New-York tribune., 1886-07-29
BOON IE lRoN AKD srggE.
REPORT OF THE AMRRrcAN ASSOCIATION.
THE PRODUCTION GREATER THAN WAS EVER KSo1H

Ihb EHODuCfION GREATER THAN WAS BVBh AAV""
BEToaE-cKEERVUL yIoUREs.
PHILADELPHIA, July 28-The semi-annua
statistical statement OF AmsrsAa Iroa and essA As
ISOLATION II unusually interesting and important Tue
assosasieo has received from the nsnufsetarefs sem
pssss stssssaes Of the produstsa Of DiE rse 'sshe
United etates IN the Arei months 81 the Dreeens ys
summary of the report fOllevs:
The production Of pig In the nrst six mooses OF
1885 amounted 20 2.954,209 t0ns o. 1000 poands ss
2,eS76s7 tons OF 224o pOunda The coantry has nsver
before produced - much pig iron In the same o"S'
Prior 1879 it never produced 90 much pig iron N
whole year DID in the rss SIX months OF 1885, sea
the production Of 1879 wss onlY 1855 net so0'
greater than that OF the rst haf Of this xea The pro
duction In the Last thres half - follows ~
both net and Rross tons nFst halt Of 1885, 2.loOSLo
net tons ana 1,920371 tons; sst half of 1850,
2.37eo53 net tOns aud 212tl54 grOsa tOns; nrs' half
of 1885. 29542 2o9 net tons and 26376s7 Rross sops
The greatest absoute gain 10 production IN the nrat ha
OF 1886 30 compared with the Last half or 1850 "as
mede By Pennsylvanis would naturally be expected
but among the States which prominent IN toe pro
duosOn Of pig iron the relative gain was msde
BY Ohio and Alabama each OF which greatly Increased
It's production New-York New-Jersey. West Virnnia'
Tennessee, Illinois, Michigan and wseousiB also snow
Increase do also tho less important States Of
Maine Maasachusetts Maryland. Indiana and CALI
fOrnls; bat Virginia. Kentucky, Missouri aud Georgia
show decrease. Perhaps the noticeable increase
IN tho Hrbb nslI OF 1850 WuS Guhb tuo " WV N--
Valley. For time this district has been second
Allegheny County Psnnsyvsnia but in the nrss haif
Of this year it shot ahead OF lts active COM
petitor, making 32O569 net tons against S0lOl4 tons
By Allegheny County ESch Of these Pennsyvaria ais
riots makes pig iron than State In che Union
except Ohio.
total production In tho srst half OF the present
year 1,74556l net tons were made with biuminous
coal coke, I0ll 757 with anthracite coal ana
mixed anthracite eOke and s9l tons with char
coal. compared last half OF 1885 tho pro
ducsou follows. IN net tons: Bituninoas coal
aud coke, s;K months, 1885, 1.4l4,327; SIX months
1885, l7455 SOL anthracite and coke six months 1885,
75ll73 and six months 1885, l,011,757; charcoal six
months 1885, 2l3.553, and giK months 1885, 190,s9l
IL viii bo that the remarkable Increase In produc
ton In tile first months OF tho present yeer was
wholly In pig Iron msde with mineral fuel. that made
with charcoal showing . decrease The produntion Of
pig iron With Iete coal unwIxsd with coke 10
rapidly declining In first naf OF sac present year
only 2O2,556 net tons made with anthracite
alone, While 800 20l male With mHod anhra-
elite and coka Inciuded In the ate production OF
pix rst half OF she present year 22446
nettons Of spegeIeis-n. This tadea,esa total pro
duction for she year Of $4,000 The stocks
Of pig iron hand and unsold the hands OF makers
their at the close Of the nrst balf OF 1886
amounted TO <70,42l net tons, whlon vas slight IN.
u Ehe QuaDnty held IN stock At te Of
the year. namely 4l6512 ous At the close OF eAcn or
the aSt four ha years tue stock. OF nns0d pig iron
600 @ ss. g So nH d
81, iss5-4l6.5l2 tons; June 80, l5s6-47O421 topa
This country the official Of the Association says
v mako more pig IRON IN 1855 than IN any previous
year IN ts history.
urers full atAustos Of tue production OF Bassemer aud
open hearth nKoIs and rails IN the United state.
in the rss half of present year. The production OF
Brasemer steel ngols In the rst na OF 1880 amounted
aEsinst 93s AUS tons 10 the eccona
half 1855 and 763 344 tons IN inc nIst hau o. iSoo
These include our production oi Ciapp Grlinhs
inHots mentiODed24 $40 net IONS In the
half Of 1880; 1921 tons In the second Bali o
1885; 400 tons nrst half OF 1885, and 6So36
tons half OF 1888. The production Of bssse-
mer steel rails In the nrst half Of the present year
amounted TO 7O7447 net TONS against 622 l6l tons IN
the second half OF 835, 452 tons In the nrs
half OF 1888 Large ~as the production OF bessemof
steel rails In rat nA OF 1886. vas exoeedod IN One
OF the half years Of 1892 n not both In mat year
were 43s 1855 tons OF Besseper stee RAILS the
onehAf of quantity Rreater than the large pro
ductIon OF 7O7 447 tons 10 the rst ha OF 1855 Tue
open rails In the nrst hAu OF
1885 was only nominal Amounting 70 S3Z net TONS
Thm country, the report couciufess VIII MAKE more
Besaamer steel more sssemrP o. al rails and moro open
hearth steel In 1885 than In aey previous yeae.