The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New industries Reported During
the Past Week.


Chattanooga, June 1S.-As indicated by
reports to The Tradesman for the week
ending Saturday, the industrial develop
ment throughout the southern states con-
tinues undated In a majority of the new
industries established during the week,
noted in the accompanying list, the capt.
talization is stated and the figures run
into the millions of dollars. Some of the
more important concerns, however, do
not state their capitalization, but all that
are listed are important as bearing upon
the industrial future of this section. Texas
and Oklahoma lead the southern states
this week in the number and diversity
of new industries and the two Virginias
will also be seen well up toward the head
of the list The Tradesman's report for
the week is as follows;
Alabama Birmingham, $4,000 marble
works. pattern manufacturing company;
Carbon ill, $4,000 water works and cleo
trio light plant.
Arkansas-Ulm $4,000 lumber company;
Conway, milling company; Mena, $4,000
lumber company; Rogers, $4,000 vinegar
factory; Ell Dorado, $4,000 canning factory;
Walnut Ridge, $4,000 building block fac
tory, $4,000 saw mill company; Argenta,
$4,000 mining company; Ashdown, $4,000
hardware company; Hartford, 100000 coal
mining company.
Florida-Ocala. $4,000 oil and gas COM
pany: Jacksonville, $4,000 brick works;
Miami $4,000 construction company;
Lakeland, $4,000 lumber and supply com.
pany; Tarpon Springs ice factory
Georgia-Atlanta, $4,000 mining COM
pany.
Kentucky-Louisville $4,000 coal mi ing
company, $4,000 land company, cement
company; Campbellsville, electric light
plant; Greensburg, water WocKs.
Louisiana-New Orleans, $4,000 medi-
cine factory $4,000 glass factory, Sl00O,-
COO timber company $4,000 land com
pany, sS60,cOo railway and light company,
100000 lumber company; Alsatia, cotton
gin; Atherton, cotton gin.
ssissippi-Pelahatchie sEventy-saw
cotton gin; Hattesburg, $4,000 electric
supply company; Tupelo, $4,000 hard
ware company; Meridian, $4,000 laundry;
Clarksdale, $4,000 cotton company.
observation-disclosures, telephone company;
Kansas City, $4,000 storage company;
500, 900 manufacturing company; 100000
land and lumber company Joplin, $4,000
zinc and lead company; St. Louis. s45O,O00
investment company; Galena, flour and
grist mill.
North Carolina-Marshall, $4,000 wood
working company; Graham, 100000 water
and light company; Wadesboro, silk mill;
Ellington, ST., 900 naval stores company;
Farmville, $4,000 warehouse company;
Wilson, $4,000 harness factory; Elkin,
coffin and casket factory.
OlIlahoma-Eni $4,000 ice and fuel
company; Oklahoma City, $1,000 tool COM
pany, 100000 stone company, $4,000 wa
terworks, $4,000 lumber company, 100000
thresher manufacturing company, hard
ware company, 100000 smelling COM
pany; Guthrie. $4,000 timber company;
Bridgeport bridge and ferry company;
Tesca, ginning and milling company;
gra telephone company; Lahoma, s15,-
900 Touring mill: Mangum, 100000 oil
mill; Harrah $500 telephone company;
Shawnee. $4,000 medicine factory; Still
water $4,000 oil and gas company.
South Carolina-Columbia. $50 900 invest
ment company; orangeburg, $4,000 ware
house company; Camden. power plant;
Charleston. $4,000 building company, s10,-
900 bottling works.
Tennessee jacksonville, mining and
development company to develop gold in
terests in Monroe county; Nashville. ST.
100000 brewery. s125.OOO lumber company.
100000 cooperage plant; Brighton, hoop
lette. $4,000 water works, electric light
plant and telephone system; Oliver
Springs mining company.
Texas-Zelo, $1,000 cotton gin; Clifton.
electric light plant, $1,000 water works;
Beaumont, laundry $4,000 rice mill and
elevator company; Dallas. $4,000 medi-
cine factory; Fort Worth, 100000 land
and lumber company. $4,000 machine
shops Floresville, $4,000 water works;
Waco, $4,000 oil and pipe line company;
Glendale $4,000 lumber company; Ell
Paso, s25O,OOO mining and milling company;
Kingsviile, water works; Granbury, ice
and light company; Del Rio. light ana
ice company; I.ufkin, hardwood factory
Karnes City, cotton gin: Miles, electric
light pant; Austin, machine shops'
Nacogdoches. $4,000 show case manufac-
turing company.
Neutrality-suspicious.. $4,000 iron works, slo.-
900 development company. $4,000 land conl-
pany; Charlottesville, $4,000 canning rae
tory and cold storage plant, So,sW car
riage factory; Richmond, $4,000 latin ma
chine company. 5000 drug manufacturing
company, $4,000 timber company, sooo,oW
oil company; Lawrenceville' $2oooo tele-
phone company; Scottsboro, teiepnone
company; Graham, 100000 -four ana grist
mill company; West Norfolk, Na,VU car