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Interest in River Freight Grows As Water Transport Gains
Des Moines report notes rising rail rates push shippers to water routes in the Mississippi valley. Army engineers cite 1926 barge savings per ton and grain price effects from Chicago to New Orleans, with demand for Great Lakes to Atlantic ship channels and Mississippi barge corridors.
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Courier Special Service
Des Moines
Army Engineers
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Onle
Interstate, Commerce Commission
Commerce
J. H. Henderson
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Washington
Central West
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi River
Chicago
New Orleans
Bb Louis
Nis Grain
Middlewest