The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-28

sandy soil and a mild southern sea-
breeze. These requisites are found at
Mobile-to a greater extent than on
the shores of the Mediterranean.
Public Institutions.
Like all live and progressive cities
Mobile has its Commercial club, Cot |
ton Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, |
etc. and to them Mobile is indebted for |
Its Industrial enterprises, too numerous |
to mention. The last year was one of
extraordinary expansion of commerce |
and building booms. The transporta-
tion facilities of Mobile are great. The |
river system is composed of eleven |
rivers. that afford 1000 miles OF navig-
able waters, the Tennessee, the Ala
bama, the Tombigbee. with the Black
Warrior and other rivers drain four
ffths OF the state of Alabama, and
portions of Georgia and Mississippi.
This system is inhabited 10y a million
people engaged in agriculture. mining.
saw-milling and turpentine distilling,
and manufacturing generally, and Mo-
bile Is it's most important ter
minus. The Louisville and Nash
VILE railroad and its branches
reach from Mobile to New Or
leans. Montgomery, Birmingham, Nash
vile. Louisville, Cincinnati, st. Louis.
Memphis, Pensacola and other places
of less note. It is termed the back
bone of the middle south" With one
foot upon New Orleans and the other
upon Florida, 1t has just about lain
down on Alabama, the best portion of
Tennessee and the choicest of Ken
lucky. resting its head upon Cincin-
III. =, ,,.s,
hand and Memphis with the other" 1t
will thus be noticed the spinal column
of this graet trunk line is no insignif-
cant factor in the growth, support and
prosperity of this great section of the
south referred to and tributary to the
road. and what marvellous possibilities
lie in the future of this road.
The most important branch of Mo-
| bile's commerce is the lumber and TIM
| ber trade which is steadily growing.
The exports of pine for the year 1900
was 12663i.4l3 superficial feet and for
pine timber, hewn and sawed, 1o,91S.301
superficial feet--besides other woods
oak, cottonwood, poplar, walnut. etc.
| 27,5 800 pckets. one million staves and
| one million shingles. These refer to ex-
ports to foreign countries. while ship
| ment by vessels to domestic ports
| amounted to 16.046 $40 feet of pine lum-
| ber alone There were also 30, 600 bales
| of cotton shipped worth $4,000, 900: also
| 800. 900 tons of coal. chiefly to Mexican
and Central American ports.
|
Trade in Tropical Fruits.
| Anotber imnor,ant branch or tho
tr,do of Mobile is tho imnortatior NJ
tronicoI frnit nm tho Nexican Culf and
also Cer,raI Amoriro-some q ooO ooo
| hu,cbos Of hononas A ooo mn cocoanuts
ond Iorco ,u,ntitios Of orances and
| ninoonn,os otto coyoro, limos Of stean,-
ars ,re eny,yed in this trade 1ocin-
| rocoI trodoS with tho rontral American
states ar tho o,o vasseIs thai ar
| rivod bar. I'm ION from, foroiyn norts
| 55O ,yara sto,rsbins b.Iopyiny to vari-
ous linos ,rbo same nhenomenal do
veIonmont of tho fruit and grain trade
hos choracteri1ed tho vepetoblo trade
and tho ovster trade the latter
,n,oun,i,o loo, ,.o.r ,o a boIf million
dollars An interesting sight is a visit
70 tho o,oy to 600 IN. uploadipy of tho
creat shins Laden with foreipn fruits
fron, tho tronics
Mobile hos four daily naners and
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