The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-26
PUSH
LUMBER INTEREST
North Carolina, the Michigan Of
the South in Matter oi Fur
niture Making.
DICKINSON COUNTY TIMBER
sawnills Bobbing Up in Every
Southern Statc-New Rail
roads Developing.
DICKINSON COUNTY TIMBER
rspeclal 10 Tho Tlnes-Dlspatch.l

Especial to Tho TimesDispatch.1
BALTIMORE. MD. May 25.-North
Carolina. with its notable progress as
a furniture manufacturer made during
the past ten or fifteen yeprs has
come TO be recognized in that respect
as the Michigan of the South. In
other States of that section more and
more attention is being given every
year to the vast resources of timber,
and the divers directions taken In
the utilization of such supplies are
Indicated in announcements in this
weeks issue of the Manufacturers
Record.
course. still predominant. Among
them are the establishment of saw
mills at Hardy. Ark, to make railroad
car material, ties, piling and posts;
at culp, Ark. at Hammond Natchi-
tocfles. Cpelousas, Alexandria, New
Orleans and Oberl!n, La, at North
Birmingham and Selma. Ala; at
GAINESVILLE Lexington, Sparta and
Selmer. Tom; at Alto and Sour Lake.
Texas: at New Augusta, Miss, and in
Barren county. KY.
Immense Lumber Interest.
Near Bruton. Ala. about II 400 acres
of timber land have been leased for
twelve years, and a turpentine dis
tillery Will be erected there. A SINH
lar plant representing an investment
of $4,000. VIII be erected at Lake
Charles, La, so arranged as to permit
a doubling of capacity whenever de-
sired. In Louisiana, too lumber COM
panv is considering the possibility of
installing creosoting plant in con-
nection with its lumber mill. which
Will have an output of 100000 feet
in twenty hours.
AT Little Rock, Ark, progress is
being made upon creosoting plant,
which will have equipment for treat
ing about 100000 cross ties annual
~. About 100000 will be invested
in saw and planning mill near Savan-
nah. Ga, to handle timber lying be-
tween Central Junction and the
Ogeechee River.
Virginia Lumber.
Another tract of 10000 acres of tim
Der in Dickinson county, Va, is to be
similarly developed by an Ohio COM
pany.
Other woodworking undertakings
pacity of 10000 day, at Newport.
Ark; box factories at Atlanta Ca, and
at Ocean Springs, Miss; furniture fac
tories at Nashville, Tenn, and at
Greeneville, Tenn; vehicle works at
Rose Hill, n. c., sash and door factory
at Montgomery, Ala, hardwood factory
at Gilbert La; veneerng mill at Black
Rock, Ark; shingle mill at Jonesboro,
Ark. sash and door factory at VAL
dosta. Ga; planning mill at Owensboro,
Ky, and cooperage and storage works
at HagerstoWn, Md.
New Railroads Hclpinr
Railroad building in different parts
Of the South is contributing greatly to
the development of the lumber indus
try. The Baton Rouge, Hammond and
Eastern Railroad to extend forty three
miles from Baton Rouge to Hammond
La, and twentythree milos from
Hammond to Covington, La, ,.ill run
through timber region thLt is ex-
pected to furnish large amount OF
lumber for freight Another lumber
road, the New Orleans Great Northern
is pushing work in mississippi toward
jackson, and branch of 1t may be en-
tended either to Gulfport or to Pas
sagoula. This road TOUCHES territory
having enough timber to keep running
for thirty five years TIE lumber plant
at Bogalusa, La.