI CH IS f, NOTABLE 1\CI IIEVEr-lENT OF COI',1PAJ(A-

TIVELY RECENT YEARS. IN PLANNING THIS PROJECT ADVANTAGE WAS TAKEN OF NATURAL

RESOURCES SUCH AS SOUNDS, DAYS, CHMJNELS, /HlD RIVERS.

THE "iNLAND \'J,\TERIJ/AY 11 ALONG THE GEOrWI/', COAST IS AN IMPORTMJT ADJUNCT IN

COASTWISE WATERBORNE COMMERCE, AND IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO INCREASING USE BY PLEAS-

URE CRAFT. ITS USEFULNESS \'/OULD DE MM.JY TIl--lES ENHM~CED BY THE COt;IPLET I ON OF THE
PROPOSED 12 FEET M. l. W. DEPTH. RE~ERRING TO THE 1937 REPORT OF THE WATER RESOURCES

COMMITTEE TO PRESIDENT RoOSEVELT, UNDER "RECOMMENDED PLAN 11 ESPECIALLY OF THE ALT~-

tMHII BAS IN:

11 THE I NTRACOA!:TAL 11/ATER'I/AY SHOULD BE DEEPENED TO 12 FEET AT MEMI loVJ
WATER THROUGHOUT THE AREA REPRESENTED IN THIS REPORT.

11 iiiAVIGATIOi'J ,\tJD HAHOOR F/'.CIUTIES AT SAVANNAH t1RE lf.JPORTAf"JT TO THE
COMMERCIAL LIFE OF THE CITY. IMPROVEMENT OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY \'II LL I NC[(EASE THE VOLUf'IE OF COASTWISE C0f;1f,JERC IAL AND PLE,\SURE CRAFT MOVE-MENT. COMPLETION DURING 1936 OF A NAVIGATION LOCK AND DAM ON THE SAVANNAH
RIVER 13 MILES BELOW AUGUSTA, TOGETHER WITH OPEN CHANNEL WOP-KS DELOW,WILL
PROVIDE A 6 FOOT CHANNEL TO THAT CITY. DUE TO THE LACK OF UPSTREAM REGULATION, THIS 6 FOOT NAVIGATION CAN DE ~tiiNTAINED ONLY 85 PERCENT OF THE TIME. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND INCREASING RIVER-BANK USE WILL MAKE LOCAL
FLOOD PROTECTION AND MINOR CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT."

THE USE OF NATURAL NAVIGATIONAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THEIR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE

GREATEST PUBLIC GOOD, IS A SOUND ECONOMIC UNDERTAKING. IF FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED

THROUGH EXPENSIVE, ARTIFICIAL HEANS, WHEN THE SAI'lE SEP.V ICES Cf,N DE PROVIDED !~ORE

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CHAPTEr~ V HI NTEPLAi~D TRMJSPORTAT ION ,~NO INTERCHANGE
IT IS OBVIOUS THI\T TPMJSPOPT,\TION TO AND FROM TilE POfiTS IS A HIGHLY IMPOrTANT FACTOR IN WATERBORNE COMMERCE, AND MUST DE GIVEN CONSIDERATION IN THIS STUDY. THIS CHAPTEr COVERS THE SUBJECT IN ITS TWO MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS, LAND TRANSPORTATION AND WATER TRANSPORTATION.
LAND TRANSPORTATION
THE STATE OF GEORGIA OWNS AND OPERATES, UNDER LEASE TO THE N. C. AND ST. L.
F:t.IL\"J:,y, THE '.!E:,TERN MlD ATLANTIC f:,iiLPOi'.D, \"ll:ICH RUtJS DEFIEE!'J /',TLMJTA AND CHATTANOOG,~. IN HIS HISTOrY OF "VIE:TEP.N AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD OF THE STt,TE OF GEORGIA" COMPILED OY JAMES HOUSTON JOHNSTON, AND PUBLISHED IN ATLANTA Ill 1931, THIS EDITOR ST,\ TES:
THE GENESIS OF
THE 1-'IEsn::RN r,ND ATLMJT 1c RA 1LROAD n~\GOUT THE IJEG INNING OF THE f'J I NETEENTH COJTUP.Y AND VI I TH THE
GP.,\DU.~L SETTLEf.10H OF THE I NTE:F IOR COUNTrY, THE CITIES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST rECOGNIZED THE NECESSITY FOR ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. VERY SOON AFTER ITS ORGANIZATION AS A SOVEREIGN STATE OF THE UN I ON, GEORG I,~ li;\D SOUGHT !,1E1\NS OF COf.11'1UN I Ct, T I ON DE TWEEN THE DIFFERENT PMiTS OF THE STATE TH?OUGH CONSTF:UCTION OF HIGH\'IAYS, AND IN THE IMPROVEIENT OF ITS NUMEROUS NAVIGABLE RIVEF:S. LATEr, GOVERNOR GILMER, IN HIS ANNUAL MESSAGES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1831 AND 1832, CALLED ATTEfHION TO THE FACT THAT THE STATE HAD Mi1DE fJO EFFORT TO TAKE .i~DVMHAGE Oi THE GI'EAT IMPROVEMENTS IN TF:ANSPORTATION. IN HIS MESSAGE OF 1832, HE SAYS:
"\'JE tciAY ANTICIPATE THE DNt VIHEN GEORGI/\ WILL ENTER THE LIST OF C~~PETITORS FOR THE MOST SPLENDID AND MAGNIFICENT WORKS OF INTERNAL I MPROVEt.1ENTS: \'/HEN WITH PRIDE VIE f,i,W PO I NT TO HER rA I LPOADS, CAN,\LS, AND TURNPIKES."
THE FIRST HIGHWAYS WERE "FARM-TO-MARKET" AND POST ROADS. OWING TO THE SOIL CONDITIONS, SO FAVORADLE TO AGriCULTURE, BUT DIFFICULT TO THE MAINTENAIICE OF GOOD rOADS, GEORGIA SUFFERED FrOM THE LACK OF ALL-WEATI~r ROADS UNTIL THE ESTAIJLISHt'IENT OF TilE STATE I~IGH':'/AY 0EP1\:'Ti1ENT GY THE PEORGANIZATION ACT OF IHE GENEI'AL /I.~'SEf,1DLY OF 1919, ACT. No. 151. EXCEPTING FOr A FEW MUNICIPALLY CONSTRUCTED HARD SURF,\CED STr1EETS, GEORGIA L!\CKED GOOD fWADS PRIOr TO TilE CR:C:ATIOI~ OF TillS 0EPr\RHI.ENT
QUOTING FROM THE ARTICLE I:J THE AUGUST, 1938 ~ANUFACTUrErS PECORD, ENTITLED

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TROLLING DEPTH VARIED FRO~ 1.7 TO 4.5 FEET; AND ON THE 0CMULGEE FROM TilE HOUTH TO J\OGCV I LLE, FROfl 1. 5 TO 4. 0 FEET. ABOVE 0UGL I tJ 1\ND AooEVILLE, THE CONTROLLING DEPTH WAS ABOUT 1 FOOT.
"TilE PROJECT ON THE SAT I LLA [(I VER PROV 1\DES FOR SIJAGG I rJG FRO!~ THE 110UTH TO BRUNS FORT, 52 f.11LES, MJD TIIE f'EI-'<OV/,L or OBSTRUCTIONS TO WAYCROSS. TI~RE HAS DEEN NO COW~RCE ON THIS RIVER AGOVE BRUNS FORT FOR A flU I !:JEP OF YE,\RS t.ND NO SNt,GG I NG Y/AS DO:JE Ot~ THIS STPE ,\f.l D Ur' I NG TilE
FISCAL YEAR 1938. CONTROLLING DEPTHS, AS REPORTED BY PILOTS, WERE 9 FEET FROM THE 110UTH TO OWENS !EPRY AND ABOUT 3.5 FEET FROM OWENS FERRY TO 8Ut:.HS FOPT. AcovE GURf~S ! ORT, Tl !E COi'JTIWLL I NG DEPT I-I '.'/AS AD OUT 1 FOOT.
"THE Pi:OJECT OfJ Tfi[ ST. r:t.t:'/S RIVEr PFWVIDES FOP 17 FEET Ft:011 THE i10UHI TO C<'MJD,\LL, 12.5 111U:S, MIC FOi" SN1\GGI~-'G UP TO KINGS !Cf'RY, 37 111U:S !\DOVE nr:: 110UTII. THIS ICIVEJ: I<E<;Uir.ES 'IU:Y LITTLE 1-1AIIITEN.IINCE f,ND
1~0 tM I fJTENMJCC \'If.':, DOf~E DU" I f.JG HIE LAST F I ~CAL VEM:. THE CONTROLL I i'JG
~FPTHS, /IS R:O:PORTED 0'/ PILOTS, WEI~E 14.7 FEET ITOI1 THE liOUTij TO ST. ~ARYS, 11.0 FEET FROM ST. MARYS TO KINGS !ER~Y, AND G FEET Ft:OM Kli'JGS
iERRY TO TH~ ATLANTIC COAST LINE ~AILPOAD Ct:IDGE. BETWEEN THIS CI;IDGE
AND Tr?ADEP-5 HILL, TIE HE,\0 OF IJAVIG/TION AT :11LE 59, THE CONTROLLING DEPTII REPORTED ViAS 4 FEET . 11
COOPEf',\TIVE I!HE:'CIVd~GE OF l:i.';l 11AFTI,~LS ,'.fJD I'-~EPCII/d<DISE 11'-l INTEPST1\TE C01'11._1EP.CE, vJOULD r;;OVIDE IIEi\LTH!E:: ousltJEsc, coNDITIO~Js THr-~ouGHOUT TI-lE UN~TCD ST/\TE~>- EvEr-Y SECT I 011 01 THE U~J I TED ST,\TES H/.S S0~-1[ T'.'/0 01~ !10i:ie RESOUI:CES, PP.Oi'UCTS AND SEI'V ICES,
TO r:Ef.fCEf: SAT I s;-.t,CTC>:' I L'( FOt: THE Gr:E:T[ST co:::I~ON GOOD OF TI1E I R NE IGHOORS IN OTH'::R
SC:CT I Of-IS OUT 1\N E,\S'( I lEANS OF I fHEI:CIL\IJGE IS fJEECED TO PROfiOTE TRADE.
GEORGIA RESOURCES AND PRODUCTS HAVE NOT OEEN AS FULLY DEVELOPED, AS EFFICIENT-
L Y DIS TR I OUTED, AND ,, S UIJ I VE RS,\LL Y PUBLIC I ZED AS THOSE Of- IMNY OTIIE P SECTIONS OF THE
cnUNTRV. THE Gr?OWTH AND Pr.OGRESS OF INDUSTRIALIZATIOIJ IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA OUR-
I tJG THE P/,ST ?5 YEARS PrOVES THfT TI-l IS ST,\TE HAS IIUCI-I TO COIITP I GUTE TO THE PEST OF
THf:: Ut-I I TED ST.\TES AND THE \'/OFLO. THE PEOPLE 01 THE STV(E, U~JDC:,"' THE LEADERSHIP OF P>:OGRESSIVE THINI<ERS, At:E
A','!t,I<EN I NG TO THEIR POSS I GIL IT I ES AND POTENTIALITIES. A GPOVI I NG MIC IT I ON Ai-t.OUNG TliE
PEOPLE or THE STt.TE fIUST DE RE!.LIZED. LE,\DERS !lUST TAKE COGtJIZAilCE OF IT. NOT THE LEAST OF GEORGIA'S DE~ANDS FOR RECOGNITION IS THE MOVEMENT FOr. EQUITABLE FI<EIGHT
RATES, IN WHICH GEOPGIA IS COOPEPfTING WITH OTIIEP SOUTHERN STATES.
FURTHF:R DEVELOPI-1ENT FOI> POP.T !AC I LIT I ES, COUPLED \'/I TH FUP.TI-IER lf.JPPOVEf,IENT OF
ltJLMJD \'lt.TER\'IJWS ,\ND I'.IVEC. CHt.NflELS, IS ESSENTIAL TO ACCOt.lPLISH UP'!/AP.D BUSINESS
TRENDS. COOPEnATIOH BETWEEN THE I<AILROADS AND ~ATE!' CAP.RIERS IS IMP011TANT TO ALL CON-
Ct:I 1 NED. HEM: I !JGS, ~J0\'1 CE I ~IG IIELC ou-orr:: THE I NTERSTf,Tf:: CoMt1Er<CE CoJ.1M I 55 I ON, SHOULD
GO TIIOFCOUGIILY lfJTO TliiS ilt.TTER, ESPECit.LLY SINCE CO.~ST\'/ISE AND ALL OTHEI" DotIESTIC

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CHEAPLY OY USING NATURAL PUBLICLY-OWNED RESOURCES, THE RESULTING INVESTMENT IN UN-

NATUJ<,\LLY PLAWJED FACILITIES SOONER OR LATEF~ DECQt.1EC:, AN ECONOMIC DURDEN.

AN INTERESTING INSTANCE OF EVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION METHODS HAS OCCURED ON

THE GEORGIA COAST. 0RGINALLY THE SETTLERS USED SUCH INLAND ROUTES 8EHIND THE COASTAL ISLANDS AS ~ATUI<E PROVIDED. FOLLOWING THIS, TWO CANALS WERE GUILT. THE ,",L T flt,~AHA CANAL CONNECTED THE: AL TM:Mf.-\ RIVER OVERLAND TO 0F:UtJS\V I CK. THE 0GEECHEE CANAL CONNC:CTI:~D TilE 0GEECHEE RIVER WI TI-l SAVt,NNAH. THE CANALS WERE ABANDONED AND

THE G<::ORG I A COA.ST MJD PIEDMONT PA I LROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED FROM COLLINS TO GLENN-

VILLE, BEING EXTEtJDED LATER THf(OUGH LUDOVJICI TO DARIOJ AND Bl<UNSWICK. T1115 R,\ILR0/,0 VIAS ABAI~DONED OETVIEEN GLENNVILLE AND 8F'UtJS\'I I CK AND, I H PECEtH YEArS, A NATIO!JAL HIGHWAY HAS OEEfJ COI1PLETED FR0~1 i1Ai1!E TO f:i!M11. THIS HIGif\'/AY TF:AVE:-:SES

TilE COASTAL SECTION OF GEORGIA. THE. INLAND WATEPWAYS ARE OEING CONSTAHTLY IMPROVED

AS COI1t.EPCE DE~lANDS 'ill TH I NCr=!EASED TONN/,GES ..~ND DEEPER DRAFT OOt:rs, BOTII rPE I GilT

AND PLCASURE CRAFT. THE EXPENSE OF SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION HAS OEEN JUSTIFIEll IN THE

DL' i LD I NG UP OF THE COAST/L SECT I ON ;,ND PROV I D I ~JG OUTLETS FOR COI.1f-IERCE.

THE PROJECT FOR I 1/JPROVEMEtHS IN THE SAVMJNAH RIVER, I IJCLUD I tJG THE LOCK AND
DA~ AT NEW SAVANNAH BLUFF, PROVIDES A CHANNEL 6 FEET DEEP AND 75 FEET WIDE, AT OR-
DlrJAf~Y SUf.~MEfo FLOVI, FRO:; THE: UPPER END. OF SAVArWAI-1 HAr.DOR TO THE HE.'D 'JF NAVIG/,TIO~:

AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THIS DEVELOPMENT BENEI-ITS THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE PROVISION OF

1\N OUTLET TO t.ND FfWI,I THE PORT !II~D HI NTEnLMJD.

IMPROVEtIENTS IN IJAVIG.\TION FROM RIVER JUNCTION UP THE Cf-lt,TTAHOOCHEE RIVER TO

U. COLUMBUS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FAVORABLY BY Tl~

S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. IMPROVEMENTS

IN TfiE FLINT PIVER BETWEEN RIVER JUNCTION AND ALBANY, GEORGIA ARE BEING RESTUDIED
DY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. I f!oPROVEMENTS AT t.1oo I LE, ALA DAriA ,\NO THENCE UP THE COOSA

RIVER TO ROhiE IN TllE*NORTHEASTEPN SECT I ON OF GEORG I A 1\RE BEING STUD I ED.

OTHER RIVER CHANNELS IN GEORGIA HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROJECT DEPTH, ACCORDING

U. TO THE

S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS:

11 0N RIVERS OF THE ALTM.JAiiA RIVER SYSTEt:l, THE PROJECT PROVIDES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A 3-FOOT DEPTH DURING ORDINARY SUMMEr WATER, AND FOR
A GI\ADUAL INCREASE OF THIS DEPTH SO FM< AS PRACTICM3LE, IIICLUDIIJG THE ENTIRE .L\LTt.t.;MIA RIVER, WITH A LENGTH OF 137 t11LES, THE LQI.'IEP 145 !11LES OF
T11E OCONEE [";I VER, AtJD THE LOVIER 205 MILES OF THE 0Civ1ULGEE RIVER. THE CQt,J1.\EIICE ON THESE rIVERS HAS NOT JUSTIFIED, IN A NUMOER OF YEAf\S, THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY FUNDS EXCEPT FOR SNAGGING. DURING THE LAST YEAR, OUR SNAGBOATS OPERATED ON THE ALTAMAHA RIVER FROM Tl~ MOUTH TO 124 MILES ADOVE; ON THE Oct~ULGEE RIVER FROM TilE f,IOUTH TO 203 MILES ABOVE, OR TO r1ACON; IJO SNAGGING WAS DONE ON THE OCONEE RIVER. IN 1938 DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO AUGUST, INCLUSIVE, THE CONTROLLING DEPTH ON TIE ALTAMAHA VARIED FROM
1. 5 TO 4. 3 FEET; Of~ THE 0COfJEE pI VER FRml THE I!,OUTfl TO 0UBL iN, THE CON-
* ERRATA- NORTHWESTERN

AUGUSTA-SAVANNAH RIVER CHANNEL.
LOCK &. DAM- NEW SAVANNAH BLUFF
TUG BOAT &. BARGE IN LOCK
TUG BOAT ''WILEY L. MOORE'' WITH BARGE SAVANNAH RIVER NEAR AUGUSTA

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COMMERCE IS INCREASING. THE SUBJECT OF RAIL-WATER RATES SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. ANY CON-
DITION MilCH MILITATES AGAINST A PARTICULAR PORT, SHOULD OE CORRECTED. THE ONLY PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES TO ALLOW BETWEEN PORTS ARE THOSE OF THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES, PORT FACILITIES, LOCATION WITH REFERENCE TO HINTERLAND PRODUCTION CENTERS, AND CONVENIENCE TO OTHER SHIPPING CENTERS.
IN THE PRESENT TRANSITORY ERA OF WORLD AFFAIRS, WITH HEAVY LOSSES IN FOREIGN COI~MERCE, IT APPEARS AOV ISABLE TO REPLACE THIS LOSS OY ENCOURAGING D011EST IC WATERBORNE COMMERCE. SUCH STE:eS SEH1 NECESSARY TO PERPETUATE PORTS, WHOSE FACILITIES AND HAROOR IMPROVEMENTS RPRESENT THE, INVESTMENT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND REQUIRE CONSTANT MAINTENANCE TO ~hEVENT DETERIORATION OF THESE HUGE INVESTMENTS. SUCH ACTION IS VITAL TO THE ECONOMIC VJELF'ARE. OF GEORGIA'S I"OflTS.
PASSENGER SERVICE
A CERTAIN Ar10UNT OF PASSENGER TRAFFIC IS HANDLED TliROUGH GEORG IA PORTS, PART ICULARLY SAVANNAH. THE MERCI~NTS AND MINERS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OPERATES STEAM-SHIPS ON A TRI-WEEKLY SCHEDULE TO BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA AND JACKSONVILLE. THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY ALSO OPERATES TRI-WEEKLY SERVICE TO NEVI YORK AND BOSTON. BOTH OF THESE LINES OFFER CONFORTAOLE ACCOMMODATIONS, WHICH ATTRACT TOURISTS WHO ARE VACATIONING IN GEORGIA SEASHORE RESORTS.
THE AUGUSTA-SAVANNAH LINE, AND THE BEAUFORT (SOUTH CAROLINA) AND SAVANNAH LINE, OPERATE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE VIA INLAND WATERWAYS ON A WEEKLY SCHEDULE.
THE ST. JOHNS RIVER LINE OPERATES COASTWISE PASSENGER-FREIGHT SERVICE ON A SEMI-WEEKLY SCHEDULE BETWEEN BRUNSWICK AND JACKSONVILLE.
As RESORTS OF THE COAST CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, PASSENGER SERVICE AT GEORGIA PORTS SHOULD INCREASE. THE USE OF THE INLAND WATERWAYS BY REGULAR LINES, IN ADDITION TO THtciR STEAD.ILY INCREASING tfSE 13V pR1VATE: YACHTS AND OTHER fSLE.\SURE' CRAFT. IS WOP.THY OF MENTION. THESE USES HAVE POSSIOILITIES OF STILL GREATER INCREASE. A COAST GUARD CUTTER IS STATIONED AT SAVANNAH, AND A COAST GUARD LIFE SAVING STATION WAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED ON 5T. SiMONS ISLAND. THERE ARE ALSO PROSPECTS OF A COAST GUARD LIFE SAVING STATION NEAR SAVANNAH. THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES TO SAFEGUARD PASSfiNGER SERVICE AND PLEASURE CRAFT ALONG THE COAST, WHICH AFFORD ANOTHER REASON FOR SUGGESTING THAT PASSENGER SERVICE AND PLEASURE CRAFT MOVEMENT ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

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r: "T: OUTCf' HA:'OGr'.-- TilE ENTP M!CE TO TfiE Ht. pr::or. 1s THPOUGH ,\ DPEDG-
ED CHAN!':EL ACPOSS THE OCEAH 8M' AT TIIC MOUTH Of THE SAVMJNAH pI VER. tP0r1 TIE: OCt::MJ i3M: THE CllM-Jf.JEL EXTENDS IIJ A Wt::STEPL Y D I F~ECT I ON FOLLO\'l-
ING THE PIVER CHANNEL.

"THE iffE~' IIAP30f.'.--T:IE HAIN HAfWOf-: COI-1PP.I::.ES TilE TOTAL WIDTH OF
THE 5,\Vi\NNAH RIVER EXTEND I ~JG FflOH 6 !-!;I LES Ai30VE THE CITY TO A PO I tJT ? . 6
MILES OELOV/ THE CITY.

ror 11 0PEf.l Sr::tSXI

NtNIGATIOi"J.--TIIC CIIMINELS IN HIE 11/IRDOR or SAVAr,~JAH

A l'"}r I\,:_

NAV I GADLC

Tllf'OUGHOUT

THE

YEAR.

11 Pf':-::V1\Illi'!G V-tlfJ[)S.--TIIE PP-EVAILIIJG WINDS ARE SOUTHWESTERLY, OUT DUR-
IN~-; HIE If/INTEr: MmJTI1::. Tl-lf:Y Ar:E NOP.TfiU:LY MJD WESTERLY. No f10NSOON V/INDS
OCCUR AT TillS POPT. REGIONAL STORMS, TROPICAL, OCCUP. IN JuLY, AUGUST, Sc:PTEil:Jr:::r., 1\:-JD OcTOGEr, oc 1~JG nosT rPEG,lUENT our 1r"G f.1Uou::.T 1\ND ScPT01BER.

11 P?:::CI?/TATIIJ[.J.--Tw: t1EMJ ,\NtWAL Pf~ECIPITATim.l CO!olPUTED FROt-1 TilE
VfEf'.TiiG: 8UREAU RECORDS For: 63 YE.t.r.S IS 48.18 IIJCHES.
"T'::~'P:::i' ATIJRE. --THE DAILY MEAt! f,JJ N I MUt1 TEt1PERA TURE COHPUTED FPOM
Ti IC: 1-'iEA THU' i3UREAU PECOP.DS FOr; 60 YEARS 15 58.5, AND THE DA I L'I HEMI HAX I t-IU!-1 TEJ1PEPATUPE 15 75.3.
"B:)IDGES.--TIIE ONLV DRIDGE ACROSS THE C!IMJNEL 15 TIJ/,T OF TI-IF SEA-
OOtRD AIR L!IJE f!AILVIAY, LOC/.ITED AGOUT 2 r..;ILES t.r30VE St.vt.NNAH MJD 19 11iLES
F'ROI'1 THE f10UTH OF Tl !C I: I VEl'!. IT 15 OF GASCULE L I IT TYPE WITH lOUR SPMJS.
Tl P: 'fi I DTI-I 01 TIIE CEIHEF! SP.ANS IS 116 FEET MJD TI1E LO\'IEST PO I NT Of- THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IS 16.4 FEET AGOVE ~EAN LOW \'lATER AND 9.6 ICCT AOOVE
HIGII V/1\TEf'. THiS GfC:IDGE r-:tS tJO CLOSED PEI'IOD."
0~1 SEPTEMDEF~ 16, 1938 THE OISTr'ICT OFriCE or- THE Cor-:Ps or ENGirIEEI'S ,q SAVMJNAH
ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
"THe Pr.ESENT PROJECT ror: TilE 1r.1PROVEJ..J:::rn OF SAVMH-IAH IIM::oor. WAS
AUTIIOP.IZED 13Y THE i'IVEP. MID HM'COP. AcT 01 AUGUST 30, 1935, II~ ACCOP.DAI-IC:O: VII TH HousE DocuHEIJT flo. 276 73r>D CoNG. 2rJD SESS. THE PROJECT 1/JAS Cot,lPLETED IN DECEJJOEr~ 1937. THE HAFWOR CHMJNELS REQU I HE CONS I DEF!f,OLE
J.1A I iHCtli\.IICE AND Tl! I 5 IS DOI'IE ON A SCHEDULE TH.AT \'II LL PROV! DE THE MAX 1-
J.JUil DEPTH lOR iJAVIGfTION 1:'/ITH THE IU~JDS ,W,\ILMJLE. IJrJ JUNE 30, 1938 TII'::!~E \'1/S A COI'HROLL I i'JG DEPTH OF 30 FEET IROI-~ THE SEA TO QUM'AfJT I tJE, 28.8 r'EET FROM QUARANTINE TO THE SEABOA~D AIR liNE RAILWAY DRIDGE IH TilE CIT'/, AND 26 FEET CET\'/EEIJ THE OR I DGE AI.JD THE UPPEr END or TilE 11/IRIJOR
NCf.P TIJE SUGt>fi J:EFiiJEI<Y."
TI!E CITY 01 S.t,VMJNAII OPEPATES A MUNICIPAL V/HAr.r, WIIIC11 P.ECENTLY VIAS PEOUILT OY
TIIE \;1/0PJ(S PROGP.ESS ADifl.INI5TP.ATION, AI~D OWNS OTIIER 1'/ATE~Fr:OJH PHOPEP-TY V1111CH 15 DE-
SCRIBED IN DETAIL ON PAGE 5 OF POP.T SERIES No. 10.

Po~T SERIES No. 10 ALSO CONTAINS CO~PLETE AND PERTINENT DATA REGARDING TillS
PORT, A5 r'OLLOWS:
11 8PUNSWICK fJ,~POOF IS 2:: STATUTE MILES NOf~TH 01 TilE ENTF.ANCE TO FE!\IJAJJDINA JkrmOF, iL,~. AND 70 STt,TIJTE MILI::S SOUTH 01 THE EIHRANCE TO
St>VAI'llltd1 J-lt,rlOOP., Gt,. THE I lA POOP, I NCLUD I IJG THE BAH CHAWJEL, IS AOOUT 20 MILES IN LENGTH, FROM 300 TO 3,000 r'EET IN WIDTI1, AND COMPRISES THE
IMPROVED CHANNEL ACROSS THE OCEAN DAR, ST. SIMON SOUND, BRUNSWICK R!VEH, ~AST RIVER TO Tl~ UPPER LIMITS OF THE CiT'/ 01 BRUNSWICK, TURTLE PIVER

45
CHAPTER VI HARBOR RESOURCES AND PORT FACILITIES
THIS STUDY HAS DEVOTED ITSELF LARGELY TO RESEARCH AND STUDY OF MANY FACTORS V/HIC!! CONTFICUTE TO THE V/ELFAr<E OF PORTS, /1ND THESE OAT,\ ARE OASED UPON THE RESULT OF UTILI ZAT IOtl OF N/1TURAL HAnDOR MJD OTH::R NAV IGAT IOf>IAL RESOURCES. THE EFFECTS OF TilE UTILI Z/,T IOtJ OF ESTADL ISHED PORTS OITEN IMY OOSCUt:E THE PR IM,\f<Y CAUSES FOR TilE IR EXISTENCE AtJD THE Pf1 INC I PUO:S UPON WH ICll THEY VIERE OU ILT. THESE FUtJDAMENTALS ~AY DE GENERALLY OUTLINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. fJATUIU,L N,WIG,\TIONAL OR HAt:DOR PESOURCES. 2. ,\Dt,PTAO IL ITY OF TliESE RESOUPCES FOR USE IN HIE TI\ANSPORTt-
T ION MJD DISTR IOUT ION OF COM~iERCE, BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES. 3. LOCATION WITH REFERENCE TO PRODUCTION CENTERS, WHICH REQUIRE AN ECONOMICAL INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THEIR RAW MATERIALS AND FINISHED Pi:ODUCTS. 4. LOC;-\T ION 'HI TH REFERENCE TO OTHER SHIPP I t~G OR DISTR IOUTING CENTERS, OETWEEN V/HICH TRADE ROUTES ARE PRACTICAL AND NECESS/,RY. IT IS WELL TO CONSIDER FUNDAMENTALS IN ALL PLANNING. IT IS NOT EASY TO DO THIS WHEN CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT liAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, AND SOME MISTAKES HAVE OEEN MADE. GEORGIA'S PORTS ARE DETTER THAN AVEPAGE, IF SCORED ON THE AOOVE OUTLINED PRINCIPLES. THEREFORE, IT APPEARS NECESSARY ONLY TO APPRAISE HAROOR RESOURCES AND EXISTlNG PORT FACILITIES IN THE LIGIIT OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CALCULATED TRENDS, IN ORDER TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. THIS STUDY HAS INDICATED OPPORTUNITIES, AND HAS TOUCI1ED UPON POSSIBILITIES FOR FURTHER DEVELOP~ENT OF DOMESTIC COMMERCE.
PORT SERIES No. 10, PREPARED BY THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARDORS
01 THE ~AR 0EPAPTI~ENT, CONTAINS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF TH!S POI\T 1 S HAROOR RESOURCES AND PORT FACILITIES, AND DESCRIBES ITS HARBOR AS FOLLOWS:
11 5/;V,\NNAH HARBOf~ COt-lPRISES THE LOV/ER SECTION OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER, EXTENDING FROM THE CITY OF SAVANNAH TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. ITS ENTRANCE
IS 75 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON HARBOR, 5. C. AND 70 MILES NORTH OF THE
ENTRANCE TO BRUNSWICK HARBOR, GA. THE CITY OF SAVANNAH IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTiiERtJ OMJK 01 THE SAVANN/IH RIVER IIBOUT 24 r.HLES HWM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

48
CONSIDERABLE MATERIAL REGARDING THESE PORTS IS CONTAINED IN THIS ISSUE OF THE PORT SERIES AND DESERVES CAREFUL REVIEW AND CONSTANT REFERENCE BY THOSE INTERESTED IN PLANNING THE FUTURE. THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE DEALT WITH FULLY IN THE PoRT SEPIES:
PoRT AND HARBoR CoNDITIONs PORT CUSTOMS AND REGULATIONS PORT SERVICES AND CHARGES FUEL AND SUPPLIES PORT AND HARBOR F .~C ILIT IES CoMMUNICATIONS THE FREIGHT RATE SITUATION CoMr.tcrcc TERRITORY TRIBUTARY TO THE PORT GENERAL THESE PUBLICATIONS HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR ALL PORTS OF THE SOUTHEA~TEnN RE-
GION, AND APE AVA ILADLE THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
AT A NOMINAL PRICE.

47
TO THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY TERMINALS, A PORTION OF ACADEMY CREEK, AND BACK RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF MILL CREEK. THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN DANK OF EAST RIVER OPPOSITE BUZZARDS ISLAND, ABOUT 16.2 MILES FROM THE 30 FOOT CONTOUR OF THE OCEAN AND ADOUT 8-1/2 MILES ABOVE ST. SIMON LIGHTHOUSE.
"THE OUTER HARBOR.--THE OUTER HARBOR CONSISTS OF A DREDGED CHANNEL OVER THE OCEAN BAR OFF ST. SIMON SOUND. IT IS AI30UT 7 MILES LONG AND EXTENDS IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTIOt~ FROM THE 30 FOOT CONTOUR IN THE OCEAN. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND UNDER "HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS".
"THE IMlER HARIJCJR.--THE INNEFl HARBOR COMPRISES BRUNSWICK RIVER WHICH EMPTIES INTO Sr. SiMON SouND, TuRTLE RIVER TO THE SouTHERN RAILWAY TERMINALS, EAST RIVEF TO iiCADEMY CPEEK, ACADEMY CREEK TO 1 MILE ABOVE ITS MOUTH, AND B~.CI~ RIVER TO r11 LL CREEK.
JEKYL CPEEK EtHERS BRUNSVII CK RIVER FROM THE SOUTHWARD ABOUT 2-1/2 111 LES FF'Of1 ITS MOUTH; WITH JEKYL SOUND AND ST. ANDREWS SOUND IT FORMS PART OF THE
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY TO FERNANDINA, FLA. A SURVEY MADE DURING JANU-
ARY 1934 51-lOWS f, CONTROLLING DEPTH OF 9.2 FEET AT MEAN LOW WATEP THROUGH TH~ CREEK.
SACK RIVER, WHICH ENTERS THE SOUND FROM THE NORTHWARD, IS USED BY SMALL VESSELS AS AN ALTERNATE ROUTE ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. THERE IS A DEPTI1 OF 6.8 FEET AT MEAN-LOW WATER TO MACKAY RIVER, AS OF MAY 1934.
SOUTI1 BRUNSWICK RIVER ENTERS BRUNSWICK RIVER FROM THE WESTWARD OPPOSITE IJUZZARDS ISLAND. FANCY BLUFF CREEK ENTERS SOUTH BRUNSWICK RIVER FROM THE SOUTH'I/EST\'IARD 1-174 MILES ABOVE ITS MOUTH. THIS CREEK AFFORDS A CROOKED, NARROW CHANNEL, GOOD FOR A DEPTH OF ABOUT 2.5 FEET AT MEAN LOW WATER, TO LITTLE SATILLA RIVER.
OPEN SEASON FOR NAVIGATION.--THE HARBOR IS OPEN FOR NAVIGATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
"PREVAILING WINDS.--THE PREVAILING WINDS ARE NORTHEASTERLY; DURING THE SPRING MONTHS THEY ARE SOUTHERLY.
11 PRECIPITATIQN.--THE MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, COMPILED FROM THE WEATHER BUREAU RECORDS FOR 33 YEARS, IS 49.76 INCHES. THE TABLE BELOW GIVES TI1E PRECIPITATION FOR EACH MONTH.
"TEMPERATURE.--THE DAILY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE, COMPILED FROM THE WEATHER BUREAU RECOPDS FOR 10 YEARS IS 59.8, AND THE DAILY MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IS 77.9.
"BRIDGES.--THERE M<E tJO BRIDGES ACROSS THE CHANNEL AT THIS PORT."
ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1938 THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT SAVAN-
NAH ALSO ADVISED:
"THE PROJECT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF BRUNSWICK HARBOR WAS ADOPTED DY THE RIVER AND HARBOR ACT OF JULY 30, 1930 AND THE ACT OF JUNE 20, 1938 PROV IOED FOR INCLUDING ItJ TilE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT THE DEEPENING OF TERRY CREEK. THE HARBOR PROJECT PROPER WAS COMPLETED IN 1936. THE DEEPENING OF TERRY CREEK TO 10 FEET AT MEAN LOW WATER HAS NOT BEEN STARTED, BUT THE WORK WILL DE DONE AS SOON AS PLANT IS AVAILABLE.
"IN JUNE 1938, BRUNSWICK HARBOR HAD A CONTROLLING DEPTH OF 27 FEET TO THE CITY AND 28.4 FEET TO THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY WHARF ON UPPER TURTLE PI VEi'~ . 11
PORT FACILITIES ARE SHOWN ON THE MAPS ON PAGES 52 AND 53, WHICH ARE REVISIONS
BY TilE STATE PLANNING GOARD OF SIMILAR MAPS CONTAINED IN THE PORT SERIES PUBLICA-
TIONS.

50
AN ACTIVE PORT AUTHORITY, IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH CONDITIONS, IS IN A POSITION TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. FOREIGN TRADE THROUGHOUT NoRTH AND SoUTH AMER)CA MIGHT BE INCREASED, NOT ONLY TO THE IMMEDIATE ADVANTAGE OF WATERBORNE COMMERCE, BUT TO THE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY KIND OF INDUSTRY, UPON MilCH WATERBORNE COMMERCE DEPENDS. IN TERSTATE COMMERCE, ESPECIALLY DOMESTIC WATERBORNE COMMERCE, SHOULD 3E PROMOTED AND DEVELOPED MORE FULLY.
THE SUGGESTED lt.1PROVEMENTS II~ THE INLAND WATERWAY, RIVER CHANNELS, AND CANALS, WOULD PROVIDE A CONSIDERABLE MATERIAL AID IN. ACCOMPLISHING THIS PURPOSE. THE DEVEL
OPMENT OF PORT FAG ILIT IES, ADAPTABLE TO HANDL IdG :,;_;ctTYPES OF DOMESTIC WATE,RB.ORNf
COMt.1ERCE, NECESSARILY WOULD FOLLOW. DoMESTIC WATERBORNE COMMERCE OFFERS THE GREATEST POSSIBILITIES AT THIS TIME
FOR INCREASED REVENUE, AND FOR BUILDING UP THE WATERBdRNE BRANCH OF THE TRANSPORTA TION INDUSTRY OF GEORGIA.
., ::. .....

49
CHt,PTER VI I SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THE SUCCESS OF TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION SErVICES DEPENDS LARGELY UPON CONDITIONS OF INDUSTRY MJD flUS INESS. WHEN HEAL THY CotJD IT IONS EXIST IN TRADE AND COMMERCE, THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY PROSPERS. WHEN THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION SUFFERS, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT RELIEVED THEREBY OF CERTAIN DEFINITE RESPONSIOILITIES. ASIDE FROM CARRYING COMMODITIES FROM PRODUCERS TO CONSUMERS, THIS INDUSTRY OF SERVICE MAY CARRY EITHER GOODWILL OR DAD TIDINGS. TRANSPOrTATION IS DEPENDENT UPON EVERY LINE OF BUSINESS ENDEAVOR FOR ITS EXISTENCE, AND ITS PRINCIPL~S OF SERVICE NEED TO DE HIGH TO HELP INSTILL AND MAINTAIN THE DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT OEGETS TRADE.
SPECIFIC PLANNING IN THE FIELD OF V/ATErBORIJE COi>MERCE NEED= TO DE BASED ON T\f/0 PRD.JISES. THE FIRST IS THAT OF IMPROVING PORT FACILITieS. THE SECotJD IS TH/,T OF DETERMINING WAYS IN WHICil TO BE OF GREATER SERVICE, SUCH AS DISCOVERING NEW MARKETS FOR COMMODITIES.
THE STATISTICS CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT INDICATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WATERBORNE COMMERCE IN GEORGIA. OTHER DATA PROVIDE AN INSIGHT INTO TRADE AND INDUSTRY, UPON WHICH WATERBORNE COMMERCE NECESSARILY DEPENDS. ADDITIONAL DATA ARE GIVEN IN THC TI18ULATIONS OF COIHiODITIES IN ~/i\TERBOt:NE COI1MERCE. Cot.1PETITIVE ANGLES ALSO Hf,VE OEEN INTRODUCED FOR CONSIDERA.TION. TllESE DAH LAY A FOUNDATION, UPON WHICH MOPE SPECIFIC PLANS MAY DE Mt,DE.
IT IS SUGGESTED, THEREFORE, THi\T SPECIFIC PORT PLANNING IS THE INDIVIDUAL DUTY AND RESPONSIGILITY OF EVERY PORT. PLANNING A PORT IS FULLY AS IMPORTANT TO THE MATERIAL WELFARE OF SEABOARD CITIES, AS CITY PLANNING IS TO INLAND CITIES. LOCAL CONDIT IOtJS VARY, AND EACH PORT tJEEDS TO MAKE ITS 0'1/N STUDY AND PLAN. THUS PROPER PR INCIPLCS, i\ND STANDARDS, MAY BE EVOLVED TO GUIDE LOCAL INTERESTS IN BUILDING UP THEIR PORT TO tTTRACT INDUSTRY AND WATERBORNE COMMERCE TO THEIR CITY.
IN OF~DER TO MAKE THESE PLANS, IT IS RECOMt.1EtJDED THAT AN ACTIVE PORT AUTHORITY B~ ORGANIZED IN EVERY PORT AND BE MADE PESPONSIGLE FOR CONDUCTING STUDIES TO IMPROVE PORT FACILITIES AND SERVICES, AND TO DISCOVER ADDITIONAL COMMODITIES ~HICH COULD DE TRANSPORTED IN WATERBORNE C0MMERCE.

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BRUNSWICK PuLP &. PAPER Co.

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SEA ISLAND YACHT CLUB
FREDERICA RIVER -INLAND WATERWAY

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1000

2000

3000

SCALE IN FEET

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SOURCE< CORPS OF ENGINEERS,
UNITED STATES ARMY- CI935J.
~: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, U.S. ENGINEER Of"FICE. SAVANNAH, GA..

STATE PLANNING BOARD AUGUST 1938

W.P.A. OF GA. O.P. 485-34-3-253

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-2--;Cioo--1 TAGLE No_. 1 -- UN 1TED STATEs WATERBoRNE CoMMERcE 1920-1935-. (BY CALENDAR YEARs---= To1'1s -oF
POUNDS).

UNITED STATES

YEAR

GRAr.~D _ToTAL

1920

451,481,133

1921

383,245,587

1922

421,143,400

1923

542,876,178

1924

566,089,219

1925

636,677,554

1926

696,479,547

1927

690,829,335

1928

708,219,944

1929

765,764,279

1930

685,485,997

1931

559,855,330

1932

437,770,371

1933

513,254,111

1934

553,611,765

1935

619,050,235

16 YEAR AVERAGE PERCENJAGE

TO~JNAGE

FoREIGN
ToNs 112,772,913
92,664,608 99,879,725 97,658,410 101;561,576 108,547,426 131,293,213 120,522,516
126 '768 '1 73 127,510,277 114,109,657
89,526,143 70,429,356 69,466,622 77,898,511 81,639,507

DoMESTIC

PERCENT 2s-:G..-

-

-

-

-7T3o3N8s,70

8

,

2

20

PEHCEN_I J 75.0:

24.2

290,580,979

75.81'

23.7

321,263,675

76.3

18.0 17.9 17.0

445,217,768 464,527,643 528,130,128

I 82.0 1
8823..10

19.0

565,186,334

81.0

17.4 17.9 16.7

570,306,819 581,451,771
638,254,002

82.6
82.1 i
83.3 .

