Figure 1.—Value of phosphate rock, stone, and Florida. 
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company estimates the total cost of the project, including the initial fuel
cores for the units, to be $279 million. 
 Major port expansions were planned to help alleviate congestion from increased
tonnages of both imports and exports. The Seaboard Coastline Railroad announced
plans to construct phosphate loading facilities on the east side of Tampa
Bay; construction of the East Bay Complex would phase out the railroad's
other phosphate terminals. At the East Bay location, the railroad will also
provide a site for the Ohio River Co., a barge line, to construct a new wet
phosphate rock terminal. Total capacity of the Complex will be about 12 million
tons per year and the total esti 
mated cost is $15 million. Planning began on a $33 million barge port and
phosphate terminal on the Cross-Florida Barge Canal at Inglis; Inglis is
expected to become a major barge center in Florida. Chemical Terminal and
Transport of Tampa announced plans to construct a $2 million phosphate and
chemical prodS ucts terminal at Tampa. 
 A steep rise was noted for most of Florida's business activity indicators,
with the exception of mining employment; the drop in employment can be related
to the decreased output of some of the bulk construction mineral commodities.
Reduced phosphate sales to domestic markets and related depressed prices,
resulting in some