Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
NOV NraNUFACTURING.
the Cost of Making Southern
-D0" Iron.
r.on the Iadt1n0polis Freeman

r-o,a the ~Indj1aaDoJis Freeman
trniston. Ala, Noble Bros. & Tyler
A-lroting two furnaces, making char
arr "a, rom a brown hematite, mining
eo'.e2 per cent, which is mined from
20 ,vs surrounding the furnaces. The
IlgD oil timbered, furnishing an mex
4"'' +tio sunDIy of the best charcoal, and
hsu't.oono ia found in abundance along
AheIItrss of the several roads passing
'lIO-7 arices paid for the material were
LUG IA cents per ton for ore, 81 cents
gNetI,sbel for charcoal, and 90 to 50 cents
PEI .oUn for limestone. The material for a
r. NJ iron was given al;
TONS. at soc ...-..... %
Uto,---,al. 100 bushels, at512c -..'.'-' o o.
SI.f5ra. is o. 10
81 26
Tts labor in making a ton Of iron from
waterfalls delivered in the stock-hOusc
tle Hrariouslv estimated by the iron men
Wss tosti6ed before the Tariff Commission
VIZ WIN 81 so to 81 per ton. This figure
~ based on prices paid labor IN the
~-tb The present prices paid are Zoe.
W" With the greater part Of the labor at
w. lover price. II iron cannot be
'I1e3a here for $40 to SIP per ton, allow
m@N Tor keeping up the plant
ms rovalty on the ore, there is
al9 10Y INIT has never been explained.
d Us romDaring this with English iron it
- - he remembered that there is but one
- rcoaI furnace in England. The cost
1s%aborrosl there is so great that If com
utIIad IN make charcoal iron they would
p te driven from the market. With
s;ob ora and limestone right at the fur
w IN veins 10 to 30 feet thick, easily
I'D and the hills covered with pine
.i1,har with labor at Toe. to 81 per day, 1t
@saems mat no furnace in the world could
make iron at q lower cost.
me Georgia Pacific gives them an out
lt Win "A short haul to savannah, and
several roads running North and West
rioca them much nearer the central con-
snmer than the Eastern furnaces, or than
oreign irons at the seaboard. At and
near Birmingham there are nine furnaces,
sl making cuke-irOn.
The Sloss Iron Company have two fur
naees furnished with every convenience
tsot fine best skill can devise for saving
lafor and securing the greatest economy
IN f1pl and the best quality OF iron. They
have been running for two years without
going out Of blast or stopping for repairs.
Tnev operate neither coal nor iron
mines. nordo they quarry their own lime
stone. but purchase all Of their material,
as DO most Of the furnaces in the North.
The ore. a red and brown hematite, is
delivered in the stOck-house, guaranteed
10 contain 80 per cent. of iron, at 80 cents
par ton: limestone at 80 cents per ton:
soal Sis per ton. The material for a
ton Of iron would cost:
atoms ore, at soc 81 so
al 1910 tons of C0al........ l 81
81 4 ton limestone 45
Total ......... 81 90
All the furnaces we saw coke the coal
1.-THE furnace, though 1t was said that
coke could be furnished at 81 % per ton.
The labor, including the cOking of the
coal is yariOusly estimated, but the most
accurate information places it at 81 to
81 80 per ton Of IRON. AS at Admission,
the negro laboTers are paid 75c. to 81
per day. The ore is not roasted, but goes
directly from the stOok-hOuse to the FUR
mace.
Northern furnace men estimate 50 70
per ton for labor and making repairs as
The cost of making pig-irOn with all the
materials laid dow in the stock-hOuse.
On this basis We should have;
Cost Of ore 81 so
COST coal "a
Cost Of limestone ..... AZ
Cost Of labor and repairs ............... 70 |
IS 70
IOthis should be added the salaries of
0ncers and interest on the investment.
The Alice furnaces are even more favOra-
by situated, for they w their own iron
and limestone lands, and the Pratt Coal
and IRON company, the same men, operate
te famous Pratt coal mines, from which
aaloe furnaces in Birmingham are sup
pied.
heturnaces at Gsdsden, Ala, a 65
cents per ton for iron ore. The Black
WARRIOR, C00sa, and Cahaba coal fields
cove an area OF ll,000 square miles, ex-
Lending from Birmingham to beyond
chattanooga, and furnish a quality Of
soai unsurpassed for cOking. This coal
~ manly IN thick veins running hOrI-
oatally, near the surface.
Bordering this coal field for almost its
utIe length are the rich hematite ores
la Oeas OF rhinestone. while the surfaces
tne hllls are covered with forests OF pine
charcoal. Nowhere in the world is
~ sucl a wealth Of material for iron
@Aing nearly all0f it at or near the |
y VI eAe ground, Offering sites for hum
aoVs vi furnaces, with ore, limestone. |
~ ahO CHARCOAL at the very door OF the
mace Iae iron district OF the South
. oaIeIy been touched, but already we
s' .Ae wall OF the Pennsylvania infant,
\. ~ MN seeking, by freight pools and
Ienaef OF obstacles, to keep from the
= Aee Ihis new competition.
1ae iaet mat such a business has been
rt up ln southern furnaces i'm the teeth
gIpeIltion with the old rich furnaces
s,. .le East, without any protection
aasl lDem, Is answer enough to the
eo@a a3n whether they can live with free
A saon cannot be made for 50 per ton in
fo-aala We should like to see from some
w~afs3'ss man The items with which he
nsi@J at 10 the gap between the cost of
Iof5aa i e ia the stock-house and the cost
' Pis1fon on the car.
HOW SHE GOT EVEN.
Voeu wife Goes on a Frolic for q
week At Coney Island.
r From me Ne,o York World.
rive small phfI1.-