Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-24
A SCARE CROW.
Pittsburgh Manufacturers Lose In
tersst in the Iron Furry.
THE ORE BROKERS INTERVIEWED

PITTSBURGH, Pa, November 9Th,
iron manufacturers this morning seen
to have lost interest in the recent fur
~, and regard it as a sguall which ha:
already about blown over. The report tele
graphed last night that steel rails could be
made at the present time for $32 per ton,
was based upon an interview published in
one of the morning papers. 1t turns out
that the party making the statement had no
knowledge of the business, and those who
ought to know say that rails at so will in
vnlye loss to the maker at the present
WI,.s0sa Of fMhae.AsAs.-s-aHs<h- n 4ss2,5E-1--
brought out the question as 70 what extent
steel is likely to supercede the use Of iron,
as it has been said by some that the mills
engaged in the manufacture OF iron by the
pudding process are in danger of having
their trade taken from them by the Besse-
mer..men. To-day member of the firm OF
Painter Il Sons, in a talk upon the subject,
held that Bessemer steel, as it is now
msde, is totally unfit for uses to which iron
is put
"In the line OF hoops" said he, 'it has
been
Tried and Found Defective.
In the liquor trade particularly barrels
have to be tightened up every six months.
1t has been demonstrated that hoops made
from Bessemer steel lack the elastic quail
ties necessary and generally break in the
second driving. In general merchant bar
it is difficult 10 work Bessemer steel, as it
does not make good weld. For structural
purposes steel may take the place OF iron,
but for general uses it may be some time
before steel supercedes the puddled iron"
Another gentleman who is regarded as
authority on all matters pertaining to the
iron interest expressed the opinion that
steel is
Fast Crowding OHt Iron,
although he held that the cheapening Of
both products will in the nature of things
cause new uses to be found for puddled
iron, and hence keep the same number and
perhaps more puddlers at work.
"ln the manufacture of boiler plate par
ticularly," said he, 'Steel has taken the
place of iSon. BY the way Pittsburgh has
the honor OF making the first good boiler
plate OF steel. 1t was made under the man
agement of Mr.. Wells, of. Hussey, Wells &
Co. In agricultural implements steel is
largely used where iron was formerly put.
To-day was called upon by gentleman
who is largely interested in the stamping
business. He uses large amount of sheet
iron but informs me that he now uses sheet
made from Bessemer steel as il stamps clear
ery made better line of goods, and
Costs No More Than Puddled Iron.
The requirements of the plating for naval
vessels now calls for steel plates. and this
is one branch which was formerly supplied
by the iron trade"
Mr.. Lindenttal, the engineer in charge
of the Smithfeld street bridge, states that
the ACCESSIBILITY of using steel instead of
iron in bridge building is still an open one
with engineers. Although steel may be
struction in the matter of drilling, &c, is
much above that of iron.
In reference to the
Approaching ReadIustment Of Wages
in the Bessemer mills, neither side are in
centafa t;5taa 70 express H9ffg Che views of the
manufacturers, said this morning that be
anticipated no trouble on that score, but
from the sentiments expressed by num-
her of workmen il is evident that they are
DISPOSED to scan the whole matter very
closely when it comes to arranging next
wears rates. lone very bad feature In
trade" said gentleman this morning, rs
that there is a sliding scale, such as the
iron men have The rate of wages is settled
for year, and it is argued by the men that
the trade which compels reduction Oh
wages at the first of every year, may I'M
prove before the close, but the wage
workers profits remain the same.