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mills. At only on# place was there •
vacant seat during the ar iking hour,
while In Texas, and on# liule town or
1500 people organized $100,000 In lot
than an hour afrer th*» close of the talk.
One town pasted g.owing resolutions
that the campaign was he grande*
•ffort ever put forth lu the south. am!
nearly avary place voted resolution* of
thank* to the Picayune f r Its grand
campaign and Its sr**:it achievement.
The enthusiasm of he ep domic spread,
And Ardmore, 1. T., requested * full
dose for her Ills.
The warm pulsation of the movement
baa found a lodgment lu toe west, as
Kansas City L.«s a*ked to l>e In* meted
In the wealth of the spinning and weav
ing Industry. Mississippi has f*iab
llaned her Textile i. and the 1/ u
talana and Texas legislators should fol
low suit at 'he next seas; n.
The campaign has pr«»vcu a great tonic
to the entire torpid south. It has been
L beacon light to many dead towns. It
but the fruits of a determined and
•arneaf and unse'.flth effort. w 11! g
ness to nnke an effort la generally the
“crossing of the Rubicon.”
The south in was the wealthiest
wart of the l’nlted State*. surpa*.'*vg
^isw England by double, nr 1 If • ; ! • ’
■t« have the courage and enduran
their prosperity will In as t
combining agriculture and u, . ifn * ;r
Inf be again the center f t ■ gre*' *•
American wealth and dominant Influ
ence.
occupy the chosen sp it of U '« con
tlnent. and. In fact, the wide w Id .•*
not equal to ua, and I milaiana i* tin*
chief among the chief s utea in her op
portunitj.
New Orleans Is the great gateway of
the future commerce, nn ! her bus'm---*
den should bestir the;u>elv#*H r > c .
And dim t tbia
around their city and their ’rad. t* r: i
torv.
The movement Is 1nde. d gijant'.e In
•ff
(II - .
our midst, i-hanglng t <• In i - ” <1 • '•
to rh'- son'll, and r ns p a
the Ind istrdil w r.d. and lo-r •** the ■
mere a 1 and final lal canters
Changed, and with thef- wd! «*v» ••
A great II
of the south. Keep he lr m !i-•
n. II. IIAlHiUOVE.
Shreveport, Ln.
A GREAT FISH MARK FT.
Mr. A. I*. Rablto** Ancreanfnl
Cn ri‘er.
The Importance <*f he fi-h V lusfrv
and Its ivl.'iMua to the ut - . f -1
problem, cannot bo or. r — • ' j ■ u
river, lake and sen we c ■ -m v
drawlng food t- ;>p!cs :s 1 a \\. 1 f
capital: large fled- m l fNuis.jr !> * f
men are employed In > .pplyl. t ..•* de
mand.
New Orlean** Is r >tcd f »~ :*'o o\ • **•;
Of ItH a1 • - ■
not merely 1*. al Mvory b. * ri«-r i
dealer and hotel and resta
over the south known ..f V Orb . >'
ratosf fifth house, f« r *1 • : nine • f \
Rablto is very wide v kn«-wn. As an
enterprising and pn*irr«*>-i\ -• n n he h.-i
done much to advertise • < a t - i
and oyster marker, and ha- :h«- -
time built up a great 1c -s in ji di u; 1
oysters, both In city and <
• •
facilities are necessary f-r t •• j . r
Hand Ing of fl
Ice-making ! ch
Mr. Rablto owns at r.oi) Yirvurb** s-1- •
la well worth a visit. Her** «*ne • u
gather an idea of the inagnittid* of • .*
Ash industry, and see ti.l the fish that
Are caught In southern watt H
are diamond-hack terrapin, t r; • -s f
various kinds, frogs In pens and ahr.v.ip
In reservoirs. crabs and uy If 1: -
In the dne of fish, and Mr. Habit.» ha-u’r
f-ot it, y«m can’t get if in the e<oj[h. Is a
rade axiom, for Rablto s i- • g
fdzed lyadquarters f<>r e\>-r\:h.’i? In the
Ine. In ad 1 the cold j
from which the wholesale arid j*h!pp'.:.g
Business Is done, Mr. Rablto 1. i a h.
In the Roydra* market, win-re an ea r
Dious retail city business Is d • The
assurance of getting choice, fresh and
carefully selected supplies, the b* -t of
everything In sea produc's, h is dra \ . tbu
best cla-s of people to the Rabi: * stalls
The hot els, r< -1 a rants and
very generous patrons, and the bi:sir,c.-sS
done with them Is large and Important,
Mr. Rablto has been In the fish trade
for sixteen years, and few mm have
achieved greater success, or bee me more
widely and favorably known In «uch a
comparatively short time, measured by
the long term of years it so often takes
to build up u great business.
IDE GOVERNMENT
BUILDING A DOCK.
To be the Largest and Best in the
World,
And to be Located Across the Hirer
Here.
Bepair Shops and Navy Yard Bound
to Follow,
Muting N'evv Orleans the Kcpair Port
for the South aud Southern
Continent.
