The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-25
CONSTRUCTION WORK
PROCEEDS RAPIDLY
Many Improvements Being
Made at Steel Plant
RAILROADS ARE VERY BUSY
EnsIey Plants Are Making Records.
Elks Lease Hall for Five Years.
Personal and Gen.
eral.
RAILROADS ARE VERY BUSY

Ensley, May A.-(Special.) 1.-The im-
provements In progress at the steel plant
are proceeding very satisfactorily. The
large new open hearth furnace, now being
built, will be one of the largest plants
of it's kind in the south. The record, es-
tablished by the steel plant SO far this
month, has been very gratifying, and the
indications are that the output will be
larger than any previous month in the
history of the Industry
No furnace the new plant, recently
blown In by the Tennessee company, Is
turning out pig iron in large quantities
and the management is well pleased with
the conduct of the big furnace. The other
five furnaces are operating ON full time,
and are turning out large outputs.
The Semet-solvay, the rod mill and the
pillow works are operating on full time
and are making satisfactory records. The
rod mill is employing more men than any
time since the plant resumed operations
last year.
From the present prospects the cars
handled by the railroad will eclipse any
former month by several hundred. Inc
putting into blast of the new furnace mas
added materially to the traffic handled
by the railroad companies.
EIks Meet.
AT meeting of the new lodge OF Ensley
Elks tonight the reports of the commit
tee appointed to lease and fit up ne"
hall were submitted. The lodge decided 10
lease the Mcleod building for five years.
with a privilege of making it ten years
later. The lodge will use the second and
third floors of the building The third
floor Will be used for the initiatory hall
and the second floor will be fixed up as re-
ception hall and club rooms.
1t is the purpose of the committee TO
have a library parlors, gymnasium and
bath room on the second floor.
The lodge will meet again next week
for the purpose of perfecting It's organiza-
ton and eleeting officers.
. Fogg Resigns.
L. F. Fogg, superintendent of the EN-
pire Pillow Works plants, has tendefeu
his resignation, to take effect on June
/. Mr.. Fogg will return to his old home
at Cleveland, Q.
Personal and General.
The Fortnight club will give a dance
Friday night at Camps hall.
M r. Tyler has accepted position
with the Iinewood Drug company. lie
succeeds George McWilliams, who goes
with the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company.
w. ]. Gelink. formerly general manager
of the Empire Pillow Works, but who has
been travelling in Cuba for his health,
will leave Saturday for Cleveland, u.
Mr.. Roscoe s. Scott, who is law stu
dent at the University of Alabama, is VS.
iting his father, Mayor Scott
l.. V. Krump of New York is visiting
Mr.. w b. Bridge of the semet-Solvay.
s. c. Bailey of Pittsburg, formerly sup
erintendent of the supply house of the
Tennessee company at that place, Is in
Ensley.
The odd Fellows held a largely attended
meeting tonight.
Alderman w. L. Settle is confined to
his room with Illness.
Mr. and Mrs. W w Wynne will return
to their home at Faundale tomorrow af-
ter visit TO DR.. and Mrs. W. H..
Wynne.
The ladies' of the First Presbyterian
church will conduct strawberry and
ice cream festival tomorrow afternoon at
the old church building on Nineteenth
street
Mr. Peyton Eubank has begun work on
bis new home to be on Avenue G and
Twenty-frst street.
Mr. j. o. Morris, superintendent of the
Jonesboro public schools, and Mrs. Morris
were In Ensley yesterday.
John Morris the well known state oper-
ator. has sold the old Wallace farm ON
the pike road south of Ensey to A. c.
Troy superintendent of the open-hearth
furnaces at the steel plant.