The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-01-20
NEW INDUSTRIES
IN DIXIE LAND

Columbus, Ga, 19.-The Indus
trial Index says in Its issue for this
week:
Even the first few days of the year
are furnishing evidence that the 1on-
tidence of Southeast business men in
the prospects has a substantial foun-
dationi. Here are a few illustrative
items that point to prosperity:
AN increase has been made in the
force of employees of railroad shops at
New Decatur, Ala.
AN extensive lumber plant at Sum
flower Ala. is to be placed in opera
ton Immediately. 1t has been idle
was begun.
a Woodworking company of Gads-
den, Ala, has received an order for
1000 windows and another for 900. 1t
has begun operation of its plant.
shipping from the port Of Savan-
nah has revived to such an extent that
in December only ten less foreign
ships sailed from that port than in
December of 1913.
"a lumber company OF Quitman.
Miss, received orders IN three days
for total of 100 carloads of hard
wood lumber.
TT is stated that the outputs to
July 1, next, of two hosiery mills OF
Columbus, Ga, have been sold.
Extensive bingham mills Lear
Chester. S. c., have been placed in
operation after having been shut down
for some time. The mill has large
payroll.
"a manufacturing plant of Macon,
Ca, is making $1,000 dozen pairs of
hose for French soldiers.
Operation of new cotton mill has
been begun at Alexander City, Ala
"a lumber plant which is one OF the
largest of the kind In the vicinity of
Quitman, Ca, has been placed in OPP
Grafton after having been idle some
time.
AN order from Liverpool for $50
tons of cotton seed meal is being
filed by an old mill of Thompson,
Ga.
Arrangements are being perfected
for the construction or three railroads
in Florida, the respective lengths to be
seventy-five, thirty and twelve miles.
"A winter resort is to be established
upon a Florida tract of $40 acres.
which has just been purchased for
the purpose by Minnesota and Indiana
investors. Hotel and other buildings
will be erected.
Twenty four new corporations
with minimum capital stocks aggre-
eating s1,149,700 have peen organized
during the week.
Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this
week are:
Bridges, Bradentown and Volusia
county, Alabama; agricultural college
buildings Athens, Ca; church build
ing. Florida City, Fla; courthouse.
Evans county, Georgia; telephone ex
change building and passenger sta
ton, Midtown, Ga; Factory building
Florence, S. c., garage, Birmingham,
Ala; paving, Jacksonville, Fla;
school building. Chipley, Fla: sewers.
Bradentown, Fla.
Construction contracts have been
awarded as follows: Church building,
Tuscaloosa, Ala; ;levee, Clarksdale
district, Mississippi; bridge, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla; bank building, Pied
mont, Ala; agricultural college DOR
mitory, Olive Branch, Miss; paving.
Birmingham, Ala, and Tampa, Fla;
road, Hillsborough county, Florida;
school building, Dallas, CA; viaduct,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Industrial plants will be estab-
lished as follows;
Flour and grist mills Clinton, Ed
mund and Florence, S. c., and Hurts
boro, Ala; lumber plant Hurtsboro.
Ala; mattress factory Pensacola, /
Fla; bottling plant. Clanton, Ala;
-four mill. yidalia, Ga. An ice and
electric light company has been In
corpora ted at Manning. S. c.; gran |
tie and marble company at Rome, |
Ca. and $300.O00s fish and ice man |
company at Pensacola, |
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