The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-04
NEW INDUSTRIES
IN THE SOUTH
Many Developments in
Various Section

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Baltimore, April 29.-Among the
important industrial announcements
uI the week in the Manufacturers
Record Is that of the completion of
the rWard Of contracts for the en,in-
ment Of the plant at Ragland, Ala.
r"H>tE~lctlon Oh which was recently
'r@un by the Atlantic and Gulf Port
.''m.nt Company, of exne-
fenced Portland cement manufacture
= ana bankers of Pennsylvania. The
.ntT&l capacity Of the plant is to be
-.00 barrels OF cement daily and this
- I" be speedily increased to 5000
iarrels daily.
Th2 Wells-Sapulpa Packing Com
pany. Of Saplpa, Oklahoma, ran
to Luild a 100000 packing plant.
n Gulf Lumber Company. of Full
Ierton, La, awarded the contract for
steel buildings and machinery for a
mili 10 have Il daily capacity of 400
900 1eet of lumber. r. G.. Peters, of
Nanlstee, Mich, purchased 10000
acres OF iron ore and timber land
near Rome. Ga, and he will develop
the property by cutting the timber
mln2IlS the ore, building q 6O-ton
charcoal furnace and constructing q
gauge railway sc miles long.
TIE Georgia Steel Company, of At
iant2, reorSaniZed and decided to eX-
pend $25o.00o for additional facilities
To develop its 10000 acres of iron ore
lane. The Dawson Chemical Com
pany, OF Baltimore, announced its
plan 10 eXpend more than $500, 900
for 3 sulphuric acid plant with an
ann&al capacity of 100000 tons. The
Maryland Steel Company. at SparrOWS
Poio-, announced its expectation to
begin this year the construction of it's
proposed open heart steel plant. Gal
weston COuntN, TexaS, and the railway
companies Interested in the proposed
Galveston causeWay determined upon
the anal plans for the undertaking,
which viii cost $1,400, 600.
James I. Jackson, of Augusta, Ga,
and northern capitalists are planning
to build q water-poWer electric plant
TO develop 800 primary and 1000
secondary horsepower.
The North Carolina Electrical
Power Co, OF Asheville, is planning
10 begin the construction Of its water
power electric plant which will de-
FclCD 5000 horsepower and will cost
>t00,0
The Day Lumber Co. of New Or
purchased 1900 acres of tim
Der land in mississippi at Il cost of
and VII spend $125.0GO
way and a saW-mill with a daily ca
pacj-y Of 100, 900 feet of lumber.
Jo1n Robinson. Of Arlington. S. c..
and I. f.. Smith n others Of GreerS.
:. c, proposa to build q 10000 spin
die cotton yarn mill at Greers.
I CoosdWattee and Mountain
Rivers Power and Improvement
60. # Atlanta, with q maximum
of 5000 600, is planning to
q hNdrC-clectric plant for the
Development of 1000 horsepower.
The NcWberrE Cotton Mills. Of New
7, :. G.. IS to invest $3.50, 900 to
lula another mill for 10000 spindles
and 300 looms.
The Alice Cotton Oil Co, Of Alice,
capitalized at $4,000, has pur-
haeei the machinery and will build
an CT mill. Il Young American Gold
5Iinf1g Co. uf Lantana, Va, capital
.zeG at $4,000 arranged for the de-
y element of its properties in Gooch-
county. The Greenwood Manu-
iactgring co. of Flora, Tenn. capital
.zed At $4,000. plans TO build q TO-
p0Q spindle cotton mill. The Okla
Class WORKS and Silica Co,
MID Creek, okla. was Incorporated
100000 capital. The Caddo-
inte, state OF and Gas Co, Of ShreVe-
Ia, was incorporated with $loo'-
200 capital and the Miller Manufac-
-Uring CO., Of l3ichmond, Va, was in
org Grated with $500. 900 capital and
Vii BALD q plant to manufacture
IS, doors. blinds, cases, boxes, etc. :
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