Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-22
Industrial Progress Of the South
fer Two Weeks

| From Baltimore Manufacturers Record, June
70, 1856.
The growth of the industrial inter-
ests of the South Is really surprising.
Week after week shows list of new
enterprises covering almost every
line OF manufacturing and mining
that gives some indication of the
great industrial development now in
progress throughout the Southern
States. This growth is not confined
to any one State, though. of course
more noticeable in some than in 9th
ers, but extends through the whole
South. AS illustrating this indus
trial development, the following sum
mary of new enterprises reported in
our Construction Department for
the last two weeks only will prove of
general interest: In Alabama
Mr.. Samuel Thomas and his asso-
ciatcs are preparing to build large
furnace, 100000 in cash having been
put up against 100000 in mineral
property, making the capital of the
company Sl,000O00, although the
land is said to be well worth $500.
600; at Sheffield, in the same State,
the contract has been awarded for
l00-ton furnace: $4,000 has be, tn
raised TO build cotton compress at
Annist0n; $4,000 are being spent TO
enlarge gas and electric light works
at Birmingham work on new foun-
dry and machine shop has been COM
menced at the same city, a site has
been purchased for a bolt and nut
factory, and a jug factory has b, el
started, while several saw, planning
and grist mills are reported. In Ar
kansas, Pine Bluff is to have a $780,
0J0 railroad machine shop; Lite
Rock has organized a 100000 wool
ell and cotton manufacturing COM
pany; mining machinery is being
erected near Hot Springs; a
saw mill and furniture ia tory
combined will 60 up at Arkan-
sas City; large saw and plan
ing mill at Arkadelphia; a stavo fac
tory at Harrisburg, and other wood
working enterprises in other parts of
the State. Florida shows up with a
100000 company to do general con-
tracing and woodworking business,
a $4,000 electric light company,
brick yards, saw mills, etc. In
Georgia there have been a 100000
granite qnarrying company, a $780,
600 marble company, manganese
mining enterprise, foundry and ma
chine shop, large planning mill, bas-
ket factory and an ice manufacturing
company. Maryland has a new 81,
100000 sheet metal company, a slate
quarry, grist and -four mill, &c. In
Mississippi a $4,000 spoke manu-.
featuring company has been organ
lied, an ice factory, cheese factory,
several croameries, new machinery
for a cotton mill and brick works
North Carolina has new furniture
factory, a $4,000 gas and electric
light company, slave and shut,
tie block factory and a mum.
Der of saw mills, while in
gold mining operations there is
considerable activity. In Tennessee
two iron furnaces are to be erected
a 100000 woolen mill is TO be built al
once, a foundry is going up, several
flour mills, saw mills, and othel
small enterprises are to be started
Texas reports a $4,000 ice and elec
trio light company, a wagon and car
rage factory, $4,000 water company
and ice factory, a 100000 compress.
company, and three or four large
-four mills. Virginia has two 500,
600 coal mining companies, an iroi
foundry, a machine and boiler com
pany and large -four mill under
contract. In West Virginia 2000(
acres of timber land have been pur
chased for development, $l00,0OC
steel and iron company and natura
gas and oil company organized. Al
this summary covers only the report
of two weeks and omits quite nun
ber of smaller enterprises, our read
ers can readily see that the South il
vigorously forging ahead in the in
dustrial line.