The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
A WEEK OF PROGRESS
THROUGHOUT SOUTH
Numerous Important Ne. Enterprises
Formed TO Manufacture Many
Staple Articles.

Baltimores Nd. May 6.-Develop-
ments of wide diversity and of inter
esting character have materialized the
past week throughout the South, as
reported in this weeks issue of the
Manufacturers Record:
Sheffield Coal & Iron Co., Sheffield,
Ala, proposes investing 81, 0o0,0 600 in
connection with It's readJustment plan;
this plan provides increasing author
lied bond issue from s760.000 to ST.
500, 900 and now issuing 100000;
betterment plans include constructing
by-product coke ovens, repairing and
improving plants, opening additional
iron-ore mines. refining and repairing
iron furnace. increasing ore supply by
installing washing plant, operating
beehive coke ovens and blowing in
iron furnace at Jasper.
Maryland Iron & Steel Co. Fred
erick. Md, incorporated with $1,000
900 capitalization by New York capt.
talists, who will take over and inn
prove the Morris foundry and machine
plant.
Compton Manganese Co, Compton.
Va, incorporated with $4,000 CAPT
tai to mine manganese,
OsCeola Mills, Gastonia, y. c., or
gained with 100000 capital to build
225xl25-foot brick mill and install
mac hinery for manufacturing cotton
goods.
Deegans Eagle Coal Co, Aocoville.
w Va. incorporated with $4,000
, capital . develop coal property.
b G. NJ Mining Co, Carthage. Mo,
incorporated with 100000 capital TO
rhine lead and zinc.
Lost Indian Mining Co, Webb City.
Mo. incorporated with 100000 cap
ttal TO mine lead and zinc.
jackson Ahattoir q Packing Co
Jackson. Tenn. incorporated with
500. 900 capital to establish abattci-
and mea- packing plant.
Caroliia Cotton Mills, Maiden. y. C.
incorporated, with 100000 capitaI for
. manufacturing cottonseed-oil prod
utts
E A. Mitchell. New York. purchase
lnr-c coal u inc or Warrior River IN
Alabama and will develop: hts plans
COME rplate huildine coke nvens F.: d
providing Liant to manufacture creo-
so.c oil 81, d other by-proiuc.s
Admission steel Co. Admission. Ala,
fa.--.4 i.e.-1ed to manufacture electric
sr.ci products. and has plahs for ex-
ter5i1F IT'S york later tn enterprise
being financed by interests conne0.ed
with the Ale bama Power Co. OF Dir
min-ham.
:
vile. KY. Incorporated with $4,000
capital to manufacture elec:rita al r,e-
Farr- Barnes Lumber Co. Summer
VILE. s C, incorporated with $50. goo
capital to manufacture lumber
/ Virginia Pippin Orchards, Roanoke
Va, Incorporated with $4,000 capital
TO grow apples and other fruit
| Austin Silk Plantation e. Manutac-
turing Co. Austin. Tex. incorporated
20 establish cultivation of silkworms
and TO introduce the manufacture OF
silk products from natural silk.
/ National Pipe & Foundry Co. At
ITALIA, Ala. organized to build plant
for manufacturing iron soil pipe and
I fittings; probably begin with - pipe
and 90 to 40 fittings floors: build ma
chine shcp 10 manufacture patterns
molding machines. TASKS, etc: electric
power drive.
/ Sumter Roller Mills. Sumter, 8. C..
incorporated with 500. 900 capital for
manufacturing four.
Columbia Carbon Co. New York
was reported as TO establish carbon
plant with daily capacity goo barrels
at Elkview, Ky.