The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-22
LUMBER. TRADE
SHOWS ACTIVE
Mills Busy Throughout Virginia and.
CaroIinas.
MUCH PROCESS IN SOUTH.
More Cotton Taken by Mills Than Ever
Before-Many New Industries.
Under Way or Pro-.
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BALTIMORE, November 21.-Lumher,
first-rate index of industrial conditions IN
the South, is displayed most satisfactory
activity at present. During the past
week, as reported to the Manufacturers
Record, the movement in Southwest Viz
GINA and East Tennessee and Georgia, IN
both pine and hardwood timber, has been
very active, while the development OF for
est properties is rather more pronounced
then usual at this season North Caro-
lima pine is in excellent shape, and
throughout Virginia and Eastern Carolina
the mills are all busy. At south Atlantic
ports shipments of timber dur.ng,the week
were larger than usual. In the Savannah
and Brunswick district the demand for
both timber and CrOSs-tieS is good. with
shipments active, while complaints are
made about a scarcity of cars.
This complaint seems general in many
parts OF the South, but traffic arrange
ments are being looked after by several
systems, and the stringency will be only
temporary. Large shipments OF timber
have been made from Mobile. Business
in the Texas field has picked up a little
earlier than was expected, with prompt
sales Of their crop by cotton growers.
Plants for getting out timber and for
handling it to various purposes are in
c1easing. Among the announcements or
the week are the purchase Of machinery
for a 5000 capacity hardwood and cypress
mill, the organization of a $4,000 COM
pany at Salisbury, N. c., to build a COM
plete furniture factory, the erection Of a
box factory at Chattanooga, Tenn; the
letting of a contract to cut $1,000 acres OF
timber near Greenvile. Tenn; a fu1ni-
ture factory and planning mill at Thorsby,
Ala; a shingIe mill with 5000 capacity
daily at Wilmington, n. c.; the addition
of a Stave factory to the saw-mil at
Hoherwald, Tenn; veneer mills at John
son, Tenn; the addition of machinery for
making hubs, spokes, rims, &C., to the
furniture factory at Winchester. Tenn;
and the cutting of $500 acres of timber
lands near Yazoo City, Miss.
Takings of cotton by Southern mills con-
tnue to show an advance, the number
Of bales taken thus far this season being
more than $4,000 greater than during the
same period last year. The new mill at
Monticello, Ark, is nearly ready for OPP
Grafton. 1t is equipped with up-to-date
machinery. including $500 spindles, with
apparatus for the production of sheetings
and osnaburgs, and will employ 100 opera
tves. Work is progressing upon the
Washington Mills in Grayson county, Va.
The mill will have $1,000 spindles, and
from 1900 to 1.4o0 looms. and will be OPP
Grated through water-power development.
The main building of the Williamson. S..
c.. Mills has been completed and 5000
spindles and $50 looms are in position.
There will be room for 5000 more spindles
and $50 more, looms. The Hol- Morgan
Mills, of Fayetteville, n. c.. will erect an
addition for increasing its capacity. Ma
chinery is arriving for the addition to the
Standard Cotton Mills at Cedartown Ga,
which will increase the number of spindles
from $500 to 1850. The w T. Weaver
Powder Company, which has just con-
tracted for extensive water-power-elec-
trical development on the French Broad
river, near Asheville. N. c., will erect a
cotton mill and perhaps a b.eachery
Other projects of the week include oil
developments near Florence, Ala; Prairie
Grove, Ark: Floyd county Ga; Albany
Ky: Wheeling, w Va: Spring Creek,
Tenn; and Beaumon, Texas; coal min
ing near Charleston. Bluefield. Grafton
and Mount Clare. w. Va; ice factories at
Jacksonville. Fla: Crewe. Va; Palestine
and San Antonio, Texas: canneries at
Hawkesvile. KY; Tyler, Texas; Thorsby.
Ala; oil storage tanks and refinery at
Baltimore, Md; copper mines near Sails
bury. n. c.; metal and novelty factory
at Baltimore. Nd; harness factory at
Nashville, Team; paper mill at Mounds
willie, ". Va; salt development at Lyle.
Ga: and Weeks Island, La; steel plant
at Z oTL NOTIOik. V d.. DITCH WORKS at j en-
n.ngs, La, and marble quarrying by a
company organized at Beaumont. Tex
Among the projects In railway con-
struction reported in the Manufacturers
Record during the week are two which
will add considerable mileage in FLORIDA.
They include the Central Florida and
Gulf Coast Company. which is promoting
a line from Jacksonville to Boca Grande
Harbor ON the cost of the Cuff OF Mexico
The estimated length of his road ana
branches is $50 miles and it is reported
that Boston capitalists ai- interested in
it. A Chicago syndicate has taken up the
scheme OIL building Il line through the
Southern and Central portions OF the
State from Fort Pierce on the east coast
to Puntn Rassa on The Gulf Coast, an es-
timated distance OF $50 miles. including
branches. Surveys are now being made
for this road.