The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-08

Especial to The Richmond Nirginlan)
Baltimore. Md. June MANY i'm
portant industrial enterprises both a
TO character and amount Of capital'
were reported for the Sou'h during
the past week The Manufacturers
Record Of today presents the essentiAl
facts regarding these various an
nouncemenss and includes referenc"
no 1S60x2E0 and 3ooxi 5o-foot
buildings as for n first unit invest
rnent OF $4,000 000 for cotton mil
and industrial city development, ID
900 spindles, with accompanying
looms, 10 he installed. hydro cleo
trio plant generating $4,000 morse
power for transmission by electricity.
several million dollars to he invested
S2NoG. 900 wood alcohol plant TO sim
ply explosives manufacturing ma
terial for the government, S2.ooe.oe2
plant 10 manufacture castor oil luofi-
rants for military aeroplane; $4,000
900 oil-refirery company. 100000
ShiphuildinG conn any 100000 1ceI
~ream manufacturing corporation
Tho reports in which A capita liatton
of more than sio0.0 900 is required
may he briefly noted as follows; Plans
and specifications are being prepar-
ed for two big mill structures to he
erected 1T Fieldale, Va. as A portion
of the 81 06e 600 expenditure here
tofore decided upon by the Carolina
Cotton & Wocicn Mills Co, of SPRAY.
~ g, for Its extensive MIL group
and village development. The two
sbuildings VIII be one story weave
shed 1900 tnet long by $50 feet wide
and four-stcry spinning min 1900
feet long nv $50 feet wide both nf
steel and concrete construction This
81 900 600 expenditure is for IL" FIRST
unit Of the fieldale development the
initial installation 10 he - ea9
srindles With accompanying looms
The ultiw sc plan Is for total of
500. 600 4pludIes and accompanying
looms The general land develop
ments for nc village are progressing,
and many buildings for dwellings.
Offices etc are In course Of C0DStrNC
ton. Marshall Field & Co, Of Chi
raso, control the Carolina corpora
ton. and the Fieldale plant will add
a largo quantity = rottft con'. -
duction to tho supply which the firm
has heretofore been obtaining from
its group OF mills ct and near Spray.
A court decision is announced en-
abling the Carolina Tennessee Power
Co 70 undertake It's big water power
development planned for several
years ON the Hiawassee river In North
Carolina The hydro electric plant
will be locate IN Cherokee county.
near the Tennessee state boundary,
and the coiuranv's properties include
land and water right for distance -
% misee Engineers prelimary
plans contetnp plate the constipation Of
two dams each $50 feet high. ona
near Tennessee and the other 3
miles up tha river in North Carolina,
so 1000 hor So power To be developed
for transmission by electricity. Sew
eral million dollars Will he the rNst
Of the properties, the constitution. tho
mechanical equipment ana other ne
cessttes TO esta hiish this important
enterprise Pertrom, Griscom a Co.
OF Philadelphia are the bankers who
gapre sent the On pitalists interested IN
the Carolina Tennessee Power Co.
$4,000 600 plant for manufactur-
Ing wood alcohol and other chemt-
Gals IL Contemplated for esta htshment
at Bierne Ark. hv the war depart
ment Plans include provision for a
40-aerc site. buildings of brick ami
steel, so or more reterts, artes!an
wells with daily supply Of Zoo 600
gallons of water. etc. the daily con-
sumption Of wood 70 be 600 cords
Report states that 81 .0e0 600 will
be the cost Of a plant TO manufacture
castor oil for lubricatlng military
airrianes 20 be established by the
Florida Industrial corporation. Gaines
1
under government control and will
consume castor beans grown east Of
the Mississippi river As q nucleus
for the plant the Gainesville Chemi-
cal Co.'S pine products dtstliery has
been purchased.
Ice cream will he manufactured by
the Garry Ice Cream Co. Richmond,
Va. Incorporated with $1,000. 600
capital hv Washington investors
Coal will he mined by the Colleen
Mining corporation, Arlington. Va.
chartered with $3.50 900 capital
Coal will he mined by the Brad
shaw Coal Co. Lynchhurg. Va in
corporated with $4,000 capital by
West Virginia mine operators.
Glass will he manufactured by the
whtttemore Glass Co. Charles ton ".
Va. incorporated with $4,000 CAPT
tai
Coal properties Will be developed ny
the Randolph Smokcless Coal Co.
phiiippi. w, Va. incorporated with
$4,000 capital
A 5o0o-s spindle mill for manufac-
turing fine cotton yarn will he built
by the Rearskin Cotton Mills. Mon
roe. n. G., organized with $4,000
capital