Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-26
That Will Move Birnlingham's
 Iron Industries.
SUCCESSFUL TESTS
Have Been Made, and the 7 Finest Pig Ever Made in the
 District Turned Out.

There is movement on foot in the iron industries which the AGE HERALD has had occasion to mention before that is en- tirely beyond the expectancy of the most sanguine.
 It is simply the most wonderful thing that has ever taken place in this district and is one that within q short duration of time will put every wheel in the district to res volving, and will mako a change that will stop the growl of the kicker and croaker. It will put things in such shape that to keep up his unpleasant racket the croaker will have to seek more opportune fields.
 In fact, this movement is simply making the dawn of brighter day in Birmingham.
 When Col. Thomas F. Moody of Chicago came here from Chicago he did so upon 1n- vitation and for the purpose of improving the lower grade of pig, great, deal of which is turned out in this district, and to put iron in such a shape that the Birming- ham iron will be bought by iron manufac- turers in preference to that of any other section He came to make demonstrations not experiments-and he has made them. These demonstrations were not failures, but they have proved so successful, and so much more so than any one had expected, that the eyes of every iron manufacturer have been opened
 
 perts who are disinterested parties have pronounced the demonstrations successful and the iron the finest that has been turned out in the district.
 During the past week Colonel Moody and his assistant, Mir. Miller, have been mak- ing demonstrations at the North Birming- ham furnaces. They were sim ply to show that this iron could be made as easily and as effectively from one furnace as another. Day after day these demonstrations have 1> la tod lE single time has it proved anything but more successful than any outside person thought it would.
 Upon invitation yesterday two 0 newspaper men went out to North Birmingham to see a run of this iron, When the AGE HERALD man reached the scene run was being made and there were number of iron eK- per.s watching it. In one side of the cast house the ordinary pig was being run, while in another side the treated metal, stfortimolite, ' was being run. While the iron is hot nothing but an expert can tell the difference, but after it cools it requires no expert to tell the difference. This any person can tell. It is strikingy visible.
 At Il o'clock yesterday morning run of four tons of this iron was made and finer iron than that made at this cast has never been turned out of any plant in this dis trict.
 The fortimoiite is more dense. It is stronger and has more softness, thus reach- Ing bDG QeSlr6Q end or all lrOn WOrker5. After the iroI has been treated as it comes from the tap out and has cooled it is soft, n1alleable and requires no shrinkage to make it into pipe or any other product that requires shrinkage of the ordinary pig. During the comi7g week every pound of of No. will be con4 4srted into fortimolite.
 In short time$ No. will blow in and will begin at the start the manufacture of this metal, and as fast as the market is opened other furnaces will begin to turn it out.
 In fact 1t is only question of a short time until every furnace in the district will be turning out fortimo!ite in lieu of low grade pig. The fact that these other fur naces will take up this is because of the fact that iron, which now brings only S6, can by this treatment be increased from $15 to S2.50. In other words, it makes all iron from gray forge down equal to a No foundry. ars Colonel Moody showed an AGE HERALD reporter trial car load orders from Hugh Kennedy, the Isabella Furnace company, Etna, Pa.; John Refs, manager, Edibh Furnace company, Alleghaney, Pa.; Johu Leishman, Carnegie Steel works, Pitts burg, Pa. Turner, Dixon & Co.,, Chicago, and Stewart Foundry company, Chicago. These orders are simply trial orders from these iron plants, and-if it turns ont to be what iron experts have pronounced it the colonel will have more orders in few weeks than he can fill. ee
 This iron will be made into pig, bearing the stamp of tue Fortimolite Metal comr pany. The pipe made will also bear this stamp. ses In conversation with Colonel Moody last night he said to an AaE-HERALD repo rter that company was being formed for the manufacture of this iron, and that the headquarters would be in Birmingham.
 He also said that they would begin in a short time to make pipe from the tap out at North Birmingham furnace. He said the