16.6

571,376,340

83.4

16.0

470,329,187

84.0

16.1

367,341,015

83.9

13.5

443,787,489

86.5

14.1

475 '713 ,254

85.9

13.2 17.6

537,410,728

86.8
82-:4'

VALUE

UNITED STATES

YE~R

GRAND TOTAL

1920

$21,364,927,732

1921

15,226,679,834

1922

18,727,682,269

1923

21,122,309,514

1924

25,178,771,625

1925

27,598,769,887

1926

29,452,703,509

1927

28,621,399,729

1928

27,322,256,818

1929

27,370,520,931

1930

22,961,829,046

1931

17,274,624,023

1932

12,933,311,831

1933

14,759,296,824

1934

17,686,799,439

1935 --,---=21=-.t.;;0''--"9""9_,_,=:18"-'3"-''-"3~2'-"916 YEAR AVERAGE PERCENTAGE

FoREIGN
VALUE
$9,996,916,410 5,937,320,696 6,953,630,787
7,422,806,888 8,887,566,813 9,257,973,289 8,941,984,192 . 9,001,288,933
9,731,408,204 8,920,710,259
7,513,203,756 5,391,787,057 3,628,753,967 4,137,886,055 5,571,272,712
628212030_d_89

PERCENT
46.8 39.0 37.1
35.1 35.3 33.5 30.4 31.4 35.6 32.6
32.8 31.2 28.1 28.0 31.5 32.3 33.9

SOURCE: ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, u. s ARMY.

\'JPA 0. P. t~o. 465-34-3-253~-----

DoMESTIC

VALUE

PERCENT

$11,368,011,322

53.2

9,289,359,138

61.0

11,774,051,482

62.9

13,699,502,626 16,291,204,812

64.91 64.7

18,340,796,598

66.5 I

20,510,719,317 19,620,110,796

6cs9..661

17,590,848,614

64.4

18,449,810,672

67.41

15,448,625,290

67.2

11,882,836,966

68.8

9,304,557,864

71.9

10,621,410,769

72.0

12,115,526,727

68.5

---~-P8, 152~.1Q_ _ ---6667".]7:' I

rTABLE No. 2 --WATERBORNE CoMt1ERCE oF THE SouTHEASTERN REG 1oN 1920-1935. (By CALENDAR YEARS ToNs OF 2,000 PouNDs).

I YEAR

ToNs

192o

13,558,529

1921

9,976,125

1922

12,642,605

1923

16,382,340

1 1924

15,699,084

1925

20,302,349

1926

20,279,552

1927

20,755,056

1928

20,060,140

1929

21,444,301

1930

20,609,685

1931

16,803,675

1932

13,490,151

1933

15,166,241

1934

17,102,455

1935 16 "'fy'?-E-A-RA--;V--ERAGE

18- 710 404 PERCENTAGE

OPEFRCuE. NTs. 3.00 2.60
3.00
3.02 2.77 3.19
2.91 3.00
2.83 2.80 3.01
3.00 3.08 2.95 3.09 3.02 2.96

Vt,LUE
$1,098,695,269 805,846,997 878,641,747
1,143,964,793 1,109,146,611 1,372,344,490 1,355,406,209 1,367,641,349 1,206,287,088 1,188,312,809 1,007,367,995
706,346,987 521,083,221 589,679,403 638,009,261 750,613 138

PERCENT
OF u. s.
5.14 5.29 4.69
5.42 4.41
4.97
4.60 4.78
4.42 4.34 4.39
4.09 4.03 4.00 3.61
3.56 4.51

u. 1 SO!)RCE: ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENG II~EERS 2 S. ARMY.

WPA 0. P. No. 665-34-3-127

55

INDEX TO TAOULATIONS

0 ES CR I PT I 0 N

1

UNITED STATES WATERBORNE CoMnERCE 1920-1935

56

2

VJATERBOR NE COMMERCE OF THE SOUTIIEASTEF!N REG I ON 1920-1935

56

3

UNITED STATES 1~1PORTS AND EXPORTS 1920-1935

57

4

fOREIGN WATEROORNE CO!-lMERCE OF THE SOUHIE,\STERN f~EG I ON 1920-1935

58

5

iMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION 1920-1935

58

6

WATEROORNE Cm~MmcE OF THE TEN PRINCIPALS. E. PoRTS 1920-1935

7

s. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE TE~ PRINCIPAL

E. PORTS 1920-1935

59 61

8

I r'tPORTS - RECAP oF Mt,JOR CoMt-10D 1T 1ES, SounJEASTERN REG 1oN

66

9

IMPORTS OF FERTILIZER AND CHEMICALs, SouTHEASTERN ReGION

68

10

lt.1PORTS OF PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS, SOUTHEASTERN REG I ON

70

11

IMPORTs or SuGAR AND MoLASSEs, SouTHEASTERN REGION

72

12

ExPoRTs - RECAP oF MAJOH Cof.n.too 1T 1ES, SoumEMTERN REG 1ON

74

13

eXPORTS OF PHOSPHATES, SOUTHEASTERN REGION

76

14

EXPORTS OF LUMBER, SOUTHEASTERN REGION

78

15

EXPORTS OF NAV,,L STORES, SOUTHEASTERN REG I ON

80

16

ExPorTs oF CoTToN, SouTHEASTERN REGION

82

17

ExPORTS OF Do~ESTIC CoTTON AND LINTERS

84

18

WORLD PRODUCTION OF COTTON

85

19

WORLD CONSUMPTION OF COTTON

85

20

CoTTON PRODUCT 1otJ AIJD TREND or CoNSUMPT 1oN

86

21

A.CT I VE COTTON SP I NOLES 1840-1937

86

22

U. E. iNTERCOASTAL WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF THE

S. AND S.

REGION

87

23

i NTERCOt,STAL WATERBOmJE CoMMEPCE OF THE TEN PR 1NC 1rr,L S. E. PoRTS

87

24

DoMEST 1c ':IATERBORNE Cm~'IErCE oF THE SouTHEASTERN REG 1ON 1920-1937

89

25

Dm-lESTIC \'IATErHJORNE Co~.tMEr.cE or nrc TEN PRINCIPALS. E. PoRTs sv

CALENDAR YEARS 1920-1937

90

26

DoMESTIC WATERoonNE CoMMERCE or YliLMINGTON, N. C. 1920-1937

93

27

DoMEST 1c \'IATERBOrNE Cor.,rMEPCE oF CHM~LESToN,_ S. C. 1920-1937

94

28

Dot1EST 1c WATERBORNE CoMMERCE oF SAV,\NNAH, llt,. 1920-1937

95

29

DoMESTIC WATERDORNE CoMMERce OF BRUNSWICK, GA. 1920-1937

96

30

DoMESTIC WATERoomJE CoMMERCE oF FERNANDINA, FLA. 1920-1937

97

31

DoMESTIC WATERBORNE CoMMERCE OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 1920-1937

98

32

Do~tESTIC \'lATEr.ooRNE Cor.IMErcE oF t1l1AMI, FLA. 1920-1937

99

33

DoMEST 1c WATERBORNE CoMMERCE OF TAMPA, Fu .. 1920-1937

100

34

Dot1ESTIC WATERBorNE CoMMERCE oF PENSAcou, FLA. 1920-1937

101

35

DoMESTIC WATERBORNE Cor,1f1ERCE OF MoBILE, ALA. 1920-1937

102

36

CoMMOD 1T 1ES 1N DatllEST 1c WATEROORNE Cor-11~EP.CE or THE SouTHEASTERN

P-EGION 1920-1937

103

37 38

s: Co:.n1oDITIES IN Dori!ESTIC WATEROORNE ConMEPCE OF W1u1rNGTON, N C.

Co!At.TODITIES IN DoMESTIC W,nEnoorNE Cor.r..-.cr;cE oF CHM,LESTON,

C.

104 105

39

CoMMODITIES IN DoMESTIC VlATERBORrJE Cm.n,ERCE OF S,wANNAIJ, GA.

106

40

CotAMODITIES IN DoMESTIC WATErBORNE Cat1MEP.CE or BRuNSWICK, GA.

107

41

CoMMODITIES IN DoMESTIC \lhTErooRNE CoMt.1ERCE OF FERNMJDINA, FLA.

108

42

CoMNODITIES IN DoMESTIC WATEr.oor:NE CoMMEr:cc oF JAcKSONVILLE, FLA. 109

43

CoMt-IODITIES IN DoMESTIC WATERBOrNE CoMt-!ERCE oF MIAt-11, FLA.

110

44

CoMMODITIES IN DoMESTIC WATERBORNE CoMMERCE or TAMPA, FLA.

111

45

CoMMOD 1T 1ES 1N DoMEST 1c WATERBORNE Cot:lf1ERCE oF Pe:NS;\COLA, FLA.

112

46

COMMODITIES IN DoMESTIC WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF ~108 I LE, ALA.

113

47

LIST OF CoMMODITIE~ INCLUDED IN HEADINGS oN TABLES Nos. 36-46

114

48

HINTERLAND PRODUCT I ON OF POTErn I AL INATEROORNE CoMt4ERCE - VALUE

OF MANUFACTURES 1923-1935

49

HINTERLAND PRODUCTION OF POTENTIAL WATERBORNE CoMMERCE - CoM-

117

BINED VALUE or MANUPCTURES AIJD FAHt-l PnoauCTION 1925-1935

50

H1NTERLAND Pnooucl' 1oN oF PoTENT 1AL W,nERBORNE Co~1MERCE - GRoss

117

INCOME rnoM FARM PnooucTION (CnQPS) 1924-1935

51

HINTERLAND PRODUCTION OF PoTENTIAL ~'/ATC:RBORNE COMMERCE - GROSS

118

INCOME FROM FARM PRODUCTION (ANIMALS) 1924-1935

118

58

TABLE rlo. 4 --FoREIGN WATERoor<NE CollMERCE oF THE SouTHEAS, ERN REG 1oH 1920-1935. ~ALENDAR ---. YEARs- ToNs oF 2,000 PouNDs).

YEAr<

TOIIS

1920

7,546,052

1921

4,820,913

1922

4,544,800

1923

6,135,594

1924

5,679,321

1925

6,-464,856

1926

6,633,738

1927

6,284,871

' 1928

6 ,0'07 ,890

11929 1930

6,550,566 6,342,850

1931

4,821,869

1932

3,951,684

1933

3,875,098

1934

4,308,805

1935

_____1_a.828 ,417

16 YEAR AVERAGE PERCENTAGE

PERCEfJT OF REGION
55.66 40.31 35.95 37.45 36.18 31.84 32.71 30.20 30.40 30.55 30.78 28.70 29.29 25.55 25.19 25.81 3?..27

VALUE $528,176,532
186,081,832 211,892,892 243,087,657 262,032,532 320,348,396 325,148,035 339,343,031 276,209,201 285,659,960 247,372,244 141,865,916 114.249,791 119,432,995 133,043,107 161,446,543

PERCENT OF R_f:G I ON
48.07
23 .oc,
...,,{'... :../ .21 . ~~I i
2:3. 6~~ 1
I 23.34 '
24.01 24.81 22.90 I 24.04 1 24.50 20 .o~ :
21.93 I
20 .zc; '
20.85 I
21.51 24.75

NOTE: THESE F IGUf<ES EXCLUDE ST. rlARYS AND DAR IEN.

u. SOURCE: ANHUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,

~ ARMY.

WPA 0. P. No. 665-34-3-127.

f'AoLE i'lo-:-5 -- I1.1PORTS AND ExPORTS oF SouTHEASTErN \<EG 1oN w1TH PErcc:ti:r,\GEs oF U. S. lr.1PORTS AND -i

ExPor<TS 1920-1935. (By CALENDAR YEARS- ToNs oF 2,ooc PouNDs).

!

% oF u.sI!.1PORTS

% oF u.s.

I EXPORTS
;ro"Fu.s-:---------:'~,-ci-::

u.s-.-



Yr::AR

ToHs

I MPOPTs VALUE

lr.tPORTS

ToNs

EXPORTS VALUE

. f::c'.Q.RTS

-'-1'='92""o'-'-----::2"",781 ,889 6.97 -h35 ,619-;222 - -:-gg---4, 764,163- 6.54 $392,557,310

6 .1s

1921

1,178,037 3.31

36,047,603 1.80

2,842,876 4.98 150,034,229

3.81

1922

1,898,336 3.87

62,797,763 2.08

2,646,464 5.21 149,095,129

3.78

192.3

2,444,388 5.51

88,760,244 2.54

3,691,206 6.93 154,327,413

3.93

1924

2,617,330 6.3?

81,529,840 2.38

3,061,991 5.09 180,502,692

3.31

1925

3,272,387 6.53

94,853,610 2.45

3,192,469 5.46 225,494,786

4.18

1926

3,561,286 6.95 123,865,438 2.99

3,072,452 3.84 201,282,597

4.20

1927

2,826,813 5.49

94,100,472 2.32

3,458,058 5.01 245,242,559

4.95

1928

2,850,977 5.16

94,222,732 2.25

3,246,913 4.54 181,986,469

3.2l

1929

2,729,279 4.71

94,199,565 2.54

3,821,287 5.50 191,460,395

l "7

1930

2,912,099 5.39

97,648,061 2.72

3,430,751 5.71 149,724,183

3.8;

1931

2,110,520 5.10

54,535,013 2.15

2,711,349 5.63

87,330,903

3.06

1932

1,450,807 4.41

27,283,576 1.45

2,500,877 6.67

80,966,215

4.97

1933

1,281,397 4.17

30,419,826

1.4~

2,593,701 6.69

89,013,169

4.41

1934

1,367,304 3.92

33,985,707 1.15

2,941,501 6.83

99,057,400

3.79

1935

1 741 603 4.51

45,760,741 1.07

3,086,814 7.18 115,635,802

4.51

16 YR. AvG. PERCEtJTAGE5.22

?.26

5.59

4.14

SOURCE: Ai!NUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, u. 5 ARMY.

WPA 0. P. No. 665-34-3-127.

----'

57

TAOLE No. 3 --UNITED STATES IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1920-1935. (Bv CALENDAR YEARS - ToNs oF 2,000
Poutws.)

TONNAGE

YeAn 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
1931 1932 1933
1934 1935

UNITED STATES GRAtJD TOTAL 112,772,913 92,664,608 99,879,725 97,658,410 101,561,576 108,547,426 131,293,213 120,522,516 126,768,173 127,510,277
114' 109 '657 89,526,143 70,429,356 69,466,622 77,898,511
81 639 507

16 YEAR AvG. 101,390,539

lt,lPORTS

ToNs

PERCENT

39,903,983

35.38

35,624,770

38.44

49,064,493

49.12

44,387,395

45.45

41,386,696

40.75

50,109,204

46.16

51,258,418

39.04

51,485,567

42.71

55,238,302

43.57

57,975,796

45.46

54,037,757

47,35

41,391,617

46.23

32,915,283

46.73

30,704,464

44.18

34,840,093

44.72

38 658 608

47.48

44,311,403.

43.74

VALUE

Tor~s

EXPORTS

72,868,930

57,039,838

50,815,232

53,;:'71,015

60,174,880

58,438,222

80,034,795

69,036,949

71,529,871

69,534,481

60,071,900

40,134,526

37,514,073

38,762,158

43,058,418

4229802899

57,079,137

I
PEr<CENT I

64.621

61.56

5o.8s s4.s5

1 I

59.2~

53.[)-;

60.96

57.?9

5C.43

~i:~~ I

53.77

53.27

55.82

55.28

".......'"" .c..;-"c?..

56.26

YEAR 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935

UNITED STATES Gn~>ND ToTAL $9,996,916,4:'.0 5,937,320,696
6,953,630,787 7,422,806,888 8,887,566,813 9,257,973,289 8,941,984,192 9,001,288,933 9,731,408,204 8,920,710,259 7,513,203,756 5,391,787,057 3,628,753,967 4,137,886,055 5,571,272,712
6282120301489

IMPORTS VALUE $3,612,536,264
2,000,390,473 3,012,813,811 3,493,864,234 3,428,001,397 3,867,327,614 4,149,249,550 4,050,539,147 4,185,391,439 3,696,883,307 3,587,452,037 2,541,355,346 1,878,981,524
2,117' 715 '743 2,954,450,621 412562975 816

PERCENT 36.14
33.69 43.33 47.07 38.57 41.77 46.40 45.00 43.01 41.44 47.75 47.13 51.78 51.18 53.03 62.41

FXPORTS
VALUE $6,384,380,146
3,936,930,223 3,940,816,976 3,928,942,654 5,459,565,416 5,390,645,675 4,792,734,642 .4,950,749,786 5,546,016,765 5,223,826,952 3,925,751,719 2,850,431,711 1,749,772,443 2,020,170,312 2,616,822,091 2 56420542673

PERCENT G3.8G 66.31 56.67 52.93 61.43 58.23 53.60 55.00 56.99 5>LS6 52.25 52.8 7
48.?-
48.tL 46.9/' 37.59

16 YEAr. AVG.$7,382,221,282

$3,302,120,520

44.73

s. SOURCE: ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, u.

ARf.lY.

WPA 0. P. No. 665-34-3-127.

$4,080,100,761

55.2/

60

1/isLE No. 6 --(Gorn1NuEo FRoM PAGE 59). Wl,TERooHNE CoMMERcE (f-oREIGN.ANo DoMESTic) oF THE PRitICIPAL SouTIIEASTERN PoRTS 1920-1935. (Bv CALENDAR YEARS -ToNs OF 2,000
PouNDs).

:)ACKSmN I LLE

PERCEtH OF

YEAR

ToNs

r(EG I ON

192()"2 '507, 490 18.49

1921 1,925,002 19.30

1922 2,350,126 18.59

1923 3,053,526 18.62

1924 2,774,946 17.67

1925 3,164,022 15.58

1926 3,319,239 16.37

1927 3, 713,752 17.89

1928 3,139,692 15.65

1929 3,306,754 15.42

1930 3,538,357 17.19

1931 2,103,152 12.52

1932 2,093,606 15.53

1933 2,773,081 18.28

1934 3,073,352 17.98

1935 3,030,007 16.19

16 YR--.-

AVG. 2,866,631 16.80

PERCENT OF

PERCENT OF

PERCENT OF

VALUE

=--''~='EGlON

ToNs

REGioN

V,.\hUE_._ _ _R_.E_G_I_mJ

$135,102,139 12.29

333,240 2.45 $9,008,448

.82

78,936,751

9.79

332,325 3.33

8,388,156

1.04

115,242,299 13.l1

206,280 1.63

8,349,376

.66

170,330,004 14.89

776,394 4.74 18,893,000

1.65

169,733,747 15.30 1,105,616 7.05 35,366,331

3.19

214,590,288 15.64 2,401,472 11.83 84,349,553

6.15

187,905,723 13.86 1,882,597 9.28 67,235,396

4.96

218,789,032 16.00 1,329i591 6.41 43,551,539

3.18

186,354,634 15.45

812,465 4.05 23,307,047

1.93

186,607,516 15.70

924,897 4.32 40,714,020

3.40

197,480,181 19.61

982,426 4.77 32,985,536

3.27 I

97,705,277 80,563,640

13.83 15.46

1,004,157 818,940

5.98 6.07

38,429,833 26,970,108

5.44' 5.17 1

104,351,584 17.69

751,138 4.95 30,571,147

5.18

135,125,414 21.17

908,486 5.31 39,667,740

6.22

163,21.6:::,.z7._5:..=8:...,__---=:;;;1. 74__ 1, 04.2J 81.:_1_ _5 !,2.2___4_? '89319..1___.2_;71

$152,627,187 15.52

975,990 :; . 72 $34,417,545

3.50

PERCEHT OF

PERCENT OF

YE~R

ToNs

REGION

VALUE

REGION

1920--2,25773"82 16.65

$71,025,400 6.46

1921

1,321,808 13.24

53,823,504 6.68

1922

2,487,105 19.67

45,247,237 5.15

1923

2,973,000 18.15.

74,333,210 6.50

1924

2,532,599 16.13

81,979,222 7.39

1925

3,476,434 17.12

92,219,760 6.72

1926

3,243,897 16.00

136,052,142 10.04

1927

3,373,477 16.25

102,034,470 7.44

1928

3,285,102 16.38

96,141,531 7.98

1929

3,727,441 17.38

99,920,557 8.41

1930

3,851,098 18.68

125,544,009 12.46

1931

2,963,166 17.63

62 '260 '2,56 8.81

1932

2,453,086 18.18

. 42,222,188 8.10

1933

2,904,485 19.15

54,399,019 9.23

1934

3 '220 ,911 18.83

63,275,825 9.94

193~3,44~6~,2~5~9~--~1~8~~4.~3______7~ 0,4~ 6~..!.995

9.39

Hi YEAR

AVG.

2,969,828 17.41

$79,434,270 8.07

PERCEt.JT OF

PE::CENT OF

TONS

REGION

V,\LUE

REGION

675,493 487,060

4.98 4.88

$23,074' 901--2.10

12,794,993

1.59

974,036 858,408

7.70 5.22

25,157,843 26,157,136

22..28961

672,414 4.28

20,947,893

1.89

757,009 3.73

29,130,467

2.12

696,662 3.44

26,461,743

1.95

752,879 3.63

23,429,227

1. 71

813,503 4.06

25,478,226

2.11

919,886 4.29

25,972,240

2.19

861,019 4.18

24,884,544

2.47 i

739,016 602,469

4.40 4.47

15,971,262 14,913,662

2.261 2.86

530,652 3.50

16,872,570

2.86

658,109 3.85

19,444,353

3.05

651 ,66t;)_____ 3 .4Q__.....-lz.961 }.872___.)_,_19

728,143 4.27

$22,165,808

2.25

MOB I~~

I YEr,!l_~_s_

_

_ PERB_)C::~GE- :N:-T'lcO;:FO:.;:N----r.:V~P,E\.R!-C.E..N\Tl.f_O_FB.sill.Q!:J__.-.Y~T

o

N

P:~CENT OF s____ REG LQt:L.__

V

;,q,~_s_

_

PtRCENT __ ...Jisgl

bF oN

1920 1,655,215 12.20 $93,613,242 8.52 1929 4,713,683 21.98 $189,785,403 15.97

1921 1,411,164 14.14 61,503,441 7.63 1930 4,056,494 19.68. 159,670,399 15.85

1

1922 1923

1,582,311 2,575,885

12.52 15.70

84,977,824 9.67 91,307,114 7.98

1931 3,209,726 19.10 1932 2,015,654 14.94

130,813,975 18.55 84,041,072 16.13

1924 2,694,908 17.17 99,791,303 9.00 1933 2,221,267 14.65

75,673,049 12.83

1925 2,901,794 14.29 130,450,408 9.51 1934 2,659,262 15.55

93,716,057 14.69

1 1926 2,948,167 14.54 107,916,926 7.96 1935 3,556,198. 19.01 108,152,987 14.41

1927 3,962,747 19.09 143,995,449 10.51 16 YR.

1928 4,1.65,145 20.76 151,890,449 12.59 Avo. 2,895,601 16.97 $112,956,194 11.48

SOUi\CE: ANNUAL REPORTS OF. THE CHIEF OF ENG 1 NEERS, U. S. ARMY.

W~A 0. P. No. 665-34-3-127.

59

T.\DLE No.6 --V/ATEROORNE-CoMMERCE (FoREIGN AND DoMESTIC) oF THE lEN PRINCIPAL SouniE-\STER_N______i PorTs 1920-1935. (Gv CALENDAR YEARS- ToNs OF 2,000 PouNDs).

WI U,'J I NGTON

CHARLESTON

PERCENT OF

YEAR

T~o~Ns~~~P~.E~G~I~O~N-

1920 ---582, 681 4. 29

1921 464,441 4.65

1922 714,861 5.65

1923 793,264 4.84

1924 833,636 5.32

1925 7,027,653 5.06

1926 951,387 4.66

1927 1,004,589 4.84

1928 1,089,432 5.43

1929 1,218,760 5.68

1930 1,258,147 6.10

1931 1,096,624 6.53

1932 840,863 6.23

1933 1,163,938 7.67

1934 1,308,773 7.65

1934 lt_]~8_,_,-'-75"'-6"'----'7-'.'--4'-'=2 16 YR. AVG. 983,613 5.76

PERCENT OF

PE~CENT OF

PERCENT OF

VALUE

REG I ON

$50,611,504 4.61

TONS

REG I ON

2,224,607 16.40

VAL'lL_______['-._:g_J 9!J

$no,574,1W

10 o;

38 '112 ,042 57,624,916

4.73 6.56

1,509,261 1,500,385

15.12 11.88

154,454,542 109,129,689

:9-18
12.42 i

58,450,995 5.11

2,114,057 12.90

224,720,884

19.64!

56,738,042 5.21

2,082,222 13.26

186,166,508

16.78 i

62,888,068 4.58

3,163,733 1s.6o

204,486,694

14.90 1

59,479,511 4.39

3,246,174 16.01

209,907,448

15.49 i

61,449,181 4.49

2,780,245 13.40

200,006,740

14.67j

59,377,030 4.92

2,986,597 14.89

188,313,959

15-61 '

62,281,208 5.24

2,680,934 12.50

180,545,167

15.18

46,649,984 4.63

2,519,572 12.22

123,660,716

12.2;

27,283,887 3.86

1,941,195 11.55

107,077,948

15.15

20,239,968 3.88

1,646,924 12.21

97,181,868

18.6j

33,366,161 5.66

1,724,386 11.37

111,824,179

18.98

48,770,507 7.64

1,955,704 11.43

70,139,059

10.99

56,307,967 _.:_7.:_:.5~0"---~09 '949 ___1_0-'-.,:_74_,_____"'-84--'-2-4,,.:__,:36 '601

11. 25

$49,948,841 5.08

2,255,372 13.22 $147,664,132

15.01

PERCENT OF

YEAR

TONS

REGION

1920--2,147 ,9--:m-----r5.8LI'

1921

1,545,906 15.49

1922

2,017,298 15.95

1923

2,392,664 14.67

1924

2,039,625 12.99

1925

2,534,395 12.48

1926

2,650,647 13.07

1927

2,406,669 11.59

1928

2,321,287 11.57

1929

2,475,110 11.54

1930

2,270,008 11.01

1931

2,599,680 15.47

1932

2,036,052 15.09

1933

2,424,855 15.99

1934

2,522,154 14.75

1935

2,876,499 15.37

16 YR.

AVG.

2,328,802 13.65

PERCENT OF

PERCENT OF

Pcrc~Nr OF

VALUE
$s4s ,692,823

RE-G4IO9N~9-::r--T7o6N6s,2sC

REG5 I.O~6N-=s---:V:$A4L9U,2E93

,Gcio___

r~GtON
4.49

361,742,508 44.89

780,522 7.82

32,243,600 4.00

407,611,863 46.39

600,114 4.75

21,409,000 2.44

457,003,050 39.95

656,590 4.01

19,586,400 1.71

430,162,865 38.72

799,742 5.09

25,091,000 2.26

527,242,452 38.42

658,244 3.24

23,046,500 1.63

508,653,460 37.53

999,858 4.93

47,439,400 3.50

517,643,711 37.85 1,109,923 5.35

48,2G5,2Gn 3.53'

418,810,512 34.72 1,097,023 5.47

46,010,900 3.81

347,570,298 29.15 1,146,374 5.35

46-123,100 3.88

245,558,526 24.38

959,349 4.65

41,770,(500 4.15

199,532,054 28.25

907,570 5.40

21,213,380 3.00

135,066,163 25.92

836,995 6.20

17,897,700 3.<~3

150,973,612 25.60

592,727 3.91

10,871,554 1.84

154,491,504 24.21

622,875, 3.64

11,865,641 1.86

--=1""'8""9~,-=-63"-6"--'-'6, ""9""0'-----=2;_5_,_.""2'--7 -~54?A93 __ 2. 90

10,105, 764__ _LJ~:

$350,024,506 35.58

817,274 4.79 $29,514,559 3.00

YEAR
1920
1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928

FERNAtJD I f'JA

PERCENT OF

ToNs

1\EG I ON

408,162 3.01

198,636 2.03

210,089 1.66

188,552 1.15

163,376 1.04

217,593 1.07

344,924 1. 70

321,184 1.55

349,894 1. 74

PERCENT OF

PERCENT OF

Vt.LUE

REGION

YEAR

ToNs

PEG ION

$7,699,694 . 71

1929 330,462

1.54

3,847,460 .47

1930 313,215

1.52

3,891,700 .24

1931 239,389

1.42

3,183,000 .28

1932 145,562

1.08

3,169,700 .26

1933

79,712

.53

4,570,300 .33

1934 172,829

1.01

4,354,460 .32

1935 163,061

.87

8,476,800 .62

16-YR~---

10,602,800 .88

AvG.

240,415

1.41

(CONTINUED.)

PEHCENT OF
$V8-A, 7-L9U-E3-, 3-0-0- -RE-G-I.-O8N-7
9,163,300 .91 6,059,115 .85 1,986,852 .38
776,528 .13 1,513,161 .23 1 ,,431 ,Q1]__._12
~_,_269 '9:1:_2___ .51

62

01

TABLE No. 7 --IMPORTS AND ExPORTS -
YEARS - ToNs OF 2,000

OUTHEASTERN PORTS 1920 1935. y CALENDM1

I
I YEt>R 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 lG-YR. AVER1\GE

VII LM I NGTON

IMPORTS

ExPORTS

PErCENT OF

PERCENT OF

PERCENT OF

PERCENT OF

REGIONAL

REG I ON1.\L

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

TO!'JS

IIIPORTS

VALUE

IMPOR'-':-T"'-S----::T-':'0'-'"-NS~~__;E::..:x.:..:..P""O'""'R-'-T""-S v,'=f>.::.LU7E=-=---:-o-=----=ExPORTS

254,938

9.16

$12,344,314

9.10

23,384

.49 '$13,095,040

3.34

79,947

6.79

3,439,880

9.54

26,675

.94

9,603,090

134,641

7.09

5,176,440

8.24

24.394

.92

14,636,400

0,;:2

215,281

8.81

8,104,102

9.13

24,675

.67

13,699,950

B .f)EJ

225,985

8.64

10,582,655' 12.98

25,573

.83

12,863,219

7.13

269,622

8.24

13,520,389

14.25

24,476

.77

11,191,500

4.96

191,125

5.37

9,450,343

7.63

29,157

.95

8,163,960

4.06

171,980

6.08

7,979,818

8.49

38,158 1.10

14,349,766

5.85

280,820

9.85

9,764,954

10.36

29,737

.92

9,550,175

5.24

249,573

9.14

10,952,863

11.63

25,070

.66

9,184,020

4.80

290,279

9.97

11,610,835

11.89

13,953

.41

3,376,646

2.25

251,113 11.89

8,119,958

14.89

15,346

.57

4,120,660

4.72

94,007

6.47

2,652,646

9.72

14,374

.57

4,175,56[

4.80

161,886 12.63

4,410,099

14.49

16,089

.62

5,822,4~R

6.54

133,052

9.73

3,242,383

9.54

31,534 1.07

12,453,402

12.57

146,5~7~7_ _ _ _~8~~4~2_ _ _ _ _ _~3~,8~7~9~~1~2~0~--~8~~4~8_ _ _ _ _=2~2~~9~0~1----~..:..7~4_ _ _ _~1~5~~7~11~,0~1=8

13.58

196,927

8.51

$7,826,925

10.47

24,093

.75

$10,124,803

0.00

CHARLESTON

IMPORTS PERCENT OF

PERCENT OF

PEP-CENT -OExFPOR-T-S---- PEPCENT OF

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

f'C:G I ONAL

YEAR 1920

ToNs .~--~~~~~P~O~R~T~s---.~V~A~L~U~E~~~~~~~~P7o~R~.T~s~-T~o~N~s~

fXPOR~,T~S~__rV~A~L~U~E~

577,710 20.77

$19,039,136 14.05 802,855 16.86

$20,322,179

tXPORTS - 5.18

1921

50,109

4.24

3,299,196

9.15 514,421 18.09

11,076,585

7.38

1922'

316,250 16.66

6,567,337 10.46 183,431

6.93

13,957,540

(' '36

1923

371,201 15.19

7,757,633

8.74 357,374

9.68

25,190,743

1G.J2

1924

647,847 24.74

10,602,377 13.00 215,342

7.03

20,646,319

11. ,Ci

1925 1926

726,594 819,014

22.20 23.00

12,185,700 12,023,729

12.85 9.71

415,520 653,958

13.01 21.28

30,707,703 30,704,979

13. !_ ~?
15. zc:,

1927

780,468 27.62

11,700,477 12.43 462,658 13.38

36,372,744

14.89

1928

704,098 24.70

12,580,865 13.35 284,944

8.77

19,721,399

10.84

1929

557,655 20.44

9,200,888

9.77 204,094

5.34

18,058,444

9.43

1930

519,830 17.86

7,719,045

7.90 230,106

6.71

16,946,199

11.32

1931

371,809 17.63

7,729,074 14.17 151,627

5.59

7,413,622

8.49

339,845 23.44

4,011,966 14.70 153,766

6.15

10,702,063

12.30

272,235 21.25

3,880,328 12.75 152,455

5.88

13,567,072

15.24

336,513 24.62

4,557,879 13.41 173,883

5.91

10,330,393

10.43

'IPs 466,826 26.81

5,010,113 10.95 215,293

6.97

15,423,075

13.33

6 YR.

WV~~R~AG~E~~4~9~1~12~5~--~2~1~~23~----~8~6~1~6~6~0~9-n~~~---r3~2=3~2~3~3--~1~0~~1~3____~$~1~8~8~2~1~3~1~6~--~1~1~~1~6

1 64

TABLE NQ."-~ONTII~UED FROM PAGE 63). IMPORTS..Atm EXPORTs-::-rEN7RfNciPAL So.uTHEIISTE.RN-Poi-Ts--1
1920-1935. (~v CALENDAR YEARS- ToNs oF 2,000 PouNDs). !

VEIIR
1920
1921 1922
1923 1924
1925
1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
16 Vn.
AVEP.AGE

TOI,IS 36,568 53,022 43,775 108,158 132,464 140,841 167,193 83,380 119,901 98,276 183,800 188,210 123,813 28,724 13,639 22 903
96,542

IMPORTS

PERCENT OF

REGIONAL

11.1PORTS

VALUE

1.31

$405,132

4.50

1,422,452

2.31

575,265

4.43

1,994,410

5.06

1,480,1.72

4.30

1,482,644

4.70

4,244,358

2.9:;

1,718,901

4.21

1,648,118

3.60

2,122,316

6.31

2,732,921

8.92

2,616,332

8.53

851,970

2.24

762,105

1.00

734,590

1.32

697,375

4.17 h,593,066

PERCENT OF !~EG I ONAL IMPORTS .30 3.95 .92 2.25 1.81 1.56 3.43 1.83 1. 75 2.25 2.80 4.80 3.12 2.51 2.16 1.52
2.13

ToNs 8,286 9,107
12,864 29,000 13,587
3,453 7,164 27,253 23,404 13,929 17,676 57,036 53,313 34,386 32,636 37 191
23,768

EXPORTS

PERCEtlT OF

,PERCENT OF

REG I ON,\L

REGIONAL

--$wo ExPORTS
.18

VALU,E"="9o::::-4::----E=~"X"'P.'O-:'R:o.T;:S:s

.32

47<) ,242

. 31 .

.49

290,976

.20

.79

913,732

.59

.44

1,138,354

.63

.11

272,790

.12

.23

1,003,653

.50

.79

3,820,742

1.55

.72

1,830,848

1.01

.36

1,154,574

.60

.51

1,027,658

.69

2.10

857,471

.98

2.13

791,247

.91

1.33

634,35:::

.71

1.10 1.20

------, 766,236

.77

798,442

.70

.74

$997,576

.591

!

IMPORTS PERCENT OF

P~RCEN! OF

EXPORTS PERCENT OF

Pt:RCOIT OF

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

f<EG I ONAL

_,_YE~A::'-R::---:!T,::O::,:N'-"'S-::-:=-:=---!.11.1PORT s._ _rV::-'A-'-'L;:-::U:-:;E:--::=----'-'11""1P:,-;O"-:R::'-:T'':-"S~--~T-':'-o'!.7NS"-:=-:=---""E'-=X"=P-"'O-'::-R::::-T"'-S---,r.V-'::t-:-=L"':U-'::E-=--:-=-: Ei<PORTS

1920

260,456

9.36

$8,669,623

6.39

984,899 20.67

$15,920,478

4.05 I

1921

227,881 19.34

9,916,855 27.51

413,204 14.53

10,887,552

7.26

1922

379,743 20.00

9,831.,347 15.65

895,041 33.84

6,156,023

4.13

1923

311,489 12.74

9,497,778 10.67 1,006,879 27.28

8,030,987

5.20

1924

352,119 13.45

10,790,066 13.23

567,965 18.55

4,590,282

2.54

1925

419,420 12.82

10,408,380 10.97

769,117 24.09

7,373,133

3.27

1926

464,412 13.04

28,292,143 22.84

552,426 17.98

3,887,660

1.93

1927

212,157

7.51

13,549,993 14.40

873,960 25.27

9,447,736

3.85

1928

140,466

4.93

10,115,165 10.73

976,881 30.09

10,688,936

5.87

1929

141,600

5.19

14,129,007 15.00 1,235,784 32.35

13,785,420

7.20

1930

167,870

5.76

11,568,492 11.85 1,233,250 35.95

13,334,782

8.90:

1931

119,106

5.64

6,586,676 12.08

846,641 31.22

4,839,358

5.54

1932

101,209

6.98

4,008,458 14.69

648,332 25.92

4,598,370

5.29

1933

71,340

5.57

4,282,668 14.08

749,279 28.89

5,443,221

6.12

1934

67,331

4.92

6,532,385 19.22

943,614 32.10

8,212,136

8.29

1935

92,200

5.29

6,927,045 15.14 1,103,037 35.77

8,649,096

7.48

16 YR.

AVERAGE 220,550

9.53 $10,319,130 .13.81

862,519 27.03

$8,490,323

5.03

(voNTIHUED.)

63

Fnor.~ PAGE 62 ) . I r~PoRrs AND ExPonrs - TEN Pp 1Nc 1f'AL SouTI JEASEPrJ PoFl-s_l.
(Bv CALENDAR YEARS - TeNs OF 2,000 PouNDs).
i
!
I

f'El'NNJD I fJA

I

I
~ Y1E9~A2-R::co---::1-'"T"'o,-N::sc95~2~

1921

1,734

1922

1923

92

1924

280

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929 1930

19?1 1932 1933 1934 1935 16 YR.
AVERAGE

1,041 319

I fAPORTS

PERCENT OF

REGIONAL

I !!PORTS

VALUE

.07

$89,300

.15

139,000

7,300

.01

2,000

.07

6,200

.01

$15,237

PEf\CEtH OF R::::G I OtJ/IL
I 11PORTS .06 .38 .08 .02
.02
.02

[X PORTS
PERCEIJT OF

I .
-PERCElJ.TOF'

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

ToNs

ExPoRTS

VALUE

-=3-"'1-':02"",..,..1-=-61-:-.----"=-'::G""."="ss----$4 ,430,

7oo-

-

-ExuPonjTs

159,628
173,520 148,314 110,702 167,899
253,797 252,723 260,751 203,175 193,751
135,651 49,765 47,009
106,215 11 b-"'3.=,1,_7__

5.62

2,011,000

6.55

2,263,100

4.02

2,141,000

3.61

1,671,000

5.26

2,249,600

8.26

2,051,300

7.31

3,024,000

0.03

?,896,700

5.32

l,CC7,200

5.6~

1,692,700

5.00

1.99

344.-;'<'

1.81

2<JJ ':i :

3.61

6(;1 '10"'

3 .(>7 ______ 701_,1_Q_(2___,

1.34
1.~2
1.39: .92'
i:g~ I
11..25391 .94
1.12 .97 .39 .32

168,024

5.26

$1,817,635

1.08

JACKSOf.JV I LLE

YEAR
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 I 16 Yr.
LAYEr. AGE

TotJS
388,504 245,588 326,392 450,086 407,134 517,992 719,518 592,690 374,873 404' 713 524,395 315,854 236,710 165,438 161,166 1761340
375A62

IMPORTS

PERCENT OF

;\EGIONAL

IMPORTS

V,\LUE

13.97 20.85

$12,871 '371 4,147,118

17.20

4,446,974

18.41

8,854,680

15.56

10,338,188

15.83

13,671,944

20.20

25,014,562

20.96

27,186,578

13.15

20,357,076

14.83

17,966,345

18.00

29,885,741

14.96

5,726,501

16.31

4,023,436

12.91

5,151,700

11.79

4,652,975

10.12

613641538

PERCEtJT OF
R::::GIOtML
I f1PORTS
9.49 11.:.'1
7.00 9.98 12.68 14.42 20.19 28.89 21.61 19.07 30.60 10.50 14.76 16.94 13.69 13.91

TOiJS
552,439 3(0 ,459 297,824
2f:10 '747 195,050 179,783 127,763 219,712 241,734 233,468 191,819 162,569 227,082 286,226 310,630 2781507

16.22

$12 154L233 16.78

259,113

(Corn I NUED.)

[xporTs PE;;CENT OF

---------
[J[f:f'.[!\JT OF

Rt:GICUAL

!~.
!ONAL

L<PCJRTS
11.59

Vt.Ll'E

~nt.r9.

$28: ()51~-2:21--

.30

12.C8 11.25

10,449,81.9 7,760,994

' 06
=:.?0

7.60

9,610,470

6.23

6.37

10,848,660

6.Cl

5.62

18,371,008

8.1!

4.16

8,743,020

4.34

6.35

18,068,446

7.37

7.44

21,438,369 11.78

6.10

20,609,962 10. :6

5.59 :::.99 9.08

14,702,966 5,857,885 6,065,158

9.82'
6. 70 I
6.97

11.03 10.56

8,032,911 7,425,361

97..05801

9.02

6 958 '1]____,_Q1_!

8.12

$12,727 776

7.54 i

66

-Tf,OLE rJo. 8 --I f-1P0!HS - RECAPITULATION OF MAJOR Coi.JMOD IT IES, SOUTHEASTERN REG ION 1922 f13G. -- -l (FISCAL YEArs END II~G JuNE 30TH - ToiJS or 2 ,::'40 Pourms.)

