The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-06
SOUTHERN PROGRESS AS
T6LD By THE RECORD


Especial to The Richmond virginlan.)
Baltimore. Md. Feb. 5.--Everythins
indicates the wide sweep Of prosperity
In all parts Of the South and South
west. An increasing number Of inn
portant enterprises are reported by the
Manufacturers Record for the current
week. Among the large ones enum-
Grated, the following are OF especial
interest:
Gulf States. steel COMPANY. Biz
minghan. awarded contract for con-
struction of by-produet coke plant re-
ported to cost 100000 There will be
thirty-seven ovens with $50 tons daily
capacity, sufficient TO meet the COM
pany's requirements for blast furnace
coke. to be located at Alabama City
contiguous to the company's blast fur
mace. The coke viii be used there and
the surplus gas utilized in the steel
works.
Norfolk and Western Railway. Nor
folk, awarded $1.G8O,9 900 contract
for initial work in connection with the
81 800 200 merchandise pier and shed
facilities 1t recently determined to
build at Lambert's Point This con-
tract includes constructing 5000 feet
of buikhead. dredging 10000 yards
aud constructing a l.2o0x22o and SOCK
220-foot pier.
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Hayre de Grace, Md. recently incor-
porated with $3.0au.000 capitalization,
has plans to include construction OF
steel foundry driven by electric power;
annual capacity to be 10000 metal
crossties; specifications to include 1904
200-foot concrete, steel and glass
building.
West Virginia Midland Galleries
Company. Palmer. W. Va, incorpor-
ated with 81 100000 capital by Phila-
deiphia capitalists for the development
OF coal properties.
Lutcher a. Moore Lumber Company,
Orange. Tex. awarded engineering
construction and machinery contracts
for $4,000 sawmiii with ten hour
capacity 200. 600 feet of lumber. the
equipment TO include an electrically
operated monoraii system with daily
capacity OF 400. 600 fleet Of lumber
Strong Box Company of America,
Baltimore. incorporated with 100000
capitaIiEation,-tc to- build machinery for
manufacturing fiber boxes
dsrssood to have been engaged as
architect TO prepare plans for con-
structing a sixfeen-story newspaper
printing office and building at Austin,
Tex
A. III. Bremen, Augusta. Ga, and
associates plan to Invest $3.50. 600 for
building cotton compress and ware
house system with storage capacity oil
1900 bales of cotton, There will be
sixty-seven warehouse compartments.
each having capacity of 1000 bales I.
ST. Paul.s Cotton Mill Company. ST.
Paurs. n. C.. will build an addition
and install 5000 spindles with ac-
complaining equipment increasing Its
total OF Spfndies to 10000.
Planters Nut and Chocolate Com
pany, Suffolk. Va. will invest s200.-
600 20 build fve-sfory peanut factory.
candy factory. fireproof warehouse,
etc. all of brick reconstruction and
install machinery for Smelling and
cleaning peanuts. manufacturing can
dy. etc.
warlong Glove Manufacturing Com
pany. Newton n, c., incorporated with
$50, capital. to establish glove fac
tory driven by electric power.
Southern Zinc and Mining Company
New York will develop 1,1T5-acre
! zin- property In Sullivan County. Ten
| Hessee, and Scott County, Virginia
Plans include constructing concen-
trating plant and installing machinery
TO include air compressors, drills
pumps. wet concentrating equipment
etc, for a large capacity.
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Moundsville, W. Va. incorporated
with $350.eoo capital by West yir,
ginia and Pennsylvania capitalists 70,
the development of coal properties
National Steel Castings Company
New Cumberland, w. Va, ineorpor,
ated with 100000 capital to manu-.
facture steel castings
Swift Creek Sand and Gravel Com
pany. Richmond, VA. incorporated
with s2o0. 600 capital to mine sant
and gravel
capital TO manufacture vene~rs.
Hamilton Hill Veneer Company
Emporta. Va. Incorporated with $780,.
zee capital 10 nanufacture yeneerx.