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Dock Management Progress Section How Successful Dock Operators Have Met Problems of Giving Best Service to Ships A relief map made by students of Mobile high school showing the Alabama State docks as they will appear on the completion of the $10,000,000 port preject now well underway Mobile Builds Terminal — To Serve Shipping ITH admirable vision and courage the state of Alabama is carrying out an extraor- dinarily progressive and comprehen- sive port development plan at Mobile in order to more fully reap the bene- fit for its citizens of the exceptional natural advantages of this famous Southern city. Such wise leadership is indicative of the growing commer- cial importance of the South and the aliveness and initiative of its people. Funds have been authorized for the construction of an ocean’ terminal system not to exceed in cost $10,000,- 000, and the work is now well along under the direction of the noted Pan- ama canal engineer, Major General Sibert, retired, of the United States army. BY DAVID HOLT Mobile’s total water borne merce for the calendar year 1925 was 2,901,794 tons, valued at $130,450,408. Of this, the coastwise tonnage was 1,- 000,919; exports, 958,588; imports, 342,499, and inland waterways, 604,493 tons. Interchange Between Ship and Rail Lumber and timber, iron and steel products, shooks, headings and staves, coal, cotton, wheat and flour were the principal commodities exported, while the principal imports were black strap molasses, bananas, manganese ore, so- dium nitrate and kainit. Detailed and comparative reports show an increase in volume, value and variety in Mo- bile’s foreign and domestic commerce. Interchange of freight between rail and water carriers is accomplished 35 com-. over fifteen piers or wharves having shipside rail delivery; four of which are owned by the Mobile and Ohio, Railroad Co., two by the Southern Railway Co., two by these two com-. panies, jointly; one by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., two by the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad Co., three by the Turner Terminal Co. and one by the city of Mobile. A coal and ore handling plant is operated by the Inland Waterways Corp. in connection with the Missis- sippi-Warrior Barge line, but this has - no rail connection. The total berthing space for ves- sels loading and discharging cargo is in excess of 15,000 lineal feet. Special facilities include a grain elevator of 225,000 bushels capacity, three banana