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|B | (I | ' ing ~ EE sour SNAG BL th THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1930 _ nn" PAGE THIRTEEN Cas PORTS PREPARING FOR INCREASED TRADE the Canadian Press Toran: Jan. 21.--With ? tacti-|§ ; ties taxed during the past year to E 4h e very utmost, and prospects that the volume of i Re continge to increase, tremendous ac- tivity is now going on in Canada's major. seaports. ans for increased capacity and for. the complete re- modelling of some of the harbors are being carried out, and the next few | com , years gill see still greater' i be- taken, The improvements now. under way are more. than necessary, for in 16 years the Dominion's trade expansion has far su sed the most optimistic estimate ¢ o 1 years ago. During 929, imports from the Jort o of Mon- treal pendpus. figure of $245517953, as com $145,629,791 in 1913. E year were 1918+they were a mere Pisa, Through Canada's fiye pr! hy Montreal, LT Ay ohn, Halifax, Nasi and Qu ec, goods "Valued at browgst into the country. Naame the balance of trade in favor of the dominion a, total of $430,824204, was shipped out. Montreal, in the total of business handled, now Yanks second to New York a mong A mierican ports, al- thon the tbo 18 months in the year, the other hand, has made still great- er strides, and is now port of the Pacific Coast. What has happened is briefly sum marized by a comparison of the val- ues of import and export trade in 1913 and 1929 at Canada's five. prin- while for trade will mad wif ben of 8 open only eight | and ancouver, on the leading | has In § total of $14 0001 He ant, voted ged sein 1S in chee a. aston and Halifax, Qu ceived $8,500,000 of that sum§ hil 000 went to Saint John an 000 to Halifax. All this mon is not yet spent, but is being expen ed upon programs of improvenic and enlargement. More recently $2 000,000 was voted. of Sie $8.00 000 is for of Montreal, . 000,000. i Halifax, § ree Jute Rives, and $200 000 for Chicoutimi. ears a this last port received, i 000000 im ment, d y Oktay ave been awn up for | be expenditure of of these moneys, but it is clear this will by no means carry out the complete plans, and each year further appropriations will have to be e to provide for the handling of incr traffic, At Montreal, the greatest program of expansion in history is now under way. Before the 1930 season opeis. | the J end of the harbor will be changed. Three new piers, far vi A any at present existing be constructed. Three , Supping Ea system in the har ime its will be rad at a cost of the same amount. Grain conveyor sys- | tems, berthing facilities and other mv Jroveatents Il cost in Tae Selgnuor. f $4,000,000 are finished. Already, 15,000 000 Dushels wheat can be stored in tre mendous elevators which an im. posing skyline, but still more addi tions are planned. Quebec has ceaselessly ta greater share of the handling of gen- eral Canadian business and agitated for a revision of the railway tariff which it felt discriminated against it In the fall of 1927, the Board of Rail way Commissioners remedied this condition by according Quebec the same rates on grain for export from Georgian Bay s as to Montreal, on all traffic from Toronto and points west fbr export. As a result, a decided improvement been r ed in recent years. In 1928, imports ne slightly but exports went up nearly 50 per cent. In that year, 11,063,761 bushels of grain were handled. Elevators there mow can accommodate 4,000, cipal seaports :-- 000 bushels, with conveyors, marine 1913 1929 | towers and grain galleries. In addi- Upnireal $1 sissy Sion, a cold ding Paving coped fai m; a S52 main building having a ca city of Exports +s | 731S7247 23426799 aif» millon onda of Ssh, "ha Vancouver SATA been tomruced By. % By fu = fio mports . ear, four or rgest type orts .. 91992554 of ergse steamers; two addition 9,845,221 180,927,521 Salut ges'. : 7d a be a freightese. 8 en * canal Impe TE] wa sized ves eee 12,196,236 io A ed Imports - nisg yd Naturally, "with the tremendous im- Pr -- seaports up to their proper place, expenditures have loomed up 77,582 326 sels, will be com Canada's re , port »n the Atlantic. Saint {oha, rank ranks thir after Montreal and Vancouver in th total volume of traffic. Fifteen coa<t wise lines ad twenty overseas steain ship ¢ anies operate from the Ne Bruna nde AR Direct _steamsh ada to the Britis! 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