Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-02
THE SOUTH .Do GRowlr
Tho Industrial Development During
the Past Week.

Tho Industrial Development During
the Past Week.
The Industrial development Of the South
continues without abatement and it is not
confined to any one section, but is general
throughout tho entire Southern territory.
The most noticeable activity is in the estab-
lishment Of woodworking plants, and from
the amount Of capital invested in some Of
them 1t would indicate that they are being
equipped with the most modern appliance
In fact this feature is apparent in a large
majority Of new industries in the South and
ere long the South will not only be supplied
with large variety of manufacturing in
dustries, but the plants will take front rank
in point Of construction, equipment, etc
The Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn, in its
weekly review of the Industrial interests of
the South for the week ending March u, 1891
reports 6S new industries, Is new buildings
u new railroads, dummy line, electric line
and street railways.
Among the most important industries
organized during the week as reported to the
Tradesman are the following: Bottlng
works, Admission, Ala; brewery, Richmond,
Va; brick works, Knoxville, Tenn., and
| Summerville, s. c.; canning factories, Cuero,
Texas; Mills Point Texas and Wilmington,
North Carolina; the last having a capital OF
fifty thousand dollars. A development com.
pany with one hundred thousand capital has
been organized t Atlanta, Ga.
:. A fertilizer factory win be erected at
Travellers Rest, S. c., capital fifteen thou
| sant; foundry at Agricultural College Miss
and company with one hundred thousand
dollar capital has been organized at Middes.
borough, KY, to erect furnaces, rolling mills
and pipe works. Phosphate companies have
been organized at Barlow and Ocala Fla.
the latter with one hundred thousand dollar
capital. "A shoe factory will be erected at
| augusta, Ga steel works at New Castle.
Virginia; bagging factory at Wilmington,
North Carolina; cotton mills at Hillsboro
North Carolina, Savannah, Georgia,
mills at Anderson, s. c., and Weldon, N. c.
and a wooden mill at Austin Texas. Wood
| working plants will he erected as follows.
Factory, Winston, N c.; box factories. Tenn.
AND Mobile, Ala; lumber mills, Berkeley, Va.
Lake City, Flu, and New Orleans, the last
named having two hundred and Fifty thou
sand dollars capital; planning mills, Biuefield,
W Va and Charlotte N G; sash, door and
blind factories New Castle, Va, and Thomas
vile, G; saw mills, Bogue Chito, Miss,
Gibsland, La, Berkeley, Va, Brooksvilie. Fla
and Crescent City, Fla; shingle mill, Little
Rock, Ark, and stave factory at Glen Alpine,
Churches will be erected at Houston, Tex
Leesburg, Va; Memphis, Tenn, and Norfolk
Va; clubhouse at Athens, Ga; college and
school buildings at Bristol, Tenn; Bristol. Va:
Huntingdon, Tenn, and Wheeling, W Va;
courthouse at Buchanan, Ga; hall at Jack,
sonville, Fla; Jail at Rocky Mount, Va; mar
ket and courthouse at Bristol, Tenn; orphan
age building at Salem, Va, and warehouse at
Prcolet, s c,
Charters for railroads have been applied
for at Augusta, Ga, Asheville, N C, Dallas
Texns, Fayetteville, w Va, Fort WortL
Texas Dalton: Ga Latta, s c, Montgomery
Ala, Pulaski, Va, Tampa, Fla and Union, s
z. dummy line viii be built at Middles.
borough. KY, an electric line at Chiney Rock
n z, and street railways at Fort Payne, Ala