Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-04-25
GROWTH OF THE south.
An Interesting Report by Superin-
tendent of Census Porter.
Cities that Ten Years Ago Were Unknown
Are Thriving Manufacturing Centres
with Thousands of Inhabitants.

Cities that Ten Years Ago Were Unknown
Are Thriving Manufacturing Centres
with Thousands of Inhabitants.
Hon. Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of
the Census, in his review of the industrial and
agricultural progress of the South during the
last ten years says, ''The mineral development
and the increase in manufactures during this
period has been of such magnitude and of such
importance as to seriously attract the attention
/ Of the world. The South is to-day producing
as much coal, iron ore and pig iron as the en-
tire United States produced in 1870. To my
mind the progress of the Southern States in the
manufacture of steel will be as great during
the next ten years as it has been in the pro-
dHction of coal and pig iron during the past
decade. The class of labor attracted TO these
rich mineral regions viii be higher character
than OF the past that is TO say there will be
artisans and mechanics who will command a
much higher rate of wages and hence increase
the consuming power of the South
PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF CITIES.
an no way, however, is the remarkable
development of the New South shown in
more striking degree than by the history of the
astonishing growth of individual cities in this
section during the past decade. Admission,
49, to @S'" i - III I9oo, ~
10y III io9V piiilliiislia,5 WHICH mus ulI
which in 1880 had population of 30S6, had
grown in 1890 to fiourlshing city of 20, l19
inhabitants in fact a center of industrial ac-
tivity of Il, 600 people, and showing an increase
cont i; ION Sdars tn, ,oI,,a nf LA =; III
arn,,,,d +bis ~ bos ;roosad ~ q 90 IN
:; - i'i' Ia @ LA ~.
tbat ;a6 III lIni o06
t 'y NiS Tn',a ,SSS w.
~ r 5n pn l ~, & ,,i, - ~
a totaI If a. "a oon and nov, hos Irondr ~
worth probably $50 100000.
Chattanooga had population Of L, 1872 in
I9oD} ana ~ z2 iVo IA 59g2: Little Kock 9aa
increased from 96g3 IN 1880 10 about 40 O05 in
1890. Middlesborough, KY, had no name and
no inhabitants two years ago, but today has
C Pep " "i 9o ms !" '''' must
Johnson CITY had 6sJ inhabitants in 1880
and now has nearly 5000. Roanoke, Va,
which does not appear nj all in the census Of
/ 1880. is now a civ of Iii. 159 inhabitants This
is the Northern gateway of Southwest Vir-
ginia. which has dcyeloped "a one of the most
important coal and iron ore fields of the United
States Atlanta. Ga which may be termed
the census of 1880 contained 81, 409inhabitants,
and in 1890, s., 533 an Increase of over - per
cent.
In 1860 the best estimates that can be OBJ
tanned show that the southern States produced
less than 100000 tons of coal, and in 1870
ABOUT 2,oUlo9O tons. In the year 1851 az
creased, to 800 100 TONS According to the
eleNgith census returns, the production IN lS;"
was 100 @,2t7' Inns gives am output IN the
80, H., 7ttee VI .e u
ome coaj i, ~ TTi.aJ So -, Ian nr,J
noa,.l, . on 61o n,or t,',s H., tba totai nro
d,i9 ~ Ir:,J s S;' ~ '''"i
me- ~
PIG IRON PRODUCTION;
These same States show far greater progress
in the production of MIC iron. The only one
: ~, -. -, :, ,oeo ,,,1
- ''''S' 'tl''S Pio'"VIns PlS run III LOU anu
1870 was tennessee, which in 1860 produced
1874 tons; in 1870, ., 6SS; jumping to 20, 873
in 1sso and i, 1898 ,rod,,c;,,, 9ez or tome
~, ~
ne t,ilre production OF an OF taese states,
lv!uulis le''iysS'v III lool, was 90 '2Vd toiis,
NhIch n 1 III Io2o liicreaSe" 10 nearly 7,uoy,ooO
toils' uS Piouuc'loh Vi IRON ore IN thes9
oouinein SUITS no" UTMOST equas tne total
ug''o. Ci t!e ,'tu 7tteS III iSI 70 IN
nav w NY g .a' '''.e9 plU'u'cI p
!D,S Mi,'Ie IA 90 w pio'ut'i4n " ny nut
As ilIu,tratipo the immense dcvelonment Of