The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
.SH|PBU|LO|AG PLANTS
CO AT FULL CAPACITY
Newport News Si,ipbuilding Company
Gets Large Part of New Contracts
and Others Enlarge.
INDUSTRIAL DorNcs IN SOUTH
War Effects Continue to Be Felt and
shipyards Have Contracts TO Keep
Them Busy for One TO Three Years.
Industrial Progress Continues.


continue TO keep all the American
shipyards operating at full capacity.
while many plants are enlarging and
otherwise adding to their facilities for
constructing and repairing vessels. The
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company. Newport News Va,
has obtained a large share OF the con-
tracts. and interesting details are pre-
scented in this weeks Manufacturers
Record. The Newport News plants
contracts aggregate about S2T. 600, 600,
and include nineteen contracts FOR
new ships, and one contract to rebuild
vessel six ships being now under
construction. year ago the COM
pany was employing about 4,i00 men.
ana today the employees on its payroll
number 500. During 1915 the labor
payroll of the company amounted 10
$310e.n00 The vessel for which con-
tracts are on file include battleship
Of 34,100 tonnage. another OF 1850
tons for the United States Navy, five
oil carriers OF 10000 tons each for
the. Standard Oil Company. two freight
carriers of A. 500 tons each. and an oil
carrier of SIZE tons for the Southern
Pacific Company. and an oil carrier
Of $500 tons for the Atlantic Refin-
Ing Company.
Following the annual report Of the
National Commission OF Navigation to
the Department OF Commerce. the New
York Chamber of Commerce has pre-
scented reports from United States ship
building -piaat a-These- reports men
ton thirty shipbuildinE plants as
working at full capacity. with facili-
ties for increasing output from fifteen
TO sixty per cent within year. The
tonnage under contract or construction
exceeds the aggregate tonnage with
In any ten-year period The various
plants have orders which will require
their capacity for from one 10 three
years. one plant in the Chesa peake
section having booked its capacity for
nearly three years, while a New Eng
land yard has twelve months work
ahead. another having fifteen, and an
other eighteen months. Inquiries
among the shipyards near New York
indicate that few. II any. could accept
orders for ships TO be delivered within
the next two years.
General Industrial Progress.
Throughout the South there has
been continued activity in general tn
tiustrial progress during the week,
many important and varied enterprises
having been announced. These in
ciuie thu following,
Maryland Metal Crosstie Company.
Havre de Grace Nd. incorporated
with 100000 capital TO manufac-
ture metal crossties.
Baltimore oil Engine Company. Bal
timore. incorporated with $500, 900
capital to construct internai-comhds-
ton oil engines of from 20 /. eoa
horsepower. and larger.
Sioss-Sheffield steel and Iron Com
pany, Birmingham. Ala. will build
an additional stack at Its Hattie Ems
ley iron furnace. the cost to approx
mate $4,000.
Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Com
pany, wierton W. Va. awarded con
tracts for 16-inch band mill with
buildings. motors. etc. and has other
additions under construction. all 10 be
electrically driven from central
power plant, for which two 5000
kilowatt turbines have been ordered.
Baltimore Cold-Storage Company
Baltimore, organized with 1929, GOO
capital to provide 10000 square feet
OF coId-tsorage space for perishable
food-products. the plant to be used
mainly by commission men OF Balti-
moro.
John n. Head and Company,
Lynchburg. Va, decided upon plans
for their factory at Radford. the build
ing to be 225xfoo feet. equipped with
machinery for a daily capacity OF $50
barrels of tanning extract, This plant
will cost $4,000
Sunset Central Lines, Houston. Tex.
announced plans for expanding ST.
$4,000 during 1919. These better
msnts viii include steel bridges to cost
$50. 600. shop buildings TO cost s2i7,-
900, shop machinery aud tools costing
S1<f. geo. xidetracks and spurs costing
$4,000. Isl miles Of trAckAgs with
ninety-pound steel rails 1t cost OF
81, 900. 900. etc.
Large Interpretations
Smftherman Power Company. Troy.
N. c.. Incorporated with 100000 cap
itai TO generate and distribute cleo
tric:ty for light and power.
Millneer, Manufacturing Company.
Statesviile. N. c.. was incorporated
with $4,000 capital to build mill
with weekly capacity 10000 pounds
of knitting yarn tor the sweater. un-
derwear and hosiery trades.
Diamond Hosiery Mill. Jeiiico,
Tenn. organized with $4,000 capital
to build 10ox5o-foot brick structure
and install machinery for knitting
hosiery.
tory, Savannah, Ga. viii establish
$50 600 plant with daily capacity L.
600 slack barrels. mainly to supply
the Savannah Sugar Refining Com
pany. the sa,too. 900 corporation which
recently announced its plans for build
ing sugar refinery.
swannanoa Hosiery Mills Somer-
set KY. incorporated with $4,000
capital to establish plant for knitting
hosiery.
Harrison Bros & Company. Phil
adelphia, will build plant at Chatta-
al "a mn
tons OF sulphate aluminium. etc. from
coal, bauxite and sulphuric acid.
\ Tennessee Extract Company. Nash
VILE. organized to build plant with
daily capacity 200 barrels OF tanning
extract and will invest about s2.s.-
900.
Florida Fruit Products Company,
Haines CITY, Fla. Incorporated with
$4,000 capital to manufacture various
food products from Florida fruit.
chattanooga Chemical Company,
Ghattnn0ega oraanixed 10 build 4iE0,-s
600 plant Tor naanufao curing ctneml-S
cst1. tHfsfud tnx daily cap Al