New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-11

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| a,d &, the blast furnace. The iuruaoo &c -
a" -, ,uI,pg are five blast FORCES, tended ny ~
" nm, astate with which these works are cohhected
-,oos about 5000 acres In different Io'a,I,cS' Inc
| ,, made here "a shipped to Bostoh' Ne"'ioiA Oh"
philadelphia ,,n,x. -, ou r., ,sss
49,, ,,ro hours passing through wild. fat country OF
rock. and small frs small tracts or arabic isu ro
which stones have picked. Degerfors IL peasa'y
situated on a lake. with view OF forescoVefed mus W
the east and south. The blast furnace's 80 feet hgh
The charge Is taken the head of the furnace on In
clned ras The product per week is 90 tnns ana the
cost of production per tun ST. 3 cost of transporting
ore furnace 20 per tun cost OF charcoal Ia cents
per tunna-equal to four and onehaf bushels twenty
six men employed at the furnace, and are DIVIDED
into two reefssix hours on, six of-workng Ia hours
per day 1.-THE usual in thesswedsh ron-works) The
rate of wages Is dependent the amount OF iron pro-
duced but il averages "a cents two rx dollars gold per
day beside lodging The lodging houses are built OF Stag
bricks Six FORCES two mumblng hammers four sets OF
rollers and four other ses for fine iron, in opera
ton The blooms were wheeled from the welding fur
mace to the rollers blooms tossed across by
men working long shirts and bare egs-the usual cos
tume The counting room was in oDe-story building
POO yards distant which also are odgingrooms For
the clerks There pleasant gardening surroundings
Again taking the ears, soon crossed the outlet from
the lake. The first two or three miles was succession
OF fine fields. with abundant shocks of grain but the
forest was only mile distant each side. Then rough
rocky ground was covered with small growth OF frs
and white birch. In one and half hours reached
Bj0rneberg; proprietor Mr. Nordenfeldt The iron
made here has the stamp OF the Bear Ms-not now
running for lack Of water The fuel for heating the
Welding furnace principally gas generated from
peat The maching for grinding roasted ore was Aneri
can The iron made here is shipped to New-York and
Philadelphia.
In the evening visited another mill, four miles distant
belonging to the estate. Twelve hundred people
live on this estate.
Thence trip Of four hours by steamer, over
the northern waters of the Veneer, and was
at Karlstad the neat capital of Vcrmeland
From Karlstad by carriage TO Edvalla, three hours
The NOrs here furnishes waterpower one-third rs
great as of the Mississippi at st. Anhonys Falls
banks Of the river co feet high Vessels from the
sea come to the foot the falls There extensive
iron lumber, and gris mills and brickyards here There
dams and bridges half mile apart One hund-
red and sixty thousand slender pine logs were i'll BOOM
All the charcoal the works made Of slabs frOE
the sawmill Extensive use Is made OF sawdust In gem
Grating gas which other things heats the bakery
The furnace is after patent of Lemdin Purity Of gas
is considered 10 have good effect on ron The process
four years. The iron mill is 800 feet long
by 40 feet high. There two welding furnaces, two
welding hammers two finishing hammers, 81 forgestwo
mumbling hammers. The blooms are shipped 10 In
gland. Some bars go to New-YOrk for WIRE Five
hundred woRmcn are employed, 10 of them i'll the iron
works
next took six hours drive northeastery, by forest
and some FARMS crossed Kara Riverin fer1y-boat,
rOwed by two boys and girl to M6ubacka. the mana
ger of which is Mr. FTberger, manufacturer Of iron ana
lumber combined Steel is also made here by the Old
concentration process, and shipped to Sicily. The com
pany have shipped iron to the United States this year
there are three forges and the bars are hammered.
Three hours drive brought to Ostanas, Proprietor
Mr.. Cronoborg The manufacture of iron here com
menced two centuries ago. The location Is good,
with uncommOnly fine view Of island and lake for
several miles mountains In the distance, There are six
FORCES and two mumbling hammers. The rollingmill
| the third established in Sweden and
| built twelve years ago. 1t is model OF tdiness
The following shows the cost tun of delivering iron
from here NewYork Ostanos to Gutenberg, freight,
s.; Gutenberg to New-York, freight, o. 90; wharf
penses, cts weighing, 40 cts; clearing fees II cts;
weighing flor consignment. 70 cts. commission, - 80;
total cost, 81 &c.
On the invitation Of Mr. Cronoberg visited the house
Of peasant the estate. 1t ordinary peasant
house Of wood one story high painted red, with the
reddish tiles large brick chimney, and open fire.
places containing two goodSized rooms In one was
woman weaving cloth Of cotton and wool. ut appears
that house looms had been in common use among the
peasants mp the flush times Of 1885, when they were
laid aside Within years they have been resumedJ
the occupant this house has its and fifteen acres OF
arabic land and his fuel from the forest for $40 per year.
keep six head Of cattle the place. and can earn
500 per year making charcoal for the prOpretors He
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large proportion Of the workmen in the Swedish iron
works are quite young Some OF the barroling is
done entirely by boys from 1G to 20 years old.
At MOnkfors witnessed the manufacture OF steel by
the-Niarten process, with alleged modern improve
men The proportions of iron melted six hours by
gas from sawdust The contents Of the furnace
filed five molds with ingots weighing pounds each
Four men attend to the filling and removing Of the
mods The product Of MunkfOrs works TO this time this
year has 5000 OF bar and rod iron aud li0o
| tuns OF steel.
From Munkfors drive of three and a-half hours via
Rada and Udderhom took TO Resberg. the residence
Of the chief director OF the UdderhOm Company Mr. f.
j. Danieson. The works OF this Company, beside Munk
fors and Gustafsors include several mills and mines.
From Resberg via Apsland and Otterdalen, 10 five
| hours to NOtkamshyttan, where is kiln and blast
furnace Of the UdderhOlm Company. The furnace Is "A
feet HIGH feet square at base and has outlets The
feet Of the furnace is granite the rest brick Ii was
erected in 1854 "a furnace Of the Company at Gus
tafsfors this Winter is so feet high The buld
ing covering and roasting kiln il 50 feet by
100 feet on ground feet of base OF building Tho
warmth Of the blast 1902 Celsens Twenty-One
the furnace. The product Is 800 tuns Of pigron per
| month. The last campaign" OF this fur
mace continued IS months it Is now under
| going repairs that will last month The
worknen making artificial stone hearth of cement.
The manager of the furnace is Mr. FOssander stout,
active OF so years. who has followed the iron bust
ness about 80 years, and by prudence laid up 1900
short drive took TO the mines OF Faberg; Man
ageT Mr.. Massberg These mines have been worked 200
years Fifty per cent Of the is pure iron. One mine
feet deep there three shafts 400 feet deep
| They employ miners and 20 other workmen. Twelve
thousand taken out per year. More could
be raised but the deem prudent have regard
| TO the future.
NOrdmark, mile distant, is equally large mine.
Powder is used in blasting; the manager thinks nitro