The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06

modernized, and extended to the ca-
 pacity noted for Mobile. The govern
 ment and state improvement to the
 navigation of the Warrior river will add
 much to the prestige of Mobile, as it
 will link industrial Birmingham more
 closely 10 it and to deep water trans
 portation.
 Birmingham will be brought into the
 chain either by taking over the plant
 of the Warrant Warehouse company or
 the construction of new plant with
 high density compress. Whatever plant
 is decided upon for this city will have a
 capacity for storing 10000 bales and will, in addition. conduct a general warehouse business. It may be said.
 here, that at many of the warehouses to be purchased or constructed. other commodities will be taken for storage besides cotton.
 At opelika there will be installed a compress and warehouse for 10000
 bales.
 At Selma the plant of the Dallas Compress company win be bought and it's capacity increased. The plant of the Atlantic Comrpess company to be taken over at Montgom- cry will be increased to a storage ca pacity of 10000 bales. It is expected that the congresses lo- cated at Cordele, Decatur. Huntsville and Moultrie will be taken over and their storage facilities materially ex- tended.
 MISSISSIPPI AND TEXAS At Greenville, Miss. it is proposed to | take over an existing compress and in stall warehouse in connection with it | of 20,000 bales capacity. The storage facilities which are a no r n f6e s1fa l. !, at Greenwood and Clarksdale. Miss. | and Monroe. La, will be greatly in- creased in the early future. Memphis is one of the most important | points in the cotton belt. At this city ! it is the purpose to buy an existing plant. or to build new warehouse and equip it with high density congresses 1 The capacity of the plant will be not | less than 100000 bales. At Shreveport, La. new construction will be undertaken of a warehouse of | 10000 bales capacity. This will be op- erated in conjunction with a compress plant at that city, which is to be pur- chased.
 At New Orleans the Union Warehouse and Compress company has no plans on foot. as the plant belonging to and operated by the city adequately serves i that port.
 At Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Ark. the compress and warehouse plants be- longing to the Newburger and Lesser Goldman interests will be purchased and storage added to capacity of 30. 900 bales at each city. The storage facilities, of the com presses now owned by the Lesser Gold 1 man interests al Fort Smith. Helena Newport and Texarkana will also be 1 extended.
 1 East St. Louis is one of the cottor 1 gateways, and an important trans-ship. l ment point. Here the Lesser Goldman warehouse will be purchased and e> tended to capacity of 40,000 bales with adequate provision for genera storage business
 l Turning now to Texas. the state that produces 30 Der cent of all the cottor I grown n the country:
 I The Union Warehouse and Comprcs, company will make no present investmen | at Dallas because of the independen warehouse movement now on at that city 1 By the side of the turning basin of tht Houston ship canal, it is proposed tt | construct warehouse of 50000 bales ca
 pacity, equipped with high density com presses
 At Texas City the existing compresse