Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-05

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Have recently purchased additions
grounds, aud arc now building plat
forms and sheds so as to increase thei
capacity of properly taking care O
twenty thousand bales of cotton il
transit. They are erecting two new
powerful congresses. These presse.
are intended principally for doubling
bales for export shipment, giving t
the ship at the sea port a tonnage o.
about six bales to the ships t~en-regis-
termeasuremen or over fifty pounds ia
the cubic foot. This is an increase Of
one-third as compared with the best
single bale tonnage now being given.
Thus Memphis will again be placed
with greater advantages from superior
COMPRISING, and, as a consequence,
will be quoted at a less rate of ocean
freight than her rival markets of sale,
thus enabling the planter to realize a
better price in Memphis than else
where, as the difference in the rate of
freight occasioned by greater density
of tonnage will nearly always be added
to the price Of the cotton when being
bOught,and a lowrate offreight enables
the buyer to pay more for the cotton.
The compress charges are included in
the rate of freight. These presses,
with yards and sheds complete, will
be finished ready for business with the
commencement of the season. The
manner in which the compress COM
pany conducts the business, acting as
exclusive agents to sign dray receipts,
etc, for the transportation line which
they represent, gives entire satisfac-
ton to all interested in the proper
handling and prompt forwarding of
cotton. Theirsystem is acknowledged
to be good by both buyer factor, car
rier, and banker, all of whom derive
benefits therefrom, the compress
receipt for cotton being at once con
vertible into money on it the bill of
lading issues; on that the exchange
is drawn. The factors money is
ready, and the planter is paid without
delay. Thus the responsibility Of the
compress and the aid it gives in hand
ling the staple is very great. The
management of these congresses is
under one of our best known and
most esteemed citizens, Mr.. H. A..
Montgomery, who has held this re-
sponsible position for years, and to
whose enterprise the compress bust
ness has been so greatly aided to the
extent of presenting its now splendid
advantages.
The Union Cotton COmpnesS.
This association occupies the navy
yard in North Memphis. They have
a river front of over 1000 feet. The
tracks of all the railroads of the city
run into their yards, excepting the
Mississippi and Tennessee railroad.
They have a large and convenient
elevator of their own for the purpose
OF loading cotton on steamers. The
capacity of the elevator at one time is
from 1000 to 5000 bales. They have
three Of the most powerful and COM
plete congresses In America. 1t is
capable Of reducing cotton to an
average density of thirty pounds to
the cubic foot, and of doubling when
necessary. These presses turn out
bales cotton per day OF ten hours.
They have over a quarter of a million
square feet Of platform and sheds, and
are capable Of protecting under shell
ter 1900 bales cotton at one time.
They have at their own expense intro
duced large water mains throughout
their premises for protection against
fire. As a result of the extraordinary
density to which their presses com
press cotton, freights both to domestic
and foreign ports have been reduced
a minimum. In some cases this
season cotton has been carried from
to Liverpool at less than
o-l6d sterling per pound. This is a
rate rarely reached in New Orleans.
Mr.. John 7. Burr, a gentleman whose
energies have not only con-
tFibuted TO the success which has at
tended the lahoFs Of the Union Com
press Company, but to the entire
of COMPRISING, and conse-
quent cheap rates of freight here, is
the superintendent of this large cor.
pOration.
COsperage and Manu-
iheiHriHG Company.
This enterprise, and one of tho most
important ever established in the
Bluff City, has been In operation in
fact ever since last December. Work
was first commenced on it in June,
Fhe yellow fsyer epidemic.
however, stopped operations during It's
prevalence. The works are located
above the Memphis and Louisville
nearly at the head of Main
street, Tracks of the Louisville and
Little Rock and Paducah
railroads run into and alongside the