The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
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MANY ICE PLANTS [ ia NJ S
in Ice Situation Has Has
Caused Establishment sof
Numerous Manufactures.
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WORKS
Their Increase in Far South,
During Past Few Months
Notable.

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BALTIMORE Nd. August &.--1n-
.,crreasing strinngency in the ice situation.
especially in parts OF the country where
nature has been depended uponsgf for the
main supply, directs attention to the
rapid increafe In the number OF Ice
making esta blishrnents or cold-storage
plants In the South where the natural
supply has always been Comparatively
short. A typical undertaking is the
closing of contract by aEconcernSsat
Selma, Ala, for $4,000 worth OF new
machinery and buildings % supersede
old plant whichshas been found to be
unablesito meet the demands upon 1t.
The new plant will have a capacity Of
sixtystons afday, and differentiation with
&c. will an up-to-datet sfcold-storage de-
5partment equipped throughout With8fthe
latest methods Of rrefrrigNerraating. Similar,
undertakings announced 8 in this weeks
Issue OF irhe Manufacturers Record are
the doubling OF q splant Mt Monroe,sLn
making the output 200 onsraSday;ffsthe
Installation OF machinery%with "a daily
capacity of ten tons at Monticello, Fla;
the establishment of a3.&twenty-flve-ton
plant It Ha%rrisonburg,s Va, one at$Oals-
land Mills, Md, and one at Annapolis,
Nd: cold-storage plants at Durham. N.
Co. and at Wilmington, N. C,Nand aScom-
Sbination Of Ice; manufacture and cold
storage at Keystone; w Va.aAt William
son, w. Val g 800, o00.3company has been
facilities and elctrio lighting and an
other OF. tho same character at Mineral
Wells, Tex.
Electric light plants, either as indi-
svidual enterprises Or a UNDER municipal
auspices more on. less. are also planned
for Admission, Ala, Mobile. Ala; Tai
cotton, Ga.;SCoVington. Ky.;5s Wntertown,
sTenn.;s Coal Greek. Tenn; sPetros. Tenn;
Union City. Tenn; %as Terrell Tex;
Munday, Tex; Fayetteville, ". Va;
and Kingwood, w. Va. These are
illustrations III of 1.-THE widespread move
i2mn,ent In the South for giving towns
and cities up-to-date ~conYeniencesI and
facilities. The development Of electricity
for power goes on apace,
Disqualification or sources Of power8t in
tho South comes with 5diversiflcation of
industries there typed by plans for the
6manufactureSof concrete building mate
rails OF Meriden, Miss; of steel ranges.
furnaces, etc, at Sheffield. Ala.;t.of sawed
boxes, at Memphis. Tenn; OF glass ut Sis.
tersyille w Wa; Of brick at Chattanooga,
Tenn; Of tWin5englnes, sugar mills, steel
casting, etc, at Birmingham, Ala; of
street cars, at HighN$ Folnt ~, y, OF
o at Hopkinsyille, Ky.;8of sashes,
doors and blinds, at New Orleans, La;
or FERTILIZER, at Charleston, s. Of shirt
waists. at South Norfolk, Va; Of paper
boxes, at Columbus, Ga,;lof essential oils,
at louisville, KyJs;gof iron pipes, at Chat
tanoo,ga,. Tenn, OF tobacco,8at Richmond.
OF spokes, at iSJonesboro, Ark. and
OF lime, at San Antonio, Tex, With
these should he mentioned lead and zinc
mining. at Black Rock, Ark; railway
machine shops at Jacksonville. Fla;
gravel and sand dredging, at Rome, Ca:
sgold mining, 8Satas Dahlonega. u! ST.; AphostH
nsrble works at Reaansont Tex; pre-
serving plant az Dallas Ten; coal
mining, at Big stone aGap,MM4 Va; SWooqaS
EwNorklng, at Johnson CITY, Tenn; packing
plant. ats Nacogdpches,g5lT Tex Sgarbarge re-
auction plant, n Little. Rock, Ark.i
8abattoir,, at8 Atlanta Ga.sa8S@n and granite
crushing plant. At Faith SN.s Gl,a N