Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-03

A. The junction of Pogues run aud the canal.
in The southwestern part OF the city. "a large
block of buildings. surrounded By high picket
fence that il kno1n 40 the Indianapolis rolling
mill A ont few Of our citizens are aware Of
the i'm po.tance OF this mill. aud the advantage il
IS to tie city, we have paid Witt 10 IT, in order
10 give condensed account OF IL business
We 6nd that within the past two years the
mill has been doubled in capacity, il nov having
sixteen double furnace. Eght OF these fur
nsces are now running all the time and 10 i the
intention 10 iBcIeire the force next week. and
set the entire sixteen in blast These furnaces
are liz up at 3 o'clock Sunday night, TO get
resdy 20 start at O'Clock on Monday morning
and during the entire week, day and night, until
Saturday, they are constantly al work They
run eleven urns a week. snd get through gener-
ally during the day 90 Saturday.
The mill nov employs 26B hands. which will
be increased next week when the other furnaces
are started, 10 300 or 800 Their pay roll has
run a. high a. Sl6 900 a month and after this
month it Is expected il will reach S25 900
month. This gives support directly and Indirect
IL. to fully 600 persons, including the employees
oil The mill aud their families
The mill uses uox 1899 bushels Of coal day,
which will be increased to ? 400 bushels a LAY
when the other furnaces are 10 blast The coal
! u>ed IS from the Brazil mines. in Clay county,
! aud j. COT dered equal TO any coal IN the world
/ for tie purpose. \ railroad track runs into the
/ ,ard OF the mill, 50 that coal, or iron, is not
| b ,ndlel after il is loaded or the cars until de
osited where it IS needed.
The mill now turns out 80 tons of T rail every
| q hour, which will be increased 10 100 tons
when the new furnaces START. The quality Of
the rails turDed out at this mill j. considered by
railroad men fully equal to tie best English rail
and one third better than that Of any other mill
| in the country This is mainly attributable TO
"A patent OF Mr.. Thomas, in working the iron.
! which not only adds 20 its value but reduces the
cost of working from $40 to SIS ton. as there
IS that difference IN the price charged az this mill
and other mills
The mill sells no 'front.' only re-rolls or works
over broken rails The price charged for rolling
/ rails IS $40 a tor aud government tax. which
as before stated. is from ten TO hi,een dollars
less than charged by other mills.
The railroads supply the old iron aud eet new
rails in return. paying for the labor Of rolling.
The mill ha- teen rolling for roads in this state
Ohio and Illinois aud the demand Tor rolling is
constantly increasing. IL is probable that 40 Goa
tons OF rail will toe wanted rolled this year, and
the sane. or more. next wear, that there IL
steady work ahead for the mill
This is the sec0nd mill in capacity in the
United States--the Johustown mill being the
largest--aud our mill il second TO no one in the
quality Of iron made,
All the materials for making iron can now DE
found in Indiana. of the best quality. and in
great abundance We have the iron ore, the coal
the fire clay, and tie sand TO m Ike FIRE brick. A
company Is now az work making ire brick that
furnish frst-rate article, cheaper than can be
bought 1T other points
The officers of the mill are, John VI Lord
president. Aqulla Jones treasurer: c B Park
man. secretary and John Thomas manager
all practical. energetic business men, Who have
built up an establishment that i credit 10 our
city, and We believe a profit 10 them.