The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-05
new INDUSTRIES
OF The PAST WEEK
Dcvelopmental Announcements
From Various Sections
of South.
Especial to The Timos-D d spatch.l

Especial to The Times D. spatchl
Baltimore. May among the
southern industrial and other de-
| Nelopmcntal enterprises reported In
thls weeks issue OF tie Manufacture
crs RECORD are the following:
Chattanooga Iron arG Coal Company,
Chattanooga. Tenn, arranged to or
game and develop It's properties,
plans for developments including ex-
pehditurc of several hundred Thousand
dollars to improve furnace and increase
output of coal and iron mines, blow
in furnace with daily capacity of 225
tons of iron. etc. properties Include
coal and timber land near Dunlap.
Tenn. rock and limestone quarries at
Ironco, ca. and iron mines at Estellc
Ga contomplates constructing by-pro-
duct coke ovens to cost SI5u.UO0.
central Georgia Tran smission Com
pany. Macon. Ga, received authority
from Georgia Railroad Commission to
issue S2.0VO,O00 common stock and ST. !
oop,"oo bonds for construction In con- /
ncction with plans for transmitting
electricity through Georgia, sp.citica- |
tons including 2SS miles OF transmits
SION line. ninety-IiVc milcs of dlstri- /
buting system. auxiliary steam plant
at Atlanta. and fourteen substations /
with combined capacity u: -.j.lu0 kilv- !
watts.
Ashevillc Light ana T:wcr Co Ashe-
vile. \. G.. acquired AshcVilic Electric (
Company properties in accordance
with plan previously announced; prop |
critics include railway, electric plant.
hydro electric plant, wa;erpower Site.
etc: issues bonds for S5,00O,000, of !
which $3,900,0o0 will he used Dor i'm |
provcmcnts and additions.
Norfolk and Western Hallway Com !
pany, Norfolk. Va. awarded contract
for breakwater. dredging bulkhead and |
substructure for conl rier 120O feet
long; substructure to be of steel and |
piers annual capacity to be 100000 |
tons of coal; Sl.50o,00O will be the cost |
L. w. Morrison. ST. Louis. Mo-, and !
associates arc planning u build hydro |!
electric plant on Usage River, between
Jefferson city ana Kansas City, re- |
curing two dams to develop 5000
horsepower and an expenditure OF s5,- !
ueo. 900
West Pennsylvania Traction Com
pany accepted proposition of American /
Water Works and Guarantee Com
pany, both of Pittsburgh. TO organize
West pennsylvania Traction and
Watcrpowcr Cofpany WIN $21,ooo,ooo
capital Ito develop waterrowcr OF Cheat
River and West Virginia. and transmit !
electricity in West Virginia. Pennsyl"
vania and Ohio.
Woodward Iron Company. Birmins
ham. Ma. was reported rs hav;u;
mace costing $4,000 and forty by
product coke ovens. these ovens with
furnace and accompanying improve
mcuts to cost. 81 .o0G, 0OG: plans said u
contemplate further expenditures OF
S!.0OO.OOC.
Mcintyrc- Mann Timber Land Com
pauy. Pine Blun. Ark. was incorpora;-
ed with s325.2c0 capital stock to de-
ve!op 5000 acres OF hardwood timber
land.
Maybank and Company. Charleston.
s. c.. were reported as 10 invest $780,
600 to purchase river front site and
construct compress and warehouse
system with capacity of 100000 bales
az cotton.
Steel city Chemical Company. p!r.
minSham. .lla was Incorporated and
has begun construction OF $4,000
plant with annual capacity OF 1000
10 10000 rous Of sulphUric acid.
Newport Turpentinc AID Rosin Com
pany. :iay AIuctte. Ala. was incor-
poratcd with 100000 capital stock to
manufacture rosin, turpeutinc, etc.
Bladenboro cotton Mills, Bladen-
boro. y. G., awarded contract for SiO,-
600 building, steam plant developing
5o-horsepowcr. 5000 spindles. etc,
for cotton yarn manufacture; cost OF
machinery $4,000.
Colonial Crcosoting Company. Boga-
lusa La was Incorporated with $780,
csp capital stock to build creosoting
plant
Birmingham Tool ana 1mplemen,
Company. Birmingham, Ala, was or
sanizcd with $4,000 capital stock to
build plant FOR manufacturing hay
presses
Perry County Coal Company. viper.
Ky was incorporated with 100000