DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL


 DRAFTS AND DIMENSIONS OF VESEL8

 An average vessel based on the drafts and dimensions of the 10,341 potential
transit of the canal would have the following dimensions:
 Length-------------------------------------- feet_- 398
 Breadth---------.---------------------------..do .-- 54
 Draft_-------------------------- -------- do---- 26
 Dead-weight tonnage ------------------------------- 8, 716
 Speed- ..----------------------------------knots-- 10-12
 The great bulk of the traffic falls within the following dimensions:
 Length ---..--------------------------------feet 400-500
 Breadth--------------------------- ------- do-..- 50- 60
 Draft----------...----- ..----------. ----.-----do--.. 26- 27
 Dead-weight tonnage -- ------------------------- 9, 390
 Speed ..----------------.-------.-----.--knots- 10-12

 APPENDIX EXHIBIT D. POTENTIAL TRAFFIC GULF-ATLANTIC SHIP CANAL,
 CALENDAR YEAR 1929

 TABLE I.-Ton-miles saved

 Nautical Statute


 Computed on average ship's cargo in short tons: I
 Out-bound from New Orleans to United States Atlantic ports-.--.. 3,312,822 443.100,745
 OItbwmd from New Orleas to Europe and Canada-.......------ 1,808, 06,843 2,079, 242, 3
 In-bound to New Orleans from United States Atlantic ports-....... 131. 684,310 151,43, 957
 In-bound to New Orleans from Europe and Canada..-------..... 1, 450, 8, 413 1, 678827,975
 Total.....-..-..-........................-----....- ..-.-- 3,784,884,388 4,352,617,046

 1 New Orleans only.
 TABLE II.-Time and money savings

 Time Money


 Average savings per voyage, United States: I Hours
 In-hound from Atlantic ports to United States Gulf ports-.........-----.--..-- 3 5 $*4
 Out-bound from United States Gulf ports to United States Atlantic ports -.. 22 419
 In-bound to United States Gulf ports from foreign ports----.. --......-- ..--- 27.5 507
 Out-bound from United States Gulf ports to foreign ports--..----..--.--------. 21.1 385
 In-bound to United States Atlantic ports from Tampico, Mexico...-.......-- 6.8 137
 Out-bound from United States Atlantic ports to Tampico, Mexico-........-.. 24.3 471

 I All Gulf ports.
 NoTE.-Data for Mexican ports is very incomplete, being based on partial research and insufficient
 statistics.