The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-28
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported in the
 South in a Week.


 rb.,tanooga. Tenn, Jan. N.-The more ,vnnortsnt of inc new industries reported by The Tradesman for the week enoeo January g, include 8 S10.0oo box and par. rel factory at Portsmouth, Va, slo:ooo brick works at Crowley, La, $l5,0Oo oricB works at Paris, Tex. a $25,oO0 plant TOT inc manufacture of building material al I,awrenceyilIe, Va. $25oOo0 canal ana rice company at Houston. Tex, can ming factory at Bryan, Tex, chemicai works at Blackshear, Ga., sloVOV coal mining company at Cedartown, Ga. s5o.00o coal mining company at Charles Ion ". Va. and another with capital or s30o. 900: a $60, 900 coal mining company at C-larksburg, W. Va. a $1,0o0,o0O coal ana coke company at Grafton, Va, SSO.Vo coal mining and land company at Knox vile Tenn. a s6000o cotton mill at Chn- ton. & C.. A cotton mill at Strawn, Tex, a cotton tie factory at Beaumont, ieA., electric light plants at Montgomery anu Ozark, Ala, and Lawrencevilie, Ga. a s2a. eco light and power plant at Dublin Tex, a s15,000 Touring mill at Acworth, Ga. and fiouring mills at Cardwell, kys Porter and Yadkinville, N. C., Yorkviile, s. C., Decherd, Tenn, Jumping Brancn and Rupert, w. Va, a s30.000 furniture factory near Durant, Miss, furniture factory at wytheville. Va, $5O.0OO com pany to manufacture generators and me- rhanicaI appliances at New Orleans, ba.' a 80. 900 grain elevator at Richmond, Va, a s25. 900 hardware company at Richmond, Va, an ice factory at Wharton, Tex, a plant to manufacture iron castings at Point Pleasant. W. Va. S2O.ooo lana company at Durham, N. C., $SoO,OOO land company at Nashville, Tenn, lime works 1t Anniston and Huntsville, Ala, S5O,OOC lumber company at Eagleton, Ark. a lumber company at Mitchell, Ga, $20.O lumber company at Ocala, Fla, NO,OOC mineral company at Alexandria Tenn. a 100000 mining and manufacturing com pany at wheeling, w. Va, a $1, 900, ,OOC mining and mineral company at Atlanta Ea., quarries at Louisville, Ky. and a l62 900 uuarrying plant at West, Miss, a l250.000 oil company at Ashland, Ky, a t50,000 oil company at Jennings, La, a 100000 oil company at Beaumont, Tex, llso $60O00 company, another with cap- ltal of $250.00O and others with capital of (300,0O0 and $1,500.0O0 respectively; $15,- 800 oil company at Dallas, Tex, $300, 900 oil company at Galveston. Tex. a s5O00O pil company at San Antonio Tex, a G5,00o oil and gas company at Lexington, ky, a $25,000 oil and gas company at Mill Springs, Ky, a $250,000 oil and mining company at Paris, Ky, 100000 oil and gas company at Beaumont, Tex, $69,000 oil mill at Valdosta, Ga, an oil refinery at Dallas. Tex. $lO.OO0 packing plant at Fort Smith, Ark, S5OOO0 company to erect rice mills at Beaumont. Tex, a eS0.00O rice and irrigation company at Fort Worth, Tex, a rope factory at La Grange, Ga, saw mills at Robelin, La, and Poplarville. Miss. a $20, 600 saw and blaming mill at La Porte. Tex, $3O, GOO shoe factory at Manchester. Va, spoke and rim factory at Pemberton. Va. the contemplated erection of a 8. 900, GOO steel plant at Thomas, Ala, steel works at Norfolk. Va, $250,00O stove works at Memphis. Tenn. $125,OOO tank manufac- turing plant at Beaumont, Tex, a tele- phone company at Alma. Ark, a $2O.0O telephone company at Abilene, Tex, and } SOO.OOO tobacco factory at Richmond, "a.