, 1883-03-15

Il tramwaN, that runs about 0Ou rect iron
the elevator to the furnace, into which i
i thrown for smelling. Chimacum anc
Texada ore, in about equal quantities
are now bcinS used, but after the fur
mace is completely started, and large
enough supply Of ore and charcoal cal
beobtained, Texada ore will be used en-
tirely. At present the furnace is only
turning out about twenty tons of pig
iron per day, and not more than twenty
men are employed in the smelling works
proper, and but one team is engaged in
hauling charcoal. When full force OF
teams are on, bringing in charcoal, the
force Of the furnace will be increased
and it will be run TO its fullest capacity
Then from 800 TO 800 men will be EN-,
/ piuved in and around the works.
Going up in the elevator to the top OF
the shaft, we passed along the tram
way to the mouth of the furnace where
we watched the operation of charging
the furnace with ore and charcoal then
| went down the other elevator to the
ground, when We stood in the midst OF
the thriving little city Of lrondalo prop
er. Then We found that, without the
furnace Irondale would be nowhere, for,
in reality, the furnace was Irondale,
Back of the works little village Of about
a dozen houses has sprung up. Of these
three are boarding houses, one is store,
one is blacksmith shop, and most of the
others are dwelling houses. Mr.. j. NJ.
White, the superintendent of tho works,
has a very pretty little villa, that would
be considered model of neatness and
convenience anywhere. The companys
store is we'll stocked with goods that are
sold cheaper than the same grades of
goods in most cities on the Sound.
About six camps are burning charcoal
near Irondale, but these will be increas-
ed at once. As soon as possible the
company intend erecting about a dozen
more cottages for their workmen, Here
the whistle of the Virginia sounded in
our ears and we made tracks for the
wharf. AS we passed the elevators on
our way to the boat, their usefulness
struck us with much force. On the
wharf side everything coming to Iron
Il ola u, conf 4bn,,, n,,1 tbn M har
side, anything going from the place is
treated the same way; everything goes
like clockwork, without jar, without
trouble, and without danger. The en-
gines of the smelling works are run by
the hot air coming from the furnace and
the water used is pumped up by Il ram
worked by the same air, Taking every.
thing into consideration, the furnace at
Irondale is credit to its owners and Il
double credit to its planner and builder.
Iron is drawn from the furnace twice
in twenty-four hoi RS. The scene at
these times battles description; at night
time, especia ly, what with the glow Of
lights, flames from the chimneys rushing
up into the air and the strong smell of
sulphur that prevails, the p ace Las a
generally infernap appearance.
OTHER ADVANTAGES.
Irondale has many advantages as a
town site. 1t is easily app cached either
from land or water, the anchorage in
front is good, wharf fac litiea excellent,
and the bay at that pl .cc is completely
land-locked, With enterprise great
city may be builtup there.
by masked men a short dist nee from
town, who robbed the Wells Fargo treas
| ure box There we're a number of pas
scngers aboard, but none were disturbed
! exceptA J. Porter, the driver. He was
stood up and relieved Of his valuables.
After getting the box they cut the traces
of the two lead horses and compelled
the stage to come in with the two wheel
! ers. W h ma lie locomotiOn very slow
and difficult. 1t was doubtless done
with that object in view, so as to allow
the thieves time to get away from the
scene of the robbery. 1t is not believed
the robbers got anything for their trouble.
They were evidently figuring on captur-
ing the money used in paying off the
miners which usually arrives here on the
10th Of the month, Fortunately it came
in the day before, and Wells, Fargo Il
Co.'S box contained nothing valuable so
far as known at theotiico here.
Elakely Notes.
Cuu' HicNigcugcr:l
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