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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



by days for the last three weeks of wSeptember, 1922. On the basis 

 of car-oponinoj privileges provided under the tariff (now used ex- 

 tensively in the halibut and salmon trade ^) all of the cities shown 

 in this table present possible centers to which carloads of Boston 

 sea food could be shipped. 



Sea-food shipments from Boston, Mass., to 10 cities shown by days for last three weeks 

 of September, 1922, indicating prospective carload markets for Boston sea food under 

 tariff permitting car opening en route. 



[Figures in boldface type show particular days on which carload combinations are possible.) 



September, 1922. 



11. Monday 



12. Tuesday 



13. Wednesday. 



14. Thursday... 



15. Friday , 



16. Saturday..., 



18. Monday 



19. Tuesday 



20. Wednesday. 



21. Thursday... 



22. -Friday , 



23. Saturday. . . . 



25. Monday 



26. Tuesday 



27. Wednesday. 



28. Thursday... 



29. Friday 



30. Saturday... 



Net weight in pounds. 



Scran- 

 ton, 

 Pa. 



,000 

 260 

 180 



8,525 

 675 

 150 

 20 



9,045 

 250 

 180 



Wash- 

 ington, 

 D.C. 



2,890 



2,385 



5,759 



320 



580 

 750 



3,730 

 3,860 

 3,640 

 700 

 275 

 1,100 



4,399 



6,050 



3,150 



125 



1,215 



Roches- 

 ter, 

 N. Y. 



9,469 

 3,438 

 5,232 

 1, 185 

 225 

 2,004 



9,356 

 4,742 

 6,664 

 1,850 

 770 

 800 



9,001 

 5,910 

 4,938 

 1,362 

 1,250 

 1,505 



Syra- 

 cuse, 

 N. Y. 



3,690 



2,625 



2,098 



435 



585 



3,175 



3,025 



1,660 



700 



490 



3,790 



2,975 



2,210 



982 



480 



150 



Al- 

 bany, 

 N. Y. 



7,708 

 8,133 

 2,431 

 2,020 

 745 

 335 



2,565 



6,521 



3,938 



950 



831 



14, 180 



8,099 



1,765 



1, .520 



375 



235 



Balti- 

 more, 

 Md. 



9,010 

 9,362 

 12,615 

 4,471 

 733 

 700 



11,472 



10, 695 



7,825 



4,566 



476 



3,975 



14,275 

 12,655 

 2,370 

 4,628 

 2,577 

 2,900 



Pitts- 

 burgh, 

 Pa. 



8,275 



3,202 



2,377 



100 



2,634 



7,796 

 4,175 

 1,690 

 140 

 85 

 2,365 



7,417 



2,170 



1,620 



395 



3,790 



Chi- 

 cago, 

 ill. 



9,250 

 12, 768 

 3,887 

 2,740 

 1,020 

 6,108 



9,668 

 10,950 

 3,056 

 1,365 

 1,105 

 6,442 



13,132 

 10,590 

 3,889 

 1,883 

 1,565 

 7,852 



Detroit, 

 Mich. 



2,960 



4,110 



385 



26 



2,456 



3,618 



4,500 



585 



75 



3,407 



4,131 



4,372 



676 



65 



'4,"483 



Cleve- 

 land, 

 Ohio. 



3,639 



3,328 



709 



255 



3,758 



5,493 



3,275 



350 



293 



30 



3,980 



7,685 



2,652 



333 



50 



75 



5,924 



FREIGHT AND EXPRESS RATES. 



The data for the freight and express rates on shipments of fresh 

 and frozen fish and fishery products from Boston, Mass., were sup- 

 plied by the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. 

 The distances shown were figured from the War Department Table 

 of Distances and the Official Railway Guide. 



> See Trade in Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products and Related Marketing Considerations in Chicago, 

 lU. (B. F. Economic Circular No. 54, issued Dec. 30, 1921); Trade in Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products 

 and Related Marketing Considerations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. (B. F. Economic Circular 

 No. 55, issued Feb. 8, 1922), both by L. T. Hopkinson; and Trade in Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products 

 and Related Marketing Considerations in Seattle, Wash. (B. F. Document No. 9.30, Appendi.x: VI, Report 

 of U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1922, issued Aug. 5, 1922), by L. T. Hopkinson and W. P. Studdert. 



