Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-05

inspected the terminal facilities OF the
port on Monday expressed their amaze
ment at the quantities OF ore, pigs and
rails they met at the piers, and they saw
for the first time the purple ore winch
is coming here in thousands oil tons, to
90 TO the iron furnaces after the copper
had been extracted across the water.
The custom house weighers and Inspect
ors are busy all the time, and the forces
have been increased to meet the demands
of the customs service. The past three
working DAYS the receipts from duties
on iron have been $4,000 Yesterday Il
vessel with 2,S20 pieces Of old rails from
Waterford, Ireland and 800 tons OF ore
from st. NaZaire, France, and snip
load from Liverpool entered the port,
One day last week eight vessels iull or
partly filled with iron were entered at
the custom house. The custom author
tiles and the railroad companies are do
inc earnestly all they can to keep the
iron moving, and the business is going
on more smoothly than it did seyerai!
weeks ago. Complaints OF scarcity OIL
cars and other causes of delay are still
heard. however The Baltimore and
Ohio has bonded new iron yard at To-
Gust Point, and other facilities are
being created with expedition. At
Locust Point the cars are run down
on the piers alongside the vessel,
the iron put on board, and when
three or more cars are loaded they are
sepatelv weighed ON huge scales, the
weight of the ears being previously
I'll, ,n-,ri- Il InnA hV fnn
customs people, and goes on day and
night. As train after train Is made up,
it is dispatched Tor the interior, many
for Pittsburgh, and others Tor points
in ONO, Illinois, &c. The statements
made by business men who are re-
ceiving and handling the iron are to the
effect that the impOrtations have IN fact
but fairly commenced \ railroad
official stated this week that the
quantity will average | 900 tons day
for the next IL MONTHS The Balu-
more JOuUd Of Commerce says that IRON
information obtained through rella-
Lle sources it may be stated
that our impOrtatiOnS OF IRON
and iron ore during the next year
will amount to about 100000 tons, and
may EtdCll IiEiltl h-ulOo' ~ blAhS '''''
immense quantity will require so car
goes of GOO tons each, and as nearly all
Of it will 90 West, TO ship it from Balt-
more will require about 10000 cars,
equal to 1000 trains of - ears each, or
am average OF nearly seven trains day
for tine three hundred working days OF
1880" One Baltimore house reported
sales of 100000 tons, which is included
i'm the amount above stated. The United
States has suddenly become prompt
customer for about all the ore and odds
and endsof scrap-iron that Europe has to
dispose of, and the trade seems likely to
do a good deal towards restoring the
balance OF trade. The generally accept
eel reason for this influx is that IN the
past wears of business depression tine
iron manufacturing interest was IN q
great measure suspended until the
country was practically in an iron famine.
The return to prosperity brought de-
mand which was immediate, and our re-
sumed production cannot meet II. The
iron goes into general use for the manu-
facture Of nearly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
railroad bars, cars, bridges, buildings,
hardware, &c. The facilities for prod uc-
ton in this country will grow with a
steady demand.