Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-04
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
THE MANUFACTURES BUILT UP
THE PAST YEAR-ENCoURAG-
ING FIGURES.

THE MANUFACTURES BUILT UP
THE PAST YEAR-ENC0URAG-
ING FIGURES.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. %.
The issue of the 1rGdeSmGR OF
January 1st will contain a list OF
every industry built ~ the South
ern states in the year 1888 also,
every one enlarged, and all that
were projected. Among the lead
ing branches of industry the fol-
loving are noteworthy: The total
number OF agricultural implement
works built and projected during
the year was 50 in North
Carolina, 2 in Arkansas, and l
each in Alabama, Georgia, South
Carolina and Tennessee z brew
eries-3 in Georgia, each in Ala
bama, Kentucky, Tennessee aud
Texas; 50 bIicS works-1G in Ala
bama, s each IN Georgia and Ten
nessee; 3 bridge works. each IN
Tennessee, Texas and West Viz
ginia: Z boot and shoe factOrles-2
each in Alabama and Arkansas, l
each in South Carolina, Tennessee
and Texas; II car works j in
west Virginia, 3 in Georgia, l
each in Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi
and Texas, "a canning factories
evenly distributed over the South I;
81 cider and tobacco factories
North Carolina leading with q;
1853 cotton wooden mills-Alabama
16, Arkansas 3, Florida ., Georgia
80, Kentucky 4, LOUISIANA 6, Mis-
sissippi l, North Carolina IL, South
Carolina 10, Tennessee II, Texas
6, Virginia 10, West Virginia 2 /;
"A electric light works-17 Iii
Texas, ~ in Tennessee, s each in
North Carolina, Mississippi and
Kentucky; 103 flour and grist
miIls-Tennessee leads with y,
Texas next with %, Texas next
with go, Kentucky next with 10;
145 foundries and machine shops
Alabama leads with 26, Georgia
%, Kentucky and Tennessee each
II, Texas -, Virginia and West
Virginia each 10. There were 80
glass works projected during the
year, in Alabama, 9 in Georgia,
4 in Kentucky, l in Missippi, u IN
Tennessee, l each in Texas and
West Virginia "A glass works.
in Georgia l in West Virginia; %
ice factories-11 in Georgia, .
in Tennessee and in Alabama.
The total number Of mining and
duarrying companies organized
during the year was 2lI, Alabama
leading with 81, Tennessee next
with 20, Kentucky %, Georgia "a,
West Virginia %, Texas 20, Vir'
gInia II North Carolina y, Ark
ausas IL, South Carolina II.
Natural gas and oil companies
1S-4 In Arkansas, 3 in Kentucky,
. in Louisiana, 2 in West Virginia.
Oil mills Ell in Texas 3 each
in Alabama, North Carolina and
South Carolina, > in Georgia, !
each in Arkansas. Mississippi and
Virginia.
Rolling mills IA in Alabama, l
each in Georgia, Virginia and
W est Virginia.
Street railways SIT in Georgia,
10 in Tennessee, ana the balance
equally distributed among the
other states.
Water works, 51-Pretty evenly
distributed among the states.
Wood working establishments,
4S4-GeoIgia leads with 81
Tennessee, IS; Alabama, 81
North Carolina, 46; Arkansas, -
Kentucky, Sc; Texas, %; Mis-
sissippi, % /; Florida, %.
In addition to the above, mis-
cellaneous industries, built and
projected during the year, aggre
gated 533. Texas leading with 90
Georgia, Ga; Tennessee, 80; Ala
bama, 81; Virginia, &c; Louisiana
81.
Total number of railroad com
panies organized in the South
during the year was 259-AIa
bama leads, with 80, Georgia 3Sr
Tennessee 81, Texas %, Arkansas
and Florida each %, Kentucky 10
Virginia 10, West Virginia .
Louisiana and Mississippi each 5
South Carolina 6, North Carolina .
The TrGdeSmdn, IN its review
will say the figures do not so much
show what has actually been bull
as they indicate the wide diversity
and unmistakable drift OF enter
prise aud endeavor in the South
ern States, and demonstrate the
rapid strides the section is making
toward becoming the manufactur
ing region which it's abundance o
resources has fitted it for.