The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-24

hlucement of Mobile and Birmingham
railroad ny the southern Railway COM
pduy The ship channel az GultpOtl,
Mississippi IL 10 Dee deepeucd and the
docks are 10 be .cugtheued. The plans
for new elevator 90 Galveston, the add-
el increased -r1okase and means Tor
handling grain promptly at or near New
Orleans. tur creation Of Port Arthur ana
the growth 90 Port Cha.melte the tA-
tensions OF docks and warehouses py the
Plant Sys stem and the southern Railway
Company It Brunswick. Ga, ana lhe
Improvement of il- grain elevator ~ -
sduu4h by Tine Central ol Georgia ltdl-
Nay Company are other Welsng lacls-
lu making this review thr 4ld"ul acc
tuIers Record estimates that since Jan-
uary I. 1897. fully Si5opOo have been eN-
pended lu terminal improvements at ihe
Southern ports. aud that the completion
Of present plans VIII require an eApth-
dIture OF $ZJ0N,no. ln the meantime, the
new railroads are still projected The
Georgia Northern Railway ls projecting
extensions % Albany. Triton and Thorn
asNlllc, Ga, developing some OF the nnest
timber lands and agricultural regions DO
the South. surveyors are now at work
Tor "a forty mile extension or the Texas
Central Railway Company from Albany
uOrthward 10 is announced that the
Kansas city Hot Springs aud New or
leans Railroad Will be built from Hot
Springs TO Heavener in the indian Ter
Kansas City Plttsburg. and CUT, ana
also that connection with the 81. Louis
and san Francisco road ls contemplated
while the Atlantic. Naldosid ana west
eru Railroad being built from NaldOsia,
Ca. 90 Jacksonville Fla. has reached
point within nine miles VI completion
The reason Tor this steady development
in railroad building and extension Of eN-
port facilities. is FOUND poo the Supaidl-
tiai growth Of Industrial life ln the South,
r.H "a r.. lion fr
iron and allied Industries in such cen
ter as Birmingham. and hy the manlfes-
tatiOus Of textile manufacturing Ad-
dluOns 70 the number Of cotton mills are
being made weekly Among the latest
plans IS one for the production OF cot
ton warp az Ashland Md. mill or
250CO splndles on the 1adkin river. near
Jerusalem y c.. knitting mill at Dan
Vile. engagements OF the mill al Tai
lessee. Ala Whila earnest plans arc ON
foot for the construction Ct plants az
Benton. ; c. Cumberland. y. G.. Jack
son. Tenn. Greenville. Tenn. forkvlhe.
: G.. jacksonville Fla. and Canton
Miss while Houston IS bestrring itself
10 secure factories 81 various kinds
The extended list OF new and charging
manufactures reported for the week as
announced by the Manufacturers Re
ccrd included a 5000 spindle mill add
ton I'm Alabama.
.O-b barrel and OJ-barrel -four mills in
AihANrAN.
l5.ton ice factory and Cotton phosphate
plant I'm Florida.
4O-ton oil mill. $1,000 furniture factory.
so 000 compress company and buggy fac
tory IN Georgia.
40-barre flour mill and 50-t0n Ice fac
tory m Kentucky.
$4,000 irrigation company. cotton COM
press and irrigation plant Tor 1000 acres
IN Louisiana.
100000 electrical works 40oo-spindle
cotton mill and $1,000 shoe company in
Maryland
s.. 0OO0aO steel and ircn company. silk
mill by New Jersey Company. 500 90
cotton mills. 5000 spindle cotton mill in
North Carolina.
cotton oil mill s25 eco oil company 90
barrel flour mill $4,000 telephone COM
pany. 2l-barre -four mill. $1,000 lumber
company. and $4,000 lumber company VA
South Carolina.
Saw works and cotton mill in Tennes-
see
1000 COO bushel grain elevator. 10000
sewerage system. $4,000 lumber company
$4,000 gin company. 1500o-bushel grain
elevator $4,000 cotton oil company. and