New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-12
TIE VISITORS AT PITTSBC III
uENErRs OF TIE IRON AND STEEL tx
CrR>IoN INSPECTING VARIOUS WORMS
READY TO GO TO CHIC \GO TO MoRRow-SoME
OF THE INDUSTRIES EXAMINED.

READY TO GO TO CHIC AGO TO MoRRow-soNf
OF THE INDUSTRIES EXAMINED.
iBY TELEGRAPH 10 IHE TKBrSE.l
pt,sbur. pcnn oct 1.-THE visiting mcta
rgi-,s 70 got over on" surprise AZ f'i-o"'"
than ,,nv 40 introduced y another ilNt night tn"N
vent (, bid marvrl'!ug AZ III" magri'nde "' INC
rnr,cce Iron and steel Works. with their enormous
crl,pu, IL over coo tons a dav ana 6a1"d pN w"
hr lii.lcv OF The natural ga display when lhriudeo
t,r setting on g! the Mon"ncah"ls River. ms
no;riYg l"lor. . O'Clock they were taken ont I" III"
C,ulrell>villr coax re.On. whore the blazing ovens
...,>ptc niles III extent. and 10 the extensive gt>>
works 4, r,rcu'lil wh"r" enough plat" cls~> = rnsde
every wear 10 un all r. Gland into Erccnho'l'' 10
n..,h they d"uiird their dr>S suits and listened 10
concert IN c,ruccl" Hall 10 which invitations were
issued IS the ladies of P'tslnrG.
I'll. plate gli-, COMPANY has three establishments
a, Ta~rn,u,n shton and Ford CITY. all about thirty
five u,os from lltt>burg. Their capacity Is re-
,p.ctlvcy 1900. 10000 and 100000 square feet
aud that of the Ford city works IS being
,oublcd. The present output Is about 5000
co. square feet year. Tile com?arys equipment
includes /. furnaces. 24O pots. 4c grinders ard u
pollshcrs. TwJ thousand fomr hundred ana fifty
wnrkmen employed continuously. Around each
plant are picturesque cottages. erected By the COM
many f,r the H.. of the operative. and fF their
Il ha, 800 acres lad ont IN town lhS. Among the
i,ri,n VISITOR several Belgian glass makers. who
are accompanied hero BY Mr. lIaecmans, the Belgian
Consul at Ncw York.
The afternoon excursion irrludcd visits Ia N" Lucy
furnace, ct CARNEGIE PLpps Co.. IT." total capacity
% witch IS 10000 ton, the Crescent Stc"! Works,
which turn ont every year 1900 tons Of ia" 1901
steel and the works OF the keystone Fridge Company
T.. kr,st,lle works cover seven acres OF ground,
ur d,cc every year 10000 tons OF finished bridge
mat cral. and employ 100 hands. This company WAS
tho builder Of the ST. Louis bridge Aer the Mississippi
River which the largest steel arch bridge in the
world ard the railroad bridge across the snslae'
haunn Al IIuvrcdc Grace. 5000 feet long The com
psny +, nJw constructing over three miles OF elevated
railroad for Chicago. ard the Winner bridge
over The Missouri OF kausaS City Horato
w. Lash. superintendent II the Carbon Iron
Company Works. conducted the party through
the shops where 10000 tons Of plates and bars are
lad. every wear And At the Pittsburg Reduction
Works the visitors witnessed the operations 81 the ONLY
concern IN the United states which manufactures pure
aluminium The present total output OF the works Is
~, pounds u day. Plans are preparing FOR a new
ul,ut that Will have capacity Of 1--WE tons dny.
! he company manufactures under the patents Of
charlie, W Hail. which cover the elcctrIytb reduction
II the oAidc Of aluminium bS direct and continuous
process. 90,
The excursion proceeds trmorro evening TO Chi.
rayn where elbbOrat" preparations are mAhhs for the
eutr tanmcnt.