The age-herald., 1897-09-26
MONDALE COTTON MILLS
Last Brick Laid on the Build
 ing Yesterday.
IN OPERATION BY JANUARY
Will Consume 5000 Bales of Cotton An- nualIy and Will Turn Out 55,000
 Yards of Cloth Daily.

The last brick was laid on the cotton factory yesterday in Avondale and work was at once begun on the roof It is an immense structure and glad dens the heart of every beholder who fs interested in the progress and ,up- building of Birmingham.
 When repotfasr for The Herald visited the plant Contractor T. C.. Thompson and General Manager David Trainer were congratulating themselves on the stage of construction marked by the laying of the last brick. You can say,'' said Contractor Thompson, that we are showing the
 work along as fast as 40 msn can do it,
 The plant will begin work about the first of January, if nothing unusual hap pens to stop the work of construction. The building is 296 by 127 feet. It has
 separate engine house and boiler
 house. It has also stair tower and
 water tower. The mill has one of ths
 largest plant reservoirs in the country.
 It is 130 by 80 feet and 12 feet deep, filled
 with pure spring water. A force Of la
 borers are now putting in the hydrant
 system, which besides the sanitary con
 veniences, will make the plant compar-
 atively safe from fire. Recently the company bought two of the largest and
 finest pumps In the south. They were
 bought in this city.
 Tha output of the Avondale mills will
 be 55,000 yards of cloth per day. This
 will consume 5000 bales of cotton every year. In that connection Manager Trainer said yesterday:
 You see cotton of the local farmers passing hare for the compress. Watt until we go into operation and then we will head. them off here at Avondale and tunn their cotton into cloth." The mill will hlave 35,OOO spindIes and | HOO looms. It will give employment to about GOO women and children. So far as possih1e preference will be given to l home applicants for employment. i Manager Trainer was pointed and em- | phatfc in declaring that Ithe company | would met have a commissary. No, 2 said he, i've don't want to sell goods to l our employees. We want to pay them
 off in cash and let the Birmingham l n1snIchanits have the benefit of their l trade. You see'' he added, "we are go- l ing to patronize home industries direct | ly and indirectly from start to finish v Soon work will commence on the of- l fidea The dimensions of the building 1 will be 40 by 70 feet with ornamented | pressed brick walls and a slate roof. | This building will be located at the cor | ner of First avenue and Thirty-nllnth | street. Then a little later on commo- dious brick warehouse will be built near l tIy capable of storing 5000 bales of colt l ton. The company will erect 100 tene- l menlt houses. About 175 will be me; ded. | They leave the seventy-five for the bene- I fit of Avondale property ownsrs who | have vacant houses to let
 The companys officers are as follows: Presfdent-B. B. Conner
 l First -President-T. T. Hillman. Second -PrIesidenIt-B. F. Rcden. Secretary and General Manager l David Trainer
 ' The force niow at work will be paid | off next Saturday, at which time a con- siderable sum of money will find it's way | to Birmingham.