The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
new INDUSTRIES
OF PAST WEEK Elk
Announcements Showing Wide
Scope Of Development
in South.
,,eciaIsto .The 3rtmes-Disp,atch.]

SESpecial:to The Ttmes-Dt spatch.]
Baltimore October 22.-I Illustrative
OF the. scope 81 southern industrial
Is the announcement In
this weeks issue OF the Alanufacturers'
Record that the Whiting Manufactur.
ing Co., OF Asheyille. N. c., and PHIL
adelphia, Pa, which owns 10000 acres
Of timber land in Graham county. N. O..
has purchased the county seat, Rob
binsville, with the exception Of the
court house and some church property,
and expects to build there three-band
saw mill, a planning mill, dry kilns and
hardwood flooring plant The ac-
tivities OF the, company Will include
considerable railroad construction to
open up Its timber properties. The
beginning Of an expenditure during
1.-THE coming twelve months Of 100000
for additional terminal facilities at
Texas City, Tex. was mad In tho
authorization by the Texas City Trans
!portation Co., OF the construction OF
another warehouse. 100 by $50 feet;
ms tallation OF another 500-kilowat
electric generator, erection Of a depot
and office building at the docks, lay
ing Of Ave miles more OF yard tracks
and purchase of twenty fiat cars. two
coaches and two switch locomotives,
at an aggregate cost Of $4,000 Other
announcements of the week were:
Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation,
Atlanta, Ga, has plans and has pur-
chased most of the machinery and
building materials for increasing the
capacity and efficiency OF Its plants at
Atlanta. chattanooga, Rome. Augusta,
Jacksonville, Macon, albany and Col
umbus, at cost Of about $4,000.
w. r. Carter & Brother. Houston,
Tex, awarded contract for the con.
struction OF sawmill buildings to res
place its plant destroyed by fire at
Camd en-, Tex, buildings to be Of con-
crete and steel. equipped with q 600-
horse power steam plant and mill
achinery with daily output OF 2OO,-
900 feet Of lumber
Pecos and Toyah Lake 3Irri tion Co.,
Pecos. Texas. filed Its charter and
plans construction Of a system to irri-
gate 1000 acres OF land; 81. $780, 600 IS
the capital stock.
Pittsburg- Virginia Coal Corporation.
with capital stock Of $1,000.000. and
Pittsburg Virginia Development Corr
poration with capital stock OF 100000.
both OF Richmond. were incorporated
With the same officers,
he Blackwater Co.. Elkins, w, Va,
was incorporated with s250.00o capital
stock to develop coal properties.
Harhison-Walker Refractories CO..
|Pittsburg, Pa. announced plans for
Improvements to cost 100000 at 1ts
|yYylam, Ala, plant, Increasing daily
capacity from $4,000 to 10000 fire
bricks.
ST, Charles Land Co., Chicago, I'LL, Is
planning the construction OF a drain
age system to reclaim $500 acres OF
land near kenner, La.
Aldina Canning and Preserving Co,
Aldine. Tex. w as Incorporated with .
capital stock of $4,000, AT
ohios.Loulsiana. Plantation CO.. New
Orleans, La, was organized with $200,,
900 capital J, stock. purchas ed SWAMP
land In La Fourche Parish and will re,
claim the property. ss s
Anchor Coal CO., withsa capital stock
Iof $4,000, Anchor Mining CO.. with q
capital stock of ss5ooo, both OF Knox,
l5yllle. Tenn, We're Incorporated by the
same parties. s
Genesee Lumber Co, Genesee, Ala,
Twill erect a sawmill With a dali,
capacity, OF s7b.o0 70 feet OF lumber.sSre,
lContlnued on Second SPaEe,l.