Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-26
Alexandria Iron WOrks-s:upuy's Di-
rect Process.

70 tie editor of the alexandria Ga=ctte
Mr.. Dupuy referring to his process of max
ing iron and steel direct from tho ore. rec5m,
mends for moderate iron works at Alexandria
four furnaces, cost Of erection, Including steam
opgiuc, boiler, &o, So SEQ each. They arc
Sweets gas furnaces. now successfully 10 use
at lIandeyon's steel works 10 Syracuse, N. Y,
and at other places | hnd them very admi.
rable for my purpose. | can use apy kiad OF
reverbcrating furnace, hut this furnace esteem
tho most coDlro'lablc and economical. For the
So 500 | think the tGroac48 would each make
about Two tens Of iron 10 twenty four hours
They can DO mado !lIlc smaller or much
larger, but | think the size this expenditure
would give would bo tho bcs!. Mg process
works very nicely, deoxydi2Dg with li'rmiinous
coal. and at either Of the naints you name,
Alexandria or Washington, that would be tho
cheapest fuel. The demand for blooms by ,his
process OF np3n hearth steel would surpas5 anT.
thing that len such works as you propose could
supply at almos! Goutla cost Of production as
far as | can figure present high prices that
would DO paid for it"
rectiycd letter frGm Mr.. Vim. 4. Sweet,
Of Syracuse. N. Y. tho inventor y! the fur.
nae, recon- mcndcd by Mr.. DupuP. lilo writes
important features. and i. Ei4kcs The gas, and
as it passes through tho ports is there mixed
with the air, which is hot, and then it is form
cd into carbonic acid, which is called combus-
ton tr heath. Tho coat CT such furnaces arc
only about $50 moro than tho Old plau, and
will save so per ct. OF the coal asd Is per ct.
OF tho ordinary waste that Is made by oyylaticn
10 tho furnace. You can have lust the heat
you want 10 them. from q low red heat 10 sd
lntcrso white heat at otc,, or as a0oI IS tho
chamber can possibly be heated you heye
tho gas and cir under tul! couro! by he blast
end damprr, therefore sou can give Just tho
flamo that is wanted fer tits process Of hIr
Dunuy's IN perfection.
MIR. Sweet is tho general manager OF !ho
Sandcrson Bros. steel company CT Syracuse.
This company ia the American branch OF the
celebrated, world renowned Ssndcrson Bros
OF Shefisld, EuglaTd. manufacturing the most
celebrated grade Of steel produced and SOLD ia
England and tho United States.
MIR. Sweet is alaO the President Of Sweets
manufacturing company Of SyrsCaSa. BY the
adoption Of tho Sweet 1ufnac. and its working
at tho proposed AlxindIia. iron works, CIR
tanty Of success will DC guaranteed ; th;ro will
bo no experiment; you will havC furnaces work
log economically aud succe; stuHy, also eoornm.
l.
are enabled 10 mako iron and SIZE! sticks,
also steel direct from Virginia iron o:os by
using tho papuy process, process requiring
30 expenditure for special works or cxDen.
slVe machinery-a process ony requiring
the ore, fuel aud fix to b. properly prepared.
mixed and charged into tho furnace in accjr-
dance With tho patents Of Dupug For either
tho ordinary heating. pudding. Scmen's or
Sweets turuacos oan be used. 4 steam nam.
mer aud swiD0er, required 10 ali steam toree
works sud rolling mills. A chil;an mill or moro
improved ore crusher and orc grinder. necessary
es q part If the machinery OF rolog nliils.
completes the plant. 10 this PROCESS there il !
required 10 complicated machinery the pro |
cess is simple, cheap, consisting only ia the |
preparation and mode OF working tho raw
material III the furnace. aud under tic steam
hammer, into blooms, wrought iron and steel |
stock.
The furnaces and count cted mschictry. work |
leg the Dupuy process, is tho best adapted for |
the manufacture Of the best grades Of blooms |
out OF pig iron OF scrap iron, 50 By tic cstab. |
lishmcnt of the proposed works OF Alexandria |
you can make iron and steel cut Of iron orc d. |
rect BY tho Dupuy process. Mix iron ore, os
Telling, With pig iron or tciap, or uso only |
pig iron and scrap iron 10 the working of your |
furnaces.
HeIc you have 90 experiment 10 lest ycu
knoW what you orc doing. aud you commerc, |
your important enterprise without any risk |
staring you 10 the face 10 Elk mouths from |
the day you commence work in constructing |
your furnaces and placing your machinery in |
position, you may reasonably expect to realize |
8 profit on your Investment equal to the total |
cost OF the establishment, including machinery, /
lot and buildings. Can tho capitalists of Alex
audria 6nd o safer or moro profitable Invest
meut. uUGH THos. DOUGL.S.
CAILE1T's, Va, Nov. 81, 1879
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