Col-1t-loD 1 TY t-ll SCELLANEOUS MIIMi\L & FISI-1 OIL /\SPI-1/\L T OAHMJAS Ben PuLP
C::~1ENT
COFFEE CREOSOTE FERTZ. & CHctll CALS GRA 1r1 f-1ET.~LS AND f-kGS. PAPER & t.1FGS.
PEif~OLEUt-1
PROVISIONS QUEGRACIIO
SuGAR & MoLASSES
SULPHUR TEXTILES
LoGs & LuMoER
NoN-r.IETALLic MINER;\LS VEGETAOLE ProDUCTS
TOTAL

TOTAL 1,207,375
57,097 40,522 1,539,710 43,336 602,297 53,606 326,253 10,918,444 20,276 1,021,728 448,908 9,434,161 57,693 73,650 3,261,206 61,570 274,081 242,362 19,844 16 741
29,720,868

P~r-

PER-

PER-

CENT_----:1~972'-"2'='"_ _'=-c:E.!:!.NT::----,:1'-"9~-"2'-"'3:__,_____;c=-'E=-!~:--:n:----=1=9:'-'-:2-

4.06 74,571 6.47 53.808 2.65 77,721

.19 16,847 1.46

3,006

.14

1,010

.09

3,412

.17

5.18 80,321 6.96 58,044 2.86 68,156

.15

2.03

38,404 1.89 27,371

.18

2,455

.12

6,116

1.10 11 '981 1.03 16,008

.79 25,138

36.74 189,528 16.44 640,221 31.57 823,331)

.07

3.44

63,9CJ8 3.16 48,384

1.51

436

.04

4,635

.23

31.74 583,551 50.60 715,745 35.30 953,112

.19

.25

10.97 163,848 14.21 258,317 12.74 238,234

.21

19,096

.94 27,764

.92

8, 738

.76 131,658 6.49

.81 22,340 1.94 22,093 1.09 14,- fi

.07

.05

1,153,171 3.88 2,027,894 6.82 2,31?,841

") -,/-:, ;
'' "/-~ t
~ ~ -' !
? .95 I
1.18 l.OQ 35.6('
-- i 2.09 il1.21
10.30 1.20 .63
7.78

CoMI-10D 1 TY !fi ISCELLMJEOUS
ANIMAL & FISH OIL
AsPHt,L T
CANAN.~S
BEET PuLP
CEr:lOJT
CoFFEE CREOSOTE
FERTZ. & CHEMICALS
GRAIN fliETALS & MFGS.
PAPER & MFGS.
PETROLEUM Prwv1s1oNs QUEOP/\C!W
SuGAR & MoLASSES
SULPHUR TEXTILES LoGs & Lut-13ER NoN-METALLIC VEGETAOLE PRODUCTS

1925 56,024
13,440 69,035
23,195 5,521
39,372 937,755
145,242 14,485
999,156
227,361
13,827

PER-
CENT 2.20

1926 136,593

.53

8,937

2.71 100,364

.91 229,467

.22

7,496

1.55 33,500

36.85 1,241,142

5.71 .57
39.27

73,435 1l ,499 963,976

8.94 28S,517

.54 60,785

P<::RCDH 4.34
.28 3.18
7.28 .24
1.06 39.37

102,920 3,000
121\,557
~,369
32,525 9,801
3:',305 588,181

2.33 43,933 .36 18,608
30.581,219,517

9.06 1.92

272,067
7,755 ?9,027

Pu:con 4.13
.12
5.00 .22
1. 31 .39
1. 34 23.62
1. 76 .75
48.96
10.92
.31 1.17

1928 79,793 13,500
135,151
185,767 9,108
28,192 989,677
122,765 14,257
644,260
22,824 248,206
13 '353 7,473

PEr~
CENT 3.17
.54
5.38
7.39 .36
1.12 39.36
4.88 .57
?5.62
."L 9.L.
.30

TOTAL

2,544,413 8.56 3,152,711 10.61 2,490,565 8.38 2,514,326 8.461 --------------------~C~O~N~T~I~N~U~ED~L-----------------------------------

TACLE No. 7 --(CoNTINUED FRQM PAGE 64). IMPORTS AND ExPoRTS- TEN PRINCIPAL SouTHEASTERN PoRTS 19?0-1935. (Bv CALEND,\R YEARS - ToNs oF 2,000 PouNDs).

PENSACOLA

YEAR
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 16 YR.
/\VCf~AG[

TONS 105,855
50,070 82,539 39,457 52,696 C)2 ,244 88,759 80,922 164,827 160,637 131,949 64,235 28,444 25,095 43,780 702944
80,153

I ~WORTS

PEF!CENT OF

P::"CENT OF

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

lt.lPORTS

V1\LUE

!Mrorns

3.01

$3,355,134

2.47

4.25

1,838,206

5.10

4.35

4,432,215

7.05

1.61

1,981,959, 2.23

2.01

1,705,942

2.09

2.82

3,636,160

3.83

2.49

2,847,461

2.30

2.86

2,359,093

2.50

5.78

5,372,942

5.70

5.88

4,001,853

4.25

4.53

3,993,020

4.09

3.04

2,582,067

4.73

1.96

553,389

2.03

1.96

432,325

1.42

3.20

928,949

2.73

4,07

11631!124

3.56

3.46

$2,603,240

3.48

HOBILE

TONS 438,246 280,366 226,040 452,914 301,783 248,020 212,088 257,670 234,389 381,405 352,787 284,117 256,505 236,374 310,779 2432728
294,826

EXPORTS

PEr~CEUT OF

P:r:CEI'JT or

R::::C>IONAL

REGIONAL

EXPORTS

V.~LUE

EXPORTS

9.20

$12,169,099

3. ~~o

9.86 8.54

4,635,014 7,408,681

43..0c,;-, I:

12.27 9.85 7.77

10,812,045 7,764,409 8,103,412

7.00
~}~I

6.90

6,584,.170

3.27 '

7.45

7,':)83,073

3.09

7.22

6,C40,669

3.65

9.98

9,664,971

5.05

10.28

10,295,943

6.87

10.48

6,491,491.

7.43

10.26

6,937 ,Cl96

7.97

9.11

8, 780,732

9.86

10.56 7.89

8,981,565

9.071

9 2274 2148____ -8-.-0-21

9.24

$8,257,982

4.89 I j
I
i
I

l:s_AR 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932
1933 1934 1935 16 YR.
lii!F R td~F

TOIJS 361,455 222,013 239,588 283,746 235,904 342,799 424,846 352,597 466,804 415,488 369,356 286,509 217,566 172,396 180,391 3112611
305,192

IMPORTS

PERCENT OF

Pcr-~cENT OF

REGIONAL

REG I ONf,L

IMPORTS

VALUE

IMPORTS

TctJs

12.99

$4,821,630 3.55

774,062

18.86

2,706,359 7.50

500,601

12.62

2,728,539 4.34

476,934

11.61

3,432,543 3.87 1,107,406

9.02

5,738,527 7.04 1 1.97,792

10.48

8,038,477 8.47

953,583

11.93

9,224,134 7.45

660,428

12.47

8,805,207 9.36

714,139

16.37

9,490,888 10.07

738,547

15.22

9,649,851 10.24

9G6,868

12.68

9,110,069 9.33

733,517

13.57

6,363,549 11.67

622,823

14.99

4,281,535 15.69

722,265

13.45

3,012,627 9.90

715,493

13.19

3,414,462 10.05

677,656

17.89

622501641 13.66

6551452

13.19

$6,066,915 8.12

763,598

Exrorns PE;:CEf\lT OF

I Pc:r:cENT OF

f:EGIONAL

REGiONAL

EX,PORTS

VALUE

Cv~ORTS

1C.25

$75,383~053 - :LY.20

17.61

32,044,683

2J .36

18.02

29,257,265

19 ,()2

30.00

31,515,051

20."2

39.14

34,?56,170

10 .(?C

29.87

43,011,923

19.01

21.50

35,633,746

17.70

20.66

45,126,593

18.40

22.75

40,992,252

22.5?

25.30

49,?23,341

25.71

2.1. 38

34,378,915

22.96

2?.98

24,261,149

27.78

28.88

29,398,619

33.80

2/'.59

23;814,742

26.75

23.04

26,782,574

27.04

21.23

2829932952

25.06

23.93

$36,504,627

21.63

s SOURCE: ANNUAL f-~E PORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEEI'!S, U.

"RrW.

WP!1 0. p rJo. 665-34-3-127.

68

I TABLE No. 9 -- IMPORTS oF FERTILIZER & CHEMICALS - SouTHEASTERN REGION 1922-1936. ( F ISCAL YE.~RS ENDING JuNE 30TH - ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

PoRT WI U;!!IJGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH BRUNSV/ ICl~
FERNt.tW INA
JACI<SOHV I LLE
MIM-11
T,\MPf,
PENSACOLA
[',108 I LE ToTALs FOR REGION

15 YEAR TOTALS
2,234,243

15 YEAR AVERAGE PERCENT OF REGION
20.46

1922 48,315

ANNUAL
PERCE~JT
OF REGION 25.49

2,519,591 23.08

56,441 29.78

2,415,688 22.13

39,892 21.05

102,988

.94

330

1,253,522 11.48

38,976 20.56

643

.01

457,087

4.20

3,941

2.08

944,329

8.64

1,963

1.04

990 023

9.06

10,918,444

189,528

ANNUAL

PERCEtH

1923

OF REGION

182,410 28.49

70,212 10.97

206,268 32.22

1,338

.21

85,566 13.36

12,493 43,511 38 423 640,221

1.95 6.80 6.00

ANNUAL
PERCENT 1924 OF REG IO~J 184,461 22.40

235,129 28.56

193,869 23.55

800

.10

194

.02

88,249 10.72

23,524

2.86

29,156

3.54

67,952 --8.25

823,334

PORT \'/I LM I NGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
ElRUNSWICK
FERNAND I N,o\ J.O.CI~SONV ILLE
i/JIM,JI
TA1:1PA
PENSACOLA
f-,10DILE TOTALS FOR
~GION

1925 212,494

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REG! OtJ
22.66

1926 202,304

AN~JUAL
PERCENT OF !<EGlON
16.30

253,606 27.04 453,459 36.54

245,194 26.15 231,066 18.62

2,070

.22

29,435

2.37

1927 122,402

ANNU!IL
PERCENT OF REGION
20.81

106,417 18.19

131,421 22.34

16,994

2.89

83,655
27,925 52,780 60,031 937,755

8.92
--

81,299

6.55

2.98

28,283

2.28

5.63

86,041

6.93

6.40 129!255 10.41

1!241,142 (Com INUED.)

69,271
23,484 58,577 59,615 588 181

11.78
3.99 9.96 10.:L4

,6.NNUAL
PERCENT 1928 OF !~EG ION 237,334 23.98

225,377 22.77

152,089 15.37

12,353 1.25

136 90,827

.01 I
9.18 I

28,004 114,161 129,396 989,677

2.83 11.54 13.07

07

TABLE No. 8 --(CoNTINUED FROM PAGE 66 ). IMPORTS- RECAPITULATION or MAJOR CoMMODITIES, Sourli- I

EASTERN rEGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH - TONS OF 2,240 PoUNDS).

l

PER-

PeR-

PER-

PEr.- 'I

~CMO~II1M~SO~DC~IETL~YLLALN~E-O_U_S------------~81~59~2,~93~7~8--~C3E~N9~T3~--~9~31~,9~37076~1--~3~C.~E8N~T9~--~631~,94371.3~8~--~3~C.E~N0=T3----6~31~9,~352~5:~9~----C~E3N.CTOj,

~~~~~~~&FisH OIL

1~~;~~g s:~~ 1:::::: s::: 1::::~: s::: 117,891 6~:9 I

BEST PULP
~~~~~~
CREOSOTE IERTZ. & CHEMICALS
nET Gr. A1N ALs & MFGs.
PAPER & MFGS.
PETROLEUI1 PROVISIONS
QUEDRACHO
SuGAR & MoLASSES
SULPHUR TEXTILES
LoGs & LuMBER
NoN-METALLIC MINERALS VEGETABLE ProDUCTS

8,169
s~ :~~g
18,756 1,035,498
88,628 16,471 382,335
28,132 280,438
17' 118 15,520

.38
z:;~ .86
47.60

3,828
s,279
17,478 922,951

4.07 76,750 . 76. 59,961
17.58 782,369

1.29 22,694 12.89 263,920

.79 12,561 .71 10,437

.16

9,803

.22 .72 38.27

12,472 741,918

3.18 2.49 32.44-
.94 10.94

72,259 51,280 808,555
4,967
173,061

.52 17,330 .43 10,849

.47
.60 35.54
3.46 2.46 38.73
.24
8.29
.83 .52

2,481
12,735 482,248
88,519 48,760 713,990
217,247
12,586 2,622

.14j
== I
.721 27.36'
5.021 2. 7-,, 40.51
12.33
.71 .15

TOTAL

2,175,315 7.32 2,411,987 8.12 2,087,754 7.02 1,762,638

COMMODITY MISCELLANEOUS
ANIMAL & FISH Oil ASPHALT
BANANAS BEET PuLP
CEMENT COFFEE CREOSOTE
FERTZ. &CHEMICALS
GRAIN
METALS & MFGS. PAPER & MFGS.
PETROLEUM PROVISIONS QUEBRACHO
SuGAR & MoLASSES
SuLPHUR TEXTILES
LOGS & LUMBER
NoN-METALLIC MiNERALS VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

1933 77 '787

PER-
CENT 8.66

1934 89,963

PEl;
CENT 1935 6.63 - 79,073

PERCENT 5.84

1936 72,986

91,168 826
10,004 365,152
36,562 42,640 127,694
136,868
9,907

10.14 .09
1.11 40.64
4.07 4.75 14.21
15.23
1.10

90,774 750
25,010 684,216
40,455 62,825 165,992
9,780
155,649 14,710 11,013 6,994

6.68 .06
1.84 50.38
2.98 4.63 12.22
.72
11.46 1.08 .81 .51

124,278 12,110 370
18,342 618,643
20,276 58,382 42,370 162,155 10,196
180,146
15,954 10,633

9.19 .90 .03
1.35 45.73
1.50 4.31 3.13 11.98
. 75
13.32
1.18 .79

113,934
12,848
23,960 657,980
62,416 60,681 211,754 32,750
160,327
16 '108 15,257 19,844 16 741

