The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-15
ssvannah,s Commercial Future.

The MORNING NEWS Published statistics
a few days ago showing that the commerce
Of Savannah hiss Incl easei wonderfully
within the last few years, and that tits now
about as great IS that Of al the other south
Atlantic ports combined There are rea-
so2s for saying that the increase within TIE
next few years VIII be far greater than it
has been within the last five.
One Of these reasons is that Savannah,
II all probability, will b. the
point from which the phosphate Of Florida
viii be shiPpei % Europa. There IS no
other South Atlantic port which offer 50
great advantages as this for It's shipment
Deep wate- 10 the saa is necessary, because
in order 70 export it with profit large yes
sels must be employed, ard when they are
loaded with il they have a very great
draught Ia a week or two the first ship
ment Of the phosphate to Europe will be
made. Already several hundred tons OF it
have arrived, and the remainder Of the cargo
viii soon be here. If the experimental
shipment proves to he satisfactory. and
there IS every reason to think it will, the
exporting of phosphate viii soon become
large business. Vessels VIII be in our har-
Dor all the time seeking cargoss of it
Another reason for expecting a great in
crease in Savannah's commerce is the open
ing Of three new lines of railroad, which
will bring the products Of the country trib-
uuary 10 them here for shipment abroad.
These roads are the Alabama Midland, the
Savannah and Western, and the South
Bound
a well-informed railroad man said day
or two ago that 30, 900 bales of cotton would
reach Savannah next season over the Ala
hama Midland. That would be a very con-
siderable increase in our cotton receipts
There will also be sent here over the
same road a vast amount of other products,
and our merchants will have the oppor-
tunity to find customers in section of
country that has not heretofore traded with
them.
The Savannah and Western, which will
be in operation within very few months,
will largely add to the city's receipts of
lumber and naval stores. It runs through
hundreds of thousands of acres Of as good
pine lands as there are in the world.
The South Bounds projectors promise to
nave that road completed for the fall trade.
If they do Savannah will get a great deal
of cotton from South Carolina, and also a
very large amount of other trade. Already
several South Carolina merchants, it IS
reported, are thinking about moving their
establishments to this city with the view of
getting portion of the new business which
viii come here as soon as the road is COM
pleted.
Of course Savannah is showing evidences
Of her increasing prosperity. Her real
estate is commanding very large prices, and
there is a much greater demand for houses
than can be supplied. There is one thing,
however, that she must have, and that is
channel to the sea twenty-six feet deep
She now has twenty-one feet in her harbor
and twenty-seven feet on her bar at high
tide. With twenty-six feet of water ships
capable of doing her carrying trade salts
factorily can come to her wharves. 1t is to
be hoped, therefore, that congress will
appreciate Savannah's commercial impor-
lance sufficiently to give her a reasonable
| appropriation for beginning work on the
protected harbor Improvement