The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-26
Much ACTIVITY
in Steel MILLS
GEORGIA HAS MANY NEW MILLS
NEW OFFICE BUILDING FOR
ATLANTA.

JuHS SO-<Auuitioiai 20
penditures totaling $35,O00.000 have
been announced at Baltimore for the
Sparrows Point plant Of the Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation. according to
the Manufacturers Record of the cur
rent week. These plant extensions will
include the building of additional iron
furnaces. doubling the 24-mill tinplate
factory, increasing to 48 mills; 100000
expenditure for employees houses; the
installation of additional new machin-
cry in the various departments; ma
rine railways, etc. 1t is planned to
complete these betterments by 1921,
and the improvements are in addition
to the $5o.ooo,ooo program which Is
already being carried out at the SEar-
rows Point steel and shipbuilding
plants of the Bethlehem Corporation.
A number of important additions
and extensions are announced from
the textile district. At Atlanta, Ga,
a $2.500.000 cotton mill has been
formed as the result of consolidation of
mills in Georgia and South Carolina;
improvements and extensions are
planned. A 100000 yard mill has been
formed at Maiden, N. c. Cotton
mills at Clifton, S. c., and Goldsboro,
N. c., are increasing capitalization to
s., 000, 900 each, and mills at Inman, S.
c., increase to 100000. From a
number of other points in the Caro-
linas comes word of increases ranging
from 100000 to 100000. Extensive
improvements will be made to hosiery
mills at Bristol, Va. and at Mckinney,
Tex, a cotton mill is increasing from
$4,000 to $75o.ooo. and plans addi-
tions.
A 1200-bale daily capacity compress
and 12000-bale cotton warehouse will
be erected at Ell Dorado. Ark, at a
cost exceeding 100000. A $1,000. 900
warehouse company has been formed
at Charlotte, N. C.
An additional carbon plant OF rs
burning houses will be erected at Per-
ryville, La. at cost of 100000. At
Memphis, Tenn. an iron and steel cor
poration capitalized at 100000 will
erect plant for the manufacture of
bar and flat steel. A $250,000 plant
will be erected at Chattanooga, Tenn.
for the manufacture of bathtubs. sinks,
etc. At Jacksonville, Fla, $500, 900
tractor company has been formed. A
stove manufacturer at Springfield. Mo-,
will double capital and erect a $780,
900 addition to the plant
A $1.000.000 oil-well supply COM
pany has been formed at Fort Worth. |
Tex. and will erect a plant for the
of oil-field supplies. AMI
oil and land corporation has been |
organized with s1.50o.000 capital at |
La. A 100000 oil corpor-
alton has been formed at Houston, |
Tex. and Fort Worth. Tex, and ST. |
Louis, NO.. each have new oil COM /
panies with 100000 capitalization. A
100000 company has been formed at /
City. Mo. A 100000 oii-re- !
timing plant will be erected at Steph. |
awhile. Tex. /
Additions will be made to the gas
md electric plant at Columbia, S. c.;
i've or ten miles of pipe line will be
aid and tanks erected for several
cubic feet of gas at a total
cost of 100000.
Included among new building an
are the following: A pol
tory bank and office building at Ral-
imore. Nd: a 100000 hospital for
d. c.: and 5000, 900 resi-
lence for the same city; a $500. 600
emple at Richmond, Va. and a s3o0.-
90 office building at Miami. Fla
Grain mills and elevators will bs
rected by a company formed at
Tex, with a~capitaI of Sc
00. 1000. Oklahoma City has a newl
criminal elevator company capitalized
t $4,000. At Perryville, Okla, al
100000 mill and elevator company has
cen formed.
company manufacturing overalls
I Dallas, Tex, doubles its canital. In
reasing from s750.o0o to $500. 900.