Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-29
YHE BOOMING SOUTH.
Annual Review o. the Soa,h's Indus
trial Progress---The Most Re-
matkable Year in Its History,
The Investments OF Northern aud Eu-
ropean capital Preef Of Conn
dencc In the Sea,h's stability.
Marvellous strides Made 10 the Iron Inanu.
try-Number oe D,nsrem i<,nds of
Factories Kstabiish,d.

BALTIMORE, Mn, Dec. rs la us an.
nual review OF the industrial progress Of
The South, the Baltimore Manufacturers
Record In this weeks Issue will say that
1856 has been the most remarkable year
10 many respects In the history Of the
Southern states, aud mere has been ae-
complained for tho prosperity
aud progress Of tho whole
South than ever before In any
ou0 year, This " sn1~n Ia toe ehof-
nous Investments In capital 10 industrial
enterprises aut In the growth OF cont,
deuce among Northern and European In
vpstors IN tho stability OF tho South's
iron aud other manufacturing interu-ts.
Tho amount Of capital, including the
capital stock Of Incorporated oompanies,
represented by new manufacturing and
mining enterprises organised or char.
tered IN the South during SSG, Including
the enlargement OF old plaua and the re-.
hnllding OF mills ,sagregates sl2a, soc coo,
against 500, Si2, 600 so lSS6,
The iron interests have attracted
the greatest share OF attention and some
glgantic enterprises have been orr anlxeA,
aud are now building furnaces. rne
Tennessee Coal, Iron aud Railroad com.
pAuy, vita a capital OF $40 900, 00G. have
Ave iurnaous W operation ana are
building moro, besides coke ovens,
aud the opening OF new coal
mines The Sloss Iron and Steel
company win an Investment OF 100000
have two furnaces nov and have given
contracts Tor TWO more, and will also
build a steel plant Tho Blrming,
ham Furnace apd Manufacturing
company with capital Of Sb-
100000, which has Just been or
gantzsd by i'auusylyAaia capitalists, have
two turBnte bivo furnaces ARE IS 30
QUILT At Sheilleld three ~ Florence, two
at BUssemer and several AZ other
places che aggregate ~ new iurhacas
reported far the year we're tWentY-tight
most OF "a IN " from 100 20 100 tons
daily capacity O3e Beseemer stpnltai
mill Is nearly nnishod, aud a lleaspmer
plant has been completed One Is under
way, bids have been invited Tor tho oDn,
strueidn ~ another aud several otaer
steel plants haYa BEEN decided nnnn
Other interests rs well as iron, how
ever, are be,ng rapidly developed ana
included IN tha list Of new
enterprises organized Ia the 50 th
during 1856 were twenty eight Iron fur.
naces, fiiiy factories, sixty eight foun.
dries IN maehine Shops, many Of them OF
largs slksi pns hessailer sleol.
rail mill, twenty miscellaneous
lion works, including iron,plpe
works, nritge aud bolt works,
aud eight stove foundries, twenty gas
works, thirty.iour electric lgut com,'a-
nles, eleven agricultural implement fac.
tories, IA mining and quarrgng enter
prlses, sixteen carriage and wngon fAc'
tories, nine cotton nails, twenty .tiyo fur
nlture factories, forty two water-w lrks.
bs tobsceo factories, W n9ur mills, as
lumber mill, not counting small pJra-
Bile saw mills, Including saw aud plAnlng
mills, sash and door factories, s,aye, han.
dlF, shingle, hub, spoke and shuttle
block factories, etc IN addition 20 which
there was a large number Of miscellaneous
enterprises. Oac Of the most gratifying
features ~ the S)uth'a induarlal pro.
gresH, says ihe Manntacturers' X coed, -
the wide diversity ~ naw industries thar
are deyaloping az ihrnpgA that section