The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-08
MANUFACTURERS RECORD.
Plans Made for Additions to Textile
Equipment.

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Equipment.
Baltimore, Oct. 7.-(Special. )-During
the first nine months of this year, &C
cording to a survey In this weeks is
sue of The Manufacturers Record,
plans have been made for the addition
to the Southern textile equipment OF
S34,428 spindles and 16.4sS looms. rep
resenting approximately an investment
of $2l000000. or the total, 1885
spindles and 3,67S looms representing
an investment Of about $44OS.00O are
the embodiment OF the plans made du-
ring the third quarter Of the year.
which in scope did not equal those OF
either the first or the second quarter.
The addition of spindles and looms to
established mills continues to be the
predominating feature Of the growth Of
Southern cotton manufacturing facili-
ties, for, of the total contemplated In
vestment in the third quarter of the
year about $2.600.0e0 represent 103.336
spindles and 1878 looms to be added
to existing mills and about $l.S25.OOO
represents 10000 spindles and 1880
looms In new mills. North Carolina
leads the South in proposed additions,
s3,s7e spindles and 1850 looms, with
south Carolina second. 40.400 spindles
and 1878 looms, Tennessee third. $4,000
spindles and 500 looms, and Georgia
fourth, 22160 spindles and $50 looms.
An Interesting feature OF Southern tex
tile history during the past three
months Is the activity In the establish
ment of knitting mtlla Plans Tor
eight of them, six In North Carolina
one in Mississippi and one in virginia
with an aggregate captai OF SSfo'VVV
were announced.
Among the important Industrial an
nouncements of the week are the fol-
lowing: ClinchfeId Coal Corporation,
Dante, Va, has begun the development
Of its Dumps Creek property, to have
an initial annual capacity OF 1.00O,0OO
tons of coal. G.. B. Holder. OF Rome
Ga. and Atlanta capitalists will form
a 100000 company to build cotton
oil min and fertilizer factory at Rome.
Chattanooga Cotton Oil Company, Chat-
tanooga, Tenn, is being organized with
$4,000 capital to install an oil mill
Central Cypress Company. Alexandria,
Ia. was incorporated with $4,000 cap
itai. Graham Hosiery Mills, Graham,
N. c., was incorporated with capltai
of $4,000. Bell Hosiery Mills, sur
folk. Va. was incorporated with cap
ital of $4,000. Morton Furniture Fac
tory. Morton. Va, was incorporated
with capital of $4,000. Coleman
Compress Company, Coleman, Texa was
Incorporated with $4,000 capital. New
River Galleries Company, Sun. w. Va
decided to develop additional mines
build tipples, construct power plants
and make other improvements at Ec-
cles. w. Va. Kentucky Electric COM
pany. Louisville, KY; announced plans
for proposed extensions and improve
ments to cost 100000. Armour Feru,
lizer Works, Chicago, ILL.,, purchased
Tennessee Chemical Company plant a,
Nashville, Tenn, Alberton, Ca ano
other cities, besides phosphate rock IN
terests in Tennessee; price reported al
81. 100000. Cheek Heal Conee COM
many. Nashville. Tenn. decided to erec'
$4,000 fire-proof building ana IN
stail coffee roasting equipment at Jack
sonville, Fla. Black warrior Coal ahe
coke Company, Philadelphia. Is pre-
nsr,n9 TO develop Its coal. iron and OF
iands In Tennessee and to build fur
nares in Alabama; owns $4,000 acre:
md has contracted for $4,000 acres
with three operating coal mines Mem
nhis Union Station Company, Memphis
Tenn. incorporated by representatives
~ nrominent railway companies Il
nrovide terminal facilities and unior
station. an expenditure of from 5000
0O0 to $4,000, 900 being contemplated
pobart L. Steele, of Rockingham. N
r q. M, Burns and others OF Wades
horo N. c., plan the organization OF
ssoO 600 company to build a cotton mil
81 Wadesboro. Clyde Steamship Com
uspv New York, announced that plans
and specifications are being prepared
Co. its proposed improvements at Jack
sonville' Fla; about $750.000 will be ex
nended. A $4,000 company organized
~ houston, Tex. to build a plant fol
noanufacturing patent nut locks.