Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-18
PASSING AWAY OF ICE SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES

Announcements of Enterprises opcH-
ing in the Southern States-Thou-
sands of Dollars Invested.
That the present year will prove
a record breaker in the South Is
conceded fact on all sides. Among the
various enterprises noted by tAe
Manufacturers Record just publish
ed may be found the following:
Among the big projects is $4,000
! 600 corporation planning TO build
steel works in North Carolina. So
100000 to S6,OOo,O0O expenditure for
the Government at Port Wentworth.
near Savannah; $2,500,00O automo-
bile assembling plant and salvage
station for the Government nea:
Baltimore. ald Sl,000,000 invest
ment for mining plants and indus
trial towns n developing 5000 acres
of Kentucky coal land.
The many enterprises reported IN
todays Manufacturers Record re-
curing an investment of Sl0O,O0O
and exceeding this amount may ne
briefly outlined as follows:
New York and Florida manufact-
nrers have chartered S4,OOO,OC0
CORPORATION to establish steel WORKS
at or near Raleigh, y. c. Their plans
contemplate a steel furnace with an
nual capacity of 100000 tons, bloom
ing mill, bar mill. tube mill, etc, Tor
manufacturing seamless steel tupeS
and merchant bar steel.
From S2.500,000 to $6,OOO,O0O VIII
be expended by the War Department
for building drydock at Port went
worth, Ga.
General construction contract has
been awarded to Chicago firm for
1,p;ldinr the S2,500,000 automobile
assembling plant and salvage station
which the War Department decided
"a locate at ST. Helena, near Ba:-
timore. This plant will handle motor
trucks and other army vehicles from
cantonments in sixteen States a
1Oo-acre site has been secured far Z
The nlant with it's accompanying can
tonment for 100 officers and z,o'o
r,or There will be IS buildings, ara
so of these will be of concre'e-sEee'
construction.
Kentucky. Ohio and Rhode Island
canitalists will develop" 3,ooo-acfe
c,al land lease near Hazard, NY
Their plans provide for an expeheR-
tire CT sl,OOO,OOO for mining plants
and industrial towns.
Cotton manufacturers of Gastohla'
n c., will organize another cotton
mill company, the capitalization 10
bo s5c0. 900. This plant i to SPIN
hosiery yarns.
Washington investors have cnar-
tered a $3.50 900 company which plans
TO develop COO acres of sulphur IAN"
acar Toyah, Tex. ~.
MARYLAND investors have organized
$500. 600 company to build hydro
electric plant and mill with daiiy
capacity 300 barrels of -four.
Philadelphia and Florida investors
have chartered a Sl5O,0Oo corpora
tion, which has plans for building
shipyard,s at Carabelle, Fla.
A s125, 900 cotton mill company has
ornanized al Charlotte, y; c.,'to es-'
tablish a 4ooo-spindle mill with elec-
tric power drive for spinning hosiery
yarns. !!
Leather products VII be manufac-
tured at Dayton. Va, by a slOo,ooo
company, which Virginia and Mary
land manufacturers have organized.
Virginia manufacturers have Moor
rorated 100000 company. "h'ch
will establish plant at Norfolk f'r
manufacturing folding paper boxes
I'.rst-aid Splint packages VIII be
manufactured by 100000 company
organized by investors at Lynehoufg'
Va.
A daily output of 1000 tons 0! coai
near Wilson, Nd, is planned by Penn
svlvania coal operators, who nave
purchased $3.50 acres coal properties
near that town.