The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-30
MILLS ARE
ADDING To PLANTS
Big Developments in the
S0uth's Manufactures

Baltimore, March 25-The most no.
table Southern industrial
ments during the past week in the
Manufacturers Record We're those of
additions to Southern cotton manu-
featuring facilities. The Woodside
Cotton Mills, Greenville. S. c., award
ed contracts for buildings and ma
chinery for an additional plant of 3D.
900 spindles and $50 looms, to cost
about 100000. Imam Mills, In
man. S. G. which completed a build
ing addition some weeks ago. decided
to install 1860 spindles and $40
looms. and has awarded the contract,
the buildings and machinery to rep
resent III investment OF about $780,
900.
Locke Cotton Mills CO., Concord, N.
c.. awarded contract TO rebuild Ode11
Mill No. 4 and ordered $4,000 spin
dies as the first installation with H.
coo more to follow and the ultimate
capacity to be $4,000 spindles repre-
senting an investment of 100000.
Marion Manufacturing Co.. Marion,
n. c., Incorporated with a capital of
$500, coo, South Carolina cotton man
ufacturers and New York dry goods
commission men being interested, but
details Of mill have not been decided.
Erwin Cotton Mills Co., decided upon
| West n. c.. as the site for it's
additional million-dollar mill, an
nounced some weeks s as to De
built for an equipment of $4,000
spindles and 1900 looms. cannon
Manufacturing Co., k~annapolis, N. c.,
| decided to install 800 looms in the
| additional building announced several
weeks ago.
Easley Cotton Mill, Easley, S. c.,
has not fully determined but will
doubtless build an addition costing;
$500, 900 and having an equipment Of
$4,000 spindles and 600 looms
The AVoyelles Cypress Co, Cotton
port, La, closed contracts for a mill
to cost $4,000 with a daily output of
CO., 600 feet Of lumber. The Myles
Minera Co. was organized at New Or
leans, with a capital stock of $780,
900 for the purpose Of developing gas
and Oil lands. The st. Charles Co.,
offices in Chicago, incorporated with
100000 capital for the purpOs of
reclaiminS 1880 acres Of land in ST.
Charles Parish, La. Dixie Coal G.
Logan, w. Va, Incorporated with
100000 capital to develop coal lands.
Brighton & Lancing Coal. Co.. Blue
field. w. Va, incorporated with $780,
900 capital to develop coai lands.
Beaumont Ice Manufacturing Co,
Beaumont, Texas. incorporated with
$4,000 capital to build plant with a
daily output OF SO tons Of ice. Sagax
w OOQ 20. Oh 6dlC111lOTo announced It's
plans to expend $4,000 for buildings
and $4,000 for machinery to eStab-
fish a plant for manufacturing fire
proof building materials. Coal River
Land Co. Charleston, w. Va, incor-
porated With 100000 capital to ar
range for the development Of 10000
acres of mineral and timber lands.
Pennoir Coal, Oil & Gas Co., Hay
market, Va, incorporated With $780,
coo capital to develop coal, oil and gas
lands. Rock Castle lumber Co. will
build a band mill with daily capacity
of 40 5000 feet Of lumber, in Martin
county. Kentucky. Columbia Gas &
Electric Co., Cincinnati, O.,
it will build additional gas pipe lines
in West Virginia to Cleveland, Ohio,
at a cost of about $4,000, 600. South
ern Carolina Lumbe Co, Marion, S.
c., Incorporated with s1,200,00 CAPT
tai.
Various other mining and manufaC-
turing enterprises, electric light and
power plants, lumber manufacturing
plants, municipal water works and
sewer construction, and many differ
ent kinds of buildings We're mentioned
in the weeks news.