The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-20
IRON AND STEEL REVIEW

OpElDulAfn th bVTe4u All OTSE tHG ouHtue ern iron and steel territory. The man. ufacturers are receiving such q demand for their products that they are begin ming to hesitate in accepting orders be- cause of the advancing quotations for the product.
 No. foundry iron. which a month ago sold at SIS and 3la.50. was thought to be e splendid price. is now held at st& per ton, and t14.5o being received for some small lots. immediate deliv- cry, with 2l6 being sounded out as the price for the first half of the coming year. And. there are some orders be- ing received in this territory for de- livery during the first quarter of the coming year above S1l per ton. No. 2 foundry.
 The blowing in of another iron-mak- CT or two is now almost 6 matter of each week. There are several furnaces undergoing repairing. The Southern Iron and Steel Company will be about ready the first part of the middle of. the coming month to start up some far naces and most likely the steel plant at Gadsden.
 It is understood that to meet every emergency in the way of raw material. arrangements have been made for a coal supply with one of the commercial companies. The Southern Iron and Steel Company is producing coal and are already at some of It's mines and manufacturing coke. This production will be increased juAt as quickly as possible so as to have everything in readiness by the time the furnaces and steel plant can be started up. Presi. dent W. H. HaSsingsr is giving the preparations much of his personal att tention, so anxious is he to get into the game.
 Cast iron pipe interests have been In the foundry iron market again looking about for a large quantity for future use. Their needs for several months to come has been more or less looked for but additional business heaving in sight causes 6 further investigation as to iron. There will hardly be any hes. ltation during the coming year with this year will be larger but during the coming year the indications are there will be the largest melt ever seen at these plants, Cast iron pipe is leav- ing this district in all directions. The United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foun- dry Company is working steadily on the big orders received from the Far West while the smaller pipe concerns are turning out the product on the mu nicipal and other smaller orders which have been coming tn steadily. The cast iron pipe prices have been improv- ing some with the pig iron changes but still there is a lively inquiry coming In and the indications are there will be a steady production at pipe plants in the South. The soil pipe concerns are also busy with the brightest of prospects.
 The report of the Alabama Far Ser vice Association for the month of Au- gust recently made. showing an in- crease of more than 10000 cars handled as compared to the amber reported on for the same month Q year previous. is one of the barometers in the industrial section of the State by reason of the fact that the greater number of cars are handling at the mines and around the furnaces and steel plants, There will be a similar Increase shown in the number of cars handled in September as compared to the same month year previous. It Is announced that every preparation Is being made to forestalI any delay that might be occasioned by reason of a car shortage. Empty cars are being brought to centers by all railroads in order to meet any and eV- cry demand for cars with which move either raw material to and from fur naces or to handle the finished product at the furnaces or steel plants
 The steel plant of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company Is running steadily and the output is in- creasinR Southern railroads are talk ing their rails ordered some time back while further business is being offered in this district. The steel mill at Ems ley, near here, will begin in the very near future putting on more hands. and the output will be increased consider. ahlv The filing for records addition. al deeds to large tracts of land in tho western part of Jefferson County and Tn Walker County hy the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company dem. onstrates the truthfulness in state ments made heretofore that the big corporation, a subsidiary company Of the United States Steel Company. ie- tends big things in Alabama and thai tn addition to enlarging and develop. inq industries already here. other in- Jaustries will be established.
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