The age-herald., 1902-03-23

world.
 Mobiles business men are wide awake to the public situation, and are exertns every effort In a united movement to- ward the commercial advancement of the city. Tn the struggle for supremacy In the Latin-American and Cuban tranic' Mobile is far in advance of any other Gulf city. and her merchants, railroads and steamship lines are already reaplng the reward of their enterprise.
 The result of this aggressive policy Is apparent to writers for trade journals, who have investigated the. conditions or the port. and in consequence. business orga nigattons everywhere are interesting themselves in bringing trade this way.
 Water and Sewerage.
 Mobile owns her own system of water works, furnishing to her citizens water so absolutely pure that the chemists use 1t, without distillation, for medicinal pur- poses The direct pressure from the mains being 115 pounds to the square Inch, removes the necessity and expense for fire engines; all elevators and small industries are run by water power fur nshed by the city waterworks.
 Mobile has now most modern system of sanitary sewerage of some sixty miles in extent. Under the act creating sewers for Mobile it makes it imperative that all residences, stores, etc, have sewerage connection, thus removing all dangers or disease that may have existed in the past by the absence of such compulsory sanl- tary conditions. The cost for sewerage and water Is: For bath. two closets one opening In the yard one in the kltch- i en and a street sprinkler, only $ll5O per annum. This amount would be the cost | for a house of seven rooms. For these sanitary improvements. and for furnish ing nure water to it's citizens, the city or Mobile expended $75O,o0O.
 As fast as sewer connections are made the different streets will be paved, under the direction of Board of Public Works. | It is expected lnat the principal business and residence streets will be paved within the next twelve months: when this is done no city in the South will prove so attrac- tive. both from commercial and a health | resort point of view.
 Street Railroads. Mobile, is also we'll supplied with elec- tric street car service, having combined mileage of fifty miles, connecting closely not only the different portions of the city, but the city with the suburban section
 Financial. Mobile is one of the wealthiest cities or the Southern States Her financial inter ests are in the hands of prudent and sue cessful business men, and the soldlty and credit of her banks is beyond ques- ton. In later years Mobile has scarceiy felt the financial depression which mas been so discouraging to most American cities. and an apt illustration of the public confidence in the solvency of the city IS found in the sale of local bonds. Prem iums have been high, and in fact 1t has | been difficult to secure Mobile ponus al any figure The entire issue of $75oooo or waterworks and sewer bonds, recently placed on the market, sold readlly at s1 .04; and twice that amount could nave been sold had they been offered.
 Hunting and Fishing.
 Tn the vicinity of Mobile. deer. turkey, doves quail coon and squirrel abound. Along the bay and river, geese, ducks ana turkeys are plentiful, and in the sWaihps, bear are killed. Deer and quail are founo in good numbers. In Baldwin county in the vicinity of Oyster and Bon Secour Bays, bears often furnish plenty of sport. | Along and near the Chickasahay river are found deer and turkey. At SeaVer Meadow, twenty-five miles north or MO bile in the same county, is htlly, wood- ed country where deer, turkey and spur rel are most numerous during Novem- ber December and January. At Chun- chula, Mobile county; nineteen miles north of Mobile. during October. Novem-
 
 key and deer are found. At Porters- ville thirty miles south on Mobile Bay, there is plenty of deer, turkey and duck shooting during the entire winter
 The many varieties of game are not always found in one immediate vicinity, but the experienced sportsman never anticipates too much and Is certain to find sufficient amount Of game to make his trip interesting Hunting parties Ieto chO own bird dogs Deer hounds can be secured in each locality The service of guides cost from $1 50 to $2.00 per day. If neces- sary, entire outfits can be rented at a reasonable rate
 | A sport that is enjoyable alike by pro- fessional and amateur is. the capturing of the gamey fish so plentiful in south ern waters. Here is to be found almost any species that live in the water, from the tiniest sardne to the immense tarpon or silver king. which furnishes such | excitement and novelty to the novitiate in the knighthood of the rod. Fishing schooners or tugs are easily obtainable at Mobile or the smaller ports on the bay, to carry parties to the famous fish ing grounds, perhaps the best of which is at and near Magnolia Spring on Fish river. This stream averages about 5OC yards in width and flows into Mobile 
 Springs. A luxuriant growth of heavy timber, live oaks, cypress, magnolia and pine always green and inviting to the eye, lines the stream along the fishing grounds At the mouth the average depth is forty to fifty feet, with a bottom of fine hard sand, making the spot an ideal one for this sport
 It is not unusual to see the larger and gamier fish when they come up from the bay driving before them great schools of smaller fry, and devouring them as they go. Of the larger fish the tarpon gar, red fish, creyalia, and shark are the most numerous. Perhaps the greatest sport is capturing the silver king or tar pon, which during November, December January, February, March, July and Au. gust are found In great quantities, ano are sufficiently gamey to give the unin itiated something of a surprise.
 On the western side of Mobile bay, Dos river furnishes plenty of sport for fish ermen. the varieties of the fish beint general and plentiful, and ranging iron the smallest species in the upper stream to the salt water and game fish nea where the river enters Mobile bay a fey miles below the city. An excellent drive way is found around tho bay to the fish ! ing grounds. where Is located Mobile Hunting and Fishing Club. and wher f boats, outfits and guides can be easil. 3 secured.
 Of the fresh water fish or those hahit . ing the lower waters of the fresh stream Q trout red fish, channel bass and sheeps . head are most numerous during the win