The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-03-06
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GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.

The continued activity in industrial
matters III the South, clearly indi-
Gates that manufacturers, as well as
capitalists, appreciate the superior
advantages offered by this section,
and the large number of manufact-
nrers, as.Well as capitalists, appreci-
ate the superior advantages offered
! by this section, and the large number
of manufacturing plants being estab-
lished, as well as the development
companies organized for procuring
the raw material, is most gratifying
evidence of the wonderful progress Of
the Southern STATE 8.
The 4IrGdesn1ap, Chattanooga,
Tenn, in its weekly report for Tue
week ending February 18th, 1891,
gives 81 new industries as against lO3
Tor the previous week, 30 new build
ings as against IL for the preceding
week, Z railroads, l belt road III Il 5
electric lines.
Among the most important new in
dustries organized for the week as re-
ported to the Tradesman are the fol-
lowing: Brick works at Calveras,
Texas, and Charlottesville, Va, cotton
gin at ] Jackson, Tenn, cotton seed oil
mill at Memphis, Tenn, cotton mills
at Charlottesville, s. c., East Dur
ham, n. c., and Little Rock, Ark,
cotton and wooden mill at New
BraunfeIs, Texas, knitting mill at
Columbia, S. c., aud wooden mill at
Salem, Va. Development COM
panies have been organized at Au-
gus.a, Ga, Chattanooga, Tenn, Co
lumbia, S. g, Kings Mountain, N. G
Lexington, Va, aud Aisaillalia, >. Z:
Electric light works will be estab
lished at Abilene, : FeNas, Clifton
p L. 70
factory at Shreveport, La , Touring
mill at Paramount, West Va, iron
works at Talladega, Ala, ana Cnatta-
nooga, Tenn. Laundries will be
erected at Alexandria, La, and Hart
well, Ga, mantle factory with $780,
600 capital at Louisville, Ky. Mining
and quarrying companies have been
organized in West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Georgia, South Carolina and
Virginia, the company at Middles- |
borough, KY, having 500, 900 capital. !
Nail works will be erected at Annis~ |
ton, Ala, pump factory at Louisville, |
Ky, reduction works at Fredricks- |
burg, Texas, rice mills at Charleston,
S. c., and New Orleans, La, Shoe and |
harness factory at Athens, Ga, sugar |
refinery at Alexandra, La, and a |
tannery at Ell PasO, Texas. Water
works will be erected in South Caro-
lima; Alabama and Mississippi. |
woodworking and lum Der
companies have been organized and
five new bridges will be erected at
different points in the South.
Charters for railroads have been
asked for from Alexandria, La, to
Spring creek, from McDonough, Ga,
to Athens, Ga, from Blaeksville,
West Va, to Clarksburg, from
Texas, to a connection
with a st. Louis line, from Mount
sterling, KY, to marlborough,
rom Henderson, KY, to Bowling
1reen, from Oakland, Fla, to Mos
,pito Inlet, and from Quincy, Fla
o Besseemer, Ala. A belt railroad
will be constructed at Lexington, KY, 5
md electric lines at Memphis, Tenn, /
Waco, Texas, Carrollton, Ga, ST.
Augustine, Fla, and Staunton, Va.
Itch, Mango and Scratches of every q
ind, on human or animals, cured in J
minutes by Woolford's Sanitary I
sotion. This never fails. Sold by b
.ains and Son. febl3 sn ]