The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-14
NEW INDUSTRIES.

Winkle Cannot Stay in the
Old No tn State
Manufacturers Record.l
New Berne-C. J. ScheeIky is erect
ing planning mill, as lately stated.
Elizabeth City-William Pailin is
reported as bu lding a new ship rail
way.
Manning M. J. Bost is reported as
erecting a cotton gin and molasses
factory.
New Berne-A Boston (Mass.)
company may move its box factory to
New Berne.
East Durham-The Durham Cotton
Manufacturing Co: will, it is reported,
enlarge it's cotton mill.
L;ttle-W. A. Johnston has erected
a building to be used for canning
factory, as recently reported.
Statesvilie- Duke & Miller will re.
build their barrel and keg factory re-
ported in this issue as burned.
Kinston-J. B. Smith will build, it
is reported, his turpentine still at Pine
Hill, reported in this issue as burned.
Durham The Durham Fertilizer
Go. is putting new machinery in it's
fertilizer factory, as recently stated.
New Berne-Gceen & Howard will
establish steam laundry, as reported
las5 week, and have contracted for
machinery.
Charlotte The Charlotte, Columbia
& Augusta Railroad Co. (ofice, Colum-
bia, s. c. may build new bridge
across its tracks.
Tarboro-L. N. Cox, of Washing
ton, N. G, has made proposition to
purchase the waterworks and extend
and improve same.
Greeneboro-Operations will com
mence at once in boring the oil wells
lately mentioned. John J. Phoenix
can give particulars.
Murphy-It is reported that English
and American capitalists have pur-
chased 285, 600 acres of marble, tale
and iron lands near Murphy.
Tarboro-The planning mill lately
reported will be erected by Pannele &
EcclestoD, and will have capacity of
20 M feet of lumber per day.
Charlotte Farmers Co opera
tive Cotton Seed Oil & Paper Stock
Co., previously reported (under Little
Rock, Ark, has capital stock of
S7,5OO,OOO.
Ashe County-It is stated that A.
J. Dull and others, of Philadelphia,
Pa, have purchased iron ore lands in
Ashe county and will probably de-
velop them. -szss -. sssx Ess SEs:1s557z5z3 t@zl
: Monroe-H. E. Eams, j. e. Pear.
son, F. A. Forch and others have in
corporated the Union Ore Co. for the
development of and dealing in mineral
lands, etc. The capital stock is
$4,000.
Durham-B. L. Duke, S. F. Tom
hnson, Peter J Otey and others have
incorporated the Mutual Land &
Manufacturing Co. for the purpose of
dealing in land, manufacturing cotton,
etc. The capital stock is $28O,OOO.
Morganton-The stock company
previously reported as being organ
jzed to construct waterworks will be
known as the Morganton Water Sup
ply & Street Railway Co., and has W.
E. Walton as president, and J. A.
Shipping, secretary.
Mount Airy-H. G. Hopper, S. 7.
Griffith, of Bedford City, Va; W.
Duke, of Durham, and others have, it
is stated, purchased 1000 acres of
land near Mount Airy and will organ,
ize a $5,OOO,OOO stock compeuy to
build an industrial city.
Highlands-The John G. Eve tract,
embracing 40, 900 acres Of land in and
surrounding the town of Highlands,
has been purchased by syndicate
composed of H. P Wyman, of Grand
Haven, Mich, T. Cairns, of Pineville,
Ky, and F. A Hull, of Danbury,
Conn. 1t is intended to resurvey and
thoroughly prospect the property,
opening up all the veins of iron ore,
corundum, mica, kaolin, etc.