The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-14

and logs and between the two is log boom through which logs are handled from water to ship.
 Private Equipment Extensive. The most modern private equipment belongs to the Turner Terminal com pany. It operates three piers; on. two of them lumber is the principal com modity handled. But the third is equipped with a storage warehouse, 1.54O feet long and 150 feet wide, cap able of handling, storing and classify ing general cargo, including cotton, sisal, slaves and naval stores. This l terminal is a shipside warehouse, where cargo may be stored for an indefinite time. The three terminals have rail connections with the l.. and N. and the G. NJ. and N. and switching connec- tions with the Southern, NJ. and O., and Mississippi Central.
 On Blakely island and a mile above the city the United States government owns and operates a coal and oil dock with a capacity of 10000 tons. This dock is 500 feet long has 30 feet of water alongside. It is equipped with an electrically operated, movable un- loading bridge, grab bucket, conveyor and reloading tower with a reach of 63.5 feet from the face of the wharf and a handling capacity of 400 tons an hour. This terminal was built primar- lily for use in conjunction with the War rior river section of the Mississippi-W rior service of the federal land and coastwise waterways operations, but is now being generally used by other serv- ices.
 Below the coal and ore dock the United States Shipping Board operates 11O,000-barrel capacity fuel oil sta tion. The handling facilities are two steam operated fixed cargo pumps ca pablo of pumping 1,500 barrels an hour.
 For storage and classification of gen eral cargo facilities are to be found at the Maryland street pier of the Turner Terminals, M. and o. pier s and NJ. and O., Southern pier 3. Bulk freight finds storage at Turner Terminals, the M. and o. piers and the warrant ware houses. Additional warehouse and stor- age facilities are to be had but not so fayorably located.
 New Terminals Assured.
 There is. however, one new set of terminals, that should be mentioned, those provided for by the Alabama sea- port amendment recently passed by the people of the state and for which an expenditure of ten million dollars was authorized. Under the provisions of this amendment bonds are to be issued bearing not over six per cent. Part of the revenue derived from these new ter minals is to be turned back to the state and used to retire the bonds as they fall due. These terminals as plan ned, are to have large wharyes, proper handling equipment for general cargo, terminal railways with the necessary sidetracks, bridges and causequys on which there will be proper motive pow CT, conection by rail with the trunk lines, entering the city, state owned and operated tug boats, and facilities for the transporting of passengers as well as freight. Thus, these new terminals will be to all interests and purposes, oper- ated as common carriers a condition highly satisfactory to all and big fac for in making Mobile the important seaport she should be.
 The factor shipyards with their su- pernumerary equipment dry docks, ma rine railways, repair plants, boiler works, derricks, salvage equipment and tugs is of material importance to ma rine operators However as shippers are but little concerned with these fa- cilities it is sufficient to merely men tion what Mobile has in this connec- tion. The port has five ship building companies, two boiler works, eight ma rine railways, four dry docks, IS tugs, and seven marine salvage companies, which facilities can be added to from time to time as the traffic of the port grows to warrant it.