The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
Pennsylvania Company Said
to Be Planning Work
to Cost 100000
LARGE ACREAGE
HAS BEEN SECURED
Local Cement Men Unoffieiaily In
formed of Proposed Work-Mc-
Ginnis Expected Here in the
Next Few Weeks

| That one OF The largest and most I'M
portant cement plants IN the south is te
be built at Village Springs is the gen.
eral accredited statement here yesterday
Full details as to the venture are MOI
| obtainable in local Industrial circles by
reason of the fact that all persons In
:erested In the plant are residents OF
Pennsylvania and no one here knows
with authority of the detailed plans.
1t is understood generally. however
that the company will he headed by j c.
McGinnis of T>rackville. Pa, as presi-
dent and his associates will bs residents
OF that city and other Pennsylvania
towns. The company, to be known as
the Bloant Mountain Cement, Coai and
Lime company. has been organized at q
capitalization OF 100000 for the purpose
of constructing the plants.
That an immense acreage has been
secured near Village Springs is generally
known here. The company proposes TO
erect u plant at Village Springs cost
ing $4,000, which will produce 1900 bar
rels of Portland cement daily. hydrate
of lime plant will be constructed with a
capacity of so tons daily which will cost
$1O0, 600 While a plant with a daily ca
racity of 1ooe tons of fuxng stone will
be constructed at a cost of $4,000.
The company proposes to equip the
operations with the usual amount of
lime kins, stockhouses and other build
ings. The plants will all be electrically
J,;,- ha al oil he
most modern lines. The company will
also arrange to provide their workmen
with the most agreeable surroundings,
which will include modern dwellings and
all conveniences that are possible in such
an operation.
Local manufacturers of cement said
yesterday that they had been unofficially
informed of the proposed construction oi
the plant at Village Springs, but did not
possess any authoritative information
about the proposition. They admitted tha
the company organized was strong and
was in charge of men well known TO the
trade and experienced in the work they
propose to undertake. The local cement
men were inclined to think that the
plants would not be constructed for sew
eral months yet, However, that pes
simistic statement was followed up b!
the assertion that business was unusually
good, prospects were exceedingly bright
and that the south presented unusually
favorable opportunities for new cement
operation, The plants that have been
constructed here where the general con
ditions are good have proven to be de-
cidedly successful. That success. it is
understood, has attracted other cement
men to the field with the result that the
Blount Mountain Cement, Coal and Lime
company has been organized.
Village Springs, which is to be the
scene of this new industrial plant. is
| about Is miles from Birmingham. Cn-
usual water supplies are in that neigh
| borhood and that is essential to the OPP
| GRAFTON of cement plant. The place Is
served by the Louisville and Nashville
railroad
| 1t is understood that President McGin-
mis- of this company will be in Birming-
/ ham during the next few weeks and that
| some statement will be issued setting
out the purposes of the company in fur.
| ther detail