The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-13
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
AN ANALYSIS OF THE COTTON
 MOVEMENT.
European Textile Centers Worried About Their Future Supply of the Raw Material-New
 Mills in the South.

Baltimore, March 12.-(Special. .)-Appre- l hension in European textile centers about
 .heir future supply of raw cotton, mani
 4ested In plans for developing new cot | ton growing areas. has basis in the gradual approach of the consumption of
 the staple by American to the amount l eAHpor.eu, A ana in the increasing share of
 ..ms ican takngs going to Southern mills. Of the cotton now moving soma' tnlhg more than 5.250,0O0 bales have gone abroad, while American mills have taken sea, o'VO0;V0O bales. Of the latter ooutheIn mills hay etaken about 43 per gent. That the proportion taken fin inc oouln IS bound to increase and, Et the same time, shorten the space between sh Ahinerlcan takings and the exports. is building and mill enlargement in the established. '
 Tn this weeks issue of the Manutactur- announcements in this field are made iropabiy the most important of the these ls the letting of contract in g 900. 900 ehheerprlse .ha prise for Danville, Va, looking to .le construction of two mills of 40OG0 spindies and 1.200 looms each The par ucular contract calls for the erection of miii building 13O by 547 feet with tooth FOOT, ana for the erection of a cloth mousse 70 by 200 feet and three stories nigh. This plant will be operated by electricity through power secured from uam now under construction, and 1t VIII also have it's own water supply for oyelng, nre protection and other pur- poses. Denims will be made. The Lock- hart, S. C.. Mills has contracted for all the machinery and secured the brick for tne erection of 5-story structure. 130 by 45O feet, for its mill No. ?, planned for 5000 spindles and 1,50O looms, though but 2.5OO spindles and 750 looms will be in- stalled at first. A complete water works system will also be constructed. The original Yala DE dies and 800 looms and the new mill will employ about 600 persons. The Mon aghan Mills of Greenville, s. C.. has purchased the machinery for doubling it's plant which now includes 30.0c0 spindles and 16O looms; the Hope Worsted Mills Of Louisville. Ky, will enlarge it's plant and install it in a new building 80 by 3O feet at a cost of about $5O000; the fork Cotton Mills of Yorkville, s. C., has contracted for cOmbing machinery to be placed in a two-story additional building 54 by 80 feet; the Park Woolen
 Mills Of Rossville, Ca, will install 75 looms of the latest design with carding and spinning machines in a new building 50 by 300 feet. thus doubling its capacity and the Hamar Cotton Mills Co. at Dill Ion. s. C., will build a $500 spis-,lle mill. while plans are afoot for a knitting mill at Clinton, S. C., and for a $250, 900 spin ming mill at Little Rock. Ark.
 As coal producer the South is be- coming of greater and greater import
 
 ity on this line in West Virginia and of the movements of the Gould system of railways in that territory, the Manufac- turers Record says, There is large coal area in West Virginia which will naturally be tributary to Baltimore by the Gould system. and this coal will come here for shipment. But there is also a great coal field in that State whose out put could not possibly be forced out of its natural channel, to Baltimore. In order to get it's full share of this traffic the Gould managers will be very wise if they they strengthen their system by having a line which will tap that territory and carry its product to the best available point on the bay and thus be prepared to meet the Norfolk and Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio, This very act would strengthen their competitive power and thus be of advantage to Baltimore by making more certain the power of the Gould system to stand against competi- tion. Several years ago the late Jed. Hotchkiss, the distinguished enginerr who foresaw the development of the coal of West Virginia as probably no noe else did in his day, said to the editor of the Manufacturers Record that in twenty years there would be at least five great cities of the Chesapeake Bay-Balti- more. Norfolk and Newport News being the three leading ones, to be followed by two others not then founded. Each of these places, he said, would in twenty years havel00,000 inhabta nts and they would be created to meet the pressure of West Virginia coal at tide-water out lets. The magnitude of the trade to come from West Virginia is realized by few people, but President Cassett and George Gould and Senator Elkins have been among those who. foreseeing it. are playing a giants game for it's control. It will be great enough to tax all their roads and to enrich them all"
 Coal development is being pushed in southeastern Kentucky. At MiddesbOro about fifteen mining companies are dom n nj Fl INF opened up. In Knox county a number of new mines have been opened and railroads are being projected for unde- veloped sections. One. road for the Pop lar Creek territory will be ten miles long and will pass through rich timber coun- try. It is expected that the woTk under way and that contemplated will make this country one of the richest coal fields in the United States. Railroad facilities will now be enjoyed by all sections, grow ing industries will furnish better mar ket for the output and into the country will flow an immense stream of wealth.