WAR DEPARTMENT CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY PORT SERIES-No. 1 THE PORT OF PORTLAND MAINE PREPARED BY THE STATISTICAL DIVISION BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS A. H. RITTER Chief Statistician WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1921 WAR DEPARTMENT, THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS, From: The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. 1. There is transmitted herewith a report by the board on the port and harbor facilities of Portland, Me., prepared for this department and the Shipping Board as a result of the cooperation prescribed by section 8 of the merchant marine act, and in furtherance of the objects entrusted to the War Department by section 500 of the transportation act of 1920. The report is based upon extensive consultation with the Shipping Board, and the use of forms in large part prepared under its auspices. It is the first of a series of reports concerning the principal ports of the United States. 2. Information regarding our ports has not heretofore been available in such form as to afford for any selected port all data essential to a vessel desiring to call, or to enable a shipper to make a comparison of the facilities and charges at one port with those at another for the particular class of business in which he is interested. The report includes information regarding the traffic movements through the port and the development of foreign and domestic commerce. On account of the value of the information to commercial and shipping interests, and to the successful operation of the American merchant marine, it is recommended that the report be published. For the board: C. KELLER, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, [First indorsement.] Office of Chief of Engineers, April 4, 1921.-To the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D. C. Approved. LANSING H. BEACH, Major General, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. (3) |