The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-30
GREEDY FL YTON
CUTS A BIG SWATH
All materials listed we're taken into your
inventory at actual cost, and In no case

Total Observation-Disclosures. 81, 126, 1901. 45
"The demand during the year ending
December 81, 1906, for all your products
has been very satisfactory. with prices
Except during the first half of the year,
we'll sustained While a substantial
growth of business is shown, a large vol
ume would have resulted under more IA
vorable shipping conditions: but as here
tofore stated, the maximum possibilities
with your present manufacturing and
mining facilities are not sufficient for
the most favorable results. The extensive
improvements now under way, both In
your mining and manufacturing depart
ments, will greatly strengthen your oper-
atoms, when completed and in running
order
Gross Amount of sales-Year ending
December 81 1904, IS, 800 $3.50; year end
ing December 81, 1905. sos 1928; year
ending December 81, 1906 s1500S,45S
Store Business.
I'm addition to your general market
operations. the volume of business repre-
scented by your twenty-four stores, shows
favorable growth for the year. Compare
tive figures are herewith submitted: For
the year 1904, 81 ,S5O, $1,000; for the year
1906, 81, 476, 4S1.1O; for the year 1906, $1,631,
64S.S0
New Construction.
Expenditures for new construction and
improvements at blast furnace plants:
For completion of No. and expenditures
on No. 4 (under construction), new water
line, pumps, etc, at Ensley; new commits
sary building, ETC., at, Bessemer, $780,
254S4
At coal properties: For new coal wash
ers, new houses, electrical equipment, en-
gines, pumps, ETC., at Pratt Mines; new
coal washers, houses. electrical equip
ment, etc, at Blue Creek; compressor,
pumps, boilers, houses, etc, at Blocton;
new houses at Blossburg; electrical equip
ment, pumps, reservoir, storage bins, etc,
at Whitwell ventilating fam air com
pressor, tools etc., at Henry Ellen, $4l4,-
SIS. &C.
AT Ensley Steel Works. New steel
plant No. under construction, consist
ing of four 65-ton o. Fl. furnaces, convert
ers, cupolas, one mixer, scrap drop, gas
producer, soaking pits. shops, etc; COM
pletion of No. IL o. II. furnace in No. l
steel plant hot metal ladies, new gas
producer and building, locomotive cranes
new soaking pits. cranes, new stripper,
new cars, ETC., S455, 1890.
"At iron mines and limestone quarries
For compressors, pumps, steam shovel
anw new houses at red ore mines; steam
shovels and locomotive at Greeley brown
ore mines; barracks, fencing, etc, at
Ketona quarry, S6S,524.97.
"At Bessemer rolling mill: For plate
shear, motor, hoist, etc, $4999.S7. Total,
81, 705, Bib. Advance on construction con-
tracts and construction liabilities, $780,
563 80. Live stock transferred from in
ventory to plant account. $4O52.0s. Total
81, 765, 427. 20. Less amount written off to
replacement. 1921, 1893 co. leaving 81, 443, 534 90
Additions to land account, purchases Of
land:
For the acquisition of land for
general mining or operating
purposes; the acquisition of
undivided adverse interests in
and the perfecting of title to
lands of the company ..........$ 155, $40 Is
Development of land, surveys,
etc, preliminary to the con-
duct of mining operations -. 34,373 6S
s 19oO1S Sc
Less-Sales of land and timber
and foreign royalties. 2004S. 70
1859 ,965 16
Total capital expenditures. 81, 613, 497. 30
Amount transferred to replace
ment for years 1903 to 1885,. 329, 81 90
Less-Live stock transferred
from inventory to plant ac-
count for year 1905 go. 80. 72OOS 90
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s1.355, 632 %
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