The gale., 1888-01-13

Alabama. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AK ,Uut
ArkaflsaS. Observation-Disclosures. ~, 4oo,VV,
florltla OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2,Hoo,VN
Georgia 1886, 200
hcntucky Observation-Disclosures. ou,u,o,UVV
Louisiana. S,2lS,oO0
MARYLAND 151ST,000
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North Carolina ............ 9.16Goo0
South Carolina ............... S,SsoNN
lonnessec Observation-Disclosures. SAcohVN
Texas 16 $4,000
Virsinia 2S9SA,No0
West Virginia. a..... Sstsi0oo
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against S129, 226, 600 in 1856. In cotton
manufacturing there has been great ac-
tiYity and scventy-seven new mills have
been projected, many of them hoiag now
under construction, which is the largest
aumbcr of new mills ever reported in one
year. Cotton mills are reported aS hav-
ing largely over-sold their production,
and many old mills are being enlarged to
meet the demand for their goods. The
increasing divcrsiiication of Southern IN
dustries is illustrated in the fact that Al
] ohama alone secured, during the year, the
| location OF five large car building plants,
| two at Decatur and one each AZ Birming'
ham, Admission and Gadsdon Thc ARnis-
| 900 mechanics and will turn out twenty
complete cars n day, from freight to pas
senger, parlor and sleeping cars, the en-
tire work. from making wheels to the
upholster NC, to be done in these shops.
One of the car plants ut Decatur is being
built by the Louisville & Nashville rail
road. and the other will be large works,
now at Urbana, Ohio, which are to be
removed to Decatur.
A tabulated statement shows the prog
ress of industrial development in 1887 in
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia and West Virginia, as
follows. Agricultural implement facto-
ries, %; breweries, s. bridge works, s;
car works, 23; cotton and wooden mills,
147; electric light works, 9S; flour and
grist mills, III; toundrics and machine
| shops, 1s4 !; blast furrNlces, rs; gas COM.
| panies, 81; glass works, ice factories,
| 80; mines and quarries 504 natural gas
companies, lis; oil mills 10, pipe works,
Al pottcries, ~; railroad companies, 292 !;
rolling mills, stampmills and smeltcrs, 43 !;
steel plants, 10; street railways, 152; water
work, S, $40; 1876; wood working establish
ments, miscellaneous, S64. There were or
ganized:
In Alabama agricultural implement
| works, bridge works, car works, Is
cotton and wooden mills, AZ foundries
and machine shops, 33 blast furnaces, 43
mining and quarrying companies, II nat
ural gas companies, pipe works, Al rail
road companies, 16 electric light works,
104 wood working establishments and
152 miscellaneous industries.
In Arkansas car works, cotton and
wooden mills, 2 blast furnaces, 80 mines
and quarries, 40 railroad companies and
As stamp mills and smelters. In the last
named branch, Arkansas also takes first
place.
In Florida-9 tobacco factories cot
| ton and woolen mills, SO railroad compa-
MES, II water works, AZ wood working
establishments.
In Georgia. agricultural implements
| works, "a cotton and woolen mills, l0
blast furnace companies, 2 glass works,
| 6S mines and auarries, 3S railroads, %
street railways and 90 wood working es-
! Establishments.
In Kentucky cotton and woolen
mills, 4 blast furnaces, 35 mines and
auarrics, 81 natural gas companies, tool
works. 6 water works and AZ wood work
ing establishments.
Tn I.ouisiana-3 cotton and woolen
mills, / blast furnace, 8 mines and quar-
| rics, 6 oil mills, 8 distilleries, s potteries,
s rice mills, 5 sugar mills and 20 wood
working establishments.
In Mississippi-3 cotton and woolen
mills, / blast furnace, mines and quar-
ries. 5 railroads, Is wood working cstab-
! lishments and 90 miscellaneous
In North Carolina--12 carriage and
wagon works, 27 cigar and tobacco facto-
ries, 26 cotton and wooden mills (the state
leading in this branch), 81 flour and grist
mills, 13 ice factories, 33 mines and quar-
ries. Is railroads. 8 street railways and
67 wood working establishments.
In South Carolina-21 cotton and
woolen mills, 10 mines and quarries,
water works. / rice MILL 6 railroads and
Ia wood working establishments.
In Texas car works, 2 car wheel
| works. 10 cotton and woolen mills, 90
electric light works, 81 flour and grist
mills (TcXas leading the South in this
branch, 30 foundrics and machine shops,
II ice factories, 4 mines and quarries
natural gas companies oil mills, 81 rail
WAYS, 20 water works, 81 wood working
establishments.
The year 1887 has surpassed all other
years in the extent of railway mileage
constructed in the South. From table,
published by the Railacay Age, showing
the number Of lines of mileage laid in the
South, the following is extracted:
State Lines. Miles.
West Virginia ia.3 So
= VIRGINIA ga
North Carolina. ..10 1874
Sontb Carolina .... 104
Georgia. 231
Florida. ....................lO .lO lG
Alabama 15 5l5
Mississippi i...........-....... y9
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