The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-21
SOUTHERN TRADE,
Every Week Accommodating Evidences
Embarrassing Vitality

BALTIMORE. October 2o.-SpcciaL-
r-vo-y week arc accumulating evidences
NJ tho increasing vitality o. southern
,..4,str,, and trade Through .nterna-
.t,,,,l coincidence. several OF these CYL
E~,cee hove assembled this week. Ihcy
da,t with more than one feature OF
southern life and have come 40 the
Manufacturers Record In the orr ut'
course of business. : letter from Aliu-
dlesboroteh. Ky. shows that thdl Town
has recovered from the Ills or rev
wears ago. and that It's population OF
5000 are steadily developing the natural
resources of that locality. During me
boom period the Watts Steel ana IRON
s,-pdicate composed OF Leading English
capitalists and ironmakers, built a spien-
did iron and steel plant, including TWO
furnaces and very large steel works
at nm aggregate cost Of about N,o9Aoo1.
lust as this plant which was expected
to fnaueurate steel making on large
scale i'm the South. was finished, the
financial and Industrial depression be-
came so great that it has been allowed
To remain idle. Recently, however, the
whole plant was put in operation, the
furnaces turning out an average or SUI
tons OF mig iron a day. with the entire
output reported as sold for nearly q
wear ahead. while Of the steel depart
ment "a special correspondent writes:
"Their steel plant is I'm operation daily
tho quality of steel being Of such SUI
perior grade that they are unable 20 I'LL
their orders. Thousands of tons are be-
ing sold I'm Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
and arrangements on hand for shipping
directly to Manchester Eng. But re-
Gently they have been compelled 10 re-
fuse orders for 1900 tons. The syndi-
cate IS building as rapidly as possible
fhe material now being on the ground
n modern rolling mill that will enable
IL 90 furnish all sizes Of merchantable
steel"
The mining companies. almost al tho
edge of the town, supply an the coal and
coke necessary.
At Winston. y. c.. there is the pros
pect OF having q new railroad connec-
ti0n and business OF many kinds has
lately received o. decided impetus Two
large furniture factories will be built be-
tween this time and the spring, and
$4,000 worth of property has been pur-
chased bv o. company which expects to
do considerable building and 10 bring
several industries to the city
ga fuu swing az Norfolk, adding to the
activity OF business there.
Responses to- circular inquiry regarding
conditions I'm different parts OF the South
are fun 0f hopefu.ness. W. G. Whitncr
Of Anderson. $. g.. writes that I'D spite
of the very low price OF cotton num-
Der Of important enterprises have been
projected and that there is general de-
sire on the part Of the people through
ont the South TO develop its magnificent
resources
The better conditions OF the stock In
terest iu Texas have couuterha'anced tho
effects of cotton. Tho furniture dealers
report that manufacturers cannot on
orders with the promptness 60 @ few
months ago. and tool and saw manu-
facturors. makers OF machines and boil
ers. report an excellent spirit
A letter from jacksonville SAYS that
fruit will be shipped from nearly every
county in tho orange belt this year. and
chat this. together with the new in-
terosts that are being developed that is,
pineapples. tobacco and trucking, mean
au increase in The fertilizer business IN
that section.
The general situation is. perhaps. bet
ter illustrated in g. letter from Centre
Vile. Tenn. where conditions are re-
ported 10 be better than for years past.
Tho writer says:
There are and ever viii be. I sup
pose. some Indifferent people, some
triding ones. and "a few croakers and
demacocues. but the rank and nle OF
tho farmers are doing well. The small
farmers of the creeks and highlands are
I'm better shape than ten years ago. In
a word the energetic and prudent peo-
pie. barring misfortune. are thriving
The new industries announced during
the week by the Manufacturers Record
include "a cotton mill al Monticello Fla;
$4,000 fee plant at Macon. $4,000 water
works at Greensboro. and $4,000 foundry
and machine works at Americas, Ca:
2-o-barrel -four mill a. Paragould. Ark;
5000 contracting company az Louisville,
XIV. $1,000 cooperage company al Plauqe-
mine. $4,000 water works and electric
1ieht plant and 10000 sewerage system
M Monroe. 10000 tubular dispatch COM
many az New Orleans. and 100000 manu-
facutrinp company no New Orleans. La:
goo 600 ice factory company at Balti-
more. Nd. $4,000 lumber company at
Howison Miss: 25-barrel corn and -four
mill at BrysOn City, y. c.; $4,000 oil
mill company az Piedmont and 5000
spindle addition 10 cotton mill az Edge
field S. c.: 30-barrel -four mill at KEEL
tonsburg ana 40-barrel flour mill at Mt
Airy. Tenn: 100000 cotton oil company
M Galveston and 10000 cigar company
at Dallas Texas: l00-barrcl flour mill
at Ieesburg. Va: Sooo0 foundry az
Wheeling. 5000 lumber company at
Grafton. 10000 coal company al New
Cumberland and 5000 electric company
at Montgomery. W. Va