The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15


 time that the steel corperatlon pur. Company. The fuii plant win start up tomorrow and by the middle of the week should be producing steel, in bii- cspaoity s ens shs sy the i Sddition Of new and modern machinery and repairing of the old. the steel plant at Ensley win pro- duce considerably more of Its product | Tn addition 1t will be reckoned on in the steel world It is understood that when the plant starts up 1t will roll heavy rail and that western and shipments for some time to come. Then there will be slow filling or orders which have been on the books foE some months, but which have been railroad purchasing same thought wise
 The little army of men at the steel there before the depression came on. Many were given employment during the spring and the first part of the summer putting in the Improvements. There was a readjustment Of wages and the. men accepted same. For q few weeks there were rurnors that the plant would start up the following week but nothing. was done and Presi- pany announced positively last month that it would be June 18th before the plant would go into operation. How ever for two weeks before this date Coal mines have been started, blast iron furnaces have been put In opera ton, coke ovens have been lighted ana the open hearth furnace and blooming ,s ag that tomorrow when the main depart nents start up there will not be so many men to go to work. There IS no accumulated stock on hand at the steel r,Ianf The hiR mills uAuAllV CAFTX COn- siderable stock on hand and if the orders should not be so plentiful the plant can continue for the stock house at least.
 Alabama iron and steel men rejoice in the fact that the political conten- tons are nearly over. that the national eoavsntions are but na,Ss. shSrs time ne ins rss two big parties are practically known. The depression this political year has been a strong one and nearly all con Ss sos % inaa st ing mills, as we'll as at furnaces Is looked for. There is much activity at the cast iron pipe plants and the iy as it is being manufactured with q good inquiry coming in also The coal and coke production is be- ing improved right along. There IS . and prospects are bright for steady operation of mines all through the sum u1er The Republic Iron and Steel Company will shortly put in operation own demands.
 Iron and steel of south. Chattanooga, Tenn, June l4-In A resume of conditions of the Iron and steel market of the South. The Trades man says:
 The blowing in of furnaces. a re- sumption of operations at cast iron plants. soii pipe works and steel plants. are the pleasing features of the South ern iron and steel markets. While 1t is true that a large proportion Of the immense tonnage disposed of in the past few weeks was sold below Sl2 per ton and no small amount of It under S1l.50 per ton, No. 3 foundry basis. It had the effect Of bringing about a stronger market both as to demand and as to quotations. Southern Iron makers are | hot willing to dispose of their product now under S12 per ton. No. 2 foundry. and In several Instances are com manding sl3.5o per ton, with indica- tions of the product bringing even a better prices at no distant date.
 Several furnaces have been blown in this month. though so far the majority of them ars on basic iron.
 The principal event Is the resumption of operators of the United States Steel Corporation. (Tennessee iron) in Ala bAna. The steel plant, furnaces. roll- Ing mills. coal and ore mines and other
 works will all be in commission by the fifteenth or twentieth instant. There is little demand for charcoal iron in the Southern territory. the product being quoted above $40 per ton.
 Cast iron pipe and soil pipe plants throughout the South are adding men to their forces right along and are disposing of the product at q profitable figure.
 Inquiry reveals small amount Of iron on the blast iron furnace yards throughout the Southern territory. The inquiry that is coming to hand now in the Southern territory Is from actual consumers.
 There is plenty of labor throughout the Southern territory anxious for the general resumption at blast iron fur. naces, st mills and steel piantA