The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-06-07
Numerous Cotton Mills Are Be-
ing Constructed.

the New Orleans States, writing
from Baltimore under date OF
June 1st, 1899. says: The cotton
mills now under construction in
the South and those for which
capital has been raised will cost
more than $50, 900, 900, and add
more.than 1000, 900 spindles to
the number now in operation in
the South. 1t is most signifi-
cant fact that most of these new
mills are to be built by men of
ample capital and broad expert
ence. In the Carolinas such
pre-eminently successful mill
men as Ellison A. Smyth, of the
Pelzer mill, James l.. Orr, of the
Piedmont, and w. b. Smith
Whaley, of the Richland and
others are preparing to build new
mills to cost from S400, 900 to ST.
100000 each. The Merrimac
Company, of Lowell, Mass, tel
egraphs the Manufacturers Rec
ord that it has definitely decided
to locate its new mill at Hunts
vile, where 200. 900 spindles will
have full complement of auxili-
ary looms, bleachery and dye
works. 1t is estimated that the
coming of these mills to Hunts
vile will mean a direct support
for $4,000 persons. Already
plans are on foot for the location
OF other industries at Huntsville,
including tinware factory and
steel foundry, which will tend to
increase still further the industri-
al population of the city.
Among the other textile an
nouncements of the week are a
new mill at Griffing, Ca, with
5000 spindles; a doubling of the
equipment 10, 900 spindles and
$50 looms of the Arkwright Club
of Sportanburg, S. G. a $3.50, :
600 mill at Ellisville. Miss, $780,
600 having already been sub
scribed; 5000 spindle combed
yarn mill at Gastonia, N. c.; a
1000 knitting mill at Corinth,
Miss.
During the past year new plants
added to the Birmingham district
and improvements attending their
coming represent between So, :
100000 and So, 900, 900. The
years history illustrates how the
building of a furnace or mill in
town tends to attract to that To-
cality allied industries around
which are soon grouped a num-
Der of minor ones. Some of the
cities of Southwest Virginia may
be expected to experience similar
effects from the re-awakened in
terest in mining and manufacture
ing in that section. Additions
are being made by the Virginia
Coal, Iron and Coke Company tc
the Grocer furnaces in Roanoke,
Va, and it is said that the ca
pacity Of the Bristol furnace will
be increased to 400 tons of pig
iron day. The Roanoke CORE
spondent of the Manufacturers
Record, alluding to what he re-
CARDS as practically inexhaustiblC
iron ore deposits in that section
writes that With the presen
demand for iron and steel anC
other products there is no reason
why other furnaces should not b,
built along the line of the Norfoll
and Western Railroad, and
think they will be built if the iroi
market shall continue as nov
when there is a net profit in tn
prices of pig iron sufficient t.
crafty the largest desires. -
AT Huntington, w. Va, ther
is decided air of improvement
Contributing to this was the in
PRODUCTION of natural gas into tn
city from the Warfield, KY.
field, about forty miles distant
The supply is abundant, and al
ready large percentage of tn
business houses and many Of tn
residences are using the gas 70
LIGHTING and heating purposes
New buildings and new machin
cry have been added to the ca
works and the railway shops
there is not an idle plant anon
the smaller factories, while som
OF them have not been able t
catch up with their orders, an
two large glass plants whic
have been idle for several years