The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-08
big EXPENDITURES
FOR VIRGINIA TOWNS
Government TO Erect Five Dry Docks
at Norfolk Costing About 49,.
zoo, 600.
FOR THE EMERGENCY FLEET
Twin Craving Docks, Costing $1,000.
600 for Norfolk Navy Yard WIN Also
be crcctcd--Mincs to bc Developed
at Narrows. Va.

Especial to The Richmond virginisn.)
Baltimore, Md. July Large in. Il
vestments OF capital will be required
for many nov Southern industrial en-
terprises announced during the past
week especially for sc vcral govern
ment plants which will aid In win.
ming the war. These developfnentafs
announcements are detailed in todays
Manufacturers Record. and they i'm
clude references to a $4,000 600 10
$50 900 900 expenditure planned hy
the war department for powder fac
tory with Industrial city at Louisvils,
five dry docks To cost s3.2oo,0o0 at
Norfolk for the Emergency Fleet cor.
poration, twin craving docks costing
s. 500 900 for the Norfolk navy yarf,
erecting shop and equipment costing
$1,000, 900 for the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad at Cumberland Md, and =
$1,000, 900 initial unit for a steel fabri-
eating plant In the Birmingham dis
trict. This latter plant will produces
steel plates. shapes and other struc-
/ tural meteria for government ships
/ built on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Il will b. established by Henry Il.
BrittSn. Of New York. president OF
two southern shipbuilding companies
and vice president OF another) and
! associates.
Other important announcements
are a 81 600 600 cattle ranch CONT
| pany in Florida, a $500 900 sulphur
! development company in Texas.
$500 600 Timber manufacturing CONS
| pany in Florida a $4,000 lumber
| mill company in Florida. a $500 600
| oil refinery corporation In Oklahoma,
a $500 600 concrete forms manufsc.
/ tory in oklahoma and 100000 grain
! elevator com pany in Texas.
The Manufacturers Record reports
of other Industrial announcements
naming capitalize ton of 100000 or
more may be briefly outlined as fol-
lows:
Virginia mines Will he developed by
the STANCE Mining Co Narrows, Va.
Incorporated with s250.00 capital by
Pittshurz and Narrows investors.
Coal mines and coke ovens win hs
operated by the Gordon Miller Coal
and Coke Co. Louisville. KY. charter.
ed with 100000 capital.
| Livingston county fuorspar land
will be developed by the United
! Fluorspar Co. Paducah, Ky, incor.
/ porated with $1,000 capital
! Ink will be the product OF the Jas
mine Ink corporation. Norfolk. Va.
| chartered with $4,000 capital
! Phosphate will he mined near
! Colum hia. Tenn, ny the Armour Ferti-
! tlzer WORKS. or chicago. winch VIII
build a $50 600 plant.
Beaver Creek coal lands will be
developed by the National Elkhorn
+ Coal Co. Whitshure Ky. incorporate
ed with sl25 600 capital by West Vir-
/ ginia invc~ crS.
Narrish will he the product of ths
Stol Varnish CO. Louisville. Ky. In
eorrorated with 100000 capital.
An oil refinery viii he built by the
+ Tulsa Okla, chartered with $780,
600 capital
A 100000 plant for refining metals
/ will be built by the Metal Products
! Association OF Texas Alpine, Tex.
orZa nized by Texas. Tennessee and
California investors.
Timber land will he cut and lumber
will be manufactured by the Noun
tain Land and Lumber Co. Ionesboro.
Tenn, incorporated with $4,000 capi-
tai
Cement products win be manu-
featured by the Waterproof Cement
Products Co. Norfolk, Va. incorporate
I'd with 100000 capital
Heading will he manufactured by
The Pine Bluff Needing Co. Pine
Bluff. Ark, chartered with 100000
| canital.
Coal will be mined by the Black
Raven Coal Co. willard KY. in
cor porated with 10000 capital
100000 building has been con-
trccted FOR by the Consumers Bis
! cult Co, New Orleans. which wilt
equip the building for manufacture
ing biscuits and other similar food
products
Grain mills will be operated by the
+ Frankfort Grain Products Co. Frank
I fort. Ky. incorporated with $780,
600 capital
An expenditure Of 100000 for q
potash manufacturing plant at Lock-
| land Ky, is contem plated by j. B.
Speed and Co, of Louisville, Ky.