The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
IRON MARKET QUIET
ALABAMA QUOTATIONS, HOWEVER.
 REMAIN FIRM.
steel, Coal and Machine Shops Reported tn Gsod Condition and Working Every Minute at Full
 Capacity.

Birmingham. July 2S.-(Special)-
 The Alabama pig iron market. which
 is now looked to by all metal prodac-
 ing districts. is d little quiet just now.
 but positively no strength has been
 lost Sales for future deliveries n1ade
 heretofore Is accountable for me
 strength. Consumers. 1t is noted. are
 holding off in the anticipation Of
 cheaper iron, but as far as can re
 learned there are no prospects d
 general reduction in quotations; any
 how, in the near future.
 The make is about the same in this
 State the improvement in output SO
 earnestly desired not yet being expari- =
 enced A better production can hardiy
 be looked for until the raw material supplies are easier One week IL ls
 heard that more ore IS being mined, then there is another setback reported. Reports are received in Birmingham from different parts of the district that the work of development at ore
 mines is being pushed. those in cnarse being impressed with the necessity of haste.
 The railroads having lines to the
 ore mines where the big developm=n: is on. are giving every assistance. sra where side tracks or extensions ore needed, the same is being supplieo
 Nothing is being left alone in the
 endeavor to hasten the improvement. oi the raw material supplies. Despi.e
 the auietness just at this time m the mart. the energy Is greatest in bring ing about A larger output of the prod : uct IL Is still stated that furnace
 companies are behind in their deiiVe-
 ries. However, the delayed shipments
 are not as numerous as they Were few weeks back.
 As to furnaces, adviccs received hefe indicate that two furnaces Will pc ready for the torch during the next ten days, iron-makers which have oeo" out for repairs for sometime me itt. He Quinn furnace at Attalla. Ala. lost some time this month by reason oI the bell falling in This furnace IS small one and was intended as char coal furnace. but the scarcity or cnar- coal caused its operation wlth cohe' St. Louis parties are said to nave ie- gently acquired all of the controi M this little furnace. The furnace d. Talladega, in the eastern part ot ,ils State, may be rehabilitated and piacea in blast in the near future. The fnr- mace under repairs at Ensley Crenhes- see Company. Is being pushed III or der that every ton of iron can De se- cured as far as possible.
 The home consumption of pig iron is still heavy The rolling mills are again doing a little work The uate City Mills (Tennessee-R -Repuohc)' ie- stunned operations again while the bir minxhann mills will have to blow "u' Tor Q while for repairs. The manage ment does not credit the strike ot the nutdlers belonging to the Sons or Vui- can as having anything to do with the closing down. There is healthy demand for finished iron and steel an |, for that reason, the mills are |tili holding on as far as possible. mere appears to be no settlement of d1Her- ences between the Sons of Vulcan anu the Amalgamated Association or Iron and Steei Workers, the company recog- nizing but one of these organizations The five rolling mills in the state give employment to quite number Ii men. but when there are dinerences among the employees. the companies suffer.
 Alabama made pipe is being shipped l to all parts of the country mere ls | some delay reported in these Jc'rc!es also. Right in the Birmingham dis trjct so,ne work was delayed several weeks because of delay in getting pire | This is a remarkable statement large amount of pipe is to be seen on | the yards of the various plants. but | there Is some trouble being experien ced | in getting delivery on orders. Much | pipe from this section has bee~s going 10 New Orleans. St. Louis. Kansas City and other points. Southern points arc l buying nicely from the Birmnslian mart also, Recent financial state
 ments made by the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company. which 1 concern has two large cast iron pipe | n1ants in Alabama and one in Tennts- see (Chattanooga) demonstrates thf conditions of the industry. The earn ngi
 were large and dividends were do l clared. The Headquarters of this con
 cern are in the East. but the prodUc | roes to all parts of the country. The
 e,o,y delivery may be accounted fol | in the|fact that the greater portion O.
 the product is thoroughly inspecte,
 before it is loaded. and this 'nKh' lime. Much of the pipe is sold on pres
 sure capacity. also.
 Alabama machine shops and :"ua
 dries are doing work for outside polnt
 and in some instances for foreign coun
 tries Birmingham made engines ah' 1 sugar machinery in particular naV
 SoIn sbinnAd to several foreign coun l tr,es Louisiana sugar refineries ar
 eood patrons of the Birmingham u's
 tr,ct while Cuba, South America. Mex
 leo. and even far-away Japan. nav
 n,oce6 orders here. Toundries and ma
 chire shops appear to have health.
 forces at work with prospects O.
 continuation of condition Tor som
 time to some .;,,
 steel rail manufactured at Ensley vii he delivered on as quickly as the pro
 duct can be turned out through th balance of this year and long into tn coming wear as far as orders on nan already and others in sight go. Tn fact that steel rail prices and otne steel shapes have been fixed TOT th Ibetter nortion of the coming year IS healthy condition for the trade Changes in officials at the Ensley stee Mills of the Tennessee company VII not interfere with the output Hls officials who came here from buHa N. Y. are being succeeded by othe
 men who formerly were in charge. V IL, Wills a Southern young man. re Hated to Major Wills of Nashville. Tenn Is now assistant general superintend ent at the big plant He was form
 erly under J. A . Durfee, who IS nov in charge of a steel plant In Atiants Ga The work on tre new steel plan which will be double the size Of tn
 present plant is being pushed. The ex cavation work. the hardest part or tn
 job, is fast nearing full completiof
 The superstructure will be no eas task by any means. The southern Stee Company is finding no trouble in dis
 posing of it's rod. wire and nails an
 plants at Gadsden and Ensley are l full operation Recent announcement iuf developments by this concern woui
 indicate that steel axlcs and steer car