The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-06
PROGRESS OF
The SOUTH
1t Is Not to Be Halted by De-
ClineS In Wall Street.
RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS
The Southern Double Tracking Sea-
board Extending Its Line and the
Louisville and Nashville Con.
structing Extensions.
RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS
Especial to Tho Timos.Dispatch.,

BALTIMORE, Md, August 6.--From
many quarters come indications that the
progress OF the South is not to be halted
by the recent declines In Wall Street.
Two or three years OF good prices Tor
cotton have had a marked effect lot
prosperity in many Southern lines, which
is reflected in number of letters pub
llshed this week In the Manufacturers
Record from hardware and machinery
dealers In the cotton belt, among the
first to feel the influence of better con-
d.tions of the farming class. comparative
~ unaffected by the chills and fevers OF
the speculative centers OF tho country.
Moreover, the actual work OF material
development is going on uninterruptediy,
and bids fair to rapidly expand with the
turn OF capital from speculative opera
tons to legitimate business UNDERTAKINGS.
In support OF this statement the Manu-
facturers Record notes the following I'M
portant facts:
First may be mentioned the recent
announcement that the Pennsylvania ia
Railroad Company will make 35,V2,uO
Improvement at Altoona, Pa, erecting
great roundhouse. which. IT IS SAID,
will be the largest In the world, besides
a mammoth foundry plant and large
number OF houses for tho thousands OF
employees who will be given work IN inc
new shops Next Is the awarding OF the
contract for building the Eastern eAten-
sion of the Wabash Railroad. the plans
Of the Gould system. like those OF the
pennsylvania, proceeding without regard
"a the fluctuations of the financial barom-
eter. Right In the same territory the
Baltimore and Ohio Is going ahead with
,ts projects for improvements SNORT me
to be constructed hero and a double track
to be put in theresa that tne ssseI W.
Will, in the course OF few years De
practically four-tracked for large part
OF its length. especially In the crowded
regions of the Pittsburg district and the
coal territory OF West Virginia and Mary
land.
am the South tho Southern Railway Is
seys1 d %a1hnt stenkns *
seabeard Air Line pushing nd on Na to yTe
is diving away at its extension to Knox Knox
Vile, which Is to make DIRECT route
from Cincinnati to Atlanta the sGutnu
has Just begun an nnrnose Of making
low grade coal road from the Tonnes
see Mountains to Underwater; the MOI.
folk and and sonr a and WITH
t their e1ts N plans in West Virginia
and Kentucky. respectively; the Frisco
Is ACTIVELY at woT he upGhI l1x fe Pacfe is
busy building its line down the west bank
Of the Mississippi River. and is further;
more building a dig rouuQHouSef anu
twelve shops at Kansas City. and con.
ira cts are being let for the union depot
and its approaches. which are to give
the national capital at cost OF many
million dollars one OF the greatest de-
poS' To REACH TIDEwATER:.
Many Of these railroad undertakings IN
the South are concerned with plans for
reaching Tidewater either on the ATTAIN
tic or on the Gulf. and especial inter
est Just at present seems to be center!ng
at New Orleans, giving rise to many
rumors. but at the same time emphasiz-
Ing the fact that railroads in the Mid.
die West those controlling the trade OF
the Mississippi Valley territory, are IN
terested In New Orleans. as they have
never been before. and that volume OF
business will be thrown in that dlrec-
ton by these roads, which Will be OF ut
most Importance In determining the status
of that city as an exporter and Inn
With these facts in view. added to the
facts OF greater activity than ever before
In the movement OF immigration south
ward. the absence Of al labor troubles 70
miners have returned to work pending the
OF wages, the whole situation. so far as
the section is concerned. Is one OF great
business activity and increasing pros
perity this fall and winter. From the
West come reports Of threatened car
famine. tho traffic already taxing the In
creased facilities provided during the last
twelve months. and with the beginning
of the cotton movement Southern roads
will be in the same condition.