The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1896-12-26
RENADA MISS SATURDAY
ELEVEN FACTORIES
IN SIXTY DAYS,
The Record Made by the Illinois
Central.
THE MAJORITY TO RE LOCATED IN
THE SOUTH.
The Spirit tofInvestment Abroad in the
Land,
And Little Popular Encouragement
Sure to Yield Magnificent Results.

/ Colonel George Power, the we'll
known industrial agent of the Illinois
Central, was in the city yesterday.
i swell" he said to a representative
Of the Picayune, II am glad to be able
to give some encouraging reports re-
gafding the Industrial affairs of the
Illinois Central, something l have not
BEEN in position to do as OF tenduring
the past yearas should haveliked. You
win, doubtless, be surprised to know
that through the fundamentally Of
NV department we have located along
the line OF the Illinois Central during
the past sixty days eleven factories Of
one kind and other. Seven OF these
have been in the southern states, at
jackson, Miss, McComb City, Mari
) gold and Grenada, and at Owensbor-
ough. Cedar City and Rockport, with
: the others in Illinois and Kentucky.
This is very good showing for sixty
: days. work.
II am glad to say that there seems
! now every indication of a decided in
{ crease during the the next sixty days
) Of manufactures of different kinds in
y the south. I presume that there are
Z applications Of inquiries from five or
5 six hundred firms of different kinds
: throughout the country, regarding
I factory locations. OF these, all of
which are on file with the company, a
! great many will no doubt find theil
: way into the south, for the southern
: people have, during the past few weeks
: awakened to the Importance of these
Z enterprises which are knocking al
5 their doors for entrance, and have beer
\ Offering some kind of inducement.
! This is the secret OF 1t all.
: sThere is great advantage to any
town to have a concern locate in il
: whose pay rolls every week amount to
: : hundreds OF dollars, and when these
) towns are willing to show their appre
Iciation OF such ali enterprise by assist
5 ing in its establishment they are usu
J ally met halt way by the manufacturers
: themselves
Colonel Power tells OF the location Of
an entirely new factory in Mississippi,
: one which promises to be productive
: of more real good to the state than any
other factory that could be started
! This is factory for the preparation OF
: what is called cellulose, a substance
! which is made out Of corn stalks. This
material is being largely used in the
construction Of warships 1t Is placed
. between the inner and cuter hulls OF a
boat. 40 that when the outer hull is
> pierced by ball the cellulose swells
). up and prevents leakage. This manu-.
factory is preparing to utilize a great
, deal OF the old corn stalks throughout
! Mississippi, and it thereby becomes a
very profitable enterprise to the farm
} ers, who are thus enabled to find a
market for farm product which has
, heretofore been OF no practical use
; whatever. Besides this factory, there
are woodenware manufactures, bar
rels, hoops, slaves, and a match factory
This match business, TOO, is something
the south has never as yet had great
deal OF. The match factory, Mr.. Power
said, would be located in Mississippi,
and would prove very paying indus
, try there. 80,
|. there is q decided interest being arous-
ed all over the south, and especially
, lin Mississippi, In the location OF cot
ton factories. This ID good spirit to
be abroad In the country, and from the
vay they are subscribing to these en-
tArprises In various sections OF Mtssis-
. sippi, I firmly believe that Il Will not
IS long before there will be numerous
, such Histories scattered throughout
tho state.,-New Orleans Picayune.