Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-07-23
The Industrial Progress Of a Week in
The South.

iuS prosperous lluleS5 tntIS - a IculIEhdpiC
degree of industrial activity in the South, as
shown by the large numberofnew enterprises
organized, and the improvements that are
being made in old establishments. From
the weekly list of new industrial enterprises
as published in the MaAgtactUrers' Record,
of Baltimore, OF July llth, we gather the
following In Alabama we find that the
new Birmingham Stove Manufacturing Com
PAM, organized last week, have commenced
buying machinery for their foundry the
Clifton Iron Company, of Jeniter, the pres
ident OF which, Mr. Samuel Noble, is one of
the most successful iron masters in the L.
nitcd States, will increase their capital stock
from S225000 to s5OO,OOO with view, We
suppose, to building additional works; the
rolling mills at Birmingham, according to
the report of the superintendent, will ex-
pend 100000 in adding steel plate mill
at Ionesborough grist mill is building
and at Andalusia saw-mill, while new
railroad is under construction TO marble
quarries near Ncwoka. In Florida, Jack
sonyille Is to have new gas works. Kissim-
NEE has good prospects tor an ice factory
and brick yard, Sanford is partly promised
the location OF large iron works, Longwood
has moss factory under construction, and
Crystal River has new saw-mill. In Geor
gia the Macon OIL and Fertilizer Company
will erect fertilizer factory, enlarge their
oil mill and probably build soap factory;
at Hogansyile the Cotton Improvement
1 Company will build a fertilizer factory
$4,000 is reported as subscribed for new
grist mill in Athens an agricultural ma
chinery manufacturing company has been
incorporated in Augusta proposals are in
yited for building railroad between Msrcon
and Dublin; contracts have been let for
part Of the grading of road between Rome
and Camollton hosiery factory will in
crease its machinery, and negotiations are
pending for the location in that State of
large iron works. Kentucky shows for the
week a IS, 100000 mining company incorpo-
rated at Louisville, a $4,000 saw-mill near
Grayson, $50 900 mining and manufactu-
ring company at Jamison, a jO-barrcl -four
mill completed at Bowling Green, aud two
-four mills being remodeled and new ma
chinery put in aud one being rebuilt, while
a 100000 company is spending $200,0 in
building railroad 10 open up new coal
mines. In Louisiana there is considerable
activity, especially in the building Of sugar
mills and oyerhauling sugar machinery;
500, 5,Oo0ice factory aud storage warehouse
company has been organized in New Or.
leans, and $4,000 fertilizer factory in the
same place a large 4-story soap factory
has been contracted for in Shreveport, and
a sash aud blind factory in the same city is
under constructions steam bag factory
has been built and large rice mill is being
built in New Orleans and at Donaldson an
ice factory has been contracted for Mary
land has a new electric works company, a
hose manufacturing company. and Hour
mill undergoing extensive repairs, while
5000 OOO has Just been expended in cnlarg-
ing brewery
Mississippi has added 10 her industries
spoke and handle factory aud $50 900 COM
press company At Buffalo Paper Mil, n.
c., d machine shop, saw and grist mill are
to be built; a 900 carriage and wagon
factory is under construction at Wilson; a
saw-mil is to beput up at Wayncsyille, and
has already contracted 10 cut out 100000
feet Of hard wood, and at Democrat mining
operations will be pushed In South Caro-
lima there is new $4,000 cotton-Seed oil
mill company that will enlarge an old mill.
two marble quarTying companies and new
fruit canning factory. Tennessee has in
Nashville new company, with asubscribed
capital Of $4,000, to manufacture crackers,
and in tie same city site has been pur-
chased for a - 20 Cotton ice factory; at
DAISY 100 coke ovens are being built and ex-
tensiye improvements made to n coal mine;
proposals for grading new railroad are in
vted. and an official announcement is made
that a new railroad to cost over $lj,0OO,0OO
will be built in Tennessee, Kentucky and
West Virginia by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company. In Texas $50, 900 lumber
company has been organized at Waco,
compress Is being built at Tyler, 0,000
water and gas company at Marshall; at Dal-
las work on the large cracker factory preyi-
ously mentioned has been commenced; an
elevator and feed mill are 10 be built in the
same town in Hardeman county smelling
machinery is being received for the copper
mines Of which Gcn'l Mcclellan is president,
and at Abiliencc 4 $4,000 -four mill is un-
der constructions In Virginia 81 800 -four
mill Is being built at Dauville, a $4,000
union depot j. % be put up at Richmond,
and plans for the 100000 city hall 70 be
built at Richmond have been accepted at
Lymchburg bids are invited for the erection
of a 5-storv brick and metal tobacco facto-
rv. at Hamilton -four mill is being o' er-
hauled. and at Wilton an iron furnace re-
paired. In Wellaburg, W. Va, work is to
be commenced Immediately on a new glass
factory. lumber railroad il to be built from
. Buckhannon, and contract has been let
for the construction Of railroad between
Kingwood and Tunnelton.