Visitors to New Orlean?, as tier view,
for perhaps the first Ume, the magnifi
cent harbor In front of the city, and
•ee the mammoth ocean vessels passing
from and to their landings, express Won
der and surprise that New Orleans, with
such a splendid port, with fleets of the
largest steamships plying between here
and foreign lands, should not possess all (
the facilities for building and repairing
these vessels.
Their surprise is augmented when they
turn to study the map *>f the country, ‘
and are made aware of the various prod
u Is of the soil, subterranean ana on 1
the surface, all especially adapted to
building ships, which are w.iLi.n ea*.y
reach of this cTy. There are the ir n
mines and coal fields of Alabama almost
at the very door' of New Orleans. The
immense pine forests, virgin, many of
them; the cypress swamps of Louisiana
Mississippi, Alabama and l.orlda, a.'
accessible in a few hours by rail. A
broad, d.-ep river, flow in* through lunds
furni-shlng the oak and other wo Js
Jultable to ship building, offers laclU
les unapproachable elsewhere on tills
contlueut for putting down lu N* w or*
leans these valuable wooda necessary for
the building of ships. Steel of the finest
Quality, coal, and, In fact, everyth ug
that would be necessary for a flrst-eia-s
•hip-building plant, as well as to supply
vastels, within easy reach, yet not a
Shipyard nor yet a great repair shop or
locln It appears to them inexplicable.
One of the first essentials lu the estab
lishment ©f a repair simp is a dry dock,
and this will be soon establish d here.
The government has undertaken this
work, and the contract for the cob
struction of the lurgest dry dock in the
world, which Is to be located ut Al
f;lers. has been awarded, and the do. k
tself la In an advanced State. The Ma
ryland Steel Company was riven the
contract *>r this work, and In a f w
weeks at farthest, work on the site of
the new dock in Algiers will be com
menced.
During the recent carnival the city
was vLslted by Mr. Sven Anderson, g. n
Srsl manager- of the dock construction
epartmeut of the Maryland fc-.eei Com
pany, and he was enthusiastic in his
views of the superior families offer.<1 by
New Orleans for a mammoth ship-build
1mg plant. He said that a b tter or
more desirable place f.,r d«-ks ship
furds auj repair shops could not be
ound anywhere In the world Th«* river
•fforded a deep channel x, the a-a- then
the fresh water in the river was a pre
•ervatlve of the hulls both of wooden
• nd iron or steel vessels. The climate
was mild, and work <vuld be continued
throughout the year, there being no dan
ger of such cold weather as to prevent
nma from working or from reaching tin*
teeue of their labors. No l e formed
u the river to prevent operations for
three- or more months in the year, and
the amount of shipping coming here
would make a ship yard and repair shop
• most profitable investment. The cap
Italia: s. ho stated, were ready to assis:
n enterprises of this kind by Investing.
If the right kind of an enterprise w is
undertaken, and from his conversation
It was Inferred not only that he was
favorable Vo such a project, but that
there was every jprospect that In the
*ear future New Orleans would include
among Its Industries a modern shin
yard, capatde of building any kind «-f
• vaa&el, fr^n an ocean liner to * first
cla** tugboat. Ntw Orleans had loot
million* of dollars by not having an
ente;prltt of this kind here long ag«*.
Material could b# laid down hero as
cheaply as 1; could be anyvrhert In th#
country; labor was chaap, living cheap,
a d, in fact, tht reasons Mr. And-raon
giv# why New Oneans ah * ild evontu
a.iy becimt one f the ni *»t extenalTt
au.’p building cities In th# Inited States
ware many and strong
These are not nil the facilities which
New Orleans offers. Pitch, r«>sln and
t.ir are Th** produ t<* of Louisiana's uelgh
boring states, fibers of ail kinds for ropt
making are convenient, and there are
so many advantages that It would b« al
luoat superfluous to de-all them all. The
city post* a some flu*- iron and steel
w rkfng plants, uud there are great
n uiibei of »k lied mccbn.nl •, inachln
*s ", carpenters and others, and the cII
mate f the ci.y is unexcelled anyvvhero
lu the world.
As to the dry dock which la now in
course of const ruction. It will readily
ae .»mm *datt The largest vessel afl at.
