The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-27
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
IN THE SOUTHLAND
IS COMMEMORATE
Brief Summary Of Construction Work
And Industrial Activity Through
out the Southland.


important coal properties, is a feature
of the industrial news in the Manufac-
turers Record of the current week. A
milliOn-dollar mining company has
been formed at Cedar Grove, and two
companies with $35O,OOO capital each
have been organized at Fireco and at
Beckley, w. Va. improvements and
new developments are announced from
a number of other towns in the same
state, 5000 acres of coal lands having
been purchased for DEVELOPMENT at
Moundsville. Pennsylvania interests
have purchased 1000 acres of coal
lands at Vindex, Md, and contemplate
additional acreage present daily ca
pacity 500 to 600 tons, with contem-
placed capacity of 1000 to 1900 tons;
electric plant for mine and town will
be installed, church, town hall and
other structures elected.
\ l7-story industrial building cost
ing $4,000, 600 will be ERECTED in Balt-
more. Atlanta. Ga. has under consid-
GRAFTON l-000-room hotel TO cost 81
900 1000, and an Office building costing
a like amount will be erected in Hous-
ton, Tex. \ S45O,O00 office building is
planned by corporation recently or
ganized at Savannah. Ga. New church
buildings club-houses. dormitories
and theaters are announced frCm
number of different Southern cities
the cost ranging from $25OOOO to
100000 each.
Nine miles of levee. with drainage
and roadway structures, will be con-
structed by the city of Dallas Texas,
and Dallas county The project in
wolves 100000 yards of earthwork
and will cost $5,OOO,OOO.
a number Of cotton mills are in
creasing their capitalization. New mills
! have been formed at Newton. n. c.,
with 100000 capital A mill mcnu-
featuring tire fabrics at Mccall $. C.,
/ Increases from $1.500,OOO to SO 900 900,
and cotton mill at Greenville, s. G.,
raises its capital from $1.750. 900 to
! $1,000, 900. Another at Piedmont
doubles its capital. These increases
are simply typical of what has been
/ going on in the textile centers for
many months and serve to show the
activity prevailing in the cotton-mill
industry.
The K. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Co has
doubled its capital, increasing from
100000 to SSO,OOO,OOO.
Two million dollars will be expend-
ed by ship-repair plant at New Or
leans for increased facilities at that
port, these improvements to include
two l0,000-ton floating dry docks. AT
Galveston. Tex, six dgh-density cot
ton congresses will be installed at an
initial investment of 100000 A wharf
and terminal company formed at Nor
folk, Va, with 100000 capital will
build waterfront terminal, to in
clude pier spame for three ocean-go-
ing vessels, marine railway, repair
shop, etc.
| improvements to a car and foundry
plant at Huntington, W. Va, will cost
100000, and at Warrington, in the
same state, boiler factory will erect
an additional plant and manufacture
boilers, tanks, structural steel, etc. An
iron and steel company of Louisville,
Ky. viii lexpend 100000 for addition
al buildings and machinery, and will
manufacture steel bars. Sheet-metal
stoves, hinges, locks, etc, will be man
ufactured at Springfield, Mo-. by Il
company recently organized there.
The Houston Eelectric Co. plans to
spend 100000 for improvements. in
Guiding mountaineering. Machine
shops and roundhouse will be built at
Russell Ky, by the c. & o, Rwy. at a
cost of 100000. The n. & W. Rwy.
nlans improvements costing $500, 900
to roundhouse at Roanoke, Va.
| EAIeuSiNe uSNeiopihShtS arc piohhSu
in Hyde county. North Carolina, where
company owns nearly 100000 acres
of land; these improvements will in
clude construction of a 3O-mile rail
way installation of sewers, sewage
disposal plant and water mains.
A million-dollar lumber company
has been formed at Jacksonville, and
in Hillsborough county. Florida, a co.
000-acre timber tract will be develop
ed it is estimated to cut 20O,0OO,OOO
feet of yellow pine. At Lenore, w. Va.
100000 lumber company has incor-
porated. The town OF Erwin, w. Va,
has been purchased. together with o.