The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-24
NEW INDUSTRIES.

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Old North State
Manufacturers Record
Franklin-W. J. Jenkins is erecting
a -four mill.
Dunn. A. Morgan has erected,
it is reported, saturpentine distillery.
Salisbury-The Salisbury Gas
Light Co. is adding several new re-
torts
Southern Pines-A chewing gum
factory, it is reported, will be estab
ished.
Greensboro-W. R. Burgess and
others contemplate developing soap,
stone quarry.
Salisbury-The Dunn's Mountain
Granite Co. has been organized to de
velop granite quarries.
Morganton-J. H. Pearson, previ
ously mentioned as opening a granite
quarry, will develop same.
Greensboro-The Union Land Co.,
reported in last issue as incorporated,
has capital stock Of $25O,OOO.
Rutherfordton-The Rutherfordton
Canning Factory will probably in.
crease the capacity of its factory.
utherfordton-A Northern com,
pany has, it is stated, purchase the
ldler gold mines near Rutherfordton.
Granite Falls-The Russell manu-,
featuring Co. erected a sash, door and
blind factory, as reported in last
issue.
Raleigh--The Farmers Alliance
and Knights of Labor will erect the
tobacco factory referred to in last
issue.
Milton-The lease of the Connaly
gold mine has been secured, it is re
ported, by parties who will probably
develop.
Oxford-Contract for building the
prize tobacco factory for Adams Scott,
mentioned in last issue, was awarded
to Hundley Bros. q Go.
Oxford-The Oxford Land I'm
provement & Manufacturing Co. is
endeavoring to secure the removal of
knitting mill to Oxford.
Siler City-A company has been
organized to erect the cotton factory
mentioned in last issued. J. A Had,
ley, of Boston, is interested.
Monbc-P. B. Key has been elected
president of the Long Island Cotton
Mills, lately reported as incorporated
and to put in new machinery.
AshevilIe-Tne Board of Magis
trates has decided, it stated, to con-
struct two bridges across the French
Broad river, and one over Cane
creek.
Motifs Mills.-N. Cox, Son & Go.
have added machinery to their sash
and blind factory, as lately stated,
and will put in a "a inch resawing
machine.
RaIeigh-Brewer & H ,lding, re-
ferred to in last issue, have added a
full set of wood pulp machinery and
may start spoke and handle factory
at later day.
Cherokee County-A. H. Isbell, of
Asheville, has, it is reported, pur
chased the W. H. Hammond property
containing 10000 acres of timb9r
land for $4,000.
Durham-J. S. Carr, A. B. An,
drews, R. D. Patterson and others
are reported as to form stock com,
pany to develop coal in Orange coun-
ty, five miles from Durham.
Morganton-The contract for the
electric light plant lately mentioned
has been let to the Westinghouse
Electric Light Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa.
1t is to have capacity for 25 arc and
$50 incandescent lights.
Ashevllle-LocaIa and Chicago IIl.)
capitalists have organized, it is re,
ported, the North Carolina Fuel Co.
to erect a plant for the manufacture
of fuel gas. The capital stock is
S5OO,OOO. -
Monroe-The company of which A.
F. Stevens is president, lately men,
toned as to build cotton mill, is re
ported as awarding contract for the
erection of building 8lx28O feet for
same to J. E. McAllister, of Gastonia.
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