5.93
I
~~~~I
4.94 i
I 7=. =71 1
.87
1.62 <'14 >53
4.22
1, 1:? I 14,:?3
2.22 .
10.85 !
1.09 1.03 i 1.34 1.13

TOTAL

898,608 3.03 1,358,131 4.57 1,352,928 4.55 1,477,586

4.97

SOU~CE: DEPT. OF CoMMERCE, U. S. SH 1PP 1NG BoARD GuREAU - ANNUI\L REPORTS No. 42.
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70

TAGLE No. 10 --IMPORTS oF PETROLEUM & ITS PRODUCTS - SouTHEASTE~N REGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL
YEARS ENDING JuNE 30TH - ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

PORT
WJLM INGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH EJRUfJSVJ ICl< FERNANDINA JACI<SONV I LLE lvll AMI TAt1PA PENSACOLA 1>10B I LE TOTALS FOR REGION

15 YEAR TOTALS 194,451

15 YEAR AVERAGE PERCENT OF REGION
2.06

1922-

AN~~UAL
PERCEIH OF REGION 1923

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION 1924

2,686,963 28.48 124,880 21.40 112,410 15.70 231,735

825,116

8.75

27,7S3

3.88

52,974

374,221

3.97

27,400

4.70

19,100

2.67

61,893

2,530,351 945,137
1,642,920 15,566
2:1,_9,436 9,439,161

26.82 10.02 17.41
.16 2.33

181,900 22,692
133,198 15,566 77,915
583,551

31.17 3.89
22.82 2.67
13.35

247,411 51,208
227,610
30,253 715,745

34.57 7.15
31.c30
4.23

281,601 46,890
259,199
18,820 953,112

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
24.31 5.56 6.49
29.55 4.92
27.20
.1.971

PORT VJ I U11 fJGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANI'JAil
0RUNSWICI<
FERNAND I~JA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
TM.1PA
PENSACOLA
MOBILE TOTALS FOR REGION

1925

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REG I01~ 1926

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION 1927

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REG I01'1 1928

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

279,355 54,913 41,008

27.96 5.50 4.10

170,229 47,555 35,688

17.66 4.93 3.70

545,699 71 '763 36,614

44.75 5.89 3.00

356,051 25,200

55.27 3.91

257,577 110,888 255,415

25.78 11.10 25.56

328,622 71,245
269,083

34.09 7.39
27.92

274,547 24,515
215,485

22.51 2.01
17.67

148,528 114,481

23.05 17.77

999 156

41,554

4.31

50,894

963,976

1,219,517

(CONTINUED.)

4.17

644 260

69

TABLE No.9 --(CoNTINUED FROt-1 PAGE 68). IUPQr~TS OF FERTILIZER & CHEi:iiCALS- SouniEASTEPiT"f.fE'ci-;;.;; 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDING JuNE 30TH- ToNs OF 2,240 PouNDs).

Porn WI Llll NGTotJ
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH BRUNS\'/ ICK
FERNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE
t11M11
Tni-1PA PENSACOLA
t'10G I LE TOTALS FOf' REGION

1929 198,389

ANIJUAL PERC[tJT
OF REGION 19.16

210,716 20.35

209,812 20.26

18,463

1. 78

1930 140,819

ANNUAL PE'RCENT OF i(EG ION
15.26

181,355 19.65

210,816 22.84

6,131

.67

1931 145,653

A~mu,~L PERCE~JT
OF I"EG I ON 19.63

129,039 17.39

185,194 24.96

7,604

1.02

l'lfJN,j .'
1932 OFPer-F.;~.c_,G~;!.c. tJ j 93,378 19.36'
117 ,0i)4 24.28
92,065 19.09
629

111,525 10.77

96,108 10.41

100,718 13.58

67,650 14.03

31,263 148,770 106 560 1,035,498

3.02 14.37 10.29

16,234 133,655 137,833 922,951

1. 76 14.48 14.93

41,287 6'1,038 65 385 741,918

5.59 9.04 8.81

33,560 6.96

37 ,,._'

7.77

40,_-H :_ __ J.L_38

482,248

Porn
WIU.l INGTON

1933 70,848

ANNUAL PeRCENT OF REGION
19.40

1934 153,555

i\14NUAL
PERCENT OF f~EG IOIJ
22.44

>\NfJUAL

PERCENT

1935

OF PEGIOt-J

121,415 19.63

ANNUAL -o,-. c::::rn 1936 c- :!t;G IGrJ
120,46C ; s. 31

CHARLESTON

82,990 22.73

154,753 22.62

124,2<)6 20.09

118,737 H.05

SAVANNAH

69,210 18.95

138,664 20.27

144,730 23.39

165,398 25 .1~ .

ElRUNSV/ICK

42

.01

7,129 1.0U

FERNANDINA

JACKSONVILLE MIAMI TAMPA PENSACOLA

76,048 20.83

100,493 14.69

37,743 6,951

10.34 1.90

46,239 41,620

6.76 6.08

8~ 216 13.61

60,492 47,266

9.78 7.64

78,921 643
42,615 75,350

11. C;:i
l .10 I
6.48 I
11.45

MOBILE

21 320

5.84

48 892

7.14

36 228

5.86

48,721 7.40

TOTALS FOR

R!::GION

365,152

684,216

618,643

657,980

SOURCE: DEPT. OF COI:1MERCE - u. s. SHIPPING BoARD BUREAU - .l\IHJUAL REPORTS fJo. 42.

I

I

I

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71

TADLE No. 10 -- (CoNT 1NUED FROf1 PAGE 70). IRPORTS oF PETROLEUt.1 & ITS PRODUCTS - SouTHEASTErN REGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDING JuNE 30TH- ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

PORT lf/1 UAI NGTON
CH;\RLESTON
SAVANNA.H
BRUNSWICK
FErNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
TAMPA
PENSACOLA
MOBILE TOTALS FOR REGiON

1929

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

154,562 40.43

16,750

4.38

138,425 25 '718 46,880

36.20 6.73
12.26

1930 52,917 154,689 30,765 11,110
283,046 153,889
95,953

AI~NUAL
PERCENT OF REGION
6.76

1931 90,023

ANHUAL
PERCENT OF i~EG I ON
11.13

19.77

137,987 17.07

3.93

126,409 15.63

1.42

23,105

2.86

36.18 19.67 12.27

187,946 158,778
84,307

23.24 19.fA 10.43

MINUAL

PERCENT

1932 OF REGION

51,511

7.22

160,645 22.50

97,496 13.66

29,300

4.10

170,886

-- I !
23.93

148,362 20.78

55,790

7.81

382,335

782,369

808,555

713,990

PoRT W1U11 NGTON

1933

ANNUAL
Pn~cENT
OF REGION

1934

ANNUAL PERCENT OF [(EGlON

1935

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REG I ON_

ANNUAL
PERCENT 1936 OF REGION

CHARLESTON

21,781 17.06

61,561 37.09

86 '103 53.10

89,276 42.16

SAVANNAH

59,580 46.66

79,178 47.70

64,652 39.87

112,078 52.93

BRUNSWICK

25,253 15.21

11,400

7.03

10,400

4.91

FERNANDINA

JACI(SONV I LLE

29,862 23.38

MIM.11

16,471 12.90

TAMPA

PENSACOLA

MOBILE TOTALS FOP. REGION

127,694

165,992

162,155

211,754

SOURCE: DEPT. OF COHMERCE, u. s. SHIppING BOAf\0 BUREAU - ANNUAL REPORTS tJo. 42.

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71

TADLE No. 10 -- (CoNT 1NUED FROM PAGE 70) . I~1PORTS oF PETROLEUt.1 & ITS PRODUCTS - SouTHE,\STEruJ REGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARs ENDING JuNE 30TH- ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

PORT WILMINGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
BRUNSWICK
FERNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
TAMPA
PENSACOLA
MoBILE TOTALS FOR REGiON

1929

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REGION

154,562 40.43

16,750

4.38

1930 52,917
154,689
30,765
11,110

ANNU,\L
PERCENT OF REGION
6.76

1931 90,023

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
11.13

19.77

137,987 17.07

3.93

126,409 15.63

1.42

23,105

2.86

ANNUAL

PERCENT

1932_ OF REGIOtJ

51,511

7.22

160,645 ?2.50

97,496 13.66

29,300

4.10

138,425 25,718 46,880

36.20 6.73
12.26

283,046 153,889
95,953

36.18 19.67 12.27

187,946 158,778
84,307

23.24 19.64 10.43

170,886 148,362
55,790

23.93 20.78
7.81

382,335

782,369

808,555

713,990

PoRT WI U11 NGTON

1933

ANNUAL
PE'RCENT OF REGION

1934

ANNUAL PEP.CENT OF REGION

1935

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

ANNUAL PERCENT 1936 OF REG IOtJ

CHARLESTON

21,781 17.06

61,561 37.09

86,103 53.10

89,276 42.16

SAVANNAH

59,580 46.66

79,178 47.70

64,(,52 39.87

112,078 52.93

BRUNSWICK

25,253 15.21

11,400

7.03

10,400

4.91

FERNANDINA

JACKSONVILLE

29,862 23.38

MIAMI

16,471 12.90

TAMPA

PENSACOLA

MOBILE
TOTALS FOP. REGION

127,694

165,992

162,155

211,754

s. SOURCE: DEPT. OF COMMERCE, u.

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TABLE No. 11 -- (GONT INUED FROM PAGE 72 ) . IMPORTS OF SUGAr~ & MOLASSES - SOUTHEASTERN REG ION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDING JuNE 30TH- ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

PciRT Vhu:mJGTON
CI-IAHLESTON
SAVANNAH
8RUNSWICI<
FERNAIWI NA
JA'cKSONVILLE
MIAMI
TM1PA
PE'NSACOLA
[110B I LE ToTALs FOR REGION

1929 7,224
11 '769 169,506
9,977
------
81 1 962 280,438

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
2.58

1930 8,073

4.20

7,505

60.44 119,831

3.56
--

23,682
--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

29.22

104 1829 263,920

ANNUAL
PE'RCENT
OF REGION 3.06

1931 4,402

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REGION
2.54

ANNUAL

PERCE~JT

1932 OF REGION

14,268

6.57

2.85

11,882

6.87

23,634

10.88

45.40 112,624

65.08 127,480

58.68

8.97

9,567

5.53

13,299

6.12

--

--

--

--

---

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

1,387

.641

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

39.72

34 2586 173,061"

19.98

37 1179 217,247

17.11

PORT WILMINGTON
CI~ARLESTON

.
1933 13,993
11,821

ANNUAL Ptr:cENT OF REGION
10.22
8.64

1934 8,357
17,592

ANNUt,L PE'RCENT OF REGION
5.37
11.30

1935 5,556
9,553

ANNUAL PE'RC.ENT OF REGION
3.08
5.30

ANNUAL

PERCENT

1936 OF REGION

8,793

5.48

10,237

6.39

;

SAVANNAH

87,561

63.97

81,497

52.36 134,300

74.55 103,929

64.82

BRUNSWICK

5,393

3.94

8,305

5.34

495

.27

4,956

3.09

FERNANDINA

. --

--

--

--

--

--

--

---

JACKSONVILLE

--

-.-

--

--

--

--

--

--

t11AMI

2,233

1.63

693

.45

--

--

--

--

TAMPA

--

--

--

--

--

--

9,527

5.94

PE'NSACciLA

---

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

MoBILE ToHLs FOR REGION

15..~.867
136,868

11.60

39 1 205 155,649

25.18

30,242 180,146

16.80

22,885 160,327

u. s. SOURCE: DEPT. oF CoMMERCE,

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TABLE ~Jo. 1? --iCONTINUED FROM PAGE 742. EXPORTS- icAPITUl.M.I~Of" MA.JOR CQIIIMODITIES, SouTHEASTERN REGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEAP.S ENOING JuNE 30TH- TmJs or 2,240 POUNDS).

COMI~OD ITY AUTO T lflES CEMENT CHEMICALS
COAL COTTON
COTTONSEED M. & OILCAKE
FERTZ. & CHEI11 CALS FRUITS GRAIN
IRON & STEEL SCRAP
LUMBER
METALS & MrGRS.
NAVAL STORES NoN-METALLic MINERALs OYSTER SHELLS PAPER
PETROLEUI1 PHOSPHATES PROVISIONS STONE & IAFGflS. SULPHUR SUGAR
TOBACCO MISCELLANEOUS
TOTAL

1929

Per-
CENJ__ 1930

PERCENT

1931

PER-
CENT

1932

PERCENT

15,686 0.54

9,451 0.44

3,888 0.20

118,757 162,994
4,846 768
6,276 44,665
6,394 768,731 192,004 273,172
20,725
536 14,887 764,937
3,540 2,418 3,940

4.88 6.70 0.20 0.03 0.26 1.84 0.26 31.60 7.86 11.24 0.85
0.02 0.62 31.44 0.15 0.11 0.16

115,211 236,481
13 '731 200 757
10,275 855,552 141,938 303,781
15,398 5,942 1,100 3,570
1,091,792 20,750

3.98 8.18 0.47 0.01 0.03
0.36 29.59
4.91 10.51
0.53 0.21 0.04 0.12 37.76 0.72

59,428 2.80 247,641 11.66
239 0.01

32,943 615,299
27,968 211,069

1.55 28.97
1.31 9.94

4,207 0.20 767,110 36.11

30,758 323,968
9,719
278 4,587
65,385 9,330
493,703 23,807
268,212 5,877
26,385
416 2,675 578,090
24,713

1.61 16.93
0.51 0.01 0.24
3.42 0.49
25.80 1.24
14.00 0.31
1.38 O.a? 0.14
30.20 1.29

10 43 1197 2,432,797

0.00

2,683

1. 78

56 1 311

6.93 2,891,158

0.09

2,917

1.95 145 1 911

8.23 2,124,183

0.14

8,214

6.87

34 1001

6.05 1,914,006

0.43 1. 78 5.45

Co~1MODITY
AUTO TIRES CEMENT CHEMICALS COAL COTTON
COTTONSEED M. & OILCAKE FERTZ. &CHEI~ ICALS
FRUIT GRAIN
IRON & STEEL SCRAP
Lur.mER
METALS & MrGRS.
NAVAL STORES NoN-METALLIC MINERALS OYSTER SHELLS Pt>:PER PETROLEUt.1 PHOSPHATES PROVISIONS
STONE & MFGRS.
SULPHUR SUGAR TOBACCO MISCELLANEOUS TOTAL

1933

PERCENT

20,008 1.15

40,053 2.31 253,208 14.61

413 10,112 21,643
2,347 482,344
54,646
260,652 9,273
34,326 422
1,300 445,184
45,468

0.02 0.58 1.25 0.14
27.83 3.15
15.04
0.54 1.98 0.02
0.08 25.68
2.62

1934

Po.:RCENT

6,443 0.29

49,344 2.26 174,045 7.95

143 0.01 15,805 0.72

35,576 545,400 184,425
257,388 32,083 32,242
399 6,945
759,432 48,527

1.63 24.93
8.42 11.76
1.47 1.47 0.02
0.32 34.71
2.22

1935
5, 730
65,610 123,974
278

Pe:RCENT
0.25
2.90 5.47
0.01

1936 14,232
5,494 67,139 198,347
1,050 639
14,356

PER-CENT 0.55
0.21 2.59 7.66 0.04 0.03 0.55

177,122 537,032 145,979 203,997
824 821,077

7.82 23.70
6.45 9.00
0.04 36.24

45,267 566,514
279,793 262,946
37,356 27,159
38 37 1,020,348 16,052

1. 75 21.88 10.81 10.15
1.44
1.05 0.00 0.00 39.40 0.62

3,283 0.15

5,089 46 1972 1,733,460

0.29

8,595

2.71

31 1226

4.93 2,188,018

0.39 1.43 1841062 6.23 2,265,685

8.12

28 1 901

6.4:::J 2,588,951

1.12 7.38

SOURCE: DEPT. OF COMMERCE, IJ. S. SHIPPING BoARD BuREAU - ANNUAL REPORTS No. 42.

WPA 0. P. rJo. 465-34-3-253.

76

TAGLE rJo. 13 --EXPORTS or PHOSPHATES- SOUTHEASTERN REGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDI~JG JuNE 30TH- ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

PorT WILMINGTON
CHAr-LESTON
SAVANNAH
BRUNSWICK FE R~JAND INA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
T Ai''IPA
PENSACOLA
MOBILE TOTALS FOR Ri:::GION

15 YEi\R TOTALS
2,756

15 YEAR AVERAGE PERCENT OF f:EGION
.03

2,100 1,301,951
194,916 579
9,376,832 5,037

.02 11.96
1. 79 .01
86.15 .04

10,884,171

1922

AtJNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

73,478 50,106

13.60 9.27

416,817 77.13

540,401

1923

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

110,193 65,395

17.80 10.57

443,330 71.63

618,918

ANNUAL
PtRCENT 1924 OF REGION

110,080 46,584

17.27 7.31

480,723 75.42

637,387

PORT WILMINGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
BRUNSWICK
fERNANDINA
JACI<SONV I LLE
IMIAf\11
TAMPA
PENSACOLA
MoBILE TOTALS FOR REGION

1,?125

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REGION

1926

ANNUi\L PERCENT OF REGION

1927

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

ArmuAL PERCENT 1928 OF REGION

122,606 32,831

18.25 4.89

130,425 19.26

132,675 19.20

88,075 11.02

516,498 76.86

546,612 80.74

558,519 80.80

711,254 88.98

671 935

677 037 (CoNTINUED.)

691,194

799 329

77

TABLE No. 13 --s_CoNTINUED FROM PAGE 76). EXPORTS or PHOSPHATES - SouTHEASTERN REGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH- TONS OF 2,240 POUNDS).

PORT WILMINGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
8RUIJSW ICK
fERNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
TAMPA
PENSACOLA
Moo1LE TOTALS FOR REGION

19?.9

ANNU/',L PERCENT OF REGION

1930

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

1931

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

1932

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

2,100 47,970

.27 6.27

71;410

6.54

47,827

6.23

39,025

6.75

579 714,288

.08 93.38

1,020,382

93.46

719,283 93.77

539,065 93.25

764,937

1,091,792

767,110

578,090

PoRT WILMINGTON

1933

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

1934

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

1935

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REGION

ANNUAL

PERCENT

1936 oF REGimJ

2,756

.27

CHARLESTON

SAVANNAH

8RUNSWI Cl~

FERNANDINA

32,070

7.20

75,400

9.93

92,742 11.30

127,975 12.54

JACKSONVILLE

MIAMI

TAMPA

408,077 91.67

684,032 90.07

728,335 88.70

889,617 87.19

PENSACOLA

5,037

1.13

MooiLE TOTALS FOR REGION

445,184

759,432

821,077

1,020,348

s. SOURCE: DEPT. OF COMMERCE, u. SHIPPING BoARD BUREAU - ANNUAL REPORTS No. 42.

WPA O.P. ~Jo. 465-34-3-253.

78

lADLE No. 14 --EXPORTS oF LUMBER - Soun-JEASTER~I REGION 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEAHs ENDING JuNE 30TH- ToNs oF 2,4_40 PouNDs).

PORT WILMINGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVMJNAH
Br.UNS'I/ICI<
FERNANDINA
JACI(SOI'JVILLE
MIAMI
TAMPA
PENSACOLA
MoBJ.LE TOTALS FOR REGION

15 YEAR

AVERAGE

15 YEAH PEr-CENT

ToTALS OF REGION

3,739

.04

410,100

4.30

587,q69

6.16

58,702

.62

3,480

.04

570,801

5.98

45,538

.47

1,031,440 10.81

2,516,077 26.37

4,31iJ._610 45.21

9,542,156

1922

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION -1923

ANNUAL PERCEIH OF REGION

15,053 10,487
298 17,497

4.14 2.89
.08 4.82

1,833 132,904 1852230 363,302

.50 36.58 50.99

4,459 37,684
6,583 695
23 '737 4,669 36,295
202,090 3802011 696,223

.64 5.41
.95 .10 3.41 .67 5.21 29.03 54.58

1924

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REGION

2,968 58,091 15,332
984 23,109
3,739 40,293 224,007 3832077 751,600

.39 7.73 2.04
.13 3.08
.50 5.36 29.80 50.97

PoRT WILMINGTON
CHAf<LES TON
SAVANNAH
Br.UNSW ICl<
FERNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
ITAMPA
PENSACOLA
1108 I LE TOTALS FOR REG I Of\)

1925

AI'>INUAL PERCENT OF REG I ON

15,163 50,146
4,127 723
28,931 2,645
52,490 232,200 4752938 862 363

1.76 5.81
.48 .08 3.36 .31 6.09 26.92 55.19

1926 103

AN~JUAL
PERCEI-JT OF REGION
.02

16,748

2.74

38,386

6.28

4,593

. 75

19,840

3.25

2,152

.35

10,813

1. 77

170,712 27.94

3472633 56.90

610 980 (CONTINUED.)

1927 1,570

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REG I ON
.26

15,052

2.48

49,592

8.18

867

.14

19,634 6,174
22,702 147,300 3432360 606,251

3.24 1.02 3.74 24.30 56.64

1928

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

20,027 49,150

2.55 6.25

152 46,314
3,756 94,490 193,686 3792287 786 862

.02 5.88
.48 12.01 24.61 48.20

79

TABLE No. 14 --\CONTINUED FROM PAGE78 ). EXPORTS OF LUMBER- SouTHEASTERN !~EGlON 1922-1936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDING JuNE 30TH- ToNs or- 2,240 PouNDs).

PoRT WILMINGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
BRUNSWICK
FERNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE MIAt~ I
TAMPA
PENSACOLA
MOBILE TOTALS FOR REGION

1929

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REGION

36,768 36,310
4,386

4.78 4.72
.57

1930

ANNUAL PEP-CENT OF REGION

62,353 55,812
1,328

7.29 6.52
.16

1931 299

ANNUAL PercENT OF REGION
.05

33,795

5.49

29,852

4.85

ANNUAL

PERCENT

1932 OF REGION

480

.10

34,074

6.90

19,886

4.03

54,578 6,185
129,018 184,474 3171012 768,731

7.10 .81
16.78 24.00 41.24

67,270 4,558
147,967 206,680 3091584 855,552

7.86 .53
17.30 24.16 36.18

44,102 2,965
121,307 167,613 2151366 615,299

7.17 .48
19.72 27.24 35.00

50' 156 1,639
68,557 144,590 1741321 493,703

10.16 .33
13.88 29.29 35.31

PORT WILMINGTON

1933 925

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
.19

ANNUr.L

PERCENT

1934

OF REGION

147

.03

1935 213

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
.04

1936

ANNUAL

PERCENT

OF REGION

2

.00

CHARLESTON

30,248

6.27

41,280

7.57

46,385

8.64

50,780

8.96

SAVANNAH

22,835

4.73

43,589

7.99

33,029

6.15

48,254

8.52

BRUNSWICK

106

.02

4,531

.83

3,921

.73

2,441

.43

FERNANDINA

628

.13

JACKSONVILLE

51,888 10.76

47,450

8.70

41,780

7.78

34,515

6.09

MIAMI

745

.16

1,435

.26

1,411

.26

3,465

.61

TAMPA

66,136 13.71

64,190 11.77

75,219 14.01

100,130 17.68

PENSACOLA

133,926 27.77

138,081 25.32

130,521 24.30

107,293 18.94

MoBILE TOTALS FOR REGION

1741907 482,344

36.26

2041697 545,400

37.53

2041553 537,032

38.09

2191634 566,514

SOURCE: DEPT. OF COMMEP-CE, u. s. SHIPPING BOARD BUREAU - ANNUAL RePoRTs rJo. 42.

38.77

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80

TABLE No. 15 --EXPORTS oF NAVAL STORES -SouTHEASTERN REGION 1922-1936. FISCAL YEARS ENDING
JuNE 30TH - ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

PoRT W1 LMI NGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
BRUNSif/1 CK
FERNANDINA JACI<SOI~V I LLE
MIAHI
TAI1PA
PENSACOLA
MoorLE TOTALS FOR REGION

15 YE.~R TOTALS
565

15 YEM< AvERAGE PERCENT OF REGION
.02

1,396,178 518,467 1,532
1,181,376

36.96 13.72
.04 31.27

4,369 437,044 238 388 3,777,919

.11 11.57
6.31

1922

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

54,347 18,941

40.71 14.19

41,999 31.45

18,220 13.65 133,507

1923

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

67,598 28,827

26.59 11.34

79,247 31.17

78,566 30.90 254,238

1924

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

82,493 23,357
40 85,341

30.50 8.63 .02
31.55

63,596 15 663 270,490

23.51 5.79

Porn \i71U11 NGTON CHARLES TO!~ SAVANNAH BRUNSV/1 CK FERNANDINA JACKSONVILLE MIAMI TAMPA PENSACOLA
~O'ILE OTALS FOR . E.!3 I ON

1925

ANtJUAL
PErCENT OF REG IOll 1926

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

1927

1\NNUAL
PERCENT OF 1-~EG ION

1928

Af-Ji'JUAL PERCENT OF REG IOM

91,331 31,704

31.82 11.05

103,212 35.97

89,391 31 '114

40.08 13.95

73,186 32 ._81

119,491 47,427 973 71,474

39.86 15.80
.31 23.80

111,151 40,829

41.44 15.22

82,978 30.93

1,930 33,648 25 200 2872025

.65 11.72
8.79

18,992

8.52

102340

4.64

223,023 (CONTINUED.)

49,236 11,565 300,166

16.40 3.83

21,297 11,998 268 253

7.94 4.47

81

TABLE No. 15 --(CONTINUED FROM PAGE tlO). EXPORTS OF NAVAL STORES --souTHEASTERN REGION 19221936. (FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH -ToNs oF 2,2~0 PouNDs).

PoRT WiLMINGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
0RUNSWICK
FERNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
TAfo,fPA
PENSACOLA
MootLE TOTALS FOR REGION

1929 111 --
106,933 48,028
--
83,277
--
--
18,067 162756 273,172

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
.04
--

1930 70
--

39.15 125,565

17.58
--

44,343 519

30.49
---

92,102
--
204

6.61

18,596

6.13

222382

303,781

ArJNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
.02
--

1931 384
--

41.33

89,689

14.59 .18

31,253
--

30.32 --

59,309
--

.07

876

6.12

14,037

7.37

15!521

211,069

ANNUAL PERCOH OF REGION
.18
--

1932 ---

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
-
-

42.49 103,726

38.67

1~.81

40,643

15.15

--

--

28.10 --

78,713 ---

29.35 --

.42

608

.23

6.65

25,696

9.58

7.35

18!826

7.02

268,212

PoRT WILMINGTON
CHARLESTON

1933
---

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
--
--

1934 --
--

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REG I OtJ
--
--

1935
--
--

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
--
--

1936 ---

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
...
--

SAVANNAH

84,046

32.24

93,037

36.15

80,619

39.52

96,761

36.80

BRUNSWICK FERNANDINA

33,799
--

12.97
--

30,995
--

12.04
--

35,556
--

17.43
--

31,651 --

12.04
-

JACKSONVILLE MIAMI TAMPA

95,335
--
--

36.58 --
--

91,708
---

35.63
---

59,007 --
--

28.93 --
--

84,488 -751

32.13
-
.29

PENSACOLA

21,235

8.15

20,034

7.78

11,939

5.85

23,885

9.08

MOBILE
TOTALS FOR REGION

26 1 237 260,652

10.06

21!614 257,388

8.40

16 1876 203,997

8.27

25 1410 262,946

u. s. SOURCE: DEPT. OF COMMERCE,

SHIPPING BOARD BuREAU - ANNUAL REPORTS No. 42.

WPA 0. P. No. 465-34-3-253.

9.66

I 82

~-TABLE No. 16 --EXPORTS oF COTTON- SouTHEASTERN REGION 1922-1936. (FisCAL YEARS ENDING JuNE I

30TH- ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDS).

I

I PORT
,WILMINGTON
ICHAF~LESTON

15 YEAR TOTALS 235,070

15 YEAR AVERAGE
PERCENT OF REGIOI~
6.73

731,604 20.94

SAV.~NNAH

1,530,756 43.82

BRUNSWICK
I FERNANDINA

52,295

1.50

JACKSOIJV I LLE

3,211

.09

MIIIMI

TAMPA

4,698

.13

PENSACOLA

139,789

4.00

MoBILE_________ 796,265

TOTALS FOR

RSGION

3,493,688

22.79

'1922 11,890

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF PEG IOt~
4.93

42,105 17.47

150,885 62.61

5,916' 2.46

673 29 2531 241,000

.28 12.2:5,

1923 25,271

ANNUAL
PERCENT OF REGION
17.96

22,734 16.15

70' 712 50.24

6,524

4.64

163

.11

1,123 14 209 140,736

.80 10.10

ANNUAL
PERCENT 1924 OF REGION
17,095 13.23

36,097 27.94

75,503 58.43

21

.02

488

.381

------
129,204

PORT WI U~l NG I ON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
BRUNSVI ICl<
FERNA~JDINA
I JACI<SONV I LLE
MIAMI
TAf1PA PE'NSACOLA
MoBILE i10TALS FOR
~-G ION

1925 24,788

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
11.93

53,324 25.66

109,723 52.80

240

.12

19~6
22,644

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
7.02

63,879 19.82

194,129 60.22

1927 29,336

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
6.55

129,254 28.87

228,986 51.15

ANNUAL

PERCENT

1928 OF REGION

25,382

8.93

57,361 20.19

144,798 50.95

2,560

.79

1,069 18 679 207,823

.so
8.99

4,230

1. 31

34 934 10.84

322 376 CONTINUED.)

2,987 57,154 447 717

.67 12.76

298

.10

2,798

.99

53,537

18.~1

284 174 -------

83

TAnLE No. 16 --~CoNTINUED fROM PAGE 82). EXPORTS oF COTTW- SouTHEASTERN REGION 1922-1936. (FiSCAL YEARS ENDING JuNE 30TH- ToNs Of 2,240 PouNDs).

PORT WILMINGTON
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
BRUNSWICK
FERNANDINA
JACKSONVILLE
MIAMI
TAMPA
PENSACOLA
MOBILE TOTALS fOR REGION

1929 25,907
24,836
58,511

ANNUAL PERCENT or REGION
15.89
15.24
35.90

1930 18,173
41,879
90,415
1,610

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION
7.69

1931 11,358

17.71

44,643

38.23 105,730

.68

11,252

ANNUAL
PEP.CENT OF REGION
4.59

ANNUAL

PERCENT

1932 Of REGION

8,290

2.56

18.03

43,537

13.44

42.69 105,079

32.44

4.54

9,673

2.98

4,400 3,021 46 1 319 162,994

2.70 1.85 28.42

6,891 77 1513 236,481

2.91 32.78

15,913 58174,2 247,641

6.43 23.72

20,768 136 1 621 323,968

6.41 42.17

Porn WILMINGTON

1933 8,672

ANNUAL
PERCENT Of REGION
3.42

1934 4,082

ANNUAL
PERCENT Of REGION
2.35

1935

ANNUAL PERCENT OF REGION

ANNUAL

PERCENT

1936 OF REGION

2,182

1.10

CHARLESTON
ISAVANNAH

56,173 66,181

22.19 26.14

36,314 47,136

20.86 27.08

34,311 34,580

27.68 27.89

45,157 48,388

22.77 24.40

BRUNSWICK

8,473

3.35

8,488

4.88

98

.08

FERNANDINA

JACKSONVILLE

MIAMI

TAMPA

PENSACOLA

22,164

8.75

24,828

14.27

8,971

7.24

24,353

12.27

MoBILE TOTALS fOR REGION

91,545 253,208

36.15

53,197 174,045

30.56

46 1014 123,974

37.11

78 1 267 198,347

s. tSOURCE: DEPT. Of COMMERCE, u. SHIPPING BOARD BUREAU - ANNUAL REPORTS No. 42.

lwPA 0. P. NQ. 465-34-3-253.

39.46

84

ITABLE No. 17 --EXPORTS oF DOMESTIC COTTON AND LINTERS -'PERCENTAGE CoMPARISONS WITH UNITED STATES ToTAL- SouTHEASTERI\1 REGION BY CusTOfVIS DISTRICTs. (FisCAL YEARS 1927 AND 1931-1937).

YEAR 1927

TOTAL u.s.
PRODUCTION 1000 BALES
17' 755

TOTAL u. s. TOTAL u.s.

CONSUMPTION EXPORTS

1000 BALES 1000 BALES

7,190

11,184

PERCENT

u.s. TOTAL EXPORTS S.E. REG. EXPORTS

S.E. REGION OF

N.CAROLINA

PERCENT

OF

OF

1000 BALES .=E~X~P:::-O~RT~..:S=-.__:1'""0'-"0-70-:8':':-'A::.!L:.:E S US . REG ION

1,908

17.1

140 ---1-.-3----u

1931

13,756

I 1932

16,629

1933

12,710

1934

12,664

11935

9,472

11936

10,420

11937

12,141

IAVG. PERCENTAGE

FoR 7 YEARS

I

5,263 4,866 6,137 5,700 5,361 6,351 7,950

6,872

1,087

15.8

56

8,824

1,429

16.2

43

8,603

1,129

13.1

33

7,703

772

10.0

18

5,004

530

10.5

6,213

900

14.4

8

5,710

698

12.2

4

13.38

.8

5.2

.5

3.0

.4

2.9

.2

2.3

.1

.9

.1

.6

.33

-~----
2.48

I s

EXPORTS CAROLINA

PERCENT

EXPORTS GEORGIA

I
YEAR

1,000 BALES

OF
u.s.

OF 1,000 REGION BALES

1927 464 4.1 24.3 1,049

EXPORTS

PERCENT FLORIDA

u.s.OF

OF 1,000

REGION BALES

9.4 54.9

35

EXPORTS

PERCENT ALABAMA

OF

OF 1,000

UcS. REGION BALES
--.3-~--220

PERCENT

uO.sF .

OF REGION

2.0

11.5

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------~----------------

:":)

1931 181 2.6 16.6

r,j

.~;1 ~
"

1932 160 1.8 11.2

1933 226 2.6 20.0

496

7.2 45.7

69 1.0 6.3

285

4.2

26.2

510

5.8 35.7 129 1.5 9.0

587

6.6

41.1

294

3.4 26.0 161 1.9 14.3

415

4.8

36.8

1934 111 1.5 14.4

226

2.9 29.3 176 2.3 22.8

241

3.1

31.2

1935 126 2.5 23.8

137

2.7 25.8

72 1.4 13.6

195

3.9

36.8

1936 180 2.8 20.0

204

3.3 22.6 153 2.5 17.0

355

5.7

39.5

1937 126 2.2 18.0

135

2.4 19.3

94 1.6 13.5

339

5.9

48.6

AVG. PERCENT.

--------

FoR 7 YEARS 2.27 16.96

4.09 30.58

1. 75 13.05

4.94 36.93

SOURCE: BULLETIN No. 174 - u. s. DEPARTMEtH oF Cm1111ERCE.

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TABLE No. 18 --WORLD PRODUCTION OF CoTTON - PERCENTAGE OMPARISONS BY CouNTRIES 1926-1 33.

CouNTnY DNtTED STATES INDIA RUSSIA EGYPT CHINA BRAZIL MEXICO PERU
ALL 0IHER

1926 1000 BALES
17,755 4,230 755 1,695 1,335 449 360 245
992

PER-
CENT
63.8 15.2
2.7 6.1 4.8 1.6 1.3
.9 3.6

1927 1000 BALES
12,783 4,715
983 1,250 1,930
492 179 215 879

PER-
CENT 54.6
20.1 4.2 5.3 8.2 2.1 .8 .9 3.8

1928 1000 BALES
14,279 4,865
1,208 1,660
1,550
520 272
210 1,046

PER-
CENT 55.7 19.0
4.7 6.5 6.1 2.0 1.1
.8 4.1

1929 1000 BALES
14,548
5,120
1,310 1,750 1,825
535 246
250 1,069

TOTAL

27,819

23,426

25,628

26,653

CoutiTnY
UNITED STATES INDIA RUSSIA EGYPT CHINA BRAZIL MEXICO PERU ALL,_. OTHER

1930
1000 BAbES 13,756 4,800 1,550 1,661
1,590 493 169 240
11045

PER-
CENI 54.4 18.9
6.1 6.6
6.3 1.9
.7 .9 4.2

1931 1000 BALES
16,629 3,375 1,850
1 ,.288 1,100
525 207 205
11150

PER-
CENT 63.2 12.8
7.0 4.8 4.2 2.0
.8
.8 4.4

1932 1000 BALES
12,710 4,440 1,778
1,005 1,880
347 95 210 1,169

PER-
CENI 53.8 18.8
7.5
4.3 7.9 1.5
.4 .8 5.0

1933 1000 BALES
12,664 4,920 1,889
1,743 1,990 1,015
260 280 1,363

TOTAL

25,304

26,329

23,634

u. s. SOURCE: BULLETIN !Jo. 174 -

DE PARTt:1ENT OF COMMERCE.

26,124

WP~ 0. P. No. 465-~4-3-2:2J

PERCENT 54.6 19.2
4.9 6.6 6.9 2.0
.9 .9 4.0
PERCE!:!T 48.5 18.8
7.2 6.7 7.7 3.9
.9 1.1 5.2

TABLE No. 19 --WORLD CONSUMPTION OF COTTON - PERCENTAGE COMPARISONS OY COUNTRIES. EASONS 1927-
1928 - 1936-1937.

NOTE: (MILL CONSUMPTION OF COTTON BALES OF 478 LOS. LINT, EXCEPT AMERICAN WHICH ARE RUNNING
BALES).

~NIRY N TED STATES
UNITED Ktt4GDOM CONT. EUROPE JAPAN INDIA CHINA AbL DTHEB
. TOTAL

1927-2B
1!1! 6~Lf,;S
6,834 3,125 7,946 2,570 1,675 1,935
11'00
25,285

PER-
C~!U
27.0 12.4 31.4 10.2
6.6 7.7 4.7

1928-29
!ttl ~~Lf,;S
7,091 3,195 7,902 2,695 1,682 2,050 11167
25,782

PER-
-cENI
27.5 12.4 30.6 10.5
6.5 8.0 4.5

1929-30 H1 BALES
6,106 2,615 7,911
2,855 2,105 2,265
11021

PER-
CENT 24.5 10.5 31.8 11.5
8.5 9.1 4.1

24,878

m1930-31 BALEs 5,263 1,990 7,038 2,575 2,140 2,384 11012
22,402

PER-
CEf!li 23.5
8.9 31.4 11.5 9.6 10.6
4.5

1931-32 1M BALES
4,866 2,575 6,925 2,750 2,335 2,340 1 1 105
22,896

PER-
CE~I
21.3 11.2 30.3 1:?.0 10.2 10.2
4.8

PER-
CENT 22.5 10.6 31.6 12.3
8.4 9.3 5.3

1934-35 1M BALES
5,361 2,596 7,061 3,634 2,565 2,442
11539

PER-
CENT
21.3 10.3 28.0 14.4 10.2
9.7 6.1

TOTAL

24,986

25,324

25,198

SOUP.CE: BULLETIN No. 174 - u. s. DEPARTMENT or COMMEI'lCE.

p

p

1935-36 1M BALES
6,351 2,846 8,041 3,602 2,550 2,488 1 1 749
27,627

PER-
:?9.1 13.1
9.2 9.0 6.;2

1936-37 1 BALES 7,950 3,020 8,539 3,960 2,560 2,690 2,101
30,820

PER-
CEN
25.8 9.8
27.7 12.8
8.3 8.7 6.9

86

l--riWCE"No-:-2o --co1TONPRooucTioN- AND TRENDoF CoNs.uMPT ,oN - CoTToN- GRoviiNG -sTATEs coMPARED w1 TH NEW ENGLAND AND OTI-IEF< STATES 1840-1937.
. ~ '

(1,000 BALES)

I YEAR 1840

UNITED STATES

s. Ut.J ITED
ST>\TES

PERCENT oF ConoN PRODUCTION Gf\0'111 NG

POEFRuCU. JT

PRODUCTION 2,064

-C-o-N-SU-M2P3TI_ON7

_Co-NusU:MsED-

-

- -ST-AT1E1S -

CONSUMED 29.0

Nqy
ENGLAND
-STAT1E5S9

POEFRCuE.NTs.
CoNsuMsD
66.6

s. ALL
OTHER

POEFHCuE. NT

STATES CONSUMED

7

4-.4

1850

2.469

576

23.3

78

13.5

431

74.9

67

11.6

1860

5,387

845

15.7

94

1::..1

567

67.1

184

21.8

1870

3,012

797

26.4

69

8.7

551

69.1

177

22.2

1880 1890

5,755 7,473

1,570 2,518

27.3 33.7

189

12.0

1,129

71.9

252

16.1

539

21.4

1,502

59.6

477

19.o I

1900

9,393

3,873

41.2

1,523

39.3

1,909

49.3

441

11.4 1

1905

13 ,1!51

4,279

31.8

2,140

50.0

1,753

41.0

386

9.0

1910

10,072

4,622

45.9

2,234

40u ....),

1,995

43.2

393

8.5

1915

15,906

5,597

35.2

3,027

54.1

2,149

38.4

421

7.5

1920

11.,326

6,420

54.6

3,583

55.8

2,397

37.4

440

6.8

1925

13,639

6,193

45.4

4,220

68.1

1,639

26.5

334

5.4

1930

14,548

6,106

41.9

4,749

77.8

1,143

18.6

214

3.6

1935

9,472

5,361

56.5

4,306

80.3

818

15.3

237

4.4

1936

10,420

6,351

60.9

5,336

84.0

831

13.0

184

3.0 1

teE: U. s. I 1937

12,141

7,950

65.4

6,626

83.3

1,073

13.6

251

3.1

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1

SEASON 1936-1937.

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YEAR
~I'I I 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 I 1935 1936 1937 1

ToTAL
UNITED
STATES
2,285 3,998 5,236 7,132 10,653 14,384 19,472 23,687 28,267 31,964 35,481 35,032 31,245 26,701 24,664 25,419

CoTToN GROWING _ __:S::....:TATES
181 265 324 328 561 1,570 4,368 7,631 10,494 12,956 15,231 17,292 18,586 18,212 17,834 18,244

PERCENT
OF U. S.
7.9 6.6 6.2 4.5 5.2 10.9 22.4
32.2 37.1 40.6 42.9 49.4
59.5 68.2
72.3 71.7

NEVI
ENGLAND STATES
1,598 2,958 3,859 5,498 8,632 10,934 13,171 14,203 15,735 17,100 18,287 15,975 11,351 7,763 6,092 6,425

ALL

PERCENT

OTHER

PERCENT

OF 6U9..9S-.-----S-T-A-T-5ES06---O-F-U2.2S. 2.

73 . 9 73.7 77.0 81.0 76.0 67.6 59.5 55.7 53.5 51.6 45.6 36.3 29.1 24.7 25.8

775 1,053 1,306 1,460 1,880 1,933 1,853 2,038 1,908 1,963 1,765 1,308
726 738 750

19 . 5 21.1 18.5 13.8 13.1 10.0
8.3 7.2 5.9 5.5 5.0 4.2 2.3 3.0 2.5

SOURCE: u. s. DEPT. OF COMMERCE, COTTON PRODUCTION AND 0iSTRICUTION -BULLETIN No. 174-
SEASON 1936-1937.
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87

TM1LE No. 22 --INTE:~COASTAL WATERBORNE Co~~~-lERCE-- UNITED STATES AND SouTHEASTE.RN P-EGION-19?.4~----~~ 1935. (Gv CALENDAR YEARS- ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).
tJOTE: tJo PORT TABULATIONS FOR BRUNSWICK AND FERNANDINA, 3ECAUSE Br<UNSVIICK HAD ONLY 24 OUTBOUND TONS IN 1924, AND FErNANDINA NONE.

I
IYFAR 1924

INBOUND ToNs 7,883,797

UNITED STATES

GRAND TOTALS

OUTBOUND --roTAL

ToNs

ToNs

2,195,756 10,079,553

TrmouND
TONS 120,656

REGIONAL

GRAND TOTALS

PERCENT OuTBOUNDPERCENT--To-TALPERCEN.T

To U.S. TONS

TO U.S. TONS _T.Q_\J_.!~,_i

1.53 158,731 7.23 279,387 2.771

I 1925 1926

6,370,615 2,230,591 8,601,206 7,523,944 2,572,705 10,096,649

304,469 4.78 169,444 2.25

183,850 8.24 141,857 5.51

48C,319 5.68 31~,301 3.08

.11927 1928

7,843,770 2,528,672 10,372,442 6,686,576 2,675,462 9,362,038

1-:.5,741 1.48 145,761 2.18

164,731 6.51 207,946 7. 77

280,472 2.701 3:3, 707 3. 78 1

1929 7,387,131 3,164,064 10,551,195

145,584 1.98 330,998 10.46 476,582 4.521

I1930 1931

6,502,267 2,541,505 9,043,772 5,328,684 1,946,060 7,274,744

154,445 2.38 150,520 2.82

291,155 11.46 254,014 13.05

445,600 4.93 404,534 5.561

I 1932 4,124,205 1,614,553 5,738,758

110,922 2.68 142,565 8.83 253,487 4.42,

1933 5,913,425 1,693,999 7,607,424

261,196 4.42 157,269 9.28 418,465 5.501

1934 6,535,783 1,937,998 8,473,781

361,660 5.53 152,728 7.88 514,388 6.071

193.2.__ 4,9?2:360 _!;..J271,273 7,196,633 I TOTt.L 77,025,557 27,372,638 104,398,195

2,4306_" .~,29- 942--8- 3..0~ 102-- 2- ,31- 799~,32-50-93- - - -88-..56-14- - -4-,75.85:48-,,-4295-53- -47-..-75-58I,

SOURCE: DEPT. OF CoMMERCE, U. S. SHIPPING BoARD BuREAU -ANNUAL REPORTS D. S. No. 317.

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TAOLE

No.

23

--INTERCOASTAL (Bv CALENDAR

WATERBORNE CoMMERCE YEARS - ToNs OF 2,240

TEN PRINCIPAL PouNDs).

SOUTHEOSTCRN

PORTS

19241935.

I

IN-

OuT-

ltJ-

BOUND %TO souND %TO TOTAL PERCENT BOUND %TO

OuT-
BOUND %TO

TOTAL PERCENT

- - : n___ YEAf<:--7-T"'-ON;=;S;:.;=-_REG ION ToNs REGION ToNs TO REG.

1924 1,665 1.38

1,665 .60

ToNs 21,586

REGION ToNs
17.8~152

R~GION

ToNs
22~ns

--T-os-R:-E1G4.

1925 8,218 2.70

8,218 1.68 128,351 42.17 1,823 .90 130,174 26.6611

1926

34,478 20.35 5,406 3.81 39,884 12.81

1927 1,304 1.13

1,304 .46

41,165 35.56 4,278 2.60 45,443 16.20

1928 1,725 1.18

1,725 .49

37,944 26.04 5,309 2.55 43,253 12.23

1929 1,712 1.18

1,712 .36

31,873 21.89 9,969 3.01 41,842

8.78

1930 19,362 12.54 23 .01 19,385 4.35

30,514 19.75 10,817 3.72 41,331

9.27

1931 34,044 22.61 139 .05 34,183 8.45

1932 2,703 2.44 4

2,707 1.07

27,734 18.43 25,862 10.18 53,596 37,235 33.56 19,778 13.87 57,013

13.25 II 22.49

1933 46,937 17.97

46,937 11.22

61,605 23.59 14,232 9.05 75,837 18.12

1934 28,536 7.89 1

28,537 5.55

64,454 17.82 16,608 10.87 81,062 15.76

1935 55,553 15.22 1

55~~_2___ 72,09.2_12...!.ZQ_11,940 6.18 8:L_Ql2___12,_05

AVG. PERCENTAGE

--=---

FOR 12 YEARS 8.39

.01

4.22 (CONTitJUED.)

24. _,_49-"-----

5.35

14.97_

88

TABLE Nci~ --(CONTINUED FROM PAGE. 87). INTERCOASTAL WATERBORNE CoMMERCE -TEN PRINCIPAL SOUTHEASTERN PORTS 1924-1935. (BY CALENDAR YEARS - ToNs oF 2,240 PouNDs).

SAVANNAH

JACKSONVILLE

IN-

% TO

BOUND REG-

YEfl.R ToNs

JON

1924 12,206 10.12

1925 5,581 1.83

1926 5,871 3.46

1927 1,896 1.64

1928 8,129 5.57

1929 10,844 7.45

1930 15,363 9.95

1931 10,900 7.24

1932 11,600 10.46

1933 37,250 14.26

1934 27,360 7.57

193,'2_43J925 12.04

AVG PERCENTAGE

FOR 12 YEARS 7.94

Our-
GOUND
ToNs 9,046
21,323 25,075 18,768 16,248 15,972 16,171 24,997 18,154 14,502 14,559 27 1612

% TO
REGION 5.70 11.60 17.68 11.39 7.81 4.80 5.55 9.84 12.73 9.22 9.53 14.28
9.35

IN-
TOTAL PERCENT BOUND Tows TO REG. TONS 21,252 7.61 52,272 26,904 5.51 77,682 30,946 9.94 47,304 20,664 7.37 32,409 24,377 6.89 22,754 26,816 5.63 11,356 31,534 7.08 15,646 35,897 8.87 17,843 29,754 11.74 22,567 51,752 12.37 70,671 41,919 8.15 164,722
71 t.537 12 .JlZ_ 89,252
8.64

%TO
REGJON 43.32 25.51 27.92 28.00 15.61 7.80 10.13 11.85 20.34 27.06 45.53 24.46
25.96

Our-
BOUND
TONS 4,386
36,314 9,617 9,548
12,240 23,329 21,524 18,517 18,384 19,244 19,367 25,398

% TO
REG- TOTAL PERCENT
I Dtl TONS TO REG. 2.76 56,658 20.28 19.75 113,996 23.34 6. 78 56,921 18.29 5.80 41,957 14.96 5.89 34,994 9.89 7.05 34,685 7.28 7.39 37,170 8.34 7.29 36,260 8.96 12.90 40,951 16.16 12.24 89,915 21.49 12.68 184,089 35.79
13~14 __ 114~65~~~21

9.16

17.60

MIAM.l_

IN-

% TO

BOUtJD REG-

Y1E9A2R4_ _To_ Ns _ _ ION

1925 17,795 5.84

1926 18,740 11.06

1927

1928 27,260 18.70

1929 47,600 32.70

1930 40,659 26.33

1931 19,485 12.95

1932

1933

1934

153

.04

1935

AvG. PERCENTAGE

FOR 12 YEARS

7.14

OuT- %TO
GOUND REG- TOTAL PERCENT ToNs JON TONS TO REG.

17,795 3.64 12 .01 18,752 6.02

27;260 47,600 40,659 19,485

7.71 9.99 9.12 4.82

153 .03

3.59

IN-
BOUND
To1~s
6,202 44,977 42,806
5,007 14,368 14,721
9,102 10,820 13,040 15,107 28,417 25,149

% TO
I~EG-
ION 5.14 14.77 25.?.6 4.33 9.86 10.11 5.89 7.19 11.76 5.78 7.86 6.89
9.55

Tt\I'~PA

OurBOUND ToNs

% TO
REG-
ION

188 1,237 5,337 4,749
5,209 7,347 6,857
4,213 6,362 5,789 10,560

.10 .87 3.24 2.28 1.57 2.52 2.70 2.96 4.05 3.79 5.46

2.43

TOTAL PEr-CENT ToNs TO REG.
6,202 2.22 45,165 9.25 44,043 14.15 10,344 3.69 19,117 5.40 19,930 4.18 16,449 3.(;9 17,677 4.37 17,253 6.81 21,469 5.13 34,206 6.65 35,709 6.40
6.01

PENSACOLA

MOBILE

IN- %TO
BOUND REG-
YEAR ToNs JON 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 3,792 2.52 1932 1933 1934 1935
AvG PERCENTAGE FOR 12 YEt,RS .15

OuTBOUND ToNs
3,554
2,612 2,924
811
743

% TO
REG- TOTAL PERCENT JON ToNs To REG. 1.93 3,554 .73 1.58 2,612 .93 1.41 2,924 .83
.32 4,603 1.14 .47 743 .18

.45

.30

iN-
BOU~JD
ToNs 26,725 21,865 20,245 33,960 33,581 27,478 23,799 25,902 23,777 29,626 48,018 78 1916

% TO
REG-
ION 22.15
7.18 11.95 29.34 23.04 18.87 15.41 17.21 21.44 11.34 13.28 21.63

Oufl
BOUND
TOlIS
144,147 120,648 100,510 124,188 166,476 276,519 235,273 176,831
82,032 102,186
96,380 117,848

16.38

% TO
REG-
ION 90.81 65.63 70.85 75.39 80.06 83.57 80.81 69.62 57.54 64.97 63.13 60.94

TOTAL PERCENT
TONS To REG.
170,872 61.15 142,513 29.19 120,755 38.79 158,148 56.39 200,057 56.56 303,997 63.78 259,072 58.15 202,733 50.14 105,809 41.73 131,812 31.49 144,398 28.07 196,764 35.24

73.25

44.67

s. s. SOURCE: DEPT. OF CoMt,lERCE, u.

SHIPPING BOARD BUREAU - ANNUAL REPORTS D.

No. 317.

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TABLE tJo. 24 --REG 1ONAL OoMEST 1c WATERBORNE CoMMERCE 1920-1937. ToNs AND VALUES AND PERCENTAGECoMPARISONS. (Bv CALENDAR YEARS- ToNs oF 2,000 PouNDs).

COASWII SE DOMESTIC W,FPBORNE COf!tt'IERCE

RECEIPTS

SHIPMENTS

% % % Y19E2A0R--~2~,T3O~4N~S0~,~9~6~5~~~3~O8~F.9R~3E~G~$.~2~4V~A5~L.U~E571~9-,~38~0~~~O4,F~3R~E.~G0.~3~--T~O2~N,S4~8~6~,~5~5~0--~~~~~~2~8V~9A~L,UE765~6~,1~1~8~~O~F5~0R~E.~G7.7

1921 2,875,754 48.29 331,433,564 53.48

1,988,237

224,481,681 36.22

1922 3,608,725 44.57 347,016,313 52.05

2,784,209

26?,933,525 39.43

1923 4,024,620 39.28. 455,066,303 50.51

3,251,929

334,685,913 37.15

1924 4,240,296 42.32 456,973,422 53.95

3,162,707

309,224,976 36.50

1925 6,721,288 48.57 596,523,374 56.70

3,665,413

354,104,941 33.G6

1926 6,835,275 50.09 604,149,817 58.64

3,384,913

365,064,738 35.43

1927 6,597,949 45.60 542,850,803 52.79

3,475,200

370,156,892 36.00

1928 6,383,805 45.72 48?.,079,929 51.19

3,532,077

342,539,594 37.58

1929 6,639,898 44.58 459,976,446 50.96

3,869,671 25.98 340,925,994 37.77

1930 6,307,500 44.21 391,164,619 51.47

3,688,902 25.86 271,420,435 35.72

1931 5,564,729 1932 5,299,~27

46.44 55.56

272,463,862 216,507,181

48.27 53.22

3,288,673 2,341,183

27.45 24.54

199,942,709 127,412,977

35.42 31.3?

1933 6,125 ,644 54.25 255,714,918 54. 38

2, 987,364 2C. 4F 148,310,691 31.54

1934 6,951,093 54.33 275,238,307 54.50

3,537,317 27.(5 143,095,561 28.34

1935 7,683,846 55.35 330,966,173 56.18

3,294,727 23.75 168,874,550 28.66

1936 8,247,582 53.97 362,634,434 57.40

3,140,360 20.55 179,698,581 28.45

~1~9~37~~8~~6~3~8~,3~8~4~--~s~2~.1~o~--~4~1~+L,7~0~2~,~9~4~8--~5~4~.~o~7_ _ _ _~3~,~s~2~o~,1~9~6~--~21~.2~4~--~22~1~,3~7~9~,~4~6~7----2~~Q9

18 YR.

AVG. 5,838,149 48.48 $391,221,211 53.17

3,188,868 26.48 $258,550,519 35.15

YEAR TONS
1920 4,827,515 1921 4,863,991 1922 6,392,934 1923 7,276,549 1924 7,403,003 1925 10,386,701 1926 10,220,188 1927 10,073,149 1928 9,915,882 1929 10,509,569 1930 9,996,402 1931 8,853,402 1932 7,640,510 1933 9' 113,008 1934 10,488,410 1935 10,978,573
1936 11 '387 ,942 1937 12!158!580 18 YR. AvG. 9,027,017

TOTAL COASTWISE
% OF REG. VALUE 80.29 $535,175,498 81.68 555,915,245 78.95 609,949,838 71.01 789,752,216 73.88 766,198,398 75.06 950,628,315 74.90 969,214,555 69.61 913,007,695 71.02 825,619,523 70.56 800,902,440 70.07 662,585,054 73.89 4n,4o6,571 80.10 343,920,158 80.71 404,025,609 81.98 418,333,868 79.08 499,840,723 74.52 542,333,015 73.34 636!082!415
74.96 $649,771,730

r,of OF REG. 93.80 89.70 91.48 87.66 90.45 90.36 94.07 88.79 88.77 88.73 87.19 83.69 84.54 85.92 82.84 84.84 85.85 82.93
88.32

OTHER DoMESTIC WATERBORNE CoMMERCE

TONS

~ OF REG. VALUE

~ OF f(EG.

1,184,962 19.71 $35,343,239

6.20

1,091,221 18.32

63,849,920 10.30

1,704,871 21.05

56,799,017

8.52

2,970,197 28.99 111,1Z4,920 12.34

2,616,760 26.12

80,915,681

9.55

3,450,792 24.94 101,367,779

9.64

3,425,626 25.10

61,043,619

5.93

4,397,036 30.39 115,290,623 11.21

4,046,368 28.98 104,458,364 11.23

4,384,166 29.44 101,750,409 11.27

4,270,433 29.93

97,410,697 12.81

3,128,404 26.11

92,074,500 16.31

1,897,957 19.90

62,913,272 15.46

2,178,135 19.29

66,220,799 14.08

2,305,240 18.02

86,632,286 17.16

2,903,414 20.92

89,325,872 15.16

3,892,915 25.48

89,359,372 14.15

4,42Q_&35 26.66 130.953,402 17.07

3,014,963 25.04 $85,935,209 11.68

YEAR 192o 1921 1922 1923
1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 19,31 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 18 YR. AVG.

ToNs 6,012,477 5,955,212 8,097,805 10,246,746 10,019,763 13,837,493 13,645,814 14,470,185 13,962,250 14,893,735 14,266,835 11,981,806 9,538,467 11,291,143 12,793,650 13,881,987 15,280,857 16 579 415
12,041,980

TOTAL DOMEST I~ VIATEI1BORN,F:: CatH1ERCE

~ OF U.S.

Vt\LUE

2.62

$570,518,737

2.58

619,765,165

3.15

666,748,855

2.84

900,877,136

3.04

847,114,079

3.94

1,051,996,094

3.47

1,030,258,174

3.59

1,028,298,318

3.52

930,077,887

3.47

902,652,849

3.63

759,995,751

3.23

564,481,071

3.17

406,833,430

3.41

470,246,408

3.61

504,966,154

3.70

589,166,595

3.56

631,692,387

3.46

767 035 817

3.35

$735,706,939

a1
0

o:c

u.s.

3.85

5.06

4.38

4.68

4.53

4.90

3. 76

4.14

4.41

4.04

4.06

4.03

3.89

4.09

4.62

3.95

3.77

4.10

4.19

s. SOURCE OF DATA: ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENG ItJEERS' u.

ARMY.

AVG. VALUE PEr To $94.89 104.07 82.34 88.99 84.54 75.29 75.49 71.76 66.61 60.61 53.26 47.11 42.65 41.65 39.46 42.44 41.34 46.2
$61.09

wiC!!NP-'=A.!..-"'-0.:.. _,_P.....:-..!.!..No~..::6:.::::6~5__,-3~4!....-~3--1~?-'_7__,_._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _._____""----

90

TABLE ~Jo. 25 --DoMEsT r c V/ATERDORNE CoMMERCE OF THE TEN PRINCIPAL SOUTHEASTERN PORTS 19i0-1937.

(BY CALENDAR YEARS - ToNs OF 2,000 PouNDs).

PERCENT

PERCENT AVG. VALUE

YR.

PORT V/1 LMI NGTON, CHARLESTON,

sN..

cc..

ToNs 304,359 844,042

OF REGION 5.06
14.04

VALUE $25,172,150
71,212,803

OF REGION 4.41
12.48

PER ToN $82.71 84.37

SAVANNAH, GA.

769,317

12.80

279,921,610

49.07

363.86

BRUNSWICK, GA.

482,660

8.03

21,636,000

3.79

44.83

FERNMWI NA, FLA.

94,049

1.56

3,179,694

.56

33.81

0 JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

(\j ())

MIAMI' FLA.

1,566,547 288,386

26.05 4.80

93,579,547 8,422,412

16.40 1.48

59.74 29.21

rl TAMPA, FLA.

1,012,027

16.83

46,435,299

8.14

45.88

PENSACOLA, FLA.

131,392

2.19

7,550,668

1.32

57.47

MOBILE ALA.

519 698

8.64

13,408,554

2.35

25.80

100.00

100.00 AVG. REG.

GRAND ToTAL

6,0122477

~570!518!737

VALUE-~94.89

WILMINGTON, CHA'iLESTON'

sN..

cC..

SAVANNAH, GA.

BRUNSWICK, GA.

FERNANDINA, FLA.

rl JACKSO~N ILLE, FLA.

('J
G

MrM.ll, FLA.

~I TAMPA, FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

MOBILE, ALA.

GRAND TOTAL

WILMINGTON, CHARLESTON,

sN..

cc..

SAVANNAH, GA.

BRUNSWICK, GA.

FER~lAND INA' FLA.

N JACKSO~!V ILLE, FLA.

N
())

111AMI, FLA.

rl TAMPA, FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

MOBILE 2 ALA.

IGR;rm ToTAL

WI LJc11 NGTON, CHARLESTON,

sN. .

cc..

SAVANNAH, GA.

BRUNSWICK, GA.

FERNANDINA, FLA.

(') JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

N
())

MIAMI' FLA.

rl TAMPA, FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

tAos I LE, ALA.

GRAND TOTAL

\fJ I U.11 NGTON, CHARLESTON,

sN..

cc..

SAVAN~JAH' GA.

BP.UNSWICK, GA.

FERNANDINA, FLA.

'T
N ())
,-!

JACKSO~lV ILLE, FLA. MIAi''ll ' FLA. TAMPA, FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

MOBILE, ALA.

GRAND TOTAL

357,819 944' 731 993,970 506,370
37,274 1,318,955
270,196 680,723 156,624 688 550
5 595555,,2812-26 - -
1,000,704 1,414,429
471,159 36,569
1,725,910 149,641
1,212,321 665,457 865 789
8 097 805
553,308 1,385,482 1,562,165
538,314 40,146
2,322,693 639,236
1,654,632 366,037
1,184, 733
10 246,746
582,078 1,219,033 1,189,974
652,295 52,394
2,172,762 959,565
1,612,515 317,935
1,261.212
10 019.763

6.01 15.86 16.69
8.50 .63
22.15 4.54
11.43 2.63
1-1 .56 100.00
6.86 12.36 17.47
5.82 .45
21.31 1.85
14.97 8.22
10.69 100.00
5.40 13.52 15.25
5.25 .39
22.67 6.24
16.15 3.57
11.56 100.00
5.81 12.17 11.88
6.51 .52
21.68 9.58
16.09 3.17
12.59 100.00

$25,069,072 140,078,761 295,648,727
20,351,600 1,697,460 64,339,814 6,486,462 33,019,097 6,321,773
26,752,399
~619!765!165
$37,812,076 88,604,812
320,260,067 12,357,000 1,628,600
103,034,331 7,483,135
29,259,867 13,316,947 52,992,020
~666,7482855
$36,646,943 191,772,508 363 '111 '776
13,934,400 1,034,700
151,864,854 15,984,858 56,804,445 13,363,132 56,359,520
~900,877,136
$33,292,168 154,917,812 320,374,673
17,865,000 1,496,700
148,546,899 32,747,805 66,598,874 11,477,542 59,796,606
~847 ,114,079

4.05

$70.06

22.60

148.27

47.70

297.44

3.28

40.19

.27

45.54

10.38

48.78

1.05

24.01

5.33

48.51

1.02

40.36

4.32

38.P5

100.00 AVG. REG-:-

VALUE-~104.07

5.67

$68.03

13.29

88.54

48.03

226.42

1.85

26.23

.25

44.53

15.45

59.70

1.12

50.01

4.39

24.14

2.00

20.01

7.95

61.21

100.00 AVG. REG.

VALUU82.34

4.07 --$66.23

21.29

138.42

40.31

232.44

1.55

25.89

.11

25.77

16.86

65.38

1.77

25.01

6.30

34.33

1.48

36.51

6.26

47.57

100.00 AVG. REG.

VALUE-~87.92

3.93

$57.20

18.29

127.08

37.82

269.23

2.10

27.39

.18

28.57

17.54

68.37

3.87

34.13

7.86

41.30

1. 35

36.10

7.06

47.41

100.00 AVG. REG~

VALUE-~84.54

\1:/ILMINGTON, CHARLESTON,

~J.
s.

Cc..

SAVAN~lAH' GA.

BRUNSWICK, GA.

FERNANDINA, FLA.

tn JACKSONVILLE , FLA.

N ())

MIAMI' FLA.

