The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-15
LARGE INVESTMENTS IN SOUTHERN STATES

Big government expenditures were the most prominent features of southern in dustriaI announcements during the past week. In addition to many other inn portant industrial developmental enter prises undertaken by manufacturers and capitalists throughout the southern states, the enterprises for which $100,00O and more capital is named is briefly out lined by the Baltimore Manufacturers Record as follows:
 A $100,e00,0 expenditure decided upon by the war department for the explo- sizes manufacturing plant and industrial city at 1Iadley's Bend, near Nashville, Tenn, for which $60,0eo,0Oo was originally appropriated. General improvements and construction are now in progress, thou sands of men being employed, the daily capacity to be 100000 pounds of smoke less power and 100000 pounds of gum cotton.
 An expenditure of s20,000000 decided upon by the war department for building piers and warehouses at Charleston, 5. C., the construction to include a con- crete quay from 5000 to 5000 feet long, A 2000-acre site has been purchased.
 A $1o 0O0,O00 plant for manufacturing nj trates by the cyanamid process to be built by the war department at Kings port, Tenn, a 2000-acre site to be utilized for the entire enterprise, with it's accom- panying industrial city. This is one of several nitrate plants which the govern ment will build in connection with a $500, ,000,00O appropriation asked from Congress, additional to the s30,000000 and $5, ,0OO,000 nitrate plants under construc- ton at Muscle Shoals. Oil refineries will be built in Oklahoma and Texas by the Oklahoma-Texas Oil Refining company, Wilmington, Del, in- corporated with s3,0000O0 capital | Gas and oil developments in Oklahoma planned by the Oklahoma Gulf corpora tion, Wilmington, Del. incorporated with | $2, ,000,00O capital.
 | An oil refinery win be built by the C. s. c. Oil and Refining company, Dun can, Okla, incorporated with $1,5000N capital.
 l A $1,OO0,O0O plant for constructing con crete ships to be biult at Wilmington l N. C., by the government the initia plans providing for the construction o l three 3J60-ton and four 75O0-ton vessel. | to cost $6,000,000
 l A s1,000,O00 plant for extracting dena | tLred alcohol and acetone from mil waste will be built by the Lamb-Fisi Lumber company, Charleston, Miss, con tfcaC neVlnS been awarded. I Cotton products will be manufacture | by the Franklin Cotton mills, Concord
 N. C., incorporated with $1,00O,000 capi
 talization.
 Oil and fertilizer products will be man
 'itactured by the Planters Fertilizer ant Oil company, Georgetown, s. C., incor
 porated with S25O,OO0 capital
 marine railway with lifting capacit.
 of 32O0 tons will be built by the Beau
 mont Shipbuilding and Drydock com pany, Beaumont, Tex, the cost to b | S200, ,000.
 Mining properties will be developed b,
 the Neil Mining company, Oklahom. City. incorporated with $20O,00O capital
 Cotton yarn will be the product of tn Mason Cotton Mills company, King
 Mountain, N. C., incorporated with s20o, GOO capital
 grain elevator will be built by tn
 Blue Star Elevator company San An
 tonic, Tex, incorporated with s1oo, GOO cap ital