The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-08-26
hARCHOF PROGRESS
CONTINUES IN
GEORGIA
MANY NEW INDUSTRIES IN THIS
AND OTHER SOUTHERN STATES
As REPORTED BY TIE COLUM-
BUS INDEX.

COLUMBUS, Ga, Aug. 25.-The
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index
says today in its regular weekly is
sue:
The growing popularity OF Geor-
gia and Alabama manufactured pre-
duets in the markets of the world
was wen illustrated by several Incl
dents during the past week. A big
order was received for Alabama steel
rail, to be used in railroad construc-
ton in Mexico, this order following
a recent one for $4,000 tons of such
rails for use by the Hartman sys-
TEN of railroads in the United States.
To Macon, Ga, company was award
ed the contract for furnishing the
piping to be used III a $50, 600 sewer
contract at Mobile, Ala. Railroad
frogs and switches manufactured by
new plant at Birmingham, Ala, are
being used in the construction of a
street railway system down in Mex
leo. From far off Naples, Italy, came
an order during the week for a ship
ment of Alabama iron. Orders for
water-pipe made in Alabama were re-
Ceived from distant cities of the un-
ion.
The week witnessed several i'm
portant coal and timber land transac-
tions. Mobile, Ala, parties who last
February secured an option on 1851
acres of coal lands in Jefferson and
Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama, at
$390,620 availed themselves of the
option and have just made the re-
Quired payment in cash The prop
erty will be developed on large
scale, and the coal carried by barge
to the port of Mobile. Another min
eral land deal of magnitude was the
of 10000 acres of coal lands
in the Alabama district by a Shelbx
county ccal mining company, which
plans to proceed at once with the
of the property A
Huntsville, Ala, company will deyep
op cedar timber property near Hunts
vile, expending from $4,000 to
$4,000 in carrying out its plans.
Prominent in the construction
news of the week are announcements
Of new warehouses, most of which
are to be established by farmers un-
ions, which are making such sub
stantial investments along that line
this summer Among others, ware
houses are announced for Auburn,
Ga, Bowman, Ca, Broxton, Ca, War.
renton, Ca. Andersonville, Ga, and
Linden, Ala
Contract for a 100000 library at
Americus, Ga, was let and qians
for a $4,000 library at Troy, Ala.
were accepted. A $4,000 terminal
station fer Athens, Ga, is announced.
and contract was awarded to build
a $4,000 station at West Point, Ga.
There were substantial developments
in the Americus. Ga, street railway
project Barnesville, Ga, let the
contract for waterworks and lighting
plants, lighting plant for Gurley,
Ala. is announced. and franchise
was given for street railway and
electric light and power plant at
Huntsville. Ala. A yarn mill at Gay
lesville. Ala, announced some time
ago, is now to be built, and it is re-
ported that additions will be made to
a large cotton mill at Lindale, Ga
Ginneries at Talbotton. Ga, and Oden-
vile. Ala. a concrete block plant at
Ashland. Ala, grist mills at Augusta,
Ga. and Ty Ty, Ga, and extension Of
independent telephone systems in
both states are interesting items Of
industrial news.
Montgomery, Ala. has called an
electlcn on the issuance of s250,000
.of bonds for various municipal i'm
.provements. Club houses for Bruins.
wick, Ga, Darien, Ga. and Ensley,
Ala, are projected, a Masonic temple
for Avondale. Ala, is announced, a
bridge contract was let in Floyd
county, Georgia. an an election on
Issuance Of bonds for bridge and road
improvements in Greene county GeoF-
gia, is recommended by the grand
jury of that county. The diversity Of
agricultural pursuits in south Ala
bama is illustrated by the fact that
La 16O-acre tract is to be planted. in
pecan trees"