The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-25
ST. LOUIS NOW SEES
 PART OF VULCAN
Last Shipment of Parts Will be
 Made This Week
WORKING ON PLASTER CAST
Stock Company Has Been Organized and Will Have Charge of Iron
 Statuettes to be Sold at St.
 Louis-Must Raise $6ooo.

By "Wednesday of this week 1t is ex- pected that every piece of Vulcan will have been cast and that the last ear will be loaded and on its way to St. Louis, where the statue will be set up in the center of one of the largest and most inn portant buildings to represent the won derful mineral resources of the Birming- ham district and the mineral sections of Alabama.
 Almost daily, now, casting Is made, as the pieces are very small and the molds easily made. On Saturday por- ton of one of the hands and the fore- arm was cast, and by tonight 1t is ex- pected that another piece will be ready for casting. This will about finish the figure with the exception of the hammer which can easily be cast in half day
 The second car load of the statue has been shipped and the last is almost ready to go. This will hold the head. a portion of the shoulders and the smaller pieces, such as the arms, hands and the ham, mer. The second car is expected to ar rive in St. Louis today or tomorrow.
 Part of Statue Up.
 
 already been set up in St. Louis, and is attracting more attention among the workmen and others in the grounds than any other exhibit so far sent to the expo sition.
 As soon as the second car arrives the statue will be completed as high as the lower portion of the shoulders, and in two days after the arrival of the third car the statue will be completed as it will require comparatively little work to bolt the head and arms into place.
 A number of people have asked how the statue Is to be put together. There is a fange on each piece, made so as to fit perfectly into the fiange of the piece adjoining it. A hole is bored through these two hanges and rivets are run through and bolted on the outside.
 Each piece as soon as it was cast, has been fitted to the two pieces adjoining it. and so far they have all fitted com paratvely well. There was some trou- ble with one piece but this was soon remedied, and all the other pieces have fitted without any changes having to be made.
 Plaster Cast About Completed.
 The plaster cast is already to be seen except one or two small pieces which are still in the hands of the foundrymen These pieces will be available today or tomorrow and will at once be hoisted into place. As soon as the entire figure is set up the public will be allowed to see it on the payment of small admission fee. The statue Is enclosed in a scaf- folding, the sides of which have been planked up.
 The Birmingham Steel and Iron com pany has completed this casting in what foundrymen consider a marvelously short space of time. It was decidedly the ham, and it taxed the ability of foundry men. Several who have visited the foun- dry have stated that they would never have known how to go about It. The statue cost great deal more to cast than was first anticipated, and the ex- penses of placing the mineral exhibit at St. Louis are also much larger than was expected. The total cost of the exhibit has therefore run up to $2lOO0 and about 3oVVV IS Stiii Httucu' nt CoHlIllllee HdS organized a stock company with capi- tai of 5000, and a large portion of this has already been subscribed. This money will be used to pay for the exhibit. The committee will also have charge of the sale of the statuettes in iron which are being made It is thought that this sale will amount to at least. s5000, and the stockholders in the company will be re- imbursed to the amount they subscribe