The Cordova daily times., 1920-01-20
THE greatest port and metropolis of the southern section of the
 United States, New Orleans, is

THE greatest port and metropolis
 of the southern section of the
 United States, New Orleans, is
 unique among cities of the Americas. There is no other like it. Up-to-the-minute in it's modern civic Improvements, typically American in its aggressive commercial energy, even ahead of the times in its city govern ment and municipal ownership and control of public utilities, 1t is never theless. in some features, one of the oldest and certainly one of the quaint est and most foreign of the large cit ies of the United States, says the Bull letin of the Pan-American Union. In the southwest quarter with it's mod ern business houses and fine resi- dences, the visitor finds himself in a modern city of the United States; in ten minutes he may cross Canal street stroll into the northeast or Latin Quarter" and find himself in a quaintly medieval city which might be French or Spanish. In the old French ~AAA AhNI HSSLiolI 1AC liCdIo a FCI babel of tongues-French, Spanish, Yiddish, near-English. and some times several of these mixed I'D in 'Fpatois" that is distinctively "New Orleansesque.' Even the names of the streets reflect something of the city's history Its French origin is re- vealed in such names as Toulouse, Or leans, Du Maine, Cont, Bourbon, Dauphine, Chartres, etc, while other street names such as Unzaga, Galvez, Miro, Salcedo, Casa Calvo, Baronne, etc, reveal the fact that at one time the Spaniards were in possession. Again Tchoupitoulas street would lead one to infer that Indians had also had hand in the general admixture of no- menclature.
 Situated about 1O7 miles above the mouth of the Mississippi river, whose system of navigable waterways radi- ate 1900 miles through the great middle section of the United States, and on Lake Ponchartrain, with ac- cess to Mississippi sound water routes eastward to Mobile, Ala, and thence by the Warrior river to the great coal and iron fields of Alabama, the center of six canals, and the principal ter minal of ten trunk lines of railways operating total of 145,288 miles, New Orleans has become one of the great industrial centers of the world. Its manufacturing industries have an output of over $140,OOO,OOO worth of products annually, while as a market center the city distributes $1,130,OOO,- 900 worth of commodities each year, a tremendous trade that is accounted for by the fact that New Orleans is the. gateway for the Mississippi valley, the great producing area of the United States. Comprising fl per cent of the United States proper, this great sec tfon, which includes from an economic standpoint 21 states, yields SPA per cent of the nations cotton and cotton seed products, 27.9 per cent of it's coal output 62.7 per cent of all the iron ore mined, 67.5 per cent of it's live stock, and 31.7 per cent of it's total 
 State Owns Port Facilities.
 In the harbor of New Orleans is seen a strikingly successful application of the doctrine of public ownership and operation of public utilities. Sixty per cent of the port facilities have been built or developed by the dock board, state institution. In the IT years this board has had charge it has expended $15,OO0OO0 on the wharves, steel sheds, elevators, and warehouses on the east bank. These, with ter minals built by the railroads, will give New Orleans almost eight miles of docks, capable of accommodating at one time 80 vessels 500 feet long. All are served by the Public Belt railroad, another triumph of public ownership. Assurance of future port expansion without fear of private profiteering is given by the fact that the title to the water front for Al miles on both sides of the Mississippi river is vested in the public and under the control of the dock board. In addition, the board is now building an inner harbor six miles in length, the famous Industrial canal.
 Terminal facilities erected by the dock board comprise IS of the most modern steel sheds, 17,924 feet in length, 4,257 feet of open wharves, 7.2OO feet of wharf at the publicly