The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-09
SOUTH'S DEVELOPMENT

investments of capital are among
the many important southern indus
trial announcements of the past
week, as CLEANED from the details
presented in today's Manufacturers
Record. Iron, steel, coal and coke
enterprises were especially promi-
nent, including important purchases
anr awards of contracts. These in
cluded a 100000 order by the
Bethlehem (Pa.) Steel corporation
for the construction Of four addition
al iron furnaces, open-hearth steel
plant, plate mills, etc., for the Penn
Mary Steel Co.'S works at Sparrows
Point. This big contract is in con-
nection with the plans of the Charles
M. Schwab interests for investing
from $50, 900 to s40,0O0,00O for
improvements and additional plants
at Sparrows Point.
AN important purchase, involving
about 100000, was that of the Sc
met-Solvay Company of Syracuse, N.
Y, from the Alabama company Of
birmingham 1t calls for 1900 acres
of coal land in Tuscaloosa county,
Alabama, and will be followed by
mining developments with coke man.
ufacturing and other kindred plants.
The Semet-Solvay management also
incorporated the Edgewater Coal Co.
iof Ashland, KY, a 100000 corpora
ton, to develop Kentucky coal prop
critics recently purchased by the
Kentucky Solvay Coke Co., which is
controlled by the Semet-Solvay Co.
The Kentucky organization will in
crease it's capitalization from ST.
300, 900, to $2,25O,O0O in connection
with plans for these and other adj
ditional developments.
other important announcements
were s1,500,000 company to- manu-
facture paper at Hattiesburg, Miss;
81, 900, 900 company to build 5O-ton
,daily-capacity paper-pulp mill neal
! Savannah, Ca; $2,442,594 contrac
: for building government dry dock al
, Norfolk navy yard; 100000 corpor
: alton to manufacture brass tubint
n and other similar products at Balti
g more; $4,000 Investment for
1900 ton-daily-capacity coal mimi.
plant at Prairie Creek, Ark.
From the many other industrial
announcements, all detailed in tn
Manufacturers Record, are taken tn
> following brief references:
v HOLLAND Manufacturing Co., Gas
% tonia, N. c., increased capital b
- S15O,O0O to build additional cotton
70 yard mill.
/ Huntington Clay Products Co
h Huntington, w. Va, organized wit
100000 capital to manufactur
20 paving and building tile.
10 England Public Service Co., Eng
land, Ark, incorporated with 500
600 capital to build electric ligh
plant.
White Cliffs lime Co., White Cliffs
+. Ark, incorporated with $4,000
capital to crush limestone for fer
=, tilizer.
George l.. Roberts, Sarasota, Fla
will organize $4,000 company t
enlarge his shipyards by adding ma
rine railway, machine shop and othe
= facilities.
:. Cook Duck Mills, Cedartown, Ga
= organized with $4,000 capital t
, establish 3500-spindle and S0-loor
eltctric-drive plant for manufactur
!, ing cotton duck.
!. Carolina Acid Wood Co., States
= iville, N. c., incorporated with SIS,
- loco capital to manufacture acid
- from wood
Labaree Flour Mills association
. Wichita, Kan, will build 5000-bar
-. irel daily capacity -four mill at st
9 Joseph, Mo.
II Mowbray & Robinson Co., Cincin
. matt, plans to develop 10000 acres Q
timber land in Kentucky.
:. Little Rock Flour Mill Co., Littl
= Rock, Ark, organized to build mil
with daily capacity of 200 barrel
. of flours
Fort Mill Manufacturing Co., For
:. Mill, S. c., awarded contract 10
:. 272x1O1-foot weave mill to b
" eouipped with $50 looms for produe
"a ling ginghams.
Z, Highland Cotton Mills, High Falls
In. c.. order 5000 additional spindle
with accompanying equipment
Manufacturers Record.