The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-11
REVIEW OF WEEK
 IN ENSLEY DOINGS
Was Notable in Many Lines Of
 Business
MANY DEALS ARE REPORTED
City Council Is Preparing to Make Extensions and Improvements Com mensurate With the Rapid
 Growth of the Town.

Ensley, February 10-(SpeciaL l-l ne week just closed has shown much de- tivity in local business circles real es- tate. manufacturing and other lines oI trade and development.
 A number of important real estete transfers have been made, especially lh residence property. The majority Of deais that have been closed are by purchasers looking for permanent homes, put quite a number of deals have been made TUT investment. Many inquiries have been made and the coming week promises the eonsumation of many more deals In art of notable importance.
 The week brought the positive confirma- ton that as soon as the insurance could be adjusted on the burning of the nall mill of the Southern Steel company plant at this place 1t would be repuii' on an enlarged scale and would pe sup piled with additional and improved ma chinery.
 Another announcement of importance 10 the people of this city is that the wire fence department of the Southern Steel companys plant is to be enlarged ana improved by the installation of new ana modern machinery, increasing the ca paclty 50 per cent.
 Real Estate Active.
 Real estate men have been very active during the past week, and while no gigantic deals have been announced 1t IS understood that at least two transactions are about ready for announcement ln- voving the expenditure of several nun dred thousand dollars They are trans actions that will mean much for the development of this section and Will give a new impetus to the already ouoyant tone of the market in this immediate dis trict.
 So permanent and persistent has be- come the growth of the Ensley district that the members of the city council have taken steps to provide for the proper pro vision of adequate public facilities and public Improvements commensurate with the demands of the growing community.
 Officials Interested.
 The revenues of the city are increasing with the growth of the business and the city officials are casting about for the best methods by which the ety's money can be spent for the most good and for the best interests of the citizens.
 The city is growing so rapidly that the Mayor and members of the city council are kept constantly busy devising plans to keep the city's improvements apace with the developments in other lines
 There Is no longer any feeling among the business men of Ensley that business will decrease and that the bubble of pros perity will burst. The gigantic improve ments already under way and promised for the near future by the large manu- featuring concerns operating here have confirmed the dream of even the most optimistic that Ensley is to be even more important as a manufacturing center than ever before and that the present growth is permanent.
 Building Operations.
 The week has also had It's usual quota of building operations. and announcement has been made of a number of buildings under contemplation.
 Besides many small cottages which the Ensley Land company Is constantly erect ing this company Is now erecting three handsome residences on Avenue and Avenue H. Two are on Avenue c at Eff teenth street and the other is on Ave nue H at Eighteenth street
 The Ensley Land company sold vacant lot on Avenue F. near J. W. Clayton's new residence. to J. Hoke Perkins. It Is 1. understood that he will build on the prop erty in a short while. The company also sold A, G. Overton a vacant lot on Ave pue l. near Twentieth street
 Walker Sells Property.
 John J. Walker reports the following deals for the week:
 Vacant lot at the corner of Twenty fifth street and Avenue for the Ensley Land company to J. S. Williams. It Is announced that MT. Williams will erect a handsome residence on the property at once. The price paid for the lot was s6OO.
 House and lot at Seventeenth street and