The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-03-03

moss that shiver and simmer il
the sunshine; down avenues Of
great live oaks, interspersed here
and there with the white crests OF
the magnolia, or the green trim
mings of the evergreen that never
puts off its yerdant yesture for the
sable hues of winter; through the
pine woods, the fragrance of which
would make forever glad the heart,
were it not for the sad stories the
pines ever tell to the sea in their
perpetual meanings, as if pouring
out the sorrows of the world upon
the restless waves to be carried
away by the rolling tide. Or tax
ing the Bay Shore Road (owned
by the Mobile & Ohio one may
glide on a we'll equipped train to
the confluence of Mobile Bay with
the Gulf of Mexico at historic Fort
Morgan, where brave old Buchan-
nan with the little ram, Tennessee,
held Admiral Farragut with the
United States Navy so long at bay
during the famous naval battle of
Mobile Bay. Or he might leave
the train at
ALABAMA PORT,
which enjoys the distinction of be-
ing typical pioneer town in the
heart of the highest civilization, at
the extreme southern point of Mo-
bile Bay. Though less than two
years old Alabama Port has al
ready advanced on the road to high
commercial and manufacturing ex-
cellence, and bids fair to be one
of the most important points on
the Southern coast. The town site
is on a commanding elevation over
looking the bay and the channel
through which daily pass the great
ocean steamers that touch at Mo
bile from every port on the seas.
Established here already is the
largest oyster packing establish
ment in the South-the John Boyle
Company, of Baltimore. This
plant sits four thousand feet out
in the bay, and almost over the
great oyster reefs. Little tugs
puff away bringing thousands of |
bushels of the luscious bivalves up |
to the factory, where happy and
Industrious people, with all the
of the latest improved |
machinery, can them, and they are
loaded directly into cars that are
run from the shore out to the fac
tory, and they are given fresh to
the world from the healthful wa
Lers of Mobile Bay. Within five
feet of this factory the
great steamers pass, and already |
lredgers are at work cutting out a
channel that will soon make it pos
'ible for these big ocean travellers
% land at Alabama Port. This is
,nc of the strongest points of adj
yantage for this location-its easy /
Lccess to deep water, which must
eventually make of Alabama Port
me Of the chief points of exports
u the coast. Aside from this Al
.bama Port has a we'll equipped
lotel, number of fourishing
torres, and is surrounded by mag
Iificent timber districts, and lands )
hat are especially well suited for i
be raising of fruits and vegeta I
les. 1t has also the familiar fea- \
ure of other new towns, the land c
gent-the Gulf City Realty Com n
any, of Mobile, and SO intently
re the people interested in build $
lg up this most favored of all sec Q
ions, that the visitor there has the I
lost cordial welcome. There are
number of other manufacturing !
nterprises preparing to erect
Iants at this point at early dates.
Aside from these natural advan-
lges as business point, this, of b
\, is the most delightful spot on 7 J,
arth from a sportsman's view II