The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-09-18
NEW INDUSTRIES
OF THE SOUTHLAND

Columbus, Ga, Sept. 1.-THE in
dustrial Index says in its issue for
this week:
"Clearings of banks of Atlanta,
Ga, made new high record last
week for week and for a day. The
total for the week was SIT ,261 ,047,
which was an increase of S7,736, 200
as compared with the amount for the
corresponding week of last year. For
one day the total was $3,252, 705,
which was gain of S1,191,615 as
compared with the corresponding day
of last year. The clearings of the
banks of Savannah, Ga, increased
last week by more than 121 per cent,
as compared with the corresponding
week of last year, the total for last
week having been 1882, 219. The
clearings of banks of Augusta, Ga,
increased last week by more than
100 per cent and deposits in the four
national banks of Macon, Ca, were
greater by about S3,0O0,0OO than for
the corresponding period of last year.
"a number of cities and towns
have voted or are soon to vote upon
improvement bonds, and Florida
county is to vote upon 100000 of
road construction bonds.
"These are some of the indications
of prosperity in the southeast, as we'll
as some of the things that help to
create it.
"The city council of Montgomery,
Ala, approved upon the first heading
proposed ordinance providing for
an election upon the issuance of $780,
600 of bonds, of which it is proposed
to use $250000 for erecting a city
hall.
"a total of twenty-five corporations
were formed with minimum capital
stocks aggregating $443,900.
"Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this week
are:
Apartment houses, Atlanta, Ca;
bridges, Broward county asd Char
lotte Harbor, Fla; Greenwood, S. c.;
Fayette and Spalling counties, Geor-
gia, and Shelby county, Alabama;
church buildings, Atmore, Ala; Ma
con and Savannah, Ga, and annex,
Fort Valley, Ga; fraternal building,
New Smyrna, Fla; hospital building,
Charleston, S. c.; hotel buildings,
Jacksonville and Sarasota, Fla; gar
age Building, Charleston, S. c.; mu-
nicipal building, Macon, Miss; library
| building, Greenwood, S. c.; paving,
Atlanta and Macon, Ga, and Green
wood, S. c.; school buildings, Anding,
| Miss, and Dade county and DeLand
Fla; sewers and wateworks, st.
! Cloud, Fla; roads, Coosa county, Ala
bama, and Leon county, Florida.
CONSTRUCTION contracts have been
awarded as follows:
Bridge, Palm Beach county, Flor
ida; church building, Kissimmee
Fla; curbs and cutters, Meridian,
Miss; drainage, district in northern
Georgia; school buildings, Alexandria
La, and Barlow and Trilby, Fla; fac
tory building, Admission, Ala; levee
Yazoo- Mississippi delta district; pier
Sarasota, Fla; road, Coahoma county
Mississippi.
Industrial plants will be estab-
lished as follows:
Gear shops to be enlarged, Gads-
den, Ala; ice and cold storage plants
Manatee, Moorehaven and West Palm
Beach, Fla; bottling plant, Jackson
vile, Fla; feed mill, Gainesville, Fla;
hydro-electric power plant, Portman
S. c.; lumber plant, near Pensacola
Fla; electric light plants, Mooreha-
ven and Tarpon Springs, Fla; min
ing, Gainesville, Ga, and Clay coun,
ty, Alabama; fruit products plants
Jacksonville, Fla; syrup refinery
Jacksonville, Fla"