«;.d Us 1 e •:i-.n In t is city will mean
hat a repair plant will follow, for with
out a repair a:i-»p the dock itself would
be of very 1 ttie utility. It will, when
e mp.e.ed. be the largest d ck In the
w rid: In fait, the largest dock at prea
• : t i.i !: »• wl.i hard y be • f hair tba
s /e r ap. iry it is designed to hart
a nr ].tg p wer of 18.0UU tons; length
r*23 f e\ bread’ll 12*'» feet. breadrb be
iw-ou w a s loo f•••-r, dt p'll o .-r s!..a
L’8 : ef • Iej»tli of iV'Ut ons IT1-* fee', max
irnuni imf 41**^* feet, with a total we.ght
of blk’2 t na. v
I u* .1 -ck. when comple*ed. will be the
in«-"t | owes f 1. a- well us be largest In
he w i ;d. :.;■>! will be < apuble of lifting
he Ingest battle ship art >at. The Brit
1»ii k . erniueut has tinder consideration
ur the present time a very large dock,
w h will bo next In size to the New
ii - uns. '-r. rather, A.gb-rs dock, and
hl i,• .1 i\ «!■•».■■•-.»• h It in liineusions. It
is ;ii ■ ;.J» d t • p.a- e th s dock in the
Hi. la is an*!", but even if this dock
is I - • i : r, it w: i nor equal that now In
. .■ i>e of c n"tructlou at Sparrow's
jo.!,;. A Sta lad ga’.ge railroad wll
c meet the th- k. vvh* ii placed in p"sl
;l u in the riv-r. w; ii the shore, and
i ars wl.l thus be enabled to t arry the
lum r piece- f n.a h ue.y. such as pro
p i.ei s. shaft", gun arrl.ige**. guns and
he am -r p ates. Into the do k. where
thev - an be b.vve ,d int-* position as re
q lre-1 Mr. A: -bis i.. before the work
on the d - k vv as c -uiuj-’U-viI, visited all
the .art. "1 cl lu liur pe. as there
were n d ks ;n tics untry of ft
s./e nearly approaching th-- one which
-
siru r. liven these large d •• ks will be
as picin e-» to a giant, compared with
- rp'-y ...-..
1 lie ... fj el O-IUIIIWWI »»***
| ej.ru i;i • ini in" tli t> the ureat Missis
j Mppl river, w b h has hot inaptly been
...1 -i an inlaid mu WTli ftt.il deeper
wa:» r and a much safer md m re coti
vedeut means f euterl.g the river
cU'it tt • .v u> he m-i.—sity f**r
f . .It - I • i I.;. Mii.jr id epa-.r.iig ve>
yeis will he still more enhanced. Mll
. 01.8 f «1"! .118 ve U U -li .• . t* d fr*IU
tlisd V on .. id the la k ..f facilb
tbs for repalrii.g \e»el>, and h »w
much more h is b* • n > »•••■ him* fl" r«* j
r*. >ts» no p ant to build vos ■!<? When
the st ua . u - f th* • y with regard
to rail and v*r fa* .h <■>, i:s line liar- I
b .r. and the nosses-d a of til1 the ad
\ il.tages whfeh Nvo.’.d enable a ship
yard *-';ch sts w .il etv 1 -ng beeoiut* mi i
; bsoiute net — r to bull i or repair ve*
>» Is cheaper and •e1 tor than anywhere
»• -* in the wiiid implies that a ship
yard wih very soon follow.
Am tie r seas *n why a i.irge ship build
ing plant should be Io •ate.i lliTL* Is the
pio-.pt ..a t: at the .N. aiagca canal will
—n !••• bnil . and a more conyenieot or
b. t er ] i"- and harbor than N w Or
lea ol! • r-4 d /• — U'i *\.st Oil ’lie gulf
•.I't. lot* I..ivies of ;ne world Could
fi 1 -ale ai h*>ruge In she r v#*r, and
; Ih ut :1 Nt—'cls crowding each other.
There would be absolutely no danger
fi LU storiim. the fr*s!i water would pro
tee: the .ion or steel hubs from the d« b*
i a fs.il
n 1 >>e;s would e«- ape Jj.* attacks of the
8 a worms, whiif the barna*b\s which
w aid £..>■• n -r.Stdves i the hulls "f
vessels wo :ld die in the fresh water. The
bottoms of vessels w - uld not become
fe .1, ynd as f r water, ia-1. snip’s & ores,
etc., they could be readily found here,
and u> good and us cheap as anywhere.
Sueli are s -me of the realms g v»*n
why New Or I- Jins, sh -o'.I possess a mini
moth shipbuilding plant, us well us a
dock.
In the meantime, ns already stated,
the city Is fu.l of tine f.e udries and
metal-working plants. Over in Algiers
ex.st a ii .mi • r of docks, and the South
ern Pacific o-mipany has one which can
A pri
vate do* k of large *;/.e is also being
constructed. With the coming of the
foverum n: d*» k yard will uppear other
8 nillar und supplemental enterprise-*,
and tlie day is not far off when N* vr
Orleans will be a navy vard. ship yard
find rep i r point f -r a'l the k uthei n
c *ust an 1 the aouthern continent us
WelL
Two hundred thousand tong of rice
ftraw Are burned up around Cr.wiey.
La., annually. TIi 1 ^ ought all to be
made into paper. Fuel f *r this purpose
free. Write W. W. Duson A Bro., Crow
ey, La.
A LARGE CONTRACT.
Prominent New Orleans Firm Secures
It on the Merits of Their Goods.
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Some Facte About the frinout
'Work Done at the I’luqiiciuine,
Lu., Government Locks.
It will he remembered that «utne Cine
ago the well-known contracting tirm of
James Stewart A Co., of Chicago, secured
from Lne government a contract for the
construullon of lucks at l’.aq aemine, Lt.
