Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-24
The INFANT is THRIVING
Second Run of Steel, as With
the First,
S A PERFECT SUCCESS
The Steel Plant to Begin Monday to Run In.
defnltely-President Mcdonald, of Ely
''.'..'.' ton Company on the Subject.

Z ton Company on the Subject.
! When the State Herald reached us
.readers yesterday morning it carried >he
beautiful story of the birth of the steel
cage.
:. THE citizens of Birmingham are fully
--cognlzant of the magnitude of the affair,
'sand now await the grand eeauel-an era.
.sof gigantic possibilities in she CONNER
@csal and Industrial realm.
. A second run yesterday afternoon DEM
.-onstrated conclusively that the rawly
thorn Industrial infant had entered Bir-
smingham under suspicious circumstan-
Fees. 1t gives promise of being strong.
~heaNhy youngs yer. 1t win be reared to
emanhood under fond eys. akin to that
: of the mother who predicted that the lit
tile dirty faced lad she pressed to her
sNbosom would some day be the president
.eof the ma lions
WILL BEGIN MONDAY.
Superintendent j. D. Dwyer. in an in
r,terview with State Herald reporter last
- right, stated that the run could not have
~been more successful. He is highly elated
~as the achievem ut, and awaits with
= eager anticipation the day when ths plant
- will be in continuous operation. This
-stage will be reached Monday, when the
sspfant will be worked to its full capacity.
The extensie repairs being made in The
-srolling mills augurs much more Every
sSIthlng is being made ready for Ions
s-run and it is es imated that 1.500 men
will be given employment.
MR. M'DONALD TALKS.
: 1.-THE south is the center of gravitation-
@for capital and Birmingham heads the
--procession of thu south's progressive
cities Octopus-like, our resources en-
twins the remotest corners of the in
adustrial sphere, brrg ing in return rich
asbenefits to every class of business.
This was the assertion made by Presi-
Eedent ]. X. Mcdonald, of the Elyton COM
@pany, to a State Herald reporter last
<Aevenng.
Mr. Mcdonald was found at his Office
#working over his desk in pile of CORE
dependence shoulder high. A man with
"a pleasant face, commanding figure
sand an eye that seems to twinkle faster
with every revolution of Birmingham's
industrial wheel. he is ever eager to dis
scuss the welfare of the Magic City"
What do 1 think will be the result of
ssthe steel age? When the first stream of.
molten metal poured from the big cupela
Into the molds, it marked the inception
ssof new era for Birmingham that will
Eventually place 1t upon the topmost
Ground of the ladder of progress. l ex--
pect to see results inside of two months.
We don't expect boom. we don't want
ait, but we do nsed and are going to have
"a Steady, solid growth
SELF-SUSTAINING.
s"Just here want to give an additional
reason for being so jubilant over the
birth of the steel age. 1 think it is bet
ter for Birmingham that the initiatory'
$eteps were upon a comparatively small
basis. A big concern with a tremendous
-output might not have found steady
demand while l understand the present
concern consumes about all of it's output.
The demand will regulate the supply and
sforce the growth upon a gradual, but
Solid scale"
Don't you think the manufacture of
steel viii attract enterprises requiring
this metal?"
That's just the point L was approa CHI
@ing. The coming of such enterprises is
the feature that will build up the city,
and that 1t rs to their interest to come
~cannot be gainsaid. Many of them will.
come for the saving of the cost of freight
salone. Some months ago Mr.. Johnson
of Hollowdaysburg, Pa, turned south in
search of a location, and of course Wis
tied Birmingham He was the represent
sative of a rolling mill. nail and railroad
spike works, but at that time B.rming-
ham was unable to furnish steel to keep
his works in operation. This is only enc
Of the many enterprises knocking at the
door of the Magic City of the land of
sunshine and flowers and as fast as they
can be accommodated with sufficient
steel output they will continue to emf
crate.
1T will not Me long before we will have
ample facilities I understand that by
September the capacity will be n;ar 120
tors per Gay. and with the completion
of the other two mills the capacity Will
be correspondingly increased"
EFFECT ON REAL ESTATE.
On being asked If he thought rise
in real estate would follow at once, MIR.
Mcdonald expressed the belief that it
world not. However" said he real
estate will be both salable and rentabie.
1 expect no mushroom increase in values,
but property can be readily disposed of
at present prices
This is only one of the many express
s,ons from men who with Spartan cour-
age have kept their broad shoulders to
the wheel while Birmingh ham was on the
stormy voyage of depression. They be-
lieve the "derelict" has landed safely
ari is being rugged out for the most pros
porous voyage of her history.
FROM LOWELL MASS.