The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-20

.o..;sl correspondent of the New
-, Times has been making a tou
~" ..,,,b the iron districts OF Easter
',''S y, SS,p,r,l Pennsylvanis, and unde
- -. ot Reading, llth inst gives a yer!
'' ,.,ins account Of what he saw ant
..; He seen in the demand a
-, b,iog made upon the iron fur
., PENNSYLVANIA abundant evi'
-. ,' -. Of the material advancement o
=. ,,pntry at large. He says;
80, n, present time there is being
i;o tbis State more iron than il
a'3; ;,..a - bv all the combined furnaces
r',IsDd and continent of Europe
y; : ever, ton Of raw pig metal thai
- :: way to the forge ls run from
- rsriye ore in the United States,
~ ~.i.s fscr, which, above all Amer
:. -, =, msnv noteworthy strides, is the
-, non,rceienred in the annals OF lie
. ...o,v The traveller having occasion
.,,,.: through the valleys OF Eastern
:o,.''a.y,vania !, cannot fail to note the
= .}s,,,I business being done Through
'.,,. ,rss, bets OF coal. iron ore and
~. ,.,1nt country is where at least
...,. ,,p-,, q OF our iron is manufsc
- Up,n the tracts owned by the
,-,r.,o.5a penple in that section, iron
=. =. o,,d in one field and limestone
yo.ner Along the mountain sides
=; ,:,inc the premises they mine coal,
,.,,,.pins i irwn from the hill-tops is
,r,, stream Of water. A railroad
:: !. il, say along the borders, and for
,,.,in, these Pennsylvanians build fur
,,s. and along with their usual crops
4 Whist. oats AMI corn, they turn ont
Iron by wav OF variety at the rate
me or Two hundred tons per day.
Furnaces are going up in all parts OF
a,i,oa AID limestone Country, he says.
81 the expression, "a furnace every
q. miles" Is common throughout the
.,,9 which he trsversed. All the
..rsces hid len away among the lofty
srt alon. the streams and rail-
1ly. are roaring. AMI smoking, and
]sny, and smelling, and moulding
:.Of pig ron, night and day, to the'r
-.-,t capacities" yelling a golden
iyes, to the iron ayr culturlsts y
;.4ta a. is the Production, it does not
1,eri the demand. The correspondent
.rr'u.s:
When Enslsnd shipped iron to this
y.ntry our resources were able TO sup
=, about seven t.nlh' Of onr national
22and Now, England ships no iron
otis country; our national demand
'ery nearly double that OF a year ago
readily can be seen the immeust
ri, in prospect, when the TACT is con-
e-ri that our capacity has not at al
zen enlarged ErIor to a few month
81. Millions of dollars OF capital ar,
,:'s invested in the extension and de-
u0onent OF tits branch OF Pennsyl
WAS resources. Pig iron can be pro
'lcei At an average first cost OF iron
S}u$l7 per ton, according 10 Location
So convenience at had. A cieal
III: o. rom S35 to S45 per ton II
aie. and WHEN the produce ranges
TN ore N two hundred tons per day
@.a.,.e.ate W, fits Of a day. bus nest
5. 'e re,d Iy calculated Pennsylva'
:t'aHi. monarch OF the iron trade It
.,.'y respect, ami bids tair TO double
.g-,st wealth in that branch OF oul
2''i'ys mot important resource
>o:- msNy wears TO come
10 Drier 10 get the views OF a repre-
"';Nye man among the iron masters
=: Correspondent visited and inter
'''si Henry 5. Eckert, OF R-ading
huesn' jet o. the -toppage OF ship
-.,;.of r,o 'rom England, and kun
III ipic>. that gentleman said:
4 sre.t many reasons are given fo'
@'s1s eNsou OF shipments OF pig lror
I'm Ergiaud; but | presume rh'
H'GgaI ore is thev cannot afford 4
".'!n ron to America as things a
r,',nt exist. The iron ore mines o
: ;a'd are all o d and we'll worn. II
- chetp times of the Kingdom. or
80 sp.'rry, and labor was to be had a
"H little cost. Now, the opposite u
"' case. Naive ore is extremely rare
VI .ahor ,s only to be had at advance
q" England now receives most o
'Ne tom Spain. Bv the time /
'A,.'s Z :! gu furnaces and is smelteC
. sI,h labor the fir-t C st Of tn,
,'sfaI l. advanced ul.y lU0 pr cen
awe 'he orlgnnaI Cost OF produce. Th,
'''ise ar't cost of iron in En- gland l
rs much. it no, more, than it is il
''eonairy. At one me the En'hsl
q y-.'4 o'e and producei iron at abol
V Nsli Der ton; now the cost ma.
~ as hith as SIS or $40. The
~ Cnmpe with America even a
."'''e, hut England has not sufficlen
~ " her own consumption. 1t i
!T'tfsIIy known, but tor the fir
-' N the history of this countr,
,,S; "F''Ca has shipped iron 10 Englant
q. 'i'a0lase. The increased demand
:, - more than the natural result
-. "e avs Of trade. The Prussia'
:, 'h'snslon and development OF neV
- 'A lines, and the restocking an(
49,. 'ne Of old lines, have been tn
,,,.I ~, means Of bringing about tn
,,. 'ei demand. In America tn,
,', '':' stands very nearly the same
va "ao' new railroads has apparently
:. 'n. All over the country ar
l.. ,On ~, oands being spiked to the sills
,,,sP S'Pie Of nearly every State ar
y..s y's me prosr-ss Of one or two i'm
y, fa'iroad highways among them
,nnanu'acturing com panies are dali,
.,.., ..,,osaolzed; cities are being bull
,,, ,U'nlsht; trade in all direction
r,5,,rslng; manufactured iron i
ljs, jIy huding its way into every
;lt :, .S Sna snpplanting wood and stone
-,.. 'ooVe all these, our cd railwa,
r.r.. a'e becoming worn, and neV
I'm and %, accomuaniments are goin,
Ia, we are producing iron of th,