The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-06
THE WAR AND BUSINESS,
Southern Trade Has Not Been M
verscly Affected Thus Far.


verscly Affected Thus Far
BALTIMORE. May 5-special-The ef-
feet OF the war upon the railroad lines
OF the South has been the cause for
much thought. not % say anxiety, among
their securlty-hold i'm this country
as well as abroad. 10 had uceu
generally Thought that the prop
erty of Solthern companies haF-
ing terminals az tidewater might DE-
EXPOSED TO the danger OF attacks, OWING
to the proximity of tie Southern s.d-
board 10 the scene Of operations, but lhe
harbor projections have minimzed lH''
danger. u has also been feared tndl NOS
tiIities would result in great decrease
OF travel in the South. and thdt lns l'l!-
roads in question would suffer lalIl"s ""
I'm their business iu common win 'ne
lines throughout the country. mus l'''
however the Southern railroads nave
bacp benefited rather than injured. Nov
ing of troops 90 tae points OF nooll-1'-
ton M Chickamauga Park, near 'hal-
tanooga. Tampa. Fla. and Mobile Ala
has proved an unexpected source OF Ie'e-
nue.. 49,
Commands from an portions of the
country have been ON route Tor Ioil-
NIGHT. and up 90 date several thouaahu
r1eu have been transported 90 the camps
The ordinary passenger coach VIII carry
sixty passengers on the average. Con-
scquoutly many extra passenger coiche7
have been needed. 90 say nothing OF tA-
baggage and freight cars for tents, horses
and equipage. Cannon and war mate
rial. large quantities Of provisions ana
other supplies needed for the camps nave
been brought from distance, making
frr r..
which is very important. as continual
shipments will Doe required until tho
armies leave the points of concentration
Most of the Southern railroad companies
will bc benefited throughout the war
from this cause. as the movement OF
troops and supplies viii De principally In
the Southern States.
The excellent condition of Southern
railroads has been shown by the manner
I'm winch they have handled the troops
and their equipment. says the Manufac-
turers Record. Thus far not single
fatality has occurred on any Of the rail-
roads I'm the Southern States i'm the dis
patch of regular or special trains. the
powerful locomotives now I'm use on most
OF the lines have caused the Southern COM
panics 10 make q record for fast time.
and. although in many cases trains OF
ten 20 fifteen cars have been made mp %
follow each other at intervals OF but "a
few moments from this or that city,
speed of thirty 10 forty miles am hour
has been maintained for long distances
with delays Of no more than few mo-
ments at % time. THE heavy steel rails
and solid construction of tho road-hed5
allow fast time 10 bo made without dane
ger of accidents.
Throughout The South the lumber IN
dustry has as yet received bun slisnt
check TO the volume of the business
usual $40 this season. The amount or
business for the month OF April at near
lv am the South Atlantic and gulf ports
was larger than for March. ana also for
the corresponding month of 1890. At Pon-
sacOl9 ana Mobile timber and lumber
shipments 20 Great Britain and the con-
tueut are being made as usual but me
lumber trade with domestic and Central
and South American ports shows % sifht
falling OF. owing to scarcity or tonnage
and advance in freieht-. AZ the ports
ON tho Atlantic coast steamships nave
made no change in rates ON lumber ana
large shipments are going North and
East hy the clyde lime and other steam
ship lines in the trade The scarcity or
sailing vessels has restricted business nj
Jacksonville. Fcrnmdinl. savannah and
other points and even at the excessive
rates current tonnage is not obtainable.
Considerable business has been opened
with railroads and for the time being
large quantities of wood products. VIII
go North through This channel The gone
eral market Tor au classes of lumber un-
der present conditions is firm with values
hardening
The announcements ln the Manufacture
crs' Record Of new enterprises reported
during the week include "a $1,000 spindle
mill at Cedartown GA: 10000 heating
and lighting company at Macon, ond
$1,000 iron works. also at Macon. Ca;
cotton wadding mill al Tuscaloosa. Ala;
Sl5W0lO milling and mining company al
Arkadephia, Ark; 50-barrel -four mill
AT Conway. Ark: S25 900 phosphate COM
pany at Anita. Fla: $4,000 grain cle-
vator at Louisville Ky: Co-barrel -FOUR
mill az Franklin. KY: $4,000 zoe plant.
$4,000 compress company 100000 to-
taCco company ana $4,000 SUGAR plant
ing company at New Orleans. la; f'Duu
shirt factory AZ Havrc de Grace. Ma:
100-ton cottou-seed OH mill. oil refinery
and soaU factory at Jackson Miss;
50l0-spindlc cotton mill az Norwood.
n c.; $4,000 scale company 40 Charles
ton S. c.. $4,000 sugar factory at Co
lumbia. TaX.; 100000 copper mining COM
pany and $4,000 irrigation company az
III Paso, Texas: 5000 cannery at .'lstin.
Tex; 10000 oil company al Conroe.
Texas; $4,000 pier and warehouse at
Newport News. Va. S2J0.000 Portland
cement works at ROwlesburg w. Va.