Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-18
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS
The Way the South BoomS Even in
War Time-Ncw Enterprises
Spriuging Up Everywhere.
UNCLE SANS WORKS IN VIRGINIA
Large Investments All Along the
Line From the Potomac to the
GuIf-Extract Factory Going Up
at Roanoke.

BALTIMORE. MD, August 1I.-Fhr"c
government announcements of the past
week provide fon an expenditure OF
$4,000, 900 for Southern industrial ac'
tivities which viii be efficient aids III
the winning Of the war. besides meeting
neneral needs after the conflict has
ended They call for n s25,ooooo0 stoe:
plant in the birmingham District. 80
100000 manufacturing plant ut Chnca-
field Va. and a $4,000, 600 Industrial city
development at Seven Pines near
Richmond. Va.
This weeks Manufacturers Record
presents the essential facts regarding
the above projects, in add
ton to information on S?o".coc ma
chine shop building. 100000 extract
manufacturing enterprise S25p,oo"
steel company 100000 machine shop
building and so5o.o0O Arkansas com-
panv to mine zinc. crush rock ana
manufacture lime. Other reports in
clude canncries. coal mines. drainaC"
systems fertilizer factories. gas and
oil developments. ice and cold storage
plants. lumber manufacturing. metal
working, textile mills, woodworking
plants. etc.
LARGE SUMS REING
INVESTED IN OLD VIRGINIA
The Industrial news gathered from
its correspondents in all of the South
ern States by the Record is unusually
interesting this week. 1t may be sum-
med up in the following brief state
ments:
a s2s.ooo.ooc steel plant will be built
by the Woodward Iron Company, Wood
ward. Ala, the product to be prtn-
-cipally for the construction OF govern
ment steamships at Mobile. Whining
ton, Savannah. Charleston, New Orleans
and Jacksonville. It's construction and
equipment will he financed by the Gov
eminent War Industries Board.
A ss,00o.0o0 plant to manufacture
products for war purposes will he built
at Clinchfeld. Va. by the War Depa"t
-ment. The exact character OF the
products has not been announced. bur
1t is understood that large quantities
OF standard steel and iron shapes, roof
Ing, electric supplies. etc. will be used
for building the plant.
: An expenditure >of 100000 is plan
he'd by the War Department for public
utilities at Seven Pines Va In connec-
.tion with the bag-loading plant nov:
sbeing built at that town. II is to pro-
.tide electric lighting facilities. wa:er
skupply. sewers. sidewalks. etc. for n
population OF 5000 TO 1000.
:. An additional foH,c shop. the buill-
Hng alone to cost 100000, will be erect
ed by the Bartlett Hayward Company
baltimore, in connection with other ad-
-ditional plants costing several million
Collars. This new shop will be of struc-
tural steel with sheet metal roof and
Te-cnforced concrete floors, 500 feet
long by 400 feet wide.
= Engineering and construction will he
.undertaken by tho Southern Engineer
ing and Construction Company. Nor
folk. Va Incorporated with $500, 00u
capital.
-NEw ENTERPRISES ALL
THROUGH DIXIE LAND
Extracts Will be manufactured hy
Ihe Andrews Tanning Extract Com.
.pany, Andrews, y. c. Incorporated with
s3oo.oO0 capital by North Carolina anG
pennsylvania investors
a S3c9,00O expenditure will be re-
Tnired for erecting a 5O0x140-fo hrick
and steel building. TO be equipped rs
a machine shop, at Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, Aberdeen. Md
Steel will be manufactured nv the
Howard Steel Company. New Cunber-
land. w. Va. chartered with $3.50. 600
capital by New York investors
Zinc will he mined. rock viii ~.
crushed and lime will he manufactured
ny the ST. Joe Zinc, Lime and Crushed
Rock Company ST. Joe. Ark. incorpor.
ated with s25o0oo capital.
oklahoma lead and zine ores Will h..
mined by the Hope Lead and Zinc Com
panS, Miami Okla. incorporated witch
100000 "ahitalt, by Oklahoma ard
Arkansas Investors
Extracts Will lie manufactured by the
Pabst Pure Extract Company. Roanol .
Va. incorporated with $4,000 CAPITAL
sl50O00 cotton compress will he
QUILT by the Chtckasha Compress Corn
pany, ATdmore. Okla. the new plant t.
De located at Pauls Valley Okla.
Chemicals will be the product OF tie
Turner Chemical Company. Memphis
Tenn. incorporated with sl1o.poc
capital
Manganese VIII be mined by TIE
manganese Orc Development, Compa "
fort smith. AK" Incorporated, with
100000 capital.