The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-05-21
TALKED OF MOBILES TRADE

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 16.-The morn
ing was spent by the southern Industrial
convention In trip around the belt rail-
way as the special guests of the Alabama
Great Southern railway. viewing part
of Chattanoogas manufacturing interests.
The delegates were much pleased with
the trip, and surprised at the number and
size of Chattanooga's manufactures. The
party visited sixty points now In active
operation. including textile. wood. iron
and clay manufactures. The afternoon
session was called to order at p m. by
President Killebrew, who introduced Cy-
rur Kehr, Knoxville, who addressed
the convention on the subject ''The Poor
White Boys of the South" plea for
chronological schools.
II. V. Taylor general auditor of the
Mobile and Ohio railroad. of Mobile, Ala,
read paper on THE Export Trade of
the South" In part he said:
During the year 1898. the first line of
steamers between Mobile and Liverpool
has since been maintained with this port
and Bremen, with occasional sailings TO
Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam and TO
several Of the ports of the Mediterranean
and Japan.
These vessels have been proftably
employed I'm carrying cotton, cotton seed.
pig iron, grain and other products OF
the west. In 1893 the first shipment of
forwarded via the port of Mobile, from
the city of Birmingham. which has since
grown TO be the largest iron exporting
center in the United States. and the third
in the world.
THE shipment of pig iron during the
next year to Liverpool through the port
of Mobile was $4,000 tons and this bust
ness has since continued in increasing
volume.
within one hour after the stars and
stripes first floated to the breeze above
MORO castle and notice was thus given
To the world that authority or the United
States had been extended over the island
of Cuba, the first vessel to enter Havana
under the changed conditions steamed
into its harbor loaded TO its guards with
a miscellaneous cargo shipped from the
port of Mobile. Since this suspicious
event continued service has been main
tanned. not only between Mobile ana Ha-
vana but also between all of the princi-
pal ports of Cuba; and, Mr.. Chairman,
allow me to say here that the business
men of no city of the south have taken
greater advantage of the means OF COM
munication thus afforded than the manu-
facturers and merchants of the enterprls-
ing city of Chattanooga, which has given
us all such a hospitable welcome today.
AT the entrance to Mobile bay there is
a deep water cup completely land-lo locked
and furnishing five or six square miles OF
admirable anchorage ground with min
imum depth of more than thirty rect,
which is now separated from the deep
water of the gulf by bar but ship :
length in width.
1T Is estimated that a channel thirty
feet deep can be made through this OBJ
structiOn by the excavation of less than
250.G00 cubic yards of material, at q cost
certainly less than $4,000, thus creating
one of the few harbors of the world into
which vessels of the greatest draft may
pass at any tide.
THE improvement of the river system
reaching up through the rich coal and
mineral fields of Alabama is almost COM
1.s.fT
barges loaded at the mine can pass unin-
tcrruptediy to the mouth of Mobile bay,
where vessels of the greatest draft en-
ployed I'm the Gulf of Mexico may take