The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-27
THAT BLAST FURNACE.
THERE is A HEALTHY SENTI.
MENT IN ITS FAVOR.


Easy Advantages Raleigh has for
Such an Enterprise.
Mr. Samuel A. Hennessey, President
e the Egypt Ccal Company, was in
the city yesterday.
While here the CHRONICLE had a
pleasant chat with him concerning the
operations of the Egypt mine and 9TH
er matters.
He reports a force Of eighty hands
now at work with capacity Of two
hundred tons Of coal per day; but that
owing 20 their inability to get cars at
times for moving the coal, they guage
their productive capacity in proportion
to the facilities they could get for
moving the coal II said their shafting
could be operated to turn out four
hundred and fifty tons Of coal daily.
The conversation then turned on
other matters, and the Reporter asked
Mr., Hennessey if the Greensboro Iron
Company expected to use the products
of the Egypt mines in operating their
works.
MIR. EeDnessey said: ''The company
has made repeated overtures to me to
furnish their entire supply of coke. We
are not manufacturing coke Just now.
| because it is more profitable to ship
coal than to ship coke in limited guam
titles; but We would be very glad to
have 1 demand large enough to justify
us in shipping coke, and that reminds
me that i Has very much gfatfied at an
/ article ! saw IN Your paper this morn
ing with reference to the establishment
Of al iron turnacein Raleigh :
The talk at once turned on this mat
| Ter and II response to various questions
Mr. Hewnessey said in substance:
'.keeigh has very favorable advanta-
ges and opportunities fer he establish
meDt Of blast furnaces. It IS as near and
convenient to the supply fields as any
town IN the state where such enterprises
can be advaut4geously put up. Now,
Of conrs. am lot medGi!n9 with affairs
not my own, out simply giving such
Impressions aS have occurred to to ne
from observation. he Greensboro fur
nance is now depending altogether ou
the iJra i!l.l mines ID Ghattail county
for its supply Of iron |, hopes to get
It's supply OF cvno fgo.a tie ELyp;
mines Greensboro is forty-two mile
bJ rail from the isoa fields. Raleigl
is sixty-two miles from the same place
ly lail. Greensboro IS fifty -ionr mule.
from the nearest coke + LIS ,ul Eait I
i Gully fi3 n. Sp ya SC il lirutc
sala4l Ee established iu ha..Igh III,
,e5h fatu4ces Ggcel tolo aa, RAJ
tieh-shoaIt draw t!.eir supplies Ell II
! .aese Pol sts; Hc-A Fise,s i u4., ;ly
.EY il.4 ,.tf.
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! - u cal .t7t rIiI auu !.te;,e ~. q =.
STATE, IL a6e tile lead ia luatlsis 81 IA
hid l. Is uoj OILY Il prerogatlvc. bu
E t-has be- ONE 4 necl sSity, III tie matte
: ii sc preservation. oIe cannot r al
ali rd g let o.her places lead her i
) sncn enterprises.
j There need be 10 hesitation in goin
: forward 50 far IS tie quality and suppl
e oi material is concerned. | have hear
l it reported that the z ypt coke was nt
t suitable for use IN iron furnaces, an
s also that the supply of coal was limited
All that IS pure bosh. Experts hay
been sent to the mines and they hay
pronounced the supply unlimited, an
that the quality was just exactly wh
4 is wanted in iron work.
| see nothing in the world in the wa
Of Raleigh's having equal if not superb
advantages in getting all the iron O.
aud coke it would want. 1t could dra
2, on the mines already mentioned, and
le the reports Of experts count for an
is thing, it could get immense supplies
2 iron ere from the Chapel Hill mines
le The Greensboro company counts {
ID getting its coke delivered at Greensbo
1 for So IS per ton. | am not yet sure
the matter, but | think we might
liver at both Raleigh and Greensboro {
less than that. IN the operation of irc
furnaces, an average Of one ton Of col
n is required TO each ton of iron; or
other words, furnace with daily {
pacity Of seventy-fve tons of iron Won
consume seventy-fye tons of coke 7
,rt DAY.
C am very anxious to see the qui
IS and full development Of this section
ii country, and | say to you right no
ar, that if Raleigh sees fit to establish
n iron furnace, we viii give it every le
innate help and advantage We can. I
may count on that for certainty fro
the start. Of course its easy to und
-Na stand that we want the largest possiE
A. demand for our production, but in orc
- to have that, there must be furnac
80 &C., and we are ready and anxious
work with them on the very best a
most advantageous terms and con
rio tions possible. [ hope that Ralel
- will see her way clear to go into t
'n' thing, for [ tell you she can do moth
ice that would bring her greater adva
ing ages.
his After the interview with Mr.. 81
ons nessey, ihe CHRONICLE conversed wit
ties number Of the business men OF the C
hat aud it is plain to see that strong
of healthy sentiment is rapidly crys
hev ling in favor Of great iron furn
un here Some gentlemen said they v
nj ready to subscribe stock, and oti
Ia" were for calling a meeting of the b
ness men to talk the matter over
Death, the Reaper, Still is Reap
t Mr. Thos B. Broadfoot. the SCI
in member Of the firm Of T. y. Broad
& Co., died at his home Oh Haymc
Saturday morning last. He was al
50 years Of age. The funeral serv
An were held from st. Johns Church