The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-08
THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH.
Notes of Remarkable Development in
Every Section.

every SeClion.
Baltimore, Special.-Intent upon un-
covering raw material for industry,
extending railroad branches to virgin
forests and mineral deposits, and
strengthening trade connection with Z
foreign countries as indicated by rex
cent developments in Hampton Roads
and by the fact that within seven
weeks after its appalling disaster, Gal
weston is able to ship cargo WALKED
at more than $1,000,000 and to be
leading at once So vessels for foreign
ports, Southerners are leaving moth
ing undone to build up local manufac-
turing enterprises in various lines
Take wood working, for instance
Among the contemplated undertak-
ings Of the kind during the week
noted by The Manufacturers Record
are the rebuilding, enlargement and
.remodelling Of a plant az Ridgedale,
jren1., for the manufacture OF boxes,
S.rd butter tubs, the erection at Knox
vile Of two-story box factory, to
which will be added three-story
trunk factory and the addition OF ma
chineTy for the manufacture OF han
dies to the beat oar factory at the
same place, a broom factory at High
Point, n. c., lumber plant at Da-
mescus with a daily output OF 100000
feet for the development Of timber
lands at Johnson City, Tenn, staye
and heading factory at West POINT,
Mss, a spoke factory at Johnson
City, Tenn, and saw mills to develop
timber lands in Grundy and Cofee
counties, Tenn, at Kenner, La, at
Kirbyyllle, Tex, at Lsesvilie, La. II
IS proposed at Waycross to organize a.
stock company with capital CT from
S1O0, GOO to 100000 fer the erection OF
gineries, cotton seed oil mills and
guano factories, the Cleveland, Tenn,
stove works will double its capacity to
$4,000 stoves year, and company
has been organized by men Of Pitts
burg, Pa, Louisville, KY, and FL
Paso, Tex, to establish at the last
named place a plant for the manufae-
ture CT insulatcrs and other articles
of glass. In textiles among the an
nouncements are negotiations for
water power on the Catawba river,
near Hildebran, n. c., to be used to
operate a cotton factory, the incor-
poration at Columbia, S. c., c. the
Cepital City Cotton Mills, fer the es-
tablisnment of 5000 spindle and
1000 loom mill, with a capital or
100000, subscription amounting to
$40, 600 for the erection Of knitting
mill at Fort Valley, Ga, the inccrpo-
,ation OF the Leaksville, N. c., House
and Power Co., for the erection and
operation of cotton mills, the estab-
lishment Of the Farmville, Va, Knit-
ting Mill, with daily capacity OF -
dozen half hose, and the preparatid
of plans for the development OF Tat@>
power at Lancaster, S. c. Among 9TH
er general industries are ice factories
at Abilene, Tex, High Point, N. c.,
Richmond Va, Salisbury, Nd, and
Anderson, S. c., paper mill at Crowley,
La, development Of zinc mines at
Rerryville, Ark, of gold mine in
Union county, S. c., Of gold and cop
per mines at kirkpatrick, Ark, brick
works at Tunder, Ca, and an entire
new plant at the Neches Iron Works,
at Beaumont, Tex, to be used for ma
chine shops, forging department and
foundry.
Evidences Of progress appear also in
contracts already let or planned under
contemplation for work upon water
works OF sewerage system, or beth at
Bessemer, Ala, Danville, Ark, Geor-
ge:own, KY, Ruston, La, Buffalo. S.
c., Chattanooga, Team, Beaumont,
Tex, Falls, Church, Va, New Iberia,
La, and Hatt5burg, Miss, while here
and there electric light plants and the
construction or extension Of tele-
phone systems are among the i'm