The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-05
PIG IRON AND STEEL

D.s:%ss 'S ss ma r 4. .osss
ern metal territory his turned optl-
mist. The condition OF affaies a.
regards the metal mesket would tu.n
q good demand for pig iron but the
every indication pofnts to smother In
MY e.ns se ttss% xsss
30 80 per ton basis. tnird quarter T ueliStry
a SS d d: pe1 .c !. ss sS ..:
for special brand and special analysis
iron with some manufacturers asking
sls for Iron e BE- delivered durine the
companies In the Southern territory
are not anxious whatsoever to cake In
business fol. delivery during the last
css, there being no doubt but that
the quotations WIN be considerabiy
Some Of the Iron that was purchased
for the rise IN the market IL soon TO
rss M to not sh: ssss The IL
market any inssmuch Q. the mani.
facturers have sold about their make
for the thru yasssr e i:as e and md ss
ture market. There win be no accu.
mutation for some time 70 come, In
fact there IL evidence that II viii be
mss h. 'n month q JnSs :so~ =:
to what & wis in Nay. The month Of
furnaces not now going VIII be making
iron By. July. 18th, and two others VIII
be in blast shortly after the last week
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hand. The statement IL made that the
biz demand for pig iron and steel IN
the north ana east ana the laDor Sfcucv
demand I'm the southern territory and
the furnace companies in 2 position to
produce iron will be called hss,.h upon ss,s to
ment of iron on the furnace yards and
10 expected that before the third quar-.
ter Of the year 10 over the bulk o.
There was some reduction In the
yards last month but this month viii
see double the amount Of iron start
There is areinoftate- thes ra ntetio
There is q reiteration OF the state
msnt that tnrss Of The anrnd district Sre
out Of the metal market altogether ana
vii hardly get back again until they
have caught up with their orders on
relied on. It Is understood that one
Of the larger companies in this section
has sold more iron than can be pro-
year with twice as many furnaces az
Il has in operation at presena. But.
this company has several furnaces az
Leisure which are either rea t io condi.
tion In q very short while.
A most interesting piece or gossip
obtained In the metal circles In Ala
bama during the past week 70 the eI-
feet that one OF the larger cast Iron
pipe concerns had made inquiries IN
80
iron. twenty-five thousand tons at
least. Several of the companies Of
fered to take part OF the business,
altogether making up the required
amount but the prices were not much
under. II any at all, at the regular
quotations. However, negotiations will
be completed and the business win be
cared for right at home. AZ stated
by q representative iron man. I'VE are
mess we do not care much for except
at the full prices prevailing and then
must limit ourselves IN accordance
with the probable make"
Cast iron pipe concerns, soil works.
machine shops and foundries and 9TH,
err industries in the homo territory are
putting In stock for future business.
The pipe makers have more business
In hand and IN sight than they can
handle with plants running on slack
time for many months ahead. AS q
Consequence there Is steady operation
and the force OF help in the plants 10
being increased righf along. The pipe
II being shipped out almost as rapidly
as 1t Is being manufactured, fact.
there is constant loading OF cars
and the same are being moved out Of
the district The announcement that
the Sheffield Cast Iron Pipe Company's
plant At Sheffield. Ala. will shortly
resume operation. credited to J. w.
worthinston. who Is at the head Of thu
concern, brings on additional good feel
ing In the pipe circles. This plant Will
give employment to three hundred and
more hands, large proportion of
whom are waiting in and around Shelf. |
field for the start.
The steel plant at Ensley, belonging
to the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail-
road Company. il shipping steel rail-
right along now on orders received
recently. 1t is understood that there
10 business enough In hand or In sight
to warrant q continuation of opera
tons at Ensley for quite q while. The
return to the district of president
George Crawford, OF the Tennessee
Coal Iron and Railroad Company, has
caused an expression OF good feeling
In Tennessee Company circles and the
many rumors that prevail to the eject
that the United States Steel Corpora
ton has made a big appropriation for
the Tennessee Company for better
ments and further DEVELOPMENTS are
heard more pronounced now and there
ts belief that the great things men.
toned in the past as being on the cal
endar Of the Tennessee Company win
be carried out
There is a much better feeling all
around in the. district.