The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24
bUSYOOWNS SOUTH.
WORK IN VIRGINIA
Norfolk and Western Enlarging
Capacity of Car Works
in Magic City.
BUILDING BOOM IS GENERAL
Norfolk's New Armory-Public
Building for Petersburg-Lex-
ington Spending Big Money.
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Baltimore, November e3.-Among the
mary Southern Industrial and other de-
velopmental enterprises reported In
this weeks issue Of the Aanufactur-
ers. Record are the following:
Norfolk and Western Railway, Roa-
noke. Va, will invest $250.00O to erect
additional buildings and install new
machinery, TO increase the daily ca
pscfty of its steel car works from ten
to twenty cars. 4
Company, Brilliant. Ala. was incor-
porated with 100000 capital STOCK 10
develop coal land.
John c. Cooke. Birmingham, Ala
plans organization Of COMPANY capi-
taI,zed at $4,000 to 100000 {, builo
plant for manufacturing coal washing
machinery.
Marathon Motor Works. Nashville.
Tenn. completed new factory build
ing and is installing new machinery
and equipment to Goubie present out
Put providing for the manufacture OF
5000 cars during 1913.
Porter Lumber Company. Charleston.
W. Va, recently Incorporated with
500, 600 capital stock. will build SIN
RIe-band mill with daily capacity OF
IS 900 feet OF lumber at Cnelyan. W.
Va
Maryland Timber Company. Balti-
more. Nd, was incorporated with
500. 900 capital stock for the purpose
Of developing timber land
Terminal Freezing and Heating Com
rany, Baltimore, Nd. ava rded contract
for construction Of six-story building
for cold storage plant addition. new
structure to contain about 100000
cubic fet Of door space, and with
equipment to cost $4,000.
r. l. Thomas, Lexington. Ky. ana
others SOLD $4,000 acres of Jackson
County (Ky.) coal and timber land to
Blueneld and Huntington CIV. Val
capitalists. who plan to develop the
property.
Spartanburg Pathway. Gas ard Elec-
tic Company, Spartanburg. 8 C.. con-
templates constructing additional hy-
droelectr.c plants and has engineers
Investigating its water-powSr prop
critics.
Piedmont waste Company. Shelby. n
C.. was incorporated with $4,000 cap
ttal stock to build cotton waste mill.
National Adjustable Window Cor
poration. Richmond. increased capital
stock from 100000 to SSe0.00o.
Bailey Lumber Company, B!ueneld,
". Va. was incorporated with 3'e.-
600 capital stock to manufacture lum-
Ter.
Rrookside Cotton Mills. Knoxville.
Tenn. awarded contract for erecting
a two-story 2S7 b. 1so-foot brick ad-
<sition TO spinning mill and 2is-foot
extension to weaving mill
Denmark Machine Works. Denmark.
8 G.. was incorporated with $4,000
capital stock to operate machine plant
standard iron Works. SpartAnburg.
s. C.. was incorporated With $4,000
capital stock
Thomas b. whitted. Charlotte. y. G..
and associates plan construction OF
big cotto, mill at or near Savannah.
Ga
The numerous buildings consracted
for during the week included the roll
lowing important structures: Sl.eoe.eee
asylum builsns at Columbia, = c.
see ees aImshouse ~ Petcrsourg. Va:
SI2s.esg clubhouse at Charlotte y. e.:
SIee. 0e0 lodge building At Charleston.
w. Va: S1e0. go bank improvements ~
Richmond: Sse.eee apartment house q
cnsssanorea: $500 association build
tag q wIlmingtcn. y. a.: &.s.ees ssm-
Org building 1t Norfolk; $5s.0eo uns-
vcrsisy building st Lexsngton. Va; ~.
coo theatre ae Baltimore