The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-03
new INDUSTRIES
. OF THE PAST WEEK
Developmental Announcements
From Various Sections
of South,
Especial to The Times-pispatch.

Especial to The mes-Dispatch.1
Baltimore, Nd, September among
the striking evidences OF deep and wide
interest in Southern development is
the almost daily acquisition OF some
large tract of land by Western people
for colonization purposes. Al the same
time there is no slackening in move
ments b yindividuals or companies for
the utilization in various lines of in
dustry of the mineral and timber re-
sources OF the South. Among the many
tndustrEll and other developmental
enterprises in that section announced
in this weeks issue OF tho Manufac-
turers' Record are the following:
Marsh Creek Splint and Gas Coal
Company. Charleston, w. Va. was
organized with 100000 capital stock
and leased 2,740 acres OF coal land foIs
development.
Shreveport Fruit Jar and Bottle
Works Company. Shreveport, La, was
organized by Anderson Indiana man
ufk cturers TO establish plant with
ten hours capacity of 10000 jars, etc
Gardner Extract Company. Basic
City. Va. was chartered with $780,
900 capital stock to build plant with
daily capacity of seventy-fve 10 100
barrels of tanning extract.
Williamson Veneer Company, New
port News. Va. was chartered with
$4,000 capital stock to manufacture
veneers.
Huntington Clay Products Company.
Huntington. w. Va. was awarded con-
tract for construction OF $4,000 fire.
proof building which Will be equipped
with machinery for n daily capacity of
100000 paving and building bricks
Farmers and Merchants Cotton OIL
Company. Holdenville. Okla. will butlo
all ,,,tI1 90 ~
Delta Planting Company Scott, Miss,
will erect cotton oil mill to cost $50. 600
Newton OIL and Fertilizer Company,
Newton, N. c.. wiz build cotton oil milf
to cost $4,000
Baldwin Lumber Company. Lafayette,
La. Will clear and develop about o.
900 acres of land for development by
cultivation; will plant sugar cane. hay
and corn. build sawmill. construct
twelve mile railway. etc.
Corbitt Automobile Company. Hen
derson. N C.. was organized with
$4,000 capital stock to build auto
mobile works.
Exposition Cotton Mills. Atlanta. Ga.
awarded contract for construction of
100000 loom shed and will Install TO-
900 spindles with accompanying looma.
etc.
Southern Coal and Ice Company Ma
! con. Ga was organized and will build
plant with daily capacity OF eighty Ave
tons OF ice: awarded machinery con-
tracts at $4,000
Crystal Ice and Ice Cream Company,
Lexington. N. c.. was chartered with
$4,000 capital stock to manufacture
ice and Ice cream.
Hamilton Orchard Heater Company.
Wheeling. ". ", was incorporated
with 100000 capital stock to manu-
facture orchard heaters.
Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Com
pany. High Point, ". c.. awarded con-
tract for construction or two factory
: buildings costing $4,000.
1iitusville &'rut and Farm Lands
Company. Titusville. Fla. recently In :
corporated with 100000 capital stock.
plans to establish snwmill and rock
crushing plant, construct ffty miles of
road. build town on Indian River, etc.
in connection with the development Of
22,0Oo acres OF land.
The Phosphate Mining Company,
Nichols. Fla and New York. was re :
ported os 10 invest s25o,o0o Tor re-
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