. Ports and terminal facilities . in. They are: by water route toMontreal, by Lake and railroad via Canadian Lake ports, byfull sized Lake vessels to Port Colborne, by full sized Lake vesselsto American Lake ports. The advantage of the situation of Port Arthur and Fort Williamas funnels for the Lake-railroad commerce of the CanadianNorthwest is reflected in the rapid increase in the population ofthe twin cities. 1901 1916 Fort William 3,633 20,854 Port-Arthur .3,214 12,500 To furnish the proper reservoirs for the golden flood there are 24elevators with a total storing and moving capacity of Bu
. Ports and terminal facilities . in. They are: by water route toMontreal, by Lake and railroad via Canadian Lake ports, byfull sized Lake vessels to Port Colborne, by full sized Lake vesselsto American Lake ports. The advantage of the situation of Port Arthur and Fort Williamas funnels for the Lake-railroad commerce of the CanadianNorthwest is reflected in the rapid increase in the population ofthe twin cities. 1901 1916 Fort William 3,633 20,854 Port-Arthur .3,214 12,500 To furnish the proper reservoirs for the golden flood there are 24elevators with a total storing and moving capacity of Bushel In, per hour Out, per hour Fort William 29,375,000 140,000 640,000 Port Arthur 15,550,000 90,500 449,000 The great importance to American port development of thegrain movement from the Head of the Lakes through the compet-ing Canadian and United States ports makes an understandingof this movement necessary. With the aid of the graphic map,Fig. 13, the essential movements are seen to be via several Lake 42 PORTS AND TERMINALS. COMPETITION FOR RAIL AND MARITIME FREIGHT 43 OOC^OOiMt-r-iOOJ—iOINOTOrtitCio o ci O(Nt^;D00O-H»-Hr>-cic^ii-HCD O O 0>.t^M (N to 0_0 ■- co Tff t^ oT .-H i-H(Nrtr-l CO ^ o«D too IN CO IN CO ■* t^ ooT o to >o ■1)1 Tji >o tocoot^co-H ^lO—i Mt^O TfCOTJ^M lOO—ir^-0 00OOCOTf-^-*00 0 00 50-HOO rt o lo CO to c^ t^ 05 CO Ml 00 00 o IN o; TfH CO o Tti 05 -ot^ -ooco ■ t^t^C0tO»0OTti-^iOtOO»O(N0000Oi-i^Ht0t>-Oi005l^»O-^r^to to t^ O t^ t^ O 00 IN to too 00 ^O oTiNtOtO to -^- .^^OC^Tjit^rMtO^t*-^ COCO*-^Ci t^ 0> 00 to 05 O to t^ T}| lO OS ^ CO 00 O-H 05tCioooo5i)^-H^t^OorT)r i-T —■ >-liH <NC<I rtlNrtrH CO-! tqciooV iNOIN IN COIN 00^ COrt t^rH IN M -< Q W ^^ H m « i-i n w Cl< »—1 m ^ ^ <! ti m o S O11.( Q o -3 ij <!E-iO HMO o << ^ o o <! X Z C/J «; H O pa •^ < H <J H C/J
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