The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-10
NO. AZ.
THE SOUTH GROWING :.
FIGURES OF THREE MONTHS MARVEL
Gus PROGRESS.

Nearly 1.5OO New Enterprises Organized
Against GOO for the Same Time Last Year,
and brighter Prospects Ahead.
The Chattanooga Tradesman re-
DortS Tor the second quarter of 1890
the organization Of l, ,i93 enterprises
IN the Southern states, against, 600
III inc corresponding quarter of 1889
ana Il9 III the corresponding quarter
or 1883. These reports are compiled
from carefully prepared statistical
reports sent the Tradcsman from ac-
curatc 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.
Ishcd, and ten car works. five in Ala
bama. three in Georgia and two in
South Carolina.
UTILIZING SMALL. FRUITS.
Tho disposition of the South to
utilize small fruits is evidenced by
thr establishment OF tifty-SiX canning
factories, thirteen in Georgia.. ten in
Ilolda, nine in South Carolina and
the balance equally distributed in
the South. Nine new cigar and to-
barco factories were Startcl The
textile industries received their share
of attention, Il total OF sixty six having
been organized during three months,
twenty of which were OrmaniZcu i'm
Gcorgia, 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!llrrlcS organized, four in the State
OF North Carolina, Forty nine electric
hight works were formed. AMI fifty
one flour and SriSt mills. Seventy
countries were organized, Alabama
leading with twenty.
MANY NEW BLAST FURNACES
An evidence that the South S in
crraSinE It's product of raw metals is
furnished by the fact that twenty
new blast furnace companies were
organized III three months. against
seventeen in the corresponding quar-
ter OF last year. Eleven were organ
| izcd in Alabama. three in Virginia.
three each in Texas. Tennessee, North
CaI olina and Georgia, and one cach
in Arkansas. kcntucky,Wcst Virginia.
FOrty-fOur iyI factories were cstab-
lishcd. One hundred and seven ,.;n; =;
ing companies were formed. Fortv-
seven new oil mills were established.
! against sixteen in the cOrrcspOndinr
quarter last year, twelve of which
were III Georgia. eleven in South
Carolina, nine in Texas, and five in
West Virginia.
GREAT ACTIVITY IN RAILROADS.
One hundred and scvcnty-cight
new railroad corporations organized.
All OF these of course will not be
built, but the fact that the companies,
were formed is Il substantial proof of
the interest i'll that direction Nine
rolling mills were established in the
South. and twelve stamp mills, and
SmcltcrS. Fifty-hvc new street rail
way companies were formed in the
quarter and and ffty-two ncW works,
and in addition 225 wood working
establishments and 225 5misccllnncous
establishments.
The IradCSmun says there is greater
activity in the formation of new en-
tcrprlScs to day than ever before and
the prospects for the coming year
were never more favorable.