'1 ne apeeikcations provided fur lac u.-e
of on.y first-class material, of which ce
ment was of the first importance.
in order to sc -ure u k.gh grade ccinent,
one which woibd e:and me pre>- r.bed
government tea»is, Mr. site want called lor
Ends Iroiu the largest cement people In
the country, finaUy entering into a con
tract wv,h the Illinois Stee. Cement Co.,
of i iai ago, for the supply. Al’. r tin*
work was wed under way the (vmeiu in
use \vj> found by the engineer in charge
to ho unlit for tliat jmrp ■ ■.■><*, and iu culi>e
qaeuce work was suspended for a time.
Tills resulted iti the sending of ;t coiuni-t
tee from \Vaiming'.on to investigate the
end:* ;..us at Plaque mine, and to report
a -..rdingiy.
Mr. r* e.vart, however, not washing to
delay tii«.* work, Teferi^d too mutter to
Major Adams, United Slat. •» engm- .-r in
charge, who instructed him to •■••ntinue
the work und Ho order a high grad.* Port
land cement therefor. Being familiar
with the merits of Allas Portland cement,
for which Oug. IL.ler A Co., <>f New Or
leans, are eou Liern ug- nt--. Mr. Stewart
ordered thut firm to .-apply fayjO barrels
per week iiif.ii otherwise notified. The
committee Las reeeu \ report.*d tu Wash
ington that the • ai**nt originally used
did not meet tin? requirements of tlie
work, and .n consequence uf this finding
by the > ■mm.*; !•••* A: las Portland cement,
turnv.she.1 • ong, ILiler A Co., will he
used to ■ / ,-ie the work. This is a re
luurkai* «• i. mde bo h to the firm audio
their fam*. i> Allas i’ortiaud cement.
Among the firms wh.*-h ieud credit and
dignity t . he mor .utile life of New
Orleans, Oug. 11 1 • • r A Co. are known as
«*ae of the strongest and most reputable
throughout on* entire f-»utli, as the luig
esr. wholesalers «.f lime, brick, Baud,
pa.aLti, oils, varnishes, brushes, glass, etc.,
a!id as agents for the standard brands
of l'ortiund eemout, including Alseas,
Uennuwr, Atlas and Eagle brands, und lu
A me LVmtmt Piaster their trede is enorm
ous.
This tirm has done much toward mak
ing New Orleans an importing and ex
porting metropolis. They are large 1m
p..r ers of English fire brick and German
aud Belgian cements, and their ample
Import facilities enable them to place
their shipments direct from foreign pons
to Texas point*. A member of the firm
will shortly leave for England and the
continent to arrange with ship owners fur
better Import facilities.
i'll is firm is also an important factor
lu the development of the uavul stores
export business at the i*»rt of New Or
leans, and o>u account «*f their great
facilities and manner of dealing have
been assured the co-operation «.f all the
Independent naval s:«»res producers to
ward making New Orleans u central ex
port point for their products. This means
s-.tiiH1 thing r-* New Orleans, as the bulk
»*f tlie naval stores business lias until
recently been controlled by other ports.
All eyes are turned toward the thriving
manufacturing town of Crowley, La.
This place has seven large rice mills,
water works, electric Hgh *. ice factory.
w« . k.y and daily newspapers It need*
tw.. ..r thr. • go..d paper mills, a g ...d
Juo.onu hotel. and has many a splendid
oppur unity fer lineament. Write W.
| IN. L>usun A Bro. for particulars.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
COVERS THE COUNTRY,
Landing Freight from New York in
San Francisco
t •
la the Remarkably Short Time of
Eleven Days,
Besides Affording Luxurious Travel
Between the Oceans,
And Building I'p an Excellent Ser
vice to Cuba and Mexico's
Leadiug Points.
Nothing Ip »o conducive to the elabora
tion of business general]/ 5n the various
Uriahs aud ramlxl cations, as good, thor
ough and reliable me’hods of communica
tion. The man of business is forced by
competition to seise upon every minute
feature lu bis particular calling, an 1 to
avail himself of the best opportunities
fur the furtherance of his trade.
There was a time when a day or a
week, more or less, made very little dif
ference lu the matter of freight ship
ments. The present day, however, repre
»< nis practlally the acme of truusp *rtu
:1* u facilities, and the question of eight
or ten hours’ difference lu the matter of
p.a< .ng freight upon the marke' is fre
quently of vast importanoe. Competi
tion Is brisk, and competitors are al
ways upon the ground, securing aud con
serving their Individual interests, and
uo feature in this light for trade is of
m-re permanent value thai± the qucsUou
of quick ’ reimportation.
The Southern Pacific Sunset Houie Is,
and has been for mauy years, one of the
chuf avenues of trade out of Now Or
leans into aud through Texas, to the
far west. 1 s complete service has ena
bled it to reach points iu the estimation
• •f shippers that may be considered en
viable, aud it has aiw av» end-tv red to
luster this estliu.i!h’U by coin mun.iy add
1; 4 to it?, advantages and fa- e» lu
t!u» matter of ycifectli;g fr-ig.it and
p.t-senger iran.'p"nation.
