, 1875-09-11

The T.nks Superior region fEtniaios Ill tho ore
that ls ncelad and works st shfa point. or 40
noar I. M 10 bo euhstantatlv here. trafsmute
tho rig.iron. into w!lc., Hhapo It IN wranGht for
eonamotce, to iron OF steel sata. 1!thoat whlt',
1t won!d, obviously, bo imraaAb!e to bnild
railroad.
M lealsro III rtc.t or iron ara moro widely or
moro fn,orably knnun THAI \. Il. Menkor & Co.
Ihoir otlico fs lncktcd in Chicago, No. o. Walk
ingson street. though TIM mills in which iNoy ara
Immediately intoreuted or Ut which tl,oy aro tho
so!e aeonts nra situated nj various rci'its IN TIM
No, tllnekt. Their business III Bo largo an to rink
t!,ptn Tho very h'avicnt iron slahlcA III Tho Cnn-
try, Haro it,ea of tho magnitude Ut thoiT opnr.
ntnns n1ny 10 gathered from htateuann. of LII:
hus!ncss ihoy have dono this year: they have
sud. oycr 7>.t0l tons ri hlcel and iron rns anil
ust1' lol.0ot iolia nt riE isol These. aud other
incidental na.on. win bring the aggregate Of their
transactions this year 10 over :1o0ln. N'--s
aonlest!nns Il hna!nnAs IN iron. n tho rcader noId
hardly ,o t0l
A. D.. ArfEa1 d. t'o. aru tho solo agents for
The .J.tle. l"on and Steel Company.
The t}rDcn BAY Iron Company. OF 0rocn Lay,
WISCONSIN.
lilo National lion Company, OF DeFcrc, NIA-
conafn. ..-.. .--,....
Tho slcno.nince Iron Company, of Nlonominoe,
Wisconsin.
OF ihoso tho heat kunvn. sud perhaps tho
u'oss Important. ia tim ,Ialirt frnn mil Atnsl
tihn AH Joliet ts but 40 mllRt tron Chicago,
and the wurks aro immediately on tho canal
~ we'll al on snvcial lines OF Railroad, tnY
aro no nsAr Chicago IN to be- reg arsod rs really
Doton1lnE to tho tnctropolip. Tho estabttll-
Mons ,contihting OF f'nnornns detached mild
inEn, all conatrnalod con,uso1iouAly and subbtan-
italy, IL 1rnmenhe. 1t turns oat stco' frogs aud
CROSSINGS. htceiau{l ir1n rnlIs a,t q: tho latter
| han d capuclty Of III, U0n totls ier annuu,.
Mr. A. u. Mooker III plea'dnnt of 10th the Ma.
stonai !ron COMPANY, of DsI'erc, snl u tho
| Menanlnco Company. Bath ara large cstnlI-
| l,amoutH, and, under careful management, arc
| havlnx q full tpcaauro Ut hncceAs. Tho Green
lay, tho Dcrcio. and tho Nononnnec hre working
To theis nltnnet capacity, snl are turning Gil i'm
| menhs quantities ul charcoal aud pig metal.
lhe latter lB usc.l largely in nteol works for tho
| Manufacture Of i3osuonler Etoel rails.
VIM four Immense m,iia be}inil thbm, thrco
| pf which hro III tbs iron country smelling ore.
| il ii not to bo wondered nj tim. A. IT, Mccker 4
Co. do tic flrgest plg.irDu business IN tho co,t!,.
Try. II IL d fact easy of demonstration TINT no
othor concern approacl'cu tl'em ~ tho anionnt of
| ynEuo uf the piE-iron product. Their trx1o sx-
| tctsls Housh ar II: as Louisville and st. Louis,
nor,h to Dulusb, and ~cst to tho Rocky Noun,
tainH. ...
They hAvo reached their prnaont ackno owledge1
| and Responsible btlHncSh IN tli8 great trade hY
enterprise and fsir dealing: 10 a!i consumers
of r:g.iron md iron and Bteel rails they
are known au men OF large resources To iI-
trust the !inR Ut contract to them II to be
certain thai it will bo carried nnt IN 1cttor ant
: spirit ta tho full tatlsfaolion OF tho purchasing
! party.
1t IL not necessary to dwe,' npnn tns merits oi
| tho firm. for shuse nro flllv acknowledgedb by The
huslHoys cou,nlln1t7, but a. un moIton os rail-
road supplies uould bs con,ploto without retcr-
enco to the mlIls nan1od ntth the firm which Ia
| thor sole syont, it became noceHanty tD DO ful
| Justice 10 4. L. Meekcr 4 Co.
It il Hcou that in tho singIa commodity Of pig
iron thoy do tho targcst business In the country,
whereas III othc. lorIb OF irun. in Rtecl Rnd iron
rails, and Tho incitentAls for tho compilation oi
| trac9. they do an inm4n2e business. and onc
! which Is always increasing.