The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-31
c. E. Dobson is
Named President
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The archaen edge of the gulf forms
the edge of the southern water power.
This line approaches nearest the Gulf
Columbus, Ca, and passes through
Alabama near Montgomery and Tus-
caloosa. This water proven has all
the-year round water connection with
the Gulf of Mexico from Columbus.
Ga, by the Apalachicola river, and
from the Alabama coal and iron fields
by the Tonbigbee and Black Warrior
rivers. The Alabama and Apalachicola
river systems are almost connected
for inland water navigation, by the
bays lying between them, and a few
miles of canals will make this in
land waterway continuous. Work on
the connection is now being prosecut-
ed by the government.
The southern extremity of the APP
palachian coal, iron and hardwood
region, which forms the Alabama cAl
and iron fields, is bounded on the
south by the. Alabama water power.
DEVELOPED RESOURCES.
The total acreage of the counties in
West Florida is $4,000. The cult
waited area il 425,92s acres. The per-
centage Of cultivated land Of the
whole are is .0614 per cent. The
total value of the agricultural crops
live stock, and dairy products in
West Florida for the year ending De-
cember. 1910, was $11,S60,123. (This
does not include the cultivated area OF
the value OF the agricultural produc-
lions of Gadsden county,.
INDUSTRIES
At the end Of the year, closing De-
cember, 1912, In IL of the West Flor
ida counties (Gadsden exceptedp, there
were LILO establishments engaged In
manufacturing, with capital of ST.
434, 301, with 1851 wage earners re-
ceiving total wages Of $3,s24,1s5 per
year.
TIMBER.
Five million and a quarter acres are
covered with some sort of forest
growth. If this is estimated at 1000
feet to the acre, there remains yet
uncut in West Florida, 5,25o,000, 00O
feet of timber.
NAVAL STORES.
The exports, in the year 1911
through the West Florida ports, OF
2,493,26S gallons of spirits of turpen-
tine, having a value of s1,s23,2s2; and
the 411,977 barrels of rosin, having q
value of $2.545.s14 probably does not
exceed the production of the area. A
similar output should exist for many
years to come.
FISHERIES.
Exact figures have not been obtain
ed for the amounts received for the
products of the West Florida fisheries.
Their value. however, probably ex-
ceeds s1,006.o0o annually. AS the en-
tire Gulf of Mexico belongs to the
West Florida fishing grounds, this re-
source and source of revenue Is prob
ably inexhaustible.
INDUSTRIES.
1t will require vast amount of
study, and much more informant ton
than is now available. to determine
all of the industries and the possible
extent of their development which
should be undertaken in West Florida
The woods of the region are now be-
| ing used in planning mill products
such as sashes. doors, blinds, crates
for packing, boxes, car construction
vehicles, vehicle parts, chairs, tobacco
boxes, agricultural implements, furni
1 LuTe, anu dIIlSllC gOOQS,
shuttles, spools, bobbins, fixtures,
| handles, refrigerators. kitchen caDifets,
| baskets, collins, ships. boats and
wooden ware novelties.
Among the other articles that are
| manufactured are cotton seed oil. lin:
and huils, chalk. rosin, store and bar
| fixtures, awnings, tents, sails, tar
,paulins, brass and iron castings, boil
ers, grits. meal. chops. cigars, soda
| water, structural cornice. skylights,
| creosote blocks, ice.
The exports and imports through
West Florida ports would indicate. in
some degree, that the following lines
of industry should be engaged in, be-
| cause of the exports of turpentine and
| rosin: Paint, cotton goods, cotton
| manufa cture, lumber-shipbuildin
cotton seed cake and phosphate-fer-
tilizer; of lumber-all kinds of wood
making establishments: the waste
| wood indicates that paper should be
manufs ctured. So also would the inn
ports of sulphate of ammonia, murate
of potash. copper ore. guano, kainit,
mature salts, sulphur ore. cedar, ma
| hogany. chalk. nitrate ex a06a-indl-