New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-15
JEON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES.

STATISTICS FOR THE PAST TEN We rs.
yrpnrr or HE CrN>rS oFrICE-GEAIlfllNG
pro.rFcrs- ASTONISHING ADV NNCIMLNl II lHE
SOUTH.
WA,mIxGroN, April 1i.-Thc Census Of
Zee to-day issued bulletin on Tue IRON
and steel industries 81 th" tnit'n S''''7
which shows the number and capacity ~ the blast fur
ocs rolling mills steel works forcc- and h'maii'- 10
be United states nj the class Of the Census year May
81. 1850. tohc "a follows:
Ma, furnace c-tahli.h mcn,s 400 completed h''.t
,r,o. al rolling min establishments. 81 sil"
nidnc furnaces each lorblc furnace counting n- u.s."
.irplr furnaces. i.3l9; rpary puddlue l"ih'''
sellers /: banks rudlling furnace. 10; mmm'i.
In mon rolling mills. 25J; l'atlu- furnace 100
trains of rolls in iron rolling mills l-o6 nan ''
3775; stcct work-,.7j; H"@eCl'or st',l '""t
open hearth steel furnace, -; pot h"r- ny ct' ,'
steel 2G9l trains Of rolls IN steel T9rN-. i,. 'i,
mcrs steel works. Il9; i'iE'- ana '.'.'l.' -.
fnrgc and houar, fires. 4Hj; ~icinru's r'ia"r nam
m 1ert t,r,. in net t"m-. H., dni caif, Of
rolling mills net tons. lGi""; dAii' '"'" ny "I -
scmcr steel cou,cricr- ia net ton, 40 d C'i"'HE
of opcn hearth steel furnace "a net tons -. ohl
capacity of craciblc -tcd ""rtt iu NJ tons - "'''
The whole number 0f establishments IN 49," VIZ
l. 005 In SOU va. -ns Tie I"rr"nt'rr q" in'I 49,"
establishments wcrc, G"w''"r. un,n tna.'I Ih ','
than in $50 A. III" cnlar't, ~ baa, ',,i,,l fr y
comparison the capacity OF an The M"IA- W we wv"
rcri. d. The daily capacity Of the blast iuii ,'- I'D
$50 Vas 80 tons. and in l~-0it Wa 1915 toms All
| increase of 1909 per cci
steel tuJustrtrs 81 the Jared st..i,- ~ l--o Wis
S23G97I--i: in 100 it was Sl-l,''-,"'i increase
SlUgl g9.~lO. or 9."- P'r cont .t
In 80 thcr, tW'utrn 'c S4ir- 'nenrci lh iNr
manufacture OF iron and rir'l or lh' 0,lu I".'
does not appear in The statistics "i l--" ~ '""' H.
| dnciou In 1870 dill NOT argr,s"" 800 ton hr
iron industry IN nj. 5t"iI '- "tn p',c tor
the first time cnraerd IN The mHn"'., 'n.' l %" ,
ni 1t rvs" TrrIiorcs nanuy Utah aud w}omiIe eta
did not not. hoVc'tr, uaby ANY r" I'D - u I' =
and il Nil make lager guWuy in Tie near 'nii''.
california and Washington II .fi"ry have nhI'
rc Minnesota appears in ESQ forthr ir-t tim" nm"
iron manufacturing ~ia"- bat DE -iii TO-
10 the preparations that haNt been nhi' l." ,hn'I ~
The Iul'-. Thirty state. The District ~ "nid anu
| Wyoinin. Territory actually nnd IRON 80 80 Twelve
vania which for more than hundred f'ir- nH- 4" :,
| the lead ~ iron producing -ia'c III ihr n,'I' i'
| rro.luct and in ls~G II made traction over ~ l"r
cent Al both periods lis r"Inu'h'r III 10, Ii'I d,
~ ~ " IN, "a q ',' ,i,. v i r vs. hole count ~
tons 10 7.2G3lIO tons. olio We TIE nc'i 0'H', ii
prominence In is79 and II held thc same Iinh ~ i>'
TONS and $50 It lr"'f& '3 ,l . to9-' IN
nTnn,snc" IN $50 Ta- Nc~i,rk. aud il naui.inc
hi. rank $50. but ITS growth icl iaI ".G% VA, ~
its Two sister states above mentioned ~ 200
dnccd fi-257 tons. and in l-so u YI"hu',d ~
tons, an increase Of 80 per Gi ,o. t II %- NIX
in $50 alihn,i. in tl1i year produced &i3-to tons
an neISa1T G - wch rfodmccd in 80 only 27Gi
tom while in 1850 n produced 1907 tons an lfI'dN'
of AT.
GucnI az i2l tons in that year while ~ l--O II pro
duccd only llO.J3l tons, an increase 81 j" t 'I',
cnu,iug 4; to drop 10 the twelfth pec Inc rlAth SlH
i'm rank in $50 Missouri with production uI 3l-"o
| tons which WAS increased to l2','S ton. III I@7u'
ar az ncr cent giving II the tenth lac" III that year
Wchitau Increased ts production In the ten years IRON
az 81 IONS 10 7lG tons. 80 per cent. taking me
i,Itb mace I'm rank ia $50 Wisconsin increased us
nriuction from ~ pa tons {" 500 tonH or - per
cent living if the sixth place IN $50 INDIAN produced
~ us in $50 and 9Gll7 In 1850 an Increase nf
30 urr cent Ofthc Ncwnsland states MaH~cl us IA
stvs thc greatest growth H. the ten years, 1ncr asG
frnn SO 4G IN 570t" l,%2l tons III l7.O or Ol
| rer cent, placing 1t ninth III rank. .
Astonishinc progress made in the ten wears IN
several Southern States. West virginia Increased s
,'rodr0n from 7237 tons Ia f7iS7 tons, or lol per
cent giving II the seventh place IN 1850 Anbahh III
crcnsrd from To 62SG tons, or ~ per cen
Sort increased from 1854 tons 10 30, - tons or 20,
ncr cent Tennessee increased from 3i3OJ toms I" aV
IONS or 25 per cent Kentucky Increased from So -
go to l237 tons. - per cent placing u ttNrlh
i'm rank In 1880 Delaware increased rom $50 t" ~.
"a al Y tons or per cent virginia increased rom
~ goa tons 50 722 toms or u per cent All lht states
Which ,nn,e iron steel III 1870 Increased helr loduc
| Ton In 1850 except Mainc North Carolina ana South
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