Cotton Mills,--As shown elsewhere.
Bagging Factory,--From absence of any here, and the immense trade that
Montgomery has in bagging for wrapping cotton, amounting to something like
$200,000 per annum.
Iron Works of all Kinds,--As a furnace of fifty tons capacity will soon be
completed in Montgomery, giving cheap charcoal iron of best grade; and
unexcelled transportation facilities to reach the home and foreign
markets.
Variety Wood Working,--Owing to cheap lumber of every kind, as shown
elsewhere.
Paper Factory,--Owing to the large amount of cotton seed hulls to be
secured from our three large oil mills, which hulls will make a most
beautiful white paper; and unexcelled facilities for securing cotton
stalks and other good paper stock, and inexhaustible water supply.
Tan Yard,--Owing to large number of good hides shipped from this point and
towns in easy reach, and ease of securing barks, bitter weed and other
material for tanning leather.
Plows and Agricultural Implements,--Owing to large home demand and
cheapness of raw material, with splendid shipping facilities.
[Illustration: Residence of J. C. Hurter]
Glass Factory,--Owing to large deposit of excellent sand near Montgomery,
and the absence of such a factory in this section.
Shoe Factory,--Owing to large trade, amounting to half a million dollars.
Cheap Clothing,--Owing to immense wholesale trade, supplying Middle and
South Alabama and part of Florida.
Terra Cotta and Tiles,--Owing to large deposits of fine clays suitable for
making such articles.
Flouring Mill,--As this is a large wholesale market for flour, and there
is a good opening, with promise of large return, for such an enterprise.
[Illustration: Brewery]
[Illustration: The Montgomery Iron Works]
Paint Factory,--Owing to the large beds of fine ochre within ten miles of
the city, which ochre is now being shipped in the raw state to other
points.
Paper Box Factory, Wool Factory, Hat Factory and Knitting Factory.
The above-mentioned enterprises are only named to suggest to the minds of
business men a few of the manufacturing establishments that will pay a
large profit on capital invested in Montgomery, while the field is open
for sundry others that are two numerous to give in detail. Montgomery
stands at the head of commercial cities of the South, with almost
undisputed control of a large territory occupied by half a million
consumers, and unequaled railroad and river transportation facilities for
collecting all raw material to this point and delivery of manufactured
articles to foreign and domestic markets.
For further information as to facts in detail in regard to the above
manufacturing enterprises, write to any member of the Montgomery Real
Estate Agents' Association, who will take pleasure in furnishing
information and will secure donation of site for plant.