Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-04
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Development In the Week
Ending January 80.

The industrial Development In tbs Week
Ending January so.
The Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn, in
It's weekly review of the industrial inter-
ests in the South for the week ending Janu-
ary 30, 1892 reports continued healthtul
progress, though not marked by any de-
velopment of especial Importance. As the
planting season approaches, general atten-
ton is being given TO the subject of DIVERSE
fed crops, and lesser acreage of cotton
and greater one of corn and other cereals
may be may be expected. This plan gener-
ally carried out. will give the South the
advantage Of independence of other sources
of supply, while the cotton crop will be
sufficient for general needs.
In technical industries, the Tradesman
reports the establishment during the week
OF cotton congresses at GreenYille and
Felasco, Tex; of canning factories al
Barnwall and Ehingham, S. c., and Port
Lavaco, Tex; the letting of the contract
for a 800, 900 bushel elevator at West Wego,
La, near New Orleans; the incorporation
of coal and coke company at Fairmont,
W Va; flour and grist mills are TO be
built at Buford, Ga, Alexandria City, Als.s,7
and Eliisville, Miss.
An electrical supply company waSgIncor5
porated during the week at NemphiSS
Tenn, and an electric lightingS tompeny
chartered at Barlow, Fla. a cempap$ to
manufacture railway handcars &capiFalized
at $50. 900, was organized at JeffekSeh, Law
q hardware company, with $4,000 capital,
at Jacksonville. Fla. a harrow factory at
Livingston, Tex; and ice factories at
Blackville, S, c., and Mayield, KY. A
malt and grain company, with 100000 capt.
tai, is reported at Fort Worth, Tex. a $780,
600 phosphate company at Jacksonville,
Fla. Z storage and manufacturing company
at Memphis, Tenn. tanneries at Saulsburg,
Tenn, and Guilford College, n. C., and a
tile and paving company at Richmond, Va.
In woodworking plants, lumber company
with Sl2,G00 capital has been chartered at
Helena, Ark: a planning mill viii be built
at jackson. Tenn. and saw mills at Dayton,
Miss, and Livingston, Tenn. A large
wooden mill replacing one burned, Will be
built at Franklin, KY.
Among industries destroyed by fire dur
ing the week are an ice factory at DaEviile,
Va, loss $4,000, railroad machine shops at
Meridian, Miss, with $3.50, 900 loss, and one
near New Orleans, La, loss $50 600, $780,
900 cotton mill at Chester, S. c., and q Hour
ing mill at Greenville, Texas, loss about
$50, 900.
Railroads were chartered during the week
atDenison. Tex, TO run thence 10 Kentucky
town. distance of twenty miles, at Fort
Worth, Tex, to connect with the Kansas
State line, at Duncan, Miss, connecting
that town with the Sun6ower river, and
contract was let for building ten miles of
the Llano extension road of Texas. A
dummy line was chartered at Memphis,
Tenn. an electric line ct Montgomery, Ala,
and a street car line at Knoxville, Tenn
Among new buildings reported are bank
building ut Tuscaloosa Ala, business
blocks at Chattanooga, Tenn, and Little
Rock, Ark, q $4,000 school building at
Columbia, S. c., and $50 900 school build
ing at Louisville, Ky.
Fires involving a loss of $3.50, 900 are re-
ported at Pine Bluff, Ark, court houses
were burned at Beverly, West Va, and
Limo, Tex, and warehouses at NorfolASS
Va causing loss of $50, 600