The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
Dlntrict i. Boomine,

The presence in the Birmingham dis trict of two very prominent and wealthy industrial magnates. Joseph Hoadley. president of the Alabam Consolidated Coal and Iron Company, and John A. Topping, president of the Republic Iron and Steel Company and chairman of the executive board of the Tennes- | means much. Mr. Hoadley in public speech announced investments in in- dustries including locomotive works, of something like five million dollars, while the Republic Tennessee Compa- 1 ny has under way already expenditures | of several million dollars in better.
 ments, developments and extensions oa properties. It Is stated upon the best of authority that John W. Gates. a di- rector in the Republic Tennessee Com pany, and other associates. will be here between the goth, and 25th. inst. and
 that there will be a general discussion
 on further developments.
 That theRepublic- Tennessee Company
 means business Is evidenced in the work that is already being done. The steel plant at Ensley Is going up rap idly. Contracts will be let shortly for an extension of six miles long of the Birmingham Southern Railroad to
 reach coal properties beyond Pratt MlncS neIus. lHTN6 aAO DON ing repaired by the Tennessee Compa- ny, one of them practically being re- built. Other work is being done. de- monstrating beyond all doubt that the big corporations mean business. R. H. Edmonds of The Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimore, who has been in the Birmingham district for several days looking after personal interests and also inspecting properties of the
 ha Consolidated made Q Et0tp- ment before the Birmingham Conner cial Club the past week that Phila- delphia's coal fields were beginning to show signs of exhaustion and that other sections would have to be look ed to. Alabama, which was yet in its infancy as far as the coal develop ment goes, will come in for much att tetntion in a short while and the peo- pie here cannot begin now to realize the importance of Its coal fields.
 The statement by the Baltimore man, together with the presence and state ments of the industrial officials, has caused considerable booming. Real estate agents and owners in the vlcin- ity of properties owned by the Ala bama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company and the Republic Tennessee Company have begun advertising briskly their property and some busi- ness will be hurried through. Realty values have advanced and the boom Is being felt.
 The statement made by Joseph Head lev that a locomotive works will be placed In this district and that 5,700 people will be brought here from the North, twelve hundred of which num- Der will be skilled mechanics came unexpectedly. My. Headley made his statement deliberately. intimating in the morning of the day of the meeting of the Commercial Club that he had some information to give out that would interest the people.
 Much labor is still needed in the Birmingham district and efforts are being given towards bringing in more men. Quite a number of foreigners are moving into the State. Greeks are now being brought here through New York port. The Dwight Manu- featuring Company at Alabama City, the cement works at Leeds, the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Com pany works at Ensley, the cotton mills at Huntsville, and many other Inter- ests throughout the northern uart of the State are reported to have labor agents at work gathering up labor and many foreigners are reing secured.
 So far the foreign labor is proving satisfactory in this dist"ict. Ore mines in this section are being worked Tn some places almost exclusively with foreign labor Tn the Ensley vicinity foreign labor Is employed extensively in the construction of the steel plant and about the steel works already in operation.