The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
BESSEMER A REVELATION
TO THE ALABAMA EDITORS
Delegates to Press Association We're Surprised a
Growth and Property Of the Young
City in Jones Valley.

| The growth, progress and prosperity
Of Bessemer was a revelation to the
one hundred or more editors who gath
cred there during the past week to par
-ticipate in the annual meeting of the
Alabama Press Association. The open
handed, lavish hospitality of the peo-
pie of the enterprising little city cx-
cited the admiration and won the ever
| lasting gratitude of the visitors.
Notwithstanding Its close proximity
| to Birmingham no one who investigated
the resources of Bessemer or observed
the activity and loyalty of it's citizens
could have failed to be impressed with
the idea that the future holds great
hope for the place.
With fine streets. handsome public
buildings. good schools. immense in
dustries, superior location. varied re-
sources and energetic men to put them
before the world, Bessemer gives prom
Use of becoming great city and
city that will reflect honor and credit
en- the whole of Alabama.
There is very potent feeling among
the progressive citizens OF Bessemer
that Bessemer Is not a mere suburb of
birmingham but that Bessemer is big
enough, strong enough and good
enough to stand alone and shape its
own destiny.
I'VE are inviting conventions" said
one of Bessemer's leading men, so that
our visitors may see for themselves
that Bessemer is a city; that we are
great by ourselves. No. sir; we are
not suburb OF Birmingham. nor
part of Birmingham. We have one of
the leading cities of Alabama and Bir-
mingham is fortunate in being close
to u.s."
Out of. this feeling was born the de-
sire of citizens of the Western end of
Jefferson County to create a separate
County with Bessemer as It's capital
and Bessemer men will tell you that
some of these days that dearest wish is
to be realized.
AS every Albanian knows Besse-
mer lies at the foot of Jones Valley and
is about thirteen miles distant from
Birmingham. But every Alabamian
does not know that Bessemer has about
10000 people within its corporate linn
its and that Bessemer claims to rank
second only to Birmingham In the cit
les of the State in value of manufacto-
ries and amount of its weekly pay rolls.
List of Industries.
The visitor may not remain in Bes-
semer n few hours without some one
of its loyal citizens laying before him
a list of its enterprises of which the
people are justly proud. This list, with
statement that it Is incomplete will
show you that there are now within
Bessemer and within a radius of three
and one-half miles of her business
center the following Industries with
employment and approximate monthly
payrolls and output as stated:
Five iron furnaces and 720 coke
ovens of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and
Railroad Co, with a daily output of 500
tons of pig iron and 1880 tons of coke
and an employment of 900 men and a
monthly pay roll of $4,000.
United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry Co. Bessemer plant. with a
daily output of zoe tons castings. 100
gas saving coke ovens-15o tons daily
output, 500 men employed With a
monthly pay roll of $4,000.
Bessemer Rolling Mills. daily output
200 tons rolled iron and steel, 500 men
employed. monthly payroll. $4,000.
Central Foundry Co. (Bessemer
plant daily output 40 tons soil pipe
and sanitary castings, 40 men employ
ed, monthly payroll $4,000.
Bessemer Soil Pipe Co. daily output
% tons soil pipe and sanitary castings,
119 men employed. monthly payroll.
$1,000.
Bessemer Foundry and Machine Co.
$4,000.
Bessemer Fire Brick Co. yearly out
put in fre-clay mouldings equivalent |
to 5000, 600 fire brick. 90 men employ
ed, monthly payroll, $4,000.
Krebs Manufacturing Co., planning |
mill and lumber yards, 25 men, monthly |
payroll, $1,000.
Marvel City Brick Co. daily output |
81. 900 building brick, 80 men, monthly |
payroll. $3.50.
Kloss Brick Co. daily output 10000 |
brick 20 men. monthly payroll. s475.
Bessemer Cornice Works.
Edwards Lumber Yards.
Fitzpatrick Lumber Co,
RatIiff Lumber Yard.
Bessemer Stone Quarry (only oper- |
ated when limestone is short for the |
furnaces).
Two iron furnaces woodward Iron |
Coz, and 1926 coke ovens with daily |
output of 80 tons of pig iron and 500 |
tons of coke, 300 men. monthly payroll, |
1000.
The Grasselli Chemical Co. manu-
facturers of chemicals. 200 men. month
ly payroll $500.
The Sterling Dynamite Co. 20 men,
monthly payroll $1,000.
The Dolomite Coal Mines, daily out |
put 900 tons, 260 men, monthly pay
roll $4,000
Smiths Upper Cor Alice) Iron Ore
mines daily OUTPUT 700 tons 900 men, |
monthly payroll $1,000.
Woodward Iron Ore mines, daily out
nut 700 tons, $50 men. monthly payroll
$500.
Sloss Upper and Lower Iron Ore
mines. daily output 900 tons, 300 men,
monthly payroll $500.
smith Lower Iron Ore mines, daily |
output 400 tons, $50 men, monthly pay
roll $1,000.
Raimund Iron Ore mines daily out
nut 500 tons. 200 men, monthly payroll
$500
Besides the foregoing there are ebert
pits employing at times good many |
mon as demand comes for ebert ana
the Stag deposits are almost continu
alIv worked by the different railroad
companies for ballast as well as by prl-
vate parties for road grading.
The value of the output of these IN
dustries aggregated reaches the enor-
nous sum of s8,491,175 yearly and un-
like the products of industries ana
manufactures in many centers, the ele-
nents of the products are found wholly
native: they are wrought from the ma
tural resources of the immediate Sec
tior Nothing is imported-or II any
thing-the percentage is insignlhcaht'
these values are created in Bessemer.
The aggregate of men employed IN
+bese Industries is 4.16S, ana the
monthly payroll is $164,725, giving an
average of earnings to each indivldual