The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported In tho
 South and West.

Chattanooga, June 1.-The progress in southern industrial development for the week just closed as reported by The Tradesman includes the following new organizations as among the most impor- tant:
 Alabama Birmingham, s50.000 coal and coke company. Anniston, spike mill. Alex ander City, water works.
 Arkansas-Harrison Sl0,00O telephone company. Siloam Springs, $4OO,OOO oil com pany. Melville, mining company. Mt. Hersey, s1,OOO,OOO mining company. Tex arkana, $1OO,000 hardware company.
 Florida-Bellevlew, Wagon and blow factory; grist mill feed mill and cotton gin.
 Georgia-vidalia, hardware company: s21, 900 cotton oil mill. Brunswick. $4O0OO hardware company; land company. Thomasville, saw mill company. Dalton, tale company. Ellijay, $11,O0o dry kiln. Att lanta, $1O,OOO lumber company. Columbus. S25,OOO water, land and construction com pany. Pelham, $10.0OO dyeing and finish- ing plant. Greensboro, knitting mill
 Kentucky-C -Cloverport, roofing and tile factory; Owensboro, S150,0OO distilllery; Burnside, saw mill.
 Iouisiana-Lake Charles, gas works Jennings. $10,OOO oil company; Ruston, cotton gin; Alexandria, $S0OoO gas works.
 ississippi-Grenada, $3o,000 oil mill; Mississippi City, s15,o0o navigation com pany; Bonneville, brick and tile works; Gulfport, $40, GOO water works.
 North Carolina-Washingto $100000 lime company; Greensboro refrigerator factory; Flat Rock, $l00,OOO knitting mill; Hertford $10O,OO0 lumber company; Ashe- vile $10000 construction company; Fay etteville, $33 900 gas and electric company; Washington, $125. 900 fish packery; Raleigh. tobacco stemmery and prize house; $25,00O telegraph company; Belhaven, $100,O0O ice and cold storage plant; Charlotte, S100,000 land company.
 South Carolina-Ruby, cotton oil mill. Lumber, $500, 900 lumber company. Gen. tral, s2O.000 oil mill. Columbia, $50OOO com pany to manufacture cotton mill supplies. Laurens, $300, GOO cotton mill.
 Tennessee-Pulaski. hardware company. shelbyvile. saw mill. Columbia, mining company. Dyer, canning factory Knox vile, brick works; s50,0OO car manufacture ing company; woodworking plant. Dick son, $30 900 water works and electric light plant Chattanooga, s25000 coal mining company; $10,0O0 medicine factory; s500O telegraph and power company. Mt. Pleas ant, $10,00O stave and lumber mill Bon Air, coal mines and coke ovens.
 Texas-Sour Lake, $150O0 tool company. Rockville. two shingle mills. Elgin. water works Plainview. $l0,00O hardware com pany Clawson. $40,OOO land and lumber company Mesquite, sl5,000 cotton gin. Cor sicana, $25.000 cotton and wooden mill Waco. s20,000 stone company. Orange, dry kiln Cherry Springs. $500, GOO marble works. Austin s12O0OO brewery. Rhones- boro $3O.O00 lumber company. Smithville cotton gin company. Hearne. irrigation plant. Laredo, irrigation plant. Matagor- da, S15,OO0 canning factory. Dallas, $50, GOO hardware cor pany. Carrizo Springs, oil company Beaumont, oil company. Kountz, $1 100000 oil company. Galveston, $25, 600 mining company.
 Virginia-Nassawad canning fac- tories; Norfolk, Artificial stone works Petersburg, s25.00O builders supply com pany; Manchester, s25,000 machine shops Alexandria. medicine factory; Richmond, $500000 mining company.
 West Virginia-Charleston. s250000 brew cry; $25O00 building block works: s250. coo coad and coke company; s220O0O coal com pany; $4OO00 coal company: Wheeling. brick and tile company; Fairmont, Sl00, 900 coal mining company; Hoult, s22. 300 coal and coke company; Parkersburg. s100,00O oil company; Mill Point. $200. 900 lumber company; Fayetteville. S10000 coal and land company; Elm Grove. power plant