The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-26
THE PROGRESSIVE SOUTH.
Industrial News from Over the
Fair South Land.

Fair South Land.
Alabama boasts of nineteen cotton
mills, representing an Investment of
nearly $2,000,000, and an annual produc
tion of over $1,5O0,000.
The Webb Compress company has been
organized at Shreveport, with capital of
$150,00O.
The Shakespeare iron works, of New Or.
leans, are making eighteen hot blast
bagasse burners for Cuban sugar houses.
The shoe factory at Florence, Ala. g,
will be erected by the Florence Planning
Mill and Manufacturing company. The
main building will be 30x70 and "a feet
high, of brick.
The Hercules Marble company, of
Knoxville, Tenn, has begun operations
six miles east of that city. The com pany
has capital of 100000.
Leon kaufman, of New Orleans, is
furnishing the Texas State farm with its
entire apparatus, comprising CHARTERS,
drain effects, low pressure vacuum pans,
mixers, centrifugal engines, etc.
The New Orleans founders are doing a
great deal of work for the Kansas sor-
ghum factories, one New Orleans house
providing both the Topeka Sugar com
pany, of Topeka, and the Parkmore
Sugar company, of Fort Scott, with
vacuum pans and other machinery.
@. H. Conner, of Louisville, has Just
added new steel retorts for distillirg coal
tar into roofing and paving material, ex-
tensive outfit for making corrugated iron
roofing, etc. He sold recently $4,000
worth of paving composition for streets
of Indianapolis.
The Florence, Ala Land, Mining and
Manufacturing company have issued an
attractive map of their town. Florence
is one of the most promising towns in the
south.
Charleston, S. c., is to have hotel
costing $1,000,000.
No less than eight railroad companies
have been incorporated by the Kentucky
Legislature within the past two weeks, and
reports are being received from all por-
tions of the state of preparations being
made for the constitution of other lines.
1t is said there is no longer doubt that
the Memphis, Oxford and Columbus road
will be built, extended through to Tusca-
loosa and open up a section of country
full of the most valuable resources, hither-
to inaccessible to Memphis. 1t also gives
the Iron Mountain railroads southeastern
extension, placing it in position to COM
pete more successfully with the Nettleton
system.-New York Indicator.
The largest saw mill plant in the south
is now being erected at Brewton, Ala.
Mr.. B. F. Dickson, of Birmingham, who
has just returned from Brewton, in con-
versation with reporter Monday, said
that the plant will cover two acres of
ground when completed. The engine
and all the mill machinery is in position.
Nothing remains now but to erect the dry
kiln and houses. The capacity of the
mill will be 100000 feet of lumber pei
day. 1t will give employment to over 25O
men. This large mill is the property of
the Peters Lumber company, of Manistee
Mich, and is the property of the Louis
vile aud Nashville railroad. 1t will 90
into effect August l.
Through the efforts of Messrs. Craft
and Walker good deal of property has
been transferred to the northern men, and
many of these are already settled on the
property, while Others are yet to come.
In these efforts to build up the county
they have been assisted by Mr.. Stilson,
formerly of York, Neb., but now of this
place. He arrived few days ago from
Nebraska, bringing with him several
families, and these have brought some
fine horses and cattle.-Holly Springs,
(Miss) Reporter.
Mr.. B. G. Field, Grand Rapids, Mich.
representing himself and friends, has
bought $4,000 acres of timbered land
between Pine Bluff and Malvern, and pro.
poses building a railroad through it, and
at one end erect mammoth saw mill and
planning plant, requiring six or more hun
bred hands.