The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-26
Announcements of Plans FOR impor-
tant Developments ia the South.
Many other New Industries
Are Projected.

| demand was such as 10 confirm the re-
| port of a scarcity of certain grades In
the Central West. The Birmingham cor
! respondent Of the Manufacturers Record
writes that 1T must be remembered that
/ what we call now a good demand IS rela-
| tive. What under ordinary circumstances
when furnace yards carry good stocks,
was called but an ordinary demand
| counts now as a good demand when FUR
| mace yards are barred. There is still
no accumulation in furnace yards and
| none IN warrant yards. In the latter ship
ments continue a. fast as the cars are
/ supplied for loading. 1t IS a slow process.
! but continuous one and Is constantly
depicting the yards it IS hard 10 fore
! cast. because the furnaces are now pretty
we'll sold up FOR 1893. AS yet there are
no. sales for 1900 reported. Three fur
mace interests are more or less I'm the
| position Of having sold their anticipated
output for 1893. as close up as sound bust
ness prudence commends. The Pioneer
Company now under control OF the Re
public Iron and Steel Company. will. Of
! course. direct their attention 20 supplying
the wants first Of their own properties
before going on the general market The
furnace capacity Of this company viii be
added to. either by the erection of two
new furnaces Of the capacity that eXpe-
Renee here approves. or Of one single fur
! mace Of the capacity Of the two
A VIRGINIA COMPANY.
Tn the meantime. in a nearby field, CEN
terIng az Bristol Tenn, is an industrial
movement affecting materially the IN
terests Of Southwest Virginia. East Ten
nessee and Eastern Kentucky. The
Virginia Iron. Coal and Coke Company
owns, in addition 10 iron and steel works
I'm three States. a thousand acres Of iron
ore and coal lands. With the purchase Of
the MidesbOrOueh. the Embreeville and
Carnegie furnaces. this corporation has
absorbed nearly all Of the principal IRON
producing industries Of Southwest Virginia
and Eastern Kentucky. and some IN Ten
nessee. The company is endeavoring
weherever possible. 10 arrange for bring
ing over its own lines. coke and ore TO
its furnaces. Another company. the IN
trestate Coal and Iron Company. has been
chartered az Bristol. which Will be mace
tho centre Of its operations. These will
include mineral and Timber lands IN Viz
cinia Tennessee, Kentucky and North
Carolina
NEW TEXTILE PLANTS.
One Of the most important announce
ments OF the week in textile circles is
the plan for an immense cotton factory
at Columbia : c., the largest mill under
one TOOL III AllF EUAtllt iAf AAi'ANtAi HA|f' n
will be $4,000. Leading In this enter
prise is Mr.. ". b. Smith Whaley who
has made a success IN mill building and
mill operating. The plans for the mill
contemplate a main building l53 by 545
feet, four stories high. giving a total moor
space Of $4,000 square feet. The equip
ment will include l0l.o)0 spindles and 900
looms, employing 100 persons. An inter
esting feature OF the plans is the posi-
billty that the mill will be operated by
steam generated electricity.
The new mill at IaIa.see. Ala, lately
reported. will have 5000 spindles and I'm
Connection with IL will be the development
NJ a water power Of 1000 horse power
| Col. James l.. orr. leading mill man
| aver of Greenville and associates, VIII
build a new mill Of 5000 spindies 90 cost
| $4,000 and probably locate it at Ander-
son. :. G. The cotton factory 60 be known
as the DelgadO Mills, at Wilmington, y.
| c.. having 1900 spindles and $40 looms
will be two stories high. l3JX-13 ieet ana
| a three story wing.
The rcwly incorporated Midland Hosiery
| Company. Of Lynchburg, Va. has secure"
| a building iOxl00 feet. two stories hlsn' 10
which il will add another structure OF the
| same size and one story building for
| dyeing. The company expects 10 ins'al
| 80 knitters.
An order from China for 1000 bales OF
| cloth given the Abbeville, 5. c., Cotton
| Mills. additional buildings or equipment
for the Henrietta, y. c., Mills the AMER
| lean Spinning Company of Greenviile' >.
. c.. the Trenton Cotton MIL OF Gastohla'
| y. C.. and the Sycamore Mills OF Syca-
more. Ala. the purchase OF J.lA spind
| and $50 looms for the Coleman cotton
| Mills. Of Concord y. c.. to be operated
| by negroes. and the announcements on
semi-annual dividends by Southern mh's
ranging from three 10 eisnt per cent are
among the indications Of the steady pro-
eress of the Southern textile Industry
which already is credited with more than
! % II Der cent. Of the total American mill
| taSings Of cotton.
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
The new industries announced during
the week as projected I'm the South In
cludcd 51-barrel -four mill. 2.eD-splndle
cotton mill. ioo coke ovens and 5000 cot
ton OH mill I'm Alabama: '5-oarrel hnur
mill $4,000 lumber company and 5000"
mining company in Arkansas; fibre rae
tory I'm Florida. 81 O10 drug company. TO-
barrel -four mill 10000 cotton mill, SO
OC0 cattle export company. 5000 cotton Oh
mill and 5000 00j lumber company In Geor-
.ia O-barrel -four mill, $4,000 coal ana
lumber company. 50-barrel -four MILL SiO,-
90 zee and cold storage plant, ana SlJl'Vp
extensions 10 gas plant IN Kentucky.
500 000 cotton mill. 100000 public improve
monts $1,000 rice mill. ana S30eD sugar
refining company in louisiana NVV'"'
airshiD company 100000 remedy company,
| $1,000 coal company. $4,000 brewery ana
| Ice factory. water power electrical "e-
yelopments in Potomac river. hollow war
| plant addition IN Maryland. SV''" NA'e-
! ting mill $1,000 packing company m-'oh
cotton oil mill I'm Mississippi. lo.N"-spli-
dle cotton mill. 3oo-spindie addition 70
mill 1ooOo-spindle addition 10 mill lo'v'-
spindle 5oO-loom mill. $4,000 table factoiy'
| 2cN-spindie cotton mill. 2eo spindle au
dttion ia mill. $4,000 cotton mill In North
Carolina. lol COOS spindle and 26p-ioOm COT
ton mill a G00-spindie mill ana NV
spindle mill. 25-barrel ana 5o-paIItl l.o l.
mill cotton cotton seed oil mill, ana 50
| improvements 10 cotton mill IN South
| Carolina: $1,000 electric company, - w
lime company, 1880 Touring mills S-'oVo
heating cornanv. S5o000 te'enhone conf
pany. 20-barrel -four mill, 10000 clal and
iron company. and 50-barrel flour MIL IN
Tennessee: $4,000 irrigation company.
| $1,000 milling company. 5000 gin ana OIL
mill. $1,000 flour mills. 10000 drug com
pany in Texas: $4,000 crate factory. 100
barrel -four mill. so 600 knitting mill, 100
barrel -four mil sl25o00 power house,
$1,000 remedy company, 5000 soap fac
tory. in Virginia: $4,000 oil company, 20
ton refrigerating plant. 10000 leather
manufacturing company. in West Nir-
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