The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-23
SOME THINGS IN
THE SOUTHLAND
Outside Capital Coming Down
South-North Carolina Enter
prises Show Up Well.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.l
Baltimore. February 22.-Among the
many Southern industrial and other
developmental enterprises reported in
this weeks issue of the Manufacturers
Record are the following:
The Dupont Coal Company is being
organized by T. Coleman Dupont, Of
Wilmington. Del. and associates. with
capital stock OF $4,000, 900. to combine
a number OF coal properties in Ken
lucky: will mine about 10000 tons
of coal daily and probably construct
coke ovens.
LaBelle Iron Works, Steubenville. o..
will. ii is reported, combine with eight
tin plate mill companies, capitalize new
corporation at S50.OO0.O0O and invest
$l0,000,000 TO build additional iron fur
naces and kindred plants near Wheel
Ing, w. Va.
Mineral Fuel Company. Fnirmont. w
Va, purchased between 400 and 5000
acres of coal land in Letcher County
Ky. and will expend from 100000 to
100000 to open mines. construct
plants, install machinery. build houses.
etc; contemplates annual output of
100000 tons.
Interstate Cotton Oil Refining Com
pany, sherman. Tex. was Incorporated
with 5000, 900 capital stock to remodel
and operate oil mill
Tampa Electric Company. Tampa.
Fla. Increased capital stock from ST.,
$4,000 to S2,24i,000 TO Improve plant:
will consolidate with Tampa and Sui
phur Springs Traction Company.
John II. Richardson. John FIilt: and
other. of Baltimore, are interested in
organization OF company with capital
stock of 5000, 900 to construct sewerage
disposal system for Highlandtown,
Canton and OranEeyille
Clnchfield Portland Cement Corpo-
ration. kirgsport. Tenn, increased
capital stock from s1,000,00O To ST.
100000.
Piedmont Electric Railway Company,
Burlington. " c.. will purchase NUM-
cipal electric light plant for light and
power. and proposes to construct CEN
trail plant, estimated to cost 100000
for transmitting electricity to num-
Der OF towns
Four states Coal 8 Coke Company.
Pittsburgh. Pa. increased preferred
stock from Sl,50o.000 to So.oOO,0oO, of
which S25o,000 is for additional work
ing capital; reported as to complete
equipment at Mine No. :. Annab-Ile, W.
Va. and open mine at Dorothy, to in
crease annual output from 1000, 600 to
100000 tons of coal.
Memphis Cotton Manufacturing Com
pany. Memphis. Tenn, was incorporated
with capital stock of S250.O00 to manu-
lacture cotton products.
Appalachian Development Company
Knoxville Tenn. acquired Knoxville
Smelling and Refining Company and
reorganzed as Knoxville Smelling
Company. with capital stock OF Sl5o-
900; will opearte plant of smelling COM
pany as testing plant for ores OF region
which will be exploited by develop
ment company: is negotiating for tract
of land on which to build commercial
smclter to have daily capacity OF thir-
" to fifty tons.
Atlanta steel Wire & Hoop Company
Atlanta, Ga. is reported as to enlarge
plant TO double capacity at cost of
S30o. 900.
Century Electric Company. ST. Louis.
Mo, will erect eisht-story freproof
plant. TO be connected with present
structure by underground tunnels ana
overhead bridges for manufacturing
electric motors: cost 100000.
Cabarrus Cotton Mills, kannapolis
y. c., will build additional mill and in
stall 5000 to 10000 spindles with ac-
conpanying equipment.
Southern Pipe and Foundry Com
pamy. birmingham. Ala. contemplates
rebuilding plant on much larger scale
than one recently burned at loss OF
about 1000 plans are not definite.
Sidekum Packing and Manufacture
inG Metallic Company. Nashville. Tenn.
was Incorporated with capital stock
III SoV,VVu 10 manufacture lnetdttlc
packing device for railway and station1
ary engines
Colbert County Oil and Fertilizer
Company, Tuscumbia, Ala. organized
with $4,000 capital stock to build
three press oil mill and fertilizer plant
of fifty tons daily capacity.
Morgan Run Coal and Coke Com
pany, Fairmont, W. Va. was incor-
ported with capital stock OF $4,000 to
develop coal lands.