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VOL. VII. M SAVANNAH’S GREAT FUTURE ASSURED PROSPERITY ANO A GREATER CITY BECOMING A REALITY SOME GOOD REASONS FOR OPTIMISM Facts and Figures Showing in . Terse way the many advan tages Enjoyed by Both the Manufacturer and Citizen. Savannah has always occupied a unique position. The* largest port of the South Atlantic, whose harbor business for 1908 was greater than all of the other ports on the South At lantic combined, with unsurpassed terminal and transportation facilities, it is now in a position to offer manu facturers and shippers ideal facilities for the location of manufacturing plants or the distribution of products manufactured eftewhere in the South to the North and East by rail and wa ter and‘to foreign countries by steam ship lines operating regularly from this port. County, gia, settled in 1733, by General Ogle thorpe, is the most important sea port of the South Atlantic, and is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the United States, appropriately styled “The Forest City,” because of the number of stateliness of its mag niflcient shade trees artistically orna menting the beautiful avenues, streets and numerous places or public squares. It is located on a plateau 40 feet above the Savannah River and is situated on the South bank of the latter, 18 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in latitude 30 degrees and 5 minutes North, longtitude 81 degrees and 8 minutes West; and has a popu lation of 85,000. INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND AD VANTAGES OF SAVANNAH. While Savannah is, comparatively, in the infancy of its industrial devel opment, it posseses a number of large and important manufactories, and many of minor size which are pros pering and developing rapidly, steadi ly increasing their capital, output and wage-roll. The seventy-five principal manufacturing concerns of the city now employ about six thousand hands and have an output yearly of the value of over twelve millions. The past five years have been a re markable development in this depart ment of activity. A number of the city s largest manufactories have been established during that time, have been exceed ingly successful, and have opened the way for other industries, several of which are now located here. Many openings exist for new enter prises. Considerable of the goods of all kinds used in this section are still brought from the North and West, at great expense for handling and trans portaion, which could and should be made at home. Manufacturers, who enter this field, study the demands of the people, and meet them, will place aiemselves on the high road to wealth. Savannah* offers every possible en couragement to men 'embarking 4n manufacturing Industries, large or small. Especially favorable are the opportunities for manufacturers into which lumber, cotton, and wool large ly enter, Savannah being a great mar ket for these raw pdoructs of the THE LABOR HERALD. Official Organ Trades and Labor Assembly, Savannah. South. Every article which enters in to the daily use could be made here profitablely. COMMERCIAL. Since 1890, Savannah has more than doubled the amount capital em ployed in manufacturing, and more than doubled the value of the output. Diversified manufactories have mul tiplied in recent years, which is in it self the best guarantee that the ad vantages are here for every charac ter of industrial enterprise. Why should not Savannah be a large manu facturing city, being the largest and important sea-port of the South, than any similarly situated city in the world, makes it the most inter esting field of study to be found. The South has practically a mo nopoly of cotton, naval stores, lumber, iron, phosphate rock and many other important articles of the field, forest and mine. The business transacted in Savan nah during 1908 will average $151,- 000,000, this, of course, ooes not in clude cotton, lumber and naval stores. It only represents manufacturers, wholesale and retail businesses, etc. The greatest strategic point for Southern, distribution is Savannah It is due to the lowest ocean FREIGHT RATES and railroad cen tralization. SAVANNAH’S INDUSTRIAL FAB RIC. Savannah's manufactures now in clude fertilizer works, scrap factories, machine shops, iron foundries, copper works, crate and box factories, paint factories, cigar factories, railroad car works, locomotive works, candy fac tories, marine railway, ice factories, sash, door and blind factories, rice mills, mattress factories, harness fac tories, woodenware factories, coffin factories, rosin oil works, cotton oil works, pharmaceutical laboratories, canning factories, and many others. SAVANNAH HAS COALING STA TION. At present about ten per cent, of the. foreign steamships coal at sa vannah. The Ocean Steamship Com pany is now providing facilities for coaling all of its New York and Bos ton steamers. Estimated coal requirements annu ally for Ocean Steamship Company, 80,000 tons. The greater part of four leading Southern States is tributary to Savan nah as a Jobbing centre. From its wholesale houses the merchants of the interior towns of Georgia, Fiori da, Alabama and South Carolina, to a large extent, draw their supply of goods. Savannah's position as a sea-port, with extraordinary transportation fa i ellities and connections