The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-05
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Commenting on these figures the Man. ufacturers' Record says: The increase in the South in 1903 over 1902 was, 3O3.O0O tons, or exactly 10 per cent, while the total for the country outside the South was 14.672,173 tons in 1903, against A,7S,17S tons in 1902, decrease of 115,OGO tons, or | nearly per cent. In every period of de- pression in iron the South demonstrated its ability to stand the strain and in- crease it's percentage of the total output l of the country. Its output Of 3,331oOo ons l last year was more than three-fourtns as much as the total production Of the Unit | ed States twenty years ago, or Tn lss4' when the aggregate was 4,1oOO tons. With the modernization of many or It's furnace plants during the past two years the South is now in far better shape than ever before to increase it's output in competition with the North and West. The total production of pig iron in the l United States in 1909 was 1S,009252 gross tons. against 17,281.3 .307 tons in 1902, l5,S7S,- {, tons in 1901. 13.7S9242 tons in 1900. AU.- | 62O, ,7OS tons in 1899, and 1l,173,SSi tons in | 1S9S.'
 | Among the plans for new undertakings reported by the ManufaSturers' Record during the past week are the following by States:
 | Ala5ama-Glass works at Anniston: I Birmingham; candy factory at -.ufaula, and enlargement of saw and blaming mill at Selma.
 | Arkansas-Mill and elevator at Clarks- vile; increase of capital of wagon and carriage factory at Jonesboro; band mill
 with daily capaciity of 20.0C0 to 25,0O0 feet with blaming mill dry kilns, etc. to de-
 velop 5000 acres of timber in Izard coun- ty; lumber plant at Pinnacle: doubling of capital of slave mills at Wynne, and
 coal mine development at ort Smith.
 Fiorida-Fruit and vegetable packing
 plant at Delray; sand lime brick works at Pensacola; development of -o,s4O acres
 of timber land for turpentine near Punta
 Gorda large band saw mill for cutting cypress in Alachua county, and veneer
 mills at Gainesville and Palatka.
 Georgia-Planing mill at Savannah; ad-
 dition of refinery to cottonseed oil mil
 at Atlanta; paper mill in the southern
 part of the State: flour and corn mill al Calhoun; cotton oil mill at Cochran; saw
 and blaming mill at Gainesville, and
 kindling wood mill at Rome.
 Kentucky-Developmen of coal mines in the eastern part of the State and en- largement of railroad shops at Ludlow.
 Louisiana-Pickling plant, coffee roast ing plant and hide and taLIw plant al New Orleans, and oil development at Crowley.
 Maryland-Carriage factory at Balti-
 more; lime works at Eakles Mills; cold
 storage plant at Frederick. And enlarge
 ment of distillery at Baltimore.
 Mississippi-Lumber plant at Willing
 foundry and machine shops at Meridian
 and wagon factory at Elisviile.
 North Carolina-Building stone fac
 tory at Goldsboro; lumber mills at Max
 ton and Bayboro: knitting mill at Ell1in
 ma tch factory at ROnda; enlargement o railroad repair shops at Spencer; cottol
 seed oil mill at Greenvile; glass miro l factory at High Point; cotton factory a !; High Point; wheelbarrow factory and ta ble factory at Trinity, and a plant t make spokes, handles and rims at Ruth erfordton.
 l South Carolina-Brick barrel and bas
 ket factory at Charleston; increase of ca . pacity of ice plant and of bottling work - at Florence: cottonseed oil mill a ! Greenville; saw mill at Howes, and bo. ) factory at Williston.
 Tennessee = Woodworking plant a 3 Nashville; plant to mae telegraph an, ! telephone cross arms, plant to mak spools, bobins, and enlargement of rail } road shops at Chattanooga; foundry am machine shop at Morristown; hme work ] at Nashville; saw mill at Summit; as
 
 ? sash, door and blind factory at Nash vile, and doubling of capacity of furni ture factory at Tullahoma. } Texas-Oil refinery at Sour Lake; de velopment of Ignite coal lands at Alba 2 salt plant at Grand Saline; increase O
 capacity of cement plant at Dallas can } nery at Keburg and lumber mill a Trawick.
 : Virginia-Saw mills at West Point pickle salting plant at Williamsburg electric porcelain supplies factory a ! Broadway, and foundry and concret , block plant at Norton, and fcrtilize plant at Roanoke.
 West Eirgin!a-Bottle works at Man nlngton; brick and tile works at Lewis burg; glass works at Wellsburg; con crete building block factory at Wheel
 ing, and development of coal lands 1T
 Hancock county.
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