The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
10 BEGIN WORK ON. BIG PLANT SOON
Refractories To Add An other Great Industry
 To Besse1ner
(Bessener Bureau.)

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 BESSEMER, Ala, Aug. 16.-Con. struction of the Bessemer plant of the Earbison-Wal Refractories company will be started within the next thirty days, according to officials of that con- cern. Contract for the buildings will De let within the next few days, all plans and specifications for the plant having been completed. Engineers for the company have been busy the past few days stalking out the site.
 The Alabama Water company has just completed an extention of their mains to the plant location and all other details necessary for building operation have been finished. The plant will be located on eight blocks bounded by Thirtieth street, First avenue, Thirty-second street and Fifth avenue, this site being purchased from the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land company. The city council at it's last meeting agreed to close all the ave nues and streets crossing this prop erty.
 The company will manufacture fire clay products, a large part of which will be used in this immediate district They already operate large plant at EnsIey.
 Within the past few days, realty sales in the vicinity of the proposed T,lant have been heavy. Approximate ly 100 lots have been sold according to real estate agents.
 Construction on the plant of the Hercules Powder plant, which will be located at McAdory, two miles from Bessemer, is expected to start later in the fall. About six hundred men will bc used in the construction of this ,g1iant, which will displace the North Birmingham works of the company.
 Report Proves Erroneous.
 Report Proves ErrOneOus-Consid. erable excitement was caused at the sheriff's office at Bessemer Sat urday over reports that three negro women had been run down and killed by an automobile near Raimond mines about three weeks ago and had been buried without official investigation After much investigation by the coroner the sheriff and the solicitors office, il developed that only one woman, Ma. linda Houston, had been killed, having been run over by car driven by a negro man whose name could not be learned
 }Solicitor Ben G. Perry states that Y 1he case was investigated at the time, Land that in his judgment, the accident was unavoidable. The Houston woman was carried from the Raimond dispen- sary in Jacobs ambulance to the Nor wood infirmary, where she died few days ago.
 Large Pipe Shipment-A shipment oE fifty cars of cast iron pipe for export is being loaded in steel cars, turned out at the Fairfield plant of the T. c. I. company in the past few days, at the Central Foundry company, Bessemer, all materials used in the manufacture of both the cars and the pipe having been mined and made with in a radius of ten miles of Bessemer. The fifty steel cars are among the first of a large order to be shipped by the Fairfield plant of the T. c. I. company sio the Southern Railway, the shipment 10 be made over that system to Jackson vile for loading.
 All the ore, fluxing and melting ma. teriaIs used in the manufacture of the iron and steel that entered into the com position of the pipe and the cars was mined on Red mountain, the Warrior coal field and the limestone quarry in the; valley between. This condition is not possible in the maiufacture of iron and steel on any other point on the globe, and the fifty cars shipment is the first of several similar ones to be made in cars manufactured here and carrying products mined and made in this vicinity. When the train leaves here on August 25, each car will carry banners and streamers prepared by the Chamber of Commerce. Beaty- Barber Shop To Open The first beauty department to be connected with a barber shop will be opened September 1 at the Realty Barber shop. An expert marcel artist will be employed and she will give permanent waves, bob curls and all the latest headdresses as well as mani cures. Hair cuts will be given by man barbers.
 Revival At Fairview-Dr. Jerome Williams, pastor of the First Baptist church, is conducting revival services at Fairview, which will continue for two weeks. Dr. Williams will di- vide his time between his church and Fairview and it is expected that many people from Bessemer will attend tn meetings.
 To Discuss HOteI-Plans for the proposed new hotel at Bessemer will be discussed at the Wednesday afternoon session the board of directors at the Chamber of Commerce The new hotel is to be financed under the direction of the Hockenberry Pro- motion System, a campaign for funds to be put on among the business men shortly after September 1, according to Secretary A. E. Ausman
 The Hockenberry System carried out a survey of the district about sixty days ago, recommending that S75,00O hotel be erected here. This is to be