The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
WARRIOR BARGES
EMPLOYED
DESPITE EMBARGO
Paper, Machinery, Ore And
Sulphur Among Com
modities Moving

Despite total embargo of the ports
of Tuscaloosa and Demopolis and
embargo of the port of Cordova, save
as to coal and coke, Warrior river
craft is fully employed on a viriety
of movements involving heavy ton
mage.
A feature item of the present traf-
fic is a solid barge of white paper
from Germany for the Birmingham
Paper company, consisting of 300
tons. This came by steamer direct to
New orleans and barge Is being
loaded with it there for Birming-
port. The paper is used in the manu-
facture of school tablets.
Including the present shipment the
Birmingham Paper company has re-
ceived about 1900 tons of German
and Swedish paper through this all
water route at a saving of IS ton
in the freight charge. Atlanta has
been getting this paper.
Another feature movement out of
Mobile Saturday was barge of ma
chinery for the Baden Springs
Lumber company at Secession Point,
water movement, the machinery hav-
ing come down the Mississippi river
via barge to New Orleans and thence
to Mobile. From Wisconsin to in
land Alabama by all-water route Is
regarded, in shipping circles, as fore
shadowing potentialties of the
Mississippi-W Warrior connection.
Other cargoes now headed up
stream are these:
Ore And sulphur.
The self-propeller Tuscaloosa is on
the way to Birmingport with load
of 1,400 tons of Brazilian ore for the
Tennessee company mills.
The Cordova is coming north tow
ing two barges of manganese ore,
two barges of sulphur from Texas for
Birmingham acid plants and one of
general merchandise. This movement
is also to Birmingport.
The Demopolis is leaving Mobile
Sunday with two barges Of mangan-
ese ore. two of sulphur, one of mer-
chandise and barge carrying ma
chinery for Secession Point
Coal shipments down the river are
not disturbed by the embargo. The
Mobile left Cordova Saturday with
1900 tons of coal for Mobile.
Taking Bunker Coal.
The federal coal terminal at Mo-
bile with bins holding 10000 tons Oh
coal is proving of great convenience
to ships putting in there and
growing business in Ala bama coal for
DunkerdSe purposes Is TtSuiillls. II VI
example, the steamer Swinburne.
putting out for Buenos Ayres Satur-
day, took on 2,450 tons of coal from
the federal bins.
One of the most regular river op-
erations is that of coal and steel
products to Galveston and Houston
with return cargoes of Texas sulphur
for Birmingham chemical works. The
TeXas-bound cargoes go in ocean
barges towed by ocean-going tugs
and they bring back sulphur in re-
turn cargoes. The barge Coastwise.
towed by the tug DeBardeleben. left
Mobile Saturday for Houston with a
load of steel products from the mills
of the American steel and Wire
company at Fairfield, and will bring
back sulphur.
The American Steel and Fire main
tains large warehouses at Houston
and Galveston for distribution pur-
poses and that being a large market
for the Birmingham product, the
movement Texas ward is continuous.
The tonnage of return sulphur Is
likewise heavy and continuous.
Principal takers of this sulphur is the
Steel Cities Chemical company at
Fairfield. of which r. a. Brown Is
president
Interest In Conference.
Interest attaches to the conferences
to be held June 4 in Washington
between traffic representatives of the
five ports of the Warrior and Col. T.
@. Ashburn, head of the inland
waterways, with regard to the status
of the Warrior. Colonel Ashburn
has invited the traffic men to make
suggestions for betterment of the
service and has indicated that he
will post them infinitely as to the
status of the negotiations with the
Southern railway looking to fairer
division of the through rates. War
rior river shippers express inclina-
ton for good results flowing from
this conference
Warrior shippers as we'll as the
public at large were interested in
the survey of the Warrior with view
to locating a paper mill made by
the highest officials and experts of
the Great Southern Lumber company.
Bogalusa. La, last week. They eX-
pressed qualification not only over
the prospect of a large paper mill on
the Warrior, but the other prospect
of having such a string interest this
concern is becoming identified with
the shipping interests and facilities
of the Warrior.
The Great Southern people were so
Impressed with the Warrior. accord
ing to their statements, that they eX-
press surprise that Alabama shippers
had not shown a greater apprecia-
tion of it's facilities by more extern
sive use of the same.
y. w. Guice, general agent of the
Warrior. says business between Biz
mingport and Mobile and New Or
leans remains at the peak.
HENRY HILL RETURNS
Henry s. Hill chief DEPUTY sheriff.