The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-03
|U|DE VARIETY COVERED
\ BT new UNDERTAKINGS

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6hipbuilding Plants. Iron and Steel
Works, Textile Mills and Drain
age Projects in South.
Baltimore, Md, Dec. Activities
N Southern development as reported
~ this weeks issue OF the Manufac-
edrers Record cover a wide variety Of
undertakings In all parts of the South
new iron and steel works, textile
mills. drainage undertakings. coal
mining developments. etc, are in
cluded in the enterprises noted. which,
In several instances represent large
capital investment. Among the under
9Akings reported are the following:
Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock
20, Norfolk. Va, recently organized
with $1,500,000 capital. contemplates
constructing floating drydocks for
S.000-ton and another for 3,00o-ton
vessels. machine shops, etc. for build
ing and repairing ships
Texas Steel Co.. Beaumont, Tex,
which was Incorporated some time
ago, organized with 100000 capital,
and proposes to build furnaces with
daily capacity 800 tons of iron and
plant with daily capacity zoo tons of
pipe; has 200-acre deep water site on
Neches River and 5000 acres of iron
ore land in Cass, Marion and Morris
courties, to which 1t has constructed
= railway: future plans contemplate
new facilities iii order TO supply rails
and cotton ties for Texas. Louisiana
and Oklahoma.
zion. Charleston. w. Va. chartered
with $4,000 900 capital to develop a.
coo acres of coal land
Aluminium Ore Co, FSast ST. Louis
ILL.,, all its capital stock owned by the
aluminium Co. of America, Pttsburg
will build plant costing possibly 5000.
900 near Baltimore: will manufacture
unhydrate OF aluminium from bauxite
ore. shipping most OF this output to
the metallic alumipum manufacturing
plants of the Aluminium Co. OF Amer
!, Piney Fire Creek Coal Co. Beckiey,
". Va, organized with 500, 600 cap
itai to develop as3 acres of coal land.
and will equip for daily capacity of
1000 tons OF coal.
Lafayette County, Greer District,
Oxford. Miss, awarded contract for
thirteen mile canal drainage system
costing $4,000 to reclaim $4,000
acres of farming land.
Neverdsrn Hosiery Mills, Charlotte,
n c.. will build 300-knitting- ma chine
plant. driven by electric power, with
weekly capacity 1000 dozen pairs OF
hose.
johnson City Mills johnson City,
Tenn, awarded contract for 100000
buildings and SIS, 900 electric driven
machinery with daily capacity 500
dozen pairs OF children's hosiery.
Cherokee Spinning Co. Knoxville,
Tenn. Incorporated with $4,000 cap
ital TO spin cotton yarn.
/. Ranlo Manufacturing Co. Gastonia,
~. c.. incorporated with 100000
authorized capital to build s,o0ospin-
die plant for manufacturing fine
bombed yarns from sea island cotton.
Reynolds Cotton Mills, Bowling
Ereen. S. C., Incorporated with s3o.-
0go capital to manufacture cotton
goods
Farmers Cotton OIL Co. waxaha-
chic. Tex. Incorporated with $4,000
rapital to manufacture cottorseed oil.
Southern Tire Co, Winston Salem.
~ c.. incorporated with sI25. 900 cap
1fal to manufacture metallic tires for
automobiles,
baltsfuOr9 Enamel q NOFGitN 10,
Baltimore. will build $4,000 addition
d. be equipped with enameling fur
naces, power plant. electrical ma
chinery. etc. for manufacturing porce-
lain enamel signs.
Hartiand Power Co. Hartiand. w.
Va. Incorporated with 100000 cap
9tal to build electric-power plant
Williams Rotary Ditching Co.
3dnesboro. Ark. incorporated with
81 90. 900 capital to undertake ditching
contracts
Bowyer Smckeless Coal Co. Beck
ley. ". Va. incorporated with $685.
300 capital to develop coal land.
Joseph s. Silverstein. BOSNIAN. y, g.
will organize company to invest $3.50
Oo0 for initial building and machinery
Tor tanning leather and manufacturing
betting.
Lucky Junction Mining CO.. Joplin.
Mo. Incorporated with $4,000 cap
ltai TO develop lead and zinc property,
NDuvai County. Baldwin Drainage
District. awarded t21s.o00 contract for
constructing drainage system.
: Ct. Leo Coal and Gas Co. Clarks-
burg, w Va. incorporated with $780,
boo capital to develop coal property
Heather Run Coal Co. kingwood.
NJ. Va. organized with $3.50. 900 cap
Dtnl TO develop 1000 acres Of land. and
proposes daily capacity OF 500 tons of
coal