The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
GALvEsToN's PLUCK.
Its Extraordinary Amount of
 Hue.f,ees

The Galvest"n News of September contains syncpir tf the commerce of the port of Galveston for the trade year just clostd and fhows in spite of the un- tfat brsine"s is Ing C rdncted on a greater scGlo than ever before. Calves tons tc'Hl cctt-n receipts for 190l-ly0l were 2.117.9.S hales. compared with l,710.- cleariBgs for the year just closed amount cd to EsSo.E9GUo, compared with si:96ai,- se9 f1r ,he preceding year year ,a,, ., .o, ecattwiae ana foreign exports from Gal pared with s2is,ss4,6le fer the prsviogs including domestic and foreign goods. for the year just closed wcr. valued at ;,m 'gs7 gi coinnared Tith sSaS ,n iso Ter bales of cotton valued at $2's5.9;2, ccm- pared with 1,J55.25s bales valued at $f3.- i1 ;21 fer the preceding season. The total value of Galvestcn's exports of cnttol md by-prcducts fer the season just clofed was $se,37],l52. compared with s96n.307 fer the previous season. During the fiscal of wheat. valued at slO.3l0,Gl3. c.mpared V ith 13.53l s3y bushels valued at So. .3Oi for the preceding reason. The total value of wood and manufactures of wood ex- just clorcd was M.os5,572. compared with s9sT.915 for the preceding season.
 The resumption of business on such a weston had not been the most accessible trafic Galveston Is the natural outlet for more than one-fourth the area of the United States. As port for all the coun- try tributary to it Galveston represents an economy in time and rates which can not be substituted
 ture of Texas authorizing the City Of Galveston to issue bends for the purpose of securing fun5s to build sea wall of stone along the gulf front, which will ef- Actively protect the city from. the sea
 In presenting It's annual trade edition covering the trade of the port of Calves ton for the year just closed The Calves ton News gays: The features of the year were the recuperation of the port from the great storm and the advent of fuei to in the South 1t is yet too early definite ly to state. Galveston shauld be able to obtain oil at as low rates as any other city cos m are gradually beginning the use or oil TOT fuel.
 Galvestons wharf and terminal facili.. ties are equal In convenience to those ot any port in the country, while its area of wharf shed room Is greater than any port in the United States except New ietties k was a s9isS 9 ooo. The % naviesbie derth of water in Galveston's channel, where the bars formerly were. is 2i to 29 feet.
 Galveston handles one-fifth of the ex- ports of the whole United states. but only i-240th of the imports of the country, ana 1t is the largest distributing market TOT bagglng and ties in the United States.
 More than one-fcurth of the cotton crop of the country passed through the port during the past season. Cotton seed cake and meal exports were over one-third ot those of the entire country. Cotton seed oil exports amount to a little over one- tenth. Wheat exports are about one ninth, and unmanufaetured lumber ex- ports are about one -fortteth of those Of mestic exports for the season were valued at $1o1 ,S31, ,747. The total imports were valued at $s57.06q.
 The Texas cotton crop for the season just closed was 3.4S4,S33 bales. compared with 2,422, ,674 bales for the previous sea- son. an increase of 1,062.16s bales.
 The Southern Pacific improvements completed and agreed upon for lmmedi- ate. construction represent an oo oH51ay 1dd Of been expended in labor, material and ground. So far work has been confined to the construction of two piers. One of these Pier B. Is the largest pier in the world It Is 1894 feet Tn length and Is now ready for business. There are nine acres of sheds on this pier. Pier A has been completed and is ready for the erection of the elevator. which IS to be
 The wharf front of the Galveston Wharf Company now includes three grain elevators, with combined storage ca pacity of 2.750,000 This company has wharf frontage of five and one-tenth miles and wharf floor space of prac- tically forty-five acres. all under sheds.