Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-05
SOUTHERN LIFE IS
PROSPEROUS WITH
{ EVIDENCES Of WORK


velopments requiring large invest
ments of capital are among the many
important Southern industrial an
nouncements of the past week, rs
CLEANED from the details presented in
today's Manufacturers Record. Iron
steel, coal and coke enterprises were
especially prominent, including i'm.
portant purchases and awards of con-
tracts. These included a 100000
order by the Bethlehem (Pa.) Steel
Corporation for the construction OF
four additional iron furnaces, open
hearth steel plant. plate mills, etc., for
the Penn-Mary Steel Co.'s works at
Sparrows Point This big contract is
in Connection with the plans Of the
Charles M. Schwartz interests for in
vesting from $3O,OOO,0OO to $4,000, 900
for improvements and additional
plants at Sparrows Point.
An important purchase, involving
about 100000, was that of the Semet-
Solvay Company of Syracuse, N. Y,
from the Alabama Company of Biz
mingham. 1t calls for 1900 acres of
coal land in Tuscaloosa county, Ala,
and will be followed by mining de-
velopments with coke-manufacturing
and other kindred plants. The Semet-
Solvay management also incorporated
the Edgewater Coal Co., of Ashland,
KY, 100000 corporation, to develop
Kentucky coal properties recently
purchased by the Kentucky Solvay
Coke Co., which is controlled by the
Semet-Solvay Company The Ken
lucky corporation will increase its
capitalization from $1,3OO,OOO to ST.
100000 in Connection with plans for
these and other additional develop
ments.
Other important announcements
were: $1,500,000 company to manufac-
ture paper at Hattiesburg, Miss; ST.
100000 company to build 50-ton- daily
capacity paper-pulp mill near Sayan-
nah, Ga; $2,442,594 contract for build
iLg Government drydock at Norfolk
Navy-yard; 100000 corporation to
manufacture brass tubing and other
-it To- OF Do
600 investment for a 1500-ton- daily
capacity coal-mining plant at Prarfe
Creek, Ark
From the many other industrial an
nouncements, all detailed in the Manu-
facturers Record, are taken the follow
ing brief references:
Holland Manufacturing Co., GastoE-
ia, n. c., increased capital by $150O09
to build additional cotton-yarn mill
Huntington Clay Products Co., Hun
tington, w. Va, organized with $780,
600 capital to manufacture paving and
building tile.
England Public Service Co., Eng
land, Ark, incorporated with 100000
capital to build electric-light plant.
White Cliffs Lime Co., White Cliffs,
Ark, incorporated with 100000 cap
ital to crush limestone for fertilizer.
George L. Roberts, Sarasota, Fla,
will organize $4,000 company to en-
large his shipyards by adding marine
railway. machine shop and other faciI-
tiles.
Cook Duck Mills, Cedartown, Ga,
organized with $4,000 capital to es-
tablish 3500-spindle and S0-loom cleo
tric-driving plant for manufacturing
cotton duck
Carolina Acid Wood Co., Statesville,
N. c., incorporated with $4,000 capital
to manufacture acids from wood.
Larabee Flour Mills Association
Wichita, Kans., will build 5000-barrel
daily-capacity -four mill at st. Joseph
Mo.
Mowbray & Robinson Company, Gin
cinnati, plans to develop $4,000 acres
OF timber land in Kentucky
Little Rock Flour Mill Co., Little
Rock, Ark, organized to build mill
with daily capacity 200 barrels of -four
Fort Mill Manufacturing Co., Fort
Mill, S. c., awarded contract for 272Y
101-foot weave mill to be equipped
with $50 looms for producing ging-
hams.
Highland Cotton Mills, High Falls
N. c.. ordered 5000 additional spindles
with ACCOMMODATING enninment