with the great markets of the North, gives it the benefits of cheap freight rates from the mills of that section. With ten steamships sailing from four great Northern emporiums of trade to Sa vannah every week, its jobbers are enabled to receive their stock continu ously and at the minimum of expense. The four great railroad systems cen tering here place them in easy com munication with a!l the interior points in the States mentioned, en abled them to supply wants of their merchant customers promptly and satisfactorily. The railroads operat ing from the Nofth furnish reason able and satisfactorily freight rates in competition with the steamship companies, thereby assuring to the business interests of Savannah a con tinuation of these benefits. As a result of these favorable bene fits, and the enterprise of it sbusiness men, has, for many years, been one of the greatest distributing points of the South. ' A' —> x— nNX Ar/ ' \ XVY Z —\ f — sl a. Brf W. A a W7 '7 \w g/\ « / vg x iSI WBjk I 14 II I I Fl WjjMfcx-/ jfl || l|. Bl w / $ 1 11 Sd ff II I i wBKiIF f I I II L I i Fl Hnbw 11 11 Ik wr- ■ HHKi Hwzv- n Uml *rw ■ IHHV I ’Bi w fWBI II Bk W Bk 11 I BUM & ■ I I I wm 11 El uOH i 11 Its jobbing trade is now placed at $52,500,000 annually, divided as fol lows: Groceriessl2,ooo,ooo Dry Goods 7,000,000 Boots and Shoes 3,000,000 Clothing 4,000,00 u Hardware 4,000,000 Fruits, Vegetables and Pro- visions 5,000,000 Tobacco, etc 10,000,000 Fertilizers3, u «U,ooo Hay, Grain, etc 2,000,000 Builders’ Supplies, etc. . . 2,000,000 TWENTY-ONE new factories have located in Savaunah within the past two years. SAVANNAH GA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1909 t POPULATION AND ArlSa OF SA VANNAH. Statistical abstract of the United States for 1908 s population as 71,163. The concensus of opinion now is . that 82,000 is a most conservative es timate of Savannah’s population. Area in acres annexedThnce June Ist., 1900 : 1,056 Area in acres annexed Jgnce June Ist., 1906 . ; . . . . 4,320 BUSINESS EXCHANGES. Savannah Board of Trade, Savan- ( nah Chamber of Cotton Exchange and the Savannah , Grain Exchange. These Institutions , are presided over by directorates com- ] posed of prominent and progressive ( business men w r ho are working steau ly for the unbuilding of Savannah. , SAVANNAH RIVER AND HARBOR. The 1905 project for improvement of Savannah river ana harbor, for which Congress made necessary ap propriations was a tentative one, the object being to determine whether the depth of 33 feet across the ocean bar at mean high water, or 26 feet at mean low water could be maintained without building jetties, and ultimate ly extending the increased depth up the river to the limit of the city wharves. The report of Col. Dan C. Kingman, which has just been made to the war department, shows that the desired depth under the tentative project can be maintained without building Jet- Building Trades Department of Savannah and Vicinity tics, and Col. Kingmann has rec ommended to the war department that the project be made a permanent one, and that an additional $1,500,- 000 be appropriated for its completion. At present we have 33 feet across the ocean bar at mean high water and 26 feet in the river channel from the city wharves to the sea. The Government thus far has ex pended over $8,000,000. For every dollar there has been an increase of $lO in commerce. For every foot of increased depth there has been an in crease in commerce of between $6,- 000,000 and $7,000,000 annually. In ten years size of ships have in creased 40 per cent., ocean freight rates decreased 37 per cent., cost of marine insurance decreased 25 per cent. In fresh water ships scour them selves of barnacles and other marine life on their hulls. This is a matter of more importance than the mere statement would indicate. Survey of June 30th., 1909, showed following depth of water at Ocean Bar: Depth in feet. Low Tide High Tide Average wiain 26 33 240 25 32 330 24 31 410 23 30 500 21 28 945 TERMINALS. The terminals of the railway and steamship lines at Savannah cover ap proximately 3,000 acres of land and 146 miles of trackage. The Seaboard Air Line Railway :- have, in their terminals on Hutchisoi t Island, at Savannah, the finest do t mestic and export shipments of an; ,- city in the country. I HEALTH. 9 j Savannah stands pre-eminent among ; American cities from the standpoint of general healthfullness. For miles the country has been throughly drain ed. In the city an extensive system , of sewerage has been supplemented by , a modern house drainage system, the plan of the noted New York Engineer, the late Col. George Waring. Savannah wants manufacturing in stitutions, and offers to them induce ments not found elsewhere in the South. LUMBER. On account of Savannah’s magnifl cient terminal facilities and deep wa ter from the wharves to the sea, she has been able to maintain her posi tion as the chief lumber port of the South Atlantic. Notwithstanding the fact that our immediate territory of of yellow pine has materially dimin ished, we are able to draw large and heavy shipments from other lumber ports, thereby enabling Savannah to keep her proud record as one of the chief lumber ports of the world. Dur ing the past nineteen years there has been something over 4,000,000,000 feet, board measure, shipped through