rl TA!1PA' FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

Mos 1u:: 1 ALA.

i GPAIJD TOTAL

733,555 2,021,619 1,430,197
568,949 49,694
2,466,247 2,257,178 2,287,897
416,745 1,605 412
13,837,493

5.31

$38 '1 76 '179

14.6:1.

160,963,291

10.34

395,521,219

4.11

18,644,100

.36

2,320,700

17.82

182,547,336

16.31

82,594,119

16.53

74,438,247

3.01

17,390,895

11.60 100.00

--- 79,400 008

$1,051,996,094

(CONTINUED.)

3.63

$52.04

15.30

79.62

37.60

276.55

1. 77

32.77

.22

46.20

17.35

74.02

7.85

36.59

7.08

32.54

1.65

41.73

7.55

49.46

100.00 AVG. REG.

VALUE-$76.03

91

TABLE No. 25 --CONTINUED FROM PAGE ). 0ot4ESTIC WATERBORNE COMMERCE OF THE TEN PRINCIPAL

SouTHEASTERN PoRTS 1920-1937. (Bv CALENDAR YEARS- ToNs oF 2,000 PoUNDs).

PERCENT

PERCENT AVG. VALUE

-YR

PoRT WILMINGTON,

N.

c.

CHARLESTON, S. C.

ToNs 731,105 1,773,202

OF REGION 5.36
12.99

VALUE $41,865,208
167,178 '740

OF REGION 4.06 16.23

PER ToN
$57.26 94.28

SAVANNAH, GA. BRUNSWICK, GA. FERNANDINA, FLA.

1,606,251 782,164 91,127

11.77 5. 73 .67

385,793,343 33,021,000 2,303,160

37.45 3.20 .23

240.18 42.22 25.27

\0 JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

N 01

Ml AMI' FLA.

.-; TAMPA, FLA.

2,471,958
1,708,240 2,227,059

18.12 12.52 16.32

154,148,141 61,987,385
103,872,339

14.96 6.02
10.08

62.36 36.29 46.64

PENSACOLA, FLA.

395,815

2.90

17,029,812

1.65

43.02

t.1oB I LE, ALA.

1,858 893

13.62

63 059 046

6.12

33.92

100.00

100.00

AvG. REG.

GRAND TOTAL

13 645,814

$1 030 258 174

VALUE-$75.50

\JILMINGTON, CIJARLESTON'

sN..

cc;..

SAVANNAH, GA.

794,451 1,537,119 1,515,890

5.49 10.62 10.48

~39,119,597
151,933,519 402,525,447

3.80 14.78 39.14

$49.24
98.84 265.54

BRUNSWICK, GA.

836,298

5.78

35,133,600

3.41

42.01

FERNANDINA, FLA.

68,461

.47

5,452,800

.53

79.65

1'- JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

N 01

Ml AMI' FLA.

.-; TAMPA, FLA.

2,901,350
1,218,958 2 ,2:]7 ,360

20.05 8.43
15.81

173,534,008 38,011,896 79,036,741

16.88 3.70 7.69

59.81 31.18 34.55

PENSACOLA, FLA.

414,287

2.86

13,487,061

1.31

32.55

MOBILE ALA.

2 896 011

20.01

90,_063 649

8. 76

31.10

GRAND TOTAL

14__,470 185

100.00

<1:1 028 298 318

100.00

AVG. l~EG.

VALUE-$71.06

WILMINGTON, CHARLESTON,

N.
S.

cc..

SAVANNAH, GA.

7789875 1,'::197,555
1,531,178

5.58 14.31 10.97

~~0,061,901
156' 011 '695 338,639,967

4.31 16.77 36.41

$51.44 78.10
221.16

GRUNSV/1 CK' GA.

831,418

5.95

33,061,600

3.56

39.77

FERNANDINA, FLA.

0)
N

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

01
,-l

MIAMI' FLA.

TAMPA, FLA.

89,143 2,523,085
669,160
2,167' 755

.64 18.07
4.79 15.52

7,706,100 144,559,189
19,828,081 75,337,430

.83 15.54
2.13 8.10

86.45 57.29 29.63 34.75

PENSACOLA, FLA.

414,287

2.97

13,464,615

1.45

32.50

MoBILE, ALA.

2 959 794

21.20

,. 101_,_407_,309

10.90

30.43

GRAND ToTAL

13 962 250

100.00

$930 077 887

100.00

Av~$ l~EG.

VALUE- 66.61

WIU.liNGTON, CHARLESTON,

N. S.

Cc..

SAVANNAH, GA.

BRUNSWICK, GA.

FE RNMJD INA, FL,,.

01 JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

N 01

MIAMI, FLA.

.-; TAMPA, FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

MOBILE ALA.

GRAND TOTAL

WILMINGTON, N. C.

CHARLESTON, S. C.

SAVANNAH, GA.

BRUNSWICK, GA.

FERNANDINA, FLA.

0
!")

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

01 rl

. f'-11AMI' TAMPA,

FLA. FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

MoBILE ALA.

GRAND TOTAL

WILMINGTON, CHARLESTON,

N. S.

cc..

SAVANNAH, GA.

BRUNSWICK, GA.

FERNANDINA, FLA.

rl !")

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

01 .-;

Ml AMI' FLA. TAMPA, FLA.

PENSACOLA, FLA.

MOBILE ALA.

GRAND TOTAL

944,117 1,919,185 1,558,017
804,636 127,287 2,668,573 812,692 2,350,057 377,844 3 331 327
14 1893 1 735
953,915 1, 769,636 1,356,486
684,359 119,464 2,822,143 780,950 2,449,978 376,283 2 953 621
14 266 835
830,165 1,417,759 1,798,296
759,731 103,738 1,624,729 758,911 1,997,419 390,664 2 300 394
11 981 806

6.34 12.89 10.46
5.40 .85
17.92 5.45
15.78 2.54
22.37 100.00
6.69 12.40
9.51 4.80
.84 19.78
5.47 17.17
2.64 20.70 100.00

$42,144,325 153,285,835 271,641,093
27,903,400 6,986,100
148,031,209 37,437,130 72,006,130 12,305,416
130 912 211
~902 1 652 1 849
$31,662,503 98,995,472
187,363,114 24,959,900 7,480,600
152,891,474 29,224,957
100,640,735 10,595,581
116 181 415

6.93

15,043,269

11.83

91,935,252

15.01

158,796,431

6.34

14,499,980

.87

5,208,015

13.56

86,120,891

6.33

34,956,030

16.67

50,834,222

3.26

6,897,704

19.20

100 189 277

100.00

564 481 071

CONTINUED.

4.67 16.98 30.09
3.09 .78
16.40 4.15 7.98 1. 36
14.50 100.00
4.17 13.03 24.65
3.28 .98
20.12 3.85
13.24 1. 39
15.29 100.00
2.66 16.29 28.13
2.57 .92
15.26 6.19 9.01 1.22
17.75 100.00

$44.64 79.87
174.35 34.68 54.88 55.47 46.07 30.64 32.57 39.30
AVG. REG.
VALUE-~60.61
$33.19 55.94
138.12 36.47 62.62 54.18 37.42.
41.08 28.16
I 39.34
VALAUVEG- . 5R3E.2G7.
16.12 64.85 88.30 19.09
I 50.20
53.01 46.06
1275..64651
I 43.55
AVG. REG.
VALUE-11_c,. l L

92

-TABLE No: 25 -(CaNT iNuEo- FRoM PAGF 91-y: DoMEsr 1c WArERooRNE Col,lt.JERcE oF T1~E: -TE:N rR 1Nc i. PAL

SouTHEASTERN PoRTS 1920 1937. (Bv CALENDAR YEARS ToNs OF 2,000 PouNDS).

PERCENT

PERCEN~

Ave. VALUE

- , w c. Vr.,h

I

PORT
LMlt~GTON

-;-N-

--------7T3o2N, ~4-8-2- __ ._QE_8S7.Q.J6_8Q~

CHARLESTON, S C

1,153.313

12 09

I 1 - - h3V~A.L-U4Ei 754---------o-F---R--E3G 31oON------~ P-EnRs-T3oN1

82 467 839

20 27

7151

SAVANNAH- GA,

1,491,080

15 63

112,835.145

2l 74

75 67

GRUNSV/1 CJ(' GA.

698,320

7.32

9,281,700

2.28

13.291

FERNANDINA, FLA.

94 '756

. 99

1 '636 '500

. 40

17.27

~ JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

1,629,814

17.09

70,475,046

17.32

43.24

()'\ HIAMI' FLA.

641,814

6.73

25,326,891

6.23

39.46

,-j TAMPA, FLA.

1,703,545

17.86

33,615,360

8.26

19.73

PENSACOLA, FLA.

317,520

3.33

7,422,277

1.82

23.38

lAos I LE ALA .

1,075 '""8:.=2-"'.3____~1;-:1'-'.-':2~8:_ 100.00

5~60 ,918

12.38 100.00

46.81 Ave. r~EG.

===tG=.R=A=N=D==T=o=T=A=L=;==~=======9=538,467 ========:~;=======$=4~0~6~,=8=3~3=,~4~3=0==========~==V=A=L=l='E=-~$~4~2==6=5

WiLMINGTON, N. c.

985,963

8.73

$23,133,624

4.92

~23.46

CHARLESTON, 5. C.

1,299,696

11.51

94,376,779

20.07

72.61

SAVANNAH, GA.

1,770,282

15.68

123,901,741

26.35

69.99

GRUNSWICK, GA.

506,627

4.49

6,881,146

1.46

13.58

FEr<NAtJDINA, FLA.

32,703

.29

483,133

.10

14.77

~
s::

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. r1JAI11, FLA.

2,321,417 688,028

20.56 6.09

91,116,973 29,174,689

19.38 6.2o

39.25 42.40

TAMPA, FLA.

2,083,866

18.46

44,673,130

9.50

21.44

PENSACOLA, FLA.

269,183

2.38

7,659,513

1.63

28.45

t-~':.:.10""8"-'-'IL"-'=E'-''-'-'A'=-LA~.----~]1_,378,.__ _ 11.81

48,845,680

10.39

JQ.,_Q}

100.00

100.00

Ave. REG.

GRAND TOTAL

11 '291_,_1,33

---'$i'..:.L12:.7!t~0,_,, 24G_,_:l:Qj?_ _._ _ _ _~~-$41 . 6_2

WILMINGTON, N. C.

1,144,187

8.94

$33,074,722

6.55

$28.91

CHARLESTON, S. C.
SAVANNAH, GA.

1,445,308 1,817,513

lL. 30 14.21

55,250,787 124,636,301

10.94 24.68

38.23 68.58

BRU~ISW I CK' GA.

541,530

4.23

8,354,134

1.65

15.43

FERNAIJD INA' FLA. ~ JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
S 1.1JAI11,FLA.

66,614 2,601,556
862,211

.52 20.34
6.74

852,054 123,047,078
38,166,914

.17 24.37
7.56

12.79 47.30 44.27

TAf'.1PA, FLA.

2,209,966

17.27

48,531,304

9.61

21.96

PENS/\COLA' FLA.

303,550

2.37

9,533,839

1.89

31.41

t1QIJ I LE, ALA.

1,.,_D01 ,_21::.5_ __ 1:1~._ __ 100.00

63,519,021

12.58 100.00

35.26 Ava. REG~

~RAND TOTA_L_ _ _ _ _ 12,793,650

,$504,966_,154

V~LUE-$;29.42'

IWI U~l ~JGTON' ~J -~--~219 ,278

8. 78

$36 '717 ,829

G. 23

$30.11

CHARLESTOfl, 5. C.

1,327,830

9.56

64,003,413

10.86

48.20

SAVANNAH, GA.

2,065,432

14.88

147,815,497

25.09

71.57

BRUNSWICK, GA.

481,670

3.47

7,752,373

1.32

16.09

FERNANDINA, FLA.

49,744

.36

726,913

.12

14.61

m JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

2,575,1GO

13.55

149,894,048

25.44

58.21

~ MIA~II' FLA.

985,720

7.10

- 41,397,674

7.03

42.00

rl TAMPA, FLA.

2,251,022

16.22

54,893,854

9.32

24.39

PENSACOLA, FLA.

336,99G

2.43

13,056,600

2.22

38.74

t.1oB ILE /:\LA. GRMJD TOTAL

2,589,135 .____jf3..!65_____]L_9_Q5h_~:L______--=.;12"'-'-'3. !..!7__

28.16

13,881,987

100.00

589,166,595

100.00

~-REG.
VAL~2.441

WILMING!ON, N. c.

1,515,014

9.91

$4o. 755,019

6.45

$26.90 I

CHARLESTON, S. C.

1,378,114

9.02

78,632,083

12.45

57.06

SAVAr~hiAH, GA.

2,377,673

15.56'

141,310,479

22.37

59.43

BRuNS\'/ I CJ<, GA.

474,876

3.11

10,668,953

1.69

22.47

FEF:HArm 1NA, FLA.
g JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

57,487 2,965,997

.38 19.41

390,360 134,555,862'

.06 21.30

6.79 45.37

()'\ ~'IIAI,11' FLA.

942,216

6.17

51,050,216

8.08

54.18

..-! TAMPA, FLA.

2,416,396

15.81

62,349,841

9.87

25.80

PENSACOLA' FLA.

288,919

1.89

14,372,949

2.28

49.75

r~oo ILE ALA.

----'2"-'-',8=.,6c_4,_,_,165 _____1S3~..!..724_ __ 97_&9__,25 -----~2_._.12._,_ _ _ 34.08

1

100.00

100.00

AVG. REG.

I GRAND TOTAL WILMINGTON, N. c. CHARLESTON, S. C. SAVMINAH' GA.

15 '280 '857~---
1,671,485 2,043,224 2,525,372

~~====~$C~3~1~92,3=8=7=============V=A=L=l='E=-~$4=1==3=4

10.08

$48,334,216

6.30

$28.92

12.32

93,600,570

12.20

45.81

15.23

187,718,890

24.47

i3RUNS\'/ICI<, GA.

I I FERNAND IIJt,' FLA.

1

~

\

J;,cJ:soNv 1 LLE, l.iJAMI, FLA.

FLA.

. 209 '169 63,549
2,909,805 1,106,548

1.26 .38
17 .5~;
G.68

G,812,5~1
431,260 175,496,625
6::',880,531

.G9 .06
2?.~~
8.33

32.57 6.79
60.31
57.73

S:: ~APJE1NPSA,\,COFLLAA' . FLA.

2,585,535 284,669

15.60 1.72

74,552,010 11,210,147

9.72 1.46

28.83 39.38

t.jof'l ILE ALA.

3.J80,059 ----"1'-"9,_,.-=1;;:,8_ _ _ _ 104, 999 '039_ _ _ 13 . 69

33. 02

100.00

100.00

Ave. REG.

I GRAND TOTAL

16,579,415

$7G7 ,035,817

VALUE-$46.26

SOURCE: ANNUAL i'EPOI'TS, CH 1u OF ENG 1fJEERS, U. S. ARr.w.

WPA 0-P No. 665-34-3-127.

93

%COAoSTrW-IS-E--R-ECEI-PTS--

PoRT

I - .. ---- . YEAR ~ ~;;

TONS
~~r~l~~

TOTAL
~I:1~

-- --V-A(L3U}E

$15.753,957

I1921 1922 I 1923

201,828 277,407 277,500

56.40 49.91 50.15

17,329,545 24,104,533 24,042,535

11924

322,643

55.43

23,939,629

I111992265

427,728 451,283

58.31 61.73

28,715,520 33,245,775

1927

508,426

64.00

31,436,387

I1928 1929
!I 1930 1931

523,683 630,064 631,709
597,993

67.24 66.73 66.22
72.03

34,199,704 35,538,950 24,779,827
12,209,759

! I

1932 1933

1934

527,276 714,336 831.811

71.98 72.45 72.70

9,396,080 16,198,633 18,448,314

I :n . 1935

908,993

74.55

1936 1,064,325

71.02

!i 12.21.___ ~ 2J$1..-.f~f._ ____ 03---
18 YR.

21,586,257 22,365,028 25,210,781

I AVG.

569,607

66.36

$23,250,067

% OF
PORT
'"TO\T4A)L ' .
62.59 69.13 63.75 65.61 71.91 75.22 79.41 80.36 85.37 84.33 78.26 81.16 70.06 70.02 55.78 58.79 54.88 52_.16
69.58

--% COASTWISE SH I P~t:~.I?. OF

% OF

PORT

PoRT

TONS
(5)

----TO-TmAL------VA-LmUE --- -- -rsr TOTAL

13,398 10,051 22,589 35,884
25,375 53,969 44,900
38,185 41,829 52,372 54,144
21,931 20,341 16,434 24,780

4.40 2.81 4.06 6.49 4.36
7.36 6.14 4.81 5.37 5.55 5.68
2.64 2.78 1. 67 2.17

$2,422,274 595,640
2,086,071 3,967,280 2,694,085
2,535,522 2,547,766 2,871,646 2,610,959 1,801,889 2,663,708
214,529 76,990
131,472 345,340

9 62 1 2.37 . 5.52 10.82 8.09
6.64 6.09 7.34 6.52 4.27 8.42
1.43 .57 . 57
1.04

6,245

.41

63 . 011

.15

3, 83Q_____ _,12_ ______1192.1J_ --- __,_?5

27,070

3.17

$1,541,544

4.61

I

I

I
!

~o:;~sTJc on!cB.

c"""''B'' % 0,

PoRT

Porn

I-YE-A-R --T-o-Nms --hTooTA;L---TVIALIUJE --\1T2oT}AL

ToNs
(13)

% oF

% OF

REGION
(14)

--V\A1LsUTE --

REGION
(16)

1920 1921 1922

122,265 145,940 255,830

40.17 40.79 46.03

$6,995,919 7,143,887
11,621,472

27.79 28.50 30.73

304,359 357,819 555,826

5.06 6.01 6.86

$25,172,150 25,069,072
37,812,076

4.41 4.05
5.67

1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

239,924 234,060 251,858 234,922 247,840 213,363 261,681

43.36 40.21 34.33 32.13 31.19 27.39 27.72

8,637,128 6,658,454 6,925,137 6,071,667 4,811,564 3,251,238 4,803,486

23.57 20.00 18.14 14.50 12.30
8.11 11.40

553,308 582,078 733,555 731,105 794,451 778,875 944,117

5.40 5.81 5.31 5.36 5.49 5.58 6.34

36,646,943
33,292,168 38,176,179 41,865,208 39,119,597
40,061,901 42,144,325

4.07 3.93 3.63 4.06 3.80 4.31 L.61

1930 268,062 28.10 4,218,968 13.32

953,915 6.69 31,662,503 4.17

1931 1932

210,241 25.33 184,865 25.24

2,618,981 17.41 3,938,684 29.37

830,165 6.93 732,482 7.68

15,043,269 13,411,754

2.66 3.30

11933 j1934
11935 1936
1937 18 YR.

255,193 25.88 287,596 25.13
310,285 25.45 444,444 29.34 4(.~_1413_ .~t3_, 68

6,803,519 14,281,068 15,131,572 18,326,980
23 '003, 824

29.41

985,963 8.73

43.18 1,144,187 8.48

41.21 1,219,278 8.78

44.97 1,515,014 9.91

47. 59.. _._1_&71 ,485 __10. 08

23,133,624 4.92 33,074,722 6.55 36,717,829 6.23 40,755,019 6.45
4._,_,8"-''-"3"'"3.24_,_,2=-'1'-'=6'----'=6 . 30

.AVG. 258,210 30.20 $8,624,642 25.81

854,887 6.92 $33,416,253 4.62

AvG. VAL. ,
PER ToN 1
(17)$82.71
70.06 68.03 66.23 57.38
52.041 57.26 . 49.24
51.44 1'
4343..16941
I 18.24
18.31
I 23.46
28.98 30.11 26.96 ___?.~_,_22

SOURCE OF DATA:

I NOTE: 100% FOR COLS. 2-4-6-8-10-12 IS

l ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. $. ARMY.

TOTAL FOR PORT.

LwPA O.Y."'- No_,___ 6ffi:::~1..:::2_:J27_.- - - ---

100% FOR ._ _ _ _ _ ToTAL oF

CoLs~ TEN PR

114N-c116PAL1s~lG.RPAoNBD.rh_.

I 94

TAGLE No. 27 --CHARLESTON, S. C. - DoMESTJC WATERGORNE CoMMERCE 1920-1937. (BY CALENDAR YEiRs-ToNs OF 2,000 PouNDs).

COASTWISE RECEIPTS

~ OF

ORT

YEAR

TONS
(1)

TOTAL (2)

V,~LUE
(3)

1920

397,208 47.06 $20,125,420

1921

472,470 50.01

68,613,804

1922

671,908 67.14

60,287,514

1923

731,841 52.82

96,878,808

1924

503,346 41.29

81,028,182

1925 1,070,210 52.94

68,827,096

1926

955,463 53.88

92,055,561

1927

889,927 57.90

93,849,761

1928 1,198 '971 60.02 104,251,115

1929 1,213,007 63.20

96,382,535

1930

987,335 55.79

59,149,733

1931

843,188 59.47

53,639,'951

1932

794,753 68.91

50,556,778

1933

856,324 65.89

54,203,190

1934

948,552 65.63

36,397,015

1935

982,373 73.98

40,080,970

1936

966,797 70.15

55,614,172

1937 _L360 ,683 66.59

60rl47 !569

18 YR.

AvG.

880,242 59.84 $66,243,843

~{, OF PORT ToTAL
(4) 28.26 48.98 68.04 50.52 52.30 42.76 55.07 61.77 66.82 62.88 59.75 58.35 61.30 57.43 65.88 62.62 70.73 64.58
56.91

ToNs
--rsJ
218,264 315,988 218,476 280,362 383,413 461,367 464,904 262,936 363,389 252,560 460,901 194,758 155,846 238,034 248,115 133,920 201,984 262,912
284,341

CoASTWISE SH I PMEN.I..
%OF

PORT

TOTAL

VALUE

( 6)

( 7)

25.85 $49,180,303

33.45

35,115,164

21.83

18,224,Hl4

20.24

44,731,211

31.45

47,660,823

22.82

44,411,943

26.22

69,751,347

17.10

46,250,426

18.19

42,059,398

13.16

48,518,489

26.05

32,579,717

13.74

33,068,493

13.51

26,106,535

18.31

35,766,367

17.17

15,506,638

10.09

19,139,688

14.66

17,708,047

12.87

24t7282699

19.33 $36,139,304

% OF
Po'RT
---T-OraTAyL-
69.06 .25.07 20.57 23.32 30.77 27.59 41.72 30.44 26.96 31.65 32.91 35.97 31.66 37.90 28.06 29.91 22.52 26.42
31.05

OTHER DoMESTIC CoMMERCE

% OF

PoRT

YEAR ToNs

TOTAL

VA~UE

(9)

(10)

(11)

1920 228,570 27.09 $1,907,080

1921 156,273 16.54 36,349,793

1922 110,320 11.03 10,093,114

1923 373,279 26.94 50,162,489

1924 332,274 27.26 26,228,807

1925 490,042 24.24 47,724,252

1926 352,835 19.90 5,371,832

1927 384,256 25.00 11,833,332

1928 435,195 21.79 9,701,182

1929 453,618 23.64 8,384,811

1930 321,400 18.16 7,266,022

1931 379,813 26.79 5,226,808

1932 202,714 17.58 5,804,526

1933 205,338 15.80 4,407,222

1934 248,641 17.20 3,347,134

1935 211,537 15.93 4,782,755

1936 209,333 15.19 5,309,864

1937. 419,629 20.54
18 YR.

8,424,302

AVG. 306,393 20.83 $14,018,074

% OF
PoRT TOTAL (12) 2.68 25.95 11.39 26.16 16.93 29.65 3.21 7.79 6.22 5.47 7.34 5.68 7.04 4.67 6.06 7.47 6.75 9.00
12.04

ToTAL OF PORI

TONS
(13) 844,042 944,731 1,000,704 1,385,482 1,219,033 2,021,619 1,773,202 1,537,119 1,997,555 1,919,185 1,769,636 1,417,759
1,153,313 1,299,696 1,445,308
1,327,830 1,378,114 2,043,224

% OF
REG I ON_ ( 14) 14.04 15.86 12.36 13.52 12.17 14.61
12.99 10.62 14.31
12.89 12.40 11.83 12.09
11.51 11.30
9.56 9.02 12.32

%OF AvG. VAL.

VALUE

REGION PER ToN

(15)

(16)

IT7)

$71,212,803 12.48 $84.37

140,078,761 22.60 148.27

88,604,812 13.29

88.54

191,772,508 21.29 138,41

154,917,812 18.29 127.90

160,963,291 15.30

79.62

167,178,740 16.23

94.28

151,933,519 14.78

98.84

156,011,695 16.77

78.10

153,285,835 16.98

79.87

98,995,472 13.03

55.94

91,935,252 16.29

64.84

82,467,839 20.27

71.50

94,376,77q 20.07

72.61

55,250,787 10.94

38.23

64,003,413 10.86

48.20

78,632,083 12.45

57.06

932600,570 12.20

45.8?_

1,470,975 12.41 $11,640,122 15.78

SOURCE OF DATA: ANNUAL REPORTS

OF

THE

CHIEF

OF

ENGINEERS,

U .

S.

J\Rt~Y NOTE:

100% FoR CoLs. 2-4-6-8-10-12 TOTAL FOR PORT.

IS

100% FOR CoLs. 14-16 IS GRAND

VJPA O.P. No. 665-34-3-127.

ToTAL OF TEN PRINCIPAL SE PoRTS.

95

ITABLE No. 28
I
I

SAIJA.NNAH, GA. Dot-1EST IC WATERBORNE COMMERCE 1920--1937. TONS OF 2,000 POUNDS).

(BY CALENDAR YE-ARS..._

I
I
I
I YEAR
I
11920 1921 1922 1923 1924
11925 1 1926 11927
11928 1929
11930 1931
I 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 18 YR.
AVG.

Co,~sTwl SE RECEIP.TS
% OF

% OF

PoRT

Porn

TONS
1

TOTAL
(2)

VALUE
(3)

-0TO;T-A-L ---TON(sS)

388,345 50.'18

$132 '567 '71(, 47.36 :'65,303

595,270 59.89

169,532,47J 57.34 325,7::'4

750,440 53.06

160,,.V0,898 50.10 52~- ,G92

817,644 52.34

188 f 307' 843 51.86 504,976

685,586 57.61

164,932,158 51.48 401,116

885,482 61.91

226,218,911 57.20 417,271

977,648 60.87

218,861,959 56.73 442,894

904,826 59.69

189,637,380 47.11 444,056

1,000,875 65.37

151,656,797 44.78 372,853

981,689 63.01

113,579,265 41.81 383,253

935,032 68.93

79,380,628 42.37 279,564

982,536 54.64

62,779,734 39.53 516,618

839,181 56.28

50,405,402 44.67 411,123

1,002,510 56.63

61,074,744 49.29 478,742

1,083,978 59.64

65,370,327 52.45 494,167

1,297,074 62.80

74,950,421 50.71 545,840

1,519,005 63.89

76,009,357 53.79 604,000

1,607,690 63.66

100,336,535 53.45 627,835

958,601 59.97

$127,003,475 50.16 446,557

COASTWISE SHIPMENTS
% OF

% OF

PoRT

PORT

\T6OT)A-L - - -

VALUE
(7)

- - - - " " T" oTT8AL)

34.49 $144 32h036

.51 56

?2.77 36.')5

1 ~ 1. ...... r-.'1 ~<:'1:->

;_ ' ,_ ' '

~ " - '

' J

15?,3GC,J73

4:'.01 47.89

32.32

166,463,091

4:>.84

33.71

146,191,942

45.63

29.18

164,728,842

41.65

27.57

161,233,946

41.79

29.29

208,764,874

51.86

24.35

182,735,456

53.96

24.60

154 '195 '985

58.77

20.61

102,977,099

54.96

28.73

75,058,435

47.27

27.57

47,927,155

42.48

27.04

49,412,256

39.88

27.19

45,261,980

36.32

26.43

58,504,648

39.58

25.40

52,243,100

36.97

24.86

75,787,910

40.3.Z

27.94 $117 '409 '856

46.37

OTHER DoMEST 1c CoMMERCE

ToTAL.Jlf:___EQRI

1

% OF
Porn

% OF
Porn

% OF

I
'I, OF AvG. VAL. 1

YEAR

ToNs

- - ' - T (9"'-")

=---r --:(~T1'o-:T::-Ao~L)=-------'-..:V..:A.::L:.U:;(E~171 ')---r:T(o1f-T;:A2~)L

ToNs
u)

RE( 1G4IOlN

VAL(U1E5)

----rr?r 1 REGION PER ToN ( 10

1920 115,669 15.03 $3,032,858 1.08

769,317 12.80 $279,~21,610 49.07 363.86

1921

72,976 7.34 1,906,960

.65

993,970 16.69 295,640,727 47.70 297.34

1922 141,297 9.99 6,438,791 2.01 1,414,429 17.47 320,260,067 48.03 226.42

1923 239,545 15.34 8,340,842 2.30 1,562,165 15.25 363,111,776 40.31 232.50

1924 103,273 8.68 9,250',573 2.89 1,189,974 11.88 320,374,673 37.82 269.23

1925 127,444 8.91 4,573,466 1.15 1,430,197 10.34 395,521,219 37.60 276.55

1926 185,709 11.56 5,697,438 1.48 1,606,251 11.77 385,793,343 37.45 240.18

1927 167,008 11.~2 4,123,193 1.03 1,515,890 10.48 402,525,447 39.14 265.53

1928 157,450 10.28 4,247,714 1.26 1,531,178 10.97 338,639,967 36.41 221.16

1929 193,075 12.39 3,865,843 1.42 1,558,017 10.46 271,641,093 30.09 174.35

1930 141,890 10.46 5,005,387 2.67 1,356,486 9.51 187,363,114 24.65 138.11

1931 299,142 16.63 20,958,262 13.20 1,798,296 15.01 158,796,431 28.13 88.30

1932 240,776 16.15 14,502,588 12.85 1,491,080 15.63 112,835,145 27.74 75.67

1933 289,030 16.33 13,414,741 10.83 1,770,282 15.68 123,901,741 26.35 69.99

1934 239,368 13.17 14,003,994 11.23 1,817,513 13.47 124,636,301 24.68 68.57

1935 222,518 10.77 14,360,428 9.71 2,065,432 14.88 147,812,497 25.09 71.56

1936 254,668 10.71 13,058,022 9.24 2,377,673 15.56 141,310,479 22.37 59.43

11983Y7R."""2""8"9_,_8_4_7_ --11_._4_8. _ 11 ,594,445

6.18

2,525, 372 __.=;15~.2=3'-----'1""8"-'-7.J.,_,_7""18"'"'",~8"""9:..:e0---'2"'""4-'-'-. 47 ... ___ Z:<L_J.~

AVG. 193,371 12.09 $6,798,641 3.47 1,598,742 13.28 253,211,973 34.14

U. s. SOURCE OF DATA: ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF: OF ENGINEERS,

NOTE: 100% FOR CoLs. 2 .. 4-6 81012 IS

ARMY.

TOTAL FOR PORT.

I 100% FOR COLS. 14 16 IS GRAND
_V}PA.!L__P.N_o. 665:_~.:t-3-1'2-7'.=-'--'-----------------------ToT-A--L--o-F--TE-N--P-R-I-N-C-IP-A-L--S-E-P-o-R-T-S-.--.

96

TABLE No. 29 -BRUNSWICK, GA. - Dot-1ESTic vhTERBORN'EC"oMMERcE 19201937. (Bv-rA'LENbAR YEARs ToNs OF 2,000 Pourms).

YEAR
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 :i931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 18 YR.
AVG.

COASTWISE RECt::IPTS
% OF

PORT

T ToNs i l -

TOTAL
(2)

VA,LUE
(3)

190,696 39.51

$8,106,000

196,058 38.72

7,793,000

189,683 40.26

3,771,000

199,259 37.01

4,270,400

188,300 28.87

4,419,000

221,475 38.93

5,193,800

243,674 31.15

5,-851,100

320,064 38.27

3,817,200

339,184. 40.79

5,543,100

340,587 42.33

5,353,300

289,756 42.34

4,314,600

306,546 40.35

2,479,751

274,945 39.37

1,458,100

263,203 51.95

1,889,548

259,139 47.85

2,618,195

235,559 40.90

2,412,013

212,802 44.81

1,075,970

76,047 36.36

1,603,315

241,499 40.13

$3,998,300

% OF
PORT
TOTAL
( 4) 37.46 38.29 30.52 30.65 24.74 27.86 17.72 10.86 16.77 19.18 17.29 17.10 15.71 27.46 31.34 31.11 10.09 23.54
22.27

T6~Js
(5) 143,681 189,599 151,476 187,846 260,839 175,799 312,594 352,248 311,512 298,347 244,950 290,876 278,293 179,280 212,524 183,604 180,748
75,328
223,864

~OASTWISE SHIPMENTS
% OF

PORT

ToTAL

VA'LU'E

(6)

( 7)

29.77 . $7,856,000

37.44

8,821,000

32.15

4',862,000

34.90

5,564,000

39.99

9 '189 ,000

30.90

7;327,300

39.97 18,512,400

42.12 20,360,300

37.47 16,922,800

37.08 13,917,200

35.79 11,882,700

38.29

6 ,582 ,572

39.85

4,293,600

35.39

2,426,196

39.25

3,351,656

38.12

3,007,316

38.06

4,823,746

36.01

2,0762600

37.21 $8,465,354

% OF
PORT
Toi-AL
(8) 36.31 43.34 39.35 39.93 54.79 39.30 56.06 57.95 51.19 49.88 47.60 45.40 46.26 35.26 40.12 38.79 45.21 30.48
47.16

OTHER DoMr::sT 1c Cor-1MERCE

% OF

% OF

PORT

PORT

~s;'AR

TotIS
(9)

TOTAL
(10)

VALUE
(11)

*AL.
12)

1920 148,283 30.72 $5,674i000 26.23

1921 120,713 23.84 3,737 ,600 18.37

1922 130,000 27.59 3,724,000 30.13

1923 151,209 28.09 4,100,000 29.42

d

1924 203,156 31.14 3,657,000 20.47

) '

1925' 171,675 1926 225,896

30.17 28.88

6,123,000 8,657,500

32.84 26.22

1927 163,986 19:61 10,956,100 31.19

''!

1928 180,722 1929 165,702

21.74 10,595,700 20.59 8,632,900

32.04 30.94

1930 149,653 21.87 8,762,600 35.11

1931 162,309 21.36 5,437,657 37.50

1932 145,082 20.78 3,530,000 38.03

1933 64,144 12.66 2,565,402 37.28

1934 69.,867 12.90 2,384,283 28.54

1935 62,507 12.98 2,333,044 30.10

1936 81,326 17.13 4,769,237 44.70

1937 57,794 27.63 3.,132 2606 45.98

18 YR.

AVG. 136 ;335 22.66 $5,487,368 30.57

TOTAL OF PORT

TONS
(13) 482,660 506,370 471,159 538,314 652,295 568,949 782,164 836,298 831,418 804,636 684,359 759,731 698,320 506,627 541,530 481,670 474,876
2092169

% OF
REGION
(14)
8.03 8.50 5.82 5.25 6.51 4.11
5.73 5.78 5.95 5.40 4.80 6.34 7.32 4.49 4.01 3.47 3.11 1.26

Vt>:LUE
(15)
$21,636,000 20,351,600 12,357,000 13,934,400 17;865,000 18,644,100
33,021,000 35,133,600 33,061,600 27,903,400 24,959,900 14,499,980
9,281,700 6,.881,146 8,354,134 7;752,373 10,668,953 6,812,521

%OF AVG VAL.
REGION PE'R ToN
(16) (17) 3.79 $44.83 3.28 40.19 1.85 26.22 1.55 25.88 2.10 27.39 1.77 32.76 3.20 42.22 3,4i 42.01 3.56 39.76 3.09 34.55 3.28 36.47 2.57 19.08 2.28 13.29 1.46 13.58 1.65 15.42 1.32 16.09 1.69 22.47 0.89 32.57

601,697 4.99 $i7,951,023 2A2

SOURCE OF DATA:

NOTE: 100% FOR CoLs. 2-4-6-8-10..:12 IS

ANi--JUAL REPORTS OF THE CH'I E F OF ENGINEERS, U.' S. ARMY.

TOTAL FOR PORT.

100% FOR CoLs. 14-16 IS GRAND

WPA 0. P. ~Jo. 665-34-3-127.

ToTAL oF TEN PR 1NC 1PAL SE PoRTS.

97
jTABLE No. 30 --FERNANDINA, FLA. -DoMESTIC WATERBORNE CoMMERCE 1920-1937. (Bv CALENDAR YEARS- TONS OF 2,000 POUNDS).

98

I TABLE No. 31 --JACKSONVILLE, FLA. -DoMESTIC WATERBORNE CoMMERCE 1920-1937. YEARS - ToNs OF 2,000 PouNDs).

YEAR
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 18 YR. AVG.

COAST\'11 SE RECEIPTS
% OF

PoRT

ToNs

TOTAL

VALUE

1)

(2)

(3)

532,735 34:01 $37,004,476

537,277 40.73

33,551,492

690,967 40.03

51,817,810

801,608 34.51

65,537,898

1,087,267 50.04

86,474,152

1,262,501 51.19

90,228,159

1,301,911 52.67

78,922,409

1,267,815 43.70

90,484,870

1,133,343 44.92

79,622,094

1,233,727 46.23

88,331,791

1,258,754 44.60

90,179,395

909,424 55.97

55,261,181

940,131 57.68

40,492,453

1,146,732 49.40

47,429,265

1,342,022 51.59

68,562,176

1,379,510 53.57

93,627,188

1,578,267 53.21

89,581,761

1 ,558,484 53.56 10026072255

1,109,026 48.00 $71,539,768

% OF
PORT TOTAL
(4) 39.54 52.15 50.29 43.15 58.21 49.43 51.20 52.. 14 55.08 59.67 58.98 64.17 57.46 52.05 55.72 62.46 66.58 ;:57.33
54.85

ToNs (5)
838,023 633,717 769,032 874,469 629,867 716,047 710,064 711,017 513,470 556,302 639,129 413,968 358,727 664,699 891,904 792,819 747,773 706,363
675,967

CoASTWISE SHIPMENTS

% OF

PdRT

ToTAL

VALUE

( 6)

( 7)

53.49 $48,194,529

48.05

24,762,057

44.56

43,444,585

37.65

65,010,799

28.99

43,801,053

29.03

73,326,164

28.72

59,235,917

24.51

43,215,318

20.35

33,678,440

20.85

39,285,809

22.65

42,591,784

25.48

23,278,708

22.01

19,551,242

28.63

28,411,439

34.28

38,749,248

30.79

39,005,125

25.21

41,462,251

24.28

45,359,453

29.26 $41,797,996

% OF
PoRT ToTAL
(8) 51.50 38.49 42.17 42.81 29.49 40.17 38.43 24.90 23.30 26.54 27.86 27.03 27.74 31.18 31.49 26.02 30.81
25.8~
32.04

OTHER DoMESTIC CoMMERCE

% OF

PoRT

YEAR ToNs

ToTAL VALUE

(9)

(10-y---- (11)

1920 195,789 12.50 $8,380,542

1921 14?,961 11.22 6,026,265

1922 265,911 15.41 7,771,936

1923 646,616 27.84 21,316,157

1924 455,628 20.97 18,271,694

1925 487' 699 19.78 18,993,013

1926 459,983 18.61 15,989,815

1927 922,518 31.79 39,833,820

1928 876,272 34.73 31,258,655

1929 878,544 32.92 20,413,609

1930 924,260 32.75 20,120,295

1931 301,337 18.55 7,581,002

1932 330,956 20.31 10,431,351

1933 509,986 21.97 15,276,269

1934 367,630 14.13 15,735,654

1935 402,831 15.64 17,261,735

1936 639,957 21.58 3,511,850

1937 644!958 22.16 29,529!917

18 YR.-

AVG. 525,490 22.74 $17,094,643

% OF
Porn TOTAL (12)
8.96 9.36 7.54 14.04 12.30 10.40 10.37 22.96 21.62 13.79 l3 .16 8.80 14.80 16.77 12.79 11.52 2.61 16.82
13.U

ToTAL oF Pmn

ToNs
(13) 1,566,547
1,318,955 1,725,910 2,322,693 2,172,762 2,466,247 2,471,958 2,901,350 2,523,085 2,668,573 2,822,143 1,624, 729
1,629,814 2,321,417 2,601,556 2,575,160 2,965,997
2,909,805

% OF
REGION (14) 26.05 22.15 21.31 22.67 21.68 17.82 18.12 20.05 18.07 17.92 19.78 13.56 17.09 20.56 19.28 18.55 19.41
17.55

% OF AvG. VAL.

VALUE

REGION PER ToN

(15)

(16)

(17)

$93,579,547 16.40 $59.74

64,339,814 10.38 48.78

103,034,331 15.45 59.69

151,864,854 16.86 65.38

148,546,899 17.54 68.37

182,547,336 17.35 74.02

154' 148 '141 14.96 62.36

173,534,008 16.88 59.84

144,559,189 15.54 57.29

148,031,209 16.40 55.47

152,891,474 20.12 54.17

86,120,891 15.26 53.06

70,475,046 17.32 43.23

91,116,973 19.38 39.25

123,047,078 24.37 47.29

149,894,048 25.44 58.21

134,555,862 21.30 45.36

17524962625 22.88 60.31

2,310,484 19.56 $130,432,407 17.99

s SOURCE OF DATA:

~JOTE: 100% FOR CoLs. 2-4-6-8-10-12 IS

ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. . ARtilY.

ToTAL FOR PoRT.

II
1WPA 0. P. No. 665-34-3-127.

100% FOR CoLs. 14-16 IS GRAND TOTAL OF TEN PRINCIPAL SE PORTS.

99

TAnLE No. 32 ---MIAMI, FLA. - Do~.1ESTIC w;dERBORNE CoMMERCE 1920-1937. (BY CALENDAR YEARS- TONS

l

oF 2,000 PouNos).

I

COAST\'/ I SE RECE;l.C.I2

COASTWISE SH I Pt.1ENTS_

I

% OF Porn

% OF PoRT

-roF
Porn

IYEAR
! 1920

ToNs
(1) 40,048

ToTAL

V.\LUE

(2) -(3)----

13.89

$6,373,172

ToT4Al L
75.67

---rsr --'-T-"o7N(s"")-s-r----

ToTAL_ _ _V'-'-Ac-=;Lo.::U:TE-
(7)

1,208

.42

$ 149,250

1 1921

46,530

17.22

3,630,080

55.96

10,744

3.98

1,501,425

1 1922 : 1923

63,646 88,188

42.53 13.8o

6,183,182 13,498,619

82.63 84.45

4,630 9,839

3.10 1.54

438,088 1,709,744

1I 1924 285,046

29.71

26,735,698

81.64

37,255

3.88

1,398,268

i11925

I

1926 1927

788,521 690,571 54G,198

34.93 40.42 44.81

72,774,452 53,594,518 32,786,420

88.11 86.46 86.25

297,078 33,739 84,083

13.16 1.98 6.90

6,440,830 5,544,652 3,522,589

1928
I1929
11930

251,108 301,375 187,169

37.53 37.08 23.97

15,311,472 29,481,079 20,090,058

77.22 78.75 63.74

89,824 102,472
92,480

13.42 12.61 11.84

3,258,837 6,031,444 6,372,435

1931 260,652

34.34

23,143,043

66.21

133,280

17.56

4,898,835

1932 349,012

54.38

16,767,175

66.20

72,746

11.33

3,375,941

1933 403,346

58.62

21,379,279

73.28

86,640

12.59

4,778,998

1934 490,847

56.93

28,141,061

73.73

110,929

12.87

6,094,368

I

1935 1936

549,092 628,747

55.70 66.73

31,218,789 41,513,182

75.41 81.32

127,954 133,032

12.98 14.12

7,022,487 6,283,123

1937 _filhl2]____ 55,QQ__ ____ 50-"-Ql, 955_____ _?Sh_?2_____1Q2, 186

9. 23__ 8, 386,896

18 YR.

~\VG.

365,851

41.84 $27,368,569

78.93

85,006

9.72 $4,289,345

% OF
PORT
TOTAL
(8)
1.77 23.15
5.85 10.69
4.27 7.80 8.94 9.27 16.44 16.11 21.81 14.01 13.33 16.38 15.97 16.96 12.31
13 .1J
12. 371

l

I
l

OTHER DOMESTIC COMMERCE
--%CiF----~----
PoRT

% OF
PoRT

YEAR -- TONS
(9)

TTolTo,'_L

)

_

.

_

VALUE
(11)

ToTAL
(12)

1920 247,130 85.69 $1,899,990 22.56

19?1 212,922 78.80

1,354,957 20.89

1922

81,365 54.37

861,865 11.52

!1923 541,209

11992254

637,264 1,171,579

84.66 66.41 51.91

776,495 4,613,839 3,378,837

4.86 14.09
4.09

1926 983,930 57.60

2,848,215

4.60

111992287

588,677 328,228

48.29 49.05

1,702,887 1,257,772

4.48 6.34

1929 408,845 50.31

1,924,607

5.14

1930 501,301 64.19

2,762,464

9.45

1931 3(A,979 48.10

6,914,152 19.78

1932 220,056 34.?9

5,183,775 20.47

1933 198,042 28.79

3,016,412 10.34

1934 260,435 30.20

3,931,485 10.30

1935 308,674 31.32

3,156,398

7.63

1936 180,437 19.15

3,253,911

6.37

, 1931__ 389_.l._l39 _3:' ,lL. 5,480,680 ----~s .sa

118 YR.

! AvG.

423,567 48.44

$ 3 , 0 1 7 , h1 7

8.70

TOTAL QF PORT

1, OF
To(N13s ) ___R\E1GI4O)N

288,386 270,196 149,641
639,236 959,565
2,257,178 1,708,240
1,218,958 669,160 812,692 780,950 758,911 641,814
688,028 862,211 985,720 942,216 1,106,548

4.80 4.54
1.85 6.24
9.58 16.31 12.52
8.43 4.79 5.45 5.47
6.33 6. 73 6.09 6.39 7.10 6.17 6.68

VALUE

"',., OF l\vG. VAL.
REGION PER ToN

(15)

(16) .{17)

$8,422,412 1.48 :P29.20

6,486,462 1.05 24.00

7,483,135 1.12 50.00

15,984,858 1. 77 25.00

32,747,805 3.87 34.02

82,594,119 7.85 36.54

61,987,385 6.02 36.20

38,011,896 3.70 31.11

19,828,081 2.13 29.63

37,437,130 4.15 46.06

29,:?24,957 3.85 48.05

34,956,030 6.19 46.06

25,326,891 6.23 39.48

29,174,689 6.20 42.40

38,166,914 7.56 44.27

41,397,674 7.03 41.99

51,050,216 8.08 54.18

63,880,531 8,33 57.73

874,425 6.79 $34,675,621 4.59

OF SOURCE

DATA:

NOTE: 100% FOR CoLs. 2-4-6-8-10--12 IS

A~HJUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENG I NEE F:S, U. S. Amw.

TOTAL FOP PORT.

100% FOR CoLs. 14-16 ; s GRAND

LviPA_O_,_E_,_J!o. 665-34-3 127.

TOTAL OF TEN PRINCIPAL SE PORTS.

100

TABLE ~Jo. 33 --TAMPA, FLA. -DoMESTIC WATERBORNE CoMtvlERCE 1920-'1937. -(BY CALENDAR YEARS- ToNs II
OF 2,000 POUNDS).

COASTWISE RECEIPTS
% OF

PoRT

YEAR

TONS

TOTAL

VALUE

(1)

(2)

(3)

1920

119,862 11.84 $12,277,131

1921

279,720 41.09

14,140,413

1922

322,828 26.63

17,955,505

1923

655,805 39.64

41,113,261

1924

641,023 39.75

45,506,061

1925 1,351,154 59.06

60,796,177

1926 1,434,262 64.40

85,136,375

1927 1,169,428 51.13

61,916,812

1928 1929

968,446 44.68 978,676 . 41.64

55,420,703 49,135,209

1930 1,054,621 43.05

72,076,923

1931

968,997 48.51

32,512,092

1932

819,235 48.09

24,203,072

1933

902,197 43.29

28,341,035

1934 1,015,192 45.48

30,701,361

1935 1,000,035 44.42

34,797,446

1936 1,121,504 46.41

38,772,728

1937 1.212,064 46.88

4525621862

18 YR.

AvG.

889,725 44.62 $41,686,954

% OF
PORT
TOTAL
(4) 26.84 42.83 61.37 72.38 68.33 81.67 81.96 78.3.4 73.56 68.24 71.62 63.96 72.00 63.44 63.26 63.39 62.18 61.12
67.79

TONS
(5) 849,901 301,845 636,075 757,884 873,482 840,435 747,083 871 '749 1,060,331 1,212,822 1,002,014 852,689 702,135 931,618 951,024 992,861 1,105,390 1 0901693
8,766,557

CoASTVJ 1sE S.t! 1PME NI.~
% OF

Porn

TOTAL
( 6)

VALUE
( 7)

83.98 $29,644,012

44,34

14,092,991

52.47

7,499,232

45.80

10,159,534

54.17

20,906,578

36.73

13,357,966

33.55

18,396,491

38.11

15,695,982

48.91

18,752,288

51.61

21,865,538

40.90

23,536,163

42.69

16,837,910

41.22

8,418,651

44.71

12,602,451

43.03

15,759,983

44.11

17,895,778

45.75

19,856,008

42.49 __ 25 ,48_1..&22._

43.99 $17,264,514

% OF
PoRT
TOTAL
(8) 63.84 42.68 25.63 17.88 31.39 17.95 17.71 19.86 24.89 30.36 23.39 33.12 25.04 28.21 32.47 32.60 31.85 34.18
28.07

OTHER Doi,JEST 1c COMMERCE 5~ OF

PORT

..!..Y::.E~AR~'--...!.T-"o.!:!N,_s"'"_ __,_T_oTAL

(9)

(1o)

VALUE
(11)

'J, OF
PORT

TOTAL OF PORT
% OF

T7 o(1T:A-:L=2:7)--~~T(~o1N-:s:::"3)'_ _...!.;R,7E:(1G;'-';41-To't)"J'-----"-"V.:A..L'CUiEs)

% OF AVG. VAL
REG 1oN PE'R ToN
(16) (17)-

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925

42,264 I 99,158
253,418 240,943 . 98,010
96,308

4.18 14.57 20.90 14.56
6.08 4.21

$4,514,156 4,785,693 3,805,130 5,531,650 186,235 284,104

9.72 14.49 13.00
9.74 .28 .38

1,012,027 680,723
1,212,321 1,654,632 1,612,515 2,287,897

16.83 11.43 14.97 16.15 16.09 16.53

$46,435,299 33,019,097 29,259,867 56,804,445 66,598,874 74,438,247

8.14 5.33 4.39 6.30 7.86 7.08

$45.38 48.35 24.13 34.07 41.30 32.05

1926 1927 1928

45,714 246,183 138,978

2.05 10.76
6.41

339,473 .33 1,423,947 1.80 1,164,439 1.55

2,227,059 2,287,360 2,167,755

16.32 15.81 15.52

103,872,339 10.08 79,036,741 7.69 75,337,430 8.10

46.06 34.06 34.71

1929 158,559 6.75

1,005,383 1040

2,350,057 15.78

72,006,130 7.98 30.63

1930 393,343 . 16.05

5,027,649 4.99

2,449,978 17.17 100,640,735 13.24 41.07

1931 1932 1933

175,733 182,175 250,051

8.80 10.69 12.00

1,484,220 993,637
3,729,644

2.92
2~96
8.35

1,997,419 1,703,545 2,083,866

16.67 17.86 18.46

50,834,222 33,615,360 44,673,130

9.01 8.26 9.50

25.45 19.73 21.44

1934 243,750 11.49

2,069,960 4.27. 2,209,966 17.27

48,531,304 9.61 21.96

1935 1936

258,126 11.47 189,502 7.84

2,200,630 4.01 3,721,105 5.97

2,251,022 16.22 2,416,396 15.81

54,893,854 9.32 24.39 62,349,841 9.87 25.80

'71~93~77---~27~4~,~7~7=8--~1=0.63 --~3~=5~0=5~,~=.5~7___4~~7~0~--~2~,~5~8=5~,5~3~5~~1~5~~6~0____~7~4~,5~5~2~~~0~1~8--~9~~7~2--~2~6~~51 18 YR.

AvG. 227,055 11.39 $2,542,917 4.14

1,993,892 16.13 $61,494,385 8.41

I U. 5. SOURCE OF DATA : ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,

~JOTE: 100% FOR CoLs. 2-4-6-8-10-12 1s

ARMY.

ToTAL FOR PoRT.

lwPA 0. P. NO. 665-34-3 ..127.

100% FOR CoLs. 14-16 1s GRAND
TOTAL OF TEN PRINCIPAL SE PORTS.

101

ITAGLE No. 34 --PENSt\COLt,, FLA. - Dor.1ESTICWATERDORNE Cow,1ERCE 1920-1937. ToNs or 2,000 PouNDS).

l

I

COASTWISE RECEJ_]_2

I

1,1o1 or

% OF

PoRT

PORT

----c3l-------n-, YEAR __T-'-o""~(r:1's)~----'-T7O(T2A) L

VALUE

TOTAL

ToNs

---~

1920 100,604

76.57

$4,971,488

65.84

30,788

1921 136,653

87.25

4,025,614

63.68

19,971

11922 514,196

77.27

8,364,845

62.81 151,261

j1923 20-9,454

56.95

7,580,983

56.73 157,583

11924 1925

221,387 298 '735

69.63 71.68

6,644,117 11,466,343

5/.89 65.93

96,548 118,010

1926 1 1927

360,638 363,438

91.11 87.73

12,515,043 9,576,589

73.49 71.01

35,177 50,849

11928 378,179

91.28

9,978,091

74.11

36,108

1929 334,187

88.45

9,086 '737

73.84

43,657

1 1930 I 1931
i 1932

340,361 155,078 136,046

90.45 39.70 42.85

8,441,334 4,213,997 4,050,775

79.67 61.09 54.57

35,922
131 '709 103,077

1933 151,051

56.12

4,457,928

58.20

44,587

1934 147,178

48.49

4,957,851

52.00

51,743

1I 1935

202,258

60.02

5,882,357

45.05

46,953

' 1936 154,934 I 1937 116,584
i8 YR.

53.62

6,918,280

-40. 9_5_ __]..dJ_ 9 '75

48.13

37' 173

30.51 -~- 34,524

Ave. 239,998

69.41

$7,030,674

61.30

68,091

(OASTVI ISE Sill Pt1ENTS

% OF

% OF

PoRT

PoRT

TOTAL

VALUE

TOTAL

6

(7)

(81-

23.43

$2,579,180

34.16

12.75

2,296,159

36.32

22.73

4,952,102

37.19

43.05

5,782,149

43.27

30.37

4,833,425

42.11

28.32

5,924,552

34.07

8.89

4,514,769

26.51

12.27

3,910,472

28.99

8.72

3,486,524

25.89

11.55

3,218,679

26.16

9.55

2,154,247

20.33

33.71

1,419,277

20.58

32.46

2,280,647

30.73

16.56

1,658,775

21.66

17.05

1,067,358

11.20

13.93

2,709,041

20.75

12.87

2,066,958

14.38

12.13 --2 '149, 2Q____ _12_,l(

19.C9

$3,166,862

27.61

I
I
i
I I YEAR
1920 192! 1922 1923 1924 1925 I 1926
I 1927 1928 1 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
j 18 YR.
1 Ave.

OTHFR DoMESTIC Corr.r:IEPCE
% or

PORT

TONS

TOTAL

VALUE

(9)

(10) (11)

103,877 78,397 73,545
104,629 87,785 96,812
133,561

26.59 24.69 27.32 34.46 26.05 33.51 46.92

$1,264,430 1,090,855 1,542,810 3,508,630 4,465,202 5,387,711 5,641,180

% OF
PorT TOTAL ToNs (12)- (13)
131,392 156,624
665,457 366,037 317,935 416,1'45 395,815 414,287 414,287 377,844 376,283
18.33 390,664 14.70 317,520 20.14 269,183 36.80 303,550 34.20 336,996 37.49 288,919 50.32 284,669

TOTAL OF PORT

% OF
REGION (14)
2.19 2.63 8.22 3.57 3.17 3.01 2.90 2.86 2.97 2.54 2.fi4
3.26 3.33 2.38 2.25 2.43 1.89 1. 72

% OF AvG. VAL.

VALUE (15)

REG I ON PER ToN (16) --n:~

$7,550,668 1.3? $57.44

6,321,773 1.02 40.36

13,316,947 2.00 20.01

13,363,132 1.48 36.51

11,477,542 1.35 36.10

17,390,895 1.65 41.40

17,029,812 !.65 43.00

13,487,061 1.31 32.51

13,464,615 1.45 32.50

12,305,416 1.3C 32.57

10,595,581 1.39 28.16

6,897,704 1.22 17.66

7,422,277 1.82 23.34

7,659,513 1.63 28.45

9,533,839 1.89 31.41

13,056,600 2.22 38.74

14,372,949 2.28 49.74

11 ! 210' 14(._ _j._d___,_}_2_, 38

37,700 10.90 $1,272,268 11.09 345,789 2.99 $11,469,804 1.58

I

\SOURCE OF 0/:,TA:

NOTE: 100% FOR CoLs. 2 4-6-8-10 12 1s

1 ANNUAL RErons OF THE CH 1EF or ENG 1NEERS, U. 5. Ar;MY.

ToT,\L FOR PORT.

~0. P. No. 665-34-3 127.

100% FOR CoLs. 14-16 1s GRAND

1

TOTAL OF _TEN PRINCIPAL SE PORTS. __ I

102

TABui-No ~-MOBILE-, ALA. DOME5T 1c wATERBoRNE"""Co"MIAEHcE 192o-1937 .--roYCAL-ENDAR. YEARs--::-----
ToNs oF 2,000 PouNDs).

COAST'!/ I SE F<ECEIPTS ~OF

PoRT

YEAR

TONS 1

TOTAL (2)

-V-ATLU3ET-

1920

402,771 77.50

$8,340,020

1921

409,948 59.54

12,817,137

1922 1923

127,650 244,321

14.74 20.62

14,071,026 13,835,956

1924

305,698 24.24

17,294,425

1925

415,482 25.88

32,302,916

1926

419,825 22.58

23,967,085

1927

627,827 21.68

29,345,384

1928

590,016 19.93

27,096,853

1929

626,584 18.81

33,087,580

I 1930

622,763 21.08

32,752,121

11931 . 1932
1933

540,140 618,548 685,945

23.48 57.49 51.44

26,214,Tl4 19,175,346 20,741,296

1934

832,327 46.21

20,041,537

1935 1,128,952 43.60

26,410,732

1936 1,001,201 34.95

30,783,956

1 ;1,937_.___2Q:J:.z]!22___28. 41.__ _~7, 501...2 911

118 YR.

. AVG.

583,576

29.78

$23,098,892

% OF
PoRT TOTAL
( 4) 62.20 47.91' 26.55 24.55 28.92 40.68 38.01 '32.58 26.72 25.27 28.19 26.17 38.07 42.46 31.55 36.23 31.54 26.19
31.29

COASTV/ISE SH I Pi1E:;JHS
%OF

% OF

PoRT

PORT

TONS (5)

-

ToTAL (6)

V,~LUE
( 7 )"

--TrOTsArL

116,927 22.50

$5,068,534

37.80

174,202 25.30

13,020,497

48.67

302,128 34.90

27,997,885

52.84

442,186 37.32

31,280,105

55.50

454,812 32.15

31,949,802

53.43

585,437 36.47

36,051,822

45.41

593,558 31.93

25,327,450

40.16

660,029 22.79

25,524,482

28.34

741,998 25.07

38,386,392

37.85

963,143 28.91

51,996,561

39.72

872,810 29.55

46,293,082

39.85

718,282 31.22

38,366,550

38.29

219,649 20.42

15,166,916

30.12

343,726 25.78

13,101,137

26.82

547,584 30.40

16,930,570

26.66

470,776 18.18

21,590,467

29.61

624,015 21.79

35,192,337

36.05

6071525 __ ...).9.1Q_ _]J ,287 ,J.2L_ _}2~21

524,377 26.76 $28,362,888

38.42

OTHER DoMESTIC CoMMERCE
%OF

%OF

Po1n

PORT

~ YEAR ToNs

TOTAL VALUE

9 (10 ------()----~

(11)

TOTAL (I2)

1920

1921

104,400 15.16

$914,765 3.42

1922

436,011 50.30 10,923,109 20.61

1923

498,226 42.06 11,243,459 19.95

1924

500,702 43.61 10,552,379 17.65

1925

604,493 37.65 11,045,270 13.91

1926

845,510 45.49 13,764,511 21.83

1927 1,608,155 55.53 35,193,780 39.08

1928 1,627,780 55.00 35,924,064 35.43

1929 1,741,600 52.28 45,828,070 35.01

1930 1,458,048- 49.37 37,136,212 31.96

1931 1,041,972 45.30 35,607,953 35.54

1932

237,626 22.09 16,018,656 31.81

1933

303,707 22.78 15,003,247 30.72

1934

421,304 23.39 26,546,914 41.79

I 1935

989,407 38.22 24,907,195 34.16

1936 1,238,949 43.26 31,630,332 32.41

1937 11668!171 52.46 40 22'09 1731 38.30

18 YR.

AVG.

851,448 43.46 $22,358,314 30.29

JOTAL OF__f.91n.

%OF

ToNs (13)

REGION ~14)

519,698 8.64

688,550 11.56

865,789 10.69

1,184,733 11.56

1,261,212 12.59

1,605,412 11.60

1,858,893 13.62

2,896,011 20.01

2,959,794 21.20

3,331,327 22.37

2,953,621 20.70

2,300,394 19.20

1,075,823 11.28

1,333,378 11.81

1,801,215 13.35

2,589,135 18.65

2).364,165 18.74

3,1l0!059 19.18

f, OF AVG. VAL.

VALUE (15)

REGTIO:N6) _ _P_ER\ I T?oN)

$13,408,554 2.35 $25.80

26,752,399 52,992,020 56,359,520 59,796,606 79,400,008

4.32 7.95 6.26
7.06 7.55

i8.85
I 4617..5?.71 I 4479..4416

63,059,046 6.12 33.92

90,063,649 8.76 31.10

101,407,309 10.90 34.26

130,912,211 14.50 39.30

116,181,415 15.29 39.34

100,189,277 17.75 43.55

50,360,918 12.38 46.81

48,845,680 10.39 36.71

63,519,021 12.58 35.26

72,908,394 12.37 23.16

97,606,625 15.45 34.08

104 '999, 039. 13.69_ 33.02

1,959,400 15.37 $73,820,094 10.31

SOURCE OF DATA:
u. s ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,
lWPA 0. P. No. 665-~:J:--3127.

t,JOTE: 100% FOR CoLs. 2-4-6-8-10--12 IS

ARMY.

TOTAL FOR PORT.

100% FOR CoLs. 14-16 IS GRAND

ToTAL oF TEN PR 1tJc 1PAL SE Por<Ts!---

103

Table No. 36 -- BECAPI't'ULA.'l'ION ot COMMODITIES in DOJ.!ESTIC WATERBORNE C<li!&.RCE -- Totals tor Southeastern Region (Calendar Years 1920 - 193'7 1 inclusive; Tons ot 2000 Pounds).

COJn.'l".odi ties Animals &. Animal Products Vegetable Food Products Inedible Vegetable Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed 1 etc. WoC'd & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic t.tnerala Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery &. Vehicles ChEID.icals & Fertili~er h:isoellaneous

1920

Peroent

Tons

or Reg1on

113,963

1,90

221,543

3,68

5,941

.10

255,559

4.25

104,982

1,75

60,272

1,08

4,708

,07

204,135

3.40

--- -- 1,295,200 21,54

511,826

8.51

22,798

,38

1,760,863 29.29

70,049

1.17

6,582

.11

963,598 16.03

405 458

6,74

1921

Percent

Tons

ot Reg!.on

162,833

2.73

252,441

4.24

7,566

.13

254,875

4.29

84,644

1.42

56,275

,94

1,568

.03

498,058

8.36

--- -- 865,852

14.54

609,115

10.23

24,470

.42

1,84?,162

31.02

155,023

2.60

19,686

.33

451,618

7.58

664 026

11.15

1922

Percent

Tons

or Region

206,968

2,56

453,594

5,60

7,364

.10

296,969

3,67

98,182

1,21

71,115

,88

8,398

.10

819,882 10,12

-- 1,104,543
---

13,63

650,040

8,03

40,429

.50

2,133,169 26,34

264,427

3.27

18,803

,23

954,684 11.91

959 238 11,85

1923

Peroent

Tons

ot Region

313,359

3.06

399,678 9,577

3.90
.oe

265,904

2.59

114,338

1.12

126,599

1.24

2,668

.03

934,949

9.12

1,480,056 330

-- 14.44

1,524,372 14.88

49 ,516

,48

2,916,935 28,47

372,427

3.63

22,045

,22

650,290

6,35

1 064 703 10.39

1924

Tona 221,808 455,611
11,263 250,959
51,215 91,954
5,277 958,237

Percent of' :Rea:ion
2.21 4,55
.u
2,50
,51 ,92
,05 9,56

--- 1,371,536
1,424,104

-- 13,69
14.21

55,29?

.55

2,626,034 26,21

426,334 49,667
9011524 1 118 943

4.26 ,50
9,00 11 17

TOTAL TONS

6 012 477 100,00

5 955 212 100.00

8 097 805 100.00

10 246 746 100,00

10 019 763 100,00

Cotllr".od i ties Animals &. Animal Produ eta Vef'.etable Food Products Inedble Vegetable Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood fulp & Paper Pulp Non-l,:etallic ;;_inerala Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores 1 l.~e tala, etc. !l."achinery & Vehioles Chenicals & Fertilizer t:iscellaneous
TOTAL TCNS

1925

.Percent

Tons

ot Region

330,578

2,39

442,691

3.20

16,107

.12

249,153

1.80

80,585

.58

55,286

,40

3,973

,03

969,096

7.00

--- -- 1,563,128 11.30

2,563,644 18.53

42,306

.30

4,4491631 32.16

524,748

3.79

120,534

.87

11258,813

9,10

1 157 220

8,43

13 837 493 100.00

1926

Fer cent

Tor.s

of Region

269,439

1.97

415,679

3,05

201162

.15

282,561

2,07

79,7?5

,58

90,123

,66

4,502

,03

1,021,379

7.49

1, ?50 ,282 12.83
--- --

2,588,520 18.97

34,51.2

,25

4,152,174 30.43

519 t 942

3,81

68,538

,50

1,014,863

?.44

1 333 363

9.?7

13 645 814 100,00

1927

Tone

Fer cent
or ne_e_ion

645,565

4.46

6951542

4.80

25,816

,18

339,156

2,35

158,968

1.10

102,289

.71

10,612

,07

1,400,898

9.68

-- 1,594,295 ---

11,02

2,070,898 14,31

55,901

.38

4,884,677 33.?6

4841773

3,35

321081

.22

l,a:n,947

8,31

766 968

5,30

l4 470 185 100,00

1928

iercent

Tons

of ?c9_g!_on

481,177

3.45

736,420

5.27

16,633

.12

237,252

1.70

150 ,977

1.08

61,662

.44

15,344

.11

1,302,074

9,33

1,329,225

9.52

8,315

,06

11847,425 13,23

45,948

,33

51005,893 35.85

?29 ,628

5.23

39,030

.28

1,333,391

9,55

621 856

4,45

13 962 250 100,00

1929

Percent

Tons

of R~lon

544,716

3,5e

651,877

4.38

24,405

,17

200,401

1.88

88,285

.59

79,674

.54

15,406

.10

1,462,230

9,82

1,165,724

7,83

47,381

,32

1,872,470 12,57

61,775

.41

5,515,100 37.03

1,004,927

6,75

4~,646

.29

1,387,227

9,31

648 461

4,35

14 893 735 100.00

Com:nodities Anir:oals &. Animal Products Vegetable Food Products Inedible Vegetable .Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Wo8d Pulp & Paper Pulp Nan-I/etallic l..:inera1s Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. jachinery & Vehicles Chemicals & Fertilizer t:iscellaneous
TOTAL TONS

1930

Percent

Tons ot Region

566,154 3,97

754,810 5.30

18,559

.12

243,971 1.71

72,435

.51

99,340

.70

13,038

.10

1,062,560 7.45

1,220,537 8.55

76,139

.53

1.,697,653 11.90

40,019

.28

5,786,153 40.55

747,683 5.24

43,772

.31

1,386,926 9.72

437 086 3,06

14 266 835 100,00

1931

Peroent

Tons

of' Region

287,097

2,39

886' 718

7.40

22,700

.19

272,005

2.27

84,804

.71

179,700

1.50

40 ,819

,34

968,178

8,08

363,92? 74

--3,04

1,337,095 11,16

32,450

,27

4,984,158 41,60

893,800

7.46

50,999

,43

1,039,535

8.67

537 747

4.49

11 981 806 100,00

1932

Percent

Tons

ot Region

231,886

2.43

9021726

9,46

271844

,29

289,344

3,03

97,370

1.02

156,644

1,64

32,791

,35

496,336

