The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-24

TOUT blast furnaces on basic iron
 for the finishing mills, double turn at
 the rail and blooming mills in Ems
 ley, operation of the tie plate plant and car works at Fairfield and all
 departments of the Bessemer rolling
 mill.
 | Tho company Is also operating five
 or tho nine open hearth furnaces,
 which indicates more than 5O per
 cent of steel prodD-rion. ! Other steel works of the district arc at from 70 to 80 per cent. l The Woodward Iron company, ex- 1 elusive of the Vanderbilt blast fur 1 naces, ia at 100 per cent. Operation
 of three iron furnaces and all its
 mines and quarries and by-proouct
 plant is tho equivalent of normal, more than three furnaces going at l the same time being exceptional | The Birmingham Stove and FoJ | dry company has been on full u n
 for two weeks and will continue b 1 thls week. It has extended it's tr d. territory ns far west as Califoi
 and as far north as Virginia by | ing out for business when business | was dull.
 ] It has a greater demand on some
 products than 1t can supply. others ! lOt HlONlHB ab We'll Tn pdTllCuldTf l it is behind the demand for the hot
 blast heaters which 1t began making
 this fall, and which, 1t is understood
 Is their first manufacture in Birming- ham.
 At 100 Per Cent
 The Iron City Pipe and Fittings
 company is among the industries re-
 porting itself on q 100 per cent turn
 It has shipped t5 cars of sanitary pipe to New York. and has large or
 ders in sight through Wolff & Co.
 Chicago. its western boolSing agents | Birmingham high pressure pIpe
 makers seem to get their share of
 the bookings made In Chicago every
 week. Last weeks awards include
 800 tons for Kenmore. O., to United States Cast Iron Pipe. I50 tons for Highland Park, Mich. to American 1 Cast Iron Pipe compaay. and 200
 tons for Bay City. Mich, to tho Ma
 tional Cast Iron Pipe company. Rise In Pipe Prices
 Some sanitary pipe makers are un- terstood to have raised the price of standard to $45, fittings to $50 and extra heavy to s60. Others are i believed to be adhering to the base
 of $40 for standard. Business Is good and some extra shipments were made
 to Pacific coast to anticipate a re- cent advance of s4 per ton in the ocean rates out of Mobile. Much interest exists in industrial circles over the conversiou of pitch into coke, which is being done by the Barrett company. This is being done in leased ovens at the Republic Iron and Steel company's blast fur mace plant. and the coke is being tested in the various foundries and some shipped abroad. There are 25s- 900 tons of this pitch on hand, the l-accumulation of years of operation of the Barrett company's garvia
 works at Fairfield.
 More Coal Produced
 Coal production continues to in- crease with numerous small mines resumlng. For two weeks reported production has run about 23e.00O tons, which means actual production of about 25o,000 tons, or 70 per cent of normal.
 Regular shipments of coke are be- ing made to smelters at Monterey Mex. and the general demand for coke is good. with base of Se for standard foundry make.
 Indifferent to strike Feature of the iron and steel trade, not only in Alabama, but throughout