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Show TABLE 4.-Domestic freight traffic in the United States by kinds of transportation [Ton-miles in millions and percent of total] Source.-Column 1 data are from ICC, Statistics of Railways. Column 1 does not include ton-miles of express, mail, and electric raUway traffic. Column 2 data are from Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. Column 3 does not include coastal and intercoastal traffic. Column 4 data for 1929-35 are from ICO, Postwar Traffic Levels, 1944; for 1936-48 from Bureau of Public Roads. Column 5 data for 1929-42 are from ICO, Postwar Traffic Levels, 1944; for 1943-48 from ICC annual reports. TABLE 5.-Summary of interstate petroleum barge movements From Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi (Gulf coast) ports to Mississippi River points, by years, 1936-49 [Barrels of 42 United States gallons] Source: Oil and Gas Division, Department of the Interior, April 1950. 441 12 3 4 5 6 Rail- Per- Great Per- 5^? Per- High- Per- Pipe- Per- Total Per-ways cent Lakes cent ways cent ways cent lines cent ±«"" ^^ 1929............................. 450,169 73.4 97,322 15.9 8,660 1.4 18,200 3.0 38,900 6.3 613,271 100 1930.....____________________ 385,815 73.2 77,366 14.7 9,088 1.7 20,200 3.8 34,800 6.6 527,269 100 1931____________.............. 311,073 73.5 49,079 11.6 7,825 1.8 22,800 5.4 32,600 7.7 423,377 100 1932____________________..... 235,309 72.1 24,734 7.6 7,905 2.4 23,700 7.3 34,400 10.6 326,048 100 1933__________________....... 250,651 68.2 45,069 12.2 10,232 2.7 25,700 7.0 36,600 9.9 368,252 100 1934..........._______________ 270,292 68.3 48,267 12.2 9,423 2.4 29,500 7.4 38,300 9.7 395,782 100 1935............................. 283,637 65.2 54,690 12.6 13,406 3.1 33,400 7.7 49,600 11.4 434.633 100 1936..............____________ 341,182 65.3 77,264 14.8 15,387 2.9 36,863 7.0 52,100 10.0 522,796 100 1937........._________________ 362,815 62.4 93,244 16.1 16,882 2.9 40,379 6.9 68,100 11.7 581,420 100 1938_____________............. 291,866 62.7 49,004 10.5 17,743 3.8 44,728 9.6 62,300 13.4 465,641 100 1939________________.......... 335,375 61.5 76,312 14.0 19,937 3.7 50,697 9.2 63,100 11.6 545,421 100 1940............................. 375,369 60.8 95,645 15.4 22,412 3.6 57,766 9.3 67,300 10.9 618,492 100 1941............................. 477,576 62.1 113,639 14.8 26,815 3.5 72,880 9.5 77,800 10.1 768,710 100 1942............_______........ 640,992 68.9 122,167 13.1 26,398 2.8 55,759 6.0 84,500 9.2 929,816 100 1943........._________________ 730,132 71.4 115,346 11.3 27,306 2.7 53,071 5.2 96,257 9.4 1,022,112 100 1944.....______................ 740,586 68.7 118,769 11.0 31,386 2.9 54,276 5.1 132,336 12.3 1,077,353 100 1945_____....................... 684,148 67.6 113,028 11.2 29,709 2.9 61,218 6.1 123,293 12.2 1,011,306 100 1946.................__________ 594,943 67.1 96,022 10.9 27,951 3.2 73,514 8.3 92,490 10.5 884,920 100 1947............__________..... 657,878 65.9 112,165 11.3 34,549 3.5 89,169 8.9 104,153 10.4 997,914 100 1948............._____________ 641,104 62.7 118,707 11.6 43,123 4.2 100,140 9.9 118,676 11.6 1,021,850 100 Year Crude oil Gasoline Kerosene Heating oil Gas oil Fuel oil Lube l^Jlolis Total 1936..................................._______ 4,856,545 617,427 __________ 158,502 110,099 47,273............ 5,789,846 1937............................_____.......... 5,187,968 665,522 .....______ 309,910 73,800 85,520 ......_____ 6,322,720 1938....................____________________ 5,691,685 716,456 __________ 384,054 59,329 58,920 __________ 6,910,444 1939..........-........_____________________ 7,176,318 598,412 __________ 569,148 76,737 84,622 __________ 8,505,237 1940.............................____________ 7,941,044 736,032 __________ 599,879 99,935 79,803 -........... 9,456,693 1941.............................____________ 13,627,164 1,351,379 __________ 874,768 553,289 81,825 ______..... 16,461,425 1942......................______ 155,442 16,125,947 1,594,527 __________ 2,076,032 944,023 163,755 16,496 21,076,222 1943.........-.......-........... 878,775 21,499,954 2,872,482 __________ 8,223,463 1,151,775 176,261 13,219 34,815,929 1944............................. 10,688,194 23,682,540 4,160,372 __________ 6,277,643 1,182,619 172,653 __________ 46,064,021 1945...............____________ 10,252,241 18,789,648 3,795,217 __________ 7,137,216 977,786 146,076 5,399 41,103,583 1946............______________ 8,856,678 29,120,606 2,569,748 140,499 1,822,114 641,627 178,074 8,219 43,337,565 1947.__..........____________ 17,354,832 32,794,294 4,666,717 946,725 3,905,038 1,020,966 200,481 12,030 60,901,083 1948.....____________________ 21,983,662 40,120,635 5,342,090 793,657 4,237,337 1,057,045 195,483 57,026 73,786,935 1949.................______:... 13,690,244 44,531,800 5,783,177 2,780,827 2,015,424 1,110,588 266,691 35,398 70,214,149 |