Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-05
NEW INDUSTRIES
 RAPIDLY BEING
 BUILT IN SOUTH

DOKt IV UUUIu Unusual magnitude is shown in
 Southern developments for the past week, as reported in the Manufac- turers Record The following brief notices of some of the most prominent are herewith presented for the broad
 interest that attaches to them: t Sinclair oil Refining company, Tulsa, Okla, chartered with author ized capital of $50,OOO,0OO 10 merge and develop oil and refining proper ties in Oklahoma and Kansas; the
 company has sold $16,00000O of bonds to New York bankers; the properties l include refineries with daily capacity
 more than 10000 barrels of oil, wells with daily production more than 13,- l 900 be,g rels of crude oil, pipe lines TO
 miles long, 140,G0O acres Of gas and 1 oil lands, etc.
 l Alabama Powder company, Birm- ! ingham, selected site for is steam- driven electric generating station to
 augment Lock 12 hydro electric de- velopment, and awarded all contracts | for this plant as well as for the addi- tional unit at Lock 12; these additions to facilities are in connection with the $3 100000 immediate expenditure an nounced several months ago. The steam plant will develop 20,000 kilo- watts and the hydro-electric unit will develop 22,000 horsepower. the equip
 ment to include six 1200-horse-power boilers, kilowatt tuTbo-genera- ! tor, 9,600-horse-power singlle-runner turbine connected to 13,500-kilowatt generator
 United -:nc Smelling Corporation. Clarksburg ". Va. chartered with trol PearS1nan company. Kenefick Zinc Corporation, etc.. with properties in Clarks'aufg and Joplin (MoD dis tricts; the plants include retorts with annual capacity 30,000,000 pounds of spelter, refining plant with annual capacity 15,000,000 pounds, pottery plant with daily capacity POO retorts,
 ) zinc mills. etc., further development plans include constructing ? additional retort block Of 912 retorts each. build ing sixth zinc mill, providing acid plant to manufacture by products, etc.
 Foster Creek Lumber & Manufac turing company, Gloster, Miss, organ ized with $1,500,00O capitalization to develop 52,0O0 acres of Wilkinson county timber land; plans include building industrial town and double band-mill plant costing between $30O,- 900 and $400000 for annual cut of 30,- G0OOOO feet of timber.
 Marsh Cotton Mills, Salisbury. N. C., incorporated with $50,00O capital to build 5O-loom mill for weaving mer- cerized towels.
 Peoples Compress & Storage com pany Tupelo, Miss, incorporated with s;5O,OOO capital to build cotton com pressing and storage plant.
 Chemi company, Charlotte, N. C., incorporateds with $o0.o0e~ capital to manufacture chemicals.
 Consolidated Oil Refining company, St. Louis, will build $60,000 refinery with daily capacity 25OO barrels of oil at Shreveport, La.
 Lester Fork Coal company, Charles ton, w. Va. incorporated with $75,O00 capital develop coal property.
 Chapman Bros. &, Longarce, Webb City, Mo-, will build 500-ton concen- trating plant to cost $S0,O00.
 South River Lumber company, Corn wall, Va. recently incorporated with $1O0,O00 capital, will build logging !! railroad and band sawmill latter to have daily capacity of 50,000 feet or lumber.
 Tarboro Lumber Manufacturing & Heading company, Tarboro, N. C., in- corporated with $100,O0O capital for lumber and heading.
 Groves Mill, Gastonia, N C.. in- coarporated to build 12,O0O-spindle cotton-yarn mill.
 Tennessee Mills, Knoxville, Tenn, chartered with $1OQ,000 capital to establish plant for manufacturing knit underwear.
 Southern Bell Telephone & Tele- graph company, Atlanta, Ga., has plans for its proposed branch office and exchange to cost $100,00O; rein forced concrete fireproof construction has been decided upon.
 Quinton Shelter company, Quinton. Okla, incorporated with $125,O00 capital to build five-block zinc smell ter.
 Freeport Chemical Works, Freeport, Tex, which recently announced in- tention to build plant, will construct reinforced concrete and brick structure costing $100,0OO and install milling and subliming costing $20,0O0.
 Columbia Clay company, Columbia, 5. C., incorporated with $20O,OOO capi- tai to mine clay and manufacture clay products.
 Osceola Mills, Gastonia, N. C., in- with S2OO.0OO capital for