The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

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 During twelve months ending May 1. 1904, the records show that 127 companies have been organized to do business in Jefferson county, with an authorized cap tal of s3.s47,500.
 Extraordinary improvements, such as building new furnaces, opening up and equipping new mines, building coke ovens and houses, and other Improvements not chargeable to expense account, have been made as follows;
 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-
 road company amounting to-. .$2,267. TAO oss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Co.,. 350,000 The Republic Iron and Steel Co.,. 200, GOO The Alabama Consolidated Coal
 and Iron Co....................... 277.ss5 The Lacy-Buek Iron Co........... 80, GOO Shelby Iron Co..........,......... 10000 Tutwiler Coal, Coke and Iron Co.,. IF, ,993 The Saver Mining and Mfg. Co.,. 100000 The Pratt Coal Co................ 100, 900 Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power Co. .......................... 1000, 900 The Lookout Mountain Iron O..
 in the acquisition of property
 erection of blast furnace, the
 opening of coal and ore mines,
 
 etc., has expended. d................ 100000 The Alabama Steel and Wire
 Co. has built one new furnace,
 steel plant and made other
 Improvements, amounting to-. 1,5O0,OO0 The Southern Railway company.
 in the purchase of property and
 the equipment of extensive
 yards at North Birmingham,
 has spent. ..-....,.......-.--..'...- loo'VW ILnIrfQyttIa NaanVllle
 Railroad Co. has acquired prop
 erty and built new shops, and
 made other Improvements at
 Boyles, at a cost of.............. 45O,O0O The Woodward Iron Go. has com
 pleted one new furnace and
 made other extensive improve
 ments on which we have no re-
 port. This, however. together
 with the permanent improve
 mentss and developments made
 by the various mining and man
 ufacturing companies. which
 cannot be covered in this report
 in detail. may be safely esti-
 mated at... ....................s.'..' l'oVV'VVV Ma,dne a total of.....ss,oss .ss, ,oss. .sss
 Railroad Building.
 During the past twelve months the rail- road companies in the district have built ffty-one miles of main lines, spur and side tracks, which at s1s,0o0 per mile would make $91S,000
 The Seaboard Air Line has nearly completed 47 1-2 miles, estimated cost to date, s7sO, GOO; deduct from this the esti- mated cost one year ago, s24o,0O0 gives for the past twelve months, s52o.oOo. This would make for railroad construc- ton $1. 43S, ,000
 New Buildings.
 from reports of architects and builders, and by actual enumeration, it is found that new houses have been built as fol- lows:
 Reported by achitects and builders for the city and district costing more than Sl00 each PAP houses, costing q ,N3,10O; in Birmingham 161 houses, costing $101, 700; In Avondale 136 houses, costing s98,90o; in East Lake 51 houses costing $40, 700; In East Lake 51 houses, costing 5000; in Kingston 5S houses. costing s4S, 200; in East Birmingham 23 houses, costing S26- 500; in North Birmingham 12S houses, costing T0300; in Klondike and Lincoln City 42 houses, costing $15, 200; in North Haven houses. costing $11.100; in North Highlands. Jonesville and Fountain Heights 45 houses, costing s471O0; in Smithfield. IS houses, costing s49,10O; in Owenton and New Town. IS houses. cost ing s9200; in East Thomas, 25 houses, costing slSS00; in Pratt City 32 houses, costing s17,70o; in Ensley. s5 houses, cost ing S6,400; in Vivian 9 houses, costing S13,000; in Compton and Fairview 22 houses, costing $19.0O0; in Rising r houses. costing $12So0; in Cleveland. houses, costing $2400; in West End 76 houses. cost ing t6s.00 in Elyton n houses. costing 52.200; in Irondale, Gate City, Pnon- Cliff ten, Green Springs. together with other villages and intervening territory 20 h""ses costing $154000; reported by it's
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