The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-22
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Although 1921 was lean year with the United States Steel corpora ton. as was the case with practical ly all iron and steel operators it was hberal in its allowances for con structlon of new worf in Alabama and in the actual construction.
 Among the outstanding structural items in new construction in Ala bama in 1921. besides building eight 1o Ooo-ton steamships. is the pressed steel ear plant at Fairfield, which Nas completed last June and turned out its first car in July It has been speeding up since it began op- erations and is heavily booked With business at this time.
 This plant has a capacity for building 7.2oo steel cars annually and for the rebuilding and repairing or 5000 ears.
 For employees dwelling houses and welfare buildings at Fairfield and westfield the company expended s11S,644.
 New construction at Fairfield also
  proven marked success and is continuous operation on tie-plates for trunk lines.
 Work completed in 1921 is listed in the annual report of the corpora- ton as follows:
 PIant Additions
 At Ensley, dry gas cleaner for fur- mace No. 3 rebuilding furnace No. 4. 2oO-ton track scale; reconstruction of employees quarters eight-inch ar line from blooming mill pump house to foundry.
 Bessemer furnaces: Additions to furnace No. 4 Purchased switching locomotive and 140 steel underframe hopper cars and two tank cars.
 There is being constructed sys- tenn of industrial tracks for the con veyance of red orc from the mines to the furnaces.
 Ore. coal and limestone properties Double drum electric hoist, electric transmission and 10 mechanical ore loaders at Muscoda mine; additional crushing. screening and washing equipment at vanns quarry, eXten- sion to electrical repair shop build ing and to pumping station at Edge water mine. and opening and equip ping No. IS mine at Pratt City
 New Fairfield Mlils
 At Fairfield: Competing fabricat- ing and car building plant; additions to finishing end at bar. structural and plate mills: tie-plate finishing department; roll shop equipment at tie-plato plant.
 Under head Of work in progress the report mentions these items:
 Tar storage tank and drying equip ment for ammonium sulphate at the Ky product works in Fairfield, elec- tric power transmission from Fair field to No. mine, 100 mine ears Tor Edgewater mine, additional mine an1 welfare buildings, i25 tenement houses and 100 mine cars for Bay view mine, and pumping station for mine drainage at Docena.
 At Ensley: Additional hot blast stoves are being installed at furnace No |, they are installing storage facilities for rails and pig iron and a 5.0a0 kiiowatt changer at No power house.
 At Fairfield plant of the American Steel and Wire company they in- stalled annealing furnaces and spell ter pan settings for coal burning.
 Less ore Mined
 In the report of ore mined the Lake Superior region shows falling off IF lSgl CT 4z.z dru oz.t per .ttiii III the two respective groups. while the production of the Tennessee com psny fell off only 241 per cent The Tennessee company production in 1921 was ,s4l 900 tons compared with 2.557 900 tons in 1920
 The Steel corporation took Sli. 00O ,000 out of the undivided surplus fund to pay dividends for the year, the latter being in excess of the in- come.
 Production of the Steel corporation for the year 1921 in rolled and other finished products was 47,5 per cent of capacity, the highest point being 70 per cent in the first quarter and the lowest 20 per cent in July
 Saved ny Export Trade
 The Tennessee company, the south ern auxiliary. never went below 10 per cent of steel production in the entire year It's record was pers-s- tcntly and continuously above the average in other steel centers. This Is due to the export trade, which averaged about 12.000 tons of steel per month in 1921, the larger portion going to the Orient out of Mobile.
 Built Eight ships
 The Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car company, auxiliary of the Ten