The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13
TO DEVELOP WATER POWER.
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index
Reports Progress.

Columbus Ca, March 12.-(Specal.) y
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial In
dex Will say tomorrow In Its regular
weekly issue:
Included in the reports to the Index
this week is notable news of additional
developments in Georgia and Alabama
of water power of more of the large and
numerous streams which In these two
states begin to descend through shoals
and waterfalls to the level of the sea.
Announcement is made that tho General
Electric company has purchased the
power rights of Jackson shoals, on the
Choccolocco near Talladega, Ala, and
will develop this power extensively at a
large cost. In addition to furnishing
power for manufacturing purposes, an
interurban electric railway between ITALIA
dega, Admission and Gadsden Ala, Is con-
templated. The Bibb Power company,
organization, applied for authority to In
crease It's capital stock from 100000 to
$5c00,O00, and proposes to develop $1,000
horsepower of electric energy at plants
on the Oconee. Ocmulgee and Flint rivers.
1t Is announced that construction work
will begin In the early summer upon a
power plant on Little river that will rep
resent, when completed, q total invest
ment OF 100000. With the enormous
water power developments at Muscle
Shoals. In North Alabama, at Columbus.
Ga, Albany, Ga, and other points In
Georgia and Alabama, readers of the In
dex are familiar. These developments
not only represent vast investments of
themselves, but they are active and at
tractive promoters of manufacturing in
dustries of varied character and impor-
tant and far-reachng factors in indus
trial growth. Georgia and Alabama have
unequalled climatic and labor conditions
and ample transportation facilities with
power furnished at small cost they az
ford unrivaled opportunities for proflta-
BILE manufacturing-wit raw materials
at the doors of the factories.
Among things reported by the Index
this week are: 100000 realty and trust
company, Bridgeport, Ala. 100000 land
company. Waycross, Ga: 100000 bank,
Montgomery, Ala; 100000 enlargement
and improvement OF fertilizer factory,
Augusta. Ga; 100000 foundry company.
Gadsden, Ala; barrel factory Pelham,
Ca; concrete machinery plant, Atlanta,
Ga: $50 600 Woodmen of the World build
ing, Mobile, Ala; three-story hotel, Val
dosta, Ga; $1,000 hotel near Mobile, Ala;
knitting mill near Augusta, Ga. light
plant and waterworks, Thomaston. Ala
power plant, Milledgeville, Ga; railroad
extension from Brooklyn to Andalusia.
Ala; ginnery and excelsior plant, Gaines
Vile, Ca; $4,000 school buildings, Deca-
tur. Ala; theatre, LAGRANGE, Ga; out
put of a company's brown ore mines In
Georgia to be increased from 800 to 2o00
tons daily. Proposed municipal bond is
sues for public Improvements as follows.
Columbus, Ga, s100 900; Ensley, Ala. $780,
600; Elberton, Ga, $4,000. Numerous bust
ness buildings, churches, residences and
construction contracts awarded, among
the number being one for a $4,000 ware
house al Birmingham Ala. 1t Is reported
that the erection of a seyen-story office
building is projected at Montgomery,
Ala, but as yet this has not been con-
firmed.