The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-20
THE RAILROADS
ALL OVER TAXED
Can Not Find Cars to Handle Increased
Volume of Business.
MANUFACTURING IN THE SOUTH
Many New Enterprises Being De,el
oped DaiIy-Water Powers Being
Utilized for Electrical Purposes.
Mining Interests.

BALTIMORE. oct l9.-Special-Ono OF
the significant phases Of Industrial actly-
ity now prevailing IN the South IS the
anxiety of shippers Of various kinds OF
ploaucts aoou1 transportation. Leadns
railroad companies are doing all within
their power 10 BRING cars TO the points
where goods are waning Tor them, but IN
some Instances their eXcrtiOns are not
equal TO the occasion. In the Brming-
ham district, tor instance, iron Is accum-
ulatng IN the furnace yards because OF
the lack. Of cars to move IL promptly, and
there have been instances where a whole
week has elapsed between the time an
order Tor cars was registered and their
delivery. The mining interests are under
the same disadvantage. and some opera
tons have had t. De temporarily sus-
pended. At the same time dealers an ma
ch.nory are enjoying an active trade in
on lines. such as engines, boilers pumps,
compressors, coal washers. etc
At Admission the railroads arc doing
heavy freight business consequent upon
the various activities I'm that neighbor-
hood. Those include the oyerhauling' i'm
proyement and stocking of furnaces at
Gadsden. requiring "a great amount of ma
terial the mining and shipping Of ore
the growing lime industry and heavy ton
mage from three large pipe manufactur-
ing plants, cotton cordage, Irvine and
carpet mills. car works. foundries ana
machine shops The capacity of the soil
pipe plant Of the Central Foundry Com
pany nc Admission is TO be doubled, the
Col
to be enlarged. and an addition OF an eX-
tensive department for the manufacture
Of lead pipe and sheet lead Is TO be made
and the capacity of the American carpet
mill is TO be doubled.
ELECTRIC POWER.
Among the water powers Of the South
being developed for electrical purposes Is
that Of the Cape Fear river in North
Carolina. The company recently organ
izad for that nurpOse Is arranging 10
transmit to Fayetteville electric power
from IT'S plant twenty-five miles away.
4 correspondent Of the Manufacturers
Record writes that the various mills and
other Industries at Fayetteville nave
agreed 10 take 2,O0-horse power from this
source. and am understanding exists look
ing to the lighting of the city with arc
and incandescent lights. There nave re-
Gently been built az Fayetteville several
large cotton mills and silk mill. These
were equipped with the latest improved
steam power. but, owing TO the adNan-
tages Of electricity over water or sieam'
these new steam fittings are 20 be VIZ
tuallv discarded for electrical power
There are now seventy-eight nara rock
high-grade phosphate mines IN operation
in Florida, besides those producing low
grade or soft rock. and the pebble mines
in the southern part Of the state. Addi-
tons TO plants now in operation ln me
state are being made at Cove BEND Al
bion. Juliette. Hartshorn, Newoeriy'
Phosphoria. Morriston and Early BRO.
The lumber resources OF Florida are also
being developed Near Dunnelon ~"o
acres Of pine land have recently changed
hands and the purchasers VIII bulia Il
number Of turpentine stills. \ saw NH
to cut pine and cypress lumber ana snlh-
giles. and 10 cost about 5000 Is 10 De
erected forty miles west of Ocala' az tH'
head of Crystal river. At Falrheld com
panv 10 manufacture hard woods INTO
smokes rims. etc. Is almost ready 20 be-
gin operation. similar plant Is 20 De
erected at Ocala.
Philadelphia parties VIII ahd q H," '"
dustry 10 Bristol. Tenn. by erecting a
pulp mill costing 100000 This plant
which will employ not less than a hum
dred men a day. will be I'm brick or stone
buildings. some as large as loo by $40 rect
OTHER NEW INDUSTRIES.
OF the many other industrial enterprises
reported during the week 10 the Manu-
facturers' Record. the following were the
more important: 100000 mining and mill
ing company I'm Arkansas. $1,000 IRON
furnace company in Georgia So.o" chem
ical company and $4,000 carriage company
in Louisiana: 60-barrel -four mill N'Uo"o
gold mining company. $4,000 sash ana
door factory and $1,000 cotton factory IN
North Carolina: $4,000 lumber mill $''S"
lumber company and $4,000 telephone
companv I'm South Carolina Soo"" co"l
mining company. $1,000 foundry etc. ana
25-barrel -four mill In Tennessee. f-'"'
piano company and 5000 grain elevator
COMPANY I'm Texas. $4,000 brick and uis,
works $4,000 gas and oil company ana
500 oo0 gas and mineral company n west