The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-04-24
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.

GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The usual activity has been observed
in industrial circles in the Southern
States during the past week, and while
no especially large companies have
been organized still the capital en-
pIoyed in those that have been organ
lied indicates that the new plants will
start on a good financial basis. The
great diversity of the interests repre-
Scented continues to be the special feature
of Southern development, and from all
indications The TrddeSDtGH predicts
that the next three months will wit
ness the most remarkable industrial
deVel0GmaHt IN the South that has yet
.atu.l u. tAe SUCCESSFUL COM
pot.iI".. =. .ou,.Itiern IRON in Northern
iIarkets has further directed the at
tention OF Northern capitalists to the
advantages offered by the South, and
this fact alone will doubtless prove "a
great stimulus to the more active de-
yelopment of this section. -...
The TraA5slH4a, Chattanooga, Tenn,
in its review for the week ending April
18th, 1891, reports 81 new industries, 10
new buildings, 10 new railroads., 3 cleo
trio lines, l logging road and one street
new industries as reported 10 The
TrddeSDlan are the following: Brick
works, CloVerport, KY, and Hunts
Vile, Ala, Cotton compress, Monroe,
i.g
ment GonpaEiGe. birmingham, Ala,
Knoxville, Tos i M i;lfaaies, Tex
lhe I'll st nA,nul a. AS 40 p.tal OF S2oO,,
JuO. Ii. ,...c iIlS:IL and Power Compa-
ny, Americus, Ga, with capital OF
100000, Touring mills, Corydon, KY,
and Lawrence6urg, Tenn, furnace,
Atkins Tank, Symth county, Va. A
glass factory is to be erected at Roam
Oke, Va, with capital of $4,000, ice
factory, Uvakde, Texas, capital, $4,000.
IrnT XUil "a taH at
8. c., and Huntsville, Ala! Rolling
mills with 100000 capital are to be
erected at Salem, Va, y lumber and
railway company has been organized at
st. Joseph, La, capital S2OO,OOO. Mining
companies have been organized at
Birmingham, Ala, Palatine, w Va,
and Keswick, Va. Oil mills will be
erected at GrOvania, Ca, Carrollton,
Ga, and Greenville, Texas, the one at
Carrollton having capital OF 100000.
4 rubber factory will be erected at
Chattanooga, Tenn, capital $4,000.
Steel works at Pulaski, Va. Cotton
factories at Shelby, =. c., Stanley's
Greek, n. c., and Huntsville, n. G. A
knitting mill will be erected at Nor
folk, Va, and wooden mill at Black
stone, Va, the mill at Norfolk having
capital of $4,000. A barrel factory viii
be erected at Franklin, La, furniture
spoke factory at MOrrstown, Tenn,
Timber mill at Buchanan, Ga, saw
mills at st. Augustine, Fla. and Troy,
Ala, and shingle mill at Holly, Ala.
Charters tor railroads have been
asked for at Birmingham, Ala, Frank
lin, La, Jefferson, Texas, MOrristown,
Tenn, Montgomery Ala, NJ oran Texas,
Orlando, Fla, Sheffield, Ala, and
Bennettsvillle, s. c., Atlanta, Ca, and
Selma, Ala. A logging road will be
built at Tallapoosa, Ca, aud street
railway at Asheville, \. G.
Among the many new industries es-
tablished in the South during the past
week number of them have a capital
of fran 100000 to S500,OOO and one com
pany organized at Darien, Ga, is CAPT
talized at $2O,000,000. There has been
noticeable activity i'll the establishment
of wood working plants and the organi-
zatlOn of electric light and power COM
panies.
The Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn,
in it's weekly review for the week end
ing April Is, reports II new. industries,
3 street railways. Among the most i'm
pOrtant new industries reported to
The Tradesman are the following:
Carriage factory at BanlDerg, ). e.,
cold storage plant at Gadsden, Ala,
cotton compress at NevaSta, Texas, and
development companies at Brentwood,
Texas, Darien, Ga, Little Rock, Ark,
and Rocky Mount, n. q. Electric light
and power companies have been organ
lied at Charleston, w. Va, Eureka
Springs. Ark, Key West, Florida,
Knoxville, Tenn, LAGRANGE, Texas,
Lake Charles, La, Rome, Ga, and
sheffield, Ala. A company to manu-
facture electIica appliances has been
organized at birmingham, Ala, with
S5OO,OO capital, foundry and machine
shops with $l,000,0OO capital will be
erected at New Orleans, La, and roll
ing mill with $4,000 capital will be
erected at Newport, Ky. A mining
company with 100000 capital has been
organized at Charleston, w. Va, and
phosphate companies have been organ
lied at Jacksonville, Fla, and Kissim-
NEE, Fla, the latter with capital of
100000. sugar refinery will be
erected at Alexandria, La, and Flor
ence, s. g., knitting mill at Savannah,
Ga, and water works and electric light
plants at Brentwood, Tex, and Union
City, Tenn. A furniture factory with
100000 capital will be erected at
Lenoirs, TENN a lumber company
with $4,000 capital has been organized
at Rockland, Texas, lumber and boom
company with 100000 capital at Par
sons, w. Va, saw and planning mills
will be erected at Lufkin, Texas, and
Peacock, Ala, a shingle mill at Homer
vile, Ca, and spoke and handle fac
torp at CedartOwn, Ga.
Charters for railroads have been
asked for at Alice, Texas, Birmingham,
Ala, Columbia, $. c., Conroe, Texas,
Jacksonville, Fla, Jefferson, Texas,
Orangeburg, s. G, and San Antonio,
Texas. Street railways will be con
structed at Charleston, w. Va, Mem
phis, Tenn, and Winston, n. c.; the
company at Memphis has a capital of
S.l5O COD.