The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
IRON CO.'S HOLDING
 FOR HIGHER PRICES
NO BIRMINGHAM PIG IRON SOLD EXCEPT IN SMALL LOTS TO OLD cusToMERs-TW DOLLAR IRON EXPECTED.

There has been no change in the local iron market for several days. While a few small hurry orders" have been filled on $11 basis for No. 2 foundry, it is almost impossible to give settled quo tations for the simple fact that all the furnace companies are practically out of the market, and the only sales made are to old and valued customers for pressing needs.
 The southern market jumped from 30 to $10 or $10.5O very suddenly and as inquiries are persistent, iron makers have good reason to look for a higher level of prices. It seems to be understood that the companies will not book orders for next years delivery at so good a figure as s11 Twelve dollar iron is confidently expected by the producers before the end of the year, if not by the end of this month.
 Prices of northern iron have not been adjusted to the southern advance, and so long as they remain as they are south ern concerns cannot compete in territory reached by northern iron makers.
 The pig iron on the yards in Alabama amount all told to only 100000 tons in round numbers. Of this total the Sloss- Sheffield carries about 50,G00 tons.
 
 luminous macadam is also an experi- ment."
 Streets Cut Up.
 Colonel Bush spoke of First avenue, being recently cut up hardly before the work of paving it with bituminous mac adam had been completed. He said that many other streets are ruined in this way in Birmingham. Tn this connection desire to say that 1 am proud of Birming- ham,, said Colonel Bush, "and 1 am all ways ready and willing to pay all assess ments against my property for public inn provements. It is very kind for the city to do that for us. What has been done in Birmingham it has taken other cities fifty years or more to accomplish.
 Tn my opinion the best pavement for the present is a first class macadam. I have not seen macadam street laid pro perly in Birmingham since have been here. Highland avenue is to be a boule- yard and l want to show you that majority of these boulevards are cherted. It St. Louis all of the fashionable places are cherted, and l am told they are prov ing quite satisfactorily"
 Mir. Percy Speaks.
 Walker Percy was the next speaker. He said that he believed a majority of property owners were opposed to the present dusty macadam along Highland avenue, and that they wanted something else different from what they have now. There Is no use in getting anything use- full unless you can care for it properly,
  pavement and we expect to see that some one cares for 1t properly. And how long shall we be compelled to wait for it? We want all of these good things now for our wives and children.
 There is no doubt in my mind but what Birmingham Is the best town in the south and is the worst paved. Look at slow and staid old Montgomery. That town can make any citizen of Birmingham blush with shame in the matter of street improvement. The best towns in the world are today laying pavements on their streets. Look at Paris and London. These places are putting down wooden block pavements almost every day in the year. I believe that two-thirds of the property owners along Highland ave- nue present at this meeting favor paving our avenue, but they do not favor mac adam being selected as the class of ma terial
 Tn my opinion the best thing to do now is to pave the avenue from Twen- tieth street to the property of Eli P. Smith with wooden Locks and from that point to the eastern limits of the city with bituminous macadam. I understand from MT. Fulenwider of the Birmingham Realty company that if this is done he will extend the Improvements to a point near Lakeview, outside cf the city limits
 MT. Tillman Speaks.
 John P. Tillman was the next speak CT. He thanked the members of the city council for allowing the property owners to be present and express their wishes in the matter. He regretted that the property owners could not agree; But we are human," said Mir Tillman, and as most of us are men of decided opinions we differ widely. I do not know very much about pavements. but my eyes have not been closed to observa- tions. Go over to Atlanta and look at her suburban streets. Where could you find prettier streets anywhere? and they are all of macadam, too. l think that the suggestion offered by Colonel Bush is a wise one and I want to add my endorsement to it. I have lived on High land avenue since 1888, and l do not think | that the city of Birmingham has spent