The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
MACHINE SHOPS WILL
SOON Be UNDER WAY
Tennessee Company to Do Its
Own Repair Work
MINOR OFFICERS CHOSEN
Caucus at EnsIey Agrees on Men Who
Are to Be Elected-other
News of the Steel
City.

Ensley, February 19-(Speclal)-Wh
the new machine and blacksmith shops
Tor which the Tennessee company has al
ready let the contract, are completed,
they will be among the best equipped in
the south. 1t is said that all machine
work for all the divisions of the Tennes-
see company will be done at the Ensley
shops.
The blacksmith shop is to be of steel
construction entirely, and will be 12O feet
by 60 feet, with a 2O-foot lean-to, running
the entire longth of the building. 1t will
be equipped with at least three large
steam hammers, and will have a very
large furnace for heating blooms for
large forgings.
A modern electric crane will also be
installed for handling the heavy work.
1t is understood that the contract has
been let to the Pittsburg Bridge and Con-
struction company to erect the steel skel-
eton of the machine shops, and that the
walls, which are to be masonry will be
built by the Tennessee company's crew
of men. This building is to be 104 feet
by 50 feet with S0-foot lean-to on each
side, extending the entire length of the
building.
The light machines will be installed In
the lean-tos, and the main building will
be taken up with machines for the heavy
work.
Seventy-five or an Seton overhead crane
will be installed in the main building. The
completion of these buildings will mean the
employment of nearly double the present
force of skilled mechanics, which means
much to the town.
The converter blowing engine house Is
in course of erection, and when completed
it is understood that two large Mesto
blowing engines will be installed to fur
rish blast for the conYerters.
One of the blowing engines at the blast
furnaces is now furnishing blast for the
present converter, but as the distance
from engine to converter is about a quar-
ter of a mile, the pressure is consider
ably weakened, and as more conyerters
have been ordered it was necessary to
have blowing engines nearer the vessels.
The new Mayor and Board of Aldermen
held caucus at the city hall tonight
for the purpose of nominating ticket for
the minor offices which are to be Of
ficialy voted on next Thursday night.
Quite a large crowd of citizens gath
cred around the hall 10 learn the results
of the caucus, as there was quite num-
Der of candidates for tax collector, and
considerable interest was manifested in
the city attorneyship, for which there
were three candidates.
The following are the nominations:
For city attorney, Romaine Boyd.
For chief of police, James Merriman.
For tax collector. w. II. Davis.
For city clerk, A. L. Arnold
For street commissioner, Joe Tetlow.
For sanitary inspector, Robert King.
For city physician, J. e. Robbins.
For city engineer. r. E. Meade.
The nomination of a city warden was
held up as it is very probable that both
a day and night warden will be appointed
and a committee was named to look into
the matter and report at the next meet
ing as to whether or not an additional
man Is necessary in this position. A. l..
Arnold for city clerk and r. r. Meade
for city. engineer were nominated by ae-
clamation, as there was no opposition for
these positions.
The other nominations were by ballot,
as there was more than onI aptlicant for
all the other offices.