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14 BULLETIN 74, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



NUMBER OF LANDINGS. 



To illustrate the influence of the number of landings on the average 

 rate of speed, Table 5 has been compiled. Between Cincinnati and 

 Memphis 346 landings are reported over a distance of 749 miles, 

 making an average of about 2 miles between landings. Between St. 

 Louis and Memphis 318 landings are reported for 415 miles. Of the 

 six routes in Table 5 illustrating Mississippi Valley conditions, tHe 

 average distance between landings ranges from 1.30 miles to 3.31 

 miles. 



From Baltimore, Md., to Fredericksburg, Va., a distance of 285 

 miles, 34 landings are reported. These are all on the Rappahannock 

 River, extending along a distance of 106 miles, there being an average 

 of 3.12 miles between landings. From Hartford, Conn., to New York 

 City there are 12 intermediate landings for a certain line of steamers, 

 which 12 landings are all on the Connecticut River, and their aver- 

 age distance apart is 4.33 miles. One of the fastest rates of 

 transit on inland water routes is between Baltimore and Norfolk, a 

 distance of 184 miles with but one intermediate stop. 



SUMMARY OF RATES OF TRANSIT. 



In Table 4 there are 102 routes for which rates of transit are given. 

 Of these, 15 show an average rate of less than 4 miles an hour, 22 

 average 4 miles to less than. 6, 19 routes have an average of 6 to 

 less than 8, and 21 routes an average of 8 and less than 10 miles per 

 hour, making 62 out of 102 showing from 4 to less than 10 miles per 

 hour; 25 rates of speed were 10 miles and over, 15 of them from 10 to 

 less than 12 miles, and 10 rates were 12 miles and over. Of the 50 

 instances reported for the Mississippi VaUey, including the Gulf slope, 

 29 were rates of 4 to less than 8 miles per hour, 12 rates were less than 

 4 miles, and 9 were 8 miles and over per hour. On the Atlantic slope 

 32 out of 43 rates were at least 8 miles per hour and 11 rates were less 

 than 8 miles per hour. The nine reports from the Pacific slope 

 showed five instances of 8 to less than 12 miles per hour and four 

 instances of 4 to less than 8 miles per hour. 



FREIGHT RATES AND FARM PRICES. 



A practical use of the data compiled in this bulletin is to compare 

 freight rates with prices. This may be done here, for the sake of 

 illustration and to indicate the method. For instance, the rate on 

 apples over a certain 25-mile route in Maine was 15 cents per barrel 

 in September and October, 1912. The average frrm price for all 

 apples in the State those months was $1,725 per barrel, making 

 the freight rate 8.7 per cent, over this specific route, of the farm 

 price in the whole State for all kinds. For a 24-mile route in New 

 York, the freight rate happening to be 15 cents per barrel also, 



