The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-09-22

have wrought a story of magic re-
suits in cotton receipts DUNG the
last three years.
In 1896, season ending September,
1897, the city received l04, 437 bales,
while the season of 1897, ending
September, 1898, will make the re-
ceipts practically 10000 bales, and
in the next twelve months they will
doubtless exceed 100000 bales.
The Columbia compress was cree
ted last year, with 100000 capital,
and thus brought larger increase
in the cotton, and tie Shreveport
compress and warehouse is just
about flushed, and this enterprise is
very large and bias the wealth of the
Jacobs family behind it and with it,
and thus the spirit is ever onward
and upward.
Shreveport has territory to mar
ket 100000 bales of cotton, and with
improved railroad facilities and en-.
larged compress and free selling and
storage, which all parties are Offering,
is capable of an immense business,
this winter.
All of these vast improvements
have necessitated building impetus
which but few people comprehend.
There are no vacant houses here, and
vet the number of new buildings in
three years has been very large.
In 1895 there were 100 new build
ings erected, in 1896 there were 235,
in 1897 there were $40 and in 1898
it is believed that it will exceed $50.
Shreveport, the second city Of
Louisiana, located in the extreme
northwestern corner of the State, the
commercial depot and market for i'm
portant and wealthy parts of three
States - Louisiana, Arkansas and
Texas-is the home of more than
$4,000 people, with a commercial su-
premacy and radius of more than 100
miles in all directions, which area
contains an agricultural population
of nearly 100000 people, whose chief
crop is cotton, which is harvested to
the extent of nearly 100000 bales,
most of which is fairly available to
this market as the basis of extensive
commercial traffic.
There is also an extensive interest
in the Shreveport commercial domain
of cattle, poultry, fruit, timbers,
hides and wool, which when com
binen with the cotton products and
industrial plants so to make possible
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cial volume
Such prospect for active money,
business talents and experience
should not fail to attract all classes
of investors and home-seekers as the
most inviting plum swinging from
the South's commercial forest.
Shreveport, in addition to its asri-
cultural, has an important trade, as
made up by one large Union cotton
seed oil mill, meal factory, one big
saw mill and several planning mills
and other woodworking shops, five
brick yards, three cotton congresses,
two fertilizer factories, the Kansas
City Railroad shops, wo: king sixt,-
two men, while in the nature of pub
lie affairs it has a United States gov
eminent building, state hospital
and a splendid private infrmary, six
fine white churches, water works and
sewer system (the only one in the
State), two electric street car lines,
electric fire alarm and paid fire de-
partment, many miles of we'll paved
sidewalks, three strong clubs,
building association with 100000
invested and two series matured, a
public school system of 1000 white
children employing eighteen teach
ers, colored system of 600 children
and eight teachers, fine private
seminary for girls, splendid acad-
envy for boys, two converts, three
daily and four weekly newspapers,
two large brick hotels and many
smaller hotels and boarding houses.
The wholesale interest is conduct
ed by about twenty large establish
ments, all of which have about fifty
drunmers on the road.
The wholesale grocery trade is
computed to be S5,0O0,00O annually;
the wholesale dry goods trade in
volume amounts to Sl,00O,0OO annu-
ally; the hardware, furniture, drugs
and whisky wholesale trades com
bined represent about S1,OOO,OOO
annually, making a wholesale traffic
of over 100000 for Shreveport.
The financial interest is conducted
by four banks-two national, ono
state and one private-representing
a paid-up capital and surplus capital
of over S75O,O0O.
An enlarged volume of capital is
much needed. More manufacturing
are desired and thrifty
and independent population is solic-
tied to settle with us and enjoy the