The age-herald., 1901-07-28

fui and attractive homes. are now orna- menting Hnsley Csty. Enormous piles of brick. lumber and other building material the property of the Ensley Company can now be seen, and are impressive evil dences of the fact that the work of build ing up the city, so earnestly begun by this company, is yet progressing, and there is no such word as stop with its manage ment until every family is supplied with workshop, and every professional man, bidding for location at Ensley, shall be housed or comfortably quartered in a modern new building there.
 The officers of the Ensley Company are:
 President and Treasurer-c. A. Nolan.
 Secretary-P. G. Shook
 This company is not to be confused with the Ensley Land Company. Each has its own mission to perform. The company is only a little over two years old, and was capitalized at s42,O00 It's purpose was to meet the growing demand of rapid influx of population, which was fully understood by those whose wisdom and foresight di- rect the affairs of the company.
 dIlOLH HltnlDtIS Ol lH6 DOdlQ U of directors are such well known and wide awake spirits as MT. G. B. Mccormick, general manager of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company; and Mir Err skine Ramsey, chief engineer of the same: These men were not slow to find that the four or five immense blast furnaces al- ready erected at Ensley, Che s6Oo000 by product plant of the Semet-Solvoy Com pany, just about then to go into blast, and the prospective s1.000,o00 steel mills, the Alabama Steel and Wire Company, with It's g 900, 900 capital the Birmingham By Product Company, with $600O0, and the dozens of other industrial enterprises, which were building and to be built. would draw thousands of people to Ensley and make there a city of importance. These conditions must be met, and the stock holders had the means, the will and the determination to meet them.
 With a tract of 230 acres of land, the Ensley Company at once set to work to fill the want, to lead the way, as it were, and within very short time they have done enough to give the city shape as place of permanency comfort and wealth.
 The Ensley Company has been supply ing the demand for houses and Is con stantly responding to the call for sites for industrial plants. The company has set aside a reservation for manufacturing sites, and will respond to every call of this nature,
 The remarkable growth of population at Ensley would not have been possible, had 1t not been for the liberal and foresight ed policy of this company. The manage ment does not merely point the prospec- tor to the value of lands so near the cen- Der of manufacturing and population, but actually builds houses for all seekers for location, if desired, and will rent or sell them on most liberal terms.
 The management of the Ensley Com pany confidently believes that the 500 per cent. increase in the population of Ensley ratio will increase from year to year, and they propose to meet every demand by a continuation of the wise policy which they have adopted.
 They will keep pace with the growth of Ensley City until 1t reaches that position in the list of Southern cities which des- tiny has fixed for 1t. With an invest ment, permanently fixed at Ensley of $50 900 900, and a present population of over 6000 souls, 1t is confidently believed that another year will witness growth in population beyond the present hope and expectation of the most sanguine. The Ensley Company's management has demonstrated its faith in the growth of Ensley. and will ever keep a watchful eye for future developments; and fulfill the demands, no matter how rapidly they may grow.
 The Ensley Company is performing a great work, and its record of two'years is but hamburger of what it Is to ac- complish in the years to come.