The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-13
THE RAILROADS
Do THEIR PART.
Their Effort to Develop the Move
ment Of Southern Products.
WILL SWELL THE EXPORT TRADE
Many Operations Which VIII Bring
Hitherto inaccessible Points Into
Touch with the Outside World
Record of New Industries.
WILL SWELL THE EXPORT TRADE

uauies at many Souihtfh ports H"fthb Ntt
psst two or three years. and those con-
templated representing am expenditure Of
several million dollars are striking indi-
cations OF the efforts made BY the rail-
road lines 10 develop the constantly m-
crcasing movement of products Of the
south the middle West and Northwest to-
ward Southern ports. The expectations
expressed m these movements are
strengthened by the views of representa-
tiyss Of steamship computes operating
al those ports. the Msnufacfure-S RE
cord iu This week issue publishes num-
Der OF statements from SUCH representa-
tives which show tnat the expansion of
foreign trade viii continue. and that
greater facilities Will be- needed in the
future. There tor instance. is the Charles
ton Transport Line which reaches Liver
pool Bremen. Manchester Hamburg.
Barcelona. and Genoa. carrying carloads
of cotton. flour. meal. OH, iron and grain.
This line since the beginning of the year
has handled a0oo0 bushels ot grain. more
than 1000 barrels of cotton OIL 5000
sacks of -four and 1000 toms OF pig iron.
The business Of the coming gear will be
affected it U.s. thought considerably hy The
cotton crop. although the railroads ter.
minating in the city are bringing iu gen
eral cIrgDes.
AT OTHER POINTS
sf,,u,r ,.,,,ti,to, o,fsts ~ Noo, Or
leans whore the attitude of railroad COM
pauios terminating there has been very
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ness lhat TWO moro vessels are n'lus
"uili Tor 'ne service '' oe i'h'y i"i s'"-
inr at the beginning ot next season. An
addition 20 Galveston serflce Us also
possible. as representatives of tho At
iauuc Transport Company have been I'm
that city recently considering the ad.
visibility of establishing itself I'm tho
steamship business iu The CUR. while the
Gulr Transit Company. operating between
Pensacola and Europe is arranging to
place additional vessels in service. while
important additions to the fleet OF the
North American Transport Company
running from Norfolk arc expected.
THE CANAL WILL HELP.
Tie companies operating in the Calf
look for "a great DEVELOPMENT of trade
with fhe completion off an lsthmian Canal
Nf.esr. orfb,coin A. Sons of New or
leans aludirg to this subject. sav. "Wo
tbi,t tbat tb. hpiiftna of sich IA canal
Dorid be OF immense benefit to New
orleans and the Guif trade generally 10
wound seem, to us that If SIS within the
iounds OF possibility that u the course of
,i,,. ,,.. y-af,ld have communication with
mo whole of the western shore of Anne.
ri.s tho Hawaiian Islands the Phillip
,t,.,'. and ,s.,ti. rorts Do
,f.,,,lu, ir ,,~.on. localities inland
tror. a~e active operations which must
ultimately swell the export trade of the
south. In Southwestern Virginia and
Eastern Tennessee railroad building iron
and coal mining numbering and telephone
extension are characteristics of the I'M
dustrial activity there hal.foaa HneS are
being surveyed 10 mako important INKS
IN systems already successfully operated
or to bring lu touch WIN surh places %.
Radford Bristol, me mineral ",p'.i'9 vi
tho mountains. AT fad''iu Do DIS an-
nounced that the lafg" pipe ".'A7 VIII
resume operations ana TWO "o'''" MINUS
VIII De e.,ao.l ,ilrl. -..-.-......
NfN IN ~ = "I'''.
Among otucr leAuie p.""S al .t "'.'
uonal MIL OF IVVV spH"i'S "l'' ..'
for the Tuckaseege Msnuitoluil"s Noi,,
pany OF Mount Holy. y. -. , ,l." .,',.'