Our country and its resources; . otal L915 July $308,,, $265,,, $573,, 30 August i ictober November. .? December 1916January 93. 60 97, 197, 213, 10, ,, 10,826 00 ,,023 7!)363, March April May Total $1,254, $1,145, $2,399, beam, and has carried as much as11,780 tons of cargo through thecanal on one of her voyages. Thecanal tolls levied on each passageare $7,, The cost of opera


Our country and its resources; . otal L915 July $308,,, $265,,, $573,, 30 August i ictober November. .? December 1916January 93. 60 97, 197, 213, 10, ,, 10,826 00 ,,023 7!)363, March April May Total $1,254, $1,145, $2,399, beam, and has carried as much as11,780 tons of cargo through thecanal on one of her voyages. Thecanal tolls levied on each passageare $7,, The cost of operatingthe Arizonan at sea may be takenat $450 a day. For 26 days thismeans $11,700, from which the sub-traction of the tolls leaves a net saving of approximately $3,808 pervoyage. Partly because of the many slidesand the cost of their removal, part-ly because of the fact that theyclosed the canal for six months ina year and partly because of thewar, the tolls do not by any meanspay expenses. m 200000 * 30CIOOO •914 J 1915 <. PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC


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