Galveston 10 Celebrates New Waterway Canal Opening Link
Galveston will mark the first 200 miles of the Intercoastal Waterway with a three part celebration led by officials from Galveston and Washington. A large parade of small tonnage mercantile craft will end with a review in Galveston harbor honoring Governor Colquitt. The Myrtle carried cargo through the waterway on May 16 inaugurating regular schedules. More than eight hundred boats will participate in the opening events.
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Galveston
Texas
Galvest
Gulf Coast
O. B. Colquitt
Washington
South
Myrtle
A. S. Barrow
Matagorda
Atlantic
Rio Grande
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Inauguration of New Barge Line Opens Era on Alabama River Trade
The Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Co launches a self propelled barge fleet to haul coal from Alabama mines to Mobile and New Orleans. First barges arrive late this month with service planned to Jackson Demopolis and Eutaw.
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Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company
Lake Borgne Canal
New Orleans
Tuscaloosa
James Gibboney & Company
Jackson
Eutaw
Southern Shipbuilding
Alabama
Fairbanks-Morse
J. H. Bernhard
David Hunter
Great Lakes
Mobile
Mississippi Sound
Mobile Bay
Tombigbee
Black Warrior
DeFrance
Alabama and
Sleep-robbing driver wakes after Oakland crash
In San Jose a man identified as Edward Peterson of San Francisco slept through a crash north of Sunnyvale that split the car from its chassis. Passengers brought him to a restaurant for a meal before repairs at a garage.
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Petersen
Oakland
Sunnyvale
Interstate Commerce Commission Raises Sugar Rates From New Orleans
The ICC approved a 5 cent per 100 pounds increase in rates on sugar and other commodities over the Illinois Central and sixteen other railroads from New Orleans to Sterling NL, but disallowed the rise in class and commodity rates. The piece notes lawyers turning to the insurance business amid legal disputes.
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International News Service
Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Sterlings
Deaths and Funerals of Campbell and Miller
Mrs Hannah J Campbell age 61 of Mobile died Saturday at 4 45 PM at 101 South Georgia avenue after a lingering illness. She leaves son Dr Douglas G Campbell and daughter Miss Katiel L Campbell. Sophia Miller 17 daughter of John and Rosa Miller of Summerdale Ala died Saturday at Mobile Infirmary. Remains to Roche Burke Undertaking and will be sent to Summerdale for interment.
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Hannah J. Campbell
Archibald J. Campbel
Moilian
South Georgia Avenue
Douglas G. Campbell
Katiel L. Campbell
Mobile
Sophia Miller
John and
Rosa Miller
Summerdale
Ala
Mobile Infirmary
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Summerdal
Company Not Liable For Motorman's Act
In Macon Georgia on June 7 a suit by James Massey against Macon Railway and Light Company for 20000 dollars was decided in favor of the company. Massey claimed a motorman on an East Macon car struck him with a controller lever last July causing wounds. The motorman M Birdsong had been tried for assault with intent to murder and acquitted. The jury found the company not liable for the motorman's conduct.
Carriages Block Traffic After Barton Academy Exercises
After Barton Academy closing exercises, Dauphin Street from Conception to St Emanuel was crowded with carriages causing trouble for the beat officer. Graduates posed for photos with graduation coins and floral designs at Boyle Studio, with a June promotion offering 20 percent off all grades of photos. Cut flowers advertised daily by Mobile portrait studio.
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Barton Academy
Dauphin Street
Conception
St. Emanuel
Boyle
Mobile
Virginia and Mobile Pay Equal Pig Iron Rates
Eulisville Virginia and Mobile both receive a rate of 2.75 dollars per gross ton for pig iron from the Alabama mineral district. The identical charges, highlighted by Traffic Manager R. G. Cobb, expose a major discrepancy uncovered in a chamber of commerce rate probe.
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Eulisville
Birmingham
Alabama Mineral District
Mobile
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau
R. G. Cobb
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Palacios
Jewell Boys
Jewell
Janes
Webster City
Virginia
Palm Beach
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Verona Lumber. CO
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