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Show TABLE 6.-Analysis of waterborne traffic on Ohio River for 1948 and computation of savings to Authority for,basic data.-Reports of commerce and tonnage prepared by Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. Authority for charges-Tariffs of carriers lawfully on file with Interstate Commerce Commission; basic water transportation cost formulae-Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Depart- ment of the Army, and weighted average rail charges and barge charges per ton, resulting from fairly tested samples for each of the respective commodities. Explanation of notes and reference marks: 1 Commerce on which no transportation benefits have been computed. 2 Reported by Corps of Engineers. s Reported by Corps of Engineers-6,585,854,082 ton-miles. * Computed. « Computed on all commerce except that shown in item No. 12. Note. Factors used to adjust "Present rail charges" to what they would be if rates were on "Normal" level. Annual charges for amortization, interest or unamortized portion of capital investment, operation, and maintenance for the fiscal year ending June 30,1948, amounted to $10,235,000. Thousand ton-miles Present charges via waterways I ™tJ Tcos o,,o S1™ a-«- TBS."1 -Bf- hS£g KfflS *-1 Coal______......__________________________________....................... 21,032,969 1,648,726 2,670,331 $34,704,400 $11,778,462 $3,091,847 $5,742,000 $20,612,309 2 Coke__________________________________.................................... 296,648 77,007 93,144 940,374 393,947 34,470 64,017 492,434 3 Crude petroleum-............................................................. 4,053,452 1,454,804 2,901,082 39,546,908 21,262,973 4,310,062 3,160,713 28,733,748 4 Gasoline.....______________....._______.................................... 4,842,690 1,101,773 4,600,837 55,981,496 20,999,841 4,256,724 3,121,599 28,378,164 5 Fuel, road Oil........________________________________.....-................ 1,089,541 405,555 662,171 12,398,976 6,192,078 1,255,151 920,445 8,367,674 6 Refined petroleum........___________________________...................... 414,280 149,913 400,816 5,816,491 1,775,106 443,776 1,194,784 3,413,666 7 Sulfur..........................__________________......-.................... 240,414 178,744 440,826 3,741,772 2,372,136 263,572 292,856 2,928,564 8 Iron and steel, rods, slab.............._________........-...................... 363,661 173,501 258,100 2,251,062 648,044 120,008 432,030 1,200,082 9 Other iron and steel manufactured____......................................... 420,895 312,793 511,179 7,386,707 2,829,176 524,014 1,886,452 5,240,142 10 Scrap iron and steel...............................................-............. 348,124 272,392 343,769 3,919,876 1,261,622 182,603 215,804 1,660,029 11 All other (except sand, gravel, stone, Government)..............-............... 1,679,949 292,311 653,600 9,659,707 3,434,655 2,265,411 1,607,711 7,307,777 12 Sand, gravel, stone, Government............................................... l 8,009,864 --------...............-------.................----------------............................------ M Totals..................................................................... 2 42,792,487 '6,067,519 < 13,535,755 176,347,769 72,948,040 16,747,638 18,638,411 108,334,589 Savings SHESfd? ^tail charges .J.1?^" Savings on a Commodity Per ton- Note SSS£d«£ on normal enf*per Ohio River | Total Ohio River ^mile^ nKf&SJges level mite normal level Mills Mills I Coal .................... 14,092,091 $8,700,792 5.27 107 $2,330,453 $37,034,853 0.87 $10,139,569 2 Coke .............-.-........................ 447,940 370,335 4.81 104 37,615 977,989 .40 401,433 3 Crude petroleum ..........-................. 10,813,160 5,422,523 3.72 104 1,581,876 41,128,784 .54 6,215,786 4 Gasoline .......................... 27,603,332 6,610,233 5.98 116 8,957,039 64,938,535 1.95 8,755,195 6 Fuel, road oil . ....................-.......................- 4,031,302 2,469,021 6.08 112 1,487,877 13,886,853 2.24 3,380,290 6 Refined petroleum .....................-.......______ 2,402,825 898,703 6.00 112 697,979 6,514,470 1.74 1,159,760 7 Sulfur .................................... 813,208 329,735 1.84 101 37,407 3,779,179 .08 344,902 8 Iron and steel, rods, slabs_______.......................-................. 1,050,980 706,494 4.07 120 450,212 2,701,274 1.74 1,009,137 9 Other iron and steel manufacture.......................................... 2,146,565 1,313,493 4.19 120 1,477,341 8,864,048 2.89 1,403,892 10 Scrap iron and steel..................................................- 2,259,847 1,790,633 6.49 120 783,975 4,703,851 2.28 2,411,688 11 All other (except sand, gravel, stone, Government)........................ 2,331,930 1,052,020 3.59 140 3,863,882 13,523,589 5.91 2,780,337 12 Sand, gravel, stone, Government..................................................................-.....--------------------------------...............-.....----------------------------------------------- 13 Totals ................................... 68,013,180 29,663,982 »5.02 «110 21,705,656 198,053,425 «1.60 38,001,989 |
