Panama Canal Rates Fixed

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 24, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 50.

Panama Canal Rates Fixed

President Taft has fixed the rates for the Panama Canal, on merchant vessels carrying passengers or cargo, $1.20 per net vessel ton — each 100 cubic feet — of actual earning capacity; and on vessels in ballast, without passengers or cargo, 40% less; upon naval vessels, other than transports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, fifty cents per displacement ton; upon army and navy transports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, $1.20 per net ton.