The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-27
A WEEK OF SOLID INDUSTRIAL
GROWTH THROUGHOUT
THE SOUTH.

The Manufacturers Record, of Baltl-
more, October II, in reviewing the IN
dustrial progress of the South, says:
The past week has been a very ac-
tive one in Southern development, ana
the Manufacturers Record has very.
rarely had to report a wider range OIL
industrial advancement than Tor CHe
last seven days, ven though n imam
ciaI world is not yet looking Tor invest
ments In new ventures 10 any 8IG@U
exit Mt. Despite this, however, Ine
South is pushing ahead ana raPluly
organizing new nlanuLdCCull HS anu
mining enterprises to utlIlze us VaSC re,
sources. This growth IS hOI conllneo
tn any one State, nor to a few indus
tr;oS- GnIv but takes in the whole South
on6 co,ers almost every line of manu-
fact1Iriug. including furnaces, fOun-
Iris cotton mills, coal mines, iron ore
mines ice factories, flour mills, wagon
~fact0Iies, w~aterwOrkS, electric light
works, woodworking enterprises, to-
baccO factories, fertilizer factories,
breweries, phosphate mines and works,
etc. The leading event Of the week IS
the announcement of the final closing
of the sale of $50, 900 acres of mineral
and timber land, including coke ovens,
lumber mill, eCt., in Eastern Kentucky
to a Belgian syndicate for 50, OOO, OOO, a
mart of which, it is understood, goes
into the opening of new coal mines, the
building Of coke ovens, furnaces, saw
mills. etc. A dispatch from London
saws that the directors of the Mlddles-
borough Town Co. have voted $780,
600 to be expended in pushing the en-
terprises under construction at Mid
d~leSbOrOugh t. completion. Among
other enterprises are the purchase OF
extensive property | and around
Ocala, Fla, the price being reported at
$500, 600, for development work; II
investment at DannellOn, I n the same
State. of about 5000, 600 for improve
ments; a 5000. 600 improvement COM
pany at Alabama City, Ala, SIX phOs-
phate mining and manufacturing com
panieS in Florida; an ice factory at
Lakeland. Fla. SIS, 900 saw mill IN the
same State; a 500, 600 brewery COM
pany and a cOOperage factory at Au-
gusta, Ga. a $50 ton ice factory at
New Orleans, La. a $50, 600 engine
works at Baltimore, Md; a 500, 600
brewery at Bristol, Tenn. a $25, 600
carriage factory at Dallas, Texas; a
$3.50, 600 manufacturing company IN
Texas; a $500, 600 oil and gas company,
$3.50. 600 mining company, two $780,
900 and one $50. 600 coal mining com
panies, all in West Virginia; q $500, 600
packing and re~frigerating company at
New Orleans; a 81, 500. 900 harbOr and
dock company at Arkansas Pass, Texas;
$50, 600 tobacco warehouse company in
Florida; a $50, 900 hedge-fenCe company
in Louisiana: a $500, 900 lumber COM
pany at Norfolk, Va. a S25, 900 wagon
manufacturing company at Richmond,
Va. the purchase by Western people
of $4,000 acres Of timber land near
Greenwood, Miss, and a $40, 900 coop
erage plant at hat place; ore mine at
BlutftOn, Ala a So, 900 lumber COM
pany at Riverside, Ark. wagon fac
tory company at Columbus, Ga. ice
factory at Scranton, Miss, and Abilene, |
Texas; enlargement of coal mining
operations at Egypt, n. c.; tobacco
factory at Milton, n. g.; two tobacco
factories. lumber mill and canning fac
tory at Mt. Airy, n. c. brick works at
North WilkeSbOrO, n. c.; fertilizer
works at Bamberg and Charleston, S.,
c.; compress company at Columbia;
WaterwOrks at Decherd, Tenn. and
Barlow, Fla. -four mill, Estill Springs,
Tenn. tobacco factory, Danvllle; lime
"OI hS, IIlCOSI1Cr CACCCIA ~ AISAO WI No
at Barlow, Fla, &c. Negotiations are
pending for beet sugar factories, a new
industry for the South, at Staunton,
Va, and Martinsburg, w. Va.
Such is the record for n week.
1t does not include all that has been
done in that time, nor does it take &C
count of the progress Of enterprises
previously mentioned. 1t is simply a |
brief summary of the more important
concerns reported in this weeks issue
of the Manufacturers Record, and of
which full details are given, showing
that these are not simply enterprises
that are talked of, but that they have
all been organized. 1t is an encOurag-
ing exhibit of the weeks work, and in
dicates how solidly the South is grow
ing, and how great will be the activity
when the full benefit of this years en-
OrmouS crops is felt next spring, after
the wheat and corn and cotton which
have been produced have been mar
keted and business of all kinds has re
ceived the impulse that must inevitably
coma then - |