The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY G. 1920

lose. The. spinner will benefit in that
 large supplies of cotton will be assem-
 bled at concentration points. thus in
 suring him against scarcity of raw ma
 terial, due to such things as seasonal
 transportation difficulties. The bank
 CTS will have a supply of liquid and
 high grade paper"
 Two big warehouses of 100000 bales capacity each, but so designed that ca- pacity may be doubled. are to be estab- lished in the east. One will be a Prov idence, k. l., if suitable site can be pro- cure9; if not, at some other point on Narragansett ebay. Negotiations are
 under way looking to the purchase of
 a property already standing in Provi- dence. The other will be at Albany, schenectady or some point in that VI cinity- It will serve the mills and brokers of upper New England. upstate 1 New York, New York city and New Jer- sey, while the one at Providence will serve those of upper New England
 PLANTS IN SOUTH Coming south at Norfolk there is ultimate need for a storage capacity of , between 100000 and S00.0o0 bales" says
 Mir. Wilson. There are several ware
 houses in that city, available for talk ing over, for which negotiations are In
 progress. Failing a favorable outcome of these, a new warehouse will be con
 structed on the water front in the Nor folk district.
 At Raleigh, N. C.. plant will be con- structed of 10000 bales capacity. At Greensboro, N C., a 20,000-bale warehouse will be taken over, the plant of J. E. Latham being under operation for this purpose.
 At Charleston and Columbian s. O., are the compress and warehouse plants of W. Gordon, McCabe & Co., These will
 be taken into the Union Warehouse and Compress company scheme of develop ment enlarged, standardized and brought up to a storage capacity of 50, 900 and 20,000 bales in the two cities, respectively. At Columbia, also, is the principal warehouse of the Standard Warehouse company, which will be taken over.
 At Spartanburg and Greenville, $. C., the plants of Cooper & Griffin will be absorbed and extended. The storage capacity will be 40, 000 bales at Green vile and 3O,000 at Spartanburg. The Rock Hill, S. C., warehouse will be purchased and extended to ca pacity of 10000 bales
 Passing into Georgia, the first prop erty to be considered is at Savannah,
 an essential point owing to the impor- tance of it's harbor and it's shipping fa- cilities. A capacity for the storing of 100000 bales and the installation of corresponding compressing facilities will be needed at this port. Tbis will be accomplished by the purchase of the warehouse and compress plants now To- l cated there, except those owned by the Savannah Warehouse and Compress company, and the installation of a new | unit of 100, 900 bales capacity n a 40 l0(l-halp nlant will be necessary and the Union Warehouse and Compress company has secured a suitable site for such a warehouse. At Augusta too, is one of the plants of the Atlantic Compress company which will be taken over. Atlanta is one of the most important gate cities of the south In addition to purchasing the plant of the Atlantic Compress com pany situated there. a new site has been determined upon where a warehouse of 100000 bales capacity will be con- structed.
 There is an Atlantic compress plant at Athens which will be bought and a new warehouse for 10000 bales built on adjoining land. Much the same thing
 may be said of Albany Columbus, Doth an. Dublin. Rome, Millen and Thomas vile, Ga.
 Although Macon is an important cot ton center ana SHOuld nave Wdrenouse l capacity for storing 10000 bales of cot l ton. the plans of the Union Warehouse I and Compress company do not contem plate operating in that city at present
 OPERATIONS IN ALABAMA Mobile is, perhaps, the most impor tant cotton point in Alabama. This i
 so on account of its splendid harbo
 and it's Importance as shipping poin
 A storage capacity of 10000 bales vii
 be provided at that city. An importan
 plant is coming into the combina tior
 A new high density compresf will b
 installed and extensive additions mad
 to this plant. It will be standardizet