The Minneapolis journal., 1906-03-04
TO EUROPE By THE GULF

III EUkUfE b1 IdE GUAt
In the great business of transport
ing to the seaboard the surplAs pro-
duce Of our country destined for ship
ment abroad, no greater change was
ever made than that now surely work /
ing out, which can only show it's full |
effect in time, but already is turning so
large a. portion of our export tonnage
towards the southward. IT is only !,
few years since the. shifting into new
channels Of freight, originating so far
north as to be- considered naturally
tributary to the Atlantic seaboard, be-
came a matter important enough to
call for general comment in the rail
road world, yet already thesvolume Of
such business moving towards the gulf
runs into immense figures both as to
tonnage and valuation
The wiping out. Of Galveston by flood,
the recent visitation Of yellow fever to
New Orleans, and the destruction Of her
docks by fire, were incidents that for a
time checked the flow. But they were
incidents and nothing more. The
is rebuilding, New Orleans is growing
dHu culdI SIHS utI pO1G Idcl1l1ICa IiA'
mensely, Gulfport has, come into prom
inence within year or two, and
Mobile is looking UP. New Orleans
undoubtedly hasa great future as an
export city. No, ordinary vicissitudes
can stop the growth. The whole ex-
hibit Of today is but the forerunner
Of a great business to come when the
Panama canal shall have been com
pleted. ("
Minneapolis is interested in this
! matter, more SO, in fact, than one might
suppose from looking at the map and
noting the distance between the two
cities and the differences in climate
and the products of the country sur
rounding. For long time it has been
clear to students Of transportation
that the outlet to the southwark was
sure to become important to the north
west. AS the roads serving the gulf
ports have become more aggressive
from year to year the matter has
worked more to the front; but the full
significance of t,saand the sextent to
which this competition could work
against the older established routes
was never 50 forcibly illustrated as
} just within. the past month, when the
Illinois Central, in connection with
lines entering Minneapolis and touching
the New Orleans feeder at outside
po;noe, 90 a0I ~. nIu.' ;th A 80 ~ NJ a..
nois same - nolo Ha WI @tI .Ia - 40" 80"
urieans sny otai eensegWol snan iiou
Ghi % sGanoara d;Manar;
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, t;m.+ad @ w. ;n ~ 81 eIasa - dS, o9, or (1S
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q - ;sad arar +ha los,
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f,,11 1A M u bts ssse
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nass ara onw o ba;nas ,,ad ~ Ms, Dus,
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oo,.arad - - I ar1ast =
~ 1aatts n"i %, -oss,u.1 =
: man +oIa ~ -; sht's me- 60, p.vl - !,
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NawYayk - .rbora araater s v n,,n'be mael
of roo,la 'E,a NJ 10 ~ - - a
: nsnaIfv - he ba fanna 5 Mt '' th;nos : - :,
ohano.i, +L;aI1 asoss. !, - M, ~
i steamar Rosat+i - NOW 81 tbe s+nvus
. sont dooLss =, Hr.a.,s. nrI aans 80 T. ~,
9 second @ leo of = 3, sfr;a s aniar tr;n frnn
0 I,ivarnool To Rraz;l Rraz;l - - es NeS
: Orleans with cnffas5s New orleans = :,
: Tivernool with cotton otbar % steam
. ers are fol1ow;no % This NAV law % The, q,
!, con]d as wel1 carrv sonoe M;nnoonoI;
l. Hour. In time, no doubt much f1Ou