The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-13
IRON AND STEEL REVIEW

Birmingham. Sept. 12.-(Special)-- southern pig iron manufacturers are selling their product right along and would Indicate that the needs will be steady for many months to come. Or ders are being booked in this district the firss quarter rr Sf % she cOmlns @ sae year
 The quotations for pig iron are in- elined upward notwithstanding the efsst t that since tns first of the .,nso month tn fifty cents per ton. The iron manu- lecturers in this district are selling firmly on a s14 per ton basis. No. 2 foundry, with $1425 and $14.60 per ton being asked, some business being received already at the last named fig ures, though this was either for imrne- quarter of the coming year.
 Attention Is now being given more to the make than to the selling, inas- much as the indications are there will be need for more iron than is now being produced before long. The pro- ducers can claim but little of the iron that is to be seen about furnace yards in this State. the Iron stacked up be- longing to speculators and brokers the latter now beginning to figure on a disposition, the profits to be quite handsome, the purchase being made several months ago when Iron was No. ? foundry.
 There is no apprehension that the raw material, supplies in this section furnaces. Forestalling a strong de- mand for some of the products used in the manufacture of pig iron, one of the larger eompanies mined ana This is now being drawn from. Other companies made preparations to tn- crease their output and 1t is believed coming in the pinch. For that reason furnace repairing is being pushed as well as the preparations for a larger output at the coal and ore mines, at { elsewhere where the supplies for iron making come from. A number of coke ovens are being put in condition In this State while others are being con structed. The coal production can be increased whenever the product Is needed.
 There is no apprehension that foi a needed can be secured and more labor Is on its way to this district having heard that there will be work for all who apply. in the course of short
 The home consumption is improving right along. There Is a most healthy consumPtion of iron at the the cast iron Iron shops and foundries are employing more men and other interests are us- ing more and more iron In their daily Tennessee ens Coal. iron snd Rsilroad Company, there is much activity. the rail produced at , Ensley being in there there's are orders on hand that viii warrant a steady operation of the plant for nine months to come at least has caused much encouragement throughout the entire district. This brings to light also the fact that there will have to be a better production Of basic iron, which means that foundry iron will find a still stronger mar
 Talk that foreign irons will shortly begin coming in, Imported. has arous- sH sion. uGA There Ge'd is no % apprehension that imported irons will disturb the domes- tic market. anyhow so far as the Southern manufacturers go. The home CT while much iron Is being shipped to the East. North and West.
 According to plans, in another year cated in this district to consume more of the iron that Is being manufactur- ed in this section. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad proposes to put up an additional plant or two. &C., cording to an authoritative statement made By an official, while other plans are on foot for industries that will re- qulre considerable product. The Bul- plant at WoOdlawn.. a suburb Of Bir- mtngham. The Weitch- Matthews En- zine Company. has just been incor- coo, a plant to build engines to be erected at Bessemer. It Is announced tbat a horseshoe works will be erect ed between Birmingham and Besse- mer. Other industries are being work, ed on and there Is promise of actual construction work being done in the next twelve to sixteen months.
 The cast iron pipe plants in the Bir- mingham district are sr' -~ their product about as rapidly as 1t can be produced There are orders on hand for large amount of pipe. The pipe plants are working on full time. There are indications that the pipe interests can keep busy through the entire coming year. There are orders on hand or in sight to wafrant plant keeping In practically full motion fo a year at least to come. Good prices are now prevailing for cast iron pipe