The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

gusta offers not a few advantages, Its
OF plants. II IL In a region where all kinds
several great staples are at its
doors: n has unusual opportunities
for shipment By rail- and water, and
skilled labor Of the best class sbounds.
and can be hired al reasonable wage
scales. Aside from cotton mills. Augusta
trial plants. Among It's extensive manu-
factures are fertilizers. lumber products,
cotton-seed oil, bricks. nour and grist
products. glass bottles. castings, engines.
boilers, saw-mill machinery. beer. ice,
cotton gins, wagons. architectural iron
work. terra Gotta pipe. shaftings. pulleys,
gearing. hay rresses. brooms, cigars.
and many I minor ARTICLES Iae There ensns Is sns
has been for years an excellent field here
for the making of almost everything In
the way OF machinery specialties, and un-
sumo THAI any kind OF manufacturing
would be profitable I'm Augusta. There
Is not a city In the South which enjoys
the advantage OF lower freight rates.
Leading Enterprises.
IN the Georgia Chemical Works. OF
which Mr.. w. III. Graffin Of Baltimore is
president and J. Rice Smith and A. Smith
Irvine OF Augusta are respectively gem
eral manager and treasurer. this city has
one OF the best known fertilizer plants in
snd ehe south, 80 IT iva was incorporated In 1875
enlarge its facilities first In 1887, then in
lsSs, again In 1891 and now IL is arranging
To increase It's capacity 20 per cent In
modern. up-to-date, ali new and Improved
machinery viii also be added. which will
make the works the most complets In the
manufactures only high grade. standard
fertilizers and Acid Phosphate. and owns
1000 acres Of rock mines at Pom Pom. and
mines It's own rock. which is very high
grade. and runs by actual analysis on dry
basis, s0 TO 81 per cent bone phosphate Of
lime.
Another Industrial plant OF great I'M
Iron Works and supply Company. formed
in 1863 which conducts large foundry,
machine. boiler ai-d bridge works. II also
con Is Supply store TO for E railroad cot
and supplies. The plant covers q large
area and employs 180 men.
Among Augustus big lumber concerns
Is the Perkins Manufacturing Company.
The business was established In 1858 and
thu company incorporated I'm 1859. 1t
does a large business in lumber. doors.
sash and blinds.
Augusta has a large wholesale trade
already. but owing to the large area
which naturally looks to IL for supplies
there is no limit to the chance II DOS
tons. III II had more wholesale houses II
could easily command more OF the busi-
ness provided by the adjacent country
or course cotton trading and the ware
house business figure extensively In Au-
Gusta's commerce. One OF the best known
citizens In this line here is Mr.. p. Il. To-
bin, president and treasurer or the +. Ii.
Tobin Cotton Company. who has bsen in
tho cotton business IN THU city for Is
years past and has very large sc-
quaintance and reliable connections with
farmers and interior merchants. He also
does large business In Eastern mill
points.
Ths environs OF Augusta are very at
tractive and IL has some palatial subur-
ban resorts, notably the Hotel Bon Air,
which Is conducted by Mr.. G. @. Trussell.
The development of the suburbs is going
on rapidly and the North Augusta Land