The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-22
COAL TRADES GROW m
6AFEHT sAWARD SHOWS RE. MAGKABLE INCREASE m
 SOUTH.
Froduction in Alabama will preh. aoiy Exceed That of io0a notwithstanding Loss oS a
 Months Work.

6anlmore' Aug. 1.--(SpeciaI.) )-Com- nenting upon official figures as indicat. ing the growth Of the Southern cosI
 Ie. MT Y E. Saward, the well-inown coal Autnorltys says in this weeks Ins,,e oL Lne Manufacturers' Record: The Chesapeake and Ohio for yunn
 sa .mls year shows s6a34g tons, as aRainSt ASV'V4l tons tr that month last wear w,hii,,
 tne Ncraolk and Western shows eas.29s
 .ons Tor July. as compared with ME aGS
 sS .Sns TOT that month a year ago. Then
 eFe ls sne southern which handled dur
 s sse .Is sns nrst nve months of this year l.
 Soo'aS tons of coal from the Aiabarna and
 tennessee districts. Last year the flva
 months supplied 1,505,s5s tons. Tine Ala
 oAma district supplied l.f6S. .egf tone in
 aStS ana the Tennessee fields 6I0. a42 tora
 Durins the year 1902 the Alabama dis.
 trist furnished the Southern Railway ion.
 soa ,ssse curing the first five months of o50.- Ts 1sS sons oI coal and Tennessee 65s, ,as4 tons.
 The Chesapeake and Ohio renort fo, .h: year shows s6.65s.s7a net earnings. which ,s aecrease from the previous year of less than half million. and vet thare
 was long strike at coal and coke works aIon9 its line for q long period during tne nscal year. The Norfolk and Weet- $, srn n. snows sO'S0l ,s3O an Increase of nearly ...'Ss " because there were no great tTouoles at mines along it's line. In "a recent interview Chief Mine Tnspector J. w. Paul remarked that there is fine largest coal development at the nrasent ums Tn the history of West Virginia. and especially along the Kanawha. In that sectIon tnere was great amount of con- struction Of railroads into the various Soat helos and the coal development in that section in the immediate future wili De such that the railroad facilities will not be able to move more than IS per cent of the capacity of the mines. .Aho',t the same beneficial effects says Mir. Paul. have resulted in towns in tha southern portion of the State from the coal development as have resulted 10 DlSrksourg and Fairmont from the de- veIopment of the coal reEion,'"
 Referring to the operations of the Wa. bash as related to coal development. Mr. Saward says: --'''
 The system will be getting coal out os the New River district before manv months have waned. The Wabash has completed an extension of it's West VIr- Sinia central and Pittsburg division to bayard, W. Va. on the outer edge of inc New River field. and will begin the shin. ment of coal from that field to Baltimore at once.
 Tt is stated by those familiar with tFe situation in Alabama that the production Of coal for the whole year of 1903 viii prooaoly exceed the 1909 tonnage, not
 AeStt-hNAtS tbO lOnS O Ld EnOnEDB 6 mining operations. It is believed that improve ments made about the mines during the ldlenees, and the new mines which will De ready for operation in tho next month or so. will so increase production that before the end of the year the loss fin tonnage will be more than made ur. and the demand is said to be great enough to absorb all the coal that can be turned oua between now and January ist The barge line of the Southern Railway which taksE coal at Greenvtlle. Miss, and ships it down the river to New Orleans, has re. sunned operations since the miners went back to work. Coal Is again being shipped from the Alabama fields to Tampico. Mex. through the port of Pensacola to which h is hauled by the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad. This Is a welI-established business. but was interrupted by tna strike. The men surely acted wisely in going to work pending the arbitration proceedings. The Seaboard has not quite finished its Alabama extension, but is working hard at 1t and expects to have trains running into Birmingham by Jam uary 1, 1904 In addition to the main lines which reach that city, there are other smaller roads in the district which handle a great deal of coal and ore The Tsir. mingham belt which belongs to the Iris co. and which extends around the city. is prominent factor in the freight traGflc. Birmingham will soon have a direct route to Chicago by way of the Illinois Central