It has lung been bey..ml qy stlun that
the Southern 1’acLlle has been uncx
.1 in in- matte, uf i■: >p *
uf fre -ht from New 1 :k. thr-ngn N‘-w
tiii.ii ns, to almost eve.y twin: in lex us.
M x Arizona, i a t, u.oe -u, and
even into the r .ok b uinl precincts of
(’ob.rado aud Utah. When it is consul
end that this •■■•mpauy can ^transport
material from New k to >un r tail
cisco within the compass of e.eveu days.
It would seem that tlie mat or *>f rap.d
transit had been very ( tTe •:tia. y *"‘vyl
Wont is true . f tin .'lah tr.-.gn: *•>
far west Is true a.-o as ail- g t 'VMis
along tlie line in l.oms.aua and Texas,
ai d through its - nuec i n- «»ut «. *y‘us
t-»n and Sau An:-:no. : -» m-m t "i
rapid transit has ..nerved the bus»
n >s in teres > of n - p. . ' in the s’tf*u>
mentioned that c-mp.Hints are cusp,
ui.ns by their ulim»: utter alnenc-.
in perfecting i: *> arrangomi . > IT han
dling its long dUian-e fr-.ghts, the
claims and lute rests of its New nrleai.s
shippers have not been o\ e; l‘-"k-d, but
have been ampiv cai-d ! r. i' bas f-t
years been try.ng to build tip its bus>
ut.»s out "f N w Urleiin- l r ali 1-x .'
points. f"i‘ t'.dorad" and l tali, for Ar>
/ ui.i and N» w M* x . tin* republic *‘f
M-xico, and a i poiii.s iu C.ililornia and
a. uig the I’a-ific coast to Port land, Ur.
Idle uupany sends out daily from N» w
Orleans, regardless >f tonnage, a tlir.»ugu
cur for I‘alias, l'-rt INortii and other
north T.-xas points. This through car
caves New Orleans every day of th
y.-ar, ex-.pt Sundays, the time from
New Orleans through to Dallas being
ali -ut 3d li urs This, it must be gram
ed, is ex -eedingly fa^; time, even lu
these days -f rapid im thods.
lu addition t • tlie aitentbm given north
Texas business through *t.e Houston
gateway, the company sends out twice
a vv —k*. or ofteiit-r if b i-iness ju*- .h-s.
a through »ur loaded with merch ind;.-'
f ,r Ml Pa»'Arizona and N-w M. \ 1
points. This car is tuoverl on a fasi
freight train from N-w Or>:iiis r■. 1.
Pas-, regardless -f whatever tounuu- it
may contain, and trave - the dN .nice
of Vjon miles th* 1 • l’a-o t-nu nu>
lu tis hours, and corresponding time be
yond L. Paso.
The Southern Pacific C »ui.pan.v has
achieved well-earned and envi.-ibie di
tin- tion f-»r rapid > urr. j.re of high-cbi.-s
freight from New Orleans t-> San I ran
cisco, practice.y the fastest long-dis
tance through freight s-rvie in the
world. High-grade Jr* .gut. shipped fr«.«:u
N 6 w Orh
11 \ered in Sun I ra on the in -rii.ng
of the seventh da\ alter leaving Algiers.
Freighr lor Los Ang*-.es la delivered *<u
the fifth Ua>. the.-- di.-aic**- b--iug, re
spectively. 2o'*0 miles and 22u0 mil- s
The freight train time from New <>r
Lm us t - H ms to u is about “1 hours f • • r
fa-t freight, and c -nm- ii-m is made at
11 -uston w.th all diwigtng lines peue
trating * lie interior of the state ..f Texas.
No line In th'* sou li aff-cds greater in
din omenta to tin* business umu in the
territory traversed by it to ship his
g. -,d- over its rails, nud particularly
sln-uld tills fat be re.tlize-1 by New Or
leans shipp rs, and shippers in south
east tern' rv, who aim to extend their
- r.iut? into Texas. Mexico and the far
wc-r. It should be remembered tliat In
mder to k-op up this fast service con
-i.int.y. it is u*-c-ssu:y tiiat the r*-a-11 *»-i
and rolling stock be kept in excellent
- lidi ion, that the trains may keep up
to their remarkable record.
It has always been the policy of the
company to perfect the facilities f--r the
uio. eiuent uf its freight and passenger
trains, and although this necessitates a
constant and growing outlay of time
and m >ney, these ft-a'ures are not al
lowed to interfere with the general prog
f'-.-s as indicated, in no department of
the Southern Pacific Sunset Route has
progress been more manifestly rampant
than in the development and extension
«»f the passenger service. The Sunset
Route, by reason of its genial climate.
pecuLar environments an-1 splendid train
service, has always been a most attrac
tive one for the tourist who turns from
the rigors of winter In the north and
*-ast, and seeks the sunshine, fruits and
flowers of Louisiana, Texas, Mexico find
California.
