The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-07
Past Week EuentfuI
 Big Industrial Items
 That Came to Front
And Iron Market Finds No Stocks to Draw From-lm- Tonnages Placed-Miscellaneous In-
 dustres on Upgrade

Inches thick each slab weighing $500 pounds They are being made at Gate City now and will be laid on stretch of road out that way under joint auspices of city and county. Federal road authorities have predicted that 1t Is the est thing yet in road build ing and will last longest.
 Mir. Newell has acquired the plant of the Southern Bridge company and will operate it later on. He has not decided on precisely what use it will be put to.
 New Product
 Alabama Concrete Products and Machinery company, which has leased ground at site of the Southern Bridge plant from A. T. Newell, will begin making concrete pipe next week. This company has several plants In North and South Carolina. It makes pipe of 12 to 36 inches in diameter. The pipe Is used extensively for culverts and in other construction work
 Closely following action in increas- ing capital stock from $500000 to s1 1,000 900 the Birmingham Trust will tomorrow be In it's remodeled and en- larged marble front home on Twen- tieth street.
 Water Works company shows 1880 new meters placed in first four -months of year an average of 332 per month. It is completing expen- idture of s1,2000 900 in plant better ments covering last year and this.
 Birmingham Is about to realize on the larger pay rolls, which 1t will find distinctly larger this month.
 Bombay Wants Crates
 Bombay. India. is inquiring for the Thomas semi-steel grate bar made at EFa trr,. .ts,<x xl,, C-~-. l. power boilers. It is a large textile mill and wants the Thomas bar be- cause it's combination of steel and cast iron, 5o50 basis, makes the most durable of grates.
 Cast iron pipe continues to move to Mobile for shipment to Pacific coast, the record of the past six weeks being 15,ooo tons.
 Rails For Japan
 Seven thousand tons of rails for Japan left Mobile last week. They were made at Ensley and barged down the Warrior river. Imperial government of Japan has placed an order for 10000 tons of standard ducts company. Presumably they will be rolled at Ensley A cargo of 1000 tons of Ensley rails left for Japan via Mobile last week. They were barged down the Warrior river.
 California has taken 2,500 tons of Alabama pig iron for movement via Mobile.
 Good Year in Lumber
 American Lumberman reports steady expansion of buying move ment and says. Tt is more and more evident that the industry is to have a.good year. Lumber Is going out of fat dC Co 7e hr1 I,t up. Mills are careful about accept ing business for future delivery"
 Cotton planting is four weeks late. All crops are late.
 General Industrial Notes
 Hercules Powder company earned net of S375000 after federal taxes and charges for quater ending March 31 compared with deficit of s62400 in same period of 1921.
 In spite of strike pig iron pro- duction of country May l was at rate of 72.000 tons compared with 69.000 tons April 1. There was net gain of seven furnaces in the month, Ala bama furnishing three, one each of Sloss Sheffield, Republic and Wood ward companies.
 Coal shipments from West vir- ginia last week were 1.42s,o0o tons. which is 100 per cent of normal weekly average of 1920.
 Southern railway car loadings, in- cluding cars from connections. were 172.oo0 compared with l59,00o cars in April 1921. March loadings were 1so.oOo compared with ~164,ooo in March, 1921.
 Central of Georgia railway net operating income in March was $780, 900. highest in four years.
 Net income of Gulf Mobile and Northern in March was $161,000 com pared with deficit of s26.000 in March. 1921.
 Increase of 1,66s employees in seven Birmingham industries employing 500 men and over and excluding T.. c. I. Is shown In April reports.
 The s330.0o0 for operation of the Warrior barge line has been placed back on the appropriations list. Sem ator Lenroot withdrawing objection