The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

Work is well under way by the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele- graph company to provide Ensley residents axd the citizens of Fairfield with over 1000 additional telephones. Cables are being prepared for that number of additional stations in the territory west of Fairview, and it is stated that the company plans to permit no delays in getting the equip nent installed for the additional sta tions.
 For the past two years there has Leen serious shortage in the tele- phone stations in this territory, and it is believed the company will find the additional facilities very quick ly absorbed by business houses and individuals that have been unable to obtain service.
 It is stated that the cost of prepar- ing for the additional cables will be very large, and will call for con siderable amount of construction in Ensley. The exchange facilities are great enough, it is stated, to take care of the additional business, but the cables and outside construction will cause the expenditures chiefly.
 Transmission Here
  power requirements the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company is constructing a transmission line from the Fairfield works to Red noun tain. The line will be constructed across the main road from Fairfield to Bessemer just below the entrance to the Fairfield works. It is stated that the company will also erect on Red mountain separate station where the power used by the com panies will be taken from the lines of the Alabama Power company.
 From the point on Red mountain the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail- road company will measure It's own power used at all operations using electric power from the hydro electric company. It is understood that the company will construct a fine and station sufficiently great to take care of the company require ments for some time, and also the respective needs of future plants be- low the Fairfield works.
 Returns from Canada
 After several weeks spent in up- per New York and in Canada, Slyde Pippin of Pippin Bros. has returned to his home in Ensley. He visited his family at Chautauqua, N. Y., where Mrs. Pippin and the baby are spending the summer. Mir. Pippin said business conditions in the sec tions where he visited had been for gotten in the zeal ana energy dis played in trying to keep whisky from pouring into America rom the Ca nadan side.
 He said that the efforts of the gov ernment, while ludricrous at times, were seemingly of no greater moment than trying to deny thirsty individ- uals the opportunity of acquiring wet goods from Canada.
 f.rt is a great job they have said Mir. Pippin. The government has forgotten everything else and subor- dinates everything to an endorsements or attempted enforcement of the Vol- stead act. And the officers are far from successful, for whisky is easily obtainable and the whole enforce ment effort is apparently a joke. From Canada it is risky to return with whisky in ones grip, l was told, and as a matter of fact inspectors onA the line search everything one has down to the very bottom.
 Operations Better
 Industrial operations at the Ensley | division, the Fairfield works. the Bar | rett Manufacturing company, the by- product division and the American 1 Steel and Wire company plants are expected to exceed this week the av- craze maintained during tho dull season.
 It is understood that orders are on