The Springfield herald., 1904-09-16
Southern IaduHtrisa.


Ashcville. y. C.-In the last year III
buildings have been erected at AshevIlle
Mt n cost Of $3O0OOO. and work under way
' si9a,ooo. "A au''''0"A' expenditure Oh
Chnttanooga.-The Government will spend
millions of dollars the coming year In nenr-
tanooga wage earners aud producers.
Charleston. w. Wa s2O0O.OOO az fac
tory Is to be ss,nosnGd in st % Ghaseston @nd
spent In building enterprises during the
present yenr.
Tampa. Fln.-DuiIng the year .$659, ,31s
has been expended in new buildings and
10000 of bs nds TO be issued for mu-
nlcpal improvements
Rock Hill. s. ca hydro-electric plant
recently completed Mt cost of 81. 10000
Is furnishing power for machinery and
lighting purposes covering an area of TWEEN
rnris. Tex.-More than 8, 100000 Is the
estimate of investments at faris during the
year 1904.
San MISUNDERSTANDING operations now
$4,000
Berkeley. VR.-A steel door and blind fac
tory is new addition t" Industries Of
Dallas. Te1.-rhere i. demand for
1000. laborers in the cotton fields and In
tbs. factories OF the South.
Memphis. Tenn.-rhe Mena Coke and
Conl Mining Company Of Mena. Ark. has
heen chartered with capitalization OF
soOO.OO0.
Columbia. $. ca cotton mill Il. to be
u
Cotton Mills Company. with capital stock
of $1OO.OOO.
Richmond. ,vn.1arh- new Ashby Cotton
Mil. containing 5000 spndles, Will be
started up at Emporin. Sept. Ii.
Charlotte. n. C.-The remodelcd Loray
Mills Of Gastoria will have over 5000
splndlcs and 100 looms In operation by Oc-
tober.
9 Columbia, $. C..,The Dayton Mills Of
SO looms. . = viii double It's plant. nn"''|' anu
Austin. Tex. The ltrnzns Valley Cotton
Mills Company has been Incorporated with
Charlotte. n. c.-Thc contract has been
awarded for SlOOOOO for the erecting of
buildings for the Etowah Mills of Green's
boro. The company Is Incorporated for
nashville s5oo.ooo plant for the man
ufncture of carbon paint is to he erected at
Nashville Work on the $75,OOO stone dam
OF the City Mills Company has been
started.
sandersville. Gn.--Morc than $245 600
has been spent I'm Sandersvllle In the last
year In industrial enterprises and Improve
ments.
Baltimore. rc.-Thrce million dollars is to be
Invested In commercial enterprises upon
the resumption OF navigation OF the Oc
mnlgee River between Macon and Hawkins
Louisvi!ie.--Thc Kentucky Packing and
Provision Company is new industry for
Louisville. The plant Inns daily capacity
of 1000 hogs, 100 cattle and 800 sheep.
Welsh & Lesh Manufacturing Company Is
doubling the capacity of its spoke factory
at Grenada. Miss. A $4,000 sand brick
plant Is being erected by the Grenada Cot
ton on Company
Birmingham. Aln.-t'niversal Equipment
Company organized. capital 10000
Alabama White Marble Company Increased
to quarter million dollars: property to
be developed.
MIsc.iInur~u,.
New York. The ,kout aud strike OF
loo plumbers In Brookivn has been de
II
tne journeymen an incrrass OF wages from
$40 to S4,'j n day: the agreement runs
two years.
Trenton, n J.-StutistIcs show that the
Increase In the number of manufactures in
New Jersey In the last ten yeurs is almost
double that OF nny other Stnte. the percent
Kansas City. Mo.-Among the noteworthy
| improvements at Kansas City are 81 1,OoO.-
pipe line; $1,Ooo.Ooo packing plant; railroad
elevators. additions to terminal facilities
! costing S1.0o0.Ooo.
| women are to be given employment In new
industries Mt Lochiel near Harrisburg. The
| large farm OF former Uuited States Senator
| J. u. Cameron Is TO be transferred into an
| industrial village.
Csnonsbury. Pa Employing 5000 men.
| the standard Thu Plate Company has re-
sumed operations.
Minneapolis capitalists are con-
tempiating the establishment of a large
soap factory at Minneapolis.
Salem. Ore.-one hundred thousand dol.
lars Ii to be Invested In linen mill ut
Salem. giving employment to 100 persons
the irst year.
Pittsburg-The capital stock of the Vel
low Creek Coal Company of Wilkesbnrre,
Pa. hns been increased to 81 100000, the
company having purchased 1.6OO acres of
coal land In Brush and Sniinc Townships.
Ohio.
ZanesviIle. O.-It Is positively stated that
| the mines Of the Crooksvile district will all
| be In operation within "A few days.
Pittsburg-More than 1000 OF the 1900
| men laid of In the last three months by
| the Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
| turing Company Of East Pittsburg have
been taken bnck. The westipghouse Ma: