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.2 THE <strong>COAL</strong> TRADE BULLETIN.<br />

HEAVY INCREASE SHOWN IN<br />

RAILROAD <strong>COAL</strong> TONNAGE.<br />

Something of the enormous increase in tonnage<br />

statistics of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, as<br />

they will be shown in the next annual report in<br />

eomparison with tonnage figures of last year, may<br />

be seen in the increase of 8 per cent, in the coal<br />

tonnage handled by the system's lines and in an<br />

increase in coke tonnage of 24 per cent, from the<br />

Connellsville district. These percentages are<br />

based upon the figures given for the period of 11<br />

months from July 1. 1904. to May 31. 1905. Further<br />

than this, there is a notable increase shown<br />

in the Pennsylvania railroad and the Norfolk &<br />

Western coal tonnages of bituminous coal an

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