The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-05

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mission OF power simultaneously with
th. presentation Of this paper IS the an
nopncemont that $4,000 are 20 be eX-
/ uonded n building and eQuipping in North
/ Carolina strictly modern cotton mill
/ fo lc operated entirely by electrical
I power The proposed mill. according 10 q
/ r.uort iu The Manufacturers Record, is
/ part ~ the plan of development OF tho
| great water power al the ialls OF harro"a
| Of ysdkiu river where the water is
| forced from width Of 1909 feet through
/ % gorge one quarter Of mile long and
/ ,aveutv-fvo feet across at its widest
/ mart and where there is a fall Of from
! fhfrtV-rix TO forty feet. The company
/ has 81 l.t 000 capital behind II and expects
/ t1 distribute electrically power from the
/ falls DOB divers Industries within a radius
/ OF fifty miles The water power Of the
! Southern Piedmont region is perhaps,
/ with the exception OF Niagara, the most
! reliable iu the country. It's utilization
/ for cotton mills and other industries will
/ undoubtedly add largely 10 the industrial
! potenfalfv OF the South.
| Iu tho meantime cotton mills are being
! built or improved unon the older lines.
( and en- Che list for the week the Manu-
/ fcturcrs Record reports tho plan Of the
Ianctt Cotton NILS, at West Point Ga,
fo have been changed so as to increase
the oauinmcnt TO o. 000 spindles and 1000
looms Tho mill will be four stories high
and 10 1v -o0 feet In dimensions and
will employ N0l persons, for whom 90
cottages VIII be built.
Tho Eufaula Cotton Mills. OF Eufaula
Ala. will increase its equipment by - 500
sninl'es and go looms. making the total
2'o1 spind'cs and 700 looms.
Contracts are being COMPLETED for the
erection by the Trion Manufacturing
Company. ~ Trion. Ga. Of mill with n
canacity NJ 5000 spindles and 80 looms
The Louisiana cotton Mil COM
pany Of New Orleans has been in
corporated with canital stock Of sl00'-
0'0 for the manufacture and sale Of cot.
ton goods. and a company will he or
ean'zod at Chattanooga 20 erect a 10000
spindle mill while n Is probable hat
under the efforts Of New York and Go0r-
gin capitalists tho water power at Kill
christ Ferry about forty miles above
Aucu ta will he deve1ned for the trans
mission OF the power electrically to cot
tom mills and other industries.
The North Carolina enterprises men
toned coVtains a promise Of railroad de-
volopment as its consequence The
mutual etrcncthonirg Of tho railroad and
industrial interests is p marked charac-
tcr.stc Of present Southern development.
At the meeting OF tho Alabama Com
mcrcial and Industrial Association at
Mobile q notable illustration Of that fact
was given. OF the twelve reports made
lv different cities I'm the state nearly
every one indicated that increase I'm the
number Of Industries had been followed
or preceded by increased railroad facili-
tie
Among the new undertakings noted I'm
this connection IS the Dothan. Hartford
and Florida railway. which is 90 traverse
n portion ~ Southern Alabama and
Northern Florida, which is heavily tim
lcrod. The length of the road will be
sixty miles, with Chiplcv. Fla. as its
Southern terminus. Naval stores are ex-
poctcd % be an important item I'm its
traffic
The Tarmville and Powhatan railroad.
which cXtcndcs from Bermuda 10 Farm
Vilc Va. is 10 be extended 10 Manches-
fer. across tho river from Richmond. in
tho near future. Mr. James r. Worth.
general MANAGER of tho company. in a
letter to the Manufacturers Record saws
Chat tho right of way is now being ac-
ourcd for the thirteen miles extension
The question of extending tho line from
Farmvne to Roanoke is also under con-
sidcration. individuals along tho route
having offered inducements to the com
pany 10 cover this dlstance-qbout ll3
miles-hy their narrow gauge luo
Another Florida line contemplated is
tho Jacksonville and ST. Johns River
railroad. TO extend 1876 miles from Jack
e0nvile by way Of Sanford 10 De Land.
Mr. IT, p. Plant SIS the president
The numerous new industries reDorted
during the week included the following
most important ones:
Twenty-Five thousand dollar oil mill.
50oo-spindle cotton mill addition Of = 800
spndlos and 97a looms, 50-ton guano fac
tory in Alabama.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollar
cotton mill improvement 35 no0-spindle
and 00-lo0m mill $4,000 lumber mill
and two round-bale congresses In Geor-
gia.
one hundred and fifty thousand dollar
tobacco factory. $4,000 telephone com
nanv and le0N-bushol grain elevator in
Kentucky
ono million dollar cotton mill company
in Louisiana
Seventy thousand dollar oil cloth fac
tory and $4,000 automobile company in
Maryland
Seventy-fve thousand dollar lumber
company. two round-bale congresses and
soo0 knitting mill company in Mlssis-
sippi
Ten thousand dollar telephone COMPANY.
10000 telephone company. 500 900 gold
mining company, $1,000 cotton mill COM
nanv $4,000 compress acton fertilizer
factory. potion oil mill IN South Carolina.
Two million dollar car and foundry |
company 10oo0 spindle cotton mill. s25 coo |
saw-nill. 10000 water supply company i
and $1,000 cooperage company in Ten |
ncssec.
one hundred thousand dollar construc- |
ton company, TWO round-bale presses |
and $1,000 telephone company in Texas.
Two hundred thousand dollar marble |
works $4,000 woodworking factory |
$50 ON knitting mill and 25-ton ice. factory |
IN Virginia.
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