The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

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Declaring that Tuscaloosa was more
favored by nature than any other place
on the globe, the 1ate Senator John
L. Morgan once predicted that the
banks of the Warrior at Tuscaloosa
would some day be lined with furnaces
and kindred industries.
Ihat prediction stands in prospect of
immediate fulfillment. The extent and
quality of coal and ore mines have
been proved; the Warrior river has
been opened to the gulf and the econ
omical manufacture of iron promised on
a basis that will set the price for the
world.
The production of iron in the Bir-
mingham district will be limited by
the water supply. That district must
necessarily seek the water of the War
rior not only for manufacturing pur-
poses, but for transportation as we'll
Should the expectation of pig iron
become necessary at any time from an
over production In this country, thus
forcing the manufacturers to seek
foreign markets, Tuscaloosa would en-
JOY an advantage over all other dis
tricts In being located on a navigable
stream to tldewater.
II the manufacture of steel from
Cuban ores should ever become profit
able or desirable, Tuscaloosa would
again be favored, as the ore could
be brought here in barges and coal
shipped back on the return trip.
Second In Coke Production.
Tuscaloosa is the second county In
The state IN coke production Jefferson
with the ovens of the Birmingham dis
trict being first.
Coke production on a large scale
was begun in the county some twelve
years ago and since that time has
been steadily increasing The coal is
quality we'll adapted to oolSing and
with the utilization OF the by-products
very profitable industry has boen
developed.
During the last year 340,37l tons
OF coke We're produced from 500 ovens
OF these the Alabama Consolidated Coal
| and Iron Co. owns sos, the Central Iron
and Coal Co, 24o, and the Yolande Coal
and Coke Co. 100.
Immediately adjacent to Tuscaloosa
are enormous beds of clay, of a quality
ideally adapted for paint, pottery, pipe
and high grade brick
Materials For Cement
Geologieally termed, there are sill
| urlan, eafboniferous, 'cretacious and
duarternary formations.
While 1t is true that jug factories.
brick yards, pipe works and similar
industries have made use of this raw
| material, it Is a fact that this is a
great undeyeloped resource. ANALYSIS
OF the clay has revealed that IL is
| capable of being made into as fine
pottery as can be had anywhere in the
United States. The clay has often been
used by local artists for modelling and
has wonderful possibilities
Railroad cuts and erosion have ex-
posed valuable clay beds in many
! localities at Hull's station and at the
Cribbs place, on the A. q. S. road, there
are good beds the material OF which
has been worked into excellent pottery
ware. Between Vance and Bibbville.
and at the last named place. g clay bed
of great extent has been worked for
many years TO supply the lire bt1clS
| manufactures of Bessemer.
! In the vicinity of Vance, Dudley and
Clements, this county, the three mate
rials for cement making lie IN closest
proximity, viz: the limestone, the clay
or the shale, and finally the fuel, all
| within a radius of three or four miles,
and with this further advantage that
| this association is nowhere to be found
| in Alabama nearer to the gulf ports.
! A Beautiful City
| No love,ier city in beauty of physical
| surroundings can be found in all Ala
| bama than Tuscaloosa. The noble
| plain on which the city Is situa ted.
| Just beyond the eastern bank of the
romantic Warrior river, affords COM
manding site, either for military
! fortress or a great embouchure OF