The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-22
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
Showing Bow Southern Manps..
torres are Fairly Boom1ns
Southern Cotton Mills and a Com
parative Statement Of Cot.
ton Consumed by
Them.

The Chattanooga Machinery coun.,-
are preparing TO add a oue-shird additio1
to their factory.
An extensive furniture factory is to \.
built at Meridian Misc, By George 3
Covert and others.
W. Dake, Sons L Co, of Durham
c., are reported - going to build ns,t
spring 2 thread factory.
J.E. Thompson 4 Bro, Of Maucbss,s,
Tenn-=ilI enlarge their tsnnery at oncs ~
capacity Of 100 pieces Of leather ne,
day.
4 strorg pressure will be brouvbt 20
bear to nave ST. Augustine, Fla, bopdsS
to the exseut of $4,000, to put in sys.
ZEN Of sewerage.
The Virginia Manufacturing conpanv
Of S.foIk, Va, has been o. gained and
vii build factory at once for the mr.
pose Of manufacturing butter dishes.
veneer, etc.
The Chattanooga Pow works are en-.
Izrginz their foundry by adding an addi
ton 60I9O feet Of brick and stone Thew
regard tue outlook az veFy encouraging.
There is 2 company at Lexington, Ky..
Who shink they hs G machine that will
break hemp successfully. It does the
work. 1t Is called the Decortisator.
Leslie Combs, president. Will reduce
cost of hemp, they claim.
Wm. F. NevigoId, of Bristol, Pa, is In
Rome, Ga, making the final arrange,
nents for the location of large rolling
mill plant. The manufacture of hoop
iron and cotton ties will be the principal
objects which the plant will turn out.
Z L. Tunis and others, of Baltimore,
Nd, propose erecting mandatory at
Admission, Ala, at cost of 100000 for
The purpose of manufacturing the Tunis
gang flooring mschiue. They also pro.
pose to put up extensive planning mills.
Dorsey, Paine L Co., of Chattanooga,
Tenn, state that they are negotiating with
parties in Texas for an electric street rail-
rad, and think it possible they may close
up contract with them in the next thirty
days. They have several electric light
plants to place, two of which they expect
| to have N working order in about sixty
days. The electric work in general is
increasing ali over the south, and they are
expecting big winter trade.
/ At the Lookout rolling mill, Chstta-
noogs, Tenn, the prospects are favorable
to good demand and improved prices. Or
.ders are good, and the mill has business
reuough booked to run with full capacity
until the end of the year. The managers
state that pig iron is not advancing nor
declining to affect things much. Old rails
are 81 cheaper than thirty days ago.
There has been a slight advance in bar
iron in the past thirty days with stronger
| demand.
The Avondale Stove Works company,
at Avonda!e, are having their machinery
and entire plant overhsuled. preparatory
| 70 filling large number of big contracts
| for southern and western firms this winter
The Birmingham Safe and Lock COM
psny have not gone into operation yet on
account of failure to receive several i'm
portant pieces of machinery recently con-
tracted for. It will probably delay them
until January l.
The South Tredegar company, of Chat
tanooga, are putting the nail department
of those works in good condition. The
buildings are also being overhauled. The
indications sre that the nailery will soon
start up again, after sus peusion of sew
ersl months since they we're burnt out
These works give employment to over
100 men.
The following table shows the amount
of cotton consumed by southern mills
this year, with comparisons the year pre-