Lumber Industry Spurs Mobile's Trade and Growth
The lumber sector drives Mobile's commerce with vast exports and ship activity. Nineteen mills and numerous firms sustain thousands of jobs, while Alabama supplies most state lumber and exports mainly through Mobile. New plants and Panama Canal openings promise expanded markets and higher payrolls for Mobile's lumber industry.
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Mobile
Panama
Central
South America
Australia
Japan
Alabama
Ile
For Lumber Manufacturing Indust
Prin
Mobile Regains Prestige as Key Cotton Port
Mobile's police chief Frank W. Crenshaw leads a capable force noted for traffic reform and crime reduction. The article traces Mobile’s long history as a cotton port from 1818 through peak years, wartime declines, and recent gains aided by railroad cooperation and modern warehouse upgrades. It highlights rising cotton receipts in 1912 and plans to expand docking, storage, and through-bill of lading facilities to maintain Mobile’s position among southern ports.
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Mobile
Sug
Frank W. Crenshaw
Edward T. Rondeau
Reuben L.dorlon
Henry M. Farmer
Charles A. Schreiner
Luther J. Murray
Stephen A. Charpentier
Robert T. Chamberlain
Charpentier
W. W. Turner
Ema
Union Sol
R.M. Quinn
M. Barlow
Mobile Police Department
Theodore L. Eastburn
R. M. Underhill
W. H. Willamson
John J
Rondeau
Walter F. Walsh
Walsh
Crenshaw
New Orleans
Alabama
Montgomery
Columbus
Bigbee
Tuscaloosa
Warrior
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Beauregard Street
Southern Railroad
Orange Grove
Verona
Hamilton
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Meridian
Mobile and Ohio
Louisville
Nashville
Pensacola
Atlantic Seaboard
Mobile & Ohio
Ohio
Warrant Warehouse Company
Mobile and Ohio Road
State Street
Dauphin Street
St. Anthony
Selna
Demopolis
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Union
Ceal
Mobile Lumber
Barclay Lumber Company
City Bank
Barret
St. Louis
Royal Bay City Lumber Company
St. Francis
F. A. Burch & Co
First National Bank
Kearsley Carter, Jr
Masonic Temple
Central Lumber and Timber Company
van Antwerp
A. L
Crichton Lumber Company
Dauphin Lumber Company, Inc
Hall-Leftwich Lumber Company
Verona Lumber Company
American Tilt and Timber Company
American Trading Company of Cuba
Bay City Export Company
W. H. Bruner
Ed E. Carriere & Co
A.L. Chamberlain & Co
Cleveland Timber Company
Cooney, Ecks
Gulf Coast Lumber Exporters Association
Gulf Manufacturing and Export Company
Gulf States Shipping Company
St. Michael
Haviland Lumber Company
People’s Bank
Hirsch Lumber Company
L. D. Holt
North Royal
Hunter, Benn & Co
Leonard & Neely
Bank of Mobile
McGowin Lumber
G. Walker
Blacksher & Co
Magazine Point
Blue Rock Manufacturing Company
J. D. Cameron & Son Company
Three-Mile Creek
Bay Poplar Lumber Company
Maga
ROSIM
Wee
Mobile Fast
South
Zine Point
Dixie Lumber Company
Tennessee
Michigan Avenue
Gaynor & Spencer
Telegraph Road
Creek
Gulf City
Hardware Company
Hallett’ Manufacturing Company
North Water
W. W. Herron Lumber Company
McDonald Land and Lumber Company
Magazine Point Hardwood Saw Mill Company
Liverpool
Great L. & N. Increase
Page & Jones
Arthur H. Page
John H. Jones
Hennen
Ala
Atlantic
Gulf
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