The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-15

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1t is pleasing to note that the past
year has witnessed the rebuilding of
the Newman mill; the construction
of the New Orleans and Northeastern
station; the new power house of the
Hattiesburg Traction Company and
the Inauguration of good street car
service; the building Of box fac
| tory by the Newman Lumber Compa-
ny; arm and pin factory; two mod
ern plants for loading gravel on
Bowie river, which, by the way, has
become a very important industry;
an increase in the kiln capacity of
the Riverside Brick Company; i'm
provement of the buildings Of the
Hattiesburg Compress of a substan-
tial character and costing eleven
thousand dollars; the rebuilding of
the plant of the Southern Lumber
and Ice Company, at cost of about
500, 900; the construction of the Ia
tum railway in the direction of Co
lumbia, and of such substantial
character as to assure it's permanent
cy; a new cotton gin of the latest
model: improvement of the buildings
and an increase in the equipment
of the Watkins Machine and Foundry
Company; the occupation of hand
some new building by the Komp Ma
: chine Works and substantial ex-
pansion in business; the partial re-
sumption of the manufacture OF
eight wheel wagons: new modern
building by the Dixie Marble Works
with facilities for competing with
any city in the South; the equip
!, ment of an up-to-date steam cleaning
apparatus by the Union Pressing
: Club: the successful operation of a
+ modern book bindery by the Martin
l. Printing Co.; with equipment and ia
cilities for competing with any city
l. in the South for the manufacture Of
blank books, etc. an addition to the
Il building of the Hawkins Hardware
Co., to permit of an expansion o.
J. trade. In addition to all of this
there was considerable expansion
l. of the trade of our jobbing houses
S despite the handicap of blightint
J. discrimination in freight rates. II
= the past year nine important lines o
II business have been opened in Hat
q tiesburg and the commercial failure
'. have been unimportant, and on
n banking resources have increases
T. rapidly. In a year two buildings O
IT two stories and buildings aggregat
e ing seven store rooms of one story
a. have been constructed of bricl
s. Twenty nice residences have bee
e built or completed in tina
IL time and much larger nun
IL Der of smaller residences. 0
u the whole, it may be said that "
v have experienced year OF substa
tial progress and while these fact
and figures are not to be compare
to boom times, it is also true th
such statistics are not obtalnaDle
a dead town. In addition to tn
gratifying record for Hattiesbul
alone we can report substantial I
yival of the lumber business in Il
surrounding territory as is evidence
by the resumption of a number
\ the large mills and the rebuilding
l several small mills which are a gre
/ factor in our prosperity and PERM
us to view the immediate futu
with equanmity.
! Indeed, we may say that HATTIE
burg has borne adversely well a
if we will only profit by our eXpe
ence. the panic of 1907 will ha
been a blessing, for it has cleal
FRI nroven the necessity of develop
IN ,our great agricultural resources
II demonstrated what is in store
the nc whom our timber resources ha
Y'e' been exhausted.
Y. With this review of the gene
Iac- business conditions of the CITY,
you .or,iro+ion of
are will pass 10 an
old work of the Commercial CLUB,
and more properly speaking, its etfo
nr,cs TO build up and develop the resour
nass. of this city and section.
kton' During the tariff legislation Il
wear the necessity of Offering eff'
ppi. i've opposition to the removal OF