Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-04-24
GEORGIA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
AMERICUS-Cotton planting a
its height in Sumter county.

Nlo"cIS cooperative association to e>
tend scope of business.
DOUGLAS-Pecan industry grow
ing rapidly in Coffee county, 1000
trees transplanted during past season
BLACkSHEAR Work progress.
ing rapidly on construction of bridge
Spanning Satilla river.
COFINGTON-Paved road from
eastern city limits to Rockdale county
line assured.
COLUMBUS Plans made for ex.
tension and enlargement of CITY wat
erworks system.
DOUGLAS 5000 acres to be
planted in tobacco in Coffee county
this season.
VALDOSTA Sweet Potato grow
ers in state organize cooperative mar
keting association.
COLUMBUS Contract to be let
for construction of Central of Geor-
gia Railway viaduct costing $30O,OOO.
BROWNSVILLE = New high
school building to be erected on Nc.
Intyre Park site.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
has spent $103,966,000 for equipment
and Improvement since March /, 1920.
| DUBLIN-Macon road to be i'm
proved.
| VALDOSTA CONSTRUCTION of to-
bacco warehouse making rapid pro-
gress.
TOWNSVILLE Paving of the
streets in business section under way.
ATLANTA Building permits is
sued in March totaled $1,258,017, an
increase of $250,0OO over February.
MACON Erection of Bibb coun-
ty court house nearing completion
SAVANNAH James A. Rourke
Machine Company begins operation of
plant.
VIDALIA-300 acres being planted
to watermelons in this vicinity.
1914 bales cotton ginned in Troup
County in 1923, an increase of 4o5
bales over 1922 total.
BURROUGHS Atlantic Coast
Line to be double-tracked to Morgan
Lake.
SAVANNAH Contacts to be let
for construction of new coach shops
for Central of Georgia railroad.
TYBEE Stretch of road from La
zette Creek to be completed soon.
notwithstanding of Masonic
Temple completed.
GRIFFIN-Georgia Swine Growers
Association to carry out 100000 live
stock development program.
DUBLIN-Shops of Wrightsville,
& Tennille railroad to be built at this
point.
YOUNG HARRIS New building
to be erected for Young Harris Coll
ege.
AUGUSTA Erection of 100000
addition to Citizens & Southern bank
building to start soon.
WAYCROSS Increased activity
in poultry industry noted throughout
county.
Spring cleaning campaigns in cities
and towns throughout the south to- be
in order soon.
Railroads and real estate men CO.
operating in effort to attract home
seekers to utilize thousands of acres
farm land lying idle.
DALTON - American Thread
Company building big plant.
With exhaustion of political agita-
ton, stock markets show upward ten
dency with greater absorption of
wheat, corn and cotton.
Value of marble quarried in state
last year totaled $1,000,0828.
American contractor figures show
valuation of building permits in 200
cities as $264,052,184 for February as
against $227,355,078 for January. Fig
ures for 1923 were February $227,53
665; January $207, ,404,916
Intensive campaign being waged in
Southern states to encourage increas-
ed planting of pecans.
Various southern cities extend invi-
tation to Crompton & Knowles Works
to locate proposed $2,000,000 branch
plant within their respective limits
While Charlotte, N. c. seems to have
best chance, cities under consideration
include Atlanta, and Birmingham.
Los Angeles has formed a corpor-
ooration to make $50,000,000 available
to establish productive industries in
hat city, a fine example of industrial
building.
Fire insurance is the only item of |
Importance in Our everyday life which
sn't costing more now than it did be-
ore the war. In fact, it is the only
such item which has decreased in
:ost.