The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-21
PROSPEROUS BRUNSWICK.
Many Vessels in Port Either Load
ing or waiting to Load.

Brunswick, Ca, Nov. 2O.-It
has been several years since Bruins
wick had the commercial activity and out
look for general good times in her export
trade as at present. The prospects are in
deed very promising for those engaged in
the shipping interests of the port, and
the present busy condition of affairs is in
dicative of future betterment.
A thorough canvass of the shipping dis
tricts reveal the fact that all are hustling
to meet the demands for cargoes of one of
the largest fleets of foreign and coastwise
vessels that has been here in many day.
Commencing at the Southern railway
wharves or New Docks. and extending to
quarantine, there is almost an unbroken
chain of ships on the river front of Bruns-
wick either moored to the wharves load
ing the products of Georgia soil, or an
chored, awaiting berths.
At the Plant systems wharves, thous-
ands of dollars have been spent in con-
structing one of the finest pieces of wharf
property on the coast. Although not COM
pleted these wharves are already lined
with vessels taking in cargoes for coast
wise ports principally.
The next busy scene is at the Downing
Company's place of business, where sew
eral vessels are engaged in loading with
rosin and spirits turpentine for the United
Kingdom and continent. This firm mas
about twenty vessels bound here to load
the same product. One of these, a Ger
man ship, registers over $500 tons, and
will carry the largest cargo of naval
stores ever shipped from a southern port.
The Mallory Steamship Company con-
trolls the property next to this, and 1t is
here where the scene is most interesting.
This concern finding that the wharves
formerly used were not sufficient to ac-
| commodate their ships, have leased from
| the city government and the Southern
Railway Company a large space of adjoln-
| ing water front, and while a large force
| of men are engaged in filling in and build
| ing up this newly acquired property, pos
sibly a couple of hundred others are work
| ing like bees in loading the company's
steamship for New York
| Another big item in Brunswick's ship
| ping record is the fact that the lumber
| exporters have worked so zealously that
| they have captured nearly the entire Span
| ish trade, which was formerly distributed
among all the neighboring ports aud
| there is at present a large fleet of YES
| sells of that nationality in port. Senior
i Benito Padrosa has several ships here
| now one of which will carry nearly 1,10O,-
| 900 feet of lumber.
The Southern Pine Company handles a
| large share of this trade, and now have
half dozen vessels loading with Georgia
! pine.
| Captain Rosendo Torras vice consul to
| her Britannia majesty, as well as consul to
Spain, Sweden and Norway, Portugal and
| the Argentine Republic, loads more Span
| ish vessels than anyone else. He expects
| to export many millions of feet of lumber
| during the present season if peace with
| Spain is maintained, but in the event OF
| a clash between the two countries, a cessa-
ton of this magnificent trade will speed
| fly result.
Among the shippers of crossties are
| Messrs. N. Emanuel & Co., Frank D.
Aiken, George S. Baxter & Co., and Nils
| Gregertsen who ship annually dozens OF
| cargoes of this material. There are also
many other firms who handle lumber and
crossties, viz: The Yellow Pine Company
w. ]. Durant, Altamaha Cypress Lumber
Company, and Hilton & Dodge Lumber
| Company. The latter concern has doubled
| it's mill forces in order to supply the great
demand for it's output This concern is
now loading several square, rugged vessels
for the Brazilian trade.
| The value of exports so far this month
have almost doubled that of any whole
month during the last year. This is at
| tributable to the exertions of all the ship
| pers, but chiefly to the work of the Bruins
| wick Terminal Company, which concern
| expects to ship twice as much cotton thi!
season as last. This statement is borne
out by the fact that the receipts of cottor
by the various railways have, SO far this
season, exceeded those of last year by
many thousand bales. Besides there has
been a great quantity of the feecy staple
| towed here in barges from nearby porti
for expectation. There are dozen yes
sells chartered and bound here to load cot
ton, and as many more TO take phosphate
cargoes. Everything looks exceedingl!
| bright for Brunswick commercially.