Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-08
THE IRON BUSINESS.

Another and the Important Step to-
wards making Milwaukee the Great
Iron Manufacturfng Point OF the
Milwaukee Iron Company EnIarging
the works-New Blast Furnaces-AI
new Rolling Mill, etc.
From the Evening Wisconsin. July adj
1t has for some time been understood that
measures were on foot for demonstrating
to the world that Milwaukee was the most
available point in the country for the man
ufacture of iron. 1t is qualification to be
able to say that Everything is WELL"
The Milwaukee Iron Company, the North
Chicago Rolling Mills Company and the
Wyandotte Rolling Mills Company have
bought the entire property, real and per-
sonal, of the Swedes Iron Company. This
includes nearly all of the iron ore lands in
Dodge county, known as Iron Ridge, and
over one thousand acres, good furnace in
blast and 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 well be estimated, and we
are very much mistaken if this is not the
beginning of 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 as Capt. E. Il. WARD of Detroit, ALEX
MITCHELL, and others associated with them,
are willing to take hold of this, we can be
sure it has merit.
1t is the intention of the Milwaukee
Iron Company to very materially increase
their works at Bay View as fast as possible.
They are now putting up and have well
under way one of the largest blast furnaces
in the United States. Il 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 al
the works of Robinson, Rea Il Co., Pitts
! burg Most of the other iron work is be-
I ing done by f. p. AILIs & Co., in this city
The Company have also -mmenced the
;, construction of new puddle mill. S5xl7(
1 feet TO contain sixteen new furnaces. AL
this work will be pushed to completion az
rapidly as possible. Many parts of tn.
: furnace, such as gas fiue, engine house
= smoke stack, &c, &c. will be built for tive
" furnaces, it being the intention of til,
Company to build other furnaces as sool
as it can be DONE
At q recent meeting of the Board of Dl
rectors The capital stock of the Compan,
: was increased from $3.50, 900 to $500, 600
q and Capt. L. Is. WARD was elected Iresi
= dent.
II will be seen at glance that this mean
= business for Milwaukee. 1t means tina
!, Milwaukee will, within short time, be
:, come the leading iron manufacturing poin
u of the United States, outside of Pittsburg
and We are ambitious enough to expec
soon to rival her.
y The iron can be brought from Irol
Is Ridge to this city at mere trihe in com
81 ;arison with what it costs at Pittsburg
4 and every dollars worth of iron made is /.
q market here. The Wyandotte Co. will put a
= q blast furnace, for they can save money b
n so doing. and as pig iron is the basis 10
50 all iron work, and pig iron can be mad
M at Milwaukee much cheaper than it can a
% any other place in the country, is it no
20 reasonable 70 suppose that iron works G
% every description will spring up rapidly. =
y Indeed, negotiations are now pending tina
,. will result in the expenditure of many hun
a bred thousand dollars in machinery an,
% works in this city during the coming year
Capt. E. b. WARD is interested IN tn
- three mills mentioned above as having
= purchased the great bed of ore, and b
f. is so well satisfied of the great inducement
I: which Milwaukee presents as a manufac
s turing point, and SO well assured of tn
): great works which will be built up her
IS that he at once consented to take tn
Presidency of the Milwaukee Iron Com
S pany.
II Every citizen of Milwaukee has reason
to feel proud of the prospects before hel