The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Review of Industrial Development in
 the South.


 Chattanooga, Tenn, January 14.-(Spe- cial. )-During the week ending today, ac- cording to the following list prepared by The Tradesman, many very important new industries have been established in the southern states, the capitalization averaging along with the best weeks of the past year The list includes only more important new industries verified by The Tradesman. Among them are four concerns in West Virginia, capitalized at $l, ,0O0000 for one and Sl00,0O0 each for the others d graphite company in Vir- ginia, capitalized at $100,0OO; lumber company in Texas, with $l00000 capital; $2,0OoOOO land and coal company and a $750,000 water works in Tennessee; a SlOO,O00 cotton mill and three other con cerns with over $100O0O capital in South Carolina $5oO,OO0 milling company in Oklahoma a $100000 lumber company in North Carolina a $6O0,0000 cotton mill in Missouri a $1O0,OO0 coal company in h. dian Territory; s6OO,00O manufacturing company in Georgia; $75O,0O0 mining company in Alabama, etc.
 The Tradesmans list of new industries for the week is as follows:
 Alabama Birmingham, cotton compress (projected); $20,O00 cement block company concrete construction company, $-0,00O lumber company; $325, 600 mining company; $l1O,O0o mining company. Wetumpka $780, eco brick works Stamps, S15,OO0 iron works. Huntsville $So,O0O canning factory; grist 1 mill.
 | rkansas-Charlotte, telephone system. Judsonia, Sl5,OoO basket and box factory Pine Bluff, $10,OO0 suppIy company. Har- risburg, tile works.
 Florida-Marietta $6o0,000 manufacturing I company Demorest, cotton mill Atlanta. $500O typewriter company $500OO land and lumber company. Savannah $40 OOO brick works Athens. hardware com pany; Elberton, paint factory.
 Indian erritory-Muskogee. oil and gas company Wagoner. $5O.0o0 water compa- 1 ny Bokosche. $100,00O coal company. l Kentucky-Louisville $l,5O00O0 ice and cold storage plant; 100-ton ice factory; $25,O00 lumber company. Glasgow, lum- 1 Der mill.
 l Louisiana-Lake Charles, packing plant. 1 New Orleans. Sl50000 development com l pany; S100,oO0 lumber and cooperage com- 1 pany: $500,000 lumber company; s40,000 bot ting works. Bienville, s10,O00 land and timber company
 Mississippi-Ya City. s1O,00o bottling works. Meridian, s1O,OoO supply company.
 Missouri-Jo $lO0000 mining com pany; lead and zinc company; s5o,o0O mill ing company St. Louis. $20,000 lumber | pany; S5O0O0 felt and bedding company; s50O0O building company; $25OO0 box fac tory; $5OO0o lumber company; s50,0O0 in- vestment company. Advance, $30,000 milling company. Union, handle factory Galena,
 mines Moberly, S50,OOO land company. l Crocker canning factory Kansas City, 5000 heating and plumbing company; $5O00 box factor; S600,00o cotton mill.
 North Carolina-Raleigh, s50,0O0 land and lumber company. Wilmington. $50, ,00C machinery and supply company Asheville S20,00o cold storage company. Morganton, canning factory. Durham. sl00,000 lumber
 and trust company. Dunn. hardware company.
 Okahoma--Stroud, s20O00 cold storage
 company. Hennessey, sl50o0 light. power
 and ice company. Oklahoma City, S59,-
 300 land and gas company; $5O00O0 milling
 company; s6o.0Oo stone and lime company
 S5o0ooo gold dredging company Canton
 $60.000 stone and lime company
 South Carolina--Orangeburg cement
 works: Warrenville. S5000 development
 company. Bishopville, s20.0OO loan and
 trust company. Columbia, quarrying com. pany. Yorkville. s1oO,Ooo cotton mill