Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-17
THE ENTIRE SOUTH
IS ALIVE WITH BIC
INDUSTRIAL MOVES

that the city of Charleston, W. Va, has
been selected as the site of the big ar
NOR plate and projectile manufacturing
plant which the Government intends to
build in connection with its plans for
national preparedness, all the more
necessary now that the United States
has declared the German government
in a state of war against this country.
Congress appropriated $11,000,OOO to
build the armor plate plant, and the
cost of the projectile factory Ito be
built in connection) will be $1,750,O00.
l. is expected that a considerably larg-
er expenditure will result for both
plants. After many months of careful
inspection of the various Southern
cities and examination of their claims
as eligible and advantageous sites for
these big war munitions plants, the
Armor Plate Board has selected Charl-
eston because of its convenient loca-
ton for gathering the various raw ma
terials for manufacturing armor plate
and projectiles, as well as for its avail
ability as shipping point in the in
terror and in section and dependent
upon Lake Superior of foreign ores.
The annual output Of the plate plant
is to be 10000 tons. Great industrial
advantages will be gained for Charles
ton by the location of these plants,
many thousands of workmen and me-
chanics will be given employment for
building and operating the plants,
while various contributory industries
owned by private capital will doubtless
be attracted to the city.
Lumber Folks Busy.
During the past week a lumber man
ufacturing and Industrial city enter.
prise to involve the investment of
many million dollars in Texas was an
nounced. This development is planned
by Robert W. Wier Of Houston and as
sociates. who recently purchased co.
600 acres of Texas land for an amount
exceeding $7,O00,000. Their plans in
Iclude building 30-mile standard gauge
railway constructing a mill with daily
capacity 100000 feet of lumber, manu-
featuring by-products from lumber
mill waste, building homes for employ
es, constructing water-works and light
ing plants, building ice factories, erect
ing church buildings and other struc-
lures, etc.
Many other extensive Southern de-
velopmental enterprises were announc-
ed, and the essential facts regarding
them are presented in today's Manu-
facturers Record, which also tells Of
other facts and figures connected with
the utilization of the South's resources
for material progress. They include
enterprises briefly described in the
following paragraphs:
An electric plant generating $4,000
kilowatts will be built by the Monon-
gahela Valley Traction Co., Fairmont,
W. Va.
Devices for cooling motor engines
will be manufactured at Baltimore by
the Motor Cooling Systems Co., incor-
porated with $75O,OO0 capital.
A daily output of from 10 OTTO 200
tons of manganese is planned by the
Virginia Ores Corporation, charterd
a: Lynchburg with $75O,OOO capital to
develop 800 acres of manganese land,
New York capitalists being interested.
A plant for manufacturing livestock
Worth. Tex, by the Ralston Purina
Co. of St. Louis, which will incorpor-
ate a 100000 subsidiary company for
this branch establishment.
Work on Graphite Land.
Two hundred acres of graphite land
at Goodwater, Ala, will be developed
for a daily capacity of 200 tons by the
ROYAL Graphite Mining & Crucible Co,
recently organized at Birmingham with
$500 900 capital
The irrigation of $4,000 acres of land
is contemplated by the Santa Helena
Improvement Co., San Benito, Tex, the
estimated cost being 100000.
Coal will be mined by the Maryland
&, New River Coal Co., Charleston, w.
Va, incorporated with 100000 capital.
North Carolina timber land to the
extent of 2O,S7O acres will be develop
ed by W. n. Wright of Memphis, Tenn,
and associates, who plan to construct
a 2O-mile railway and build large saw
mills. etc, at a cost of S250,000.
West Virginia coal will be mined by
the Maryland Mining Co., Bachman, W.
Va, incorporated with 100000 capital.
An equipment of 5000 spindles and
accompanying machinery, all driven by
electric power, will be installed by the