Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-06
CONTRACT AWARDED.
FOR A BIG MILL
Plant In Columbus To BE
More Than Doubled
Another Reason Why
Americas Should Be
Up and Doing.

Lockwood, Greene & Co, mill archi-
tects and engineer, of Boston. who
have shown so much interest in the
project to establish a cotton mill in
Americas and one of whose represen-
tatives visited the city few days ago,
have prepared the plans for a big ex-
tension to the plant of the Columbus
Manufacturing Company. The Enuuir-
er-Sun tells of the improvement as fol-
lows:
The contract for erecting the addi-
ton to the plant of the Columbus
Manufacturing Company was yester-
day awarded to T. C. Thompson &
Bros, of Birmingham, Ala. and
ground for the new mill will be
broken this week.
When the company decided, some
weeks ago, to make this enlargement
it was estimated by President Gordon
that the contract could be awarded
and actual construction work begin
by August 1, and it is practically
within the estimate that the contract
has been let.
There were nine bidders. contrac-
ing firms from various parts of the
country who have submitted bids. The
contract is one of the largest of its
kind of the present year, the enlarge
ment of the Columbus Manufacturing
Company's plant representing an ex-
penditure of about half million dol
lars, and keen interest was felt in con-
tracing circles as to the award of the
work. The firms that submitted pro-
posals were practically all represented
in the city yesterday. The plans were
prepared by the well-known firm of
Lockwood, Greene & Co., mill archi-
tects and engineers, of Boston, Mass,
and the architects were represented
here yesterday by Mr. Thayer, who
went over various bids with the exec
utiVe committee of the company.
What the Plant viii Be.
After careful consideration of all
the bids it was decided to award the
contract to T. c. Thompson & Bros, of
Birmingham, who are among the best
known mill contractors in the south
ern states, having erected many cot
ton factories throughout this section.
This is the same firm that is now
building the new Hamburger mill in
this city
The addition to the Columbus Man
ufacturing Companys plant will re-
suit in slightly doubling it's capacity.
The present building, which is four
stories high, 261 feet long, 12S feet
wide, will be extended west distance
of PIP feet The enlarged building
will thus be 533 feet long, 12S feet
wide, four stories high-an imposing
structure that will rank a samong the
largest cotton manufacturing plants in
the world under one roof.
The addition to the mill-it is real
ly a new factory, except that it will
be in the form of an extension to the
old mills to be completed by the
contractors within five months 1t is
believed that the enlarged plant will
be in operation by June 1.
The Columbus Manufacturing Com
pany now has 10000 spindles in oper-
alton. Twenty thousand will be add
ed at once, making a total of $4,000
in the enlarged building. Space will
be provided for an additional $4,000
spindles and thus in the course of
year or two $4,000 spindles will be
under the big roof
The company's loom equipment is
now 500. Six hundred looms are to
be added at once, and later on 200
more, making total of 1000 looms.