Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-07-15
THE IRON BUSINESS.

Another and the !mport:nt step to:
ward, msking m sn!yI ns:. the Great 90.
~ From osa ,assrSs
Iron Company EnlarginR
new Rolling III. etc.. g.
IFrom tho Evsntns. wlsconaiu, July 2d.l
Il has for some time bean understood that
measures were on foot for demonstrating
to the world that Milwaukee was the most
available point in the country for tho man.
ufacture Of iron. II is qualification to be
able to say that Everything is WE'LL" =
The Milwaukee Iron Company, tho North
Chicago Rolling Mills Company and the
Wyandotte Rolling Mills Company have
bought the entire property, real and per-
sonnl. of tho Swedes Iron Company. This
includes nearly oil of the iron ore lands in
Dodge county, known as Iron Ridge, end
blast aud over one hundred acres of land
in the city of Milwaukee, The amount of
ore in this purchase is not less than thirty
millions of tons, and is more accessible
and cheaper to get out than any iron ore in
the world, so far as known. The impor-
lance of this to our iron interests, and to
our city, cannot we'll be estimated, and We
arc very much mistaken if this is not the
beginning of a rery large iron interest here.
The iron made from this ore has proved it.
self the best known for the manufacture of
rails, and by mixing it with Lake Superior
ore in the proper proportions, iron suitable
for any purpose can be made When such
men AZ Capt. E. B. WARD, of Detroit, ALEX.
MITCHELL, and others associated with them,
are willing to take hold of this, we can be
sure it haE merit.
1t is the intention of the Milwaukee
Iron Company to very materially increase
their works at Bay View as fast az possible.
They are now putting up and have we'll
under way one of the largest blast furnaces
in tho United States II will be built un-
der the superintendent of Mr.. JOHN
PLAYER, the builder of the famous Norton
furnaces in England, and it is to be 81 feet
high, Is feet in the clear in the boshes, and
capable Of making forty tons of pig iron
daily. The engines are well under way at
the works Of Robinson, Rea & Co., Pitts
burg. Most of the other iron work is be-
ing done by Z. P. A111s& Co., in this city.
The Company have also >mmenced the
construction of a new puddle mill, 85x17O
feet, to contain sixteen new furnaces All
this work will be pushed to completion as
rapidly rs possible. Many parts of the
furnace, such as gas fue, engine house,
smoke stack, &C., &C., will be built for two
furnaces, it being the intention of the
Company to build other furnaces as soon
as it can be done.
Alta recent meeting of the Board of d.
rectors the capital stock of the Company
was increased from $3.50, 600 to $500, 900,
and Capt. E. B. WARD was elected Fresi.
dent
It will be seen at glance that this means
business for Milwaukee. It means that
Milwaukee will, within a short time, be-
come the leading iron manufacturing point
of the United States, outside of Pittsburg,
and we are ambitious enough to expect
soon to rival her.
The iron can be brought from Iron
Ridge to this city at q mere trif1e in COM
parison with what it costs at Pittsburg.
and every dollars worth of iron made is in
market here. The Wyandotte Co. will put up
blast furnace, for they can save money by
so dong, and as pig iron is the basis for
all iron work, and pig iron can be made
at Milwaukee much cheaper than it can at
any other place in the country, is it not
reasonable to suppose that iron works of
every description will spring up rapidly. -
Indeed, negotiations are now pending that
will result in the expenditure Of many hun
dred thousand dollars in machinery and
works in this city during the coming year.
Capt. E. B. WARD is interested IN the
three mills mentioned above as having
purchased the great bed of ore, and he
is so well satisfied Of the great inducements
which Milwaukee presents as q manufac-
turing point, and so we'll assured of the
great works which will be built up here
that he at once consented to take the
Presidency of the Milwaukee Iron Com
pany.
Etery citizen of Milwaukee has reason
to feel proud of the prospects before her.