The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-24
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
Irrcgularity in Prices - Lumber Traoe
Lively for the Season.

Irregularity in Prices - Lumber TRACE
Lively for the Season.
Chattanooga, Tenn, January 70. - Ihe
bridesmaids reports as to Southern In
dustrial and business conditions for the
week ending January 20 show that there
is more of irregularity in prices In pusi-
ness centers than has been apparent mere
tofore Buyers are active but do nor
make offers that bring out either cotton
or lumber. The lumber trade Is quite
Lively for the season, especially In Texas
and at gulf ports. The North Carolina
pine lumber operators are doing very wen
and are working their mills to their iu'i
capacity. Cotton is steady with slight o.
ferings from first hands. In some sec
tons of the cotton region the crop mas
been sold out and in others good deal Oh
cotton is believed to be held by planters
who believe In higher prices. Southern
cotton mills are all doing well. are work
ing TO their utmost capacity, ana ma
ready markets for their outputs. Prices
are not high, but remain quite steany'
Tho Trademarks reports OF new textile
mills for the week include 100000 cotton
mill at Beaufort. s c., a 10000 spindle
mill at Selma. Ala, and others at STRAIT
ham, Ga. and Greer's Depot, S. c.
The changes In prices In the iron ore
and coal mining districts went into opera
ton quietly. and business continues fair
Some iron is accommodating, but firmcr
tone of the market is reported. Coal
miners are doing large business in ell
| the coal mining sections of the Southern
| States.
Among the important new industries in
| corporated or established in the Southern
States during the week are: The Pigeon
| Mountain Lumber and Mining company
of Lafayette Ala, capital 500 900; the Fun
| ct Mar Grauitp and Stone pDmDlnv
| of Little Rock, Ark, with $4,000; the Sam
uel Colcord Co of Waco, Texas. also with
$50, 900 capital. and $4,000 foundry and
machine shop at Shreveport. La
The Tradesman also reports a canning
factory at Nashville Tenn. cement works
at Brownstown, Ark, cotton delinting
works at Charleston, S. c., and electric
lighting plants at Tuscumbia, Ala. and
Kinsion. NC. New -four and grist mills are
| to be built at Center Point and Okean.
Ark, and Hartsvillc Tenn. mines are be-
ing opened at Eureka Springs Ark, ana
! Canton, Ga. an oil mill and refinery Is
to be built at dublin. Texas, and new water
| works at Tuscumbia, Ala, Green Cove
Springs Fla, and Greenvi!le, Miss. Tine
| woodworking plants for the week are at
| Eufalua,, Mobile and Yellow Pine. Ala.
South Washington, n. c., Chattanooga
and Huntsville. Tenn, and Velasco, Texas.
Engagements OF Industrial plants for
the week, as reported to the Tradesmnn.
| include brick works at Ocean Springs,
| Miss, an iron furnace at Max Meadows.
Va. foundries and machine shops at Don
a!dsonville, La. and Knoxville, TENN.
cotton mills at Raleigh. n. c., Bamberg.
s. c., and a woolen mill at Kingsport.
Tenn, woodworking plant at Hunts
VILE. Ala. and cooperage at Mont
gomery, Ala. Among new buildings are
business houses Mt Atlanta, Ga, West
Palns Beach. Fla, Beaumont and Edna,
Texas, $1,000 church at Gainesville, fla.
and $4,000 one at Orangeburg, S. c., a
$4,000 railway freight station at Atlanta.
Ga. and $4,000 school building at Pales-
tine. Texas.