The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-25
And its Importance in the Chain of
 Transportation.

And its Importance in the Chain Of TranspOrtOtfOn.
 Editor Advertiser.
 I read with much interest your ed
 itorial of the 18th, inst. in which you
 pon15s ou several te that
 opening of the .Coosa river from
 would accrue to Montgomery with the
 Alabama. l wish to emphasize the ar this improvement. The Coosa and
 Alabama rivers are in -eality. one
 changing with the junction, of ths
 mercial and and industrial interests of T
 large part of Georgia an, and Alabama gether by nature in these streams The two larger tributaries of the Coosa. the Oostaunaula and the Coo
 sswattes Scar are navigable lo5 .rrin mile, these interests into the Georgia gold Coosa Valley is one of the richest az;
 States. in which is grown cotton. corn. wheat. oats and other farm products with the greatest success. the
 mineral resources of this valley is est variety, in the greatest abundance, in the closest proximity to each other, is unequalled anywhere in the, world;
 hating minerals found here. There are three separate coal fields
 These Tn "a are the Lookout Mountain. the Blount Mountain and the Coosa coal
 aed is the mos. coosa to the river. though they are all of easy access. The Coosa coal field
 alone covers overs an ,aht area aoo of about $50
 bank of the river. and to show the
 possibilities of this great coal field
 it. is only necessary to say. that ID
 opments of coal in this field, to th..
 personal knowledge of the writer of
 this article. three large, separate and
 distinct coal seams not heretofore
 been cut and opened up in this field,
 within nile nr two of the river
 ros of tse sees saying o hs
 ed'' that the coal in this field is sui
 ficient to supply the needs of the whole
 Gulf coast almost indefinitely. and field borders the Western bank of the
 Coosa river for about sixty miles.
 The Lookout Mountain along the
 its various spurs and offshoots is es-
 timatnd to contain 2.4O0,000,000 tons
 of red iron ore assaying forty eight
 brown iron ores of the Appalachia7 ,
 region reach their greatest develop
 ment in the Eastern part of the valley of the Coosa. Think of 1t? There is | more of this ore. essential for iron making. in the Coosa valley than a II 1 the balance of the eastern part of the United States together, from Maine to | Florida. BauXite, the ore from whic | aluminium is obtained is found in pay | ing quantities in only two localities
 in the United States; One of these be This ore Is shipped to Northern points for extraction of aluminium and only | by reason of it's great purity can tt l compete with cheap foreign ores af- | ter paying exorbitant transportation
 charges Aluminium ts -xtracte | from it's ores electrically; therefore
 why ship the bauxite out of the State | at all? Why not extract the alum, . mum here with the electricity that | can be developed at the cams on the | Coosa that will be built for the pur | pose of navigation. The timber re- | ources of the Coosa valley are est , | vlated at 8505. .OO000o feet, board | measure. with a valuation of sS5 Ooo = | OOO Now let us have a look at what | the general government has done for | these rivers by comparison with other
 streams. We do not lave to carry
 onr inv.stieation far to find that the ] Ohio and its tributaries have received | coal of its valleys might nave water | tra nsportation 2.to0 miles to the Gul'
 while we with just as good coal with.
 in less than 800 miles of the Cuff | have received mere pitances by com | parison, for our river
 | MontGomerian will probablv be sur l ~-i.AI Ln~-.' .h.t tho trAAio to ~S