The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-08
1,lr IRON TRADE.
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wv pittsburgh Meeting.
,monp the interesting documents sub
lifted 70 the gathering OF iron and stee
.,,phctirers at Pittsburgh on Tuesday
=. tbe advance sheets OF the report o
4. secretary Of the Iron and Steel Asso
diton, -,
An tables giving the statistics of trade
w,be past year, and making comparisons
rtbe las. seven years. Itshows that the
N, 1873 witnessed an increase in the pro.
heiOa OF pig iron, over 1877, Of 262,'
7Dp;. Ii II similar rate Of increase be
.tp,aincd in 1870, the production in this
MI will equal that Of either the ex-
.sionaly productive years of 1872 and
IN while much less rate would make
d, production in 1880 100000 tons.
Ne secretary holds that the increase is
he not only to the activity among the
sRl works, but also to an improvement
business at our foundries, machine
Sop, &c; The prices, however, have
rlsd lower The lowest price was in
November, when iron was Sl6.5O per ton; ;
10 lSfTi the lowest price was SlS.S7l. The
taes show that the production OF
aihncc pig iron has steadily declined.
les than fifty years ago the pig iron made
lthis country was made with charcoal.
Ia ISIS less tIlan u per cent was made
Ethit BituminOus coal comes first and
anthracite next, us fuel, in the production
5tpig girOn, which is a change from former
yeis. The States which increased their
production OF pig iron in 1873 were Yer
mont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Ohio, Illinois. Wisconsin and Oregon.
Those who decreased their production
Eere Maine, Massachusetts,, Maryland,
Michigan and Missouri. North Carolina,
Texas and Indiana made pig iron in
lS1I but made none in 1878. None OF the
Territories made any pig iron in 1877 or
ISIS. The increased production OF 1873
over 1871 was 9692, 7777G net tons, and OF this
increase the share Of Pennsylvania was
1921 tons, or y per cent. Ohio in-
te1sel her production in 1878 over 1877
ODly about 10000 tons. OF the total pro-
dHtOi 9,57H7 ,3il tons in 1878, Pennsylva-
la made l,'49,G33 tons, or just 81 per
aat That State has but once exceeded
hd production Of pig iron in 1878; that
VS. in lS799, when ,40l ,407 tons were
nlde. Twenty States were making pig
inn in ISIS, md no new from working
territory was developed. Allegheny
,acnty made the exceptionally large pro-
taa during the year OF 2l7,290 tons. It's
Stt record before that was in 1873, when
&i9 tons were made. The Shenango
Valley decreased its product over 1900
lbs. The other districts show an increase
Faenlly. At this time there are nine
snaCe being erected OF which two are
SPitsbufgh, one at Johnstown and the
sheE in the South. Three new furnaces
Iete built last year and twenty.seven
sanlOned. The less number OF furnaces
hblayt in 1878 and the increased produc-
ton show that there was an improvement
aIumace working, which, the Secretary
alys, is partly due to the use OF Connells-
vile coke. The tables Of steel production
Ihow that Pennsylvania stands in the lead,
Producing over 46 per cent OF the whole
iaOunt manufactured. Illinois comes
isxt making one.half as much. Pennsyl-
r,nia also stands away ahead in the man
Clsture Of mills, making over a million
ial quarter tons.
Prizes fell during the year. The decline
apis iron was 50 per cent; in bar iron 40
ff cent; in steel rails, G5 per cent, and in
non rails, 50 per cent.
The report also contains a number oi
abes, but the following is the most i'm
Prtlnt Tor which we have room now: