The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-01

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extent this condition can be charged
to the scarcity of labor ana the prep
arations that are being made TO re-
lieve the situation and also In expen-
ditures being made to increase the sup
ply of raw material. However. IT is
not to be denied that at the high
prices that have prevailed for some
| time in this State furnace companies
have not heen losing money on their
| iron and continuation OF the condi-
tions as have prevailed for the past
| four to six weeks will result in healthy
earnings being shown.
| A discussion Of the future prospects
| with the iron makers in this district
| leans in but one observation-disclosures
| Positively no apprehension is felt as to
the future. There Is no doubt but
that iron will be in strong demand for
| many mLntns to come. Contracts are
on hand with the steel corporations.
| the machine shops and foundries. cast
| iron pipe makers, and other large con-
| sumers to require steady operation OF
industries for several months at least.
| Then there is in sight continued
steady business Reports come from
all directions as to the prospects and
| in no line, where iron Is used in the
daily operations. is there any indica-
ton that a complete reversal of con-
| ditions Is likely to take place.
| In the Birmingham district the con-
sumers of pig iron are very hopeful of
| the future The steel makers have Or
ders on hand or in sight for almost
| come. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company have orders on
books for steel rail which will last
| them practically through 1907. The
| Southern Steel Company Is selling Its
road. wire and nails about as rapidly
as the same Is being manufactured at
Ensley. The Empire Pillow Company
will operate their pillow works at Ems
| ley through to next spring and then
will be a little behind in their snip
ments. The several cast iron pipe
concerns in the district are shipping
their surplus stock right along.
| A visit OF Eastern capitalists to Bes-
semer, twelve miles south of Birming
ham, a few days ago. and giving Out
some talk in regard to a new steel
] plant aroused considerable interest in
| the matter. The gentlemen announced
their desires to erect a big plant to
manufacture steel by a patented pro-
cess. using foundry iron instead of the
basic as is now done. 1t was given au'
| that no experiment was to be tried, but
that the idea had been carried out be-
| AoTo duu IL was hHOwu cAdStly villa
could be done The Bessemer people ar:
lending every assistance and giving
every encouragement towards the To-
| cation Of the plant.
| Beyond the statement that there will
| be such improvement as is needed &c
| their present works. nothing tangible
has been announced as yet as following
the recent visit to this district by the
dricetort Of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel ant
|
some years said to have been discus
sing a steel plant to go up in the Bir-
| mingham district
The company has plenty Of property
for such a plant. The concern, fur
thermere, has a large sized surplus fun nc
otherwise. The directors were pleased
at conditions as they found the prop
Il erty in on the visit to this section.
II The New Railroaa.
| The Birmingham industrial regions
| will find considerable assistance to-
wards further development by the two
new railroads now positively coming
| this way, work being done on the con-
struction, and the probable coming OF
two or three others.
The Illinois Central Railroad, will
within a few months, be running trains
into Birmingham, using tracks OF Other
lines part of the way. Before this
time next year, the Atlantic, Birming
ham and Atlanta Railroad. (Brunswici
and Birmingham), will be running
trains Into Birmingham already, con
tractors building the line between Bes
semer and Talladega.
The probable roads are the Mobile
and Ohio. which now strikes Bibb Coun
ty on the edge Of the Birmingham
seaboard Air Line to Chattanooga vii
Gadsden. and then over the Chattanooga
Nashville Railroad is doing its shar
towards developing the Birmingham
district
In addition to building branch lin
some thirty-hve miles into Jefferson an
Walker Counties, a million dollars 1
being spent in Strengthening out som
of the main line south of Birmingham
including a tunnel through one of tn
mountains Just a few months ago. tn
Louisville and Nashville completed som
double tracking to a point nine mile
north of the city With the new lin
south of Birmingham, there will be
practical double track TO a point soutl
Of Calera, more than half the distanc
between Birmingham and Montgomery
At this rate. within three years there !
likely to be double tracks from Decatu
on Montgomery.
In The Coal Fields.
Development in the coal fields OF Ala
hama were never more active than RICH
now. In addition to steady operate
of all the mines in condition to b
worked, new mines are being opened u
as fast as men can do the work. Their
is a demand for every ton of coal be
ing mined and good prices prevail. TIL
formation of new coal companies
weekly occurrence, and considerahl
coal property IS changing hands RICH
along.
COLONEL. DENSON'S FUNERAL.