The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16
TORCH APPLIED ID WOODSTOCK STACK Ceremony Is Performed By
 Miss Donie BIain NEW CORPORATION FORMED The Lehman Manufacturing Company Will Make Washboards, Step ladders, Lawn Swings and
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NEW CORPORATION FORMED

Admission. September 15.-(Special)- Last night at about 10 o'clock the torch which set the big furnace of the Woodstock Iron and Steel corporation in blast was applied by Miss Donie Blain of Clarksville. Tenn. She is guest of General Manager Henry T. DeBardeleben. Today the plant is in operation with a daily capacity of ap- proximately 200 tons.
 MT. DeBardeleben said today: "The repairs which were completed yester- day were begun ion May 1. They con- sist largely of a complete change in the mode of handling raw material in the stock house and from the stock house to the top of furnace A., the changes being necessary in order to put the furnace in a workable condition.
 'We have accumulated in our stock house about 25,000 tons of high grade ore during this period of repairs from development in our ore properties. It is our purpose to await results of oper- ations of the big furnace and market conditions. If these are satisfactory, we will then repair and remodel fur mace B. or the small furnace to make a duplicate of furnace A
 "In the past the operation of the Woodstock furnace has been intermit- tent but we now feel that the changes made will guarantee it's operation when any similar plant in the Birmingham district can operate, thus permanently placing Anniston on the list of active iron producing cities"
 New Corporation.
 The Lehman Manufacturing company through it's attorney, c. F. Douglass, yesterday afternoon filed articles of in corporation in the office of Probate Judge E. F. Crook. The capital stock of the concern is placed at $40,000, and the incorporators are J. S. Lehman, c. K. Hostetler, w. H. Sargent, A. G. Lehman, P. R. Took.
 The following officers have been named for the ensuing year: President. J. s. Lehman; vice president and treas urer, c. K. Hostetler; secretary, A. G. Lehman; general manager, w. H. Sargent directors J. s. Lehman. C. k Hostetler, w. H. Sargent, A. G. Leh- man, P. R. Took.
 The company will manufacture wash boards, stepladders lawn swings and other wood, iron and metal products, the articles of incorporation being broad enough in scope to cover most any article the company may see fit to manufacture. For the present the principal products of the plant will be swings, ladders and washboards.
 Improvements are already In progress and others are in contemplation which will enlarge the plant and increase Its output. The business was established about three years ago by J. s. Lehman and has been wonderfully successful. The men interested in the new company are practical men of business ability and the future success of the concern is assured.
 Teachers Institute.
 Much interest is still manifested in the proceedings of the teachers insti- tute The feature today was the ad- dress by pr. J. G. Anderson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, on the subject of Complete Edu- cation." Prof. D. R. Murphy was heard on arithmetic, and Prof. c. w. Daugette on geography. Miss Lizzie D. Wooster of Chicago entertained the institute on primary methods of teaching. Tomor- row Dr. Thach, president of the Polytechnic institute at Auburn, will make an address. Prof. R. T. Clayton of Birmingham will also be present to- morrow and make an address on "The Properly Equipped School" Thursday the feature of the day will be an ad- dress by pr. Abercrombie of the