The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
NEW HOPEWELL STEEL
PLANT BIG INDUSTRY
Listing New Enterprises in the South,
Manufacturers Record Places
II at the Head.
WILL HAVE LARGE FURNACES
Industrial Progress in South Continues
to Show Cause For Opimism--yir-
ginia and North Carolina Concerns
Looking For Business.

Baltimore, Md. April 22.-southern
Industrial progress for the week past.
as reported in the Manufacturers
Record, shows continued cause for OPP
timism of this sections prominent
part in the growth of the country
along essential producing lines, Some
of the more important Items are pre-
sented herewith
Virginia Steel Corporation, Hope
well, Va. will be chartered with $3,-
900, 900 authorized capital to build
steel plant recently announced as to
be established at Hopeweil; plans and
specifications provide for an initial
plant costing s1.1o0, 600, including fol-
lowing facilities: Two 75-ton OPEN
hearth steel furnaces, 34-inch bloom
ing mill, s,ooo-horsepower electric
drive equipment. IL gas producers.
etc. Plans provide for adding uni
versai rolling mill ana accompanying
equipment costing 100000.
Port Wentworth Lumber Company,
Port Wentworth. Ga. incorporated
with 100000 capital to operate
properties formerly owned by Great
Eastern Lumber Company and South
ern Seaboard Lumber Corporation,
besides handling pine stumpage CON
Savannah River) owned by Hilton
Dodge Lumber Company. This last
named company will relieve the Port
Wentworth Corporation of cypress
and hardwood intermingled with it,
r. Do Tnsys a ~
will operate the Great Eastern mill
with daily capacity 10000 feet of
lumber.
Baltimore Oil Engine Company.
Baltimore. awarded contract for con-
structfng 200x1 00-foot steel. concrete
and brick building as first unit for its
plant in which internal combustion
oil engines of from s to 1,0oo-horsc-
power will be manufactured. This
enterprise is capitalized at s1.o50.0o6,
its incorporation and plans having
been recently announced.
Western Maryland Railway. Baln-
more. let contract to build grain ele-
vator additions costing s250.0o0. to
consist OF storage bins with capacity
100000 bushels of grain.
Birmingham District Mining and
Manufacturing Company, Birmingham.
Ala. incorporated with 100000 capi-
tai to develop 1900 acres of coal land
In Jefferson County. Alabama.
H. P. Anderson. Tulsa. Okla, and
associates were reported to have con-
tracted for 100000 cold storage
plant. TO include four-story 245xl50-
foot concrete and brick building.
Ohio Valley Refining Company. st.
Marys, w. Va. Incorporated with
$250.000 to refine oil.
Carter Kelley Lumber Company,
Manning. Tex. awarded contract for
$4,000 building and $4,000 machin-
cry for plant with daily capacity 10o.-
600 feet of lumber.
Great Western Zinc and Lead Com
pany. Joplin, Mo-. incorporated with
$4,000 capital to mine lead and
zinc.
Short Creek Zinc and Lead Com
pany. Joplin. Mo. incorporated with
$100,0 600 capital to mine lead and
zinc.
Franklin Mines Company. St Louis.
incorporated with $4,000 capital to
develop coal mine.
statesvilie Cotton Mill, statesville.
N. c., will increase capital by $4,000
and add 5000 spindles, with accom-
panying machinery.
Cooperative Ice Company. st. Pc
tersburg. Fla, incorporated with $780,
900 capital to build 30-ton Ice plant
with cold storage department.
Otter River Mining and Manganese
Company. Lynchburg, Va, incorpor-
ated with $4,000 capital to develop
manganese deposits.
Pulaski Foundry ana Machine Com
pany, PULASKI, Va. Incorporated with
$4,000 capital to build foundry ana
machine plant. plans being now pre-
pared for two 130x40-foot buildings.
KeysyiiIe Copper Company. Keys
vile. Va. chartered with $50. 900 capt.
tai to mine copper.
N. p. Josey Guano Company, Scot.
land Neck. N. c., will build $4,000
fertilizer factory to replace plant re-
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