The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-07
WIDE SWEEP PROS.
 PERITY IN SOUTH
Manufacturers Record Reports Number Important Enterpri- ses all Sections SOuth-Num- erOus Contracts Awarded.

Everything indicates the wide sweep of prosperity in all parts of the South and Southwest. An increasing num- Der of important enterprises are re- ported by the Manufacturers Record for the current week. Among the large ones enumerated, the following are of especial interest:
 Gulf States Steel Co.,. Birmingham, awarded contract for construction of by-product coke plant reported to cost $900,000. There will be 37 ovens with 450 tons daily capacity, sufficient to meet the company's requirements for blast furnace coke, to be located at Alabama City contiguous to the com pany's blast furnace. The coke will be used there and the surplus gas uti- lized in the steel works.
 Norfolk & Western Railway, Nor folk, awarded a $1 100000 contract for initial work in connection with the $1 ,S00,00 merchandise pier and shed facilities it recently determined to build at Lamberts Point. This con- tract includes constructing 5000 feet of bulkhead dredging 1,500 ,000 yards and constructing a 1200x220 and an |800x220-foot pier.
 Maryland Metal Crosstie Co.,, Havre de Grace, Md, recently incorporated with $3,000,000 capitalization, has plans to include construction of steel foundry driven by electric power; an- nual capacity to be 500,000 metal crossties; specifications to include 400y200-foot concrete, steel and glass building.
 West Virginia Midland Galleries Co.,, Pamer, w. Va, incorporated with $1 300, 900 capital by Philadelphia cap italists for the development of coal properties.
 Lutcher & Moore Lumber Co.,, Orange, Tex, awarded engineering, 
 for S75O,00O sawmill with 1O-hour ca pacity 100000 feet of lumber, the equipment to include an electrically operated monorail system with daily 100000 feet feet of lumber.
 Strong Box Co.,, of America, Balti- more, incorporated with $500, ,000 capi- to build machinery for man. fiber boxes.
 Charles I. Berg, New York, is un- derstood to have been engaged as ar chitect to prepare plans for construct ing 16-story newspaper printing and office building at Austin, Tex.
 A. H. Bremen, Augusta, Ga, and associates plan 10 invest $250,000 for building cotton compress and ware house system with storage capacity 77, ,OO0 bales of cotton. There will be 67 warehouse compartments, each having capacity of 1000 bales.
 St Pauls Cotton Mill Co.,, St. Pauls N. C., will build an addition and in- stall 5000 spindles, with accompany ing equipment, increasing it's total of spindles to 12,000.
 Planters Nut & Chocolate Co.,, Suf- folk. Va, will invest $200,000 to build fve-story peanut factory, candy fac tory, fireproof warehouse etc., all of brick constructicn and install machin- cry for shelling and cleaning peanuts candy, etc.
 Warlong Glove Manufacturing Co.,, Newton. N. C., incorporated with $50,- 900 capital to establish glove factory driven by electric power.
 Southern Zine & Mining Co.,, New York, will develop 1175-acre zinc pro- perty in Sullivan county, Tennessee, and Scott county, Virginia. Plans in- clude constructing concentrating plant and installing machinery to include air drills, pumps. wet con- equipment etc, for a large 
 Ruth Coal X Coke Co.,, Moundsville, w. Va, incorporated with $35O,0O0 capital by West Virginia and Pennsyl- vania capitalists for the development of coal properties.
 National Steel Castings Co.,, New Cumberland, w. Va, incorporated with $10O,0 ,000 capital to manufacture steel castings.
 Swift Creek Sand & Gravel Co.,, Va, incorporated with S2OO,0 ,000 capital to mine sand and gravel.