The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-25
MOVING ON.
The Beautiful Land of Sunshine
and Flowers.
The Hum of Industry as the Great
South FORCES to the Front,
TEXAS.

of Sherm an, has added to their mill ZOO
horse power root boiler.
The large roller -four mills at Sherman,
of the Alliance, started on the 9th inst.
This is cooperative concern owned by
he Farmers Alliance.
The city of Sherman has purchased the
arc light plant of the local company, and
has purchased Russell automatic engine
to run the same, and has moved the plant
to the city water works.
A company from north or east has
leased tract of land about eight miles
north of Atlanta, near the Texas and Pa
cific railroad. Has sunk a shaft and
found coal in three stratas, the lower
strata four feet thick. A locomotive tested
the coal, making steam satisfactorily on
the test trip,
TENNESSEE.
Adams Il Price Locomotive and Ma
chine works, Nashville, are continually
adding small tools and fixtures to both
their machine shop and foundry.
The Messy Greek Wooden mills, at
Messy Greek, are now putting up their
machinery, all new. Will be ready to
commence operations by December l,
1888.
The Perry Stove works, of South Pitts
burg, will close a contract this week for
the erection of new brick buildings. They
started up on the 9Th instant with about
200 hands. All industries there are in
full operation.
The Scovel & Irwin Construction COM
pany, of Nashville, have been awarded
the contract for the new water works
plant by the Lebanon Water Works COM
pany, of Lebanon, Ky. The cost will be
about 100000, to be paid in the city of
Lebanon 6 per cent bonds.
The South Pittsburg Pipe works, of
south Pittsburg, are shipping several car
loads of their goods to the Pacific coast.
They think the business prospects the
coming year the best they have had for
many years.
Twenty car loads of machinery for the
Athens cotton warp mills, at Athens, have
arrived, it being half the amount required.
4 The other twenty car loads will commence
4 arriving in a few days. The 100-horse
power engine will soon arrive. The build
I ings are all completed and under cover.
Mr.. Clay Faulkner, of McMinnville, has
added to his factory six Crom pton's looms,
twenty four spindles to jack, one "wster
dam" nine feet high, just completed. Cost
! about So 500. He is shipping as fast as
he can manufacture. Trade better than
for the last six months.
Messrs. Moore, Goodloo d Co., of
Sharon, have recently added new 20
\ horse power Atlas engine and boiler.
The Knoxville Brick Co., of Knoxville,
a has been chartered by L. FL. Hamilton, j.
j A. Smith, d. A. Carpenter and others, with
capital of 100000.
WEST VIRGINIA.
4 The following companies in Wheeling
will enlarge their works, namely Back
Brothers Mail Pouch tobacco works, West
Virginia China company, Hanna & Gle
mems Paper company, Central Glass COM
4 pany, LaBelle Iron company, Wheeling
Gas company, Wheeling Hinge company.
4 Messrs. French Blair, of Pocahontas,
& Va, sold short time since to Mr.. &. w.
4 Lambert 800 acres of coal land which no
doubt will be developed very soon. This
u sale is only one of many. They are
, handling great deal of coal and timber
4 lands in Mcdowell, Wyoming, Logan and
n Boone counties, West Virginia.
The LaBelle Pottery company, of Wheel
ing, is now constructing new pottery
10Ox365 feet, five stories high, with eight
large kilns and eight decorating kllns
The buildings are about completed and
the factory ready for operation about
February for the manufacture of q. O.
ware, vitrifed hotel china and thin trans
lucent china for decorating purposes.
ALABAMA.
The Cordova Coal company, of Cordova,
has been organized by B. M. Long and
others, with capital of 100000.
Fall Manufacturing company, of Aliens
Factory, are making preparations to start
up cotton mill which has been idle for
some time.
L. D. Rowe speaks of charging his tan
merry at Aliens Factory.
H. Magyar, of Aliens Factory, is putting
up saw mill and gin.
The machinery of the Sheffield Psiqt
works is on the track ready to be I'M
loaded.
At the Cole furnace, at Sheffield, every
thing is progressing satisfactorily. The
repairs nee 4ssary to put A furnace in
good condition will be pushed as rapidly
do pObelUlC, dbu n dho " WIZ W ~ $50
blast 80 soon as the work is completed.
Work on the Talladega Iron and Steel
company's plant, at Talladega, is assum,
ing definite shape. The machinists en-
other skilled workmen employed for the
purpose of placing the machinery, have
arrived, and ere many months have passed
will have 100 ton blast furnace in oper
alton.
The iron furnace of the MessrI. Lam
caster, at Tslladega, is progressing rap
idly. About seventy hands are employe ed
and every part of the work is being pushed
as fast as is consistent with the character
of the work being done. Mr.. G. w
Chambers says that they are there to stay
and when the furnace is completed many
more enterprises, as beneficial to the city
as the furnace will be inaugurated by his
company.
GEORGIA.
The Cherokee Iron company, at Cedar
town, report business outlook as good.
Another ore washer is being erected
near Cedartown by Woodstock Iron com
psny, making three in all near there
r. G. Johnston Co, of Rome, lptene
erecting a venitian blind factory at ina
place sometime in the near future.