Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1917 — PITTSBURGH LEADS WORLD [ARTICLE]

PITTSBURGH LEADS WORLD

Greatest Originator of Freight of Any City on Earth, According to Statistics. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Statistics compiled here show that Pittsburgh leads the world in origination of freight tonnage. The products of the Pittsburgh district’s mines, mills and other industrial plants form a.tonnage two and one-half times greater than the tonnage of the ports of Londbn, New York and Hamburg combined. The tonnage is handled by; 12 railroad lines that converge here, and the Ohio, Allegheny ■ and Monongahela rivers. This tonnage tB iHso greater ttmn that handled through the JSuez canal and .tlfe'ports of. New York, London, Liverpool and Hamburg in normal times, combined.