The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-26
ENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES


alton has received from the manufac-
turers complete statistics of the pro-
duction OF pig iron, bessemer steel
ingots and bessemer steel rails in the
United States in the first half
of 1894. also complete statistics OF
the stocks of pig iron which were on
hand and for sale on June 80 last
The total production of pig iron in tn"
United States in the first half OF 1894
was 2. 77S,S4 gross tons, against 2,56l,-
5S4 tons in the second half of 1898 an
increase of 1876, 800 tons As compared
with the first half Of 1898, however, the
production in the first half of 1894
shows n great decline, the figures for
the first half Of 1903 being 4.562. 91S
tons, or /, 1,Si4 935 tons more than the
production in the first half OF 1894.
Tie production of pig iron in the last
twelve months. from July l, 1898, to
July /, 1894. was 5.279, 567 gross tons.
In 1892 the production was ., l57 QUO
tons. Not since the dull year 1885 nave
we made as little pig iron in one year
as in the last twelve months. -Four
states which made pig iron in the first
hHlf of 1898 made none in the first half
of 1894 -Massach usetts. North Carolina,
Inuiana and Minnesota Five other
states show only nominal production
of pig iron in the first half of 1891
Connecticut, Maryland, Texas. Mis-
souri, and Oregon. The number OF
furnaces which were in blast on June
so, 1894, was 10S. and the number ont
of blast was 40S. No tims in the mod
ern history Of the American iron trade
have so few furnaces been in blast as
on June 80, last. OF the 5l7. thirty
six tons of unsold pig iron which were
under the control of the makers on
June 80, 220, 7O5 tons were charcoal
pig iron.
The following table gives the pro-
ductiou of B4ssemer steel ingots in the
first half of 1894 In the figures for the
periods mentioned are included the
production Of Bessemer steel by the
Ciapp- Griffiths works and Robert
Bessemer works. First half 1894,
P-nnsvlvanii, 1877 $50; Illinois.
2520S0; Ohio l7l,04S; other
states, 114.767. Tota 1854
The following table gives the pro-
duciion of bessemer steel rails and
sections including street rails, iu the
first half of 1894 In this statement
we do not include street and other bes
sem rails which were rolled from
purchased blooms: Pennsylvania. 2S4,
GG1; Illinois, 95 $50; other states,
~. 3SS Total, 300, ,4O4 The great
decline in tie production Of
both hessemer steel ingots and
rails in the twelve months begin
ming with July /, 1898. is shown by Il
comparison of this production with
that Of the first six months OF 1898 In
these six months we produced 2,092..
057 gross tons of iugots aud 70l 24O
gross tons of rails; in the last twelve
months we produced 2,791 ,0S3 tons Of
ingots and 731 5l7 tons of rails. Ia no
year since 1879 have We made 80 few
steel rails Az in the last twelve months
The sales agents Of the anthracite
companies will meet today. They will
not advance prices aud will probably
recommend a restriction during Aug
ust to go per cent. Of the capacity.
The Lackawanna is opposed to any
greater restriction. The trade in this
center is very dull. Prices which rule
are about the May circular of from 25
to 40 cents per ton under the July cir
cular.
A dispatch from Washington says
"One result of the publication n few
months ago Of the promising perform
ance Of gas motors as applied to street
car propulsion in Germany has been to
Il cd the author of the report. United
States Consul Mason, at Frankfort,
with letters from engineers and other
interested persons, asking for more de.
tails. To compliance with their re-
quests, the consul has just submitted
another report. describing experiments
made in England with the same motor
which show even better results, the
cost Of operation being so far below
that of electrical or horse railw ays as
to mark new departure in street
railway methods. The consul says
thu Liebrig patents have been acquired
by an English syndicate, ana tha
motor has been vastly improved in one
way and especially whereby II may he
readily adjusted to cars already built fol
cable, electrical and horse power. The
report gives in detail description Of
the mechanism, showing how it oper-
ates with great economy under the
vastly different conditions OF heavy
and light traffic, and says that tho i'm
provements made have largely red duced
lis costs.
''The car resem bes any ordinary horsa
car, running quietly aud easily emit
ting neither Smoke nor steam. and is
easily controlled, stopping on down
grade Of one to twsnty-thres in its own
length. Its weight fillel with pas
sengers is five aud one-half tons. and
fer gas it costs cents per mile against
z cents per mile for fodder and bedding
for horses. The first cost is about the
same as horse Car with the eleven
horses required TO draw It, A special
car is being made in Englsnd for exhi
bton in the United States mex o.
tober." The New York Herald's Pari,
dispatch says: "A race was started
this morning from Paris to Rouen, ol
vehicles, the motive power of which
was petroleum or steam Twenty
one carriages took part. The CORE
spondsnt at Nantes telegraphed that i
was just II o'clock when tue Comte D,
DionS came steaming over the Pave Du
Roi. full ten minutes ahead of al
others. The Prince De Sagan and Cap
tain La Place were in the Comte D,
Dion's carriage. The correspondent
telegraphed in the evening that the
Comte De Dion's carriage arrived a
Rouen at 525 p. m, ahead OF every.
thing. The correspondent adds: ..
rode my cycle from Nantes to Rouep
starting an hour ahead of the Comte
but ut the Gaillau hill his carriag,
passed me. going on the level at tne
rate Of 28 kilomster (17t miles) an hour.
The carriage charges the hill like an
express train. Not even Zimmerman
could have kept up with 1t any length
OF time. M. Peongot's petroleum moto
was the only carriage anything lik