The sun., 1903-02-08

soo ana improvements placed thereon
costing ss'"o. ~ mas peen wth rented IN
''.e i,, iiua''''n'e' anu 70 no" |a'ueo ~ s'I'oV
GUN aho'hei p'eceo OF property was poueht
'or soo' ana mas peen ieased without I'M
proVemeh's ior hummer OF years Tor about
so'VV per ah"u"i' "hiie announcer corner Io'
was Purchaseo apou' the same time ior
s'o' improved Ior $S'oV' ana soid recently
ior ah even sioV'VV'
MORE PROSPERITY IN OUTLOOK.
like results have been attained In greater
or in less degree in every vocation, and the
sum total il the Birmin CHAM OF to-day.
These things are the foundation and the
promise of the still greater things that are
to follow. The new city hall the seven
story steel building at the corner Of Twenty
first street and Third avenue, the ten-story
steel building on the corner OF Twentieth
street and First avenue. and the twelve
story steel building on the corner OF Twen-
ticth street and Second avenue proclaim
a new epoch in the building OF the city.
"The new railroads that are entering will
make II possible to open up new mines and
develop properties not now available and
give to the district new furnaces mills and
factories. The building of the several
furnaces and the live steel mills now pro-
jected and the enlargement and improve
ment Of the one in operation will bring TO
the district thousands OF skilled and high
priced mechanics doing finished work which
has hitherto been confined TO other sections
of the country
THE transportation OF coal in barges
to tidewater by way of the Warrior and
Tombigbee rivers, now under process Of
channel improvement. will do great things
for the mining interests Of the dist riot.
The output Of coal in Alabama will cert anly
in the next two or three decades.
Inc production OF pig iron VIII reach
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wo'os apou' ,'e ou''oo" ", 'An,
aoie community are wen ""hii' 'i'e "oui'u
ares OF TACT ana olti'e Tree from roeea,e
hueS tha' 'he 'ac, uoe' no' ~
something OF another s'rain' ou' sun we"
ior'ihed WIN neures ana iac's again. H.
W. johns OF oayre'oh spoke mere some
two years ago. presenting In compac, iorm
me sources oil All lhis "ohueriu. ue'eioP-
ment and prospective iuture wealth.
IN
Mr.. Johns made the speech 'he ngures
he gave then-whh Que allowance lot the
growth OF TWO years, as iiust rated oy
statistics above glVen-hoid eood 'or To-Day
Mr.. Johns said;
ALABAMA's COAL FIELDS
.you will please remember that YOU
are now in what is called the Birmingham
dist rict surrounded bv coal, iron ore and
limestone under the ground and cotton
and corn above the ground. You are
ahou, four miles away from the coal and
ono and one.half miles from the iron ore.
.Wo bavs in Alabama a larger area ~
coal than Great Britain, larger than Ohio.
Indiana. Tennessee, Texas, Maryland,
Georgia or British America. Great Britain
has 8,i95 square miles OF coal fields. Ohio
4. 100. Texas has 5000. Maryland has oos,
Georgia i1o and British America 2.2oo' While
Alabama has $3.50.
The Warrior coal held alone has 7sO
square miles. hf'y seams, twenty-five
workable. 'ahaba coal Held has 400 square
miles, twenty seams, rve workable. Cooea
coal Held has 100 square miles. These three
coal helds contain In round numbers no.
OO,Ooo'ooO tons oi coal, which viii supply
$50 furnaces, making $50 tons day for
900 years.
In 1873 there was not coke oven in this
State; to-day We have nearly 5000 ovens
making us nearly 1900 tons day of good
coke. We have in this Birmingham dis
trict twenty-seven blast furnaces, twenty
six now in blast, making an average OF
$500 tons day OF pigir which at the low
estimate o! 3l05O ton brings into this
district e350,OOo a day, exclusive OF the sale
Of coal, which is 100000 tons year or
1000 tons day, which at the low estimate
Of 81 20 a ton brings SIC, 400 day, making
a grand total Of $4,000 day.
WEALTH PILED ON WEALTH
.Tbis il exclusive Of the sale Of cotton
Va a re sanding ore TO Tennessee sending