The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-05
THE TIN-PLATE INDUSTRY.
Wonderful Increase of Tin-Plate Production
in the United States.

There has been SO much persistent denial
by the Democratic and free trade press and
it's orators that many well-meaning people
are at loss to know what to believe about
the matter. A dealer in tin goods in this
city, out not q stakeholder in any n.plate
plant, has sent the Journal copy of the
Metal Worker of September, 1892, which
contains the following statement relative
to the industry:
REVISED LIST OF FIRMS OR COMPANIES Ey-
GAGGED In TIN AND TERNE PLATE MANI
FEATURING, AUG. 10. 1882.
a, producing; b, building; G, enlarging; s. pro-
duction suspended; !, making preparing to
make black plates.
Note-From the following list are omitted the
names of all firms or companies who had not be-
gun actual building operations Aug. 10, 1892.
A. A. Thomson IL Co., a, New York, N. Y.
Aliquippi Tin plate Co., b. Aliquippi, Pa.
American Stamping Co., b, Buffalo, N. Y.
American Tin. plate Co., G l. Elwood, Ind.
American Tin-plate Machine and Mfg. Co., a.,
Philadelphia. Pa.
American Tin and Terne-plate Co., a, Philadel-
Anderson Tin-plate Co.. S, Anderson. Ind.
Apollo Iron and Steel Co., az, Apollo, Pa.
Blairsville Rollingmin aud Tin-plate Co., T.,
Cincinnati Gorrqsatins Co., g, Piqua, o:
Coates & Co., u Baltimore, Md.
Columbia Tin-plate Co., a, Piqua, o.
Corning Steel Co., l. Chicago, ILL.,
Cumberland Rolling mill and Tin-plate Co., b l.,
Cumberland, Md.
E. Morewood & Co.. 81, Gas City. Ind.
Falcon Iron aud vail Co., b,t. Niles, o.
Grttths 81 Cadwalader, a, Pittsburg, Pa
Gummey, Spering Il Co., a. Philadelphia, Pa.
Hughes d Patterson. B. !, Philadelphia, Pa.
John Hamilton: a, Pittsburg. Pa.
Keystone Tin plate Co., $, Philadelphia. Pa.
Marshall Bros. & Co. aei Philadelphia Pa
Maffh I'M Ar N Ralt
Mckinley Tin plate Co., a, Williamsburg, Pa.
Merchant & Co., a G. Philadelphia, Pa.
Morewood Tin-plate Mfg. Co., b. Elizabethport,
N. & G. Taylor Co., B, Philadelphia Pa
Norton Bros, a et, Chicago Ill.
L. II. Laufman 4 Co., limited. a e {, Apollo, Pa.
Pittsburg Eleetro-plating Co., a c. Apollo. Pa.
Pittsburg tin-plate-works. b. New kensington,
Record Mfg. Co., e. Conneaut, o.
Jas. b. Scott & Co., q, Pittsburg, Pa.
st. Louis stamping Co., G. !, st Louis, Mo.
United states Iron and Tin-plate Mfg. Co., I,
Dem.nler, Pa.
Wallace Banfled & Co.. limited, L. Irondale, o.
| w. II. Edwards, a, Norristown, Pa.
| Total number of companies Aug. 15 1892 ...42
Number of companies manufacturing Aug. 10.
Number Of companies building. Aug. is.
Observation-Disclosures ..-....--....I4
Number Of companies production suspended,
Number 6 o Of Companies eaiarging works, Aug.
10, 1892 ....-..........-....-.1O
Number Of companies making or preparing
to make black plate, Aug. 3, 1892.
Production, tin and terne- plates, ifs
cal year ended June 80, 1892,
| pounds. Observation-Disclosures. 13.646,719
| Total production fiscal year ended
| juno 80, 1892 including manufact-
ures from American sheet-iron
pounds .e.:..,.....:.....;....... 10000, 600
| Estimated production. tin and terne-
plates fiscal year ending June 80,
1898, pounds. 100, 000, 00C
| Estimated annual rate of production,
1898. pounds .e .. -. 200, DOC, oot
| Estimated investment, buildings and
| plant close of fiscal year ending
| June 80. 1898. ......-.-...-........ $3,OOO.OO
| The Metal Worker is not campaign or
| gan, but a trade paper W hich must give &C.
curate information to its patrons, conse
quently the above may be relied upon q.
| accurate by those who desire the facts.