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HARDWOOD RECORD 



8TEAJI SKIDDEE. OPERATIONS CAKRIER LUMBER & MFG. (' 



SHIPPING FACILITIES OF MEMPHIS 



James S. Uavaut, commissioner of the Memphis Freight Bureau, 

 recently issued a statement in which he said: 



"But. few know that iJemphis has better transportation facilities 

 than any other city in the South. 



' ' So much has been written and said on this subject that it would 

 scarcely be reasonable to hope for an original thought or expression, 

 were the scenes not constantly shifting. 



"As the city has within the last few years grown in area, popu- 

 lation, public and private improvements and in commerce, even so, 

 or to a greater extent, have grown the transportation facilities and 

 advantages. 



"And it may not be amiss to say that Memphis is commercially 

 great and destined to be greater, and while she has at all times 

 treated her railroads with fairness, if not liberality, it should be 

 borne in miinl tliat uuicli. if not most, of her prosperity is due to 



It. M. CARRIER, CARRIER LUMBER & MAX- 



tlrACTDRING COMPANY, SAR- 



DIS, MISS. 



STEELE. CARRIER LIMBER & JIANU- 

 FACTURING COMPANY. SAR- 

 DIS, MISS. 



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