The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-31
ALABAMA STEEL RAIL
READY DEMAND FOR EVERY TON
 or THE PRODUCT.


 zEueh Better Feeling Amona Iron Man
 ufnctnrersl Of the Birmingham
 Distrfct.--Movement for state
 Fair Next Year.
 BirmingAam, October 3o.-(speciaf.) --Aiabama made steel rail Is in strong demand and the statement is made that every ton of the product which can be Smanufactured during the com ing year win find Ia ready demand.
 President Lon H. Bacon. of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany. which owns and operates the steel plant at Ensley. where steel rail is manufactured. is authority for the statement that rails from the Ensley plant are now in use on the following railroads: Louisviile and Nashville, Southern Railway. Mobile and Ohio Alabama Great Southern. Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific, Central of Georgia. Frisco system, Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City. Southern Pa cifc. Missouri Pacific, Chicago. Mll- wankee and St. Paul, Pittsburg and Lake Erie, Delaware. Lackawana and woste-n, Erie. Atlantic Coast Line. Norfolk and Southern. Pennsylvania Railroad. Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis and the Norfolk and Vest erI1.
 ! A large number of smaller railroad lines have purchased steel rail here besides street railway lines and good reports are received from every pur- chaser. There is to be considerable construction work done in Alabama during the next twelve months, includ- ing that now under way and the En- sley rail plant, according to indica- tions will be busy institution for some time to come.
 The four blast iron furnaces in blast at Ensley are furnishing almost all of their iron for the steel plant. What steel is not being turned into rail is being used at the Bessemer rolling mills which also belong to and are op- erated by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
 JeHerson's Grend Jnry.
 The grand jury of Jefferson County. which took a recess few weeks since, will resume work tomorrow. Thefe is no great amount of work to be looked after, the crimes committed while the grand jury has been in recess not be- ing numerous. There have been less killings in Jefferson County in the last two months than for any similar period in some years.
 Prices of Iron.
 There Is better feeling among the ifVU lHa0uAdCtQtCNS HOW thoH AhS CA- isted in at least eight months. The Iron prices have scared to such a price as to make the manufacturers feel that they have something more to live for than to turn dollars over.
 No. 3, foundry iron has sought d S13 Der ton level and the indications are that there will be a steady delivery during the first and second quarters of the coming year. The production of H .a.FH t,. ~.N1 4., the Birmingham district this week by at least three furnaces resuming ope- ration. including the two furnaces of the Tennessee Company which had tho fires in them banked on account of the scarcity of labor.
 The sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company will place the torch to their city furnace recently repaired, Monday evening or Tuesday. This furnace will have an increased capacity, it is ex- pected The Gate City rolling mills work in the morning. Those rolling mill men formerly empoyed in the in Btitution who left the district shortly after the shut down in July are now Hooking back in numbers and by to- morrow 1t is believed that almost the full complement of men, some three hundred in all. will be ready to take up tools and resume work.
 There Is good demand for finished iror as well as pig iron and the Gate City mills as well as those in Birming- ham. Ressener and Shefield should have a steady run for some time to come.
 President j. C. Maben. of the. Sloss- Shefiield Steel and Iron Company states that so far there have not been many saes of pig iron made for delivery dur ing the first and second quarters of the coming year. but indications pointed to strong buying for delivery in 1905 in d short while now.
 in tins section are just as bright as they can be and there is reason for the bet ter feeling among the manufacturers.
 State Fair Next Fall.
 Birmingham will hold a State fair next fall beyond all doubts. This statement is made on the talk of a prominent citizen who has taken a strong interest in previous State fairs held in Birmingham and who states that the Birmingham merchants want one and will be pleased to hear the re- port of the experts who have just com pleted an auditing of the books of the Association as to the fair held year Rgo.
 owes a balance from the last State fair of only SPA and this will be paid ct once The Association could be re- yived at a very little cost and a State fair given on Q grander scale than ever before.
 The report of the experts secured to Investigate. the books of the Associa- tion will be printed tomorrow or the next day when all receipts. disburse- Inents and other matters will be given to the public. Merchants claim that the State fair attracted many people to the city and not only did the fair do good while it was on in the way of bringing people to the city. but also tended to advertise the city and do much good for the city after the fair is over. ~
 In Behalf of Duncan.
 Frank Duncan, the condemned safe blower, is receiving more mall than all Che prisoners confined in the county