Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-03

This enterprising city has been IN 6ne
shape during the last year. Failures have
been few, and all the branches of commerce
' have been developing steadily. Hardware,
dry goods and groceries are doing well, and
new firms are coiaiDg into the arena daily
Many new and elegant stores have gone up
during the year. Within the past year she
has added soap factories, box factories, ice
factories and cotton factory to her list, and
1t has just been decided 10 locate the car
shops OF The East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad there. This will increase
, The population at least 5000. A 100000
, oleornsrgarine factory, ice factory and
! slaughter-hodse, combined; till GO up al
an early day. During the past year mtre
than $780, 900 has been expended in the cree
ton OF buildings and the building boom
) still booms. Hundreds OF buildings Of every
DESCRIPTION, including many elegant reai-
dences, are going up all over the
city The tendency Of real estate is
still upward, and as fast as the
houses are finished they are filed. Rents
are firm. In addition to other inn
proyements, a new rolling-mill working 500
hands and a grain elevator With capacity
oil $4,000 bushels are IN operation. The
principal streets are being maca iamizsti. |
Electric lights have been placed in the
Grand Central depot grounds, secured for |
great park; 800, 900 courthouse built, and |
anoiner street-car company has appeared up |
Il
seven miles distant, still another streef-car |
line, belt road to transfer freight around |
the city, new gas company, and another |
| operahouse are projected. Two additional |
railroads are being built, the Georgia Pa |
| citc, tapping the Alabama coal felds, and |
me Cincinnati and Georgia, connecting at
Atlanta with the West.
Birmingham.
This city ia improving more rapidly than
ever. Hundreds OF business and dwelling.
houses are being rapidly built, and are occ1.,
pied as soon as ready. Between 200 and 30(
carloads of freight leave daily. Population
is howiDg in with wonderful rapidly. but
everybody readily finds employment. The
corn, potatoes and all other crops are abup.
dant. The cotton crop is late, but will be
more than an average crop. The amount OF
iron and coal shipped more than doubles
that OF any previous year. The city is to be
lighted with gas soon.
Columbus, Miss.
Thirty thousand bales of cotton were
shipped from here the past year. The corn
crop Is fully equal TO an eighteen months
supply, and all other crops Splendid. Cotton
is opening slowly and is fully two weeks late.
The continuous rain for the past six weeks is
injuring the crop considerably in the fat
lands, but better crop will be made
throughout this section of the State than for
many years.
NhnEA0stOh
This city shows a marked Improvement in
trades Crop returns are so favorable as TO
more than COMPENSATE for the disaster ct last
year. The yield OF wheat, oats and corn far
surpassed that of any previous season in
South Carolina. The business of the CITY for
the past year foots up S75.000,00O, against
SIi,0O0,O0O last year, notwithstanding the
railing OF In the receipts of cotton, owing to
the diminished yield of the last crop. Trade
in naval stores, lumber and phosphate rock
10 increasing heavily. The number of facts
ries is 1as, employing A45e persons A new
,otton-mill with 10000 spindles will start
!oon. The city debt has been reduced to
The commercial metropolis eff Northern
Texas contains a population of 81 500 Il
las 100 miles of railway radiatihg from it,
Nth electric light, gas works, street railways
md other paraphernania of all big cities.
ne aggregate exports for the year amounted
D s., 100000. Among the shipments were:
otton, 25,915 bales; wool, $4,000 pounds; p
ides and pelts, 1885, 600 pounds; 2,500,00O
ushels OF grain; horses, cattle, sheep and s
ogs to the value of 81 900 900, and minor
roducls TO the value of $750,u00 OF these
nipmenis forty per cent were direct to New 8
ork and thirty per cent. to New Orleans.
he imports were divided as follows:
OF dry goods, clothing hats caps, boots, ;
,oes and millinery, $S,500,000; groceries,
reduce, confections, baeging and ties. S., !
10000; liquors, beer and tCbacoos and
gars, s., 500, 900; sash, doors and blinds.
100000, and undressed lumber, 1925 600; !,
DOC. 600: hardware. scricnItnrsl ;n'ris, 4
ents and machinery, g, 750, 900, and sewing I
achlnes. jewelry, miscellaneous articles, :
G, $2,255,600.
The grand total of imports, therefore, for
alias during the past twelve months will
ach S20, $4,000. These constitute the chief
p pO,, anu IN Por,s, aNnougn they DO not, 1
:. =: 'e, iioiuue an .ne Items OF sucn trainc. per
:. ~ lucy Iescn tne sum OF SzI ,ooVOooO tics
re wholesale dry goods sales last year were