The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05
ENSLEY PLEASED
At FINE SHOWING
Tennessee Report Speaks Well
for Steel City
PAY DAY FOR THE CITY
All Employees of Ensley Get Monthly
Checks and the Treasurer Pays
Bills for the Month-Other
News of EnsIey.

Ensley May 4.-(Special.) THE report
of the executive committee of the board
of directors of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and RailrDd company, recently pub
lished. was read with considerable inter-
est by the citizens of Ensley, especially
the part pertaining to the great improve
ments being made at the steel works and
blast furnaces located here. The compar-
alive productions of steel pig iron, steel
rails for the years 1904, 1905 and 1906,
showing the enormous increase in the
, manufacture of those articles during the
years mentioned, and the statement that
the output would be practically doubled
on the completion of improvements under
way. were especially interesting. That
part of the report pertaining to the de-
velopment of Ensley follows:
THE physical condition of your mills
during the past year has been improved
by your liberal expenditures, and, as
shown by your income account, the cost
of the work has been absorbed in oper-
ating charges Future operations should
benefit by this policy, both as to reduced
costs and improved output.
Comparative production of rails, bill
let's, steel bars and plates: Year end
ing December 81, 1904, 1926 gross tons;
year ending December 81, 1906, 402,SlS gross
tons; year ending December 81, 1906, 4Ol,-
SS2 gross tons
"Whle general rehabilitation of old
equipment has been taken care of by lib
eral maintenance, your executive commit
tee has realized the necessity of increased
steel and rail productive capacity, ana
have authorized the construction of
modern steel works and rail mill. These
extensive improvements are expected to
double your steel output and roll capac-
ity and radically reduce your costs of
production. The benefits expected from
these additions to plant will not be OPP
erative until the last half of 1897.
1.-The same policy as applied to your
steel works and rolling mills, in respect
to betterments and maintenance, has also
been applied in building up your blast
furnace department. Aside from the lib
eral expenditures appropriated for MAIN
tenance, the work of reconstructing your
entire Ensley group of furnaces. along
modern lines, was authorized by your eX
ecutive committee, and by the first of
July, 1907, you will have three modern
furnaces in operation, viz: Nos. 4, and
6, Ensley.
ION completion of this ork, recon-
struction methods win be applied to the
remaining stacks of this group The prac-
tlcal benefit of this work is now reflect
ed both In your costs and by increased
production. On completion of the work
Ensley's pig iron capacity will be sub
stantially doubled.
pig iron production: Year ending De-
cember 81, 1904, 4753l4 gross tons; year
ending December 81, 1905. 036 gross
tons: year ending December 81, 1906. 64l,
$50 gross tons"
Pay Day at Ensley.
Today being the first Saturday of the
month was the regular monthly pay day
for the city officials, and the amount of
$4,000 was dlsbursed to those in the SER
vice of the city. The total amount OF
$4,000 was paid out by City Treasurer
Davis today, including besides salaries,
bills approved and ordered to be paid
by the finance committee of the city coun-
Gil for the month of April, estimates for
sidewalk Improvements submitted by Con-
tractor Mullarky and approved by the
street committee other street improve
mems and teams and wagons purchased
by the city several weeks ago There are
some outstanding bills which are not yet
due and which will be taken care of at
the proper time in the regular course of
business. At present the city is in ex-
cellent financial condition and is entering
upon an era of unprecedented improve
ment and prosperity.
The new administration which assumed
charge of affairs about March !, has eff
fected great saving of the eity's money
by assuming direct charge of the street
improvement, garbage and sanitary work,
which has heretofore been done by con-
tract. The lowest bid which the street
committee of the present city council has
placing of ebert on the streets of the
city was Go cents per load. BY doing this
work with the teams belonging to the
city and using convict labor ebert Is now
being placed on the streets for 25 per load.
The cost of the garbage and sanitary
work has also been greatly reduced in the
same manner. Heretofore this work has
been done on contract basis at the rate
of 5000 per month It is now estimated
that ii is costing not over S75 including
the maintenance and wear and tear of the
teams and wagons. 1t is thus seen that
the saving in these departments In q
years time will more than pay for the
investment put in equipment.
So satisfactory has the new system
proven that the city council at its last
| meeting, authorized the purchase of two
new teams and wagons for the purpose of
removing all trash and garbage and keep
ing the streets in as clean a condition as
possible.