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weeks ahead of last year. The labor is about the same as last year, both as to numbers and efficiency. Where fertilizers are generally used the increase has been 10 to 15 per cent over last season. The present condition of the crop is good. The Spring was early and the preparation of land for planting better than usual. The fields are clear of grass, and the plant is growing rapidly.
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One hundred and forty-seven replies were received from 61 counties. The area of land planted in cotton this season was slightly an increase over last year, say 2 per cent. The weather has been unusually find and favorable for the plant. The stands are generally very good, and the crop 10 days to two
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The Savannah Chamber of Commerce has erroneously been mentioned as currently occupying the building, but they are former tenants, having been there in the first part of the 20th century; they are now based across the street at 101 East Bay Street.
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reported it, the day after its official opening: "The building is built in the center of a slip leading to the river, and is raised thirty-five feet or so from the ground by iron pillars, so as to give free access to River street."
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now replaced by a tunnel through to Factors Walk. The city allowed the exchange to build on top of Drayton Street ramp, as long as they left the ramp accessible below, hence its unique design. As the
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factors, brokers serving planters' interest in the market, a place to congregate and set the market value of cotton exported to larger markets such as
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3. NORTH REAR - Savannah Cotton Exchange, 100 East Bay Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA Photos from Survey HABS GA-1194
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Savannah Cotton Exchange, 100 East Bay Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA Photos from Survey HABS GA-1194
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connections between the city and the interior. The cotton exchange went out of business in 1951.
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location, in 1887, where the building still stands, with the former warehouses down below on
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in 2006, a car smashed into the building, causing substantial damage.
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Agricultural organizations based in the United States
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was a chairman of the exchange after serving in the
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Queen Anne
Savannah
Georgia
East Bay Street
Coordinates
32°04′52″N 81°05′24″W / 32.0811610°N 81.089883°W / 32.0811610; -81.089883
Solomon's Lodge, No. 1
Free and Accepted Masons
William G. Preston
Savannah, Georgia
King Cotton
New York City
London
rail
William Washington Gordon II
Battle of Jonesboro
New York Times

River Street
East Bay Street
River Street
Savannah Morning News
William G. Preston
Savannah's Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
Solomon's Lodge, No. 1
Free and Accepted Masons
Province of Georgia
James Oglethorpe

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