The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-27
INDUSTRIES SHOW
MARKED INCREASE
Railroads Are Spending Big Sums for
Port Improvements.

The formation of a number of large
industries in the South and capacity
increases in some already established
Is feature this week in the Manufac
turers Record building and industrial
news. A $5,000,000 rubber company
has been organized in New Orleans TO
erect a plant for the manufacture of
pneumatic puncture- proof automobile
tires with a daily output of 1000 At
Louisville, KY the capacity of a plant
manufacturing iron and steel products
will be increased four times and eight
separate mill buildings erected; an ex
penditurc of $3,000,000 is contemplated,
increasing the output of the plant
from 900 tons to $4,000 tons. A pipe
and foundry company of Birmingham
will erect a foundry addition and
double the plant capacity, installing
new equipment costing 100000.
A plant will be erected for the man
ufacture of syrup and other corn
products at Kansas City, Mo, the
plant calling for number of rein
forced concrete buildings, the total
expenditure to be between $7,000,000
and $S,O00.000.
A plant will be erected at Birming
ham for the manufacture of bathtubs,
bathroom fixtures, ETC.; it is contem-
plated to melt 40 to SO tons of pig
iron daily. In Baltimore a company
manufacturing special machinery in
creases its capital from $350,000 to
$4,000 900, and at greensboro, Ky,
manufacturer of ditchers and graders
increases capital from $250,000 to $780,
00O
A coal company has been formed
IA. q
ital, and at Lynchburg, Va, coal
mining company increases from $780,
900 to 100000.
At Cisco, Tex, company will con-
struct a brick and pottery manufac
turing plant with a daily capacity of
$4,000 bricks; this company will also
engage in coal mining.
Cotton mills at Mt. Holly, n. c.,
have Increased capital from $225,000
to $675,000; another company in the
same town increases to $3.50, Ooe. At
Lexington, n. c., cotton-mill additions
and improvements are planned AT
Newry, S. c.. company will increase
In West Virginia town an orchard
company has been organized with ST.
100000 capital, and at little Rock.
Ark, a similar organization with ST.
100000 capital has incorporated.
At Abilene, Tex, an ice and power
plant will be established costing ST.
O00, 900.
The Texas & Pacific Railway will
erect roundhouse and shops and re-
build bridges at lei Paso at a cost 70
100000 A theater, hotel and store
building will be erected in the same
city at a cost of $1.50O,000.
A 100000 administration building
will be erected at Charleston, w. Va.
Dallas, Tex. is to have a new hospital
building costing S1.S00,000. A $250,o00
hotel will be erected at Nevada, Mo-;
a $225.000 hotel at Del Rio, Tex;
$225.00O bank and office building at
St. Louis. Mo-, and a 100000 COM
munity-house at Columbia, Mo.
Coal piers costing $1,000,000 will be
erected on the west side of Hampton
Roads by the Virginian Railway.
A $400, 900 glass manufacturing COM
pany has been formed in Birmingham,
Ala, where a plant viii be erected for
the manufacture of bottles and other
glass products: tracts have been ac-
quired containing several million tons
OF silica sand.
planned at Monroe, La, by a carbon
company; a branch carbon plant will
be erected.
The first unit of a four-unit plant.
the total to cost SS5o.000 will be erect
ed in Baltimore by an enamel and
paint corporation.