The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
From Over the Great Southern
Country,
Indication of Prosperity Every
where-The South Forging
to the Front.
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
Miller & New, OF Carrollton, will erect a
sash factory at Kramer.
The work on the new oil mills at West
Point is progressing rapidly.
There is probability of cotton mill
and furniture factory at Marietta in the
uear future.
The Smithville tannery is in full blast,
and is turning out some beautifully
finished leather.
Building for the new Newman Cotton
erected. Capacity, 5000 spindles. R.
D. Cole, president, can give full particu-
lars.
Geo. W. Clark, James U. Jackson and
Henry G. Matthews have chartered the
Southern Pacific Crusta Decorative COM
pany, at Augusta, with capital of $780,
600. They will manufacture pulp from
wood and other substances, and all other
kinds of material used for decorative
purposes.
Messrs. w. o. Donovan & Co. have es-
tablished a large mill, with capacity of
$4,000 per day on OhoOphie, in johnson
county, and are in condition to do good
business.
The Kincaid factory, at Griffin, has just
purchased a fine Edison inoandescent
electric light plant, which will be the best
illumination of any factory in the south.
The saw mills now being built at Cane
creek, Doboy, near Darien, by Brooklyn
lumber firm, will probably increase
Darien's annual shipments by 100000
superficial feet of lumber.
The Boyd & Baxter furniture factory,
of Atlanta, have just fitted up their new
factory with the latest and most i'm proved
machinery. They say that the furniture
business is overdone and prices cut all to
pieces.
The Atlanta Glass Co., of Atlanta, have
completed their furnaces, and fires have
been lighted. These furnaces are double
the size of the old ones aud will turn out
twice as many bottles, besides making a
much finer quality of glass. They will
consume four tons of glass day. Forty
eight hands will DO employed. The factory
will open up again September 10. They
will make $4,000 gross of bottles
during the next ten months. The monthly
payroll of the factory now foots up
$4,000.
TENNESSEE.
The East Tennessee Canning company
has been organized at Strawberry Plains.
All mines at Coal Greek are pressed to
their utmost to supply present demands
| for coal.
The Powell Land and Kaolin company,
of Knoxville, will soon commence the
largest brickmaking establishment in the
south.
The five coal mines at Jellico are SELL
ing out to big New York and Phila-
delphia syndicate, and they will be worked
as one mine.
The Roane Iron company, of lockwood,
are refining their No. 2 furnace and put
ting in new stoves. Expect to have it in
blast again in sixty days.
The GAINESVILLE Lumber company, of
GAINESVILLE, have sold nothing out of the
usual run, except sale of about 100000
feet for NJ. II. Clark & Bro, tobacco ware
house, principally oak. They think the
outlook is rather critical at present on ac-
count of dry weather.
The work of locating the engines in
the new water works at Nashville is pro-
crossing very satisfactorily. The bed
plates for the engines, weighing respec-
lively 12,500 and 10000 pounds, have
been placed, and it is thought the engines
will be ready for use by November.
Alta meeting of the directors of the
Perry stove works, held at the Bank of
Commerce, in Nashville, on August TO- it
was decided to proceed Immediately to
rebuild the companys works at South
Pittsburg, and with this end in view the
manager was instructed to have plans and
specifications for the new works made.
Tennessee Range and Manufacturing
company, Nashville, have removed their
Office to AL Union street, and opened
large sample rooms. They have plenty
of work in every department. foundry
and machine shop full of job work, aside
from their own work. A long list of
steam heating contracts. Demand for
ranges and pumps fully up to output.
The H. Welter Manufacturing company,
of Memphis, have orders coming in freely
from all directions. They consider the
outlook better than for many years
previous, and anticipate larger trade
than ever before. The following changes
have been made: J.J. Fargoson, presi-
dent; Walker Fry, treasurer; A. F. Album,
manager, vice II. Welton, deceased, W.
G. Watts, H. G. Thompson.
ALABAMA.
The Bluffton Iron Ore company, of
Button, will commence work immedi-
ately.
The Etna Iron Works, at Tecumseh,
will be in operation by September l.
The Arbacoochee Gold Mining company,
has been organized. Capital, $4,000.
R. P. Dexter, of Montgomery, contem-
plates organizing a company for the pur-
pose of erecting bagging factory.
Flowers & Peagler, of Greenyille, re-
port steady demand for all of their pro-
duct the and out look favorable for a
goodfall trade.
The shoe factory and Coleman Cotton
Gin company, of Florence, are nearly
ready. Machinery all arrived and DOW
being put in position.
W. H. Cherry & Co., of Mountain Mills,
have added warping mills of capacity
about 1000 pounds per day. They have
been selling principally on orders from
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