New Orleans has always been a re
markably attractive gateway to the west
during the winter season, because the
traveler has opportunity for enjoying
the quaint and peculiar attractions or
the Crescent city before embarking on
one of the transcontinental flyers of the
Sunset Route. A special feature of this
transcontinental service are the Justly
celebrated Sunset Limited trains, which,
during the live winter mouths, make
semi-weekly trips to and from New
Orleans and San Francisco. Their mag
nificent equipment, a revolutionize!* ar
the time of its inception, sonic .six years
ago. has kept up to the standard of ex
cellence developed during the first year,
and is to-day the peer of any “edition
de luxe” train now operated In any part
of the United States.
The fame of this equipment has long
since ceased to be a matter of local
nride, and has, like the magic circle of
Puck, girdled the earth, until it is as
well known in Australia as it Is in Eu
rope and the United States. Another
elaboration of the pass* uger service is
represented in the sunset Central Spe
cial, the new fast train between New
Orleans and Denison, Tex., through
Houston and Dallas. This train was
designed as a rapid and pleasant me
dium of travel out of the southeast,
through the New Orleans gateway, nud
into the very heart of the great Lone
S'ar state. This train leaves New Or
leans every morning at lU:4b. an-1 car
ries a through free chair car (and. by
the way, the best of its kind I fr on New
Orleans to l>enlson and return. Tin*
Sunset Central Special offers at. oit the
best opportunity of quick time lu->
north Texas now presented to the public
geue rally.
In addition to the Sunset Limited and
Sunset Central Special, through Pullman
buffet sleeping cars of the finest charac
ter are operated daily between New
Orleans ami the city <»f Mexico. Culi
f -rniu, (ialveston, Houston a ml San An
tout-*. The regular service of th-* com
|>nny is operated on tin* gaum general
lines of excellence as that which dom
inates the efforts of tlo* company a* af
fecting both the freight and passenger
service.
In order to serve all classes of patron*,
througn tourist, or second --.asm sleeping
car lines, are in effect, running without
change. \ia New Orleans. t-» San Fran
via ". from Washing!on. cin inuatl and
Chicago. Those tombs; cars are excel
lently appointed, art supplied with avery
com tort and convenience, and past
through New Orleans, west bound, five
days of each week. Tnese are personally
conducted, and offer cheap and delight
ful conveulenres to persons not desiring
the expense of a Pullman standard sleep
ing car.
An additional feature of tho operations
nf this company is contained In the
magnificent steam service between New
Orleans and Havana, via Key West. The
M rgan Line ships have long been fa
miliar birds of passage on the green
waters of the Mexican gulf, and the
number now plying hetwe« u New Or
leans and Cuba will be augmented dur
ing the present summer by the addition
of two of the steamers formerly a part
of th« great New York New Orleans
fleet. These ships are being fitted with
every convenience. Including baths and
electric light, and will have first-class
accommodations for fifty passengers,
with unlimited accommodation f< r sec
end class and steerage. The capacity of
the steamers is ample to take on almost
any quantity of freight destined fur Cu
ba «nd the interior of the Island, mid
the company Intends to follow the pre
cedent established during many years
of active service on wafer, and give ffn»
traveling and shipping public the benefit
of service and equipment beyond ques
tion. These ships, like all those em
ployed by fh>- Southern Pacific Compa
ny. are steel hulled, w :h lafest designed
machinery and calculated to mfet every
requirement of trade.
To epitomise the foregoing. It Is no ex
agger a t Ion In the least t • say that in
all of lu many and varied phases the
Southern Pa tic Company aeeurds to
the public, both shipping aqd traveling,
every advantage that years of experience
have made manifest and necessary. Its
gigantic imi'-hiiiery In every departmen’
is s'• well oiled that there Is m- a break
In the rontinultv of Its opera; Ions, and
Its equipment in every detail is per
fertly adjusted and ca’.minted to stand
the s rain of nny comli'loti the public
may Impose upon It.
Wanted—$2. OOd.OOO for bonding nnd
manufacturing purposes ar Crowley. La.
Write to W. W. luison & P.r • , Cr«»Wiey,
La., for investment*.
Pine and Cypress Mills Punning at
Full Capacity,
With the Demand at Homo and
Abroad Increasing,
Keeping Prices Steady and Preventing
Stock Accumulation,
——
Thu* Injuring a Prosperous f uture
for the Business Which Natu
rally Belongs Here.
Tlie strides which have marked the
progress of the lumber industry within
th** past lift eon mouths ha\e been pbe
n -iu.ij.il. The year 1M»9 was a rev id
breaker from every standpoint, wrest
ing the title of ••Haulier Year” from
Is1.'.*, and es ablisblng a murk both iu
the Lu.rt'T of voiiaue of business and
price?, but there is every indication u >w
tL.it the prescut year will be even
un-rc remarkable than last.
Until the fall trade of 1899 had set
iu the manufacturers of lumber iu New
Orleans aud ;!ie territory tributary there
to were satisfied to state that the year
had been kinder to them than any year
since 1892, but in the closing months of
the year they were a unit .u deviating
that the figures of that year had been
exceeded, ib foie the old year hail died
aud the new one had been born their
claims had been verified.
