Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-11
SOUTHERN THRIFT .
Wonderful Advancement-RapId Strides
which the South IS lEalrI0g Toward
becoming misunderstanding Re
giOn-A Splendid Showing.
Kansss and the West Must Look to it That
the South Does Not Excel in Plant
Ing Shops Factories and
Other Industries

CHATTANOOGA Tenn, December SO.-The
Issue OF the Tradesman Of January 1 viii
contain a list Of every industry established
IN the southern states in 1883; also every
one enlarged and all that were projected.
Among the leading branches Of industry the
following are noteworthy:
The total number of agricultdraf. nipple
ment works built and projected during the
year vase In North Carolina. 2 each in
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and
Tennessee
seven bEeweries-8 in Georgia, 1 each in
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas.
Sixty-fve brick works-16 in Alabama, s
each in Georgia and Tennessee, and the re-
mainder are scattered throughout the other
states.
Three bridge works. 1 each In Tennessee,
Texas and West Virginia.
Seven boot and shoe factories-z each in
Alabama and Arkansas, L each in South
Carolina and Texas.
Twelve car works. in .s'<s. Virginia, 8
in Georgia, 1 each in Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas.
-Fighty-fOur canning factories-Evenly di-
vided over the south.
Ihirty-one cigar and tobacco factories
North Carolina leading with 8.
One hundred and sixty three cotton and
wooden mills-Alabama Is, Arkansas 3,
Florida 6, Georgia 80, Kentucky 4, Louisiana
g. Mississippi I, North Carolina Z, South
Carolina 10, Tennessee II, Texas 6, Vir-
ginia 10, West Virginia 2.
Electric light works 74-17 in Texas, u in
Tennessee, each in North Carolina, Mis-
sissippi and Kentucky, the rest scattering.
Flour mills 103-Tennessee leading with
q, Texas p, Kentucky 15.
EOundries and machine shops 145-Ala-
bama 26, Georgia 20, Kentucky and Ten
nessee II each, Texas II, Virginia and West
Virginia 10 each.
There were 80 blast furnaces projected
during the year. IN Alabama, IN GeOr-
gia, in Kentucky, 10 in Mississippi, 6 in
Tennessee, 1 each IN Texas, Virginia and
Brass works 4-8 in Georgia, in West
Ice factories 5O-11 in Georgia, 9 in Ten
nessee, z in Alabama, the remainder in
other states.
The total number Of mining and quarry
ing companies organized during the year
was 2l7-Alabana 81, Tennessee %, Ken
lucky %, Georgia a, West Virginia ., Texas
90, Virginia IA, North Carolina u, Arkansas
IL, South Carolina u.
Street railways 87-I7 in Georgia, Is in
Tennessee, and the balance equally dis
tr1buted among the other states.
Water works 5l-pretty evenly distributed
Wood working establishments 4S8-
Georgia So, Tennessee Is, Alabama 81, North
Carolina As, Arkansas IS. Kentucky Sc,
Texas ., Mississippi %, Florida ..
In addition to the above the miscellaneous
industries established and projected during
the year aggregated 533-Texas leading
with 66, Georgia "a, Tennessee 50, Alabama
81, Virginia sc, Louisiana d.
The total number Of railroad companies
organized in the south during the year was
245-Alabama leading with 80, Georgia 80,
Tennessee 81, Texas e, Arkansas and Flor
4ida each %, Kentucky IS, Virginia 10, West
Virginia 9, Louisiana and Mississippi each
8, South Carolina 6, North Carolina 3.
Natural gas and oil companies II. Oil
mills q, rolling mills Z,
The Tradesman in its review will say the
figures do not so much show what has &C
tually been built as they indicate the wide
diver ity and unmistakable drift Of enter
prise and endeaVOr in the southern states
and demonstrate the rapid strides the sec
tion Is making toward becoming the manu-
featuring region which its abundance of re-
sources has fitted it for.