The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-14
TECHNICAL WORK.
TREATED IN DAYS
FORMAL PAPERS
Visitors Express Amaze.
ment At Strides Made
By Birmingham

tasss (Contfnued From rage l..
was joined by many of the visiting ex-
perts, most of whom asked questions and
found that the coke practice in this state
was on Just as high and up to date plane
as any plants in the country. The
experts were unable to trap the local
coke makers in any of the questions they
asked as to how things were done in o
coke way in the Birmingham district. =
Local Coal Practice
The morning session was concluded
with q paper by Milton ii. Flies ON coal
mine practice in this state. The paper
contained high explosives, for the session
talked without pause on the points of
Mr.. Flies made. A brief history of coal
mining in this state was included and
gave the enormous tonnage increase and
carried several pages in reference to the
Ramsay mine sampler which is discuss
ed elsewhere in The Age-Herald.
Following the discussion it was an
nounced by Secretary f.. II. Sharpless,
that every copy of the paper of Mr.
Flies had been given ont and a new edi-
ton was necessary to supply the already
that the paper had created such inter
necessary. Local coal officials were
obviously pleased with problems to the
technicians.
Frank III. Crockard, president of the
Woodward Iron company, presided Mt
the afternoon session. He carried the
program with the same efficiency that
characterized the efforts of his former
chief when Mr.. Crockard was asso-
ciated with Mr.. Crawford The discus
sion of the paper by Theodore Swami
on the operations of his electric furn-
aces at Admission carried perhaps more
] sparks. than the other. Mr.. Swami,
who is one of the youngest Industrial
lists of the district, read u paper enti-
tied: Production of Ferro Phosphorus
in the Electric Furnace" and was the
most highly technical of all read.
Paper Discussed
His paper was discussed by some
of the leaders, and was designated by
. many visitors as very timely. Howard
Mussay of the Woodward company,
offered a paper on blast furnace opera
I lions. He has a wide experience in that
work having been at the Ensley plant
for some time. His paper described
Innovations at Woodward which are no,
only new to this district but to furnace
operations elsewhere.
The dramatics of the afternoon ses.
sion was when Colonel James Bowron
chairman Of the Gulf States Steel com.
pany, discussed informally the ''Ala.
hama Steel Industry" OF all the men
in this district Colonel BowrOn has the
happist expression and his words were
hung upon by the visitors as well al
home folks. He painted a picture Of
4 this districA of becoming mOdesty.
Golden Bowron told of some of thu
! early work here, and of the gradua
{ unfolding that has taken place in ahl
: birmingham district. His appearance
and address was one Of the outstanding
features Of the first days session.
Following the afternoon discussions
the visitors were given their choice Of
three trips, one to the Shannon orr
operations of the Gulf States. The
capacity on that trip was oversub
scribed long before the noon hour was
: reached. Finally it was announced thai
SO many wanted to see Shannon thai
{ it was necessary to ask them to make
other trips. The Shannon operations
have many points of interest that at
tract even the attention of those un
skilled in ore operations and 1t was M
surprise that the proposed journey (,
this plant was grasped by so many. TIT
other trips which were taken by ca
pacity number included one to the EN-
ployes hospital Of the Tennessee com
pany at Fairfield; officials of the Ten
nessee company and the employees ar,
very proud. DIR. Lloyd Boland, chic
Of the department, with members of thu
hospital staff, conducted the visitor
to the points of interest, one being thu
roof where a view of the entire dis
trict was obtained.
Here 80 Years Ago
= The Monday night session closed tn,