The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-10-05
UNION SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER s. 1900


tcwn, supplied with electric ligh's.
wattr-wcrks and sewerage ty:trlu.
which will c2nnect with every house
in the villaya.
LrclhaEG Mills, fading that the
cjnii.ioa cr III. rods in winter = RI
such rs TO render the hau,inc Of !hair
prudCc: 10 The railroad vaIy czp9n
sivc, determined 10 build q r&iroad
fcOm lhcir mill 10 thc Southern II Il
road, which the compaay did, tapping
the Southern at point sonlo milcs
above Union. Everyone admits that
it w;ss an oversight in not tapping the
Southern at Union.
While Mr.. Duncan was meeting
with SO much success in mill buildj1g
Mr.. John A. FAINT, another of our cap
i;alis!s and solid business men, deter,
mined to 90 some nill building him
aeif He organized stock company,
sold his stock aud began bulldog
Ills MONARCH MILL,
just outside the incorporation, on the
east side of town. This nil has been
rushed rapidly, the main part of the
building has been completed, the floors,
Of beautiful seasoned maple~ have
been laid and the machinery is being
set up az rapidly ss it arrives. This
mill will be run by steam power. The
south side is weatherboagded pcepara-
tory to the extension which is to fo'-
low soon. 1t is upon an aminencc
and commands al excellent birds eye
view Of the surrounding country.
Unions --latest Industrial enterprise
is The Uni N Hardwood Manufactur
ing Company, with a capital stock Of
$4,000, which has just been organizsd
this week, with Mr.. S. NJ. Ric, prosi
deut and treasurer. Ha has ass0ci.
ated with him, among other, T. G.
Duncan, A. Il. Foster, John A. Fan:
and w. r. Walkec, who arc among
tbs largest capitalists in Union. The
success Of the enterprise is assured
with snch man a. tI.o back OF it.
AS to pvoi> ct2d industries: A move.
ment is on foot, but not yet in de fiuite
shape, to build
ANOTHER COTTON MILL
on the Buffalo, or Union aud Glenn
Springs Railroad, for the munufac.ura
of II coarscr grade Of cloth. II will he
capitaliz ii at about S150,000,as near
as can learn, and has strong men be-
hind II.
Another mill is to be built at Whit
miro's. This is pretty well assured
and the work will no doubt be begun
in very short while.
The people Of Carlisle are also con-
templating the building Of a cotton
mill. There are some very energetic
men at this little city, fourteen miles
below Union, the point at which the
Seaboard crosses the Southern Rail
road, and if they get at it in earnest a
mil will no doubt be the result.
The capitalization of the mills mon.
toned above are: Union, No. l.,
SS50,O00, $4,000 spindles; Buhllc,
100000, $4,000 spindles; Lockhlrs,
S500,000, 25,O00 spindles; Monarch,
100000, 10000 spindies; Alpha, at
Jonesville, $4,000, 5000 apindies;
knitting mill, at Jonesville, $4,000:
knitting mill, Union, $4,000; oil
mill, $4,000; mill, at Whitmire's,
100000, $4,000 spindles.
Besides these incorporated indus,
tries there are
NUMEROUS INDUSTRIES
in Union Of minor importance, and to
cover the entire de, elopment of the
town in improvements, etc, would
require pages and more time than |
have to devote to the subject. will,
however, mention few Of them. Ali
of this progress. has taken place in the
last ten years, while our town has
grown from an insignificant village
of some $4,000 inhabitants to the re
spectacle little city of some 1000
souls. Some of the other improve
ments are:
A board of health, real estate
agency, several new series of building
and loan associations, fine ginnery
furniture manufacturing plant AND
fancy wood work, furniture repair and
fancy scroll work, telephone system
and long distance connections, two
fine graded schools, water.w works, elec-
trio lights and a sewerage system tC
60 in at once.
Union has an urgent demand fol
houses to rent. Her greatest need
now possibly is another railroad out
let. We will soon have one to Spar
tanburp and possibly to the Seaboard