The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
BIG / IN
ASSESSED / ! /: VALUES J.
Advance ii South During Year ear
" Will .Be at Least Half a VI
Billion Dollars.
NoRF0 KS. CT Y OR . LAB q ];
I tremendous Impetus Z. Given :i,,l: IT, til
FARMING in Texas ;7:' BY IS Spread
81 immigration.
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Especial TO The Times Dispatch) 8:
II. BALTIMORE, July q. --Assessed values
OF property In the South this year are
likely to show an increase over those Of
last year Of at least half e billion dol-
lars, judging from facts 81 such typical
States as Texas, Georgia. II ouisiana and
Tenn essee. which would indicate an In
crease In true values Of at least 8. 2abo,-
900, OoO From rious quar- ters II OF tsS the
South dence In this; week g issue
OF the ManufacturersRe Record tells OF
recent progress In the accumulation OF
wealth and of measures to add still fur'-
tlier to the store. Building permits at
Memphis, for instance. u exceeded last
month those OF any month on record. nd
+ surpa ssed those OF the corresponding
month OF the previous year by $40 cog.
4Mhile building Undertakings ranging from
$40. 900 downward IN investment have Just
been announced there, not to mention
plans for beginning work within the next
month upon q million ollar5 courthouse
Norfolk Section B coming
Il In the Norfolk Va, section where the
$slliments OF lumber a gsregate 10000, OOo
feet q year, SO great Is the demand for
labor In construction CT new buildings
that every mechanic Is not only at work,
but is receiving record reaklng wages,
apartment houses six or eight stories high
with numerous rooms are rented as
fast as they are pleted. old time res
licences and business houses are giving
way to tall modern stores and office
buildings. and at least ~ 900 new houses
could be rented with ease. 3G
Charleston. w. Va, Is increasing It's
hotel capaclty@at cost sof more than
$4,000, and plans have been perfected
for the establishment at Huntington, ~
the same State. by a large irons lpe cons
Germ OF New York State OF a plant TO
manufacture iron soil pipe. radiators. etc.
to use 200 tons OF pig-iron a day and to
employ. ultimately 800 men. IVA
Work is being pushed upon improve
#ments that will shortly permit several
furnaces Il In Alabama, which are being
8overhauled, to resume operations, and the.
shipments OF iron are equal to the pro-s
duction there At one point In the south
ern part OF the State a town OF 80 per-
sons has within the past five years be-
1 come city OF 1000, and since the Begin
Ming OF spring has spent more than
100000 In Il substantial improvements.
while practically every stream IN the
< county has been spanned with modern
steel bridges. Somerset. to which the OIL
output OF lower Kentucky IS piped for
.
has not a vacant house. and Is building
more than one hundred homes. Within
few months its system OF street rail-
ways will be added TO Its mode,, equip
nlents. III IN ~ n 81
Tremendous Impetus. ii
ny IN Southwest Texas q tremendous I'M
petua has been given farming operations
BY the spread OF irrigation and extern
ssive drainage projects are bringing large
areas in Florida under cultivation, Y z
Recently the Deepwater Railway N
West Virginia has completed eighteen
miles OF construction, leaving forty-seven
miles to be built In connection with the
Underwater Railway; tho Norfolk ana
Western Railway has completed a TWEEN
#ty-two-rnile branch In West Virginia; the
South and Wes,ern Railway is. advancing
in North Carolina. and the Central OF
"a Georgia Railway and the East Coast
Railway Of Florida are pushing construc-
tlon on extensions Extensions of rail-
roads are under way toe, & In Kentucky,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Missis-
ls!ppt, Arkansas and Texas, and the tinui-
cations are that, While "a great deal OF
work OF the kind has been accomplished
since the first OF the yenr,the railroads
OF the South will be busy with improve
ments and extensions during the remain
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