The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13

Savannah's commercial social and his
torical consequence.
You see" said Capt Purse in pointing
out the features of the exhibit to-day, las
you get within eyesight the first thing
you see is commercial Savannah. Here at
the head of the staircase that forms the
entrance TO the exhibit you see our legends
our proclamation to the world of what
we have of natural riches and what use
We have made of these God given bless
ings."
The legends referred to consist of sew
eral large, artistically gotten up placards
placed on the wall of the space where 1t
is the first thing that arrests the atten-
ton of the visitor. One of these placards
tells. of Chatham county as a truck farm
ing spot and of Savannah as the princi-
pal city of this rich section. Savannah as
the railroads, Savannah with an unsur-
passed climate. with her artesian water,
being the first city of consequence in the
world to adopt the artesian waterwo rlks
system, with the many beautiful resorts
and drives. with her asphalted streets,
and forty miles of street railways, with
her public library and art gallery, with
her magnificent hotels and splendid school
facilities.
Another of the legends tells of the com
merce of Savannah. the first city to send
a steamship across the Atlantic and with
the first railroad to adopt a system of
time tables for running trains. As port
the legend proclaims the fact that Savan-
nahs aggregate cotton shipments for two
years amounted to nearly 100000 bales,
valued at more than S75000,000 of naval
stores the aggregate for the past nine
teen years is shown to be 2.542122 casks of
turpentine and 10. 23S, 975 barrels of rosin,
making the total number of packages,
12,7Sl, 09S, valued at T6,475, 124. The value
of the lumber shipped from the port in
the past five years is SOS, 10 ana the
estimated bank clearings for the present
year will be 100000, more than any of
the cities Of Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta
or Chattanooga.
Another of the legends proclaims sa-
vannah as the largest cotton port of the
South Atlantic states, the greatest, naval
stores port in the world and the largest
lumber shipping center in the southern
states, the largest grocery center in the
SOUTH as shown by the sales of the whole
sale men, who sell direct from their own
warehouses, and as a manufacturing city
having plants valued at 100000.
These legends tell what is claimed for
the city of Savannah. AS the visitor
passes them by and turns into the exhibit
itself he is confronted with the tangible
evidence upon which these claims are
The first exhibit is that of the Savannah
waterworks, showing the artesian water
in a pyramid of crystal clearness, together
with large photographs of the pumping
station and other parts of the system.
Across the aisle from this pyramid of pure
artesian water is another great pyramid
of the finest beer that ever foamed-the
product of the Savannah Brewing Com
pany, and just back OF the waterworks
display the country shows what ii can do
in an AGRICULTURAL way, specimens of the
finest crops having been gathered together
in a harmonious group. A special feature IS
made of the rice product, beautiful
sheaf of the golden straw having been
placed on a stand in the center of the
aisle and above it tastefully draped from
the ceiling a banner with the wording,
1.-The food crop of half the world, and ex
clusively of 5000, 900 of human beings"
The Oemler oyster Company has a
splendid display of all kinds of canned
goods, including all sorts of fish, fruits,
and vegetables, and near it stands the
beautiful candy ship made by George Bar
tells, the wonder and admiration of all
who see it, Every part of the vessel is
made of candy 1t is so delicate that Mr..
Bartels brought it from Savannah himself,
on a moss mattress, to keep from break
ing it.
The decorations of the ceiling, which are
so exquisite as to have been called a work
in bunting fresco, are set off with large
clusters of moss. The casual visitor look
ing at the artistic creation of the decorator
does not suspect that the same moss that
has been made so effective in the artists
hands can be made into mattresses and
other articles of household utility until
he happens to turn to the exhibit of Nc
Bride & Co., and sees the beds and cots
made of tia bed fit for king to lie upon.
Guckenheimer makes one of the COM
mercial features of the exhibit with his
display of the Imperial baking powder
manufactured in Savannah. To prove its
quality delicious biscuits and mullins are
served from the booth. The MOrehouse
Manufacturing Company also makes dis
play OF baking powder and self-raising