The age-herald., 1902-03-13
V|CE PRESIDENT
 AND DIRECTORS
 ARRIVE IN CITY Baltimore Capitalists Interested in Consolidated Co. on a
 Tour of Inspection ARE VERY MUCH PLEASED In Charge of President Bush the Party Visited lronaton, Gadsden and
 AttaIIa Yesterday--To- days Programme.
ARE VERY MUCH PLEASED

The party of Baltimoreans holding large interests in the Alabama Consoli- dated Coal and Iron Company on tour of inspection of the companys properties arrived in Birmingham last night in a private car attached to the Alabama Great Southern train. MT. J. w. Mlooen- dorf, director of the Alabama Consoll- dated and vice president of the Sea- board Air Line, who was expected to be in the party. was taken i'll Monday and could not take the trip. The party con sists of MT. Douglas H. Gordon vice president; MT. R. II. Edmonds, director; Mir. Summerfield Baldwin, director; MT. Joshua Lowering, director; MT. William c. Seddon, director; MT. Charles T. West colt, secretary and treasurer; and MT S. C. Rowland of Maryland, guest.
 Mir. Gordon Is president of the Inter- national 1fust Company of Baltimore and is a man of large capital
 Mir Edmonds is the editor of the Bal timore Manufacturers Record.
 MT. Lowering is the well known coffee merchant.
 MT, Seddon is a wealthy banker and broker. He is a large stockholder in the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company. Colonel T. G. Bush, president of the Alabama Consolidated, met the visitors at Anniston Tuesday night and took charge of them. The party spent yes terday in inspecting the company's two furnaces and the ore mines at lronaton' the furnace and ore properties at Gads- den and the ore mines at Attalla conn ing direct from Attalla to Birmingham.
 The Baltimore men are at the Hillman. Colonel Bush will call for them at o'clock this morning and escort them to Brookwood in Tuscaloosa county where the Alabama consolidated has extensive coal mines. This afternoon or Friday morning they will visit the Lewisburg mines, better known as the Mary Lee, in Jefferson county. According to pres ent plans the visitors will return home Friday afternoon, but they may be induc- cd to remain over until Saturday morn- ing.
 Familiar With District.
 Vice. President Gordon spent several days in Birmingham a few weeks ago. He has been frequent visitor to this district and is thoroughly familiar with mineral and manufacturing resources. He said last night:
 we were most favorably impressed with the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company, Ironaton, Gadsden and Attala The furnaces are working well and are making about 400 tons of iron day. Our ore mines are very valuable and today we will see valuable coal mines at Brookwood.
 ''The company has, I think. a most prosperous future It is certainly being well managed, Development will be push ed and large results are sure to follow"
 The Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company was organized the 18th of July, 1899, under the laws of New Jer- sey. with capital stock of $5, OOO. Of this capitalization s2,5OO,OOO is in per cent cumulative preferred stock and $2. 800 900 is in common stock It has now small bonded bedt-S5O0, 900.
 The company Immediately took over properties which had been acquired for it's account as follows: The Standard Goa. Company of Tuscaloosa County the Cliff ton Iron Company of Ironaton, the Ciads- der furnace and ore properties at Gads- den, the Mary Pratt furnace property at Birmingham and the Gate City proper ties.
 Added Properties.
 Since organizing the Alabama Consoli-