The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-09
THE GREAT SOUTH.
Industrial Notes From Over the
Fair Southland.
The Hum of Industry Everywhere.
Newsy Items of Interest
to Everybody.

above Austin.
The Phoenix Cigar works of Austin is
doing big business, and, TO aocommo-
date the rapidity in increasing trade, the
com pany will be compelled to move into
larger quarters. They are now shipping
their goods to many of the states.
The Perry Stove works, South Pitts
burg, Tenn, started up on July 81.
A 6OOO-spindle cot on mill will be
commenced about August l at Tarboro,
N. @.
Messrs. Young g. Hack, of Richmond,
Ga, will erect a large cotton mill, to be
completed as rapidly as possible.
The Bonsack Machine company, Salem,
Va, increased their capital stock from
100000 to 100000.
Arnot, Smell d Co.'s mammoth tobacco
factory, at Danville, Va, was recently
burned. Loss, $40 600; insurance, $4,000
The Bessemer Manq anese and Furnace
company, of Little Rock, Ark, has been
chartered, with capital of $1,000,000.
A cotton factory is among the posi-
bilities at Tallapoosa, Ga.
j. B. Miner, of GAINESVILLE, GA, will
erect wood working factory.
The chemical works of o. A. Smith, of
Atlanta, Ga, has been burned. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
The Marietta Paper Manufacturing
company, of Marietta, Ca, have recently
added machinery for making paper Irvine.
Bone g. Chappell, of Macon, Ga, ex-
pect to commence running by the 10th of
August. Will bake about 500 bush els
crackers in twenty -four hours.
The contract for erecting the building
of the New man cotton mills has just been
awarded the R. d. Cole Manufacturing
company, of Newman, Ga, at $4,000.
The Enterprise Cotton factory buildings
at Augusta, Ga, have recently been
greatly enlarged, and the John I. King
factory has purchased new and complete
outfit of machinery.
The Webb Compress company, Of
Shreveport, mas been chartered. Capital
100000.
The Brush Westinghouse electric plan
at New Orleans has been burned. Loss
100000.
The Iberville Manufacturing and Suga
Refining company, of Iberville, La, hat
been chartered, with a capital of 100000
Work is very brisk at the United States
Rolling Stock oompany's works, of An
niston, Ala. They have orders on hand
from the Georgia Pacific, Rome anG
Decatur and other roads.
The building of the Standard cotton
mills at Rock Hill, S. O., is half finishe d
All the machinery and equipments have
already been purchased.
A new cotton factory will be built a
Chester, s. c., at once. Will put in 30I
looms first. The Chester Manufacturing
company, W. H. Harden, president
Farmers Oil and Fertilizer company
of Evansville, Ga, has been chartered b.
A. o. Murphy and others, with a capita
of $4,000.
The Coleman Cotton Gin company, o
Florence, Ala, has been chartered by W
o. Coleman, j. II. Fields and Others, witt
a capital of $4,000.
The Daniels Greek Camel Coal company
of Covingtop, KY, has been chartered b
j. p. Letter and others, with capital o
$4,000.
shaft weighing six tons was cast
few days ago at the Admission lAla.) ca
works for one of the engines of the ne'
furnaces.
The Qakdale cotton mills, of James
town, N. c., have recently added 100
Written spindes, with twister and spool
ers, lubbers and speeders, and twelv
Written cards for forming warps an
yarns. Are now widening race and re
building dam.
The entire force of men that will be en-
gagged by the Birmingham (Ala.) rollin
mills when all the repairs are done an
all the mills are in operation, will humble
over 1000 men. all repairs will be mad
and the mills will be in full blast by tn
first of August
The Southern Smelling, Reducing an
Mining company, of Admission, Ala, wi
erect smelter and reducer for the pul
pose of treating gold ores, tailings an
refractory ores, with capacity of twent
tons, the building to be so arranged that
can be enlarged to work off fifty tons. Th
works will cost $4,000 and will be com
plete i'll every particular.
Augusta is to have new bobbin factor
in opeIRtion by August l., and it will /
operated by Mr.. Matthew Rice. This fa
tory will have the latest improve
) machinery and will turn out from seve
to eight Thousand bobbins per day. Aft
everything is in good working order M
Rice will enlarge the plant, adding spok
! handle and hub machinery and other agr
cultural implements.
The brass works of Birmingham, Ais
have Just filled large order for Jackson
vile, Fla. They do work for all IL
, foundries and rolling mills of the cit
also for the different railroads. Tn,
, supply good deal of the brass work f
Admission, and report their trade grown
. all the time, and that they are constant
crowded with orders.
Three cigar manufacturers at Yb
City, Fla, have imported, in round nuu
bers, since they commenced busine
there. 1915 bales of leaf tobacco, ar
one of the firms 391 bales of strip :
bacoo, making a total of 1896 bale
The average weight of bale of tobac'
shipped from Havana to Ybor City
/ about $50 pounds, and the duty on 1t
! about $45. The total amount of duti
collected on tobacco consigned to Il
three firms foot up $607,S2O.