Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-17
HAMILTON
The Coming Iron Manufacturing Centre
OF washington

UNutfrnN. Washington. juue Ii, l>p-
For Years oh.rrNant men VINO are ldhill-
lar with the industries on which prosper
Gus. manufacturing cities are louliued
have asserted. that the trsi city on the
Pacific coast that engaged ia the business
OF iron ore smelling would eNehiualA /
hpruup the most important Wanhlaeluf
inc ritv un the coast. This outcome, ol /
course. depends wholly ON The economic I
skill with which the ore is treated. II
the ore {. lean aud lies far from luel. then
the cost of trans porting the iron ore auu
the fnel and the limestone 10 melting
pniut might he "a enormous tial hlaSl
furnace. could not he blown to q prohl
Tacoma. citizens claim that Their city
/, lie most faVmably situated town on
Puget Sound NJ which to erect IRON
works. Seattlc's speculative lnAuhltahis
assert that al their town only should
/ hlaSt furnaces be- erected II they are 10 he
worked to a profit. Auacuite- claims
+ that Fidago Island Is the proper place To
cover with furnace stacks. aud talr-
f hnVen's energetic men rea-eles~lX talk OF
/ ihe advantages their town offers iu the
eStahl. Shment az dividend paying IRON
manufacturing industry. But These
bright men and eager spefulatofs are hoi
iron masters: with few exceptions th,A
[ are wholly ignorant ui All tulugs relative
Ia the manufacture of iron, and Their
ftlfariou, arguments lilly conceal their
determined purpose to sharply increase
the price of the town lots they own ana
their keen. cagcr-rycd desire Ia sell lhcln
10 investors Whnsc ieri are supposed I" DE-
tender.
The truth Is. that the iron ores Of the
/ t.rtinry formal ion that have been di-coN e
cred are mol exceedingly rich IN ore. BN
far the larger number ot the samples nl
. tertiary iron ores that have been actually
assatrd contain from f0riy-two 10 hity-
two ppr cent uf metallic iron. In other
words in will take from two aud a hall To
three ION. uf the ore To yield a ton oi pig
metal. and to Smei the ore VIII require
from Two 20 two aud lall tons ul coke.
70 uroducp a ton of pig iron out OF the
. tartinr, iron ores aud Goals will require
from four aud q half to i've tons oi raw
material to -aV nothing of the limestone
needed to fIuN the ore. This being true,
+, |all talk OF transporting the raw mattilal
= from the mines 70 distant points. ai Mhlci
!. tnUn~itp boomers claim IL WI hr ~meltc,l
: Il bighly absurd. aud such talk + highly
u Indicative al strong desire 10 sell prop
:. ertv. No sensible iron master would dls
y cuss ful an instant q proposition oeslab
: H-h iron works that involved ih" luadlh.
y Of iron aud coal ON cal and ifahspor. .ll'
q the bulky raw material 10 distant lur
uarr. Vh hen the coal aud iron ore Wa
!. mined from seams that are 50 close 10
i opther that stone can he thrown mon
- line nutcropping OF the coal 10 th" OUT
1. cropping of the iron ore. he IRON ipa-te
desired "a discuss the matter Win him I
build the furnace al the mines ahd
eliminate four ol the 1Nr tons ot RAJ
81, material. aud 10 pay tran-porlau"
NJ charges ON one ton ot finished produ'
Instead of five ions ol unfinished. an
T. then he would wave With scofnlul 2e'
n turc the ignorant, glih-lungued fe'
a. estate man from hi Office. NJ,
fs There. i no business un the Pacll
ii coast. bar none. that will yield So lars
L protits as the Manufacture ui pig iro
ii. The product of American blast furnace
n il highly projected from eompetilio
nd with foreign mndeirun by the import du
nd laid an foreign irons. The Nashingtt
Il. made iron W0ud enjoy this tarih. pr
Y. fpction aud in addition IL would
sh further protected from competition WI
rd eastern made iron bN the cost ol tidh
narration from Pennsylvania. Ohio
Illinois 10 Washington, and that prot"
tion would be- about $40 per ton ~
safe tu assert that every ton 81 ron ~
na- will be manufactured un the facl
coast for many years TO come VIII sell
The cost of eastern made iron plus !
,,s rost OF transportation. that piolecil
Iy should enable Washiugton's iron mast'
IN to net at least 81 per ton On every ION
mr. their output
siai which iron can be, aud will he IN the n'
and future. manufactured toa profit. and u
: H. mimi Is this town in which | VII
~ There are two rugged. iir clad inouhla
Ian opposite Hamilton. The Wesle
~ mountain contains cohdng Goa IN IN
III hau~tahlc quantities. and ~ sea
H. ~, that can be- chcaply mined. The caste
7 mountain i literally ribbed with srahl'
iron ore. II j. true that TIA" ore j.
high grade but It Is also true that ihe
i fultN rs rich in mptals iron as he
iuti fnSsiliierOuS iron ore on Mhith ihe
,heh manufacturing Industry ot blfmlhgh'
ing Alabama i founded II j. also true '
mot al Hamilton the coal is within lew u
the drpd feet Of the iron ore. aud al kirml
lrill ham the coal which l. nearest tlic u
Tue furnaces t. siN miles from the slachr'
iscrs iron Is produced ~ birmingham oul
thls loan red fossilifcruus iron ores Tor an
: the ~ ner ton II can BE- produced ~ lial
not ton. were wages the sanr on INC Nk'
here river as ut birmingham. Tor ab1ul
pur- same snm, Limestone. needed to huN
itra- f,,n ore lies In massrs u few miles n
iiicd Hamilton. There Is no other point
Washington at which iron can DC
thcaply manufaeiuit9i Us al lhIs
town on the Skagii river, an.
been All men who are at all ianilAf W
nor the history OF the iron manuiactuf
lir industry Of Pennsylvania. ONO ana
the inois know that around the plhst ilIiia'
u 10 flat il around the source ol supply 81
fter tr", tba GREAT industry OF rolling u
Iited into hars was established. aud that qul
tion +" aftrr the "thrpp high" rolls We're
volving all the minor industries lhat
pend on cheap iron tur successful Is
snrung intoaetiye idustlial life. -
.teps Mil b. AT Hamilton. Here are cheap
ing ore and cheap Goals. lllis Town WIZ
the eVitably be the greatest iron ptouu'
j. for point un the Pacific coast, ana " WI
tate. ihn largest and most important ma
fit of featuring city n the interior 81 NaSh
htee ton. lhNNN NhNHN'
Nv Ia .,..s -. mn.
own. There VIII ne hleftlhN ~ tii' ~ ~
the ian order. "Wednesday eNenln9i ofei
10 star grocery store room. at o'clock.