The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-15
BREADSTUFF EXPORTS.
The Feature of the Most Remarkaoie
year I'm the Southern Trade,


BALTIMORE MD. July H-SpeciaL-
Of tho most remarkable year I'm the ms
tor, ~ the export trade OF the Unlteu
Statos ia the exhibit OF breadstun eN-
norris from leading Southern ports. no
Nfarrfacturers' Record has from month
70 month noted the increasing importance
of this phase OF American commerce. NM
now that the fiscal year has closen, -
presents preliminary hgures OF lhe IN 10,
which arc particularly gratifying 10 an
persons interested in the growth Vl
Southern norts. The value OF all Oreau-
suGs exported during the twelve mohths
ended June % was S32l706.oG0 an increase
over tho preceding year Of SlS VI
"a nor cont At five Southern ports
Baltimore Newport News. Norfolk Ne"
orleans. Galveston the combined increase
IS S55.sGi.75i or 43 per cent. OF the III
crease boa the whole country; al nNe o,nD'
ports Boston. New York. Philadelphlh'
san Francisco and Puget sound the IN
crease is 81. 122 0J8 or Sc per cent. Oh 'ne
total The greatest gain per cent IS AZ
Galveston IJl. while New orleans -
third on the list with "a gain OF 10 per
cent. The value OF the breadstun eN-
norris nj Baltimore IN 1898 exceeds the
value al New York IN 1897; the Nalue 81
New Orleans I'm 1s9S is greater than mat
al Boston and OF that ar Philadelphia
while that nj baltimore rs greater IMAM
the combined values OF Boston and fnlia-
delnhia The figures tell a story or
steady progress Tor me Gun POI -
their cornparativeiy new role or larfe
dealers I'm breadstun exports Of the
movement down the Mississippi valley
towards natural empOriums OF the pro-
ducts of the middle West and Northwest
and the opportunity Of Gulf ports 10 IN
crease their strength In this direction.
Among the items contributing 70 in
crease activity az the works OF the Ne"-
port News Shipbuilding and Dry DOCK
Company is the contract FOR three new
vessels FOR the Morgan Line. These
vessels will be 500 tons each, and VIII
he 90 feet long fifty feet beam with a
depfh Of about % feet. They will be three
deckcd with water-tight bulkheads. steer
hulls. and will be equipped with triple
EXPANSION engines, giving them nearly
too horse mower. The vessels VIII De
heated by steam and lighted by electricity
In many details they Will resemble the
III Rio Each will have two steel masls'
Their average speed Will be seventeen
knots when loaded. They VIII be placed
I'm service between New York and New
orleans. Their aggregate cost VIII be
probably about S2,No@).
Including among the new enterprises
announced during the week by the Man
ufacturers' Record was SOeO cotton
compress: $4,000 cotton seed oil mill In
Alabama: $1,000 slate company In Ar
kansas: $1,000 knitting mill i'm Georgia
SOS 600 spoke factory. $4,000 stemmery IN
Kentucky: cotton sugar factory; $1,000
rice mill I'm Louisiana; 5000 show manu-
featuring company: 10000 chemical com
panv. $500 water and light company;
s90D O00 construction company I'm Mary
land. $500 lumber company; $4,000 lum-
her company. cation yarn mill I'm North
Carolina cotton seed oil mill: lotion oil
mill I'm South Carolina; 5000 pack
ing company: tl2j00O compress and
warehouse company; 75-ton oil MILF
10O00-bushel naxseed oil mill, cotton
compress: $4,000 Woodworking factory;
500 900 light and power company:
5000 oil company; $4,000 oil mill
ana ginnery in Texas; 10000 tobacco ma
chinerv company. 2j-barrel -four mill in
virginia. $4,000 coal and coke company
I'm West virginia New buildings includ-
ing "a $4,000 school building AT Laurel
Nd. $1,000 hotel at Magnolia, Miss; $40
O00 school building M Roanoke, Va; flO.-
BOO association building at Temple. Tex;
eco 900 warehouse, Baltimore, Nd; $1,000
college building. Annapolis. Md 1000
poIicc station. Baltimore. Md; 5.pp
church Smithneld Va; extensive wharf
and warehouses. sabine Pass. Tex; five
story steel building. Atlanta, Ga.