Still business kept pouring in. There
was ii<> let-up in th • mutter of orders,
i '.e line of demarcation which had. iu
pr.-wus year?, witnessed a ccs.sa b n
1 demand, was reach'd aud passed. S; ill
the orders kept coming iu. The period
of the year w uich Uuu been devoted in
the past t-> idleness saw the mills as
busy .is ever. Such repairs as were net*
essary had to be nude at odd times. The
in.il wrighta were to be found at work
during tire night or oil Sundays. The
mills were kept running full t.uu*. day iu
uud day out. The c--nstauLly advancing
army of orders demand' d It. The vaiuu
of stumpage, already greatly advanced,
went higher.
I he spring traae ucgan oerore rue ran
:rade had died, and to day there is not
i mill anywhere* around N*w Orleans
tvlilt h lias no; all the business on hand
hat it can attend t<*. The exporting of
uuib* r grew in volume. J lie domestic
lemanl has ju ver cea>ed. Trices are a
prong or sir-nger th.iu the; were ut
iny time In The number >*f saw
Hills is consiunil.v climbing, and f-»r
.•\.-ry plant ••ouipl ted another i* begun.
Tin* era of g *od tine s began when
die closing char er of 'he Spanish Amer
(»an war had been written. The a ided
nipetti> gm u to ail lin s of trade at
liat time was reflected by the business
which found J:s way to the saw mills of
die South. Treading mi 'h * heels of
the business devehped by tbs period
•ame the good crop y ir if ivt\ anil
the fall trade caine with a riah. The
l*r* sperity f the agv.mural regions
found its way Into the cities. All kinds
.)( lumber grew in demand, for no line
ile\doped lasur than d!d the building
world. The spring trade of opened,
and it soon became apparent tha the
demand kept pc.<*e w. h the supply.
Mills ran full time, and it was not on.v
Impossible to All orders and accumulate
stocks, but it soon btvaiiK* necessary to
ilr.iw on t!ie s o. Us which liad been
pdc.i up during slack times. As a nat
ural result prices .s'ifTen d. and stiffened
unt 1 they re clied the high-water mark
Manufacturers of every product, all
over the country, were pushed to keep
abreast with he business which s uuht
them as 1810 waxed older. The summer
came, but with it there developed n->
diminution of business. Tie south is
easily the front of die lumber manufac
turing interests of the country, and iu
the south, therefore, was to be found
the brightest reflection of the good times
that reigned.
At mills where the past had seen
stocks Increasing during the summer the
output wu> consumed as fast ns it foil
from the saw. When the fall movement
began there was little of ♦he accustomed
reserve to draw upon. Stocks were at I
a lower eld* than the * ason had ever
known. The activity which was to he
noticed In the lumber field was beyond
ail precedent. Working arm In ann
with the ever-increasing d» tnand was
that silent factor In the upbuilding of the
lumber interim's in the south—the deple
t! ti «*f the white pine fields In the north.
Northern capital began to find Invest
ment in the yellow pine belts and cy
press brakes in grea'er volume than ever
before. Timber lands which could have
been bought for a song four years ago
commenced to sell nr $4 an acre and up.
The winter of 1899-lfKX) advanced, and
the time arrived when the fall trade,
according to nil precedent, should have
fallen off. The time passed, and the
expected failed to happen. The good
price which cot ti brought, the suc
cessful crops which had rewarded The
farmer all over the country played their
parts. The agriculturists set in to build
the homes which they had planned, and
construct the barns and outbuildings
which had been ever In the mind's eye.
but which a lack of wherewithal had
hitherto vetoed. The railroads, which
were short on rolling stock, found :1c m
selves face to face with a car famine,
a tel the demand for car materials hurst
till bounds. The new year « aiue in amidst
the most flattering auspices.
The first quarter of th.* year has made
It*, his orv, und the most r- seate predic
tions have been amply fulfilled. Manu
facturers of yellow pine and cvnress not
only ran full time, but In many Instances
overtime. The volume of business f.,r
the fir-t three months of 1000 exceeded
by 100 per cent the volume of business
f<*r till* corresponding period last v-ar.
It looked, n short thm* ago. as if the
yellow pine manufacturers had over
stepped themselves, and there was.' for
a few weeks, s ane talk of overproduc
tion. Trices were more or le-g disorgan
ized. and th**re was the least trace of
umasliiess In the situation. This un
easy feeling has passed, howe.ver. and
tin* outlook is to day brighter than ever.
Tin* manufacturers have come together,
ta ked over prospects, and reached ml
understanding. Prices are back at the
high water mark The demand is as
strong as ever, and the manufacturers
who wtn Incllard t* b*
• r»» again confidant *hat 180U will wri
the high water mark In the auoall ot
tb* trade. The domooUc demeud »
strong, and tie eiport trade la easio
ahead of all previous record*.
