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

advantages of Mobile and predicting an expanding future for this port. from the article will appear in an early issue of The Age-Herald.
 BY JOHN c. COLWELL, JR.
 There is nothing that stirs the heart of man as much as the sight of ship putting out to sea. Since time began man has stood on shores all over the world and watched with the same emo- tions and changing ships of the ages, Though time has changed the graceful galley, the impressive trireme, the stump, caraval, the beautiful clipper ship and the numbering schooner into practical oil and coal burning cargo carriers, the heart of the ship is the same and arouses in all of us the long ing to be up and away.
 But these modern birds of passage have needs unknown to their sisters of long ago. And two of them are termi- nals, and shipyards for repairs. Which being so, it is not out of place to say just word about them as they are at Mobile.
 The public terminal owned and op- erated by the city of Mobile is we'll located near the center of the business district between Dauphin and State streets. It is 1,50O feet long, 120 feet wide and has water depth alongside of p feet at mean low water. There are two open transit sheds. One is of steel construction with concrete floor ing and is 1,242 feet long and 100 feet wide. While the other is of wood con- struction, 120 feet long and 70 feet wide. The Mobile and Ohio railroad ,l.. dled by hand and with ships tackle and can not be assembled for indefinite storage. The terminal is used by river steamers, coastwise, and transocean ves- sels.
 the Mobile and Ohio, Louisville and bile and Northern.
 Railroad Terminals Ample.
 The Mobile and Ohio has four termi- nals. At the foot of Bloodgood street, pier z, is a grain elevator. Crib type construction with iron siding. it has a capacity of 250,000 bushels and is ca pablo of transferring from grainery to ship at the rate of 15,000 bushels an hour. Grain is carried by belt con veyOr through the gallery to the seven l.. for delivery into the ships hold. There is one loading spout for cars. The elevator is operated by electric power and is equipped with oat clippers, sack ing machine, power shovels, car work CTS, and dryer; it also has equipment to clean, cool, blow, screen, mix, turn, SCOUT, and smut grain.
 Of the other three NJ. and O. termi- nals, one is used for receiving and load ing general cargo; and one for receiv- ing and storing fertilizer, asphalt, and general cargo. The NJ. and o. owns jointly with the Southern, two termi- nals for handling general cargo which is leased to a private concern for the handling of molasses, of which 30,000,- 900 gallons annually pass over the ter minal.
 The Louisville and Nashville, while it owns terminals and track facilities does not stress the use of it's property except a fruit dock and one coaling wharf. They have under lease to the Mobile Coal company and the Southern Fuel company two of their properties.
 The Southern owns, in addition to the joint terminals with the NJ. and O., one pier for the handling of cargo and bunker coal and one with facilities for general cargo which it has under lease to the Mallory Steamship company.
 The Gulf, Mobile and Northern owns piers 1 and 8. The outer end of 3 is leased to the United States Lighthouse Service and the remainder is used for handling lumber and logs. On 1, the outer end is used by the Texas company and the remainder, like 3, for lumber