Daily Republican., 1882-11-21
Great BsSssmsr Works Proposed,

A special despatch from PittsburR,
rSp says: +. j. Hearn, representing .
lSyholcate OF iron men in Wheeling foT
tne purpose Of placing orders for the
DuildiBg OF q monster bessener steel
works in that city TOR m aking 10 W grade
steel for nails, thus explains the enter.
Iprise:
'The results of our experiments have
been entirely satisfactory and we are
now satisfied that we can make nails
cut Of soft shell cheaper and of a better
quality for the weight than 1t was pos-
slble to do with best puddled iron. We
calculate in Wheeling that we make
about thr!e-seveDths of 'he rails made
In the United States. Over four thou
sand puddlerS are employed in pud-
ding the iron which we cut into rails,
These will all be thrown out of en-.
ployment, unless they see ht to work
at some other branch of labor.
am In this city now placing con-
tracts were they may be concluded at
any time most suitable to the Wheeling
syndicate, for all the necessary equip
meats to he found In first class Besse-
mer works. This Is no small affair.
The syndicate have an unlimited COM
mand Of money and will break ground
in January for the new works. 1t will
have capacity to start with of 500, 600
tons per year Of low carhoL steel The
output the syndicate will divide up iuto
consignment s,acCOrding to the. pacity
OF the different nail mills represented In
the syndicate, and each will got its al
lotment OF 80 many carloads of steel
rail plate per lay from the Bessemer
mill. The principal mills in the Wheel
ing districts are connected with the new
enterprise. Such firms as the Wheeling
Iron and Nail Company, Laughlin Iron
and Nail Works, Martins Ferry; River
side Iron Company, Belmont; LSBslle,
Bellaire, Ben wood, Standard and Etna
Iron Works are interested in the new
project TO put the negative upon the
possibility as puddlers' strikes in the
future. The equipment of the new Bes.
semer works will be three ten tJn con
verters and twenty. We ten-ton Siemen's 3
heating furnaces.
"These will give as at the start q
standing among the producers of Bes-
semer steel In this country almost, i'll
not entirely,eq to the Edgar Thorn as
Works, of this city. We will cheaper
nails and will invite the trade Of the
world for class of light stroug nails
which will in eve.y way Surpass the
old clumsy bending iron nails of the
past. During the recent strike the iron |
men told the puddlers in convention
that the time was coming when they
would be no longer kings OF the forge, |
and in fact that they would live to see
the day when pudding would be ira.
ditton aud puddlers unknown to the |
face OF the earth. The same idea was
before the Tariff Commission,
and some asserted upon that occasion
that there was no purpose for which !
iron Is now used bat that In the mex:
five years would be supplied by low
grade of Bessemer or open hearth steel.
When we begin turning out steel nails
in Wheeling all other nail mills in the
country must follow suit OF loose the
the trade. At least that is the way 1t
has been figured out by the best nail ex-
Derts in Wheeling.
"The organization OF the company l
think best to keep FROM the public for q
while at least. All wire for barb fences
now made at the Cambria Iron Works
IL made of Bessemer steel Horseshoes
will eventually lie made of it. Rolled
shafting, agricultural implements and
and hOllowware must follow.
II regard the move as the most i'm
portant one made in years in the iron
business, and 1t will revolutionize the
,rade of the country. feel safe in
that If the movement is a
uccess, in five years puddIed iron will
lot be in the market