With the manufacturer# of exp™**
the altnatlon la all that conld "e aakeo.
and more. Cypreas 1* now recognised a*
one of the moat valuable woods for au
around purposes that the aouth produces
The demau.1 is constantly grow lug. muu
the output la no larger today 'nan u
was last year. It will be no larger next
year than it la tbla. The reason for
thla condition of affairs Is not hard to
find. The aupply of cypress la limited,
and cypress timber lauds are pretty well
owned by manufacturers. It is an ac
tual fact that the mills In New Orleans
territory ire overstocked with business
and that many orders have to be turnea
d<>wn from sheer Inability to fid them,
if not another order were received in
the next three months, the manufactur
ers would not be worried. They have
enough orders on hand to keep them
busy for that period. The stocks on
hand of dry cypress are phenomenally
low. For m«*ntiis the route iskeu by the
wood has been from brake to saw mil*,
from saw mill to dry kiln, and from
dry kiln to car. Many consumers are
willing to take, and calling for. greeu
lumber. The price list, fix <1 In January,
has been rigidly maintained, and Jr
there Is any departure from It during
the course «>f the year the figures will
go up—not down. What has been aald
of the manufacture of cypresa lumber
applies with equal force to shingles and
lath. The demand Is outstripping the
supply, and there Is no reason to antler
oat** any falling off in the volume of
Duslncsa.
From the standpoint of the exporter,
New Orleans has made great strides She
s ands first *9 a point of export for
staves, mauy million being shipped annu
ally to h- wine ,»r« -1 icing countries. In
other lilies of the hardwood export trade
»w Orleans Is forging to ihe front.
Lvery successive season sees an Increase.
A number of new offices ha*e been
opened up within the past twelvemonth,
and the end Is not ye'. The supply of
hardwood U drawn from territory lying
t » the north, as far up the river as
Memphis. Last year the number of
•otvs of hardwood f r export was greater
than ever before, (’ottonwood. which is
produced In considerable quantities, la
sharing In the broadening demand. Wlfb
In the past few months prices have cased
off somewhat, but they are far In excess
of wliat they were at this time last year,
and the outlook is more than favorable.
To sum up the situation from the stand
point of exports, it may be said that not
rily have the lumber offices in the city
d.ne a big business, but the big firms
In the Interior, which trade direct with
foreign ports thr- ugli New Orleans, all
report that the conditions were never
brighter. There has been considerable
difficulty exp-rienced during the winter
wli! h lias Just closed in getting suffi
cient tonnage to handle the business,
and freights have been h gh. but now
tounago 1> growing more plentiful every
day, and freights are getting more rea
sonable.
ii is impoes;.»if* hi uns b*.i-"h iu j
• •■.re statistics showing the exports for
tin* past six months, but It cun be safclv
c.i'wl in u general way that they exceed
by IT* per cent the exports for a simi
lar per .-d last rear, and that lumber
shipped through New Orleans has found
I s way t" the Madeira islands, Spain.
Belgium. France, Germany, The Nether
lands, Lug bind. Denmark. Ireland. Costa
It . a. Scotland, Honduras. Colombia,
N cirigua. Cuba. Italy, Guatemala. Brit
Ish Houdni is. i’ortugal, Mexie**. Norway,
Aus’rla, Gibraltar and the British West
Indies.
The m'.l.s located 1n New Orleans prop
er. the output of which goes wholly or
'n parr :•> the purely local trade, and the
New Orleans > ards al! report a good
l»u" nPM throughout the winter, and
- Undid prospects f**r the remainder of
»h y« r. The season of dullness was
in contracteil than ever before, and
ti are a number of big contracts now
on the market.
Gr»Mt as New Orleans lias shown her
self to be. however, In the lumber trade,
she could easily, with the oo operation
of the railroads centering here, and the
steamships which ply between this port
and f'-refgu countries, enlarge her spoere
of action. Lumber is not a commodity
which can maud big charges, and steam
ship companies could do a great deal In
lessening the charges now in effect, not
only to the advantage of the dry but
to their own betterment. By virtue of
her geographical situation, ns the log
U ,il per of the richest lumber region In
the world, wlrh limitless fields of yellow
pine and other woods at her very doors,
with deep water and miles and miles of
wharves, a very small effort on the part
of the railroad and steamship lines
would be rewarded by a very great
amount of business which now finds its
wav elsewhere. Fven under existing cir
emiis arn-es she Is more than holding her
own. ami under the influence of a steady
organized effort she would soon stand
out as the lumber port of America.
Tiie citizens of Crowley, La., will take
sto. k to the amount of $-3,000 In a first
class hotel at thar place. A splendid
chatwe Mr a first class investment. For
panb’ulars write W. W. busua Bro.,
Crowley, La.
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“lie called here the other evening, as
he had been doing for some time, and I
thought 1 would see if I could awaken a
little enthusiasm in him. I turned the
conversation around to Hobson, and
asked him if he wouldn’t like u chance
to equal lb bsoii’s record.
“•Wouldn't 1!' he exclaimed, with
glowing face; 'Just think of his taking
that boat In there and sinking her with
out losing a man!’
• That settled It! I yawned In his face
and looked at the clock, and slowly but
positively froze that young man outdoors.
If by any chance he should ever call here
ag*:iin I'll call the police!”-Detroit Free
Floss.
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