The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
Many Large Investments
 H7 the South's Industries

Announcements of enterprises for which S1oo,o00 capital and in excess of this amount is needed are outlined by the Baltimore Manufacturers Record. as fol lows:
 About s S,5o0,000 will be invested by the Carolina ShipbuiIding company, Whining ton, N. C.. for building plant to con struct steel steamships. This enterprise has been organized as a subsidiary of the George A. Fuller company New York, which has government contract for building F 96oO-ton steel steamships. costing s22, 100000. Plant construction will cost s2,000,000 and mechanical equipment will cost s1,500,000, this shipyard to in- ciude wood and concrete marine ways comprising four berths 430 feet long.
 Plans and specifications have been pre- pared for the $3,Oo0,OO0 powder-packing plant recently announced as to built near Richmond Va, by the war depart ment This plant will be located at Seven Pines, and will be built in ,14O units sufficiently distant from each other to minimize danger from explosions. It will include electric power plant, heating
 
 railway trackage. etc., on a 1740-acre site.
 West Virginia coal property will be de- Veloped through the Federal Coal com pany, Charleston, w. ", incorporated with sS,000,000 capital by Charleston, Scranton, Pa, and Philadelphia capital l. ists. This corporation owns $, 300 acres or coal land and has expended s5OO, GOO Tor improvements, intending to organize subsidiary companies to own and oper- ate the mining plants.
 A l,300,000 wood-chemicals plant will be built at Lyles. Tenn, by the Bon Air Coal and Iron corporation, Nashville, to furnish methyl alcohol and acetate of lime to the government. The machinery Will cost $50o,00O, and the power house. stillhouse, 20 retorts. etc, will cost sS0O,- Vo. the daily capacity to be 40.00O to 50.O0O pounds of acetate of lime, 2000 to 3000 gallons of crude alcohol and 1o,000 to 10000 bushels of charcoal. Brick and cement construction has been selected Tor the buildings, and the plant will burn each day 200 cords of wood. Contract for construction has been awarded to the George A. Fuller company of New York Details have been determined for the shipyard which the Maritime Engineer ing corporation of New York will built at Elizabeth City, N. C., to construct steel steamships. This company was re- gently chartered with s1 ,250,000 capital to build this plant.
 Plans and specifications are being pre- pared for sl,250,000 shipyard which w. M. Wood, president of the Decatur Bridge company, Decatur, Ill. and as- sociates contemplate building at New Orleans Fabricated steel steamships will be built.
 An appropriation of s675,0 has been provided for the war department to con struct naval proving grounds extensions at Persimmon Point King George county, 20 miles from Fredericksburg, Va. This amount is divided as follows: 51O00, O0O for 1000 acres of land; $1 ,000, GOO for bridge $l75.000 for railroad construction; S900, ,000 for other improvements.
 Fisheries will be operated by the Miami Fisheries company, Miami. Fla, incor- porated with s6o0,000 capital.
 Lumber, shingles, laths, etc, will be manufactured by the White Lake Lum- Der company, Garland, N. C., organized by North Carolina and Maryland lumber mill operators. This enterprise is cap-