The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-04
UTILIZING SOUTHERN
INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
Large Expenditures In DrVelopmentai
Enterprises Are Being
Announced

Baltimore. Md. March 3-South-
ern deyelopmental enterprises whose
plans have been announced during the
past week include one project for ex-
pendtures amounting to a total OF
s2l.1oo. GOO. This important an
0ouncenent tntiuded ia the many
news items Of the Manufacturers
Record comes from one or tho Of
3ciaIs Of the PENNSYLVANIA railroad,
and outlines the final plans for that
Companys extensive betterments tn
der consideration several years for its
Baltimore facilities. Some features
of the plan have heretofore been re-
ported and they are to include twin
I.2a4-foot tunnels costing 100000,
elevator costing $4,000 900. with ca
paclty Of more than 100000 bushels
OF grain, and two reinforced concrete
p!ers costing 50 600 900
Practically every phase OF develop
ment connected with the utilization OF
Southern resources is mentioned in
the weeks reports. and among the new
organizations is the Porcelain Enamel
and Manufacturing Co, Baltimore.
chartered with 81 800 900 capital for
manufacturing porcelain enameled
products; the oklahoma Kentucky OH
Co. Irvine. Ky, chartered with So
goo 600 capital to drill for oil IN
oklahoma and Kentucky; the Ocoee
6TennD Copper Co. incorporated with
$I.250.o goo capital. for mining copper
ore; the Jewett -Thacker Coal corpor-
alton, Hale, w. Va. Incorporated with
$1,000, 00e capital by Detroit capitalists
who viii develop coal properties in
Minco county. and the Ardmore
tbkla1 Akron Tire and Rubber Co.
incorporated with 100000 capital
for the manufacture of automobile
tires and other similar automobile
products
The Manufacturers Record presents
All of the essential facts as to these
and other enterprises. among the lat
ter being the following:
Walton Arkansas Rice Co. De witt,
Ark. Incorporated with SITS 600 CAPT
tai for cultivating rice fields.
Kansas City Railways Co. Kansas
City Mo, to expend $3.50. 600 for new
suhstations and for rearranging dis
trihution Of power.
Corona Coal and Iron Co, Birming-
ham. Ala. TO invest $3.50, 900 for de-
veloping an additional mine in the
Birmingham district, daily capacity
20 be 1000 tons. and equipment to be
arranged for increasing
Fountain Brush Co. Roanoke, Va.
incorporated with s200, 900 capital,
American Net and Twine Co., An
niston. Ala, will, invest 5000 900 10
build additional mill which will have
5000 spindles, with accompanying
machinery.
c. r. r. Smith Milling Co. Sher-
man. Tex, will build flour and feed
mill TO cost SITS 00o
Kansas Flour Mills Co, Wichita
Kan. will build $4,000 mill with
daily capacity 500 barrels of -four at
Alva, Okla,
Birmingham. Ala, incorporated with
100000 capital to build plant for
manufacturing railway safety de-
vices.
Georgette Mining Co. Pierce City,
Mo. Incorporated with 100000
capital for mining lead and zinc.
Imperial Ice Cream Co. Parkers-
burg. w. Va. awarded contract for
construction of $4,000 reinforced
concrete and brick building to be
equipped with electric-driven ma
chinery for daily capacity 1000 gal
ions OF ice cream and ten tons OF ice.
Beaver Elkhorn Coal Co. Ashland.
KY. Incorporated with $4,000 capital
for coal mining.
Burke Brick and Tile Co., Fort
Smith. Ark. incorporated with s75.-
900 capital for manufacturing bricks
and tile.
Salvador Sanchez " Ca. Tampa,
Fla. Incorporated with $4,000 capital
for manufacturing cigars.
Trf-State Electric Laundry Co,
Huntington, w Va, Incorporated with
$500 capital to establish laundry.
Berry Reeves Lumber Co.. Selma.
Ala, incorporated with $50.p00 CAPT
tai for manufacturing lumber.
]. Fl. Roberts Lumber Co. Dallas.
Tex, incorporated with $4,000 capt
tai, for manufacturing lumber.
Eastern Bottling corporation, Pc