Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-15
WONDERFUL EXPANSION IN
 MANY LINES OF INDUSTRY
Nearly Million New Spindles Added to the Cotton Textile Manufactures of the Southern
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BALTIMORE, Md, October l4--Dur. ing the first nine months of this year, according to survey in this week s issue of the Manufacturers Record, plans have been made for the addition to the Southern textile equipment of S34 ,42S spindles and l6,4SS looms, repre-. senting approximately an investment of $21 100000. Of the total l76,336 spin dies and 367S looms, representing an investment of about $4,40s,000 are the embodiment of the plans made during the third quarter of the year, in which scope did not equal those of either the irst or second quarter. The addition of spindles and looms to established mills continues to be the predominating feature of the growth of southern cot ton manufacturing facilities, for, of the 1 ltal contemplated investment in the hird quarter of the year, about S2,- 600,000, representing l03,336 spindles and 1878 looms to be added to existing mills, and about $l,S25,000 represents 73,000 spindles and 1900 looms in new mills North Carolina leads the south in the proposed additions, S3,976 spin. dies and 1850 looms, with South Caro- lima second, with 40,400 spindles and 1878 looms. Tennessee third, with 25,- 900 spindles and 800 looms, and Geor- gia fourth, with 22, l60 spindles and 250I looms. An interesting feature of south ern textile history during the past three months is the activity in the establish ment of knitting mills. Plans for eight of them, six in North Carolina, one in Mississippi, and one in Virginia, with an aggregate capital of $345,000, were announced
 Among the important industrial am nouncements of the week are the fol lowing:
 Clinchfeld Coal corporation, Dante, Va, has begun the development of it's Dumps Creek property, to ha an in- itial capacity of 100000 tons of coal.
 C.. B. Holder of Rome, Ga, and At lauta capitalists will form S2OO,0O0 company to build cotton oil mill and fertilizer factory at Rome.
 Chattanoona Cotton Oil company, Chattanooga, Tenn, is being organized with S75,000 capital to install an oil mill
 Central Cypress company, Alexandria. La, was incorporated with Sj0,000 caLi. ! tai.
 Graham Hoisery Mills, Suffolk, Va, was incorporated with a capital of sl0OOO,
 Coleman Compress company, Cole man, Texas, was incorporated with $40,0O0 capital.
 New River Golfers company, Sun, w. | Va, decided to develop additional | mines, build tipples, construct power plants and make other Improvements at Eecles, w. Va,
 Kentucky Electric company, Louis. vile, Ky, announced plans for propos- ed extensions and improvements to cost S400,00O
 Armour Fertilizer Works, Chicago. III. | purchased Tennessee Chemical plant at | Nashville, Tenn, Elberton, Ga. and other cities, besides phosphate rock in. I terests in Tennessee; price reported as $l,750,0OO.
 Cheek-Neal company, Nashville, Tenn. decided to erect a $30,000 tirepr0of building and install coffeGroasting {, equipment at Jacksonville, Fla.
 Black Warrior Coal & Coke company. Philadelphia, is preparing to develop it's coal, iron and oil lands in Tenn, and to build furnaces in Alabama, it owns 25,0O0 acres and has contracted for 6O,OOO acres with three operating coal mines.
 Memphis Union Station company,