The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-09

about $2,S96.0 .0so. of which amount about
 $5SO.000 will be the portion of the in
 vestment in new mills--that Is strictly
 new cotton. This s5S2,0o0 includes
 s5oo,oo0. the cost of the 25,o00- spindle
 mill before referred to. The new spin dleage reported is as follows by States: Alabama, 2,200; Arkansas, D. 500: Georgia. 30.00o; Kentucky, a,45s; Mississippi. 6,so0; North Carolina, ss,- 500; South Carolina, 16,54S." The growth of general business in
 the South Is well indicated by the in- creasing density of railroad traffic de- manding the building of second track upon various roads. On this point The Manufacturers Record says:
 For some time the Southern Rail- way has been engaged in the construc- tion of second track on a large part of its main line from Washington south Much of this is already completed, and more is being built. The Illinois Gen. tral Railroad has also been building second track for several years, and at the close of the last fiscal year of the company, on June 30th last. 1t had more than $50 miles of second track. Moreover. Vice-President Harahan was lately quoted as saying that the completion of the second track between Fulton, Ky, and Memphis, Tenn, an important part of the main line, would
 be pushed as fast as possible to meet the demands of operating. The Nor- folk and Western Railway has been
 building for some time long stretches of passing track on its main line in Virginia, and these will eventually be connected up and made second track. The Atlantic Coast Line is also con
 structing second tracks at several places. one between Richmond and Pe- tersburg. another south of Rocky Mount N. C., and a third near Jack sonville, Fla, to facilitate the hand
 ling of many trains which now crowd | the track. Last. but not least, is the double tracking of the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway | and the Washington Southern Railway between Richmond, Va, and Washing
 ton, D. C. This stretch of limo is the | very throat of the railway systems | along the South Atlantic coast, as all traffic to and from the North Is ob- | liged to pass over it. Everything con- l sidered. it is surprising that this bit of road at, least had not long ago been made two-track line, as 1t Is used oy the trains of several great systems.
 "In addition to this double tracking is another outgrowth of the heavy | traffic demand. and that Is, the con- struction of an immense freight yard I IHc w EhdllWdy l near Alexandria. Va, the building of
 which has just begun. This yard Is | to be built on the gravity plan. as am | nounced when 1t was first designed. and will be used for the purpose of | rapidly making up freight trains going | in either direction.
 These trackage Improvements are
 but the beginning of much more ex- l tensive work, which will be demanded | by traffic conditions within compard- | lively few years. From the facts here
 stated, 1t may be observed that double track will soon exist continuously from | Washington as far south as Peters,
 burg, Va, In one direction. and from Washington as far as Charlottesville. | Va fin another. Gradually these lines
 will be double-tracked farther and far= ther from the capital. because the | roads south of the Potomac are going
 through a period of existence similar | to that of the lines west of the Ohio. which were started as single-track
 roads. but which are gradually being
 converted to double track trunk lines.'