Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-24
THE IRON TRADE.
The Latest Statistics Of the Furnaces, &C..
In the United States.

| III luo Ot-ltou othteb.
The general depression during the
| past few years, consequent on the panic
of 1878, caused the stoppage Of many oI
the IRON and steel works Of the country
and caused many changes in ownership,
the sheriff assisting i'm this last particu'
lar. year ago tine revival in business
| produced marked effect ON the iron
trade AZ is well known, and furnaces,
| iron mills and steel works long idle were
again put in operation, aud in many
cases by new owners. The changes pro.
duced. first by hard times, and recently
by the late boom, have been 81
many and important, that new direct
ory Of the iron and steel works OF the
country, with the names Of their pres
ent owners, was called for, and the
American Iron and Steel Association has
been engaged for three or four months
in supplying this want. IL has collected
information concerning every blast fur.
mace, rolling mill steel works, forg" and
hlOOmary IN the United States, showing
the names Oi their owners, their post
office address. the size, character and
capacity Oi the different works, kind OF
raw materials used, date Of erection, etc, 1,
etc. All this information has been COM
pressed into volume OF two hundred
pages, which has been printed and will
be ready for delivery 10 members OF the
association during the coming week.
The following statistics, taken from
the preface, will show the scope of the
work: Number of completed blast fur
naces, March /, 1850, 697; number Of
blast furnaces building on March |,
1880, % bitumiuous, II anthracite, .
charcoal: total A.; annual capacity OF
completed furnaces, in pig iron, net
tons, Il, 500 ,0OO; annual capacity OF 203
btuminuus furnaces, net tons, ,S25 900;
annual capacity of 22S anthracite fur
naces, net tons, 2.G0O,0OO; annual capa.
citp oi POD charcoal furnaces, net tons,
1913, 900; number of completed rolling
ing mills and steel works on Nav
!, 1850, 3S2; number Of rolling mills
and steel works building March
|, 10; number Of single pudding fur
naces ia double furnace counting as two
single ones) 4,497; number OF heating
furnaces, 2,il9; number of trains of
rolls, 1867; annual capacity oi rolling
mills in finished iron, net tons, 10000;
annual capacity OF rail mills in heavy
rails, net tons, 2,l5OOOO; number Of
rolling mills having nail factories, IS;
number OF nail machines, i,l52; number
oi completed Bessemer steel works on
March l., 1850, IA; number OF Bessemer
steel works building March /, 1880, p
number Of Bessemer cOnverters, % com
pleted, 10 building; annual capacity IN
ingots, net tons, completed cOnverters,
l,2jO,OOO; new converters, 5OO,OOO; to-
tai l,7jO,OOO; number OF completed
open-hearth stee. works ON March |, -;
number Of open hearth steel works
building on March |, 3, number OF open
hearth furnaces, SO completed, q build
ing, 50; annual capacity IN ingots, net
tons-completed furnaces, 225,OOO; new
furnaces, 30 600, total, Pa, go; number OF
completed crucibic cast steel works on
March LIST, 50; number of cruclhle cast
steel works building on March LIST, 2;
number of steel melting pots in the
completed works, $3.50; annual Capacl
" in ingots, net tons, 5000; number OF
miscellaneous steel works ON March |,
lNSO. s; number of steel manipulating
works on March /, 1850, 81; number ol
completed iorges one buildingl on
March I, 1880, make wrought iron from
orrl, 90; annual capacity in blooms and
blllrts, net tons, 5000; number OF COM
pleted blOOmaTies tone building) on
March !, $780, (make blooms from pig
iron, 90, annual capacity in blooms, net
tons. SO,UOO.
Early in MAY the Secretary Of the As
sociation will issue his annual report,
which will contain full statistics OF the
iron an steel works OF the United States
during the wear 1879. and much other
Information o. interest aud value tO the
American iron trade, including full re-
view Of the present condition OF the for
eign iron trade.
Hoop Iron Purchases in England.
The English correspondent Of the
AB.SricaH Manufacturer, speaking OF
American purchasing hoop iron, says:
The purchases were made early aud
hurTiedly, and makers accepted terms
at which they declined TO repeat In
short, yOu surprised them; and they had
hardly sOld before crude iron shot up,
and To minimize the loss quality had To
ht AA'h was "OAtA WV
money which was given ior il. Plenty
OF excellent hoop and strap iron is be-
ing rolled here To the order OF United
States consumers or their agents, but 1t
is mostly iron which has been bought
on terms more satisfactory 10 the
makers" ...
Minor Mention.
Strikes aud dear raw material are leg
acies left by the boom"
The glass works st Rochester, Beaver
county, are being enlarged.
The Iapse plpe mill al the Afns iron
works Is IDLE, owing to scarcity OF or
ders.
The Wheeling nail-teeders have been
busy for a week past repairing their nal
machines
The new furnace at the Belmont glass
works, Wheeling, W. Va, is about
ready TO light up. ...
-Four rolling mills. and twentythree
blast furnaces in the Shensngo Valley
are in operation.
The foundry of Liyington X Co,
Washington avenue, Allegheny, is be-
ing enlangsd.