The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-18

SOl|.T HERI'y PORTS
SHOW PROGRESS \: S, s:
Value Of Breadstufs Exported In
creased Largely il. Past Year.
BIG STEEL MlLLTo BE BUILT.
Three Mil:cu Dollars to &c invested in Plant
at Birmingham, Ala Development
of Coal Fields ID
Virginia.
BIG STEEL MlLLTO BE BUILT.
Especial Dispatch to The Timcs.)

port of breadstlffs is Indicated pS ttii
analysis made this week by the Manu-
facturers' Record of the moVemelll u
such products during the first nine
months of this year in comparison VIII vi,
that of the same period last year. ! ne
value OF breadstuffs exported Ill the h''ie
months was S213, 293,OS4, an increase VI
S3S, &C., 93G or - per cent. over the same
period last year. The exports at SOUTH
ern ports increased from SoS69?,io- 10
SIS 81, Cti, or s27.117,359, equal 10 hed'
ly 10 per cent of the total increase at an
PORTS. The increase at the several
southern ports was as follows: Baitl-
more from c24.O49,j1G to $34,51o, 49, or
$40, 462,916; New Orleans from S12.ol?,-
694 to $:,22,61S,2 30, or zS1O,09S.316: Calves
ton from S6,I3o, lI5 to S1o,43I,o2 or Sd
757, 9S3; Newport News from Sl1 "'22. 2'':'
to $13,7s6, 3622, or 81, S54,109: Mobile from
s390S13 to 81 ,43S,94s. or S49S,0lo: ana NOR
folk from S2,46S,321 to s2,,914.OSl or S443'
7G0. The largest increase at any port
outside the South was at Boston, from
S16,6Ss,267. to s23, 123,42S. or S6,4f1,16
BIG STEEL MILL.
Special correspondence of the Manufac--
turers' Record from birmingham states
that as soon as the Board of Directors of
the. Republic Iron and Steel Company
authorize them, operations will begin
Upon a large steel mill and its adluncts,
representing an investment of at least
S:'OOO,OO0 in the Birmingham District.
The outfit will INCLUDE adjuncts necessa-
~ to convert the mills output into va
rious forms of commercial steel.
Several branch railroads are being pro-
jccted for Immediate construction in or
der to Eopen up extensive coal fields trib
utarySs toathe Birmingham District. and
coaI-mining operations will be developed
on a. still larger, scale. These enterprises
are butsa few OF the many signs of the
steady Industrial progress not only of
the Birmingham District but of other
parts Of the. South The combinations
which are being formed, enc with q cap
italization6 of $40, 100000 for the control of
the Pocahontas coal territory. and the
other, also on a very broad basis, for the
control of large coal-mining operations
along the line of the Chesapeake and
Ohio, give assurance that the coal-min-
ing interests Of West Virginia will be
developed on a grea ter scale than We
have yet seen, though West Virginia. has
already .reached-a coal output OF over 90
| tO0,GOO tons a year. The magnitude of
! these great operations in West Virginia
| sresnot causing any let-up in the develop
=! nent of many mining enterprises of
! smaller extent in that State, and a num-
Kentucky plans are being matured for
| the revival of mining operations in the
| Paducah iron-ore district, and q company
! with a capital stock Of S1,OO0.GO1 has
been formed to develop this property. TO
| build coke ovens and 10 blow il: their
furnace in the~llea1, future.
WOODWORKING PLANTS.
| Another significant move is. the estab-
| ltshment at .Thomasville. \. c.. % :
! ~ ,,o1, np1a Err,
/ engaged in the manufacture OF nachne-
l ~ for making chairs, cabinets. scfo,!
! furniture and general furniture. It IS an
/ other case of a migration Of all lndust. Y
! 10 the region where a market has teen
/ created by the rapid growth of factories,
I North Carolina now occupying an import
1 ant place in the southern fnrniture-mak-
! ing industry. With High Point lesdl. y in
1 this, respect. there are many woodwork
/ ing plants In, other towns of tho State.
! ana a contract has just been let fjr a
| furniture factory at Albemarie. n. Co
lumbus, Ga, two plants will be absorbed
| by a new company, which will operate a
+ large factory for the manufacture of
! SASH, doors and blinds, and there is a
! probability that Toccoa, in the same
| State. may have a fruit and vegetable
/ box factory. Woodworking plants arc
| also planned for Beaumont and Marshall,
| Tex, and Greenvile, S. c. A Duluth
| manufacturer: will establish in timber
Hands of Louisiana mills for the manufac-
| ture of the. finest grades of short Leaf
Norway pine. large tracts of timber land
| will be deYeloneG by the Clear Creek
| lumber Co. Of Alabama, while three
| numbering. concerns with a capital stock
! OF 100000 each have recently been or
! ganized in southern Mississippi, and
quite a number of others with capital
T stocks ranging from 5000 to $4,000
! The development of the oil regions in
| the Southwest is giving a great impetus
| to many industries in that section of the
country and it is expected that the rice
! growing and rice-milling business, in
southwestern Louisiana and eastern
Texas will be advanced upon more ex-
tended scale than ever before.