The Washington times., 1901-11-22
INDUSTRIES IN THE SOUTH.
Great Activity shown I'm Lumber
Oil, and Cotton.

BALTIMORE, Nov. Humber, first
rate index Of Industrial conditions in the
South. is displaying most satisfactory sc-
tiyity at present. During the past week,
as reported to the Manufacturers Rec
ord the movement in Southwest Vir-
1 sinia 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
I than usual at this season. North Caro-
/ lima pine is in excellent shape, and
/ throughout Virginia and Eastern Caro-
/ lima the mills are all busy. At South At
lautic ports shipments of timber during
the week we're larger than usual. In the
Savannah and Brunswick district the de-
mand for both timber and crossties is
good. with shipments active, although
complaints are made in various parts of
the South. as elsewhere, of a scarcity OF
cars. Large shipments OF timber have
been made from Mobile. Business in the
Texas field has picked up little earlier
than was expected, with prompt sales Of
their crop by cotton growers.
Plants for getting out timber and for
handling II to various purposes are in
creasing. Among the announcements of
the week are the purchase Of machinery
for a so O00 capacity hardwood and cypress
mill; the organization of a $4,000 COM
pany at Salisbury. n. c., to build COM
plete furniture factory; the erection of
hox factory at Chattanooga, Tenn. the
letting of contract to cut 10000 acres OF
factory and planning mill at Thorsby, Ala;
u shingle mill with $4,000 capacity daily at
Wilmington. " c.; the addition of staye
factory to the sawmill at Hohenwald.
Tenn; veneer mills at johnson. Tenn; the
addition of machinery for making hubs,
spokes. rims, etc, to the furniture fac
tory at Winchester, Tenn, and the cutting
OF $500 acres of timber lands near YaZoo
City Miss.
Takings OF cotton by Southern mills
continue to show an advance, the number
OF bales taken thus far this season being
more than z5, ,000 greater than during the
same period last year. The new mill at
Monticello, Ark is nearly ready for oper-
alton 1t is equipped with up-to-date ma
chinery including 5000 spindles, with ap-
paratus for the production of sheetings
and osnaburgs, and will employ 100 opera
tives. Work is progressing upon the
The mill will have $4,000 spindles and from
1.200 to 1,400 looms. and will be operated
through water-power development. The
main building of the Williamson Is. CO
mills has been completed, and 5000 spin
dies and $50 looms are in position. There
will be room for 5000 more spindles and
$50 more looms The HoI- Morgan mills,
of Fayetteville, " c., will erect an ad-
ditiOE for increasing its capacity. Ma
chinery is arriving for the addition of the
Standard Cotton Mills at Cedartown, Ga,
which will increase the number of spin
dies from $500 to II, 500. The W. T.
Weaver Power Company, which has just
contracted for extensive water-power-t
electrical development on the French
Broad River, near Asheville, N. C., VIII
erect a cotton mill, and perhaps a bleach
cry.
other projects of the week include oil
developments near Florence, Ala; Prairie
Grove, Ark; Floyd County. Georgia; Al
bany, Ky; Wheeling. ". Va; Spring
Creek, Tenn, and Beaumont, Tex; coal
mining near Charleston, Bluefield. Graf
ton and Mount Claire. WA; ice fac
tories at Jacksonville, Fla. Crewe, Va,
Palestine and San Antonio, Tex; Gamer
les at HawkesvilIe, KY, Tyler, Tex, and
inery at Baltimore, Md; copper mines
near Salisbury. n. C.; metal and novelty
factory at Baltimore, Nd; harness fac
tory at Nashville, Tenn; paper. mill. at .
MOunGsville, ". Va; salt developmentss !
at Lytle, Ga, and Weeks Island. La;
steel plant at Port Norfolk Va. brick
works at Jennings. La. and marble quar-
rying by a company organized at Beau
mont Tex.