The age-herald., 1900-08-05

Bessemer exists today, and this demand is growing.
 But of all signs, better even than activity in house construction. which Is only an outward evidence of thrift and prosperity, is the fact that of the hundreds of smoke stacks in and around Bessemer, not one IS idle today. Every whistle marks with it's musical sound the hours for work and the hours for rest: and Bessemer teday~is hive of industry If like all the other roll ing mills in the south, the Bessemer mills closed for few weeks this summer, it is the first in the south to resume work; the fires have just been rekindled, and a force of about TOO men have here gone to work. Nor has this mill been altogether idle at any time During the holiday period C good force of men was kept constantly at work repairing machinery. overhauling and remodeling, so that on Monday, when the fires were lighted, the mill was in per feet order and it will be many months before there will again be a days stop.
 Figures That Speak
 Bessemer very justly boasts of the fol- lowing table of industries, and which really constitutes the basis ot her present wealth and strength:
 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany-Five blast furnaces, S7O coke ovens, monthly output, 1S00O tons ot pig Iron ana g 900 tons of coke men~ employed, Si0; monthly pay roll, $90,Oo0.
 beSSeIneT ftOlilIS hiliS-hho.ithiS OutPNA' 5000 tons finished iron and steel; men en- ployed, 600; monthly pay roll, $300O0.
 United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foun- dry Company-Monthly output, 5000 tons plpe men employed 600; estimated month ly pay roll, $25,00
 Central Foundry Company-Soil pipe and soil goods; monthly output, 800 tons; men employed 300; pay roll, $10,OO0
 Bessemer Soil Pipe Company-oMnthiy output. eco tons; men employed, 100; pay roll, s, GOO.
 Bessemer Foundry and Machine Com pany-(General foundry work)-Monthiy output 600 tons; men employed, 100; pay roll, $3,6OO.
 Bessemer Fire Brick Works-Monthly output, 5OO,O0e fire brick; men employed S5; pay roll, $3000.
 A C. Sharpley Brick Yard-Monthly out put, 100000 red brick; men employed, 35; monthly pay roll $1oOo.
 F. w I<lann Brick Yard-Monthly out put, ,0O0 red brick; men employed, 20; pay roll, $500.
 Bessemer Rock Quarry Company Monthly output, 5000 tons; men employed, 40 pay roll, $1,40O
 Bottiing Works, Ice Factory and Electric Light Plant-Men employed, 20; pay roll, SSol
 Within three miles of Bessemer are the following:
 Woodward Iron Company dwo furnaces) Men employed, 1000; monthly pay roll, $20, ,e0o. sioss Iron and Steel Company (iron ore mines)-Men employed, 6O0; estimated monthly pay roll, $1S,0OO. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Com pany tore mnes)-Men employed, 6e0; monthly pay roll, $1S,OO0. Republic Iron and Steel Company Gore mines)-Men employed, 150; monthly pay roll 5000. Besides the above Blue Creek Coal mines, Adger Johns and Sumter employ ing 800 men, with an aggregate pay roll of 900 per month are valuable feeders to Birmingham
 Nearly S3,OOO,OOO Employing about 7C0O men, with a pay roll of about 2,SOOO00 per annum, no won der Bessemer and it's immediate surround ings afford such positive assurances of growth and development, especially when notice that these figures are advancing each and every year.
 Her Great Railroads Besides these great manufacturing enter prises, let it be remembered that every rail roGd reaching Birmingham has a line into Bessemer. And why? Because here they find the largest tonnage produced by any enc point in the south, the immediate city of Birmingham not excepted. It requires a large number of operatives and laborers to handle the railroad business at Bessemer, and many of these have their homes here, and are investors and valuable co-laborers in the work of building up this city
 Commercial Importance
 From commercial standpoint, Bessemer Is also well up in the list of Alabama cities Her merchants occupy handsome brick stores modern in style and fully up