The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-09
RAILROADS GROWTH
SOUTH HAS MADE THE LARGEST
 ADVANCE.
Rehabilitation of Lines-Increase or Mileage in This Section as Com pared with Balance
 of the Country.

rr an elaborate editorial review of the | reiafion of Southern railroads 10 tne ,rr me -reIonynent of Southern commerce, Inc Mannfacturers' Record of Saturday says, ss,The varied character or exports IoIn Southern ports, and the tenoencs these ports to enjoy greater p,uapcash,s fo increased activity in recent years III roent of the terminal facillties oL tiie railroads at divers outlets on the coasC
 -.sSo many circumstances influence sne figures of the values of commerce m ail ferent years that the totals TOT any ohe year compared ri,v with the votsis a criterion of inc actual change for good or i'll accom- piished in the intervening perlod; TOT example the inc insrsass sa@,b m frem n sss aso in 1892 to s52s. .6S4, ,706 in 1901, or f.o IS an advance of but 4SN per cent, wniie the increase It all @ ether eS Ports @ t ss5a o S or $2sl, l,7Ss,9SS, is S.oS per cent adsanG,e' t, By that it might appear that the Sou.n 9,'. ern ports had not held their own. buf inc imports are also included. These in. creased from $4S, GOT ,246 to $57,5ll AIS, or ss5O4,i72 equal to is.7s per cent at South- sra eoa,. pSsss sSsy ncnsssed wnlls at from fo S77s, ,S95, ,2l6, or sl423S6lS. equal to IN per cent Combined the exports and i'm In Iss commerce oM e. from s4i7, ,dos 476 to s5S6 6ls6 124 or $l69, ,ls2, ,64S equal to 4o9I per gent gent, and at all other ports an increase rom H.t4o6I1lA to M7A,2s2 44s' or sSSS''o'''i''
 Paralleiing this progress at the ports, and undoubtedly contributing 10 II ai- rectiy and indir ,ctly, has been @ an acuE aS ", fly in railroad building most marked m the South. Figures upon which may De based an accurate comparison Tor tne ten years included in the period covered by the commercial statistics are not availabie Eut a comparison in 1892 with 1900 of railroad mileage is suf11ciently ln- dicative.
 s.Thesc figures show that the mileage of the South increased from A.SlO.S to b2 3s6.34, or 7,5e547 equal to 1882 per cent, while the increase in the rest of the coun- try was from 126, 752. .65 to 40, 949 A, or 14,- lsS7s. equal to il.2o per cent. This in crease In Southern mileage has been ac, companied by consultations Of decrepio CT incompieted lines and branches into strong systems and the working out oi plans for the reorganization of existIne systems upon the most healthy basis. lnt results appear both in the shifting ol other outlets, hastened In some notable instances by an expenditure Of millions ol dollars"
 particularly Newport News, Savannah Pensacola Tampa, Mobile. New Orleans and Galveston in illustration of these re suits, and in conclusion says:
 "Great as has been the progress Of 1ail road building in the South, 1t has not vel reached the limit required before all its resources may come under the tnSplra tion of the steel rail and the slean whistle. Connections bringing Southern ports into quick touch with centers oi production within and outside the Soutf have already been made or are being completed Still, while Texas has bu S.n miles of railroad per 100 square miles of It's territory. and while other Southern States have equipment of the kind fal for instance, having 2661 miles of lin per 100 square miles of territory, it Il obvious that the South is to add con siderable to the total mileage of the coun try. This addition will probably mainl be in the shape not independent lines but rather the building of branch road and the extension of main lines by thos already doing so much for Southern de yelopnent, and 1t may be taken for grant cd that this form of railroad eXtensio will aid materially in the task of givin the South a place of greater importanc than ever in the country s commerce.
 The following comparative statemer of tEe estimated gross earnings Of tn Louisville and Nashville Railroad na been sent out from Louisville, showing
 gratifying increase over last year:
 For fourth week in August 1901, ssll. 6e0; corresponding week of last year, VII, PA: increase. $9O.SS6
 Total for four weeks of August. 1901 &2,414,575; corresponding period of las year. $21s9.14: increase. $255, ,4S1.
 July l latest date this year, A, I25. 961 corresponding. period of last year, A,209. S5a: Increase. $516 ell.
 Mileage-190l- -1902, 3,269 .09 miles; 1900. 1901. 3i51 72 miles.