Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-18
BOOM AT BRADD0CK.
Edgar Thomson Works Are Forced
to Enlarge Territory
FOR THE NEW CONVERTING HOUSE.
Orders on the Books Sufficient to Take the
Years Yield.
HARDWARE TRADE NOW AT ITS BEST
FOR THE NEW CONVERTING HOUSE.
HARDWARE TRADE NOW AT ITS BEST
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
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OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH
TUESDAY. June IL, 1890 I
At the Edgar Thomson Steel Works fully
300 tons of steel rails are turned out every
day, and orders are now booked sufficient to
take the entire output for the balance of
this year. 1t is expected that Furnace
will be in blast by the 1st of August, after
which the output will be not less than 1900
tons of rails daily. Furnace c, which has
been recently refined, was lighted last Fri
day, and has been doing splendid work. 1t
yielded over 200 tons of No. Bessemer
iron in Yesterdays run. Furnace will be
blown out next week, and it is the intention of
the managers to remodel this furnace and
utilize it for the manufacture of ferro-man-
ganese.
The four converters now in use at the Edgar
Thomson have proved inadequate for the work
required, and it has become a necessity to en-
large to the extent of two new converters. At
first it was thought that the present building
would furnish the needed space for the new
converters. 1t has. however, been discovered
that the space is too contracted and the COM
pany is negotiating for the purchase of six
acres on the banks of Turtle Creek, east of
the works, for new converting house. The
property belongs to the McKenney heirs.
were found ample for a number of years. And
when two more were added few years ago. it
was thought that all requirements would be met
Tor many years to come. Now, an additional
pair Of converters has become necessary to
meet growing demands of trade. The new con-
verting house will require an outlay ot not less
than $500, 600 Each converter will cost, when
fitted up. about So, 600
The Best Equipped Works in the Country.
The new purchase OF land will require an out
law of about SCI. OOO or $40 900 per acre. A num-
Der of newly invented appliances for converters
are to be added. The Edgar Thomson works
will. when the nine furnaces and the six new
converters are in full operation, be the best
equipped rail works on the planet.
An illustration of the advance in real estate
at Braddock since the Carnegies planted them
selves there is furnished by the price paid for
the late addition. The ground for the original
plant was purchased at $500 per acre. This was
less than 20 years ago. The six acres which it
is now found necessary to purchase, and which
for agricultural purposes is of little value, has
jumped to a value of sl0,OOO per acre, twenty
fold increase.
1t is doubtful if any city of the State can
show better record in the line of prosperity
and growth in the past decade than that on our
eastern border, where the father and founder
of our Republic gained his first laurels and
proved himself man of affairs
In Hardware Lines.
In an interview with one oil our leading Job
bers in this line to-day it was developed that the
situation and outlook of this trade were never
better than now. The demand is active for all
lines of goods. Both wire and cut nails have
advanced slightly the past week or two under
the strong demand. There is no longer the dis
position to make concessions on card rates OF
nails. as there was with manufacturers a month
or two ago. The demand for fly screens has
exceeded anything in the past, One dealer re-
ports June sales in this line. fully SO per cent
greater than for the corresponding period of
last year, and demand shows little sign of let
ting up.
The only exception to the great demand for
everything in the hardware industry, is in the
line of refrigerators. The scarcity and high
piIce of ice have had chilling influence on this
department of the trade, and the amount of
goods handled will, no doubt, fall below that of
last season.
The feeling is general and strong with our
hardware johbers that the fall trade will be
hrst-class. Orders for fall begin in July, and
all dealers are strong in the faith of good fall
season.