The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
GAL VAN|zING FIRM
 T0 BREAK GROUND. DURING THIS WEEK
New Bessemer Concern Said
 To Be Affiliated With Bridge Company
BESsEMER BUREAU ]
 THE AGE-HERALD !

BESsEMER BUREAUl
 THE AGE-HERALD
 Bessemer, Ala, Oct. IS
 Ground was to be broken for the Bessemer Galvanizing Works this week, it is understood from reliable sources, and the plant is expected to be in operation within 90 days. It is stated that the company has se- cured location at Twentieth street and Eighteenth avenue, adjoining the plant of the Nashville Bridge company, with which the new indus try is said to be closely allied.
 It was stated several weeks ago that the Bessemer Galvanizing Works had been formed at Nashville and that the company was being supported by capitalists of that city and Birmingham. No definite an- nouncement has been made but it is understood that the property upon which the Bessemer plant is to be located was sold by the Nashville Bridge company in tn past few days.
 It is understood that much of the material to be galvanized will be manufactured in the plant of the Nashville Bridge company and trans ferred to the new plant, a short dis through the galvanizing process. For this reason, it is thought, the plant will be in operation at an early date.
 The new galvanizing plant will use the hot process" which is under stood to require continuous opera tion. The sheds of the company will be constructed of galvanized ma fterials and will contain one of the largest zinc pots for diping in the south.
 There is al large demand for gall vanized metals and the Bessemer " steel shapes and bolts. Much of the product will be used on the coast, where the salt air causes corrosion of metals, and in the construction z z power@transmission lines. -.,. ~s
 The personnel of the Bessemer firm has not been learned, but 1t Is ex pected that officials of the new com pany will arrive hereff next week. The promoters are men who have had a long experience in this charac- ter of work.
 NEGRO KILLED IN WRECK
 Elijah Hardy, negro. was killed at the Woodward crossing on the South Bessemer road Friday evening at 11:30 o'clock, when an automobile in which he was riding overturned. There were seven negroes in the ma chine. which turned completely over. None of the other negroes received injuries. The car was going down 6 steep hill and from indications the driver lost control when his ma chine struck the railroad tracks, which are about halfway down the hill. Hardy was riding in the front seat with the driver and another negro.
 His body is. being held at Huey and McConneIlis morgue, awaiting the arrival of relatives.
 Construction of the. P. M. McNeil Grammar school at West Highlands will be under way this week, the contractors asse embling materials on the site during the past few days. The building will be constructed of brick and tile, will have eight roc ms and two offices and will cost $3S,350.
 The contract was let some time ago by the Bessemer Coal Iron and Land conpany. which firm donated the site for the school. The building is being erected by the company and willsabe leased to the county for a -slerninai .rehtal until the A county beard is in shape to refund the money, when the property will be deeded. the county.
 This school was organized this year, however, and the pupils are being cared for at temporary quar- ters until the new building can be finished.
 POWDER COMPANY BUYS LAND
 The Hercules Powder company re- gently acquired 600 acres south of Princes Spring, and it Is reported that the company is considering the erection of a large plant there. Re- ports that the company was inter- ested in that sectie n have. been cur rent for some time. but recently the acreage was acquired, and for the past several weeks corps of engi- nxTfr hn Of
 Most of this property was pur- chased from the T. c. I. company which will be one of the chief pa irons of the proposed plant. tThe company now operates plant at North Birmingham. but the Bessemer site Is nearer the center tf consump- tion of explosives in this county, which are used mainly for blasting in the mines of this section.
 < BEssEMER HOLDS EXHIBIT is Much interest is being taken in the Alabama poultry exhibit which is to be shown in Bessemer this fall, sun- der thesa auspices, Of the American Poultry association. The show will be given by the poultry division of the Chamber of Commerce by cour- tesy of the national organization and will consist of hundreds of exhibits Sf fowls which have won prizes over the entire south.
 < The date and place for the show will be decided on Monday evening at the regular meeting of the Besse mer organization. Details for the exhibition have; been referred to committee, and action will be taken on their recommendations Monday evening.
 The chief interest attached: to the show will be the display of the na tional prize winners, but at the same time the Bessemer organization will stage a show consisting, of fowls raised in this district. prizes for the various entries to be awarded under an outside judge. who will be se-. cured in the next few days. \ About a year ago the Bessemer as-s sociation held a show for chicks and eggs, which attracted wide attention. Since that time the organization has aided fanciers here in the purchas SC Of high grade eggs for setting. and thc result has, been to greatly im- sprove poultry stock in this district. The show this year will be to exhibit this stock, and consequently is at tracting wide attention. 6 Bessemer willrbe the only Alabama tAwn to secure the exhibits of the American Poultry association. and this show will be for the state. There will be many visitors from other seer lions to attend, it is thought, an iH- Nltation to be extended next. week to the growers of the state to take part in the exhibit k PLANNING FOR REVIVAL y Dr. F. O. Heller has returned from Is nn n