The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
EXTENSION OF cAPrTALTsTrC ENERGY IN THE SOUTH.
RArkilizsr Factory to Be Erected Near Atlanta at c Cost of $25o, 900. New Industries in t
 Alabama.

Baltimore. June 15.--(Speciai. )-Ar Interesting illustration of the extension of capitalistic energies to industry Tn che South ie given in the announce ment in this weeks Manufacturers Record of plans for a $250,0O0 fertilizer factory to be built on property touched by two great railroad systems short distance from Atlanta, Ga. The Chi rAKo company which will build the pSnnt has recently completed, fertil- azer factory at Baltimore with a ca pacity of 60,000 tons annually and has large works at Nashville. Tenn.. and Jacksonvi1Ie, Fia. It has commenced work upon it's Atlanta plant on a site ok twelve acres of land. The mixing building will be 200x500 feet. The nom &siai capacity of the establishment VIII be 60, 900 tons a year, but in connection with it will be large acid works which wtil admit of an annual output Of z5,0Oe tons of fertilizers of all kinds if aesired. The acid plant will have daily capacity of sixty tons. The raw material for the fertilizer will be drawn from slaughter houses in the West which will supply tankage and bones. From the South will be ob- tained cottonseed products, phosphate rock win be had from Florida and the great fields of Tennessee, and potash from abroad The entire plant will be of modern construction, equipped Throughout with electrical power and with the best mechanical appliances. The annual output is expected to az gregate in value from 900 to $l,- 100000. sfs
 This combination of outside capital and Southern material for industry Is but one of the many announcements of projects for the South. Some of 4hAm are as follows by States;
 Aiabama-The combination of coal properties by company with a cap- ital stock of s1,200, 900 will, in addition to the development Of coal mines in Walker County and the manufacture of coke, embark in the iron business. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company will enlarge its mining equip nient at the Red Mountain mines, in- creasing the capacity about 50 per cent, and will develop dolomite mines near Bessemer. A $100,000 cotton mill is contemplated for Huntsville. to be built by Huntsville and New York par ties.
 Florida--A S1Oooo0 company at De- Land has been incorporated for the construction of railroad, the erection and operation of saw and blaming mills, box and barrel factory and fibre and wood-puIp factory.
 
 ing Company will install at Louisville a 200-horse power plant to operate an oil mill, flour mill, ice factory and oth- CT industries. A $S0,000 company at Macon has been chartered for the man. ufacture of brick, tiling and sewer piping. The Oxford Knitting Mills at Gainesville will add bleaching equip ment. The Codington Lumber Com pany at Triton has awarded contracts for three dry kilns with capacity of 10000 feet of lumber a day. An exten- sive manganese mine near Boozeville win be opened up. A $1O,000 roundlap ginnery is to be established at Triton.
 Kentucky--A, complny has been or ganixed at Bardwell to establish a hundred barrel flour mill, an elevator of 25.000 bushels capacity, and electric light plant and a water works system. Tn Wayne County 5000 acres of oil, lands are to be developed. A stemmery will be erected in Lo llsville by the R. A Patterson Co. of Richmond, Va.
 Louisiana: The Shreveport Blox Pipe and sheeF1ron Works have been