Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-07
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
y SYNOPSIS OF a WEEKS DEyEI.-
OPMENT.
(Special 10 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Baltimore, July 6.-In the midst OF the
great movements affecting the develop
ment of the coal and iron resources of
the South. attention is likely to be di-
verted from the steady progress of tho
smaller industries of that section. These
are the natural consequences of the ad-
vance in textile manufacturing and the
enlargement of the operations in iron.
The South is repeating the economic
history or elder industrial centers.
Wnile the cotton mill industry of New
England and the iron works of Penn
sylVania were not the actual begin
nngS of manufacturing In those parts
OF the country. they contributed i'm
mcnsely to the cultivation of Industrial
instincts, and upon them were based
multitude of successful undertakings,
handling 10 the second. third and far
Their stages the material coming from
the mills ana forgcs. Conditions have
changed. but they arc not preventing n
duplication 10 some extent in the South
of movements which made New Eng
land and the Middle States. One of the
great economic changes which have oc-
Cured is due to the necessity. increas-
ing day by day. for greater economies
in handling the raw material. \ natu-
raj consequence OF this is the strong
tendency of investors to seek the field
where such economies are most practt-
cable. Such field is the South. II may
reasonably be expected that the same
spirit will accelerate the growth of
minor industries around the larger
ones. Indication OF This tendency ap-
pears in the list of new undertakings
reported by the Manufacturers Rec
ord for the past week and that week
practically diminished bv third be-
cause of holiday. Among them are the
following:
Arkansas-An ice factory at Forest
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timber land. the development of which
for lumber will rcce<sitate the erection
of two saw mills and the building of
from eight to ten miles of railroad.
Alaba mn-Water works at Oneonta:
the erection of between six and seven
CURED in the recent large deals.
Florida-Ar electric light plant and
telephone exchange at Mon'icello: ma
chine Shops and round house at Mi
ami.
Ceorgia-An ochre mill at Carriers
vile: cotton mill OF 5000 spindles and
100 looms at Greensboro: creosoting
plant at Augusta: n blaming mill. sash
ard door factory at Macon.
Kcntucky-Sto foundry at Angus
ia: distillery at Louisville.
T.ousiara-A $4,000 rice mill Mt
Fricndsville: telephone factory at Bal
timore; butter dish factory and wood
working factory 1T Cambridge.
M;ssissi pp-Water works and sewer
age at Aberdeen; rebuilding of fertili-
ger factory at Meridian.
North Carolina-Rice mill at Fayette-
Vile: addition to sash-cord factory at
Charlotte: water works a Rockirgham
canning factory at Elizabeth CITY: en-
lsreement Of cotton mills at Mayodan:
grain elevator OF 90 600 bushels capacity
al Raleigh; two story cotton mill. with
capacity of 5000 spindles and $50
looms ut Shelby.
South Carolina-Flour mill at York
Vile: sawmill with daily capacity of
10000 feet of lumber and dry llilns ut
Montclare.
Tennessee-SoO coke ovens in connec-
ton with the development Of 100000
acres of coal land in Cumberland,
Roane and other counties: additions to
the plant of zinc mines at Messy Creek.
Texas-Distilery at Fort Worth
doubling capacity OF cotton mill at
Cuero; round bale ginnery at Ferris.
Observation-Disclosures capacity OF the
Iron furnace al Bristol: replacing
fre-proof foundry at Lynchburg:
stave mill at Roanoke:. Increasing ca
pacity Of hour mill at Dublin: sawmiil
at Radford.
West Virginia-Sixty coke ovens at