New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

-. n. about s4n0 ono the other three being small
an however are doing an exceedingly pros
- business II has also three large drygoods
- MN stocks varying from $4,000 TO s25 coo.
- numerous smaller ones. making up drygoods
business many Years ln i 1870 ~ Ine IoW , :
FTe ana v,n selected stocks. a large number Of
real fancy and staple groceries win ste. * thar
----Yt much country ua"'- ara twenty lfe TO
Sr-fv ~etau establishments that cover most Of the
.,r- ~rsvt-e7 20 serve "a population Whirl stints
...s-g neither in u-Cessaries nor Injuries.
ITS BIG INDUSTRIES.
.s.i.tor 20 its railroad shops Guifport has. az
- "a canning factory. for sea products en-
,-c,-frr one hundred and nifty hands sawmi!ls
ri.s tnn or- twenty-five thousand I-et per day
,r+-r however is only % partial contribution 10
49, ~grsuraption. tile Gulfpor5 Cotton Seed OH
Ans a. Fertilizer works. which was recently put
ir operation = cost ol $3.50 IS buili 81 brick
o-I is one 81 IRE best plants IN its line II the
$3.50 ~ IA front very rapidly. having already
-erseived a numaer ~ cargoes or seed through The
from the Interior. its product is distributed al
over the e-Ilu2 ~ RAJ 1n1 Il-'ueH me port
the o-S, .-r--1d ane-half of which already has
acres Z. -.-4 ,,,,I, n mac ,,-bar o15,,r,.ss -
eettrnatsd % cost with machinery and appliances.
srT fuasmuch as this viii be the cent7alz3-
ion ~ q distinctly Southern business. lead
i H1ib lde output Of their pitch pine forests have
supplied this and other countries wiki naval store
products, Is an inpnTtant acquisition. Two Ice tac-
To-jes aggregate capacity seventy-five tons.
F11r
Ia employing ABOUT INth'y i'tilas and constantly
overwhelmed with work which necessitates fire.
Sg 6ft@su men. a drvdock. or shipyard on the
Ser with facilities FOR building small for
Inc coastwise trade. scows. and barEes. the
agreement Of this industry offers excellent oQpor-
tunities owing 20 the daily arrivals OF foreign
C~aft all needing more or less reDair. II would
Se able 10 furnish the working vessels needed fo-
TIRE Panama canal, owing 10 the che0qness and
unity u A' , 4y- 49, .os' - WIN
going constitute the bulk Of Cu'fnorcs Industrial
enterprise though, Il course. there are many
smaller ones
INDICTMENTS IT OFFERS INDUSTRIES.
Il the enumerated enterprises To which tile in
,eror offers ex-raord,nary Inducements there are
many equally well adapted 10 Gulfport. lut there
are certain industries for which those offered here
are exceptional A door. sash AID blind factory.
this on account Of the extensive and rapidly in
creasng building operations, would ana good local
market, furniture factory for the finer grade
taned from Central and South America. through
the port ~ -o-lIart{iNriE low .os, wagon; car
T-@S -r, pS5 ''- =, z ,S 30
dends f0r hops may ne grown extensively all
over the South and tLsre is abundance of soft
water her. WaIle a. regards customers there ara
me saWmIls along the road. together with a coast
population % twenty-five thousand within fifteen
irving in fle port the rate OF one daily.
a Touring mil. would supply the towns Of the sys-
TEN the locale the shipping il the haroor and could
snip product 10 Latin America and cuba. a
cotton mil; raw material Is plentiful and close
hand ia Memphis, Jackson, Meridian. Laurel
Hartesb-rE and Columbia. and the great cotton
ports OF NeN-3I-es mobile ana Gal' eslon; rates
6inarily low Gufport being centrally located among
these points, -t even now oE-rs .AcepuorA! l1cili-
Ties for reaching the markets OF the world. and
when me Panama t,a'4l IS completed NH would
have the advantage over almost any other IN
reaching the Pacific Coast and the orient and
men ae5gse mould o5s TS a good ass{ IN 5he
with and these arguments apply 70. knitting mills.