The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-25
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ICE
 FACTORIES.
Typical Undertaking Is the Closing of a Contract By Selma Concern for S50,e0O Worth of Ma-
 chinery and Buildings.

Baltimore. Md, Aug. 24--(special., --Increasing stringency in the ice sit- uatton, especially in parts of the coun- try where nature has been depended upon for the main supply, directs att tention to the rapid increase in the number of ice-making establishments 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 a concern at Selma, Ala. for S50.000 worth of new ma- chinery and buildings to supersede an old plant which has been found to be unable to meet the demands upon 1t. The new plant will have a capacity or sixty tons a day, and, in conjunction with it, will be an up-to-date cold storage department equipped through out with the latest methods of refrig- erating.
 Similar undertakings announced in this weeks issue Of The Manufactur- CTS Record are the doubling of plant at Monroe, La. making the output 200 tons a day, the installation Of machin- cry with daily capacity of ten tons sr Monticello, Fla, the establishment of a twenty-hve-ton plant at Harrison burg, Va, one at Oakland Mills, Md and one at Annapolis. Md, cold-stor- age plants at Durham. N Gland at Wilmington N. c. and q combination If ice manufacture. and cold storage at Keystone, W. Va. At Williamson, W. Va, a $100.000 company has been organized for an ice plant, cold-stor- age facilities and electric lightning and another of the same character at Mineral Wells, Tex.
 Electric light plants, either as indi- vidual enterprises or under municipal auspices more or less, are also planned for Anniston. Ala, Mobile. Ala, Tal- bottom. Ga, covinston, Ky. Water town. Tenn. Coal Creek. Tenn, Pet ros. Tenn, Union City, Tenn, Terrell, Tex. Munday, Tex, Fayetteville, W. Va. anr Kingwood, W. Va. These are illustrations of the widespread move- ment in the South for giving towns and cities up-to-date conveniences and facilities The development Of the announcements of the week. in- cluding new plants Or additions at Andalusia. Ala, Greenville, Ala. An niston. Ala, Baltimore, Md, Louisville. Ky, Charleston. s. C.. and Jackson, Tenn.
 Diversification of sources of power in the South comes with diversihca- ton of industries there typed by plans for the manufacture of concrete build ing materials at Meridian, Miss, of steel ranges. furnaces, etc, at Shelf field, Ala, of sawed boxes at Mem phis, Tenn, of glass at Sistersville w Va, of brick at Chattanooga, Tenn, of twin engines, sugar mills. steel cast ings. etc, at Birmingham, Ala, of street cars at High Point. N. C.. of wagons at Hopkinsville, ky. of sashes, doors and blinds at New Orleans, La, of fertilizer at Charleston, S. C., of shirtwaists at South Norfolk, Va, of paper boxes at Columbus. Ga. of es- sentiai oils at Louisville. Ky, of iron pipes at Chattanooga, Tenn, of tobac- co at l;ichmond, Va, of spokes at Jonesboro. Ark. and of lime at San Antonio. Tex. With these should be mentioned lead and zinc mining at Black Rock, Ark, railway machine shops at Jacksonville. Fla, gravel and sand dredging at Rome, Ga. gold min ing fat Dahlonega. Ga, phosphate min- ing at Mt. Pleasant, Tenn, marble works at Beaumont, Tex, preserving plant at Dallas, Tex. coal mining at Big Stone Gap, Va, woodworking at Johnson City, Tenn. packing plant at Nacogdoches, Tex, garbage reduction plant at Little Rock, Ark. abattoir at Atlanta, Ga, and granite crushing nlant at Faith, N. C.