The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21
STEEL MILLS OF I. C.,L. AT MORE
 THAN D PER CENT
Structural Mill at Fairfield Operates This Week-0th- CT Industries Taking on
 Speed and Continuity

SPNOd CAlt0 OOtItiltdIty
 Two weeks ago it was announced authoritatively that the Tennessee company was operating steel mills at 50 per cent of capacity.
 That being the case, it is today operating at more than 50 per cent. The Bessemer plate, guide and bar mill, which was limping along at that time, begins tomorrow the sec ond successive week of a five-day turn.
 The structural mill at Fairfield, which was idle at that time, will be in operation.
 All the mills In operation two weeks ago continue at the same or four blast furnaces and rail mill at Ensley and the car works and tic plate plant at Fairfield, besides the bolt, nut and rivet departments. The Conners-w -weymann Steel com pany will operate its Woodlawn cot ton tie, hoop and band mill at Wood lawn for the fourth consecutive week following a long period of intermit- tent operations.
 The Gulf States Steel will continue operation of the blooming mill which resumed last week Steel orders con tinue to show improvement.
 The American Radiator works arc at 80 per cent of capacity and ship ping more than they make.
 The Birmingham Stove and Range company has gone on regular five day a week turn and Is manufactur- in Birmingham.
 Large Pipe Orders
 The United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company booked an or der for $500 tons of high pressure pipe for Milwaukee after booking one of 5000 tons for Phoenix, Ariz.
 The iron market has hardeend a. S19. Sales are greater in volume as smallness of stocks and their ill-as sorted character become realized by the melters. Iron has gone up $2 per ton from the low price in the east and appears on the verge on an up turn here also.
 Cast iron pipe has stiffened, and the low base of $35. which was shaded in some instances, seems to h LA v,,t "a, i.x most. desirable business with higher of business
 Structural Steel Active
 Ingalls, Iron works is at about 80 per cent of capacity of structural steel. Among other jobs 1t is fur nishing the steel for large building in Miami, Fla, and theatre at that place. It Is also supplying the struc- tural steel for the Crane & Co. building at New Orleans and for a Pythian hiildinRf sat the same place, Ut Ais. building 1fumbersa of bridges In, the southern states. sF Fs9 esi
 This plant has kept It's men em- ployed regularly for some time and has operated at fair capacity even during the dullest trseason.
 Sugar House Machinery
 The Joubert & Goslin Machine and Foundry company is doing lot of sugar machinery work for domes- tic refineries in this country and also for San Domingo and points in South America. The Cuban trade in Bir- mingham sugar machinery Is ex- pected to take better form about first of the coming year. When Cuba buys at all, Birmingham Is her largest source of supply.
 The Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car company will launch the four teenth and last of, her complement of 10.O0o-ton all-Alabama steel ships built for the Isthmian Steamship company on September 12. This Is the Chattanooga City. The first of these ships. the Chickasaw City, was launched December 2s. 1919, the sec ond. the Birmingham City, following soon afterwards in 1920.
 All these ships have made their maiden voyages, carrying Birming- ham steel products far afield.
 BiG Raiai Movements
 The Memphis City recently loaded with Ensley rails for Alaska The Tennessee company is now rolling 13,000 tons of rails for the Huan Shan railroad in China after coSl- pleting 12.000-ton order for the Manchurian railroad and one of 12,- 900 for the Alaskan railroad.
 Proof of greater Ntlume of moving business is afforded by record of loaded railroad cars. Movement of loaded cars for week. ending July 1S, was 776232, for the week, ending July 23, ,hay were 790,34S and for the week. ending Jay 30, they were 7e6,- 570, showing a continuous increase. Figures for later weeks probably will show greater increases.
 Another favorable symptom in gen. eral business is the decrease in the number of idle railroad cars. Idle cars decreased from 526000 on July 31 to 513,000 on August 8.