5.21

328,387 278
562,158

--3,44
5,90

200,623

2,10

4,688,434 49.15

185,975

1,95

42,800

.45

819,700

8,60

475 171

4.98

9 538 467 100,00

1933

Percent

Tons

or Region

1841413

1.63

1,501,510 13.30

22,914

.21

250,270

2.21

85,639

,76

991262

.88

37,350

,33

551,203

4,88

3791453 85

--3.36

618,765

5.48

29,519

.26

5,39Y 1442 237,244

47,82 2.10

44,342

,39

1,255,08:1 11.12

594 649

5,27

11 291 143 100,00

1934

Percent

TollB

of Region

235,035

1.93

1,642,276 12.84

35,766

.27

214,315

1.61

95,842

,75

60,745

.47

241895

.19

549,455

4.29

515,620 713
833,687

-- 4,03
6,52

22,320

.17

6,416,173 50.15

299,317

2,34

73,863

,58

1,215,470

9.50

558 358

4.36

12 793 650 100,00

Co'!'!r.od i ties Animals & Animal rrodu cts Ve~.etah1e Food ;: roduc ts Inedible VeF;etFibla Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper !ulp Non-Metallio l.inerals Clay, etc. Petroleum, eto. Ores, Metals, etc. h:achinery &. Vehicles Chemicals & Fertilizer l.iscellan.eoua

1935

}ercent

Tons

of Fe[!ion

268,298

1.93

1,634,169 11.77

44,075

,32

2361969

1.71

96,384

.69

83,221

,60

32,805

.24

741,523

5,34

499,723

3,60

241,324

1.74

730,298

5.26

15,712

.11

6,971,178 50.22

445,392

3.21

82,541

,59

1,199,280

8,64

559,095

4.03

TOTAL TONS

13 881 987 100.00

SOU!lCE: .Annual Reports, Chief' of' Engineers 1 U. s. Army.

DATE PREPARED: 2-28-1939,

'ftP.A. Of'f'icial Project No. 1565-34-3-127.

1936

.f-er cent

Tons

or res! on

399,103

2.61

1,617,375 10.58

54,628

,36

216,983

1,42

98 ,564

,65

69 ,6G2

,46

501176

,33

865,856

5,67

5g9,947

3.92

259,061

1,69

673,100

4.40

24,285

,16

7,529,g93 49.28

735,726

4,81

94,9?7

,62

1,3501725

8,84

641,766

4.20

15 280 857 100,00

1937

Percent

Tons

ot Resion

418,278

2,46

1,666,822 10,06

44,777

,27

225,811

1,37

99,929

,62

56,503

,35

44,180

.26

1,289,938

7.66

623,704

3,76

278 ,3?9

1.68

906,278

5.47

19,342

,13

7 t 796,613 47.03

891,171

5.38

85,996

,52

1,538,565

9.28

613,149

3. 70

16 579 415 100.00

Eip-,hteen Year Average

Fer cent

Tons

of R~_gj.on

326,704

2.71

851,738

7,07

23,061

.19

259,020 96,818

2,15
.eo

89,186

,74

19,360

.16

893,110

7.42

1,002,785

8,33

50,671

,4Z

1,278,969

10,62

45,401

,38

4,714,1556

39.15

499,366

4,15

52,217

.43

1,107,402

9,20

731 514

6,08

12 041 980 100.00

104
----
Table No. 37 -- W!IMW:GTON, N. C. Commod! ties in Domostia Waterborne COlillllerce (Calendar Years 1g20 - 19:57, inclusive; Compar!aoos or Tonnages and Percentages; Tons ot
2000 Pounds)

Commodities
Al:Lirnals &. Animal Prods. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Yog. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Faper Lumber Wood Pulp &. Paper Pulp Non-Metallic Minerals Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery & Vehiclea Chemicals & Fertilizer ldiscellaueous
TOTAL TONS !TOTAL VALUE

1920

Percent

Ton a

0~

Port Total

9,801

3.2>!

--- 14,092

--4.63

2,813

.92

1,461

.48

2,532

.83

960

.32

24,838

8.16

--- 13,407

--4.41

--7,833
125,328

--2.57
41.18

1,134

.57

1,248

.41

85,769

28.51

12 143

3.99

304,359

100 .oo

!25,172,150

1921

Percent

Ton8

0~

Port Total

i~;:;~
---

14.17
--5.16

2,366

.66

1,216

.34

718

.20

887

.25

35,401

9.89

--- 14,590 --- 6,548
118,020

--4.08
-- 1.83
32,98

1,505

,45

883

.25

94,302

26.35

12 114

3.39

357,819 100.00
!251069 ,on

1922

Percent

Tons

0~

Port Total

46,975

8.45

-- 22, 1tJll

--4.12

1,719

.31

2,1?'7

.39

2,662

.48

233

.04

56,136

10.10

-- 29,544

--5.32

--- 25,411
125 :o39

--4.57
22,68

4,1508

.83

989

.18

219,847

39,55

16 575

2.98

555,826 100.00 l37 ,812,0?5

1923

Pereon t

Tons

or

Port Total

31,802

5.75

--- 20,741

-3.75

1,365

.25

3,745

.68

6,666

1.22

481

.09

72,842

13.16

--- 32.58~
--- 16,886
138,149

--5,89 --3.05
24.97

6,356

1.15

228

.04

205,296

37.10

16 167

2.90

553,308

100.00

t36 ,6,6 , 943

1924

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

16 ,0g3

2.77

--- 25,119

--~.32

1,397

,24

" 2,003

.34

4,305

1,832

.32

65,417

11.24

--- 25,455
--- 15,500
211,859

--4.S7 --2,65
36.40

5,054

,87

313

.05

196.9715

:54,18

8 ?56

1.50

582,0'18 100.00 t33,292,168

1925

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

57,2158

7.81

--- -- 22,303

3.04

1,588

.22

2,043

.28

3,585

,49

1,130

.15

74,1ZO 10.11

--- -- 53,458

7,29

--- 6,190

--,84

254,618 34.71

4,769

.65

62?

.oa

242,684. 33.08

9 160

1.25

73:5,555 100.00 ,38 176 1?9

Commodities
Animal.~ &. Animal Prods. Vegetable l"ood Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cot tOll
l Cottonseed, etc. !Wood &. Paper ILumber
i Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp
INonoooMetallic Minerals
[Clay, etc.
i Petroleum, etc.
:Ores, Metals, eta. Machinery &. Vehicles Chemicals & Fertilizer
l:.~iscellaneous
TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

1926

Percent

Ton8

0~

Port Total

25,547

3.49

--- 23,444

--3.21

846

.11

2,117

.29

0,355

.87

451

.06

.66,068

9,04

--- 31,559
--- 4,:500
290,664

--~.32 --.59
39,76

3,359

.46

330

.04

251,749

35.80

14,316

1.96

731 'i~~ 865 ~~ 00

1927

Percent

Tons

0~

Port Total

34,795

4.38

--- 42,826

-5,39

901

.11

2,262

.28

5,054 32

--.64

71,240

8.97

--- ,099 ---9,729
312,653

--5,55
--1.23
39.35

15,101

.77

450

.06

257,54.8

32.42

6,?59

.a~

794,451

100.00

$39 119 597

1928

Percent

Ton.o

0~

Port Total.

31,115

3.99

4.a,g:s3 :1:5

--5.51

1,057

.1-t.

5,4.25

,?0

---4,514

--.58

76,83-9

9.86

--- S9.847 --- 4,984
297 ,9?~

--5.1Z --.6-t.
38.2(1

4,581

.59

470

.06

262,409

:5:5.59

6,573

.86

7781~~ 061.~.00

1929

Percent

ToilG

or

Port Tote!

31,'199

5,37

--- 28,560

--3.02

728

.oa

~,306

.35

---1,5'14.

--.17

67,20C.

7.12

--- 4.9,204

--~.21

---6,64.0
5l4.,e38

--.70
M.51

5,929

.63

1,990

.21

230,809

24.45

1,736

.18

944,117 100.00 .t42 1M 325

1930

Percent

Ton.o

0~

Port ~otl!l

12,635

1.33

--- 18,48S

--1.94

2,193

,23

538

.05

--- 6,796

--.71

85,911

9.01

--- :54.,13-4:

--3,58

---6,510
494.,'7815

--.68
51.87

3,94.1

.41

786

,oe

286.121

29.99

l 081

.11

953,:~~ 66/~;oo

1931

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

'1 ,'185

.94

14,324. 25

--1.?3

277

.03

-- 4----3--5

--.05

51,724

6,23

--- -- 14,831j}

1.79

--- -- 25,638

3.09

564,188 67.96

1,'792

.22

620

.07

148 ,3?6 17.87

143

.02

8:50,l~tj 100.00 $15 043 269

Commodities

Tons

Animals & Animal Prods.' 6,259

Vegetable Food Products 13,225

Inedible Vag. Products Naval Stores

--- 3,302

Te:xtiles

114

Cotton Cottonseed, etc.

-1-2-9

Wood &. Paper

27,240

ILUlllber Wood Pulp 1 Paper Pulp Non-Metallic Minerals
Clay, etc.

--- 16,866
--- 44,561

Petroleum, etc.

498,075

Ores, Metals, etc.

1,1589

Machinery & Vehicles

224

Chemicals &. Fertilizer 120,525

MiscellaneouB

274

1932 Percent
0~
Port Total ,85
1,81
--.45
.02
--.02
3.?2
--2.30 --5.08
68,00 ,23
.03 15.45
.04

1933

Percent

Tons

0~

Port Total

9,933

1.01

33,187

3.37

2,9715

.30

308

,03

854

.09

3,5?5

.36

l,tHJO

.15

28,358

2.88

--- 32,592

--3.30

--- 63,1?'7
537,093

--6.41
54.4?

2,483

.25

166

.02

268,495

27.23

1 266

.13

1934

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

27,86:5

2.

58,77'3

5.14

2,oco

.17

3,553

.31

1,2'1?

.11

589

.05

540

.05

:5,583

.31

-- 47,516 --- 69,276
683,836

--4.15 --6.05
59,77

15,503

.57

129

.01

236,684

20.69

2 055

.18

1935

1936

1937

Percent

Per cant

Percent

Tons

or

Tons

ot

Tons

0~

Port Total

Port Total

Port Total

30,540

2.50

29,526

1.95

9,810

,59

08,482

5.62

58,7?3

3.88

65,407

3.91

3,'718 38

--.31

--- !5 ,.605

--.36

5,-6--

--.34

1,'760

.14

2,212

.15

2,163

,13

312 28

.0--3

543

.03

1,259

.07

400

.03

402

,02

7,4:68

,61

8,928

,59

30,04'7

1.80

--- 53,059

--4.35

49,229 1,5'75

3.25 ,10

--- 42,589

--2.55

--- 43,!5S8

--3.57

--- 44,052

--2.91

--- 66,030

--3.95

818,788

67.15 1,116,7315

73.71 1,206,11'1

72.16

8,869 460

.73 .04

--- 0,109

.3--4

--- 7,035

.4--2

179,942

14.76

190,309

12.56

233,430

13.97

2 261

.19

2 117

.14

1 552

.09

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

732,482

100.00

tl3 411 70,

985. ;~; 1331~400

SOURCE: Annual Reports, Chiet' or Engineers, U. s. Army.

1,144,187 100.00 $33 074 722

1,m,:;~ ~~.oo
717

1,615,014

100.00

. $40 755 019

1,m,r~ 3541::i~oo

DA.TE PREPA.R!Il: 2-2-39.

WPA Official Project No. 665-34-3-12?.

105

Table No. 38 ... CHARLESTON, S. C. Commodities in Domestic Waterborne Canmerce (Calendar Years 1920- 19!37, inclusive; Can:pariscns or Tonnages an_d Percentages; Tons of 2000 Pounds)

Commodities
Animals &. Animal Prods. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton iCottonseed, etc.
[Wood lo Paper Lumber Wood Pulp 3: Paper Pulp Non-Metallic l. inera1a 1Clay, etc. ~Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery & Vehicles :chemicals & Fertilizer \Miscellaneous
I i:rOTAL TONS TOTA.L VAIIJE
i
I

1920

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

827

.10

9,6--7----9

1.1---5-

12,926

1,53

7,406

.88

521

.08

18,339

2.17

175,211
---

-- 20.76

4,841

.57

360

.04

487,757

57.79

84 45

--,01

46,216

5,48

79 831

9,45

844,042 100,00 .$71 212 803

1921

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

7,229

.77

37,241
---4

3,9----4

52,125

5.52

22,280

2,35

125

.01

91,998

9.74

--- 77,324

--8,18

43 ,1!34

4.56

165

.02

378,982

40.11

1,967

.21

10,764

1.14

75,919

8.04

145 474

15.40

1922

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

19,015

1,90

58,458
---8

5,8----4

54,675

5,46

14,825

1.48

111

,01

53,420

5.34

--- -- 108,936

10.89

34,901

3.49

153

.02

430,181

42.99

9,230 6

--.92

100,518

10,04

116 267

11.62

1923

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

42,995

3.10

110,695 23
100

--7.99
--

62,886

4,54

7!3,107

5,28

595

.04

192,797

13,92

--- 61,641

--4,45

111,680

8,05

!3,802

.28

537,622

38.80

5,203

.38

447

,03

40,480

2.92

141 408

10,21

1924

Pereent

Tons

or

port Total

26,730

2.19

10'1,-247

8,31

2,717

.22

478

,04

23,999

1.97

29,848

2.45

1,&27

.13

251,300

20.61

--- 60,108
160,300

--4.93
13,15

1,239

.10

366,362

30,05

26,159

2,15

13,835

1.14

39,432

3,23

113 552

9,32

1925

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

24,677

1.82

85,389

4.22

408

.02

2,035

.10

29,991

1.48

1~.~5-4.

.83

167

.01

372,9~4

18.45

--- 51,210

--2.53

142,856

7,07

499

,015

1,097,177

54.27

22,679

1.12

:59,184

1.94

S5,22:i

2,75

80 504

3,98

944.~!i; 078 ;~00 1,000,.: 6041~~~00

1,385~~ 772 ;~00

1,219,033 100.00 tl54 917 812

2,021~~ 963 ~~00

1926

:

Poreent

i Commodities

Tons

of Port Tote 1

~~ima1s & Animal Prods.

14,690

.83

Vegetable Food Products 10~,221

1

!Inedible Veg. Products

515

5.71 .04

!Naval Stores

1,784

,10

Textiles

34,559

1,95

Cotton :Cottonseed, etc.

28,402 40

--1.60

iWood & Paper

255,489

14,41

ILumber ~ood Pulp & Paper Pulp

--- 44,563

--2.51

!Non-Metallic t:tnerala

84,739

4.78

jClay, etc.

1,266

,07

Petroleum, etc.

1,042,48'7

58,79

iOrea, Metals, etc.

14,532

.82

Maehinery &. Vehicles

758

.04

iChernicals & Fertilizer ~elle.neous

25,637 122 420

1,45 6,90

1927

1928

1929

1930

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent

Tons

or

Tons

or

Tons

or

Tons

or

Port Total

Port Total

Port Total

Port Totel

12 '701

.83

7,869

,39

8,150

.43

19,059

1.05

81,589 285 943

5.31 .02 ,06

100,392 42
1,516

--6.03 .oa

72,699 2,652 6,353

3,79 ,14 .33

81,472 4,206 3,351

4.60 ,24 ,19

23,278

1.51

36,468

1.83

13,416

,70

8,424

,48

--- 32,309
329,424

--2.10
21.43

11,0?6 180
330,321

,55
.01 15,54

--- 4,638
367,548

--.24
19.15

14,108 47
254,020

--.80
14,35

--- 25,748

--1.68

--- 24,170

--1.20

--- 122,49-4.

--5,38

--- 141,583

--8.oo

54,158

3.52

104,882

5.25

22,772

1,19

20,799

1.18

1,560

.10

1,912

.10

1,979

.10

1,744

,10

7?? ,671

50.59 1,169,534

58.55 1,139,511

59,38 1,102,042

62,28

10,990

.72

6,705

.34

15,819

.82

10,008

.57

792

.05

2,048

.10

847

,04

1,213

,07

65,2?8

4.25

86,548

4.33

19,158

1.00

20,431

1.16

120 393

7,83

93 892

4,7()

121 149

6,31

87 119

4.92

1931

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

17,263

1.22

88,935

6.27

1,058

.07

1,980

.14

20,067

1.41

9,747

.69

725

.05

238,375

18.81

--- -4.8,756

--2.44

106,283

7,150

1,228

.09

746,054

52.62

14,980

1.06

3,004

.23

38,975

2.75

80 130

5.65

~~AL TONS
OTAL VALUE

1,773$~~~ 178 ;~00 1,53~~~ 9!33 ~~00 1,997$~~~ 011 !~00 1,919$~~; 285 ~~00 1,769,:~: 995 !~00 1,417,;~ 935 ~~00

I
!

Commodities
.Animals &. ..l.nima1 .!-'rods. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg .Products Naval Stores Te:xtiles C"tton Cottonseed, etc. 1\"ood &. Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic I.inera1s Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, 1-:etals, etc. !v,achinery & Vehicles Chan1ce.1s &. Fertilizer
l.~iseellaneoue

1932

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

15,780

1,37

79,668

5,91

2,594

,22

1,968

,17

46,254

4.01

6,383

.55

151,633 41,750

13.15 3.62

38,658 2,258
638,697 11,507 577 51,939 63 647

3,35 ,20
55.38 1,00 .05 4,50 5.52

1933

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

11,176

,89

112,303

8.64

5,601

.43

755

,05

21,355

1.54

8,650

,66

58

1?6,1!35

13.55

4? ,283

3.64

32,011 6,310
749,562 9,335 1,696
47,866 69 e2o

2.45 .48
57,67 .72 .13
3.68 5.35

1934

Pereent

Tons

of

Port Total

8,241

.57

125,019

8,65

6,575

.45

645

,45

30,898

2.14

8,955

,52

51

191,.284

13.23

90,154

6.24

48,542 3,881
861,612 6,484 1,772
39,277 21 917

3,36 .27
59.61 .45 .12
2.72 1.ei2

1935

Fer cent

Tons

of

Port Total

14,262

1,08

121,995

9.19

3,232

.24

671

.05

22,862

1.72

12,793

,96

1,859

.14

187,440

14.12

46,505

3,50

37,522

2.83

798,024 10,616 1,337
~3,904
34 808

60.10 .eo .10
2,55 2.52

1936

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

11,842

.86

125,387

9,10

5,650

.41

17,872 13,512 10,013 166,!314 67 ,'7151

1,30 .99 ,73
12.07 4.92

1937

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

21,716

1.06

138,445

6,79

7,173

.35

1,179

.06

19,431

,95

9,436

.4e

4,155

.20

299,166

14.64

70,7M

3.46

48,788
4,2U~
760,075 15,016
4,29~
57,186 70 087

3,54
.30
55.1~
1.09 .31
4.15
~.08

~9,403 4,7~
1,14,9,14'7 27,558 3,239
181,29e 36 387

3.40 .23
56.24 1.35 ,16 a.87 1.78

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

1,153,313

100.00

82 467 839

1,299,696

100.00

94 376 779

SOURCE: Annual Reports, Chief' or l.l:lgineers, u. s. Army.

1,445,308

100.00

55 2150 787

1,327,830 100.00 64 003 413

1,378,114

100,00

78 632 083

2,0-4.3,224

100.00

93 600 570

DAT~ HEPARED: 2-2-1939.

WPA Of'ficia1 Project No. 665-M-3-127.

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Table No. 39 -- SAVANNAH, GA.. Comnodi ties in Domestic Waterborne Cc:inl.mrca (Calendar Yeara 1920 - 1957, 1nclua1vo; Com:par!soo.s ot Tonnagea end Perconte.gao; Tons ot 2000 Pounds)

Commodities
Anim:ls & Animal Prods. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Non~~atallic Minerals Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Orca, Meta.la, etc. l.!a.chinary & Vehicles Chemica) a & Fertilizer Mi aca1lanaoua
TOTAL TCNS TOTAL VALUE

1920

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

12,284

1.60

101,310

13.17

2,?75

.36

62,474

8.12

87 ,?31

11.40

49,108

6,38

2,864

,3?

23,397

3,04

14,3ll

1,86

105,?01

13,?4

14,204

1.85

1'7,033

2,21

35,452

4.61

1,446

.19

105,511

13.?2

133 ?06

1?.38

?69$~;~ 9211~~000

1921

Percent

Tons

ot

Port Total

25,8?3

2.60

65,?32

6,61

663

.07

57 ,35~/

5.?7

27,617

2.?8

--- 25,?34

--2,59

4,270

.43

?8,055

?,85

83,654

8,42

18,4?2

1.86

258,834

26,04

25,490

2,56

858

.09

21,461

2.16

299 900

30.17

1922

Percent

Tons

ot

Port Total

44,1539

3.15

57,953

4;10

1,388

.10

63,581

4.49

37,864

2.68

3? ,705

2,6?

5,058

.36

2,?38

.19

144,257

10.20

189,'708

13.41

30,945

2,19

198,817

14.06

85,136

6,09

962

.0?

80,130

5.66

432 548

30,58

1923

Percent

Tons

ot

Port Total

56,900

3,64

54,031

3,46

1,216

,08

48,986

3,13

41,499

2,66

--- 39,528

--2.53

25,255

1.62

188,889

12.09

201,9?1

12,93

25,779

1,65

310,542

19,88

46,079

2,95

2,062

,13

50,139

3.21

469 289

30,04

1924

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

28,520

2.40

--- 63,829

--5,36

50,239

4.22

21,?39

1.83

--- 46,189

--3.88

14,070

1,18

118,114

9,93

78,163

6.5?

34,517

2,91

245,305

20,61

34,908

2,93

4,988

.42

12,412

1,04

436 981

36.?2

1925

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

18,8'79

1.32

61,453

4,30

5,862

.41

44,445

3.11

43,12'7

3,02

--- 26,593

--1.8~

71,779

5,02

130,513

9,12

85,861

6,00

25,208

1.?6

261,434

18.28

58,239

~.0?

4,820

.34

153,239

10,71

438 745

30,68

993,:~~ 6481~~;00

1,414$:~~ 2601~700

1,562i~~~ lll1~600

1,189.:~~ 374 !~ .oo 1,430.~~; 52/~~00

Commodities
Animals & Animal Prods. Vegetable Food Produ eta Inedible Veg. ProdUcts Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonaeed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Fu1p &. Paper Pulp Non-Metallic ?..:Inera1s Clay, etc. Petroleum, eto. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery & Vehicles Chemicals &. Fertilizer Miscellaneous

1926

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

29,727

1.85

68,722

4.28

5_,697

,36

64,118

3,99

38,10?

2.3?

28,989

1,81

1,745

.11

79,808

4.97

--- 142,862

--8,89

122,509

?,63

23,675

1,49

494,381

30.7'7

55,648

3.46

4,365

.2?

2? ,195

1.69

418 503

26.06

1927

Percent

Ton a

or

Port Total

38,238

2.52

129,511

8,55

1,701

.11

66,526

4.38

126,182

8.32

19,407

1.28

. 9,294

.61

102,950

6.?9

--- 138,115

-- 9.11

101,097

5,67

40,218

2,65

473,023

31.21

32.514

2.15

3,?19

,25

18,170

1,20

215 225

14.20

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

1,605$~; ?93 ~~~00

1,515,890

100.00

t402 525 447

1928

Percent

Ton.s

0~

Port Total

20,1?5

1.32

159,864

10.44

1,130

.o?

52,358

3,42

106,333

6,94

8,541

.56

13,590

,89

129,011

8.4~

--- 95,302

--6,22

76,175

4,98

30,515

1.99

55? ,353

36.40

39,465

2.58

3,863

.25

21,411

1.40

216 091

14.11

1,531$~:: 63/~;00

1929

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

37,766

2,42

86,002

5,52

3,757

,24

68,089

4,37

68,700

4.41

11,158

,?3

13,756

,88

132,551

8,51

--- 89,792

--5,?6

62,015

3,99

19,602 6?1,682

4ti~

70,376

4.52

3,718

,24

23,985

1.54

195 068

12.52

1930

Percent

Tone

0~

Port Total

23,901

1,?6

142,515

10.51

3,168

.23

44,731

3.30

41,275

3.0~

11,929

.88

11,380

.84

107,395

7.92

--- 29,070

--2.14

69,756

6.14

3,424

.25

678,5'77

50,02

83,408

5.15

2,6ga

.20

13,243

.98

90 015

~.64

i 1,558,~; 6411~300 1,355$~~~ 363 i~oo

1931

Percent

To !US

or

Port Total

15,009

.84

141,628

7.88

2,1328

,15

1~2,045

7.34

158,507

3,25

86 ,1?8

4.?9

38,174

2.12

69,869

3.89

--- -- 47,339

2.133

158,023

8.?9

13,:508

.?4.

764,143 42.47

58.339

3.25

2,880

.16

23,119

1.29

187 10? 10.41

1,?98$i;~ ?9~~;f

Commod1 ties
Animals &. Animal Prods, Vegetable Food Produota Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton cottonseed, etc .. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic lHneralB Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Uachinery & Vehicles Chemicals & Fertilizer I,i1sce1la:oeous

1932

J?ercent

Tone

of

Port Total

21,931

1.48

16? ,546

11,24

2,59'ii

.1?

83,326

5,59

42,41'7

2.84

'75,256

5,05

32,541

2.18

50,776

3.41

--- 38,356

--2,5?

110,680

7.42

12,338

.83

642,516

43,09

22,907

1.54

2,170

,14

22,125

1.48

163 596

10.9?

1933

Percent

Tons

ot

Port Total

18,373

1.04

226,857

12.82

1,985

.11

?8,207

4.42

54,246

3,06

59,065

3.34

35,792

2.02

~;:;;:,
---

5.19
--3,60

118,468

6,69

8,349

.4?

749,720

42,35

31,229

1.?6

2,058

.12

40,641

2.30

189 603

10,?1

1934

P&roent

Tons

or

Port Total

18,920

1.04

204,595

11.26

1,961

.11

66,265

3,65

52,185

2,87

34,381

1,89

24,304

1.34

97,728

5.38

101,300
---

--5.5?

124,623

6,86

8,087

,44

843,101

46.~9

25,518

1.40

3,705

.20

33,4?8

1.84

17? 362

9.76

1935

Percent

To=

or

Port Total

18,584

,90

194,093

9,40

1,958

.10

?4,?63

3,62

59,137

2,86

44,945

2.18

30,918

1,50

'72,288

3,50

--- 115,846

--5,61

124,~95

6,02

8,710

,42

1,018,097

49.29

51,60~

2,50

4",073

,20

49,459

2.39

196 563

9,51

1936

Percent

Toils

or

Port Total

25,481

1.07

238,423

10.03

5,316

.22

59,494

2.50

65,475

2,?5

3?,195

1.50

39,362

1.66

99,965

4.21

110,195

4,63

16,62i3

.?0

134,?'70

5.67

12,700

.5~

1,1715,302

49.47

54,565

2.?2

4,150

.18

69,939

2,94

217 708

9.16

1937

Percent

ToD.O

or

Port Total

19,703

,?8

250,507

9,92

1,095

.04

?2,831

2,88

58,689

2.34

29,6'76

1.18

38,943

1,54

155,152

~.14

112,~86

4.45

?3,397

2.91

122,7'79

4.85

9,394

.~7

1,252,418 49.59

62,067

2.45

4,388

,17

44,190

1.75

217 ?57

8.52

TO~AL TONS TOTAL VALUE

1,491$~~~ i~g.oo
835

1,7'70$i~~ 901 ;~~00

1,81~j~;~ ~~00
636

2,065,432 100,00 il4? 815 497

2,3?7,6?3 . 100.00 $141 310 4?9

2,525,372 100.00 h8? ?18 890

SC!JROE: Annual Reports, Chiet of Engineers, U. S.Anny.

DATE FREPJ.ruJl: 1-2?-1939,

\'IPA Official Project No. 665-34-3-12?,

107

!'able No. 40 -- BRUNSWICK , GA.. Comnodi ties in Domestic Waterborne Commerce (Calendar Yes.rs 1920 - 1937, 1nclus1va; Comptrisons or Tonnages and Percentages; Tone ot
2000 Pounds)

C01111110d1t1ea
~!mala & Animal Prada. Vegetable J'ood Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-MetalU c IUnerala Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Orea, Meta1a, etc. Machinery & Vehiclea Chemicals & lertilizer Miaoellaneoua
'I'O'I'AL TCNS TOTAL VALUE

1920

Percent

'l'ona

of

Port Total

11,4:57

2,37

-- 11,748

--2,4:5

23,640

4.90

1,443

.30

1,428

.30

40

.01

98,758

20.46

--- 104,~

-- 21.72

---3,081

--.&4

280,160

45.61

2,396

.~

523

.11

125

.02

3,0~

.63

1921

Percent

Ton a

of

l-'ort Total

9,307

1.64

5,056

1.00

28

.01

26,437

5.22

173

.03

2--1-3

--.04

142,1156

28.07

--- 43,025

--8.50

--- 2,080

--.41

269,670

53.25

2,120

.42

535

.11

472

.09

&,118

1.21

482,660 100.00

506,370 100.00

-- !21,636 1009.. - --

t_2_o,35~ ,ePJ>.

1922

Percent

Tona

of

Port Total

5,453

1.16

4,030 2

--~-

26,702

5.67

207

.04

-2-0-9

--.04

146,591

31.11

--- 64,359

-- 13.66

30,978
---

--&.58

l84,28S

39.11

1,071

.13

415

.09

2,072

.44

4 787

1.02

471,~~ 357 ~.oo

1923

Percent

Ton a

of

Port Total

6,910

1.28

3,837 1

--.71

39,143

7,27

577

.11

-1-6-8

--.03

172,!590

32.06

--- 73,~13

-- 13.66

- -734

--.14

23S,721

43,42

622

.11

920

.17

1,274

.24

4304

.eo

1924

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

8,341

1.31

--- 4,764

--.73

60,608

9.29

396

.o6

-1-7-5

.0-3-

284,640

43,64

--- 53,028 -5-6-3
233,'728 739

--8.13 --.09
35.83
.u

214

.03

1,116

.17

3 783

.58

538-=~~ ~g.oo

934

----

652,295

100.00

-.17 865 000

192~

Percent

Ton a

of

Port Total

&,387

1.12

---2,811

--~

47,307

8.32

3--0--~--

.0--5--

143,157

25.16

--- 94,176
--1,181
268,15~

--16.55 --.21
46.85

281

.05

451

.08

630

.11

5 688

1.oo

568,949

100.00

us 644 100

COl!l!lodi ties
Animals & Animal Proda. Vegetable Food Producta Inedible Veg. Producta Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Ll.DD.ber Wood Pul~ & Pspor Pulp Non-Metallic Minerals Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metala, etc. Mao hinery & Vehiclea Chemicals & rertilizer Mtaoellaneoua
TO'I'AL 'I'ONS TO'I'AL VALUE

1926 Percent

-- 1927 Percent

1928 Percent

'l'ons

of

Tons

of

Tons

Of

9,8!3

Por1t .2T6otal---ro,-507-P-o-r-t rT.uota-l---

"10,.357___

F:>rt Total . -1.25--

--- 8,949

--.38

--- 2,900

--.S5

--- 3,002

--.36

69,606

8.90

104,293

12.47

75,682

9.10

---1,197
---

.1----5

--9--1--7

.1----1

----e--o

.0---1-

251,732

32.18

157,813

18.87

191,699

23.06

--- 101,291

--12.95

--- 112,576

-- 13.46

--- 72,919

--8.77

---3,179

--.41

--- 39,252

--4,69

--- 58,283

--7.01

333,954

42.70

393,373

47.04

405,986

48.83

1,749

.22

2,65-&

.32

867

.10

357

.04

213

.02

eo

.01

1,100

.14

3,426

.41

863

.10

5 217

.e7

8 374

1.00

11 620

1.40

782 'i~~ 021 ~goo

836-:: 133 =00

e31,~~ oe/:;oo

1929

Percent

Tons

of

--g-,434-

Port Total 1.17

4,258

.53

64

.01

70,005

8,70

3----1--2

.0----4

210,493

26.16

--- 35,599

--4.42

--- 32,046
429,658

--3.98
53,40

1,975

.24

223

,03

2,801

,35

7 788

,97

804,;~ 903 ~goo

1930

Percent

Tone

of

Port Total

9,578

1.39

3,615

.53

37

.01

61,382

8.97

--3--6--0 .0---5-

150,355

21.97

--- -- 7,610

1.11

--- 23,335

--3.41

397,519

58.09

1,887

.28

175

.02

17,177

2.51

11 331

1.66

684.,359 100.00 !24, 959,900

Tone
8,578 3,908
4:5 54,937
--3--8--9
150,521
--- 5,097
---4,875
~13,650
1,923 199
5,398 10 315

1931 Percent of
Port Tota l.lS
.~
.01 7.23
.0----5
19.81
--.67 --.64
67.61 .25 .03 .71
1.36

759",731

100.00

!14,499,980

--

1932 Percent

Comnoditiea

Tone

of

Port Total

Animals & Animl Proda. 5,725

.82

Vegetable P'ood Products Inedible Veg. Product& Naval Stores

7,738 36
72,337

--1.11
10.36

Textiles

337

.05

Cotton Cottonseed, etc.

-4--5

--.01

Wood &. Paper

112,924

16.17

Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp

4--0-0

--.06

Non-Metallic Minarala Clay, etc

--- 3,594

--.51

Petroleum, etc.

483,46S

69.23

Ores, t:.etals, etc.

1,647

.23

Machinery & Vehicles

188

.03

Chemicals & Fertilizer

1,597

.23

1iiscellaneoue

8 289

1.19

1933

Percent

Tons

ot

Port Total

1,730

.34

--- 3,882

--1.16

40,7---4-----0

8.0----4--

41,332

8.16

--- 4,102

--.81

--- 2,300

--.46

396,396

78.24

192 13

.0-4-

2,:319

.46

11 622

2.29

1934

Percent

Tone

of

Port Total

2,052

,38

--- 6,828

--1.22

36,243 6

--&.69

--- 1,105

--.20

64,246

11.86

--- 1,049

--.19

--- 6,579

--1.21

410,482

75.eo

~2

.09

42

.01

? ,685

1.42

4911

.91

1935

Percent

Tons

ot

Port. Total

3,152

.65

--- 2,820

--.59

33,831
------7

7,0---2---

47,3'76

9.84

--584

--.12

--- 3,757

--.78

374,504

77.75

877

.18

76

.02

4,569

.93

10 117

2.10

'I'OTAL TONS
-- 'I'OTL VALUE ...

- 698,330

100.00

$9 281 700 -

--

506,5$~ 881 ~~00

SOURCE: Annual Reports, Chief ot Engineers, U. S. Army.

541,5:.354 ~~.00
-

481,5~~
-

75/~:ioo
-

DAT~ PREPAm.D: 2-8-39.

WPA Official Project No. 665-34-3-127.

--------------

1936

Percent

Ton a

of

Port Total

2,352

.49

3,851

.77

103

.02

42,324

8,91

----7--8

.0---2-

58,171

11.83

--- 4,888

-1.03

--- 4,160

--.88

343,564

72.35

731

.15

364

.oe

4,296

,90

12 194

2,57

474 :~~ 6681~:ioo

1937

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

888

.43

3,131

1.~

130

.06

36,831

17.61

---~ ---

.0---2-

46,665

22.31

-5-6-7

--.27

--- 5,564

--2.66

108,835

52.03

772

.37

127

.06

3,623

1.73

1 986

.95

209,1~~ 812 ;~~00

108

Tab1o No. 41 -- FERNANDINA, FlA. Conmodi ties in DoiD9atic Waterborne COllliiBrce (Calendar Years 1900 - l9W, inclusive; Comterisons ot Tonnages and Percentages; Tons or
2000 Pounds).

CoiilD.od! ties
Animals & Allimal Frods. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Ootton.seed, etc. Wood & Paper Lwober Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Ken-Metallic Idnerals Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery &. Vehicles Chemical.~ &. Fert111 zer
t.~iacellaneous
TOl'AL TONS TOl'AL VALUE

1920

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

33,'736

35.87

-4-9-3

--,53

5??
------3

.6------1

1,480

1.5?

--- 30,443

-- 32.3?

---5,29'7

--5.63

--- 5,883

--4.13

2?9

.30

? ,'392

?,&;

10 466

11.13

94,049

100,00

6 3 1?9 694

1921

Percent

To lUI

or

Port Total

6,434

17,26

746

2,00

3

.01

5?3
------1

--1.54
----

?,445

19.98

--- -- 4,254

11,41

-1-8-0

--.48

3,512

9,42

2

,01

52

.14

2,'3:12

6,20

11 ?60

31.55

3?,2;i 61111~000

1922

Percent

Ton.o

or

Port Total

6,364

17.40

-6-1-5 -- 1.68

1,319
---1

-3.61
--

12

.03

9,800

26,80

--- -- 4,768

13.04

--- 2,719
4,479

--?.44
12.25

--1-5

,0-4-

4,045

11,06

2 432

5. 55

36, 5~~ 52/r:!oooo

1923

:Percent

To lUI

or

Port Total

21,033

52.39

516

1.28

3

.01

1,455

3.62

-----4- .o----1

7,889

19.65

-- 6--5-?

1.64

--- -- 352

,88

3,696

9,21

136

.34

59

.15

25

.06

4 519

10.?6

00 40 ,1~~ 1;o oo 034

1924

Percent

Ton a

or

Port 'l'otal

19,463

37.15

-7-?-2 --1.4?

1,244

2.3?

---1---3 ,0----3

12,182

23.25

--- -- 4,?89

9.14

--- -- 1,'764

3,3?

--- -- 5,634

10.?5

10

,02

10

,02

6 515

12.43

52,3$i 496l;ooooo

1925

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

27,548

55.44

4-0--5

--,81

1,064

2,H

---2-1--

.0----4

15

,03

--- 3,4??

--?,00

-1-6-6

--.33

13,6---?-----5- 2?,5----2--

3 323

6.69

49,6$~ 320 ;~00

Commodi tie a
Animals &. Animal Prods. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products :Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber li'oad Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic Minerale~ Clay, etc, Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery & Vehicles Chemicals & ll'ertil!zor Miscellaneous
TOl'AL TONS TOTAL VALUE

1926

Percent

Ton a

of

Port Total

13,416

14.?2

-3---?--0

.4----1

----1--2

,0----1

10,045

11,02

--- 4,413

--~.84

--- 42,862
12,393

--47.04
13.60

111

.12

--?-8

--,09

? 42?

8.15

91,1:~ 303 i~oo

192?

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

28,592

41.,?6

-3-6-5

--,53

---2---5---0

,5---7---

13,106

19,H

--- -- 6,936

10.13

5--?-2

--.84

13,645

19,93

--5-4 --,08

65

,10

4 876

?.12

68 ,4:; 4521~000

1928

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

58,385

65,50

-4-3-8

,4--9

509
------4

,5------?

6,572

7,37

--- 6,144

--6.89

4--8-6

--,54

ll,502

12.90

61

,07

68 2

--,08

4 9?2

5,58

s,1:~ ,o/'foooo

1929

Percent

To no

or

Port Total

99,963

78.55

-1-0-0 3------?-5--

..1w----2---

3,t:i00

2.?5

--- 2,988

-2.35

5--?-?

.4-5-

B,463

11.36

50

.04

110

.09

913

.?2

4 178

3.28

00 127 a:~ 9861'{! oo

1930

Perce:at

Tona

ot

Port Total

98,659

82.58

4--4-0

--,36

-2-----6---1

.2------2

1,800

1,51

--- 1,41?

--1,19

3--0-8

--,26

11,1?1

9,35

40

,03

53

.05

2,103

1,76

3 212

2.69

119 ,4~~ 4801~000

1951

Percent

Tollll

ot

Port Total

'14,.886

?2,19

--4--------?-----2

,4-----6-----

1,300

1,25

--- 1,165

--1.12

6--4-8

--.6?

13,223

12,75

25

,03

23

.02

8,064

7,??

3 952

3.79

103, 7i~ 0081~;00

CoiD!Iloditiea
Animals & Animal Prods. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Na"Val Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, etc, Wood & Paper LumbOr Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non..Metall1o Mineral Clay, etc. P.otroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery.&. Vehicles Chemicals & Fertilizer MiscellaneOus

1932

Percent

Tans

or

Port Total

62,533

65,99

-----2-----8-----0

,2------9----

5,400

5.70

--- -- 938

.99

--- -- 548

,58

--- ---- --- 15,116

15.95

? ,9?2

8,41

1 969

2.08

1933

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

22,559

68,92

----------5-----0

.1---------5

----1--0 .0--3--

1--6-6

--,51

--- ---- --- 4,869

14,89

3,600

11,01

1 459

4.49

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

q4,756 100,00 $1 636 500

32,703

100.00

$483 133

SOURCE: Annual Reports, Chiet ot EngineerB, U. s, Army.

DATE FREPARED: 2-3-1939.

1/PA O!ric1a1 Project No, 665-34-3-12?.

1934

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

53,?50

80.69

141

.21

-------1-----?

,p--------3

14

,02

4--2-5

--,64

1--5-1

--,23

5,?04 10

--8,56

84

.13

~.5~'1

6,83

1771

2.66

M,614

100,00

SB52 054

1935

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

38,022

?6.44

123

.25

------------1-------1--

.0--------------2

--- -- BOO

1.61

--- -- 8,330

16.?4

--- -- 165

.33

2 293

4.61

49 ' 7~26 9i~' 00

1936

Percent

To!UI

or

Port Total

49,?19

86,49

------------9----4--

,1-----------6-

--188

--.33

--?-6

-,13

&,090

10.59

14

.03

--?-7 --.13

1 229

2 14

57 ~~90 3!~ .oo

193?

Percent

Tono

or

Port Total

4?,009

?'4.?6

2---------9-----6

-----"----

1,900

2,gg

--- 1,097 ---2

1.'7---.---5

?,132

11,2.11

-4-0-

--.06

1,500

2,36

' 0?3

6.41

31 63,~:

;oo.oo

26

10

TAble No. 42 -- JACKSONVILLE, ll'l.A.. Collllll.od.itiee in Domestic Waterborne Conmerce (Calendar Years 19.00 - 19S7, inclusive; Compar1sc:na ot Tonnages and Percentages; Tona ot 2000 Pounde.

CCI!IIllodi tiea
Animals & Animal Proda. Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Storea Tertilee Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pu.lp Non-li!ete.llic i1:inerala Cley, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc:. Machinery & Vell.iclea Chemica.J..s & Fertilizer 1l1Bc:ellaneous

1900

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

31,20'1

1,99

:38,040

2.42

2,049

.12

137,001

8.75

685

.64

1,455 13

--,09

5,170

,33

--- -- 769,S6'7

49.12

67,261

4.30

8,234

.5~

402,'725

25.71

17,459

1.12

2,381

,15

12,986

,83

70 518

4,50

1921

Percent

Tons

or

Fort Total

36,580

2.78

49,985

5.79

2,9'7?

.23

154,031

10.16

589

.05

586 78

--.02

46,284

3.51

-- 453,555 55,064

--34,39 4.93

5,424

.41

401,441

30.44

37,Z3-l

2.83

2,966

.23

12,178

.92

70 086

5.31

1922

Percent

Tons

or

Port Total

35,921

1,97

63,998

5.?1

4,599

,27

158,655

9.19

506

,03

1,164 22

--,07

2'!9,945

16.22

--- 381,256 50,944

--22.08 2.9~

8,65'7

.50

477,694

27.67

~2,216

1.87

5,515

,32

115,817

,92

211 011

12.23

1923

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

3.2,454

1.40

62,416

2.69

2,659

.12

lZl6,398

5,87

474

,02

1,041 225

--,05

.009,792

9,03

--- 804,5&4 92.008

--M,M 3,9?

19,8:33

8.85

600,856

26.73

38,743

1,67

6,9M

.30

21,668

,93

272 ~96

11,73

1924

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

36,014

1.66

95,?'43 4,300

4.41
.oo

101,554

4.67

701

.03

627 51

--.03

9,?'07

.45

--- '73&.292

--~~.62

71,910

3.32

18,533

.ae

682,!!08

31.43

97,4?4

4.50

11,295

,52

6,952

.32

299 301

1~.?6

1925

Percent

Tons

or

Po:rt 'l'otal

35,'i'96 111, '137

1.45 4.55

5,19'7 99,421

.21 4.03

1,684 123

--,07

267

,01

22,'114

,92

--- 693,006
105,591

-2!3.09 4,32

16,599

,67

800,745

35.75

122,347

4.96

24,283

,98

6~,750

2.56

281 987

11.45

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VAIJJE

1,566,;!~ 57/~;00 1,318,:~; 339 ~~00 1,?35t~~g OM ;~00 2,~22.~: 864 ~~00 2,172ii:: 546 !~00

36 2,4eet:~ 5471;v oo

Commodities
Animals &. Animal Prods. Vegetable Food ProdUcts Inedible Veg.Froducte Navel Stores Text ilea Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic L;inerale Clay. etc.. Petroleum, ete. Ores, t:ete.ls, etc. Machinery &. Vellicles Chemicals &. P'ertUtz.er ll:lscellaneoue

1926

Percent

Tona

ot

Port Total

146,50:5-

5.95

93,311

3,77

&,212

.25

105,86'7

4.28

--- 1,405 243

,0----6

16,010

.65

--- -- 715,626

.28.95

160,500

6.49

9,371

,38

783,033

31,68

119,393

4.83

19,154

,?a

49,451

2.00

245 8?9

9.95

1927

Percent

T<>ns

of

Port Total

3-90,654

13.46

124,908

4.31

1'9,007

.65

121,929

4.00

1,584 6

--.04

640

,02

16,992

.59

--- 670,658 78,218

--23.12 2.70

12,24?

.42

1,088,599

3?.52

60,19~

2.Q7

12,527

.43

8?,494

~.02

216 102

7.45

1928

Percent

Tons

or

Port Tots.!

312,124

12.37

102,'981

4.08

11,991

.48

50,34.2

1,99

-7-5-1

.0-3-

768

,03

50,596

2.01

--- 67'7 ,lOS
150,367

--26.84 5.96

12,394

,49

91'7 ,169

36.35

44,729

1.7?

12,059

.48

34,868

1.38

144 816

5,74.

1929

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

277,938

10.45

105,573

3.96

12,947

.49

83,278

3.12

1,591

.05

221

.01

1,650

.06

14,926

.52

--- eoe ,5ao
160,888

--22,80 6,03

31,047

1.16

1,079,805

40.47

67,041

2.51

24,228

,92

59,101

2.21

139 980

5,25

1930

Percent

Tone

of

Port Total

346,789

12.25

140,754

4..99

5,172

.11

90,940

3.22

1,773
-7-6

---.05

14,048

.50

--- -- 663,905

23.53

125,870

4.46

33,40Q

1.18

1,102,245

39.06

40,347

1.43

26,404

.94

101,680

3,50

131 731

4.67

1931

Percent

TotlS

ot

Port Total

130,326

8,03

179,240

11,03

7,554

,46

53.265

3.28

1,029'

.06

243

.o1

1,6-68

.10

14,774

.91

--- 14:3,'724

--8,85

1~,'766

7.93

1'7,049

1,05

715,384:

M,05

2:3,593

1,45

12,702

,78

61,056

3,76

131. 336

8,27

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

2,471$~;!

1~ioo
148

2 ,90l$~~g SM1gg;,oo

2 , 523i~:! 05/~9oo

2,668&i~~ 0311~900

2,822ai!~ 6911~400

1, e2 _~:

1~ioo
120

Commodities
Anime.la & Animal Prada. Vegetable Food .Products Inedible Veg. Products Nave-l Storea Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, ete. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood .Pulp &. Paper Pulp Non-Metallic Minere.le Clay, ete. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. 1.:achinery &. Vehicles Chemicals & Fertilizer M1ece1laneoua

1932

Percent

Tone

of

Port Total

87,6!36

5.58

245,444

15.97

7,1518

.46

83,557

5.13

2,029

.12

3--9-3

--.02

16,500

1.02

141,!385

8.68

220

.01

76,854

4.72

21,029

1.29

720,200 14,418

44.18
.as

10,750 62,731

,56
z.e:;

139 150

8.53

1933

PEJrcent

Tons

or

Port Total

51,2!39

2.21

515,625

26.51

8,745

.38

82,904

3.5?

1,862
--2-5

.o---8-

41,6:5-l

1.79

--- 103,018

--4.44

129,912

5.60

14,860

.54

9'78,959

42.17

25,911

1.12

20,171

,87

77,310

3,33

169 24~

~.29

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

1,629:;~ 4?5 ~~00 2,321,:~i 116 !~00

1934

1935

1936

1937

Percent

Percent

Per est

Percent

Tons

of

Toea

ot

To""

ot

TODB

ot

Port Total

Port Total

Port Total

Port Total

66,379

2,55

88,041

3.42

~8,021

8,03

244,609

8.41

'702,138

26-9'9

e29,Q3a

24.4~

5'70,8~

19.25

595,221

lP.46

15,686

.60

17,545

.68

18,570

,63

14,692

.51

?9,60S

3,06

87,83-7

3.41

79,:513

2.67

?5,320

2.59

4,813

,19

-7-5-8

--,05

5,~7
-1-0-8

.2----2

4,588 164. 401

.15 ,01 .01

8,517 40t 146

.29 .01 ,01

53,342

1.28

31,916

1.24

37,03&

1,25

26,532

.92

167,419 495
55,522

6,45 ,02
2.13

169,?69 1,202
49,89&

6.59 ,05
1.94

23-6,861 56
')8,9~

--7,99
2,32

225,083 Z,71f>
61,4.71

?.74 .13
2.08

10,352

.40

7,002

.27

7,328

.25

4,6ll0

,15

1,146,756 42,3e5

4.4.08 1.63

1,154:,&09 48,945

44.61 1.67

1,364,426 4-9,&88

46,00 1,3>2,4EB

1.57

-':o,oes

44.?6 1.:!8

45,256

1.?'4

llll,7ll

2.011

61,198

2,06

4.9,1?0

1.69

80,092 1M 560

3,08 5,79

75,689 159 478

2.94

77,748

e.ro

1110 sea

2,62 5,09

8Q,4.64 168 286

3.08 5.78

i :1 z,eo1 04/g~oo 2,M5ti!~ 894 ~,00 2,965.~: 555 !~00 z,o9~~~ 496 !:oo

S<JURCS: A.Jmusl Reporta, Chief ot Eng1n$el'S, ,Uf S .l""l'

DATE PREPARE.!J: 2-21-19~9.

WPA OtrtclaJ. J>rojoct No. 565-34-3-127.

110

Table no. 43 -- w.wr, FLA. Co:auooditii'Js in Domestic Wate~rboma Comneroe (Calend(\r Years 1920 19::i7, inolusi-v&J Compari~ons of Tonnages a.nd Percentages; Tons of 2000
Pounds).

ColWitlditiea
Anima.J.s & .Aniiiii.L Prods. Vegetable Food Produots Inedible Vag. Products Naval Stol"eS Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, otc Wood &: Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic Minera.l.s Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc Ores, Motals 1 eta. V.aohill.ctry 0: Vehicles Chemicals &: Fertilizer Miscellaneous

<920

Percent

Tons

of

Port Totol

'8,4'"17'

2,9""2

--223

--,08

--3-0--0

.1---0

10,373

3,60

---5,562
--- 172,608 56,715

--1.93 --59.85
19,68

3,007

1.04

272

,09

241

.08

26,877

10,01

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

288,386

100.00

$8,422,412

L92L

Poroent

Tons

of

Pori Total

6

.u

----- 14,104

----5.22

--9--0
3,517

---,03
1.:so

---4,106

--1,52

--- 170,615

-- 63.14

38,891

14.39

666

,21

-2-9-4 .-n-

37,738

13.97

270,196

100,00

$6 486,462

19<<

Poroeo.t

Tons

of

Port Total

4 14,306

9:~:

246

.16

20 l

-.ol

154

,10

83

,06

2,231

1.49

--- 3,066
-- 59,815
41,860

-2,05
-39.97
27,97

2,457

1.64

1,326

.89

167

.u

23,685

15.83

149,641

100.00

$7,483,135

Tons

1920 Percont of
Port Totol

19,~~! 3:~;

--105 --232
llO 7,496
--244
550,479 33
18,425 6,692 3,096 1,061
32,273

--.02
-,04
,02
1.16
-,04
86,12 ,01
2,88 ,89 .48 .17
5.05

639,236

100,00

t15 ,984,858

L"<4 Percent

'""5 PI'Jrcent

Tons

of

Tona

ot:

Port Totol

Port Total

39,~~~ 4:~~ l~~:~~i ::g~

1---5--4 ---1.026
7,023

--.01
.--u-
;73

627
268
--821
746
37 ,an

,02 ,01
-,04
,03 1,68

---4,670 --- 560,297
199,666

-.49
--58.~9
20.81

--- 80,411
--- 1,284,968 441,056

-3.56 --56.93
19,54

41,216 3,852 265

4.30
.40 ,03

44,992 20,388
4,578

1.99 ,90
.zo

101 526

10,58

184,765

8.19

959,565

100.00

$32,747,805

2,257,178

1oo.oo

t82,594,ll9

Collllllodities
An1mals & An1mal Prods, Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, eto. Wood &: Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic Minerals Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Ores, Metals, etc. Machinery &: Vehicles Chemiculs &: Fertiliz:er :Mhoollaneous

1926

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

1,324

.o8

34,309

2,01

5--2-4

.0--3

-3-4-3

--,02

266

,01

23,366

1.37

--- 215,581
--- 916,351
264,760

-- 12,62 --53.84
15.50

60,492

3.54

14,465

.85

4,212

.25

172,247

10.08

1927

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

1,576

,13

49,373

4.05

--1,605
--3-4

.1----3--

7l

.01

21,929

1,80

--3,396
--- 596,233
435,146

-.28
--48,92
35.70

25,993

2.13

7,709

.63

2,099

.17

73 794

6,05

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

1,708,240

100,00

$61,987 385

1,218,956 100.00 ~38 ,Oll 896

1928

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

<,436

.36

38 '778

5.79

-4-7-0

--,07

--5-8--4

.0----9

6,030

.90

--- 1,953

.2--9

--- 335,69b
232,577

--50.16
34.76

9,605

1.47

14,623

2.19

4,197

.63

22,012

3,29

669,160 100,00 $19,828 081

_1929

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

1,104

.17

37,300

s.o1

-8-3-6

--.14

--7-5--1-

.--l--l

5,127

1.11

--- 2,450

--.48

--- 401,717
256,236

-49.43
32.43

9,720

1,81

6,774

1.34

4,113

.92

86 565

9,05

812,602

100,00

$37 437,130

_<930

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

981

o1<

54,8--9----2 ----8--0

7.1-------8-

6,671

1.11

-- 1,553
-- 337,414
327,209

-.62 --42.55
41,8o

5,670

,97

6,657

,83

3,362

.41

34 461

4.41

780,950

100.00

$29 224,957

- _1_931

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

6,659

.sa

93,329

12.30

2,661

.35

53

.01

577 18

--,07

127

.02

7,606

1.00

786

.10

62

.o1

--- 238,846
312,557

--31.45
41.19

9,112

1.20

28,639

3.77

7,894

1.04

50 185

6.61

768,911

100,00

$34 966,030

CoiillllOdities
AnliDil1s & Ann>a1 Prods, Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, eto. Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp &: Paper Pulp Non-Metallic :Minerals Clay, eto. PetroleU.!D., eto. Ores 1 Metals 1 otc. Machinery & Vehicles Chemicals &: Fertiliter Miscellaneous

93<

Percen1;

Ton a

of

Port Total

3,518

.55

99,191

15.45

1,095 26

-.17

--6--6--0

--.ol
-

10,121

1.58

---2,028

--.32

--- 46,635

--7.27

392,653

61.18

7,670

1.20

23,496

3.66

8g453

1.32

45,268

7.29

'"3

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

5,002

.73

92,276

13.41

--- 1,069

--,16

--6--6--3 .0---9-

9,645

1.40

--- 2,068

--.so

--- -- 93,275

13.56

384,196

55,84

8,475

1.23

15,049

2.19

10,665

1.55

65,636

9,54

TOTAL TONS

641,814 100,00

688,028

100.00

TOTAL VALUE

$25,326.891

$29,174,689

s. SOURCE: Annual Reports 1 Chief' of Engin~.Jors, U. Arury.

DATE PREPARED: 2-8-39

1'il'A Official Project l!o, 665-34-~-127

L~34

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

3,981

.46

121,745

14.12

---1,593

.1--9

--90--0

--.ll
--

15,618

1.81

462

,05

76

,01

-- 175,946
412,267

--20.52
47.62

15,469

1.79

16,934

1.96

11,031

1.28

85,189

9,88

862,211

1oo.oo

$38 166,914

L"31:l

Percent

Tone

of

Port Total

o,729

.~8

134,716

}3.67

2,192 28

--.22

1,2--2---0

.1---2

11,890

1.21

--- 1,890

-,19

-- 261,943

--26,57

440,602

44.71

18,284

1.86

17,023

1.73

- 11,441

1.16

80 762

8,19

986,720

1oo.oo

$41,397.674

L'36

Percent

ToDB

of

Port Total

l3~:~i~

.66 14,65

2,677 59

--,28

1,368

.15

---560

-,06

12,699

1.35

---:5,291

--.35

--- 88,246
545,333

-9.37
57,88

21;823

2.32

17,188

1.82

12,255

1.30

92 407

9.61

93

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

5,835 130,584

.55
u.ao

2,123 63

--,19

1,474

.13

600

,05

291

,03

16,583

1.41

---1,622

--,15

-- 240,243

--21.71

551,049

49.80

32,762

2,96

24,408

2.21

13,151

1.19

86,760

7.8,

942,216

100,00

$51,050,216

1,106,548

100,00

$63,880,531

111

Table llo. 44 -- TAI!PA, FIJ., COliiJU)ditiea in Domestic V/aterborne Coanerce (Calen.d&r Years 1920 - 1937, 1nolua1TeJ Comparison of fann&gea and Percentages J 'l'~a ot 2000 Pounda )

, o

Percent

Co111110dit1e1

Tone

of

Port !otal

jDuaU & ......~ 1'1'0<1UOtO

6 672 0

Vegetable Food Products 31 ,'-51

o68 2.12

Inedible Veg. Products Nanl Stone Textiles Cotton Cottonaeed, eto.

670 6

-.o8

--- - 257

.os

120

.ol

Wood & Paper Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-Metallic ~erals Clay, etc. PetroleUil ores, )!etala, eto. l!achinery &: Vehicles Chec..ioal1 & Fertilizer
Miacellaneoua

1,551
-- 19,197 --32,232
176,.S7 2,6111 128
101,696
49 au

ol&
-1.92
--3.18
17.'" .26
.ol 69oS.
4.92

TOTAL TOllS TOTAL VALUE

1,012,::.~~9~

,....

Ton

Peroent ot
Port Total

18,057 l&,la.
1,710
~
--611
.V8 2,610
-- 81,681
-44,.09
269,162 3,842 188
Ul,004
"147

1.92 &.18
.2& o01
--.01
o01 .1e
a
--8.62
38.07 .66
ae.o0n2
e.sa



Tone

=ot~

Port Totol

87,859 200,087

1::~

1,069

09

978

.05

--110

--,01

1,491

.12

51,211

6.05

-lSI
--68,822

---.o1
,,ee

274,119

22.61

7,626

6ol2

181

,02

636,271 16 511

44ol6 2 98

~nrcen

TOlUI

ot

Port Total

106,308 e.2

78,209 71

3,918 69
- 89
26
- - 19,229

.2.
.01
.a.
2.17

- -- 11,678 1.91 -- -- 1.0,8" 8.61
826,218 9.&7

l3,'S2

.81

28

o02

121,609 l9 .ft!

91 2U &.a.

880,;~a019 ~~oo 1,212,:~1269 86~00.00 l,864,S::a ~-:~

UIU

eroen,.

Tone

of

Port Total

11,357 86,180

'.'ca.

3,976

.2&

7S.
-"

--.o6

981

o06

31,092
--39,629
-- U9,U3
601,.V7

1.93
-2ril
--9,26
31.10

17,001

1.05

279

.o2

618,676

38.86

lU 120

7.01

9

percent

rona

ot

Port Totol

88,212

1.67

17,6110 1.86

,,057

.18

6,050

.26

-1,323

-.06

1,681

.01

29,028 1.27

-59,204
-- 381,9U
882,6S.

2o.6--9
-16,69
37,70

S.,386

1.60

9,616

d2

728,110 81.82

94 206 12

