The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-10
THE SOUTH GROWING
FIGURES OF THREE MONTHS MARVEL
GUS PROGRESS.

Nearly 1000 New Enterprises Organized
Against GOO for the Same Timc Last Year,
and brighter Prospects Ahead.
The Chattanooga Tradesman re-
! ports Tor the second quarter of 1890
the organization Of 1,493 enterprises
III the Southern states, against, 600
III the corresponding quarter of 1889
and Ilo III the corresponding quarter
OF 1855. These reports are compiled
| from carefully prepared statistical
reports sent the Tradcsman from &C
clTatc sources from every point in
the Southern States.
During the quarter Just ended
three agricultural implements fac
tories were established, five barrel
factories and five brcwcricS. Forty
one brick works were commenced
! against eighteen in the same quarter
last year, and one new bridge works
was established in Kentucky. Six
boot and shoe factories were estab.
llShcu. and ten car works. five in Ala
banla. three in Georgia and two in
South Carolina.
UTILIZING SMALL. FRUITS.
The disposition of the South TO
utilize small fruits is evidenced by
the establishment of iifty-six canning
Factories. thirteen in Georgia. ten in
florl'(a. nine in South Carolina and
the balance equally distributed in
the South. Nine new cigar and to-
baccO factories were started. The
textile industries received their share
0fattCntiOn, Il total Of SiNy-Si having
been organized during three months,
twenty of which were organized i'm
| Georgia. MIN" in Alabama, nine in
Texas. seven in Louisiana and six in
| South Carolina.
Twelve new cotton compress com
panics were formed and six new dis
t!llrricS organized. four in the State
OF North Carolina, Forty nine electric
| hight works were formed, AMI fifty
one flour and griSt mills Seventy
| iounIricS were organized, Alabama
leading with twenty.
MANY NEW BLAST FURNACES.
An evidence that the South S in
cr"aSlng It's product of raw metals is
furnished by the fact that twenty
new blast furnace companies were
OrGanlXCd in three months. against
seventeen in the corresponding quar-
ter OF last year. Eleven were organ
iHcl in Alabama. three in Virginia.
three each in Texas Tennessee, North
CM Olma and Georgia. and one Gael,
in Arkansas. kcntucky.Wcst Virginia.
EOrtN~tOur l>I factories were cStab-
llshcd. One hundred and scvnn. E.;n. :. -
ing companies were tUrmcd Forty
seven new oil mills wc'c established
IaGalnSt sixteen in the corresponding
quarter last year, twelve of which
were in Georgia. eleven in South
Carolina, nine in Texas. and five in
West Virginia.
| GREAT ACTIVITY IN RAILROADS.
One hundred and seventy eight
new railroad corporations organized.
All OF these of course will not be
| built, but the fact that the companies
were formed is substantial proof of
the interest in that direction. Nine
rolling mills were established in the
| SOUTH. and twelve stamp mills, and
SmcltcrS. Fifty-iivc new street rail
way companies were formed in the
quarter and and fifty-two ncW works,
and III addition 225 wood working
establishments and 225 5misccllnncous
establishments.
The Tradcsman says there is greater
activity in the formation of new en-
tcrpriScs to day than ever before and
the prospects for the coming year
were never more favorable.