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Show HEAVY SHIPMENT OF SUGAR FROM HAWAII 250,000 Tons, Worth $25.0O0,0OO Going Overland on Account of Canal Being Clowd. CHTOAGO. March 4. ft flrufc train-loadj train-loadj of what is said 'to be the largest transcontinental shipment of a single uommodity ever made passed through Chicago today. It was sugar from Hawaii. The entire en-tire consifjnmeut, most of which goea to New "York refineries, weighs 250,000 tons, 1s valued at $25,000,000 and the freight charges will be In the neighborhood neighbor-hood of $3 000,000. The entire consignment will require 6000 freight cars, or 120 solid trains. The movemeut, whirh will require throe months to complete, was made overland because of the blocking of the Panama cntinl. The, first trainload loft San Francisco February 24 and is due at New York next Tuesday. A small part of later phipments will go to Philadelphia. |