The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-05

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are the most powerful in the world, and a
har5Or that accommodates about the larg-
est cotton carrying steamships. With her
advantages. and with the new roads re-
Gently built and others that will be built
within very short time. she can reason
/ ably expect that she will not only main
tain her place as the second cotton port Of
the country, but will become a contestant
for the fir-t place.
And what a wonderful increase there has
been in her naval stores business For
number of years she has been tine greatest
naval stores market in the world. She has
no rival in this respect, and is not likely to
have any For the year 1889 the value
| Of her naval stores business was sS. 900.
| For the year which has just ended it was
| 100000 1t was doubled in a single year.
| And the prospect for next year is extremely
promising. New and very rich territory
has been opened by three new lines of rail-
road. ana turpentine and rosin will come
into Savannah this year in much greater
quantitie' than in any previous year. 1t
would not be surprising If the value of her
naval stores receipts next year should be
S1O.0oO,OOO
And her lumber businessl How very
satisfactory was the showing it made for the
last year! 1t was much greater than it was
the previous year, and the outlook for it
this year is in the highest degree flattering.
Vast areas of virgin forests have just been
penetrated by Savannah railroads-forests
that will supply material for the ravenous
saw-mills for years.
Savannahs wholesale merchants are con-
tented. They have q business that is
assuming immense proportions. 1t extends
over three or four states. and rests upon so
solid a foundation that it is in no danger
from competition. Indeed, Savannah mer-
chants have such advantages in receiving
and distributing their goods chat they are
much more likely to encroach upon the ter
ritory OF their competitors than their COM
petitors are to encroach upon theirs.
And what magnificent business Savan-
nah did last year, In the aggregate it
amounted to nearly 1884, O0O, 000-fully
S25, 100000 more than it did the previous
year. Is 1t to be wondered at, therefore,
that Savannah is going ahead with giant
are moving upward, that hundreds of build
ings are being erected, that railroads that
are to share in her prosperity are being built,
and that factories of one kind and another
are being erected within her limitsG
Three railroads have been completed
within the last year that will add greatly
to Savannah's business and prosperity.
They are the Alabama Midland, the Savan-
nah and Western and the Savannah, Amer
icus and Montgomery. Much of the terri
tory tributary to them has not been hereto
fore tributary to Savannah. These roads
will greatly increase Savannah's commerce.
The country they traverse is rich in many
things, and is susceptible OF great
development Each year, therefore, their
contributions to Savannah's prosperity will
be greater than those of the previous year.
And the railroads which are now being built
the South Bound and the Macon and At
lantic-they will still further add to Swan
nah's commercial importance. They will
not only bring business to her merchants.
but also to her steamship lines.
As great as these steamship lines have
grown to be, it is apparent that the time is
close at hand when they will not be equal
to the demand upon them. There must be
daily steamer to New York and an in
crease in the service to Boston and Balti-
more. Business will soon require such an
increase, and the requirements of business
must be complied with.
Savanuahians have reason, certainly. TO
have confidence in their city and TO be
proud of her, for she is becoming larger and
richer aud more attractive every year. She
compares favorably with any other city in
the country in the matter of health, and she
is second to none in the south in her prom
ises of commercial Importance. She has
magnificent harbor. which is to be so i'm
proved that it will accommodate vessels
having draft of twenty-six feet. She has
hotel that is superb in its proportions and,
in many respects, superior to any other in
the country-a hotel that will satisfy the
most fastidious of those who seek the south
in the winter, and which, with other attrac
tions, will make Savannah one of the most
popular winter resorts In the south
In the last decade Savannah increased
in population Al per cent. The increase was
almost wholly within the last two or three
years, It is safe to predict, in view of her
present promises Of prosperity, that Savan :
nah will have population of 100000 when
the next national census is taken