Wonderful Increase

Total Freight Through the Soo During 1902 Was 35,961,146 Tons.

Ottawa, Dec. 31. - The total freight carried by the two Soo canals for the season of 1002 was 35,961,146 tons, an increase of 7,558,081 tons compared with 1901, and of 10,318,073 tons compared with 1900. Of the total carried by the two canals the Canadian carried 4,728,351 tons, which exceeded the quantity carried by it in 1901 by 1,907,324 tons and that carried in 1900 by 2,692,632 tons. The total eastbound freight carried by both canals in 1902 was 20,275,989 tons, and increase of 7,188,247 over 1901. The season has been a remarkably good one for both canals. The grain, including wheat, amounted to 104,457,007 bushel, and of 33,971,396 bushels passed through the Canadian canal, or 32.52 per cent.