The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
INDUSTRIES IN THE SOUTH
The Southland Bids Fair to Have a
Most Prosperous Season.
The Number of New Cotton Mills
Projected During the Last Three
Months Exceed That of Any
Similar Period in tho His
tory of Mill Building.
BY Southern Associated Press.

BALTIMORE. September 5.-The
Manufacturers Record says that the
announcements of new cotton mills
projected III the South during the last
three months exceed TINT of any simi-
lar period in the history of cotton
mill building i'll this section. There
were reported seventy seven mills
which Will have All aggregate Of over
3UO, 900 snindles, which added to the
0OO,0O0 spindles to be pnt into mills
that had been reported prior to May
3lst. makes total of about 500, 0JO
| spindles to be added to the number
now In operation In the South.
If these mills are oil butt as indica.
tons promise. the aggregate invest
ment will represent something over
SO, ,OOO 900. A large majority of these
mills are already under construction or
| contracted for, 50 that the percentage
| of those that arc never built will be
very small
Mills reported.dnring the past week
were 1900 spindle mill mt Douglas.
vile, Co.; II 500, 900 mill ut Yorkviile.
5. G.. 20. 600 additional spindles To- n
| Mooresvilie, n. G., mill; 23,J)O add.
tional spindles to Harmony Grove,
Ga, mill; ID. 600 additional spind!es to
| mill Mt Laurens, 5. O.. q $50, 900 al
dlt:on TO Knoxville cotton mill.
Among other enterprises reported
Tor the week were the completion OF IL
500, 600 coke plant in Alabama, the
starting up OF large car works Mt An
niston, which have been idle for sew
oral years; $500, 900 gold mining
company and the enlargement of fur
| naccs. In Arkansas, the DEVELOPMENT
| OF BauXite mines; III Eloriia, un Ice
plant, water works, 500, 900 fertilizer
works and SD, 600 water works i'm
provements; in Georgia. a $500, 900
water works plant proposed and elec-
trio light plaat; i'll Maryland, fur.
n!ture works, construction company,
$40, 900 Of water works improvements,
aud flour mill: in North Carolina n
500, 900 shoe factory, gas plant. snw
mill, oil mills aud n SlO0 900 coustruc-
ton company; in South Carolina n
SSO, 600 water power plant projected,
twenty five barrel flour mill. brick
works and shuttle mill; iu Tennessee o
coke ovens and furniture factory; in
Texas cotton compress company,
| broom factory and irrigating plant; III
Virginia the sale of tin mining prop
erty for development la reported, II
| twenty five barrel flour mill, u tobacco
Virginia several extensive oil and gas
companies. and i'll other Stateo mum
| Der ef miscellaneous enterprises cover.
ing quite diversity of industrial in
| terests.
The rapid expansion OF the textile
| interests of the South anu the pneuom
email activity prevailing in iron aud
| coal matters, coupled with nn increas-
ing demand for farm lauds for settle
ment by Western people, is bringing
about an unusually healthy business
condition throughout the entire South
With the continuation of high prices
for coal. the enormous grain crop
which has been produced and these
active conditions in Indnstrnil interests
the South bids fair TO have the most
prosperous season which it has enjoyed
tOf many Years.