The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-31

accepted to accommodate buyers. The
situation In iron Is not tho result OF
scarcity OF ore in the mines or OF WORK
ers TO bring that ore into various stages
OF perfection. II Is solely caused by the
lack OF furnace capacities. hof sever@'
years the production OF iron has been
but slightly in advance OF the immcdlate
demand. Consequently. with the enlarged
market an stock I'm sight commands
healthy prices. There is a decided move
ment-such az that In Southwest virginia
and East Tennessee and Tcxas-to put
new life into furnaces built some years
ago but living partly idle since, ana L"
build new furnaces. In the Birmingham
district several furnaces that have heeh
idle have lately been thoroughly exam
lned. This has given rise 10 rumors thal
they may resume operations. tnonBh tHe
cost Of repair I'm some cases may approach
almost 10 the cost OF building new tur-
naces: yet the demand for iurther IN
crease In furnace capacity Of the district
is so great thai some Of these turnacrS
will doubtlessly be repaired. while IL Us
probable that & number or new ones W."
be built in the near future.
Among the So.thern improvements OF
the past week more than usual slshu.
cameo Is attached 10 the beginning ol
operations OF a large wheat ana sils'
mill ut Greenville. S. g.. This i one OF
number Of -four mills which nave pesn
erected recently in the farther Souln an"
equipped with modern machinery There
has been considerable change rom wv
old neighborhoOd mills or simple con-
struction by water power since inc uIn'
when they lost their influence win INC
oncoming Of the immense operations OF
the modern mills in the West out re-
Iaan
with new machinery. and particularly
WITHIN the last few months there has
b.en decided revival I'm the building
of modern -four mills I'm the South This
noveuent may be regarded as at oncS
n nreparation for increasing wheat grow
Ing I'm the South. and also an encourage
nno,t n, n Tho establishment OF nouT
mile AZ convenient centres ought 70 De
NJ great benefit 10 the farmers or such
localities. as giving them Market 'os
another crop than cotton. ana also snouiN
increase thu local trade OF the respsclFe
communities. ... -.
Tho Manufacturers Record reports ~
follovine important enterprises pTo)ecleo
during the week o., .,oo h.-,,i
carosnt mill $1,000 -four mill and S'V'yW
cotton seed oil mill IN Alabama
SIX thousand spindle, 200 loom Mill ID
,roo thousand dollar construction com,
rarv s34 600 coal mining company d"u
brick works in Kentucky. ,.,,.a~,.
Fift.cn thousand dollar steam laundry
500 ooo chemical company I'm Louisiana.
one hundred thousand dollar ginger ale
comnsnv 500 shirt factory and foH'hs
mill IN Maryland. ,-,,..
one hundred and fifty thousand ao"a'
lumber company in Mississippi
Twenty thousand dollar cotton seen 'H
company. 500 spindle mill. 5000" cotton
min * o0o spindle S00-loom mill In Norm
Carolina. III, ROM
snlndles 1852 loom addition TT South caro-
~ Twentv.6va thousand dollar furniture
coropanv $4,000 cotton mill in Iennes-
r., thousand spindle 227-loom mill. 500
noo ~afriqcrator. G0.ton cotton seed oil mill
and another cotton oil mill I'm Texas
one hundred and fifty thousand dollar
s,ockvards. etc. 3o-barrel -four mill ln
Virg MIA. ,.,.s
New buildings announced Included
800 go college AZ Baltimore. Nd.
six thousand dollar library al F'''S'
burg. Texas nj
Twenty flNN-tIIN h'flittA '.''t' ~
toll. Tenn. ,..,1
Fifteen thousand dollar DuS'"'S'
ing al Bristol, Tenn. c,...
twenty thousand dollar school at CHAR
sixty thousand dollar building at El
PasO. Texas. ,...
Th,r,y.two thousand dollar opera house
at Jackson Miss. a.,
slxty thousand dollar college at Mem
phis. Tenn. ,,,ud
ing at Memphis Tenn. ,.-.--
sixtv-ave thousand dollar courthouse
at Petersburg. w. Va
Five thousand dollar amphitheatre at
Shclbyville. Ky. .,,,-..
sixty thousand dollar society buldihs
al Memphis Tenn. .,,,
six-story office and warehouse building
at Dallas. Texas.
Twenty thousand dollar hotel annex az
Atlanta, Ga.
twenty-five thousand dollar church at
Selma. Ala.
rive thousand dollar hospital at States
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