~~~~ 1,811,611

lOOoOO

i68 698 814

2,287::!

ColiiQOdities
.,,_10 & .,,... ~.
Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Products Nan.l Storea Tutilos Cotton Cottonseed, etc. V(ood & Paper L\lalber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non...~eta.llio Jlinerale Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc. Orea, Metala, etc llaohinory & Voh!.o1u Chemicale & Fertiliser Miscellaneous

-~Percont

Tono

ot

Port Totol

i~::;:

o19 .so

6,894

,31

1,315

.06

-- -- 1,812

.oe

l,'ST

.07

60,902

2.29

96,212
--- 606,2U
M8 1 268 42,8S.

-27
-22.69
u.62 1.92

28,116 1.18

6112,014 28.!8

279 !64 l2.S.

~-, Porcent

Ton

ot

::: Port Total
1~=:~:

a,o.a

,la

973

.a.

-4,7~

-.21

676

,08

9,869
-92,!88
-- 212,614
843,976

2
- 03 -11.92
38.90

10,806

1.16

6,290

.23

76l,os. !3.27

87 866

2.96

~Poroent

Tons

ot

Port rotal

~~:~:~

~:::

--2,783

.-u-

---1,189
13,79!

--,06
.a.

93,321
--- lU,469
836,941

--4.10
-&.14
18,61

20,198

.91

4,012

,19

889,,92

41.03

79 17!

3,86

TOTAL TOllS
- - TOTAL VALUE -

2,227,059 1oo.oo tl08 872 319

2,287,180 100.00 t79 036,741

2..167,766

100.00

t76 137 430

~P e r c e n t

rona

ot

Port Total

;;:~=~ ~==~

3,910

olT

- -5---8---6

,02
---

105,918 4.61

--1,767 -- 131,490
876,250

o01
--6.68
87.29

27,297 1.16

2,696

.11

989,900 Uol2

61 260 2.81

....,_

Tone

Porcent ot
Port Total

:::~ !:6~

4,426 411
-11,644 411 23,128 86,666
--- ll3,M8
1,126,429
21,738 1,182

.18 ,02
-.u
,02
.94 3,68
-4oM
-.a.H ,89
,06

862,026 67 881

36.18
z.ao

....._

Percent

Tons

ot

Port Total
1~~::~: 6,81

1,987

,20

690

.oa

-- - 228

oOl

u --

---- ---- 88,105

1.2

-- -- 122,109

6,H

882,800 44.20

19,962 1.00

1,149

,06

700,227 16e06

60 029

2,60

2,360,067 lOOoOO t72 008 110

2,449,978 1oo.oo $100 NO 736

1,99'7,4.19 100.00 teo 8K 222

Commodities
AD>.ma.la & Anld.l prcaa Vegetable Food Producte Inedible Veg. Produota Naval stores Terti lee cotton Cottonaeed, etc. Wood & Paper LUlllber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-ll"etallio )(iv;erale Clay, etc. Petrole\111., eto. Ores, Metal, .to. llaohiner,y & Vehicle Chemice.h &: Fertiliser M1eoellaneoua

!93~

Percent

Tons

ot

Port Total

10,107



172,8S. 10.16

1,329

,08

227

,01

- -1-1-4

.02

260

oOl

10,889 U,326
68

1.4-"3-

71,070

4.17

1M,798

9,67

682,023 40.04

8,301

,49

1,926

.11

u616,591 30.27

457

2,02

!!S

'!'one

Peroent ot

Port Total

2:!:~~; 1~:~

--- 1,282 -617
13 l4,1S.
-21,394
-- 44,081
814,702 10,193

-.o6
---.03
.88
-1.08 -2oll
41.98
.eo

4-,688 734,633
66 269

,22 36,26
I.J.a

!:!4

Peroen

tone

ot

Port Total

2:::~~

1o4ti 11.10

2,628 11
----1,111

-.12
--,05
-

U,638

1,92

1,061
----80,618

-,06
-2.76

982,218

44 ...

