PLUMBERS FORESEE
PROSPEROUS TIMES
Freezes And Modi Building
Keeps Them Busy With Orders
January was a busy month for Bir
mingham plumbers, with its rapid suc
cession of freezes, and plumbing con
tractors, have not yet caught up with
their work, according to John L. Crim,
master plumber.
With spring and a resumption of
heavy building operations in sight, the
year promises to be a good one for
this line of business as well/hs all oth
ers directly or indirectly connected with
the building of new dwellings and new
business structures, says Mr. Crim.
Jlr. Crim has been in business ns a
master plumber in Birmingham for the
past nine years. He is located at 1916
Fourth avenue, north.
STATISTICS |
(Compiled by the Dixie Manufacturer.)
Pig Iron quotation!: No. 2 foundry 1.75 to 2.25
silicon. $23 to $23.50.
Foundry coke. tpot. $6 to $6.50.
Number of active stacks. 23 (coke.)
Active by-product ovens, approximately 1.139.
Active beehive ovens on merchant coke. 388..
Active beehive ovens for requirements of producer,
100.
Barrett company also coking pitch with 60 ovens.
Coal production for veek ending January 5, 325.
000 tons.
COAL AND COKE MARKET
(Courtesy Adams. Rowe it Norman.)
Current spot prices per net ton. f. o. b. cars
mines, are:
Steam Ceai
Poor to medium grades ..$1.75 to 2.40
First quality . 2.40 to 2.75
Domestic Ceal
Poor to medium grades ..$2.75 to $4.00
First quality .•. 5.00 to 6.50
COKE
72-hour hand-picked beehive .$6.00 to $6.50
High-grade by-product foundry .6.00 to 6.50
Current prices on other kinds of coke per net
ton. f. o. b. can ovens are:
Gas House Cake
Forked .$7.00
Run ol retort . 6.50
v Domestic Nut Cake
Small sires .$4.50 to $5.00
Egg . 5.00 to 5.50
On On Total
Fdy. Spec. Aet.
