. New Orleans, city of old romance and new oportunity. Southern railway system. ight. The Chalmette Terminalsare the extensive docks and warehousesof the Southern Railway System. Among the larger port facilities are:grain elevators with a total storagecapacity of 7,572,000 bushels; publiccotton warehouses, with storage spacefor 320,000 bales; Army Supply Base,consisting of three warehouse units,covering 48 acres, part of which isleased to general commerce; eight drydecks, with lifting capacity up to 10,000tons; coal tipple, with 1,000 tons perhour loading capacity; besides banana,sugar, and co
. New Orleans, city of old romance and new oportunity. Southern railway system. ight. The Chalmette Terminalsare the extensive docks and warehousesof the Southern Railway System. Among the larger port facilities are:grain elevators with a total storagecapacity of 7,572,000 bushels; publiccotton warehouses, with storage spacefor 320,000 bales; Army Supply Base,consisting of three warehouse units,covering 48 acres, part of which isleased to general commerce; eight drydecks, with lifting capacity up to 10,000tons; coal tipple, with 1,000 tons perhour loading capacity; besides banana,sugar, and coffee unloading facilities. About 1,200 factories, employing near-ly 35,000 men, turn out a manufacturedwealth totalling $300,000,000 a year. New Orleans is the largest market inthe United States for cotton, bananas,rice and burlap, and one of the largestfor sugar, naval stores and coffee. It isalso a large fur market. The banks have 50-odd offices andbranches, with resources of $246,000,000and deposits of $165,000,000. AIRPLANE VIEW, SHOWING ALGIERS,A SUBURB ACROSS THE RIVER. A MODERN BANK BUILDING
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