Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-21
art rs A clYARD. "
That Wonderful Story About Large
Tin-plate Factory to BE Started in

Tin-piate Factory to BE Started in
Wilmington.
ITS all a canard There is not a word
of truth in it," was the quick reply of
Edmund A. Harvey of the Mccullough
Iron Company. when interviewed by an
EVERY EVENING reporter at his home, No.
1901 Jefferson street, Thursday, in regard
to the statement of the Daily R,publican of
yesterday that an extensive tin-plate fac
tory with n capacity of 10000 boxes an.
nually and atfording yearly receipts of
SSOO,000, is to be established at the McCul-
Tough Iron Company's works, and that the
new industry will start up in full blast
next September.
Other officials of the Mccullough Iron
Company were seated on the porch with
Mr. Harvey NJ the time the reporter called.
The canard was the subject of converse
ton. Everyone laughed at the story and
ridicnled the tin.plate factory fable for all
it was worth.
81 really am at loss" Mr.. Harvey con-
tinncl, ito see how anyone could have
concoeted such . story. There is not an
lota of fact in IL. Nobody has even thought
Of such a thing as a tin-plate factory at
the Mccullough iron works.
II should like very much to find out
who has been telling the story.
All ] know that we have been doing
lately is simply tn put in two new rolls for
making light iron or thin steel plates, II
has nothing to do with tin-plute at all, and
even at that it is only what We are doing
right along in steel and galvanized plates.
The statement says" continued the re.
porter, that you have made an extended
visit out west, that you were in the Black
Hills tin mines aud also those apocryphul
ones of Temescal, investigating them thor
oughly?"
1T is all untrue have not been beyond
Philadelphia for Il long time"
Also that you inspected most of the
great tn-plate manufactures of the coin.
try and gathered valuable information
which YOU are ready to apply here ."
81 did not sec one Of them"
Here another Of the gentlemen present
remarked "lhe Stiffness of the story is
obvious enough in the statement in regard
to getting Tin from Australia instead Of the
United States. Everyone knows that the
lack Of that article here requires an i'm
portation of the staple from abroad"
"But then, Mr. Harvey" the reporter
continued,' 'Of course the whole COM
munity>was glad to hear that the McCul-
Tough iron works is about to add to the
wealth Of the city in the additional annual
receipts of SS00,0OO.
II would in 'ced like to see something
of the kind. We could stand it very well
just now" Mr., Harvey replied smiling at
the prospect Of such d big golden harvest
The reporter had called earlier in the
evening at the works. Treasurer Henry
Whiteley was seen. His surprise and COM
ments ON the published story were about
identical with those of Mr.. Harvey. He
knew nothing whatever about it and sug-
gested the reporter seeing Mr.. Harvey.
1t is reported that the story about tin
plate factory being established at the Mar
shallton rolling mills is us great hoax as
the one about the Mccullough iron works.
The proprietor. John Bringhurst, is put
ting in a tight mill' for rolling steel and
galvanized plates similar TO the McCul-
lough works.