Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-08-15 | Page 8 | Peak Freight Traffic on 3 Rivers Reported

Peak Freight Traffic On 3 Rivers Reported PITTSBURGH. Freight traffic on the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers during 1940 was at an all-time high, the United States engineers en-gineers office here disclosed. Total tonnage on the three rivers during the year was 35,644,204, compared com-pared with 33,741,106 tons in 1929, the previous record year. Greatest cargo carried by the river boats was soft coal, the engineers office said. Individual records of tonnage for freight handled on the Monongahela and Ohio rivers also were shattered, according to the engineers report.