San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-11
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.

The Growth Of Southern Shipping
Cities to Supplement- the
Building Of Manufac
turing Centers.
The Manufacturers Record, of Bal
timore, of NOvemb Der 7, in reviewing
the industrial progress of the South,
says:
"The general business situation
throughout the South shows no ma.
terial change, industrial interests con.
tinuing to make satisfactory progress
The movement of cotton IL still very
heavy and foreign shipments
active. The indications show
very decided tendency of West
ern produce to seek outlets
to foreign markets through South
Allan tic and Cult ports. and railroad
capitalists are more and more show
ing their appreciation of this fact.
Thus in addition to the many large
inland manufacturing and trading
ci,ies which are growing up in the
South, this section is certain to build
up great seaport cities at Newport
Royal, Savannah, Pen sscola, Mobile,
Galveston and probably at other
points where good harb can be
created at moderate cost The de
velopment of larger trade with the
West Indies and South America
and the construction of the Mica
raguan canal will both prove OF
enormous value to the South by
furnishing new markets for Southern
agricultural and manufactured pro-
ducts, and by making Southern ports
great shipping and trading Centers
In every direction evidences are accu-
mulsting of the solid growth of South.
ern business interests of all kinds,
and the outlook is very bright Dur
ing the past week the organization of
new industrial enterprises has
gone on steadily, and among
the leading ones reported in
this weeks issue of the Manu-
facturers' Record are: Projected iron
and steel W ks to cost $4,000, 600 at
San Antonio, Texas, to use Bessemer
ores OF BlanO, and while this has not
been contaminated yet, negotiations
for 1t are pending; in Florida 5000
acres Of phosphate land has been
sold to Chicago capitslists tor devel-
opment, the price reported being
100000. and another sale OF
1000 acres at reported price
of Sl25 00O. has also been
closed; in Baltimore a $500,0OO ice
manufacturing company is building a
large ice factory, and will probasly
erect several others; $1,000 0 electric
light company has been organized in
MorgantOn, w. Va a $4,000 mana.
featuring company, San Antonio,
Texas; barrel factory, Wsycross, Ga;
$500 600 development company,
Bridgeport, Alabams; S25, 900 pa
per box company. Richmond, Va;
S25 900 water works company, Gid
dings, Texas; $780, Oh manufacturing
company, Covington, Ky: $780,
600 street-paving contract, Houston,
Texas; wooden mill, OwenshOro, Ky;
paint works, Buens Vista, Va; $l0,-
600 planning mill near Ocala, Fla a
$50, 900 fannie acid plant, Knoxville,
Tenn; coal mining company Eagle
Pass, Texas; tobacco factory, George
town, KY; a 500, 1000 manufacturing
company, Charleston, w. Va $500. 900
lumber company, Georgia; a $1,000 !
600 freight ear company, Newport,
Ky $4,000 furniture furniture facto- |
ry company, Frankfort, Ky; $40 900
electric light and gas company, Tay-
lOr, Texas; $40 600 grain elevator COM
pany, Frederick, Md. saw mill Shen- |
dun, Va; q $4,000 coal and fire clay
company, Hot Springs, Arkansas,
etc. In North Carolina there is
nickel, there are ru.
mOrs of nickel steel-making |
at Greensboro, in the same
st'te, the corner stone has been |
laid for the first large modern furnace,
and the first one built for coke, ever !
constructed in that state; the build
ing of this furnace is an event of great I
Importance to the two CarOlinas,
where high-grade Bessemer ores are
found in abundance, the development
of which will add immensely to the
of both states"