The age-herald., 1901-07-28
TAEI EMPLOY a,7OO MEN
Has Annual Pay Roll of s1,s27, $50 and Operates Three Furnaces and Two Rolling Mills In and Around
 This City.

This City.
 One of the greatest giants of the indus trial world is the Republic Iron and Steel Company, with R. S. Warner, President; "A. ". Thompson, President. and John F. Taylor, Treasurer. The head off, ces of this great corporation are in Chi cago and fair statement of the growth and tho present magnitude of the compa- ny would prove an importaat part of the history of iron and steel making in Amer ica- However, the province of this pub lication is to present picture of the Bir- mihgham district, and reference is to be made, here only to the growth, develop mert and magnificent proportions of those agencies which are giving to Bir- minBham her importance as an indus trial center; therefore the Southern di- vision of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, with principal offices in this city, most interests the reader of the Age Herald.
 Southern Districts Management.
 This districts management of these great properties surrounding Birmingham consists of W. II. Hassinger, General Manager; J. H. Adams, Assistant Man ager; D. M. Forker, Treasurer; II. c. Hayden, Auditor; r. B. Keiser, Superin- tehdent Furnaces at Thomas; John D. Dwyer, Superintendent Birmingham Roll ing Mills; Harris Pritchard, Superintend- ent Alabama Rolling Mills Gate City); James Strong Superintendent Sayerton mines; H. A. Lint, Superintendent War |, ner mines; Fergus Mccarthy and George Fesey, Superintendents of limestone quar- riess
 Entering the South.
 It was only few years ago when the Republic Iron and Steel Company entered this district, but when the great corpo- ration, attracted by these natural re- sources. found opportunity to enter the field 1t came with force and strength, pur- chasing all. of the rolling mills in the dis trict, the Thomas furnace and coke oven plants, and an immense body of coal, iron and limestone lands, all in operatio and not "a days suspension necessary for a transfer of the properties To these they have added from time to time, making modern improvements, and going forward fin general way wit hthe progress of the times and the development of the dis trict. F Army of Men and Millions of Money.
 A fact which will prove of most inter- est to the public is that this Birmingham division of the Republic Iron and Steel Company gives regular employment to three thousand seven hundred and fifty men, and has an annual pay roll of $1, ,327,- 350 and this amount of money from the products of the company's works is an- nually distributed in our midst, thus ad- ding to the material wealth of Birming- ham.
 . It's Southern Properties.
 The properties of the company in this district consist of the following: The Birmingham Rolling Mills at Birming- ham, the Alabama Rolling Mills at Gate City. the Pioneer Mining and Manufac- turing companys three furnaces at Thomas--two in operation, one nearly completed; coal mines at Sayerton, War ner and Wood; 2500O acres of coal and iron orc lands; 750 acres of limestone.
 N At Gate City.
 The Alabama Rolling Mills at Gate City are equipped with twenty-four pudding furnaces, one guide mill gas furnace; an 1s-s.lch bar mill. The sizes made are one quaztcr-inch bands to six inches, and flats from hoop sizes ito six-inch bars. In Birmingham Proper.
 The Birmingham Rolling Mills consist of two bar mills, two guide mills, two sheet and one plate mill-merchant bars of plate of both iron and steel arc here man. ufactured. In addition to this equipment for the supply of roll trains mentioned. this mill is also equipped with an open hearth steel plant of two flfty-ton fur naces, which turns out ingots and slabs of the several trains made
 smmense Furnaces and More Building.
 Of the company's pig iron furnaces at Thomas two are now in blast. These are 17x75, with Whitwell hot blast stoves srd I. P Morris blowing engines of one thousand horsepower each Number furnace is rapidly approaching comple- ton This furnace has an 1S-6 bosh and is $ feet high. It is furnished with a patent skip hoist and with all the latest improvements for the rapid handling of It's product and a stock house with au- to:eetia bins The capacity of Number furnace will be 350 tons of pig Iron per day The company is soon to begin the erection at Thomas of furnace No 4. which will be an exact duplicate of No. .. The new furnace will be built as fast as men and money can do the work
 The Onward March.
 This great furnace plant at Thomas Is fin the center of 17Oo-acre tract of land. belonging to the company, and the man agement is daily erecting new houses for employees. grading streets and enlarging the, town of Thomas. The company has here already 75o coke ovens and ito these will add immediately 800 additional ovens, making this the largest single coke plant In America. the next largest being H. c. Tricks plant at Connellsville.
 The company's new furnaces are being equipped with the largest engines ever built for furnace work The Rasig En-