12,&32

.57

4,831

,22

722,614

12,70

68 037

2.63

!S~

rn~

Ton a

Percent
ot

Tone

Poro""t ot

Port Total

Port Total

49,170 261,009
2,on 206

1~:~ ,09 ,01

~~::~ 2,628 262

u:{~
.11 ,01

1,381
--lOS
o&0,264 1,016 1,641
-70,910
988,368

----,06
1,79 ,06 ,01
--Sol&
43,03

1.601
--292
44,679
1,01' 2,829
--83,,29
1,048,204

.oe
--,01
l.S&
.a.
.12
--l .a
43,17

21,,90

.96

.,106

.18

760,659 81.36

11,176 6,l'S
M2,510

1,29 ,28
M,87

58,738 2,61

nl()()l.

2.91___

---mr-

Tone

Peroen,; ot
Port Total

2;::~ 1~:;~

1,831

.15

153

.01

1,629 80

-.oe

221

o01

U,6ll

o96

27,067 2,298
-- 137,988
1,096,711 39,216 2,186
844,323 80 668

lo06 o09
--6oS.
2.as 1.62
.oe
32,66
loll

TOTAL TOllS TOTAL VALUE

l,T03,MS 1oo,oo tl8 815,380

2,083,866 100,00 '"878,130

SOURCEt Annual Reports, Chief of En~_;ineera, U. S. Anfr DATE PREPAl!Eilt 2-16-39. WPA Ottioial Project llo. 866-U.I-127,

2,209,968

100.00

t.S,631,104

2,2&1,022 100.00 ts. 891 864

1,418,196 100,00 t62 S.9 841

2,586 ,&36 100.00 _i14,552 018

111
-

Table No. 44 .... fA1'J'A, FLA. CoDJJOOdities in Domestio ilatorborne Collilleroe (Calendar Years 1920 - 1937, inclusive; Compe.rloons of TQIUl&ges &Dd Percentages; Tones o 2000 Pounds )

920

Percent

Cot~UWditiee

Tons

of

Port i'ota.l

:':"1mals & Jnlma! Proouota 5,672 Vegetable Food Products 31,457

.56 2.12

Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, oto.

570 5

--.06

---257

-,03

120

.01

Wood &: Paper Lumbor Wood Pulp & Paper PUlp Non..J.!etallio l!ineralB Cla.y, eta, Petrole\Uil
Ores, ll,eta.ls, eto. 1la.chinecy &: Vehicle:; Chen.icals & Fertiliz:er :Miscollaneous

1,551
--- 19,397 -- 32,232
176,487 2,631 128
701,696 49 824

.15
-1.92 --3.18
17.44 .26 .ol
69,34
4.92

TOTJ\L TONS TOTJ\L VALUE

1,012,~!~ 43~~9~

92

Tons

~roen"
of Port Total

13,057 35,104 1,730
463

1.92 5,16
,25
,07

--63
478 2,610
--- 31,531
--44,409
259,152 3,842 133

--.ol
,01
.sa
-,,63
-6.52
38.07 ,56 ,02

241,004 47 147

35,41 6,93

1922

lo'eroon"

Tons

of

Port Total

37,859

3,12

200,037

16,50

1,069

09

976

.os

--llO

--,ol

1,491

.12

61,213

5.05

--133

--.o1

--56,822

--4.se

274,119

22.61

7,525

6.52

183

.02

535,271

44.15

:55 515

2,93

"9~ .t'ercen,;

Tona:

of

Port Total

106,308 6.42

78,209 4.73

3,918 59

-.24

-- 89

,ol

25

648

.04

39,229 2.37

- -- 31,576 1.91
--- -- U0,87* 8.51
825,218 49,87

13,452

.e1

28~

,02

321,509 19.43

93 234 5.64

680!~!3019 ~~oo

l,21]_i~\69 86~00,00 1,654,6::6 ~~~6

1924

Peroen't

Toms

of

Port Total

7l ,357

,,43

65,180

4.04

3,976

.25

734
--7'

--,05

985

,06

31,092

1.93

--39,529 -- 149,133
501,4.77

2.45
-~
--9.25
31.10

17,003

1.05

279

o02

618,576

38.36

113 120

7.01

1925

}'or cent

Tons

of

Port Total

38,212 1.67

37,630 1.65

4,057

.18

--6,050
1,:523 1,663

.26
--.06
.07

29.023

1.27

- 59,204
--- 38l,9H
862,584

2.5-9-
--16,69
~7.70

34,386 1.50

9,536

.42

728,110 31,82

94 205

4.12

1,61Zi~!5598 e~': ,oo 2,287~143~~;~

CoJJUOdities
J\nJ.WLls & An1""l Prodo Vegetable Food Products Inedible Veg. Produots Na:val Stores Terlilos Cotton Cottonseed, oto. Yfood & Paper Lumber Ylood Pulp ;, Paper Pulp Non-1~eta.llio Minerals Clay, oto. PetroleUlJI., etc. Ores, Metals, etc. I!Mhinory & Vohioloa Chemics.ls & Ferlili::er
Mi~:>collaneou.s

'""6 Percenv

Tons

ot

Port 'l'ottt.l

17,653

.7.

17,676

.eo

6,894

,31

1,315

.06

-- -- 1,832

.oe

1,457

.07

50,902

2.29

--- -- 95,212 4.27
-- - 505,234 22.69
548,256 24.62

42,884 1.92

26,316 1.18

632,074 28.38

279 354 12.54

'""'' Poroonv

Tons

of

Port Total

u5,765

5,0o

78,870

3.45

3,045

.13

973

,04

-4,741

-,21

575

,03

9,669

,42

-- 92,368
-- 272,574
84S,i75

-4,03
-11,92
36,90

30,806

1.35

5,290

.23

761,064 33,27

67 655

2,96

1928

...Tons ,..,
74,597
---2,783

Poroenv of
Port 1'otal
"3',"4"4
.-u-

----1,189

,0---6

13,793

.64

-- 93,321

--4.30

-- 1~,459

--5,H

836,941

38,61

20,198

.93

4,012

.19

889,492

41.03

79,173

3.65

TOTilL TOllS

I

-- - TOTAL VALUE

2,227,059 100,00 $103,872,339

2,267,360 100,00 U9 036,741

2 . 1 6 7 . 755

lOOoOO

$75,337,430

1n9

ercom

Tons

of

Po:rt Total

69,3<0 s

77.784 3,31

3,910

.17

--- --5--8---5

,02
--

105,918 4.51

-- - 1,757

.01

--- - 133,490 5.68
876,250 37,29

27,297 1.16

2,596

.11

989,900 42.12

61 250 2.61

1930

Percent

Ton.s

of

Port Total

~ ,ll

~. 8

98,138

4o0l

4,426

.18

411

,02

-11,544

-.47

411

,02

23,128

.94

--- 86,556
-- 113,648
1,125,429

-3.53 -4.64
45o94

21,138

.89

1,132

.05

862,025

35.18

57 681

2.35

93~

Percent:

Tons

of

Port Total

!V 09l5 136,499

.o6 6,83

3,987

,20

690

,03

---- --223

.o1

34

--- ---- 68,>105

3.42

---

-- -- 122,709

6,H

882,800 44.20

19,952 1,149

1.00
.oo

700,227 35.06

50 029

2.50

2,350,057 100,00 $12 006,130

2,9,978

100.00

il00,640 7Z5

1,997,n9 100,00 $50 834,222

Commodi tie.s
=:una Vegetabl&e "F"o"o"d""P'ro"'duocatos:.
Inedible Veg. Products Naval Stores Textiles Cotton Cottonseed, otc. \'{ood &: Pa.per Lumber Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-l.~etallio Millere.la Clay, Gtc. Potroloum, etc .. Ores, llotala, ate. Machinery & Vthioha Chemicals & Fertili.cor Miaoellanoo\18

I932

Perc on-e:

Tons

of

Port Totlll

1*~:~~

,89 10,16

1,329

.oe

227

.ol

- -3-7-4

.02

250

.01

10,839

.64

24,326 58

--1.43

71,070 4.17

164,798

9.67

682,023 40.04

8,307

.49

1,925

.u

515,591 30.27

34 457

2,02

I933

Pero~m;

Tons

of

Port Total

2::o~~ 1~:~~

--- 1,282

--,06

-617 33

--,03
-

14,154

,68

--21,394

-1.03

--- -- 44,031

2.11

874,702 41,98

10,393

.50

4,688

,22

734,533 65 269

36.25 3.13

I\l34

.t'eroen

Tons

or

Port Total

2~~:~~~ 1~:i~

2,628 7l

-.12

1,1--1---1-

.0--5--

42,638

1.92

1,061
----60,678

-.05
-2.75

962,218

44.44

12,532

.57

4,831 722,614

.22 32,70

58 037

2,63

TOTAL TOllS TOTAL VALUE

1,703,545 100,00 $33,615,360

2,083,666 100.00 $44,673,li50

SOURCE: Annual Reports, Chie of En~.;ineers, u. s, AnJ:J
DATE PREPARED: 2-15-39,
WPA Oft:ioial Projoot No. 665-<54-3-127,

2,209,966

100.00

$48,531,304

I935

I\l36

Tons

Peroen of
Porv 'l'ota.l

Tona

Pero.eD.t of
Port 'l'ot&l

2:;:~~~ 1~:~~

2~:;~~ u:{~

2,on

.09

206

,01

-- ---- 1,366

,06

103

40,254 1.79

2,62i5

.11

262

.o1

1,607

.06

--292

--,01

44,579

1,85

1,016 1,543
---70,930
968,356 21,490 4,106 750,659 58,738

.06 ,07
--3.15
43,03 .95 .18
33.35 2,61

1,014 2,829
--- 83,429
1,04$,204 31,175 6,145 842,510 71,00\t

.04 .12
--3.46
~.17
1.29 .26
34.87 2.94___

2,251,022 100.00 $54,893,854

Z,416,396 1oo.oo $62 i549 841

-mr-

Tons
2~~:;~;

Percent of
Port Tot&l
1~:;~

3,831 353
1,629 80 223
24,611 27,057
2,298
-- 137,988
1,095,771 39,215 2,186
844,323 80,653

,15 .o1
--.06
.ol .95 1.06 .09
--5,34
42,38 1.52 .oe 32.66 3.11

2,585,536 1oo.oo
$74,552 018

115

1,'-f'~,,-o-L-E--,-,tJ-o-. 47 --(CoNTINUED FROM PAGEl14). LIST oF CoMMODITIES INCLUDED IN HEADINGs oN TABLES Nos 36 46: / NCLUS IVE .

I
I COTTO!:!

LuMBER (Co NT 1NUED)

E.E:TROLEUM & ITS ProDUCTS

COTTON, EGYPTIAN COTTON, LINTERS

CrosSTIES
DOORS, SASH & BLINDS

COTTON' RAW
I COTTON' SEA ISLAND

HA:\DWOOD BOARDS LATHS

COTTON SWEEP 11-JGS
I COTTOIJ' UPLAND CoTTmJ WASTE

Lu:i8EP LUMBER, CREOSOTED Lu:mER ProDucTs

SHINGLES

COTTONSEED, ETC.

SWITCH TIES

1/EiJEER

COTTONSEED

COTTONSEED CAKE

'il_o_o'?f PuLP & PAPER PuLP

COTTONSCED HULLS

COTTONSEED t.JEAL

PuLP BOArD

ConorISEED 01 L

VJr;oo PuLP

COTTONSEED OIL CAKE

tlpN-t1ETALLIC [,1!NEFALS

WooD & P:,PER

/1SBESTOS

BMriEJOO POLES

ASi'ESTOS S:!JNGLES

BASKET BOTTOMS

ASPI-If,L T

BooKs

ASPHALT 0LOCK~3

BoTTLE Ct,Rr! 1ERS

ASPHALT SHINGLES

Box SHooKs

BoTTLEs

CARPETS (PAPER)

BRICK

CARTONS CEDAR BoLTs

BricK, FirE Du~.JI<ER FuEL

Co1cK

CEliE NT

CRATES & CoxEs

Cwuc

C.-:oss ARI,Js

CHARCOAL

EMPTY BARRELs, CAsKs & HoGSHEADs CHI tJA\']f,RE

EIWTY GASKETS & HM.IPEF.S EtIPTY C IGM< BoxEs

C I !J[:Ef:S Cuv FuR~JACES

EXCELSIOR

CoAL, ANTHRACITE

FIBRE BoARDS

CoAL, BrTu~rwous

FIBRE CASES

CoAL, BUNKER

FOREST PRODUCTS

CoKe

FURNITURE

CoNCrETE PiLES

GuM BLocKs

Cr,ocKERY

HARDV/OOD BLOCKS

EM~THENWARE

LABELS
LOGS (PINE & HARDWOOD)

GL\SS GL.ASS' PLATE

MAGAZINES MANUFACTUI~ED \')OOD PRODUCTS

GL.\SSVIAPE Gr:MJ 1TE

Pt,PER

Gr.APH 1 TE

PAPER FRUIT WRAPPERS

Gr..wEL

PAPER, NEWSPRINT

GYPSUM

PAPER, RooFING

/i~SULt,TING f~ATEPIAL

PAPER, VlrAPP 1NG

JETTY STONE

PENCIL SU\TS

L !11E

PiLING

LiME, AGRICULTURE

PiLING, CREOSOTED

L ff,~ESTOI'lE

PLYV/OOD

1.1,\:CGLE

POLES

[11 C/\

POSTS PR!~JTED MATTEr

NAPTHA PLASTE:R

SN'!DUST

PORCELAIN

STATIONERY

Po:::c;::LA 1 N WM<E

STAVE DOLTS
STAVES & HEADINGS
Ti~1DER

PoTTERY INSULATORs
PYRITES & PYRITES CINDERS

\NooD

CLAY, ETC.

WooD, CoRD

WooD, FuEL

CLAY

\'looDE N BoxEs

CLAY PRODUCTS

\'IOODEN HANDLES

DIALOMACEOUS EARTH

FULLEr:' s EARTH

LutmER

INFUSORIAL EArTH

i<AOLIN

BRIDGE TiES

LCED,\R SLATS ~fATE & CooPERAGE MATEr: 1AL

(CoNTINUED.)

ASPHALTIC OIL BUNKER FUEL OIL CrucE OrL CYL NDER OIL DISTILLATE FUEL ETHYLENE DIOROMIDE Fu::L OiL GASOLINE GrE,\SE H;::ATING OIL KEPOSENE LuanrcATING GrEASE Lusr:ret,TING OIL
t.'!ACill NE 0 I L
f,i I tJERAL SP I r; ITS OIL, DIESEL OIL, SOLAR PARAFFIN, DISTILLATE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS RESIDUAL OiL PRODUCTS REFINED OILS RoAD OrL SIGNAL OIL SOLVENT VIAX, PARAFFIN
/\LUf,11 NUt!o /~LUt,: I NUI'I / NGOTS 8.\JC ITT t1ETAL BATH TUGS BEE:? CONTAINERS
GLOOMS & BILLETS
BOILER TUDES
BOLTS & NUTS
DonLE CAPS Gr::ASS
BrAss & BRONZE ProPELLERS
BR;\SS\'/ARE B;-oNZE GuILD ING MATERIALS CASTINGS CH.~ 1 r.J Ci!Pot1E ORE CoPPER CoP::ER DM:s COPPEr< PiPE CoPPER Scr::APS
CoPPER WrRE & CAGLE
CorruGATED iiETAL COTTON TIES CUTLERY DREDGE PiPE
EMPTY CANS & CASES
EMPTY GASOLINE DRUMS EtJf,.tJELVIARE FIRE ARMS FIXTURES GALVANIZED RooFING GALVANIZED STEEL
GAS TANKS & CYLINDERS
HA:WVJt,RE HoLLow WARE lc<: CANS IRON IRON BARS / f1CHJ Elr LLETS iRON MANUFACTURED IRON ORE IRON, PiG /noN PiPE

113

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190

Percent

ComiOOdities

Tons

of

I Animals & AnUliii Prods. I Vegetable Food Products
Inedible Veg. Products

2,239 6,860
281

Port Total ,43
1.70 .as

naval Stores

11,004

2.12

Textiles

54

.o1

Cotton

3,343

.S4

Cottonseed, etc.

190

,04

Wood & Paper

19,755

3.80

Lumber
I Wood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-:r.~etallic Minerals Clay, etc. Petroleum, etc.

--- 93,645 --- 112,531
246,735

- 18.02 -- 21.66
47.48

Ores, 11otals, eta.

6,943

1.34

I

b~ac!Jinery
Chemicals

&: &:

Vehicles Fertilizer

14S 1,756

.03 .34

I 1!iscellaneoua

12,216

2,35

I

I

TOTAL TONS TOTAL VALUE

i

519,698 100.00 $13,408,554

Tons
9,092 18,368
2,137 11.127
892
--- 6,944
130,983
-- 89,956
193,179 41
108,886 80.834 3,167 1,467 31,477

1921 Percent of Port Total
1.32 2.67
.31 1,62
.13
-1.01
19,02
--13.07
-- 28,0S
15.81 11,74
.4S .21 4.57

688,550

100,00

$2S. 752,399

Tons
5,398 21,000
8 19,746
2,482 14,396
1,388 115,966
-- 153,923
198,058 452
94,515 114,584
9,266 5,355 109,260

1922 Percent of
Port Total .62
--2.43
2.28 .29
l.SS .lS
13,39
--17.76
22.88 ,05
10.92 13.23
1.07 .62
12.S2

I923

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

7,931

,67

38,544

3.25

597

.as

12,176

1.03

4,153

.35

--- 6,064

--.51

106,346

8.98

169,1137

14.30

330

.03

408,374

34.47

S9

.o1

139,052

11.74

248,476

20.97

7,810

.66

7,943

.67

27,431

2.31

!924

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

8,293

.ss

49,019

3.89

111

.o1

6,009

.48

1,550

.12

9, 784

,78

782
197 ,oos

.os 15.S2

-- 171,642
385,570

--13 .Sl
30,57

1,008

.o8

160,100

12.S9

201,937

16.01

14,776

1.17

23,184

1.84

30~;442

2.41

1925

Percent

Tons

of'

Port Total

13,458

.84

54,919 16
17,124

-3.42
1.07

1,175

.07

---8,331

-,52

141,281

8.80

--- 299' 785 -- 652,82S
259,620

--14.31 --34.44
16.18

231,594

14.13

21,137

1.32

10,061

.s2

63,885

3,98

865,789

100.00

$52,992,020

1,184, 733 100,00 $5S,359,520

1,261,212 100.00 $59.796 ,sos

1,605,412 100.00
$79,400 ,oos

i

I

I

I

1926

97

l926

Percent

Percent

Percent

CoiiiiOOdities
I

Tons

of Port Tota.1

Tons

of' Port Total

Tons

of Port Total

Animals & Am.mal Prods. 5,971

Vabeta.ble Food Products 62,916

Inedible Vag. Products

189

Naval Stores

12,494

Textiles

49

I Cotton

Cottonseed, etc.

I I

Yiood

&:

Paper

I Lumbar

Wood Pulp &: Paper Pulp

25,177 300
lB!:S ,340
--- 248,:575

-- Uon-1!eta.llic Minerals 748,186
Clay, etc.

Petroleum, etc.

2S8 ,41S

.32 3,38
,01
--.s7
l.3S .02
10,13
-- 13.36
--40.25
14.44

6,847 170,659
137 16,702
37
--- 45,513
592,909
--- 331,450
918,562 1,816
436,880

.24
--5,89
--.58 --1.57
20,47 ll,45
-
31.72 .as
15.09

5,123 176,403
145 27,371
41 37,531
80S 421,455 213,889
8,315 991,672
1,127 419,957

.17 5.96
.o1
--,92
1.27 ,03
14,24 7,23
.28
33 .so
.04 14.19

Ores, 11eta.ls, etc.

220,096

Machinery &: Vehicles

2,602

Chemicals & Fertilizer 12,842

I t:iscellaneous I

62,940

TOTAL TONS

1,858,893

11.84 .14 .S9
3.39
100,00

314,744 1,545 5,885 52,265
2,896,011

10.87 ,05 ,20
1,81
100.00

699,860 1,673
15,219 39,187
2,959, 794

20.27 .as .51
1.32
100.00

i TOTAL VALUE

$63,059,046

$90,063,649

$10l,407 ,309

!

l929

Percent

Tons

of

Port Tota.l

4,482

.14

221,250

6 .S4

212

.o1

11,192 129

--.34

--- 62,083

--1.BS

474,021

14.23

158,298

4.75

47,381

1,42

1,046,555

31.42

9,147

.27

437,048

13.12

804,941

24.1S

3,123

,09

29,925

.90

21,640

.ss

3,331,327 1co.oo $130,912,211

930

Percent

Tons

of'

Port Total

7,625

.26

202,236

6.85

3,523

.12

9,211

.31

8,309

,28

66,431

2.25

1,200

,04

350,756

11,87

150,971

5,11

76,139

2.58

995,499

33.70

1,442

,05

415,922

14.08

676,155

19,51

4,640

.lS

66,105

2,24

17 457

.59

2,953,621 100 .oo
$11S ,181,415

1931

Percent

Tons

of

Port Tota.l

H,991

.52

220,960

9.Sl

3,1S7

.14

8,017

.35

3,438

.15

83,514 90

--3.63

315,343

13.71

51,401 12
435,879

--2.23
18.95

8S5

,04

357,512

15.54

760,859

33.07

1,47S

.06

25,247

1.10

20 S23

.90

2,300,394 1oo.oo tlOO,l89,277

l:;!Q<:;:

Percent

Corruoodi ties

Tons

o

Port Total

Animals e: Animc.l Prods. 9,322

,87

Vegetable Food Products 103,604

9,S3

Inedible Vag. Products 6,961

.s5

Naval Stores

9,930

,92

Textiles

4,877

.45

Cotton Cottonseed, etc. Wood & Paper

--- 74,438

-s.92

76,214

7.27

Lumber Yiood Pulp & Paper Pulp Non-t:eta.llic :ili.nerals Clay, ate. P~Jtroleum, etc.

--- 26,225
79,689 200
627,639

-2,44 --7.43
49,05

Ores, Uete.ls, etc.

113,540

10,56

Vachinery &: Vehicles

3,470

.32

Chemicals & Fertilizer 21,654

2.01

:!liacella.neous

15,860

1.48

19S3

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

11,313

.85

133,234

9.99

1,256

,09

U,787

1.11

5,820

.44

-- 27,967
135,354

--2,10
10,15

60,770 85

--4.5S

-- 100,889
634,579

--7,57
47,59

144,601

10,85

384

.03

42,144

3,1S

20,195

1.51

I934

Percent

Ton a

of

Port Tota.l

18,341

1.o2

119,289

S.S2

5,266

.29

7,468

.41

4,413

.25

--- 14,844

--.82

89,998

5.00

S7 ,319

3.74

142

.01

--- 231,151

-- 12.83

967,420

53.15

188,380

10.4S

1,029

.as

59,077

3.28

37,076

2.06

TOTAL TONS

1,075,823 100,00 1,333,578

100,00

TOTAL VALUE

$50,360 916

$48,845 ,S80

SOURCE: .Annual Re:Forts 1 Chief of Ent;ineera, u. s. A:rrDy.
DATE PHEPARED: 2-14-39

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1,801,215

100.00

$S3,519,021

B35

Percent

Tona

of

Port Total

16,619

.72

171,941

S.64

13,268

.51

11,748

.45

4,282

.17

-- 24,711

--,95

329,598

12.73

72,582

2,80

236,579

9,22

--- 114,497

--4,42

1,243,143

48.01

28S,040

11,05

S68

.03

49,903

1.93

9 55S

,37

!93s

Percent

Tona

of'

Port Total

14,648

,5I

176,673

6.17

14,1S9

.so

12. 7S4

.45

5,021

.18

-- 17,233
409,249

-.so
14.29

93,188

3,26

236,019

8,24

187,906 42
1,079,571

--S,56
37 .s9

542,266

18.93

1,445

,05

59,623

2.08

14,348

.so

I937

Percent

Tons

of

Port Total

17,882

.6S

174,175

5.48

10,052

,32

23,264

.73

7,609

,24

--- 14,993
629 ,3SO

-,,7
19.79

96,297

3,00

l96,91S

6.25

191,945

s.o3

593

,02

1,040,163

32.71

S79. 708 1, 779

2:1..37
.as

83,898

2.64

10,426

,33

2,689,135 100,00 $72,908,394

2,664,165 100 .oo $97 ,60S,S26

5,160,069 100,00 $104 999,039

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SOUTHEASTErN REGION WITH PERCENTAGE COMPARISONS. (YEARS 1923 1935).

.

GRAfJD

G::r,ND

Pc:rcENT

I
I

TOTAL UNITED

TOTAL S. Et.STErN

To UNITED

TOHL [JornH

PERCOJT To

TOTi\L SouTH

PERi~NT I

YEAR

STATES

REGION

ST/I.TES

CAROLINA

REGION

CAROLINA

REGION

~:

1923 $60,258,470,607 $:3~02 ,061,867 5.31 $951,910 '599 29.73 $360,445,739 1:!. 26

1925

62 '713' 713 '730

3,490,891,131 5.57 1,050,434,117 30.09

370,283,045 1o.61 1

I 1927 1929 I 1931
I 1933 1935

62,278,116,181 69,960,909,712 41,038,402,307 31,358,840,338
45: '759' 763 '062

3,506,101,279 3,943,543,578 2,618,983,000 2,247,927,000 2 994,555.129

5.63 5.64 6.38 7.17 6.54

1,154,646,612
1 '311 '924' 352 1,026,565,000
877,853,000 111 '1,977 ,871

32.93 33.27 39.20 39.05 37.13

358,334,205 385,892,252 225,503,000 257,344,000 300,957,278

10.22 9.79 8.61
11.44 10.05

AVERAGE PERCEtJ I AGE

5.89

34.02

10.27

I

I I

I

PERCENT

P!:.::~ENT

Pc.r<CENT

PERCENT

ToTAL

To

I .

1YE9A2R3~62+"G;E4O5R2G,IA8

6

2

-

REGION
-18.88

-

i 1925 648,852,294 18.59

ToTAL

To

ToT.\L

To

FLORIDA
$188,258,384

RE5G-'-I'O.sN='-'s=-----r$=5-:A4~1L,A7I32ABM,A6

REGION
B7--r6-:92-

267,009,159 7.65 552,824,044 15.84

ToTAL
TENNESSEE
$555,265,596 601,488,472

lu
REGION
17.34 17.23

1927 6~~,917,660 17.40 2;~?90,1;2 6.24 550,372,126 15.70 614,040,524 17.511

1, 1929 7LL)453,803 18.32 2J~,~86,4L7 5.89 560,378,132 14.21 730,508,612 18.52

1 1931 440,425,ooo 16.82 157,o74,ooo 6.oo 323,234,ooo 12.34 446,182,ooo 17.03

i 1933 385,211,000
II _1..935 523,294,587 AVERAGE PEPCENTI\GE

17.18
11.47 17.89

116,280,000 . 16?, 677,166

5.17 253,211,000 11.26 357,028,000 15.88

s~.7473_ _"'"3r"--:-4-'-'-'3""o""'9"--'-'7""3'-'7__-=1"'z,_,.-::1c::7,---""5""'3-=1_,_,,338 ,4""9'""'o'--_""'17. 74

6.10

14.30

17.431

l SOURCE:

UN I TED STATES CENSUS OF i1Af'JUF;\CTUPES.

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of=--t~ANu

FACTURC:S MJD f'M:t1 PRODUCTION (CROPS & AN1f-1ALS). SOUTIIEASTERN REGION WITH PER

CENTAGE Co~PARISONS. (Y~ARS 19251935 1,000 DoLLARS).

'I

GR,\ND

G:u.tJD

PEt:CEtJT

Tort,L

ToHL

To

TOTi'L

P:::::con

ToTAL

PEr:cErn

,

UNITED

S. EASTERN

UN:TED

NonTH

To

SouTH

To

I t_~_~.!!_TES_____ _REg..!.Q!:!._ _ ____5TAJ~---~'c:oLIN,\ _____R:~iON _____ .Ji.ARQ.U!~:~---Ef::EQ!i

1925

;;>74,765,233

7;p4,984,498

6.67

.p1,434,331

28.78

.p561,092

11.26

1927 1 1929

73,995,414 81,884,711

4,957,966 5,325,871

6.70 6.50

1,541,250 1,644,053

31.08 30.87

530,918 55~,130

10.83 10.37 II

I 1931

47,983,603

3,380,368

7.04

1,206,871

35.70

31(,,666

9.36

!1933

37,330,079

3,039,148

8.14

1,j04,667

36.34

352,978

11.61 I

! 1935 __ . 5~~9QZ ______4_,_02rj_,]3_3_____7__,1.9______ .L_4Q.1_,80!:'____34.8l__~_:!:Q~68 _______.10.2Z ~-

Avcr:AGE PeRCENTAGE

C.96

32.42

10.68

I



Pn;ccrn

PEr:cENT

Pucnn

I PERCENT

--- 1
i~~~

$9~~T~o~TiAkL~-----rT~~o~~~-----t;T~o~T:AbL~; __Ef)T~o~~ --fsT~o~T~A;L ~d-_BHT~o~~ .JT$oT~A~L~~~~~--81T~~o~1

I 1927

902,506

18.20

330,102

6.65

802,788

16.19

844,402

17.03

1929 1,013,064

19.02

356,438

6.69

795,728

14.94

964,458

18.11

1931

572,701

16.94

258,699

7.65

448,587

13.27

S76,844

17.06

1933

529,580

17.43

194,138

6.39

375,063

12.34

482,722

15.88

1932__ __ 714..J2_87 __ 17.:_]_:!____ 274 ,8~2__p __ G.82 . _.52?J_G21_ 12.97 ____fl2.JJ_])__ ____17._!.0.?.

,l).vERAGE PE::cnnAGE

18.19

C.98

14.64

17.10

NOTE: CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES NOT TAKEN FOP INTERVENING YEARS.

I sou:~CE: UrjiTED Srt.TES CENSUS OF :;,\NUFACTUF\ES, Cof!:OINED 1,'/ITH DATA F80i~ Yu.R GOOKS

UNITED

I

STATES 0EF'ARTI'-1EIJT OF AGRICULTUrE.

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1

I I

RON
RO~.J,

PYR RA

1TES 1LROAD

I IWtJ, SCRAP

IRON, SPECIAL

JUNK

LEAD CABLE

LEAD INGOTS
LEAD & LEAD PiPE

LOGGING SUPPLIES

HANGMJESE ORE [~ET AL FURNITURE

MET/,[, SCRAP

NAILS

OvENS
PiPE & PIPE FITTINGS

1 RADIATORS !RAFTING GEAR

RAILROAD SUPPLIES

REELS

RIVETS

SCREWS

SLATE SHINGLES

1SPIKES

lSTEEL AXES STEEL BARS

i
l

STEEL STEEL

BILLETS PILI tjG

l STEEL PLATE

!STEEL RAILS

ISTEEL, ScRAP STEEL s1~, Pr, NG GAuGE
!STEEL, STRUCTURAL STEEL WIRE STOVES, RANGES &PARTS 1 TIN, PIG

T I tJ PLATE

T II'J\'IARE

~TTOUOBULLSAR PRODUCTS !TURPENTINE Curs &APRONS

lIll RE' Bt,RO
WIRE RoPE & CABLE
l WIRE & WIRE FENCING Z1 NC
l
!MACHINERY & VEHICLES

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AIRPLANE PARTS AUT0~100 I LES
AUTO PARTS & SUPPLIES
BATTERIES BICYCLES
BOILERS & PARTS
CARRIAGES, DRAYS, TRUCKS, ETC. CONTRACTOR'S EQUIPMENT DRAG LiNE DREDGE EQUIPMENT ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ELECTRICAL MACHINERY ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERIES ENGINES HAND TRUCJ<S fi1ACH I NERY MINE SWEEPING GEARS MoTORCYCLES PAVING MACHINERY PLOWS

PoiHOONS Pu1.1rs & PARTS R.~ ILV/AY TRUCKS REFRIGERATORS, ELECTRIC SUGAR HiLL MACHINERY TooLs & I ~~PLEMENTS TRACTORS
VEHICLES & PARTS
\'/AGONS
CHE~ICALS & FERTILIZER
;\en 1c AcID ACETYLENE ACID PHOSPHATE ALCOHOL ALCOHOL, DENATURED ALUM ALU~.11 NATES ALUMINUM SuLPHATE At.1MON lA Ar.-rMoN 1A P1wsrHATE At1HO~II Ut-1 CliLOR I DE AMMONIUM SuLPHATE Atli~UN IT I ON ArsENATE OF LEAD BAKING PowDER 0E~JZ I NE BENZOL BoNE i."rEAL Bo:;AX ORJMSTONE CALCINED CARBONATE CALCIUM ARSENATE CALCIUM CHLORIDE CALC 1Ul>1 CY Arll DE
Cnc 1ur.1 N1TRATE
CALNITRO CMw IDE Ct>.ROotJATED GAS Cii.STOR i1EAL CAUSTIC SODA CELLOPHANE CHLORINE CLEANING COMPOUND COPPER SULPHATE
COTTON SOFTENER &SIZING
O!AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE DiOXIDE DRIED BLOOD
DRuGs & TorLET PREPARATIONS
DYEING ~ATERIALS DYNAJ'.11TE EXPLOSIVES EXTRACT OF VALONEA FERRO PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER lfiATERIAL F I RE VIORI<S GASES GUMJO INK INI<, PRINTING INSECTICIDES KAINITE LAND PLASTER LEAD Cot-1POUIJDS LIME CALCIUM PHOSPHATE LYE

u. s SOURCE: ANNUAL REPORTS OF TilE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS'

ARMY.

MANURE SALTS MEDICAL SuPPLIES MEDICINES MURIATE oF PoTASH
t'J 1TPATE oF SoDA
NITRATES OXYGEN PAINTS PERFUt:1ES PHoSPHATE, CoLLODIAL PHoSPH~,TE RocK PHOSPHATIC LIMESTONE PIGMENTS POTASH POTi,SH SALTS
Rt,v 1soN MEAL
RED LEAD SAL Alilf~ON I AC SALT SALT CAKE SALTPETER SHoE PoL 1s1-1
SOAP & SoAr PowDER
SODA SoDA AsH SODIUM COMPOUNDS SoD 1ur.1 SULPHATE SULPHATE PoTASH SuLPHURIC AciD SurERPHOSPI-JATE
T,\~WAGE
TtNNING t.1ATE"RIAL Tn IIJ ITROTOLUOL VARNI SllES VIH I TE LEAD ZINC OXIDE
f;i ISCELLANEOUS
Ar1:,s & /\11MUN IT I ON BPIDGE MATERIALS BUILDING MATERIALS
BUOYS & APPENDAGES
CArJDY
CONFECTIONS CR,li.CJ<ERS & CAI(E
ELECTRIC EqUIPMENT &
SuPPLIES GMBAGE GENERAL CARGO GENERAL MERCHANDISE
GRAPHOPHONES & RECORDS GRIT & SHELL HousEHOLD Gooos & PERSONAL
EFFECTS ICE MATCHES
MoTOR BoATS & PARTs
MucK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOTIONS OrFICE SUPPLIES PLUMBING FiXTURES RADIOS RADIO APPARATUS REn: IGERATORS Tovs WATER

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--H1 NTERLMID PRooucT 1oN oF PoTENT 1AL WATERBoRNE Cor,1~1Er<cE.-GRoss 1Nco!1E PRODUCTION (CROPS). SOUTIEASTERN REGION WITH PERCENTAGE Co~PARISONS.

FRot-1 FARr.1___ (YEARS

1924-1935- 1,000 DoLLARS).

ToTAL

PERCENT

ToTAL

PERCENT

GRAND ToTAL

GRAND ToTAL PERCENT To

NoRTH

To

SouTH

To

YEAR 1924-

UNITED STATES $6,245, 79:i"'---

-

-=S;.$E1.,oR7E5G, I7ON89UN-IT-EDi?ST.A~ TE-S $C2A7RO6LI,NA~. -2R5E. GIO7N4_

_

_

CAROLINA $1s3,620

REGION -14.28

1925

6,230,470

1,122,705

18.02

306,306

27.28

153,579

13.68

1926

5,531,376

1,007,442

18.21

295,956

29.37

136,116

13.51

1927

5,919,949

1,085,347

18.33

308,065

28.38

142,504

13.13

1928

5,757,484

1,015,950

17.65

282,636

27.82

128,101

12.61

1929

5,680,713

1,025,504

18.05

255,786

24.94

132,120

12.88

1930

4,031,926

791,413

19.62

199,700

25.23

104,252

13.17

1931

2,766,406

498,813

18.03

119,488

23.95

62,496

12.53

1932

2,290,778

414,789

18.11

104,338

25.15

50,955

12.28

1933

2,876,880

590,539

20.53

182,240

30.86

73,546

12.45

1934

3,084,177

739,254

23.97

234,911

31.78

87,283

11.81

193_~_ _ ___]_d]6,880

716,831

20.86

226,118

31.54

___21.J_Q___ 12.72

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE

18.73

27.69

13.05

TOTAL

YEAR

GEOFlGI A

1924

$218,016

1925

218,288

1926

194,914

1927

216,283

1928

193,789

1929

216,203

1930

160,722

1931

85,216

1932

66,702

1933

107,129

1934

131,356

1935

1331130

AvERAGE PERCENTAGE

%To
REGION 20.26 19.44
19.35
19.93 19.07 21.08 20.31 17.08 16.08
18.14 17.77 18.57 19-.26

TonL

%To

ToTAL

FLORIDA i~EG I ON

ALABAt.1A

$94,314

8. 77

$187,127

93,056

8.29

207,258

84,526

8.39

167,401

89,652

8.26

196,951

103,343

10.17

173,547

103,095

10.05

181,511

109,053

13.78

125,626

81,505

16.33

81,873

66,937

16.14

67,215

61,448

10.41

87,466

79,804

10.80

114,963

_ill_, 613 __ ____!2_,22 ____..19h134

10.46

%To REGION

TOTAL TENI~ESSEE

%To
l(EG I ON

17.39

$145,758

13.55

18.46

144,218

12.84

16.62

128,529

12.76

18.15

131,892

12.15

17.08

134,534

13.24

17.70

136,789

13.34

15.87

92,060

11.63

16.41

68,235

13.68

16.20

58,642

14.14

14.81 15.55

78 '71.0 90,937

I 13.33 '
12.30

__ 1-.:l.-Jli...____~ 67____...1Q .13

16.83

12.72

I SOURCE: YEAR BooKs UNITED STATEs DEPART-

1--

tt,ENT OF AG.R I t;:ULTURE 1935 ADJl,iSTED. ----------------- WPA__Q_,_f.:..J:l.Q_,_ ..1..9..~.::l4.::.1.:::.?53..

rTAOLE ~lo. 51 --HINTERU,ND PrwoucTION oF ..Pon.NTIAL WATERBOP.NE CoMME-RCE, GRoss tNcot~E FROM.FAm:i""---, PRODUCTION (ANIMAL). SoUTHEASTERN REGION WITH PERCENTAGE COMPARISONS. (YEARS

1924-1935 - 1,000 DoLLARs).

ToTAL

PEr:cENT

ToTAL

1
Pu~cENT I

GRAND TOTAL

GRAND ToTAL PEncENT

NoRTH

To

SouTH

To .

II YEAR 1924

UNITED STATES S.E. REGIO~N~--~To REGION

$5,165 ..946

$344,599

6.67

CAROLINA $73,572

R~SION

CAROLINA REGION

21.35 ------w8,sir-----1L27

1925

5,821,049

370,902

6.37

77,591

20.92

37,230

10.03

1926

6,011,059

381,310

6.34

81,275

21.31

36,081

9.46

1927

5,797,349

366,518

6.32

78,538

21.43

36,080

9.84

I

1928 1929

6,070,225 6,243,088

374,050 356,824

6.16 5.72

81,853 76,343

21.88 21.37

37,104 34,118

9.92 9.57

1930

5,370,013

308,714

5.75

65,435

21.20

30,386

9.84

1931

4,178,795

262,572

6.28

60,818

23.16

28,667

10.92

1932

3,033,620

204,647

6.75

45,796

22.38

22,379

10.94

1933

3,094,359

200,682

6.49

44,574

22.21

22,088

11.01

1934

3,610,735

220,801

6.12

51,372

23.27

23,611

10.69

1935 AVERAGE

P=-E---R--'C4cE.z...~:::J:5T7A2GE ? 64

_ _ _ 3171007

6.94 6.29

66.711

21.04 21.68

33,551

10.59 10.25

ToTi\L

% TO

I YEJ:."-'R'----~G"-=E'-"0"-'R""'G_,_I!::..A- REG ION

1924

$70,566

20.48

192.5

77,478

20.89

1926 1 1927

77,773 76,305

20.40 20.82

1928

76,721

20.51

1929

74,407

20.86

1930

62,837

20.35

1931

47,060

17.92

1932

38,863

18.99

I 1933

36,240

I ! I

1934 1935

41,567 58,262

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE

18.06 1s .82 18.38 19.90

ToTAL
FLORIDA $21,248
20,990 23,214 21,660 22,558 20,957 20,685 20,120 16,592 16,410 17,402 24 549

% TO

TOTP.L

% TO

TOTAL

% TO

f~EG ION,_ _--';A:,:Lc::ABAI::c"M:::-----'-'p":'-EG-:'-'-'107-:N~-~T-'-'Er~:'-'lt::-:~E~S:-:;S:.::;E.:.E_ _-'-'R.EG ION

6.16

$56,759

16.47

$83,633

24.27

5.66

60,264

16.25

97,349

26.25

6.09

62,969

16.51

99,998

26.23

5.91

55,465

15.13

98,470

26.87

6.03

55,322

14.79

100,492

26.87

5.88

53,839

15.09

97,160

27.23

6.71

48,450

15.69

80,921

26.21

7.66

43,480

16.56

62,427

23.78

8.11

34,081

16.65

46,936

22.93

8.18

34,386

17.13

46,984

23.41

7.88

36,208

16.40

50,641

22.94

7.75

52,177

16.47

81,757

25.77

6.64

16.00

25.53

IJ29URCE: YEAR BooKs UNITED STATEs DEPT OF AGRICULTURE 1935 ADJUSTED WPA O.P. No. 465-34-1-253 ---'

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