Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-29
NEW INDUSTRIES.
The Chattanooga Tradesman Gives a
Resume of Southern Progress.
The Diversity and Unmistakable Drift OF En-
terprise in the Southern States-Hundreds
of Factories Established.


issue of the Tradesman of January l will
contain a list of every industry estab-
lished in the Southern states in 1888, also
every one enlarged and all that were
projected. Among the leading branches
of industry are the following:
Total number of agricultural imple-
ment works built and projected during
the year 1852 in North Carolina, 2 in
Arkansas, and l each in Alabama, Geor-
gia, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Seven Breweries-3 in Georgia, and /
each in Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Texas.
Sixty-five Brick Works-1G in Ala
bama, s each in Georgia and Tennessee,
the remainder scattered throughout the
other states.
Three Bridge works. each in Ten
nessee, Texas and West Virginia.
Seven Boot and Shoe Factories-2 in
Alabama and Arkansas, l each in
South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Twelve Car Works. in West Virginia :,
8 in Georgia, each in Alabama, Arllan-
sas, Georgia, kentucky, Mississippi and
Texas.
Eighty-fOur canning factories evenly
divided over the South.
Thirty-one cigar and tobacco factories,
North Carolina leading with 4.
One Hundred and SiXty-three Cotton
and Wooden Mills-Alabama 16; Arkan-
sas, 3; Florida, 5; Georgia, So; Ken
lucky, 4; Louisiana, c; Mississippi, / :;
North Carolina, 4; South Carolina, 10;
Tennessee, Il; Texas, 6; Virginia, 10;
West Virginia, ,.
Electric Light Works, Ill in Texas,
70 in Tennessee, 8 each in North Caro-
lima, Mississippi and Kentucky, the rest
scattering.
Flour Mills, lOG-Tennessee leading
with IS, Texas, %; Kentucky, Is.
FoGndries and Machine Shops, l45-Al-
ALBANIA, %; Georgia, %; Kentucky and
Tennessee, II each; Texas, II; Virginia
and West Virginia, each 10
There were 80 blast furnaces pro-
jected during the year. in Alabama, 9
in Georgia, in Kentucky, 10 in Missis-
sppi, in Tennessee, l each in Texas,
Virginia and West Virginia.
Glass works, 4-3 i'll Georgia, in West
Virginia.
Ice factories, Sell in Georgia, 9 in
Tennessee, I in Alabama, the remainder
in other states.
The total number of mining and quar-
rying companies organized during the
year was 2I7-Alabama 81; Tennessee,
30; Kentucky, %; Georgia, "a; West
Virginia, 81; Texas, 20; Virginia, "A;
North Carolina, u; South Carolina, -.
Street railways S7-l7 in Georgia, 10
in Tennessee, and the balance equally
distributed among other states.
Water works 81 pretty well distributed
among the states.
Wood work ng establishments 483-
Georgia 50, Tennessee IS, Alabama 81 +,
North Carolina 46, Arkansas IS, Ken
lucky SO, Texas %, Mississippi %, Flor
ida %.
In addition to the above miscellaneous
industries established and projected dur
ing the year aggregated 533, Texas lead
ing with Sc, Georgia G4, Tennessee SO,
Alabama 80, Virginia SO and Louisiana
81.
The total number of railroad companies
organized in the South during the year
was 245, Alabama leading with 80, Geor-
gia 50, Tennessee 81, Texas IS, Arkansas
and Florida, each, %, Kentucky 10,
Louisiana lG, West Virginia, Louisiana
and Mississippi, each, 8, South Carolina
6, North Carolina 5.
Natural gas and oil wells II, oil mills
81, rolling mills I.
The Tradesman in its review will say
the figures do not so much show what has
actually been built as they indicate the
wide diversity and the unmistakable drift
of enterprise and endeavor in the South
ern states, and demonstrate the rapid
strides the section is making toward be-
coming a manufacturing region, which
its abundance of resources has fitted it
for.