Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
AGLANCE At THE SOUTH:
ALL PARTS PROSPEROUS
Old Year Was Brilliant-Ncw Year
Looks Even Brighter for the
Land OF Dixie.
NEW INDUSTRIES EVERYWHERE
Diversity in Agriculture-king Cot
ton Still Leads-TObncco Follows
Close Second-Othcr Money Crops
Bring Capital for Investment.

Inc hol1nRy season, aIFpiniNE 10 m
formation obtained by mail and ,clc-
graph by the Manufacturers Record.
saw no let-up in tho announcement Of
J plans for d~evelcpmental enterprises all
over tho South Throughout all Of
Dixie. from Maryland and virginia to
Z Florida and Texas. manufacturer and
capitalists told Of plans for new or
sSsanizs tions and new work. as well as
sefpr adding 70 the activities and capaci-
r-ties of industries already In operation
Some Of phe larger enterprises pro-
posed for 1917 may be mentioned:
\ In Arkansas the commissioners Of q
~drainaEc dis,ric, decided upon brild-
-.inG a drainage system which will cost
-several million dollars. This district
intends to reclaim $50. 900 acres Of land.
and engineers have been engaged who
-are now preparing plans and specifca-
e.tions for the 500 miles Of canals and
other construction which will be re-
CURED. At Baltimore there VIII be
Sarproxiniately 100000 expended FOR
lan extensive land development 10 bring
Into existence an industrial residential
city for employees Of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation. now investing from
s5o.nnn 600 to sto.n0o,onn for additions
to the steel plants. shinyards. etc. al
Sparrows Point, near Baltimore.
IN THE yIRGINIAS y
FURTHER DoWN SoIrH
Al Norfolk there will he a s2oo. 600
to 100000 investment for bullying and
saulppinE a chain-ranufacturing plant
by a New England corporation. which
owns various large plants in different
cities. Near Birmingham. Ala, a we'll
known coal and coke corporation has
begun developments for an additional
mine with a daily capacity OF $500 tons
Of coal, about 100000 10 be The cos,
Of opening and cquiprins this rlant
at Buchanan. w. Va, a s25o,00o CONF
nany has been INCORPORATED Ia develop
coal lands IN West Virginia anG Ohio.
,F<At Wheeling an established tile com
pany has added scoo. 600 TO its capital.
and will build n plant for m~anufac-
Turing electrical porcelain products.
AT Macon. Ga. there VIII he a large
plant huilt by a $500 900 company.
which will install clcctric-drivcn ma
chincry for - daily capacity az sixty
.!ions of hrchrick, hollow blocks. silo
t,blocks and tile.
EIOokING BACKWARD AND
II, FORWARD, ALI. Is BRIGHT
~. Taking a view of those things and
making a hasty review Of industrial
events OF the past year. IL is easy 10
see how the New Year opens with the
I. prospect for a long period of UMPIRE
rcdented prosperity throughout the en-
tire South. With over So. 900, ooo, O0t
looming into this section from cotton and
cotton products. with the tobacco, pea
nuts and other ready-moncy crops and
their products. with the assurance Of
profitable prices for another years
crops, with diversified agriculture
making splendid progress, with live
ZEN gtoSl rniStnC hprnp,inr ~ nrn,,
incnt. there is every assurance Of con-
Inued aSricultura prosperity.
its To this may he added the amazinrly
; ia pid growth of carly vegetable and
e~-sailtrus and other fruit culture which
nov taxes tho railroads as tomatoes
,tSnd whcrrics and oranges and
4. grapefruit move northward it, ever.
expanding volume. 10 be followed day
BY day by vegetable shipments from
s..Fc8as, Louisiana and Arkansas. and
then the Carolinas and other states
ms spring weather moves northward
INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT
,tH ALONG ALL VARIED LINES
IL. Industrial activities md expression
~ cotton mills and iron and steel work
iand in coal mines and coke ovens. All
Of which are more funny employed ~
profitable prices than ever before.
Upon good rosGs tho South is spcui-
.-,nE-orcr 900, oQn. 0.A - year. and SIN
larger sums arc c"ing into street
building and other municipal improve
ments.
ShipbutidtuE is becoming a rocos-
nizcd industry. aud while tic Virginia
Nard leads. with over SO. V0c.0 900 81
work under contract. other yards. an
the way down tho coast ~ TcNas. arc
catching the inspiration and arc md