The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-22
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
GREAT ACTIVITY IN THE GULF
STATES.


Baltimore. sept 21,--(speciall-
issue Of The Manufacturers Record
In the Gulf States illustrates activity
Of many kinds widespread throughout
struction " : saw " mill mill Of reinforced
concrete, the largest in the world. and
the oniy fre.proof one, to cost about
lumber q day. This is one. Of the nro-
yects OF the Goodyears. Industrial cap
tains OF New York State, long success,
mines coRs s1ass ans
lumber plants in New York and Penn.
sylvania. They own $4,000 acres of
Louisiana piue lands and the mill is
one one 81 their plants for developing the
In connection with the saw mill
city. called Bagalusa, with business
houses. residences. water worke
be occupied By the iaborers. in the
mill and their families. constituting a
new model city of 10000 Inhabitants
rise Of Gulfport, the Southern termin-
US Of the Gulf and Ship Island Rail-
road, from village of 20 inhabitants.
ma feW years es s aso e s
sin. channel magnificent hotel trac-
tion road and railroad, all brought in
to being through the energy of an
T. Jones. All along the line of his
road from Gulfport to jackson there
Is notable agricultural activity and
Al t0 Mattiesburs. 'H Miss. ev With pcpaa
| tion of .22.0Q0. the growth Of COM
paratively short time, there 10 new
100000 hotel.
Competitions of new lines and extern
| sions OF railroads In Louisiana. now
under way or contemplated. will give
New Orleans the service Of practically
i rxvA IL. 40 h
and will bring about an unprecedented
| development upon many lines. indi-
Gated by the fact that two towns. on
have areaay IN Of the coma
Increased in population about 500 per
cent. within recent months, Notable
among the improvements in that quar-
| ter Is the work upon the railroad ter
minals at Port Chalmetto. There Is
being constructed an immense fresh
time nine of the average size ocean-
vessels that enter New Orleans. Tho
| basin will, have a width of 900 feet
r M wa 1oo Feet ana Resting g0 upon
is of concrete construction, are being
sa w ise an fTega oe a1S ea sae
respectively, with concrete roofs and
floors, and. in addition, there is to be
built 100000 bushel elevator. of re-
or eri' tanks. Other impro yemehts there
include a railroad freight yard sdjoin-
ing the basin, having twenty-five miles
Of track and with q c ca aoa Of nearly
penditure contemplated by a number
Of lumbermen for connection of the
deep water of the Atchafalaya river
cutting of a channel fifteen miles long.
feet: '' a N'
about on the
ton of a seventy-seven mile extension
OF the Big SANDY branch of the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railroad to reach
iso, 900 acres and the spending BY. the
South and Western Railroad Of $685.
100000. in reaching toward what was
ica's coal fields" the investment of
hundreds of thousands of dollars at
Memphis, Tenn, in 100 one !. Dry fire-
ate facilities for minimizing. the work
of handling the cotton, and the or
ganization of a company at Macon. Ca,
e Su Win we esggae or Of Sass 81
cotton. building operations at o Wheel;
Ing, w; Va. aggrsgating sl,Soo.o0o ana "a
% SdU ne pans of Iii the
MIA Railroad for the construction of
thirty-two circular concrete grain
storage bins with an aggregate ca
more terminals. the vast expansion of
the iron and steel industry in Alabama
indicated In the announcement that
the Tennessee Goal, Iron and Railroad
Company will issue $20,000,000 of new
stock, proceeds of which are to be ex-
pended in the enlargement of plants
and the purchase of other properties,
and the laying of forty miles of track
in the great railroad freight distribut-
ing yards at Alexandria, va, one Is
given hints OF the tremendous devel::
opment work now under way In all
parts of the South.