The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-15
INDUSTRIES ALL
OVER SOUTHLAND
Drainage Plans Being Made for
Hyde County, in Eastern
North Carolina.
VIRGINIA TOWNS IN THE SWIM
New Small Industries Started in
Various Parts of Dixie.
Northern Capital.
VIRGINIA TOWNS IN THE SWIM
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Baltimore. June 14.-Among the
many Southern industrial and other de-
velopmental enterprises reported in this
weeks issue OF the manufacturers Rec
ord are the following:
Board of Drainage Commissioners.
John +. Kerr. secretary, Ashcvine ~
c.. sold $500. 1000 of Mattamuskeet Lake
drainage bonds; awarded contracts to
install pumps. dredging. etc; construc
ton to include bikes. levees. between
eighty and ninety miles of canals. not
Including laterals. $500. 900 cubic yards
OF earth excavation, etc: will reclaim
100. 600 acres of land in Hyde County,
~ c.
Wolf Mountain Lumber Company, s
F.. Chapman. president. Asheville. ~
g., purchased timbcrland and water
power along twenty miles of stream
on upper waters of Tuckaseegee River
mainly in jackson County. y. c.: it is
estimated stream will develop 10000
horsepower and company contemplates
development of hydro electric power
later.
Dauphin Island Railway and Power
Company. Mobile. Ala. recently incor-
porated with capital stock Of $1,000.
o00, is reported as contemplating plans
for development Of Dauphin Island as
port and terminal for transportation
facilities.
Tidewater Navigation Company Mo-
bile. Ala. viii organize with capital
stock of Sl.50o,o 900 TO operate steam
boats and barEcs on Warrior and other
rivers to Dauphin Island.
Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany, Weirtou. W Va. plans to con
struct ten additional hot mills. increas-
ing plant to thirty mills: improvements
reported as to cost 100000
General Porcelain Company, East
liverpool. Ohio. will build 100000
plant at rarkersburg. w. Va. TO man-
building to he OF brick. 500 by 500
feet; plant reported as to use 900 OOC
feet natural gas daily
Standard Portland Cement Company
! Leeds. Ala. will cxpcnd $4,000 to in
crease capacity of plant from $4,000
to 1900 barrels per month: has award
al contract for electrical power for
ncXt five years.
Florida Hydraulic Brick and Stone
COMPANY. organized with ]. n. Butter
field, president. Bradentown. Fla; pur-
chased site with railroad frontage al
200 feet. and Will eXpcnd $4,000 10
build and equip plant for manufac
turing brick. artificial stone, etc.
Dayton Hosiery Mil Company Day
ton. Tenn. capital stock. $4,000. will
be organized. with Garrett Andrews
ChattanooSa, Tenn. as manager: will
establish electrically driven plant. the
cost Of machinery to he 100000
Alabama Limestone Company was in.
corporated with cauital stock of 800.
900 by X. Boyd 60 ing and associates
of Wilmington, snSi.. to develop lime
stone quarries in Alabama.
Gauley Powcr Company. Charleston
w. Va, WAS Incorporated, with au-
thorizcd capital stock OF S25o.00o: plans
to construct five dams for hydro cleo
trio plant.
Comp/nsating Specialties Company,
Richmond, was Incorporated with cap
ital stock OF $4,000. to manufacture
specialties
Salem Manufacturing Compan
Winston Salem. y. c., was incorpor
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