The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-01-01
Big Ships at GuIfport.
Editor ABERDEEN NEEKIY.

that the big British : :. Conway
cast anchor IN this port November
y, 1905 with Pyrites OF iron a. fol-
lows
1861 tons for Gulfport-
80 tons for Nashville,
sos tons for Hattiesburg.
500 tons for Meridian.
After unloading. this big ship
took on a cargo Of II, 900 bales of
cotton and several hundred tons Of
cotton seed oil cakes bound direct
to Havre and Liverpool. There are
a big vessels in port this month,
including both steamships ana sail
ing vessels and we wish to announce
to you that two more ships have
been chartered to load cotton IN
the near future.
The whole State is familiar with
the fight that we waged to get the
same rate ON cotton to Gulfport
that prevailed to New Orleans and
Mobile, and that cotton il being
handled with dispatch and satisfac-
ton to consignor and consignee
We write you this letter because
we believe that the whole State Of
Mississippi is proud Of the fact that
within her own borders there is "a
port second to none, that challenges
the admiration of the world. The
State of Mississippi has heretofore
expended her money and resources
towards the building up of great
cities within other States and ac-
c0rding to carefully computed sta
stistics this State has exported i'm
the last 40 years something like
$500, 900, 900 Of home grown pro
ducts and we believe that all Mis-
sissippians will rejoice with us now
that the dream of our fathers has
come true and that Mississippi has
at last come into her own.
With the opening Of the Panama
Canal the worlds commerce win
find ingress and cgress through the
State of Mississippi
Bishop Galloway said II have
seen the great harbor of Naples land
locked and peaceful have anchor
ed in the Bay of Rio de Janiero
dotted with islets and beautiful,aud
into most of the worlds great har-
bors has it it been my privilege to
sail, but no where have seen one
that for SO little cost could offer
hospitality and srcurity to the COM
merce of the world as at our own
Mississippi port Of Gulfport.
The construction of the Panama
Canal will change the industrial
and commercial map Of the United
States and Of the world. The
minging of the Atlantic and Paci-
fic ties in that artificial waterways
will be an extension of our coast line
now separated by 1900 miles Of
stormy and dangerous seas, and all
so this canal means that we viii
get directly the trade of Asia and
the Orient. This will become a
port of entry for shippers trade
from Japan and China
The assessed valuation of Harri-
son county was in 1896 real and
personal So, 201.719.0O; in 1905
real and personal S14, 80. COS. 90
an increase of S1I,583, $4,000 in
the space of twelve years The to-
tai assessed valuation Of Gulfport
was in 1898, S14 10000 and in 1905
S., 500. 10000 an increase in ten
years of So. 7S6, 10000.
The postofiice receipts have in
creased in the last seven years mar
velously; also the salaries paid for
this office. In 1900 they were ST.
10000 per annum; the salaries
now paid at this office per annum
amount to SIT, 10000 am increase
of SIS, 10000 in eight years. The
reason of this increase is that long
and various rural free delivery
routes have been established ont of
this place and we also have free
city delivery and post boxes on all
of the street corners.
Yours truly,
GULFPORT COMMERCIAL CIUR.
b. &. Cox, Sec.