The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

Hassinger enters Southern Steel company. MT. Keiser's work. Description of pres ent day operations. Report of President Thompson, 1901 Introduction of Green.
 Chapter XxIV.-T. c. I. (Part D.-Ad- vent Of Tennessee Company Into Ala bama-How 1t all came about. Feuds behind the scenes. Tennessean versus Tennessean. ''So the tail would wag the dog, eh?' says Colonel Ens1ey. Pratt Coal and Iron company conveyed to Ten nessee company. Resume of early his tory of celebrated company. It's origin in Cumberland mountains Discovery of coal on plateau. Role played by Lawyer Bilbe of Nashville. Old man Wooten's awful reputation. Colonel Shocks rem iniscences. New York capitalists invest in property. Sewanee Mining company incorporated. Construction of railroad up to the clouds" First coal shipped 1856. Thousands of acres of mountain land donated to University of South by company New charter obtained and name changed to Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. 1S6O Act of incor- poration. Amendments to charter. Hard times ahead. War breaks out.
 Chapter XXV.-T. c. I. (Part 9. .OEarly Trials and uIations.-Operations dur ing civil war Legal tangles of company begin. Arthur St. Clair Colyar takes hold of the business Young Alfred M. Shook gets his first job. How the com pany was fioated on air. Its sole assets defective titles to mineral lands, ten tons coal, red mule and five Barlow knives The Tennessee colonel enlists services of A. T. Duncan and J. c. War ner. Reorganization takes place. Busi- ness men of Nashville step on the field Each president of company lon agin, off agin, gone agin.' Colonel Shocks gall ls-nt resc1e of Kate. Struggles of early days. Contract to work convfcts made with state of Tennessee More trouble. days Messrs. Shook and Warner learn how to build coke ovens and blast furnaces. They construct the Fiery gizzard How James Bowron. Sr., came up to the Ten him, says Colonel Shook. Start of Southern States Coal Iron Land com pany, Ltd Thomas Whitwell's connec- tion Description of Sequatchfe valley. Jo-.n Bull holds center of the stage.
 Chapter xXVL-T. c. I. (Part 0.-Se- res of Lively Incid .nts.-Control Of Ten nessee company passes into new hands Sketch of William Morrow Organization of Sewanee Furnace company. foung George B. Mccormack enters service or company Summary of operations III early eighties Biography of Thomas O'Connor. William H. Cherry associated with company. John H. Inman acquires stock. Enoch Ensley is left out of big Ideal. He gets him coal mlnS HI Aia- bama. Nat Baxter, Jr. of Nashvilie ap- pointed to official position. Trade with Southern States Coal, Iron ana Land company. Interesting career of James Bowron, Jr. A social evening" In tho good old style. A tragedy of the Ten nessee mountains Inside affairs or conn- many. Influence of MT. McCormack. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com nany begins to attract attention on New York stock exchange. Wall street game commences. Resignation of President Warner. Duncan in again. The march to Alabama.
 Chapter sxxvII-Affairs of Tennessee Company in Alabama.-Colonel shook in- troduces an accounting system. Radical ideas aLout running a commissary. Min ing Engineer Lwelyn Johns resigns. Tho fatal monkey wrench. T.. T. Hillman writes to Pennsylvania for mining en- rfneer. Manager Taggart of Councils vile Coke and Iron company recommends Erskine Ramsay. First appearance or | the young Scotch engineer. Resume of 1, his work in the coke regions Trying or 1 deal in Nashville. Ramsay agrees to take | the lob. Founding the town of Ensley. | "shook, I'm going to build a town in 1 these woods like brindle cow" Ills ] tory of Ensley Land company. sensa- ! hotel in the world like it!" Erection of l the Big Four at Ensley. End of town boom craze Colonel Ensley resigns pres 1 idency of Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail- ] road company Pioneering in 6hehield ] district Enoch Ensley and Walter Moore 1 form partnership. Organization of Lady 1 Ensley Coal Iron and Railroad company. l Death of Colonel Ensley. Operations of 1 Walter Moore. Connection of Pratt Con- l solidated and Sloss- Sheffield interests with Walter Moore's pioneer work.
 1 Chapter xVIII.-Events in Birmingham !, District.-First engineering corps of Ten
 
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