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Table Ill--Particulars al Service and Equipment of Inland Waterway | Bie Lines in the United States | Boat Lines and Equipment Operating on Atlantic Coast, Gulf and Florida Waterways WH NO. TOTAL TOTAL OR COMPANY OPERATES BOATS GROSS TONS I. H. P. BARGES CARGO CARRIED i i i at Co.....Delaware river and Chesapeake bay 4 3023 3420 1 Passengers and freight bo aa 4 alerts pecbaircarty oe ee ase RE Potomac and Rappahannoc rivers _ 12 10,160 9750 4 bey and freight Beardslee Launch & Barge Service.......... Mcbile and Tombigbee rivers 5 100 279 14 = isc. freight : YE Aah qitoyaly Opb0 ae eee RCaie Ea eee Ree re EIA Bue Marae en James and Appomattox rivers 4 851 279 3 assengers and freight Card Lumber Co.) oie ee ce cae Alabama rivers __ : 3 112 Freight, logs Chesapeake & Delaware Steamboat Co...... Chesapeake bay tributaries 3 1174 1225 1 Groceries, vegetables Chesapeake Steamship Co............+005- Soke bay tributaries 2 10,199 11,650 : 2 ogee _— bots DueNom distonetors wisver« t. Johns river ; : : Pete en Delaware river 4 408 1615 8 Freight, coal Florida Railroad & Navigation Co.......... Caloosahatchee and Barrons rivers 4 1628 2800 2 Misc. freight : artford & N. Y. Transportation Co.......Raritan and Connecticut rivers 10 7217 8465 25 Passengers and freight Inland Waterways Corp.........+.0eeeeee: Warrior river See Table II on-Page 26. E : Kinzie Bros. Steamer Line...............+- Caloosahatchee river 5 94 263 5 Fruit, shells, grain Merchants & Miners Transportation Co..... Atlantic Intracoastal waterways 4 244 20 43 Passengers and freight Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line......... Waterways, Va., Md. and N. C. 9 1675 1560 Miscellaneous freight Worfolk Liphterage Co. 00h. eee eae James, Potomac rivers 15 3851 2232 21 Miscellaneous freight Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co....... Potomac river and Chesapeake bay 3 6264 7800 Passengers and freight peericlen O50 we. o. jsiie Gp sikety cate ee ele 8 Delaware river 4 220 950 13 Miscellaneous freight Bovchem Transp: Coes coir. oc beers ashes Atlantic waterways 17 28 862 115 Coal, iron, steel LONG) -LOWINE EINEi 6s isu Gece eke een Atlantic waterways 8 569 1965 : 1 Lumber, piling, cement ROR AE NSO chicas etree a yeee 4% Gate pw etna Ware Atlantic coast rivers 11 2311 3850 13 Petroleum products WV TISOTE ACI yy ack pede settee s scate era oreee ee Delaware river 7 4681 11,700 Passengers and freight Wroodt lowing Corp neice oie oi visai so vein tie aes Chesapeake tributaries 14 2464 8075 Miscellaneous freight OL, Ge DK ROO hs vg cole yo erties e's Atlantic waterways 5 332 35 Rice, crude oil, lumber *Steel Tanks. Particulars of lines and equipment ap- from 165 feet to 206 feet. Their pow: steam towboats. The length of these pear in Table III on this page. Of the purely common carriers, that is those which do not operate under contract nor for private interests, the Stone Towing line might be taken as a typical example. This line operates on sections of the Atlantic intracoast- al waterway between Georgetown, S. C. and Baltimore, Md. A fleet of eight vessels runs on a monthly sched- ule carrying lumber, piling and ce- ment. These boats vary in length between 40 and 117 feet and in indi- cated horsepower between 30 and 800. The boats are all towboats, three of them steam, and five diesel. The age of these boats reaches as far back as 1876 and none of them was built later than 1913. A number of lines running on Ches- apeake Bay, the Potomac and Rappa- hannock rivers, operate vessels which are over 160 feet in length. Of such lines, the Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Co. operates a fleet of 12 freight and passenger steamers, be- tween Baltimore, Washington, and points in Virginia. This line is a common carrier and runs daily ex- cept Sundays, carrying fish, oysters, canned goods, vegetables, tin cans, and general merchandise. The boats operated by this line range in size er runs as high as 1800 indicated horsepower. The larger boats carry a crew of 46 men. The age of these boats is 19 years for the more recent and 48 years for the oldest. Of the lines operating three or more boats on the rivers and waterways of the Pacific coast, including the Colum- bia and Willamette rivers, Oregon and Washington and the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, California, eight are in operation on the Columbia and Willamette, and 14 on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Of the eight on the Columbia and Willamette, only three are so-called common carriers, the remainder being two private, and three contract. On the California riv- ers, by far the greater proportion are common carriers. Of the 14 lines on these rivers, eight are of the common carrier class, two are contract, two common-contract, and two private. Of the common carriers the West- ern Transportation Co. operates a daily freight and passenger service from Portland, Oreg., to nearby points on the Columbia and Willamette riv- ers. The freight carried by this line consists of paper, raw materials, and mill supplies. The fleet of seven ves- sels consists of two passenger steam- ers, three freight steamers, and two vessels ranges from 135 to 157 feet. This line also owns and operates 14 barges, made up as follows: ten open wooden barges, three open steel barges, and one steel tank. In respect to operating equipment, the Sacramento Navigation Co. is the largest of the common carrier lines operating on the Sacramento or San Joaquin rivers. This line maintains a triweekly schedule of sailings carry- ing fuel oil, grain, rice and miscel- laneous freight between San Fran- cisco and Sacramento on the Sacra- mento river. This line operates a fleet of 11 boats and 23 barges. The vessels consist of. nine steam and two motor vessels, of the barges, 18 are open wood, three covered wood and one wooden tank. The two motor vessels are 36 and 56 feet in length respectively. The other boats vary in length between 141 and 178 feet. The California Transportation Co. operates on both the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. This line runs daily from San Francisco to Sacra- mento on the Sacramento river and from San Francisco to Stockton on the San Joaquin river. Freight and passengers are carried, the freight con- sisting almost exclusively of vege- tables. The vessels of this line, mak- ing a fleet of 11 boats are all steam- ers ranging from 144 to 250 feet in Table IV—Savings in Joint Rail-Water Shipments Rates on Canned Vegetables per Hundred Pounds in Carload and Less than Carload Lots length. One covered wooden barge is also operated. Particulars of other lines operating in these trades are given in Table I oes Destination All Rail Joint Rates Savings in Joint Rates oe DOES? oi yas Ne ss rom to CL. LCL, CL ° er, er, ECL, feeders to the intercoastal lines and Oe ok ae ee 1.22 0.65 1.01 0.12 0.21 offer the benefits of low cost freight Detroit, Mich........ ‘ 0.81 1.31 069 i 40 a ae transportation to territories which Cleveland, O......... 0.81 1.33 0.69 ¥,39 0.12 0.21 they serve. Practically all of the lines Note: Rates all-rail via New York Central railroad between points mention Joint Rates via New York Central and Big Four railroads to Cate. Ill., thence — inlaca Were eens Ccrp. to New Orleans. From this table of rates, it can be seen that in case of carload lot shipments between Fort Wayne, Ind. and New Orleans, the shipper can realize a saving on 10 tons of $24. On less than carload lot shipments, the savings would be higher still, $42 on the same 10 tons. Over a year’s time the amount of the total savings shipping by joint routes can be appreciated. : have joint freight rates with connect- ing railroads serving the western states. (Continued on Page 56) 28 MARINE REVIEW—M ay, 1931