Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-26
Iron Works at AIeyapd.;,

lCnrr" spondence OF the Alexandra Gavo,..,
PlITsBCkG, Pa, May "a, lS77.-I have ;n..
arrived after trip up the Mabonipg VaiIor
through YOUNGSTOWN. New Castle, Bs,rs'
Falls aud Sharon, to Cleveland, 0. At Besvs.
Falls visited gas well now bored 2,Ol5 fee,
aud they iu;eld to 20 1900 feet after g.s ~
supply iron works. This we'll DOW suppIie. -
the cutlery works SIS 900 iu value of ras ns.3
to heat the s;eeI, temper the knives, &c. \,
the cutlery works | saw sixty heather Cbnao.
at work, sold by their agent for term Of vas,s
to that company. At Cleveland, OHIO, I s,u
several ships unoadlug Lake Superior iron ara.
for use 10 the furnaces of Cleveland, YanDa.s
'nwn, Sharon, New Castle, Pit,sburp. p,
Il suesvl!lc, OAlO aud other points. All IT,,
Alexandria has 70 do Is 10 20 to work. cuI,ic.,,
the rich crops u minerals on her lines Of r,
road, aud 5000 shall she reap tne harya,, Of
wealth that WISE God has certainly rr,rr,ci
for this generation. A wise Creator na, Gona
moro Tor VlrpsuN than Tor any other Stare i,
the U.loD. Alas Der people have ST. tar dore
less. | affirm that which know. ii xaui-a
| should be the PlttsbuIg o. Nrgiuiu, the BIZ
| mlngham of the Uulon. | need uJt tell y.n
how / thank you :or your If Jrtl to orsan.Z..
| Board OF Trade. | was lDirci >urprisel :,
! hear you had u sucn bari. Ii solved the
mystery to me- Why Al-xanIrla was no tuthcr
advanced thaC whom my ta:ar. loaded wagons
for the Valley O Virginia in lSl2, Oh KY
street. Ii IS such Ierhargy thai makes yuur
negh5Gring cOua les repr, scat 90 gIna'cr prp.
ulatlou than IL 1897. Thus Fanquler couoly las
less. Awake Let your Bjarl Jl Trad. grt a.
a carefully prepared pamphlet. laying before
this people the advantages Of AL X!Ddria with
carefully prepared statistics. a. u rhn w0nar
full resources Of Alexandria for iron produc ion.
As to the iron ores Of Farq1ler. allow ,us to
say ll.;.; thcy can b. III Gej 20 much c.rlr.r
than The Perry and HuckI0u Gu lty, OnG, r.c>.
where lron, cGa aud tImrstOne are 10 q ~ *
tapo>:trUO. ADD berg 50 uuch .ich.r .uasb.,lc
ores, t:om their very nature OeiGg superior %
carbonate. that y5u can 'rtalnIy waka pIs l!oa
as ch.&p as 10 this new Ohio rcgoo where, 10
spite of depression in the lrou trade las! ycar.
i've pew furnaces were erected, and where you
caU make cieap pig irUE. there Gu b: mad,
chc3p na'u'"c ured iron, r4lj-, nails, cfu o
Ties, rcuud, 1ulre aud hoop lron aud from
FauQ her crrs steel and is produces. agrlcu
rural implements. &. Let your cjma.iree
4 I'd out ne loves. rates that metaI,ltrruus cJke
can be delivered in Alexandria via canal. OF
from kanawha, 10 quantity OF say 5000 tons,
aud th- lowest rates nt freight on roo ores
from Fauqnler AMI Wsrreo. 1T tb III IsY
stress upJu b"log a. tljcWater COUNTIES. EEcG>e
these suggestions. 1t may he Interesting 10 your
readers to get s0m" Information a. tn jnH c,>>
Of populal lGn the building up Of maui eure>
will INTRODUCES. | have had goJd opportunity
to study the character OF The iron workers #
Pennsylvania and Ohio. Thus last week, 4;
New Castle, [, by invitation, speut the utlht
With an iro7 pud Her; Sunday, at Ct!vciaai,
diued with al iron roller found them geo.
tlcm"u, their wives ladies' their chi dren nra;,
wi! behaved aud intelligent, and heir h1.De>
the ao0des d! comfort and happlD"SS | an
enthusiastic over the development Of |rsOl.s
resources. aud | rel ice 10 sac IL x.nIa.
through your gailant lead at las; AWAKE. !
would that all Virginia. oct onjy wts almost,
bur ltoscther as enthusiastic a teci 10 'hl-
cause.-the cultivation aud utI development o.
her crop OF rocks her grand resources. |
wish to cali your city Board Of frad"s a'tcG.
ton to The fact that whco he proposed Ta'if'll
from Cumberland to th" Potomac apd Savage
river coal f:lds. ab1y" B,) ,mIng'on l. flushed
it is estimated thar coal can b" delivered 10
AL xludra at 81. 50 per ton, 81 les, tha' o",
and cake iroul lack aIm0-t as cheap. US
delivering coal 10 Alexandria BY caHaI almost IS
cheap a. at Pittsbu!g, Or within Say ~ cents
per toD, ami iron ores, first qut'it III! S'.''
per ton cheaper. W. u. D"tULAH'