The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-04
MAY STANDS HIGH
IN ACHIEVEMENTS
Chamber Of Commerce Com
piles Data On Progress
During Month

The further one goes into the rec
ord of the month o. May the more
striking its record of accomplish
ment, as shown in exhibits of the
months happenings.
The Chamber of Commerce has
been kept busy making up the rec
ord Among other outstanding items
that will appear in the chamber re-
port for May are these:
The 10,000-ton merchant bar mill
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-
road company al Fairfield, the COM
pany's latest contribution to the steel
product demands of the south, went
into operation May 10.
The Sloss-S Sheffield Steel and Iron
company, largest merchant iron
producer in the south, and already
operating five furnaces. resumed at
No. city furnace and began repairs
on a seventh stack at Sheffield with
View of early resumption.
To Spend Over S5,O0O,0O0.
Telephone rates lowered in Ala
bafna and Southern Bell Telephone
company announced plans for expen-
diture Of more than $4,000 900 in
plant betterment In Alabama in the
next five years.
Phoenix Portland Cement company
began operation of its $500, 600 mill.
doubling the cement production Of
the district.
The Nashville Bridge company
completed its birmingham district
plant at Bessemer and began opera
lions with goodly supply of struc,
tural steel orders. This successful
concern is credited with having come
to Birmingham under the same in
ducement as brought the Virginia
Bridge and Iron company, namely.
the plentiful local supply of steel and
exceptional advantages for distribu-
ton of product in the southeast.
The Standard Sanitary Manufac-
turing company, largest makers of
high grade bath room fixtures In the
country, purchased site for large
warehouse to be used as center of
distribution of product in the south
ern territory. This plant also fol-
lowed the lure of Birmingham s dis
tributing advantages in a half dozen
southern states.
High officials of Great Southern
Lumber company OF Bogalusa, La,
second largest and richest in Amer
lea. made. painstalling and compre-
kensice survey of timber resources OF
the Warrior with view to location
OF a paper mill. They are understood
to have said that there was plenty
or the tlmDer neeueu.
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Another Skyscraper.
Southern railway announced its IN
tention of building a 100000 10
story office building at First avenue
and Twenty first street, on ground
already owned.
Traders National bank purchased
Third avenue site for future home OF
the bank.
Eastern capitalists organized break
in bulk warehouse corporation ana
propose building immense warehouse
in Birmin CHAM with 100000 square
feet Of storage space.
Contract was let for 100000 ne
gro Industrial high school
The Phillips s1000,000 high school
was formally opened and dedicated.
Big Paving Program.
City and county announced scheo-
ules of street and highway paving IN
volving more than S1,500,00O.
Alabama Power company brought
in second $4,000 horse power unit at
Mitchell dam and began work on re
building dam at Tallassee and build
ing a S1,O00,000 transmission line
from the Coosa into eastern Alabama
via Opelika.
Business men point to these May
signs Of progress as more than JUS
tifyfng Roger w. Babson's selection
OF birmingham as one of the 10 cities
in the country calculated TO be most
responsive to local advertising.