The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-29
OUTLOOK IS FINE
RICHES OF SOUTH BEING DEvEL-
ofsED VIGOROUSLY.



Baltimore. Sept. 2s.--(special) --ln
this weeks issue The Manufacturers
Record says:
Eat the >heginning of autumn. the
outlook in the South is especially en-
couraging, and In no way Is this more
accurately reflected than in the earn
ings OF the railroad companies. In
crease all along thef line is the story
told by the reports now appearing. not
only for the fiscal year completed at
the, end of June. but for the two ar
three months beginning the new fiscal
year, which promises to be much
greater in results than its predeces-
sor
1t is not surprising mat the rail-
road companies should be enjoying
prosperity, for the riches, OF
the South are being developed with
vigor and persistence never before
known; industries a~e thriving and ex-
panding, and agriculture is at its best
The establishment of new Industrial
enterprises Is proceeding with activity
and another year will see large addt-
lions to the number OF plants or all
kinds of manufactures.
With the clearing away OF forests
by the expansion OF lumber business,
new tracts are opened up for agricul-
ture, which will also achieve gains as
a result of this addition of territory 10
the amount of land available for the
art and skill of the farmer.
ITO meet the demands crowding up
on them as result of all of this in
dustrial activity the railroad compa-
MES, as shown by their reports, are
devoting large sumo ror extensions
and betterments, and this work, which
| is constantly in progress. brings about
a wonderful distribution of money, and
consequently Increasing benefits for
many localities.
These Improvements, many of them
being in the way G. double-tracklng,
will be completed rome toe soon, for
the demand for facilities Is urgent
lines in many places being now over
crowded with traffic. so that the move
ment OF business ON the railroads is
more or less hindered by the lack OF
second track. and with the completion
Of many extensions now under way the
rush of business upan the main lines
must necessarily be greater than ever.
Notwithstanding all this work, 1T is
not to be expected hat their railroads
will at any early date be in position
10 promptly transport all the traffic
that is off cred them, for the develop
ment of the South. IL in advance OF the
supply of railroad facilities, and is
likely to keep ahead or them for a
long time. These remarks, of course,
apply principally 10 the vrunk lines.
The new brarcn roads which are
building into new regions will, of
course. be able to transport as far as
their lines go the business which they
seek. but the main line roads are not
fully prepared for all this work, yet
| their companies are doing all they can
within their means to provide for 1t.
| Of the new railroad enterprises for the
building of roads like the Underwater
Railway and the SUuth & Western
Railway 1t may be recognized that they
will probably be able to handle their
own traffic with rapidity for some time
after they are completed. Such roads
are being built for special purpose
and for a particular class of business.
and 1t is much easier to prepare ade-
quate facilities uron such lines than
upon other railroads which handle a
great variety of business, yet even
they may be expected to fall short of
meeting the demands to come upon
them as the years progress.
while this adequacy of railroad ia
cilitics may from one point of view
| seem to he a subject for regret. 1t is
nevertheless full of cement as
| IL Indicates economic conditions which
will result to the great advantage OF
the South and which will insure the
doing of an immense amount of work
within it's borders during the next sew
| eraI years. The prospect Is every
where bright and so much new country
| is to be opened and developed that the
energies of all the people now in this
section will be drawn upon to their ut
most. and the energies of many others
not now here will be called upon and
required tc do their share towards the
task OF progress which is set before
IuS."