Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-18
Of Birmingham and Vicinity Un-
 dergoing Repairs,
NEW ONES COMING IN
And an Atmosphere of Push
 and General Awaken ol ing PerVadeS.

The iron industries of this section are on the upward tendency now, and in short time there will be moves made that will please the chronic growler and the daily kicker.
 The iron men here are working on their plants, and the preparations for work are extensive.
 Colonel Moody of Chicago is here, and is making dem onstrations that should startle the people here and open the eyes of all interested in the welfare and future prog ress of the Magic City.
 There are dozens of other things in the iron world that many people know nothing of which tend toward starting every wheel of Brmingham's many industries to revolving.
 In July the Birmingham Rolling mill was shut down temporarily. For several weeks improvements and repairs to the extent of about s60, ,000 have been going on. About fifty carpenters and artisans are at work now, and soon the mill will be com pleteiy remodeled and almost everything made like new. A new plate mill have been put in, new machinery put up and hundreds of other things calculated to put the mill in good shape and repaired in first class order.
 While there is nothing officially known, it is reported that within the next two weeks thi1 mill will De working full force and turning aut it's capacity of iron.
 The Gate City mill, which was shut down about the same time, has also been repaired to a certain extent, and, u is understood, will resume shortly The resumption of these two mills will give employment to about 1900 men.
 Thomas furnaces for the past two months have been undergoing repairs, employing a good number Of men, and will Tn week or two be ready to resume operations. The resumption of these furnaces will be the means of furnishing employment to fully 800 men. This means also the resumption of coke ovens that are now lying idle.
 On August 27 the 100-ton furnace at Trussville will be sold, and it is now un- derstood that Fuller Hoggsett and associ- ates will purchase it. As soon as this is plant will be repaired and started up.
 Several other smaller industries, such as small machine shops, are undergoing re- pairs preparatory to running with full forces.
 private letter from an iron manufac- turer in Pittsburg to one in this city tells of what is likely to result in the building of a horse shoe factory that will give em- ployment to upwards of 100 men.
 Numerous other iron industries that will give employment to hundreds of other men are likely to spring up within short time.
 An iron manufacturer said to an AaE- HERALD reporter yesterday that he knew of two or more industries that would be built here just as soon as the furnaces re- stunned operations. Concerning the cer- tainty of this he said: ''I know man who represents S3o, GOO that will put up an iron industry that will be worth much to Blr. mingham just as soon as the furnaces of this district resume operation.
 'sI made round yesterday, and among the iron manufacturers found that every thing looked decidedly favorable and showed to me conclusively that soon there will be hustle and bustle in the Bir- mingham iron world that will do us great good, and will result in the further build ing up of the city. It's surely coming, and it. not far off .'