New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-12

The development Of tho iron interest OF Lake
Superior a. stated In NY last properly began In ls56-7
The Of hst effort propose TO make tho subject
Of this article.
RAiLRo iDS-YUByAcEs -sHIPNfYSIs-FUrUKB
PEosPBCTs.
In us tho construction OF what then called tho
Iros Mountain Railroad was commenced from Mar.
qrst,e IN hs iron hills. the object Of which was the
transportation Of these ores During las, ils name
vas oheng.d 20 tho BaJ de- Mo- and harq Railroad.
in order,o all seifo. ogo Of the land grants made by
Cosgres. IN Juno, ls:6. Nhlo {, wa, also completed
carly IN tho Autumn If that year % the Lake Superior
Mountain" passing she Jackson and Cleveland"
ia ISIS II my memory il NOT al fault, about o3. 900
gross tons OF ore we're transported over ~ ia l-9,
p JO0l In 1900 about 10 90 Ia 1901 tho demand
ec!sa,ed "a Consequence Of the general dcnngemeu,
81 t.snsts throughout ta country % abog JD0O 10.
creasng again in let2 to over lljuUp audn 1909 - l.
GO all the mines could furnish. While tie orders f1r Il
ccoded ts ,4rgc amount about 10000 tIns. which
made W from Canada Lac Chanp'ain aud Other
sources.
In 1851 tho Pioneer furnace, were boil, near tho
Joe. son Nine; a. le9 those O tho Northern Iron Com
pany and Collins Company former four miles south
Of Marquette that Bay, and the latter three nl.es
northwest upon Dishng River; Ia -sU0bl the For.
restyilo tie same river and Ia 1868 tho Morgan,
oigl. milo. west ~ Marquette upon tho railroad.
making In all .r only four u which have been kept IN
operRtion until tho Morgan furnace went into blast In
November last. These were furnished the past year
with about $500 gross tuni OF ore In addition 10 tho
amount above ugmOd Tor shipment Their products for
1901 spd were from four to eight thousand gross
tens Of charcoal pigs annually. For III year At closed
sill reach nj least 40 90 tuns and viii doubtless run
up 900 tbs present year. Al tho prcsent price OF
nhor and material tho cost per tun or pig by these fur
uaes Is from sly 10 s22 at Marquette depending upon
location and advantages formerly Il was from sl5 TO
6la No one Of thom owns its orobod or hl, which
woah reduce tho cost Al least 81 per .uu This metal
now btogs In Cleveland and Chicago about So.
rc Average cost Of mining and delivering these ores
In tie estimated at per ~ oss tnn the average
freight for transportation Ia Marquette previous ~ tho
two past year, s but the rate was made 10 do
pend upon amount transported tho average Of 1902
wn We think 90 oens and for leCJ less than 20 cents
The docks At Marquette over which IL IL shipped
Is feet above lho waer under tho railroad track
which passes them pockets constructed into
which tho orc is deposited direct from the cars and
delivered from them 10 vessels down inclined shuo
From 1907 to 1901 the average freghts paid steamers
and yessels-at which price many offered
than wantol-to deliver these In Detroit and Ceye
land was e. per gross TIM and a. 25 TO Ere from sr
teen twenty days being occupied In the round trip by
sill and eight by steam In consequence Of the closing
Of tho ii ssssppi River in 1901 and The diversion OF the
entire produce OF the West via the lakes 10 the
board tom - ~ ~ - wa paid t1e pact I've Sesra |