The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-01
mo DECREASE
in INDUSTRY
INDEX OF COLUMBUS REPORTS
INCREASED ACTIVITY IN EVERY
PART OF THE SOUTHEAST.

Columbus, Ca, Feb. 2s.-The Indus
trial Index says this week:
The great activity in industrial and
commercial lines in this section OF the
country is ev.>.enced by Applicant
for charter for no less than sixty new
corporations in the southeast this
week Many of the new corporations
will engage in manufacturing, others
are commercial enterprises, and their
general character, as indicated both
by capitalization and personnel or
stockholders, is substantial.
Eleven new banks were formed in
the southeast during the week and
several banking institutions increased
their capital stock.
"a survey of the industrial field
shows that eleven automobile enter
prises were chartered during the week:
lumber plants were reported from Al
bany, Ga, Broughton. Ala, Dublin,
Ga. Edgefield, S. c., Jacksonville, Fla,
Liberty, S. c., Mobile, Ala, Montgom-
cry, Ala, and Perry, Fla; ana new
cotton mills, or engagements or tex
tile plants, are reported from berry
ton, Ga, Douglasville, Ga, CARNEY,
S. c., Rock Hill, S. c., Roswell, Ga,
walhalla S. c., and West Point, Ga.
Among other industrial enterprises
reported are: Bottling plants, Beau
fort, s. c., brick plants tnew or en-
largely, Augusta, Ca; Dade City, Fla.
Kelsey City, Fla, and McRae, Ca;
compress plant improvements IN sew
eral cities: construction enterprises
for Columbia, S. c., Columbus, Ga,
Charleston. s. c., and Dublin, Ga;
cooperage plant, Georgiana, Ala; cot
ton ginneries, Graceville, Fla, ana
Taylors, s. c.; gas plant enlargement.
Gadsden, Ala; iron works enlarge
rnent Lakeland. Fla. machine plant.
Tampa. Fla; foundry. Greenville. ,.
G.: mining developments at Birming-
ham. Ala. Ocala, Fla, Rock Run, Ala,
~and Tait's Gap, Ala; naval stores
nlant. Aucilla, Fla: linseed oil plant.
brunswick, Ga: paper mill, Cedar-
town. Ga: pipe plants, Admission, Ala-'
and Birmingham, Ala. shipbuilding
n,ant. St. Andrews, Fla; telephone
system Improvements. Bainbridge, Ga,
Butler. Ga, and Hampton. s. c.; to-
hacco plants, Fitzgerald, Ga. and
Sumter, S. c.
.sThe construction tide rolls on.
gathering momentum each week, now
Among the interesting news items are:
Apartment house, Palm Beach, Fla;
automobile buildings and garages, At
Ianta, Ga, Bolton. S. c., Daytona,
Fla. Greenwood. Miss, Griffin. Ga.
Montgomery, Ala, and Rock Hill. 5.
c.; hospital buildings, Lake City. Fla.
Mobile, Ala, and Westminster, s. c.:
hotel buildings, Dublin. Ga, Macon.
Ga. Mariana, Fla, Miami, Fla, and
Natchez, Miss; jail, Rome, Ga; street
or sidewalk paving. Alexander City,
Ala. Atlanta, Ga, Augusta, Ga, Bes-
sener, Ala. Dublin, Ga, Gadsden, Ala,
Miami. Fla, WATERFORD. s. c.. Way
cross, Ga, Winder. Ga, Gaffney, S. C..
Mariana, Fla, Plant City, Fla and
Toccoa, Ga
Cobb county. Ga, and Flagier coun-
~ Fla. are inviting bids for road
construction Floyd county. Ga, award
al a road contract Levy county. Fla,
voted $500. 900 of road bonds. School
buildings are reported for Admission.
Ala Colauitt. Ca. Duluth. Ga. Haber-
sham. Ga. Macon. Ga, Mallory. S c.
.faultrie. Ga. Oneonta, Ala, Pensacola
Fla Tuscaloosa. Ala, Columbia. s
a. and Preston Ga