The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-11
SOUTHERN EIItRPaISEt
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Southern developmental enterprises
were announced during the past
week. and the Manufacturers Record
tells the principal features connected
with these announcements. They in-
clude important corporations with
large capitalization. planning the e.
tablishment OF factories or the en-
largement of existing plants.
The more important of the weeks
Southern Industrial news items. ac-
cording to the Manufacturers Record,
may be briefly outlined as follows:
Shipyards will be constructed by the
Hampton Roads Shipbuilding and Dry
| Dock company. Norfolk, va, cnAr-
tered withsS 200, GOO capital.
A 100000 beet-sugar factory -
proposed blythe Idaho Sugar COM
pany. Salt Lake City, Utah. for con-
struction at Plainview. Tex.
| Heavy chains will be manufacturer
| by the American Chain Co. of -vir-
| ginia, Norfolk. Va, chartered with
| 81 goo, 900 authorized capital
West Virginia coal lands Will b
developed by the Mordue Galleries
! Co. Charleston. W va, incorporated
with $500, 900 capital.
! Shipyards will be enlarged by the
| Eastern 3hore Shipbuilding CO..
Sharptown, Md, incorporated with
s500.00 capital by Boston. New York
and Baltimore capitalists.
Florida farm land will be developed
/ by the South okeeehobee Farms Co.
| Miami. Fla, Incorporated with $780,
I 900 capital.
| sprinklers will be manufactured By
the Continental Automatic Sprinkler
| Co, Richmond. Va. chartered with
| 5000, 900 capital.
! Oklahoma lead and Zinc win bs
mined by the National Lead and zinx
company. Oklahoma City. Incorporated
with $4,000 capital.
!. Virginia coal land will be devei-
oped by the Mammoth Mining COM
pany. Lynchburg. Va, chartered with
| s250.000 capital.
! Oklahoma lead and zinc viii be
| mined by the Muskogee Lead and
Zinc Mining company, Muskogee,
! Okla. Incorporated with 326o,oo0
! capital.
| Oklahoma zinc viii be mined by the
! Big Zinc Mining company, Miami,
Fla, chartered with 100000 capital.
| Remedies will be manufactured by
the Fisher Remedy company, Miami.
/ Fla. chartered with 100000 capital
Zinc deposits will be mined by the
Bethlehem Zinc company. Yukon,
Okla, incorporated with $780, 900 cap
ital.
| An oil refinery will be built by the
/ Vellilma Refining company, Tulsa.
J Okla. chartered with $4,000 cap
/ ftal.
Beverages will be the product Of
the Quake Bottling company. Char
( lotte, ". c., Incorporated with $125,-
900 capital
Oklahoma petroleum win be refined
| by the Cherokee Refining company.
Tulsa. Okla. chartered with sIzv.c00
capital.
| Cotton articles will be tho output
! OF the Royal Cotton Products COM
pany. Atlanta, Ga, Incorporated with
100000 capital.
Canned goods will be the product
of the Macon Canning company, Ma
con. Ga. Incorporated with 100000
capital
! An oil refinery will be built by the
Union Refining company. Shreveport.
| La, chartered with 400, 900 capital
! Concrete piers will be manufac-
tured by the Farmers Concrete Post
company. Oklahoma City. incorporate
ed with 100000 capital
! West Virginia coal land will be de-
4 veloped by the French Coal Mining
, company, Hartland. w. Va. chartered
| with 100000 capital.
! Missouri quarries will be developed
by the Missouri Quarries company.
/ Carthage. Mo, incorporated with
! 100000 capital.
!, Shipyards will be established by the
! Cape Fear shipyards company. Will
4Ainstaa.; Nc, incorporated witty
1 100000 capital.
Tobacco will be the product OF the
T. d. Tyack Tobacco company. Win
ston Salem, N. c., incorporated with
500, 600 capital.
Rice products will be milled by the
| Lonoke Rice Products company. Lo-
noke, Ark. Incorporated with $4,000
capital
| West Virginia coal will be mined
| by the Maiden Coal company. Maiden.
w. Va, incorporated with $4,000
capital
| Texas copper ore will be mined by
| the Knox County Copper company,
Santa Anna, Tex. Incorporated with
$4,000 capital.
| WOODEN products will be manufac-
tured by the Manchester Wooden Mills.
Winchester. Va. chartered with $780,
/ 900 capital
| Lubricating oils will be manufac-
tured by the Ardmore Lubricating OIL
company. Ardmore, Okla. chartered
with $4,000 capital.
! Engine vaporizers will be the pro-
! duct of the Manning Vaporixer com.
I panyr Fort Smith, Ark organized
with $4,000 capital.