The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-20
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The Baltimore Manufacturers Roc
ord Of August Is says that as compared
with tho corresponding time last year,
tho industrial activity Of the South is
somewhat remarkable. From the LIST
OF Jana TO November Is, 1884, the
weekly list OF new enterprises organ
lied IN tho South, rs published in the
manufacturers Record, was very
short, occupying only from
column and 3-hult to three columns,
averaging about two and a-half col
umns week. Since the l3t of JuAe
This year this list has been running
at from lOur to ak columns week, or
fully double the space occupied dur
ing the same month of 1884. Now that
largo corn and cotton crops
are considered suro, arrangements
are be ng made for q much creator
activity in tho organization OF
nsw enterpTises thal has yet been seen.
The second week OF August shows up
with quite leng list OF important in
dussrins just OrGRGizod. In Alabama
the rumor reported last week OF a Hour
mill to be bHilt In Birmiugham in con-
| firnled by the purchase OF g site for a
$4,000 mill, the full capital having
| been subscribed; the Callers Lana
company, the organization of which,
with subscribed capital Of 100000,
was reported last week, it is rumOr6u
viii erect an iron furnace and cotton
seed oil mill; ut HunVsville compress
| has been built; at CaIerA barrel ana
stave factory and q brick yard ara to
| be estahlishsd; at GAorgiana another
saw mill haa been put up; jones
! borough aud HanCevilla are 70
ceiving the machinery for their
| their Now grist and sa%
mills, while Montgomery has de-
cided to apond 100000, or as much
thereof rs may DO necessary, 10 build
water WORKS, Florida reports q $4,000
gas and electric light company organ
lied ut Orlando, brick yard, saw aud
grist mills, etc. Georgia has organ
ized q $4,000 railroad construction
company; $50, 600, the full capital, has
been subscribed for new fertilizer fac
tory at Newman, previously reported ai
being worked up; 81 900 is being spent
to enlarge q lithographing establish
ment, and machinery for Albany'S
compress ia nearly ready, whilo
number OF railroad companies have
asked to be incorporated. Kentucky
hes q 100000 cable railway machinery
company, a 100000 gas machine cow
pany and & 100000 gas company
organized during the week
besides smaller enterprises. a
5000 glass manufacturing company
and a $1,000 watoT- works company
have been organized in Maryland
while arrangements arc being mad
for establishing hosiery factory II
the same State. In North Carolina
DR.. Clark Whittier, whoso late pur
chase OF 900 acres Of land, with = view
to cutting timber, attracting immigra
ton, laying out city, etc, was dull
noted, has added 5000 ncres NOR
10 his purchase. G0ldsbOro ant
) Durham are figuring on water works
considerable now machinery is bOlnl
put into mines, aud a number Of anal
industries established. The purchaEer
OF the GGmporiOwn cotton mill, b
Greenville, South Csgoliu9, have OF
ganiZed and are preparing TO start Oh
mills up; BeauiOrd's new foundry an
machine shop 10 well under way
! In Memphis, Tennessee, contract
have been awarded for The 400-barrJ
flour mill; Maryville IL 90 have
furniture factory; tho largo planin
mills, lately burned IN Memphis, Wi
b0 rebuilt 40 once, aud large wopa
working factory in Chattanooga uearl
doubled in capacity. Texas has on
gsuized $4,000 milling company,
$4,000 canning componv aud 2 $3.50,
8 soap company, while West Virdni
o has car voutilator manulacJuriu
company, with capital stocEot $1,000
0J0, repOrJed oil paid up; prosperity
e boil W works in Charleston aud write
o works IN Charl6stoWn.