The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-25
INDUSTRIAL AGENTS MEET.
,,poRTANT WORK BEFORE SEA-
BOARD's CONVENTION.

afNl HFOM&MN hhA1 VIZ
GER of BeautifsinE the schools
lang the system VIII he Taken
-, ro-day-There wiz ne Many
Gag Rnisings ON July A-sea-
,oard's Great work.
,,.hsorviiic. Fla. Oct. A.-Industrial
,,r,s Of the soaboard Air Line Railway.
,ne number OF 400 and representing loi
.,vps IN virginia. North Carolina. South
-,,,iipa and Georgia along the line Of
,t. svstem. assembled here IN convention
,,-5av under the call OF John 7. Patrick,
e,isf Industrial agent OF the newly consoi-
lated lines The delegates were well
,oued By Mayor Bowden and Presiden; Of
t,e Board Of Trade Garner. after which
addresses we're made by Mr.. j. y. Up
nam. editor OF che Youths Companion.
Boston. Mr.. John T. Patrick. Hon.
George c. Grossn OF Elberton. Ca. and
others. and reports were heard from The
agents.
me Florida superintendent OF public
instruction. w. n. Sheats. spoke twenty
minutes on industrial education. lie said,
..The south needs industrial schools as
much a. educational schools and l hope
20 see schools established that shall teach
boys how 10 run machinery ana girls how
20 add 10 the family purse
he was followed by a number Of county
supcrintoudents who speks along the same
Inc.
Pntrici, Makes Good showing.
In his report for tho year 1900. Mr.
Patrick made a showing Of 100000 u
new cnpitll brought from the North and
East in settlers homes ana manufnctur-
ing plants. NJ against S500.o00 for the
year 1859 $4,000 for 1888. and S35o0o for
ISL THIS report covered operations of
the Industrial department over the 90
miles OF the old Seaboard Air Line. AMI
one OF the objects OF the convention now
IN session s. 60 inaururate on the newly
acquired lines. the Georgia and Alabama
and the Florida Central and Pcnusular
the policy which had been 50 successfully
Get Ia motion on the parent system by
il vice president and general manager,
Mr. l. 81. John. While many more fea-
lures are introduced IN this unusual de-
parture for a railroad corporation. yet
che methods In the main are similar 70
those brought from the Rock Island by
sir. ST. John, who was its general man
ager also.
Mr. Patrick stated that since Jan. /. 1900
q total OF S95 manufacturing enterprises
had been started.
In these are included sixteen cotton
mills and snlargements 20 thirty cotton
mills already started Among other man
ufacturing plants were two knitting mills
twenty-uine buggy and wagon factories,
six sash and blind factories. loo corn mills
nfty-nve -four mills. sixteen oil mills, 100
factories for canning fruit and vegetables
swo key factories. six furniture factories.
three cigar factories, sixteen tanneries,
one crate fastory. two barrel factories.
H..fF LIS
powder factory. sixteen fruit
evaporaiiug plants. one shuttle block fac
tory. three shiugle mills. three spoke ana
handle factories. two clothing factories,
three dyeing works. two broom factories,
ten pottery works. three picking plants.
one veneerinR facsory. forty-two brick
factories. l26 ginncries, two shirt facto-
ries and is5 sawmiils. The Increase for
the yeor 1899 was eighteen. and for 1899,
iGi He said further:
In THAI time, LBS families settled along
che lines. bringing with them IN cash S.
5ss7i5. Estimating ave TO the family,
gives 5.e25 persons 90
To BeHutify the schools.
The other feature OF tho convention 10
be considered tomorrow Is that Of The
Identifying 81 the public schools nlong
the line. which will D. "a special work
for the ensuing year. Mr. Upham Of the
Youths Companion has offered 200 flags
st COST OF s. each 10 b. distributed as
premiums 10 those schools which make
the best showing In rendering more pic
tutesque the buildings and grounds. the
work 20 be done by the children. Tho
contest will close March o. and July
viii be hag-raising day in these schools
TINT have won the premiums.
There are present nearly 100 public school
teachers. including county school super
intenGents and superinte ndents Of public
instruction from SIX states In charge Of
the school work under Mr. Patrick Is
Mrs +. O. McCabe OF Atlanta, president
cf the Wotnans club Of that city. and
Mrs 4. p. Heard OF Mldi'ctown. Ca. d
10 charge OF the circulating Libraries OF
the system. There are about twenty-five
libraries OF about forty books each. which
are carried from point TO point for the
benefit Of poor boys ana girls who have
10 other access to books.
Carnegie Contributed.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has contributed TO
the fund under Mrs. Heard Si.00 and re-
emily wrote TO her to draw on him for
1900 more when needed. Mr., Carnegie
became interested IN the work through
the representations Of Vice President and
General Manager 81. John. ana to-day
Sits. Heard received a telegram OF good
cheer and congratulations from Mrs. +.
81. John.
Addresses VIII be made tomorrow by
Mrs McCabe and Mrs. Heard and object
lessons will be given with models both IN
The hcautifying OF schools and grounds
and IN the manner Of circulating tho H.
hrnricq, one Of which will be on hand for
inspection Of the delegates. The efforts
~ this railroad corporation toward build
ING M the country have been received
with enthusiasm here. and much f. ex-
roctod under this policy for the upbuild-
irg ~ Florida and Alabama Tomorrow
Nli he the closing day OF the convention.
each one q whose delegates IA carrying
forward this work without compensation
oi any kind
Before adjournment to-day photographs
were made OF the delegates. This evening
al 100 o'clock Mr.. John T. Patrick oailel
tho various committees together at the
p'rlors OF the Windsor Hotel and made a
snort talk In regard TO departmental du-