The age-herald., 1901-07-28

ganized in 1894, and at the close of the year ending June Soth. 1885, its total mi. leage operated in the South was 4.ssls sl miles, of which e01.5s miles was in Ala leage. including allied lines. is S,1s111 miles, of which i,47O miles are in the state of Alabama. divided among the allied lines as foIlows: Southern Railway, 9st miles; Alabama Great Southern. 254 miles; Northern Alabama. 10S miles, Mobile & Ohio 112 miles. Of the slxty-six counties of the state. thirty-nine are traversed by one or more lines of the Southern Railway system. The state has population of l,62S.6g7, of which 1t is estimated ,100s 900 are tributary to the Southern Railway. Among the larger cities reached are An niston. Birmingham. Demopolis. Decatur, Gadsden. Huntsville. Selma, Florence, Bessemer, Mobile. Montgomery. Pratt viIis. Sheffieid, Tuscumbia, Tuscaloosa, and 30 towns of 1OOo or more inhabitants along these lines Two hundred and six teen regular agencies are maintained, be- side many freight and passenger stops, branches to coal and iron mines, and oth- CT traffic terminals.
 IA glance at the map will show the posi- tian the Southern Railway system occu- pies to the state as highway to the mar kets of the world. To the south Is tho port of Mobile on the Gulf of Mexico, to the west line runs 10 Greenville, Missis- sippi. and thence by water to New Or leans and the gulf again. Lines go to Memphis and St. Louis, the gateway of the northwest. Again other lines reach Louisville and Cincinnati in the general west The main line of the system runs .northeasterly through the Piedmont belt 'reaxhlng the great shipping ports of the South Atlantic and the great cities of the North and East.
 variery of Resources.
 No state in the Union Is richer in it's natural resources than Alabama It's coal lands embrace an area of about S,555 square miles, of which the workable coal is estimated to amount to s7,50o OOo, 900 tons. It's iron mines cover an extensive districe as do its deposits of dolomite and the three are in such close proximity as to make the manufacture of iron possible at a cheaper cost than elsewhere in the world. Alabama was at one time great forest. Very large areas at the areas are adapted to the growing of fruit, present still remain in virgin growth. Large areas are adapted to the growing of fruit, grass. cotton. truck and some of the finest farms are to be found at the present time in this state.
 Coal Production.
 During the year 1900 the coal mines pro- duced s,27ss67 tons of coal Of this amount 5.594, AZ tons were mined in the sixty-six mines tributary to the lines of the Southern Railway system. In 1895, the production of coal in the mines of Alabama was 5,7O5,712 tons. There has thus been an increase during the past five years of 25s7,65o tons, or about 45 per cent. The following is list of coal mines in Alabama. on the Southern Railway and allied lines. and the output for 1900. . Blob County-Belle Ellen, 312,924 tons; Hargrove, 104, ,2S5 tons: No. Blocton, 1s4.- 11e tons; No. Blocton, 25s,106 tons: No. ' Rlocton. 1o7. .s57 tons; Braehead, I'll tons.
 Jefferson county-DeBerniere, 1s,0o0 tons: Mary Lee. 11l,0oo tons: Graves, 47ooO tons. Sayreton, 13.40o tons; Warner, S1. 900 tons: ID" 121.17S tons; "E." 76,14s tons; No. 8. ss.22s tons; New Found, 224 ,eA tons: Car diff .7s,ei tons; East Brazil, s4,624 tons; Nickel Plate. 9o6s7 tons; West Brazil l2s,s sol tons; Shaft No. l. 221,6S1 tons; Slope No. 2. 26O,sss tons: Slope Mo- 8, A6,7 ,77e tons: Slope No {. 274.Ss2 tons; Slope No B. 26l.671 tons; Slope No. $. 96,OeO tons; Slope No. ', 9O.166 tons: Pratt Drifts, 122, OPT tons: Henry Ellen. 4,5Ss tons West Pratt. ss3.- 5ls tons; Slope No. Pratt, 12,7os tons; Little Warrior, c. & Co.,. 4o,75o tons, No. Drift 1os,71s No. Slope. so,774 tons; Nos. l and Dolomite sos,ss tons; New Pratt le S,427 tons; Blossburg, s2 ,OSs tons. West Blossburg. S5.S7 tons.
 Shelby County-Imogene, 25.10o tons: Fallister, 1000 tons; Climax, s,s72 tons: Whilden. 5,64o tons: Aldrich 11,77o tons; Montevallo, s,ooo tons; Glen Carbon, 15, 900 tons
 Tuscaloosa County-clements 5000 tons; Perkins. 5000 tons; Tidewater, 14. $50 tons: Chambers. 50 tons
 Walker County-Nauvoo, BOOZE tons. Bruce. 9oeOo tons; Nos. 8 and f. 1@.eis tons; Deer Creek. A.ss5 tons; Gas Light, 1245n tons Mountain Top, 12ooo tons: Mountain Valley. l476l tons; Calumet. 12,ss5 tons; Lockhart. 65.oOo tons, America, H.5o6 tons; Gamble Mines, ss, ,7Os tons. Pat ton Mines. io7.5A tons: Coal Valley. s7.- <3s tons.
 Winston county-Delmar Mines. s0o tons; Leon. 2.seo tons: Natural Bridge Stoc tons; Lynn. $500 tons; Natural Bride> l,aop tons. e.n~
 Coal on the Mississippi.
 For many years the coal used at New Orleans and in Louisiana was shipped al- most exclusively from Pittsburg. With in the last few years the Southern Rail- way has enabled the Alabama coal op- perators to reach this market Modern tipples have been built at Greenville, on the Mississippi. and barge line estab- hsbed down the river. The coal is ship ped from the Walker county mines di- rect to Greenville. loaded into the barges and Is thence shipped down the river to New Orleans and to other places. During the last year this business reached quits large proportiona
 Coal Exports at Mobile.
 In connection with the export of Ala bama coal the Southern Railway has con structed during the past year at Mobts complete and modern coaiing station.