The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
CEMENT MARLS
THAT ARE ABUNDANT ON THE
 SOUTHERN IN ALABAMA.
A Company Organized and an Indus trial Town to Be Soon Estab-
 lished.
Naw Orleans Picayune.

New Orleans Picayune.
 Dr. C. F. z. Caracristi, whose name has appeared in the press so often thai II is useless to introduce him. is at the ot. Charles. He was not disposed to give any information in regard to he progress or the wells he is putting down on the Gov ernment reserve salt lands in Clarke County. Alabama, except that he was satisfied with what is being done, ana that when a find of value was struck he and his clients would give out ample ln- formation.
 q have talked oil until I am as tired of the subject as the public is hearing me talk of it," said the doctor Tn fact, feel as if all of us needed a rest. and think law should be passed against any yY,a., talking oil until he has actually got the commodity for sale; then any man should talk of it. because 1t means money"
 "What do you think of the possibili- ties of South Alabama as whole the reporter asked.
 Think of South Aldbama?' said he. Well, I believe it has great future. IT did not believe in its mineral possibili- ties I would not remain in the region, because my time is too valuable to de- vote my energies to any lost industrial cause. Outside of few clandestine ebulitions of over-exerted zeal, l believe that the quiet undertone of labor that is going on it South Alabama will rebound to the benefit of the South. We are work ing like the microscopic coral insects building unseen, yet surely achieving our end-such an end as the coral reef on which the strongest ship may be wrecked.
 Mobile in it's quiet way, is progressing by its paving, and when this is finished. the sanitary conditions will be so perfect, owing to it's water supply and sewerage. that it will compare favorably with any city in the Union,
 q have been occupied for some months in looking over the possibilities of Clarke County as an oil cement and clay pro- ducer My examinations of the cement possibilities has resulted in the discov- cry of vast deposits of cement marls, lime rock and clay on and around Bassett's and Rabbit Creeks These deposits in chemical compositions and proximity to transpor ta ton, both by way of Bassett Creek and, the Tombigbee River and the Southern Railway, make them the most desirable beds in the United States. and powerful company is now under organ ization supported by ample capital to in- sure the success of a vast and new indus try for South Alabama. So much confi- dence has been inspired by my examina- tions and tests that my clients are under taking the founding of d new town. where at least $500 O000will be spent in the build ing of great cement plant and terra cotta works. etc. This proposition is not mythical, but an assured fact. which will mean to South Alabama the founding or a new industrial era, of which l am proud to have been the father.
 q anticipate breaking ground in the cement rock quarries and mari beds on Monday next. and have every reason 10 believe that the great work will proceed with due rapidity. and that the new min ing and industrial centre, of which speak, will soon be another link in the wealth of the great South.
 "No clays yet discovered in any sec tion of the United States can be com