The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-14
NEW INDUSTRIES
OF THE PAST WEEK
Developmental Announcements
From Various Sections
Of South.
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Southern Industrial and other Develop
mental enterprises announced In THIS
weeks Issue OF The Manufacturers
Record are the following
L. c, Deal. Of Augusta-Aiken Rail.
way & Electric Corporation, Augusta,
Ca and associates were reported as
to construct hydro electric plant on
Stevens Creek. At a cost OF 5000. 900
TO develop 10000 horsepower Tor trans
mission W electricity
Birmingham Railway Light { Power
Company. Birmingham Ala. VIII ex-
pend Sl,o00.00O Tor improvements. 10
Include 10000 k!lowatt horizontal tur-
b!ne. additional cooling tower. ect..
costing 100000 at power plant laying
100000 teot OF condu!ts Tor under
ground wires. etc, at IA cost OF }275,-
600. double tracklng. etc, TO represent
the balance OF the improvements
Rockpor, & Harbor Island Dock *
Terminal L. Il. Company RoeHport.
Texas. WAS incorporated 10 construct
y mile railway from Rackjort 10 Har-
Dor Island. docks. terminals. etc. as
part OF proposed san Antonio Rick
port & Mexican Railroad. has prc.im!n-
airy plans for i've docks and SIX slips
with trackage: dock diment.ons. In
Guiding aprons. TO be l6y feet wide
by 500 feet long; concrete piling a
dopted for constructions Harbor is
land holdings are 1000 feet deep and
gave frontag OF $500 feet
spartanburg Land Company. spartan
burg. :. c. was incorporated with ST.
00O.O 900 capital stock ana is reported
Is TO De the holding corporation Tor
the Holston Corporation. now build
Ing the Clinchneld docks q : Charleston
and owning lands at spartanburg for
a. - 90
road.
Southport Harbor Company. South.
port. y. c.. was incorporated with So
100000 authorized capital stock and is
reported as planning port terminal i'm
provements for the Carolina, Cllnch-
field 6 Ohio Railroad
Alabama. Port Land & Improvement
Company. recently incorporated with
$4,000 capital stock, acquired South
Mobile Terminal Company lana to In
cluGe Alabama Port. on lower Mobile
Bay. more than 1000 acres with water
front OF more than one mile, VIII con-
struct docks and warehouses. install
coaling equipment, dredge channel.
etc. has plans In accordance with
previous announcement OF details
Helena Cahaba Mining Company,
Birmingham. Ala. purchased 40 acres
of coal land including mine in opera
mako improvements to include new
openings FOR maximum output
Four States Coal * Coke COMPANY
Pittsburgh. Pa. plans to increase pre-
ferred stock from sl,5o0.OOo TO g.
5000 for increasing annual output
in West Virginia from 100000 TO 8.
600. 900 tons OF coal.
Continental Coal Corporation. Wall
send, Ky. plans to increase annual
nj nj a.
OF coal.
Alabama & New Orleans Transporter
Compony. New York. was Incorporated
with sl.oS7,500 capital stock by New
York capitalists who are no, vet pre-.
pared to state their plans.
Fort Ridge Coal Company. AsheviIle
y. C.. was Incorporated with 100000
capital stock to develop coal proper
Ties at Tacoma, Va.
Worth Refining Company. sherman.
Texas. was organized with $1,000 600
capital stock to manufactured ottonseed
oil and its products.
Bankers Pocahontas Coal Company.
WEIGH. w Va. incorporated with $500
600 capital stock to develop coal pro-
pertics.
Powers Bros. & Howell. Moundvlle.
Ala. purchased 500 acres OF timber
land and Will build saw mill with daily
lumber.
Chickasha coopcrage Company. Mem
phis, Tenn. purchased II acre site and
viii build plant with ten hour capacity
OF $500 barrels.
Cumberland Lumber Company. sparta.
Tenn. purchased 5000 acres Of hard
wood timber land at $4,000 and viii
install large band saw mil.
SAPPHIRE Mica Company. SAPPHIRE, ~
tai stock TO develop mica property.
Clifton Forge Public Service Cor
poration. Clifton Forge. Va. purchased
Roekbridsc Power Corporation. owning
hydro electric plants and operating
at Lexington and Buena Vista. Va
Will construct transmission lines to con-
meet Clifton Forge. Covington. licking
ton and Buena Vista.
Newport News IS Old Point Electric
Railway Company, Hampton. Va. pur-
chased Hampton. Phoebus & Fort Mon
roe Gas COMPANY and awarded con
trace for gas plant bctterments to cost
$4,000