The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-15
From the birmingham nemld.

From the Birmingham Herald.
The town of Ensley is located about six
miles west of birmingham on beautiful I'M
dulating and well drained lands, immedi-
ately ON the eastern outcrop Of the Pratt
seam OF coal, is connected with Birming-
ham by the Ensley railway dummy line,
which makes trips to and from Birming.
ham every hour, also has running through
the town branches of the following stan
dard gauge railroads: Louisville & Nash
vile, Alabama Great Southern, Georgia
Pacific, Kansas City, Memphis & Brming-
ham and the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company railroad. The industries now in
| operation in and around Ensey are the
mining OF between 5000 and 1000 tons of
| coal daily, the operation of about ZOO coke
ovens and the finishing up and blowing
in OF the four Ensley furnaces, one OF
which blast was turned on Yesterday: n
second will be blown in about the LIST Of
May, and the other two will 20 into blast
soon after. This plant Of furnaces is tho
largest, best equipped and most complete
that was ever erected at one time on any
part OF the civilized globe. Four stacks
twenty feet both by eighty feet high
sixteen Gordon Whitwell stoves twenty
by sixty-tiye feet, twelve Weimer engines,
forty-two by forty-eight steam cylinders
and iorty-eight by eighty-four blowing
cylinders and siXty-four steel boilers,
thirty-four feet long by ioity-eight inches
diameter, with two sixteen inch ilues each,
viii give little idea OF the yaslnoss of this
plant Iron ore mines have been opened.
coke ovens built to furnish an abundance
OF ore aud coke TO operate continuously
the four furnaces. At meeting of the
board of directors last Tuesday of the
Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad
company, il resolved 10 concentrate
and locate the offices of all the industries
II now operates in Alabama at Enslcy, to-
vii: Pratt mines, Ensley furnaces, Alice
furnaces, Linn Iron works together with
other smaller industries incident TO these.
From all these the aggregate pay roll will
be from 5000 TO -, 900 per day. All this
money will be paid out daily, weekly and
monthly nj the town OF Ensley. BY rca-
son OF opening up of new coal mines To-
ward the southwest NJ the old headqunrt-
ems OF Pratt mines In the last twelve or
eighteen months, the population. which
consists Of 1000 to 5000 people, will be in
the main moved as matter OF convenience
TO their work. TO Enslcy The Tennessee
Coal, Iron q Railroad company * large
stakeholder i'm the town OF Enslcy, and
with lis 10000 acres OF the Patt
coal seam, and ineXhauslibe dcpos.
its Of iron ore in Red mountain.
with its furnaces and other facilities are
pledged 20 encouragement OF all kinds OF
industries which may be built upat Ensley
by furnishing cheap fuel, cheap pig iron,
coke, etc. Water works, reservoir, etc,
for supplying water TO the town, il already
provided and in operation with magnifli.
cent pressure. An immense electric light
plant will soon be erected buildings Tor
II having already been erectedl. With
this premise and citation Of the location,
surroundings and advantages Of Enslcy, Il
will certainly not look chimcrical or Wis.
ionary In the stockholders 10 presume that
they have good base for building a city Of
no mean proportions in the near future,
but in add ion 90 what has already been
set forth, a new feature will now be pre-.
scnicd which must make II a success be.
yond question, to-wit The Enslcy Land
company own between 800 and 1000
acres. which has been accurately and care
fully laid Off into streets, alleys, blocks,
lots, etc. Up 10 the present they have
never offered for sale or sold a single lot,
though hundreds OF applications have been
made. They have now set the LIST Of May
next for commencing sale, and from that
time ON they will be open tomarkct The
terms Of sale will be one.fourih cash and
the balance in three annual payments, with
q per cent interest per annum on the de-
icyrcd payments, with lien retained for SCI
curing the deferred payments. The pro-
ccods OF the sale Of the i,OOOacrcs, or about
10000 lots when sold, are Ia 20 into the
hands Of trustees instead Of In the pockets
Of stockholders, and by building com.
mittcc invested in some kind ol an indus.
try, from q blacksmith shop up 10 steel
works, rolling mills, pipe works, cotton
factory or something else 10 be erected In
the town Of Enslcy, 10 employ labor In some
way, shape or form. The proceeds Of the
entire property has 10 90 this way when
sold and collected, whether sold this year,
next year, or ten years hence. The sale Of
the first lot makes II contract with the lot
purchaser that the proceeds Of his purchase
and all subsequent purchases have 10 lie
invested this way. The proceeds have 10
20 one time into building up industries
before they reach the pockets Of the stock
holders, thus giving the purchaser Of n lot
the benefit Of the money he pays for the
lot, going into an industry near by, 20 en-
nance the value Of his lot The preference
Of the stockholders or land company will
be 10 loan money on long time at o per
cent. interest 10 parties who desire 10 build
industries, rather than build themselves,
but II applications OF this kind are not sui.
ficient 10 absorb the funds on hand, then
the company will undertake 10 build them.
The proceeds Of all sales, after once being
invested and coming back into the hands
Of the company, will be subject 10 diyi-
dond among the stockholders.
In order 10 facilitate and speed up the
building Of industries, liberal discounts
will be made 10 all who may want 90 dis
count the deferred payments on their pur-
chascs. A. before Said. the lots will be
for sale on and aher the Isl Of May, and
In the meantime the public Is invited TO
visit and inspect the situation. The Ems.
ley railway dummy runs every hour from
from Birmingham 10 Enscy aud return.
The officers Of the Ensloy Land company
are, to.wit Enoch Enslcy, president; VIM.
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