The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-01
MUCH BUILDING IN PROGRESS IN ENSLEY Real Estate Firms Are
 Especially Active ENSLEY POSTOFFICE Postmaster Thomas Says 1t Runs Birmingham Office Close Race
 for Number of Foreign
 Money Orders

Ensley is apparently on the eve of great building activity and about the city and in the residential portion Is very noticeable. The real estate firms of the Steel City are building a number of new residences to take care of the people whom they ex- pect to locate since the return of the saloon and other business structures to take care of the new establishments.
 It has been announced that ". R. Stew art will let contracts for the erection of ten houses to be built on the Ensley Highlands and Terrace Park today. He announces that the houses will cost from $500 to S400O each and that the latest improvements will be added In all he expects to spend about s2500o in the con struction of the residences. He states that he expected to build the houses before the prohibition election, and that the result had absolutely nothing to do with the construction of these residences.
 The Dupuy-Burke Real Estate company, one of the most prominent firms of Ems ley, is also doing quite bit of build ing and announces that 1t expects Ensley to grow wonderfully since the return of the saloons for the members of the firm state that a number of people, foreigners especially, will locate here on this ac- count and then the town will naturally boom
 They state that they are building 8 large number of residences and business houses and in all the prospect for very prosperous year in the real estate line is very bright.
 The other real estate firms are also do- ing some building and the dealers state that quite a few have reserved options on desirable saloon property, and that at least fifty applications will be turned in from Ensley. They feel that, the town will grow rapidly and are preparing for the advance.
 Money Deposited by Foreigners
 That Ensley will perhaps outrank Bir- mingham in the issuance sof foreign money orders is the statement of Post master J. X. Thomas of the Ensley cffiee. He states that out of $6o0O sent to the old country about one half of it is sent 10 foreign banks for deposit. He states that the new postal savings bank is doing very nicely and that it will rank among the first in the state. He states that the foreigners large depositors for they have faith in the great "UpSel a Sama.'
 In commenting on the statement of act ing Postmaster Oliver of Birmin gllam, which appeared in the papers seyerl days ago, giving the amount of money sent to foreign countries through the Brming- ham postoffice Postmaster Thomas said: s The Ensley office will run the Birm- ingham office close second, if not eduaf 1t, in the amount of foreign money orders issued The records of the Ensley office show that foreign money orders to the amount of $5606.10 have been issued during the month of August, exclusive of the 3lst. venture the assertion that at least s3000 of this amount is sent to be deposited in foreign banks while the 5000 could be deposited in the Postal Savings bank here, if the sender is in any way afraid of private banks, and in this nan ner remain in Ensley.
 ''The Postal Savings bank, which began operation here June l, is doing a very good business, and will rank among the first in the state. We have received pamphlets for distribution containing in- formation for depostors, and also have the same translated and printed in five foreign anguages-namely, Italian, Greek, French, Swedish and Hungarian. We expect to receive another order in a few days printed in five other languages Spanish Austrian, Polish, Russian and Bulgarian. After the system has been thoroughly advertised, I believe the amount of deposits will be increased to great extent.
 I've have a number of foreigners who are depositors and the foreigners as a whole are beginning to realize the ad- vantages of depositing here. They save the expense of sending the amount to foreign countries, and another feature is they can withdraw the deposit at any time and do not have to wait one month or more in sending for it to foreign countries.