this nnrt Tb»ve. has .been. A, steady, ifij crease in shipments <n lumber— years past, which is clearly shown by the following figures, taken ten years apart: 1889 93,311,939 feet, board meas ure. 1899 170,865,243 feet, board meas ure. 1908 420,865,243 feet, board meas ure. 1909 230,786,432 feet, board meas ure. COTTON. Receipts of cotton at this port for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1908, were 1,534.601 bales, which is an ex cess of the previous season, 65,382 bales, or an increase of 4.45 per cent. Total exports for the season, 1,467,- 474 bales. Receipts at Savannah in periods of ten years: 1897 699,726 bales $32,446,294 1889 828,619 “ 40,537,041 1899 1,101,454 “ 30.490,849 1908 1,534,599 “ 87,435,765 During the past thirty years, from 1876, to 1908, the receipts and ship ments of cotton at this port have been. Receipts „ 32,275,181 bales $1,515,442,576 Exports 32,264,134 “ 1,514,890,684 This city holds the record of the world for having shipped the largest cargo of cotton, which consisted of 26,679 bales. SAVANNAHS EXPORTS, YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1909. !908 $61,695,330 1909 50,900,156 INFLUENCE OF PANAMA CANAL UPON SAVANNAH. Savannah being recognized as the natural port of entry and export for the Southwest, and for a great extent of western country, will have the ef fect of bringing to this port a vast commerce developed by reason of the opening of the Panama Canal. The construction of this canal will threngthen its position in this and other respects. When the great water way is completed. Savannah will be 705 miles nearer its mouth than New York; 610 miles nearer than Philadel ph la, and 520 miles nearer than Balti more. It will also be nearer than New Orleans or Gasveston. St. Louis, Kansas City, Oklaha, an i other centers tor the distribution of food products, as well as Chattanooga. m Atlanta and Birmingham, and other o- important points in the mineral sec y tion of the South, are many miles near er Savannah than 'to any of the North ' ern sea-ports. g CLIMATE. L t Savannah’s climate is the best des s cribed in one word, it is “ideal." b Snow, sleet and slush are unknown. q Ice is a rarity. Extreme heat is as y unusual as extreme cold. While the e North and West are in the embrace of • t blizzards, Savannah is enjoying a tem perature that is bracing, but not full . of acute suffering and distress. Tourists have found Savannah the > most enjoyable city of the South from December Ist. to May Ist. The railfall will averages 9.53 inches during December, January and Feb- • ruary; 9.68 inches during June, July • and August, and 11.55 inches during ! September, October and November. The mean average temberature for s the four sansons is: Spring, 66 de i grees; summer, 81 degrees; fall, 67 ' degrees, and winter, 51 regrees. A warm, salubrious climate, filled with recuperative elements and enjoy ed by tourists and travelers from all i parts of the country. A cool breeze blows from the Atlantic, only ten miles away, continuously during the summer i months, making Savannah the coolest place along the Atlantic Coast during i the months. ■ FINANCIAL INTER- awake and progressive, and keenly alive to the business of this city and surrounding territory, Savan nah’s banks have kept steadily p.aeal of the times and neither the oid in habitant nor the newcomer need lack for most excellent commercial bank ing facilities upon the production of proper credentials and security. Several of the banks have depart ments for savings, where interest is paid at the rate of three per cent to six per cent on time uepos’ts. Most of tne banks have provided special departments for lady customers anu all welcome small accounts as well as large ones. Loans are freely afforded customers consistent with prudent banking methods. Accommodations or collat eral loans may be made ~y the larg est banks to the extent ot $150,000 to one person, or firm or corporation upon satisfactory security, and it is therefore possible for customers to se cure accommodation loans of from SIOO to $150,000, according to the re quirements of their business and the nature and extent of their security. Savannah has fifteen banking insti tutions, ten known as clearing house banks and five who work independent of that organization. SAVANNAH’S BANK CLEARINGS. For seven months of 1909 $101,866,290 68 1908 194,279,527 50 1907 224,750,532 88 1906 242,603,427 00 1905 232,522.039 98 The foreign exports from Savannah (1908-9), were $48,554,174.00. Total combined exports of all Soil.* Atlantic ports were $60,000,000 —Sa- vannah, $48,554,174. HATTERS WINNING OUT FAST. Official notice has been received from the United States Hatters’ Union that four more firms in Orange, N. J., had made their peace with the union and that their union handshave reurned to work, after having been out since January 15. It is expected that several more Newark firms and one of the remaining two Orange firms a ill settle soon. The sentiment of the six firms last week leaves only fifteen of the original eighty-five hat firms vhieh started the national tight against the Hatters' Union in Janu ary. which have not come to terms. The battle of the Hatters’ Union was to maintain the contract shop and the use of its label. It has won its point in the seventy factories which have settled up to date. NO. 47