The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-09-14
CHEAP Steel.
BI II M | N G. III "A Nj M a Y
SOON LEAD THE
WORLD.
Orders Flowing in. Success
Has Attended Every Ex-
pertinent Attempted.
Activity In All Lines Con-
tinues To Rapidly In
crease.


The discovery that low silicon or
basic iron can be made from the
ordinary red iron ores which
abound in this disriict promises to
be very important, factor in the
development of this community.
The fact that the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railway Company has
been making this iron at it's Alice
furnaces in this city and the furth-
er fact that $4,000 tons of IL have
been sold to the Carnegie Steel
Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa, and
10000 IONS to the Illinois Steel
Company of Chicago, have already
been told in these columns. In
quiries received by the Tennessee
Coal, IRON and Railroad Company
from steel works al! over the coun-
try have b, en- so numerous as to
prove conclusively the great inter
est which the discovery has excit
ed. The Tennessee Company feels
sure that the iron is all claimed for
it and wi | come fully up to the
spverrSt tests. All the orders for
il are hooked with that agreement
This latest discovery in iron
making marks an important era in
southern development The rea.
son TIA { very little Southern pig
iron ha. been sold in the North
here-tn-fore for steel-making pur-
poses Is because it hNs contained
too much phoSphorouS for steel
making by the Besserier process
and tao much silic u for steel
making by the bacis process, which
is II modification of the Bessemer
and open-hearth methods. The
bacis process, however, requires
plenty of phosphorous and no sill
con in iron. The new iron that Is
being made here is rid of silicon
aud thus answers admirably for
steel-making by the baris process.
1t is what is commonly known as
a low silicon iron.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroud Company has only one
furnace plant fitted upto make the
new grade of pig at present, but II
has received so many orders and
inquiries that it has determined to
fit up the Bessemer furnaces at
once so that they can he utilized in
producing this iron. The work of
fitting up these furnaces has al
ready begun.
IL the experiment proves the
thorough success that is claimed
for it, Birmingham will he able to
make steel cheaper than elsewhere
in the world for the same reason
that she is able to make iron
cheaper than any other place. The
new iron isJmade from ordinary
red ores which abound in limitless
quantities in this district. This ore
is easy of access. 1t can be mined
at n minimum cost and the rail
road runs right to the mines. AL
most within stones throw of the
ore mines are coal mines which
contain I'm exhaustless supply of
the black diamonds and near by
are innumerable deposits of lime
stone. Here are all the ingredients
which enter into making
placed by nature within close prox-
unity of each other and so deposit
ed that man can easily utilize all.
Thus the cost of mining is at its
lowest, while the products have to
be transported over short dis
tance to the furnaces, where they
are converted into iron. The re-
suit viii be that when the making
of this steel iron in large quantities
begins steel mills will of necessity
be erected in this district ncar'tllr
furnace mud che iron 4ulchiY tufn-
ed into stec. ~ turp ,he -taot
will be manufactured 'ight here,
into merchantable products aud
then this district will become a
great steel center 1T u easy 90
SEQ how cheaply it can all be done.
The price that the steel iron can he
made insures the establishment of
steel mills and factories in order