The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-24
BY RICHARD #. JOHN sToN

The outstanding feature of indus
tries of the Birmingham district on
the eve of the holiday is that the
holiday only will be taken for rest
and that plants will resume Tuesday
morning under the full head of
steam marking them for some time.
The Tennessee companys finishing
mills will all resume Tuesday morn-
ing on the double turn of the past
several months with effort at maxi
mum capacity production. the rail
mill continuing on schedule of
10000 tons week and the Chicka-
saw car shops turning out 20 new
and 20 repaired cars per diem. The
e-plate mill at Fairfield is one of
the busiest of the company's shops
and is far behind in deliveries.
The Gulf States Steel company is
scheduled for double turn in It's rod
and finishing mills after January /,
owing to the demands on the COM
pany for it's products. it is under
stood to be sold to capacity for first
quarter operations with business still
coming in.
Fabricating steel plants will also
take nominal holidays Stove, range
and radiator works have had a SPLEEN
did year and report prospect of one
still better to come. They also will
take short holidays
Iron Firm mt S23
The coming of the holidays finds
the iron market firm at $23. This
base has been wobbly SO far as
large buyers have been concerned,
but now appears to have settled
on a firm foundation. It is healthy
base, allowing some profit to makers
of iron and at the SAME time not
upsetting the present schedules of
prices for the finished metal product.
From 100000 to $4,000 tons of Ala
bama iron, for 1928 delivery, have
been booked and all makers shared
the business. They are resting on
their oars to an extent, although all
CONSUME to make good bookings. A
pipe maker took 5000 tons this week
and there were other sales of good
tonnages, most Of which went at
1928. with s22.5o ,or especially, attrac-
tive tonnage and customer.
Furnace to Blow In
The Alabama iron make is larg-
est of the year. with "a active fur
naces. The fourth Bessemer stack
of the Tennessee company, sched-
uled to blow in today, will not go
in until January 4, owing to de-
lays in finishing the refining. II
will blow in on foundry. and the
company will then have four stacks
on foundry. 1t has seven stacks on
basieSand at that is barely producing
enough basic iron for its own re-
quirements.
shipments via Mobile
Heavy metal movements out Of
Mobile go along steadily The Mem
phis City is in that port to take 5000
tons of Birmingham steel products
to China. Korea and Japan, the
fourth cargo in the past two months.
and a vessel is loading with 1900
to 1000 tons of Birmingham cast iron
pipe and wire mill products for the
Pacific coast. The Pacific coast move
ment approximates 5000 tons a month
and the saving on each ton of pro-
duet over the all-rail transcontinent-
al rate is SIS ton. Cuba takes
cast iron pipe and wire drawing
goods regularly. There was also
recent shipment of 1,150 tons of steel
rails.
. Pipe For Nebraska
The National Cast Iron Pipe COM
pany secured an Oruer TOT ouV TONS
of pipe for Lincoln, Neb., last week.
This concern will vote an increase
of capital stock from 100000 70
S1.000.000 this week and build
foundry for manufacture of pipe by
the De Lavaud or centrifugal pro-
cess.
Mitchell Dam
Alabama is about to realize on tho
SIS, 900, 900 that shall have been ex-
pended at Mitchell dam by the Ala
bama Power company. The dam viii
be closed about January l and the
pool will fill in a. week to three
weeks. The company expects to have
the first electrical unit of $4,000
horse power generating current and.
serving customers some time in Feb
ruary, remainder OF installation to