The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-13

for many years to come and 1t is be- | lieved that the extraordinary demand for this rail was one of the principal reasons for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company taking steps looking to the erection of new steel plant at EnsIey This new plant viii heardly be ready for operation until the fall of 1907. but 1t Is figured out that by that time orders already ac- cepted for rail will be nearing an end and in the meantime some judgment can be arrived at as to the advisability Of taking more orders.
 The steel rail manufactured in this district has been selling right along at top prices. Several southern rail- roads have been buying this rail, in- cluding the Southern Railway. the Louisville and Nashville. the Frisco, the Central, of Georgia, the Seaboard Air Line railroad. the Southern Pacific, the Illinois Central and others. Some of the northern railroads have been making efforts to get big supply of the rail but in vain. However, what steel rail has been shipped from the Birmingham district to the north has stood the test. The cold and hot weather has had its effect on the steel rail and as far as can be learned the rail has stood all tests even in the colder climates.
 The major portion of the steel man. ufactured at the Ensley steel plant goes Into rail The Southern Steel Company uses it's steel for the manufac- ture of rod. wire and nails What the Tennessee Company does not use for the manufacture of rail Is used in its own rolling mills at Bessemer and all kinds and sizes of shapes are rolled out. Very little ingot is sold as the Company realizes more from the mann- factured articles than the crude steel The big steel plant at Ensley is doing good, since the new converter and mixer has been added. There is still scarcity of labor but with all the objections the earning capacity of the plant is large and figures handsomely in the general earnings of the big corporation.
 The record Of iron manufacturers in Alabama during the first half of the year was most satisfactory There was sn increase shown as compared to the production of the first half of 1905. The output of furnaces in Alabama during the first half of 1905 amounted to some thing more than 740,o0o tons For the first half of this year the produc- ton went over s30.000. Expecting the production in Alabama to be even better during the last half of the year than
 
 furnaces being In operation, the produc- ton for the year will be more than l,- 100000 tons. The last three months of this year will see the banner period iE iron making in Alabama. Labor is being gathered in some number to be placed to work in the ore mines, at limestone quarries and around coke ovens, besides in and around coal mines Mexican. Pollaks, Italians, Slavs, Russians and other foreigners are be- ing brought to this State and being given employment at ore mines and other places. Mexicans are found to be better than italians in doing the common labor. By the end of another month 1t ig figured that the ore pro- ductIon will ha@e improved sufficiently ces that are in shape
 The announcement of the organization of the Southland Corporation by T. D. E. Bartlett David Blake and Edwin A. Hine, the two last being residents of New York, for the purpose of erect ing a large machinery shop and foun- dry at which sugar machinery will be on large scale. is one Of the features of the mart for the past week Mir. Bartlett states that contracts have been let to the Southern Bridge Company to erect the buildings. One hundred and twenty thousand dollars 1 will be spent In putting up buildings | and placing machinery. The larger | steel castings will also be made at this | plant. MT Bartlett states that there | is room for half a dozen plants like | his and that of Payne and Jopbert whicA was recently completed at East