The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-06
LIFE ON THE WHARVES.
THE RUSH OF BUSINESS ALONG
THE RIVER FRONT.


Seventy Vessels Now in Port Loading
and Discharging Cargoes-The Ca
pacity OF the Freight Yards Being
Increased - New Territory Being
Opened to Savannah all the Time,
and Freight Pouring in from all Di-
rections-Not Cars Enough to Han
die 1t.
The rush of business is nowhere greater in
Savannah than on the river front. There are
seventy vessels now in port The
activity, which is now at its hight, extends
from the Savannah, Florida and Western
lower wharves, a mile below the city, to the
Central railroad lumber yard, half a mile
beyond the Central railroad wharves. YES
sells are taking on cotton, or discharging
cargoes, at points along the river front
which have not been used by vessels within
recent years.
Many sailing vessels are loading lumber
or naval stores, and bringing in fertilizer
stock to be used in the manufacture of fer
tilizers, an industry which has grown
remarkably within the last two or three
years.
course, the scenes of the greatest activity,
as the New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia steamers receive and discharge
there, but the railroad extension
eastward on River street has enabled the
company to put cotton on the wharves as
far east as Bull street, and the work Of
extension will continue until the Lower
rice mill is reached.
5000 WHARF HANDS.
Between $500 and 5000 men are en-
ployed along the wharves. and this does not
include teamsters and lighter hands. From
daylight to dark there is an incessant rum
bic of drays, loaded with cotton, moving on
Bay. jefferson, Liberty and West Broad
streets, and cotton men on the Bay
have found it necessary to remain In their
offices until a late hour, with their clerical
forces overworked, on account of the rush
of cotton for the last month and half.
The activity in lumber movements also
keeps the lumber shippers busy. and the
movements in shipping during the present
season exceed the most sanguine anticipa-
fions.
The opening Of the Eden extension of the
Central railroad will bring large territory
of virgin timber tributary to Savannah,
which will increase the receipts of naval
stores and lumber, and large shipments of
naval stores which have gone down the
Ogeecnee Dy DOdJ, VIII now come DIV Inc
shorter route with quicker dispatch to this
port.
INCREASING THE FREIGHT YARDS.
The Central railroad, anticipating this,
will build extensive sheds southwest of
the Ocean Steamship wharves, lighter
ing the rosin and turpentine down
Musgrove creek, which is to be deepened
and the bridges over it raised. The lumber
wharves west of the Central railroad
wharves are to be extended and greater
facilities added for handling the increasing
receipts of lumber. With these improve
ments the wharves east of the city and the
wharves west, where the Two great railroad
systems terminate, Will receive and ship the
lumber and naval stores brought to this
port for export.
The large fertilizer factories at the eastern
and western extremities of the harbor have
excellent facilities for shipping by rail and
river. and receive large consignments of
crude material by foreign and coastwise
vessels. There are over three miles Of ship
ping in the harbor now, vessels at some
wharves lying two and three abreast.
1t is probable that Savannah would get
almost as much cotton as New Orleans this
year if the Centr ! railroad had rolling
stock enough to take all the cotton it could
get at competing p ints.