The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-28
PRICE TWO CENTS:
MANY NEW I'M USTRIES.
VIRGINIA FOURTH IN TIE LTS7~OF
STATES WITH F0RTT.SEVEN.
Progress In the otton MIL Industry-fm-
proyements in southera sta,ss-
Mausrscturing Revival.

CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Sept n
The Tradesman, I'm Its quarterly report
for the three months ending September
%. 1894, of the new industries established
I'm the southern States. reports SD indus
tries incorporated and organized In the
South in the period named, against 20
In the third quarter OF l&1; ~, In the
third quarter of 1892. and s59 In the third
quarter OF 1891 II shows, says me
Tradcsman, that the worst period OF the
depression occurred In the summer ol
1893, and that there has been distlnct
recovery which is daily becoming more
marked.
VRcINIA FcURri.
In the aggregate Of new Industries In
the quarter Just ended, Texas leads, WIN
81: Georgia Is second. with %; Nortn
Carolina is third with a, virginia, w.
Alabama and Florida, each ~, Teanes-
see. AZ; Arkansas. 81: Louisiana. n: Ken
lucky and West Virginia, each ~, MIS-
sissippi "a; South Carolina, H..
The most noticeable feature OF the com
pIiation. says the Tradesman, Is the fali-
Ing OFF In companies OF a speculative ma
ture and the steady increase In industries
of more useful character
sixty land companies organized against
only thirteen In the past quarter.
TIE rRosrnsrF rsprsrRY.
During the three months the new phos.
nhate Industry I'm the South has increased
by twelve companies In fro@r,na, @ n,,n,n, ,wr,,r",
I'm Tennessee. two. lNenty-hhn hi"''e
compaies were organized - -,
one hundred and twenty-nine saw anu
planning mills. box factories, anu o,hs.
wood working working p,InSss phaSsma wi leading With 49,
trlxansas l6; Florida, Is; Tennessee. ~,
and Mississippi. 10. Fortv-three nour ana
grist mills were established, North Saro-
IL n Il xaaf mol ~
sIy each Tennessee and Alabama four
each and the balance about equally dis
tributed. II, .,., ..,.,to.,
70 The progress in the cotton-mil indus
try i'm the South In the past quarter,
and reports 30 now establishments.
against % in the corresponding period OF
1893. Georgia heads the list with nine,
North Carolina seven, Alabama and
Texas four each, Arkansas, Kentucky
and Virginia one each.
,.rY IMPROVEMENT.
There were % new electric light plants
established against II for the eame period
of 1893. and were equally distributed over
the South; 20 water-works companies
were formed against q I'm the same period
last year: q foundry and machine shops
were established In the three months
thirteen cotton-Oil mills. - canning fac
tories six barrel factories. eight brick
and tile works. and two blnst-furnace
companies were formed Notwithstanding
the dullneSs In iron, besides u misceiia-
neous industries The Tradesnan aoHs
that reports from all sections OF the
South point TO a substantial revlVai lil
manufacturing industries, enlargement OF
old plants and n very marked ihcfeas"
I'm orders.
WEEKS PpoGpFsS N 7UF sDrrF.
BALTIMORE, Sept. G.-The Manufac:,
turers Record, In it's weekly review OF
the Industrial and railroad interests or
the South. says. -
Among the opera tions OF northern capi-
talsts I'm the South reported during me
week are the purchase OF an important
Florida railroad and 10000 acres or adj
jacent land by New YORK peoDie' south.
ern men have purchased nrCe tracts OF
land I'm Tennessee and West Virginia tor
mining purposes; New YORK lumber men
have organized n shO.W company emu
purchased 5000 acres or lana IN Western
North Carolina; new railroads lncluue
twenty miles in North Carolina twenty
hve miles I'm Kentucky, ana torty nVs
miles I'm Virginia. the increased interest,"
i'm Immigration r. shown by the toriha'Ou
OF several immigration companies New
England cotton mill company mas uechieu
to build "A 500 900 mill IN Georgia hnother
company is now looking for site TOT
mill OF about the same cost, sese,a,,
western bankers are ooking Tor sopn
locations for four or five banks IN the
South.
NV rNDrsTrTif Mt; ErnIsrs.
Among the Industrial enterprises re-
ported for the week are: $4,000 iron
works. 81. 600 investment company H9Voo
wire works, knitting min. machlns ne sn3bps. bc
water works, rope factory. NOeO shpe
company. tile works, etc, ln Georgia
S25 go colonization company large pan
ing mills. barrel factory, lumber mlilsI
".s works furnace resuHiDg, water
works. telephone system, cannery, etc.'
I'm \irqiniA: 5000 bushel grain elevator,
extensive coal Developments, large marple
mill. i'm Tennessee; $4,000 publishing COM
nanv. $4,000 Improvement company. lev
cotton mill 70 replace one bgrn.d, $500
importIng company. lumber mill, brIeB
works. electric light plant. In South caro-
Ina. coal mines. saw mills: cann1erX, Xs,r,. e,s:
t,,,t A., ,,y1ts pIaning mill marine railway.
,yater works, In Florida; loo-barrel Hour
mill $50 on lumber manufacturing com
many. I'm North Carolina. ., .
two hotels i'm Florida. $4,000 freight sheis
I'm Virginia. $1,000 company to huild hoisi
i'm south Carolina. new depots' anu V'"e'''
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