Evening journal., 1896-08-24
MILL AND MEN TO co
Part of the Delaware Iron
Works Plant May Be Sold.
TO BE SHIPPED DIRECT TO RUSSIA

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Furnace No. 1 And Proportionets
Amount OF PerfectIne Machinery Wanted
BIZ the Czar's Subjects as Compiets
Plant sor ThsIr Land-men Must oe
And Operate It.
A portion of the Delaware Iron Works
may bs shippsd TO Russia and force ol
men " II probably 60 from New Castle tc
operate the plant.
This Is the important transaction thst
Was mentioned ia the EVENING JouR.
NAL two weeks sgo as about TO take pl,ce,
but the substance OF the negotiations
we're Withheld AZ the eugges ion Of the
New Castle epresentalive8 OF the firm.
until tho deal wss fully coueummated to.
day Several hundred Tia ,usand dollars
are involved ia the contrsc5
In connection with this purchase, an
entire locomotive plAnt was to-day
taken on the ritish steamship Lsleba %
down the Delaware from PhllSdeIphlH.
bound for 81 Petersburg Ii was about
one iiith the plant OF the Bald eiu Loco
motive Works aud represented another
ocriion Of this Russian expenditure OF
$500. GOO In all
For Metropolis OF RuxaIa.
large Russian syndicate Is about to
establish an extensive iron manufactur
ing plant at Njii Novgaiod, the COM
merciAl metropolis OF the interior OF the
Russian TN 7iie This Ia about 500
miles distant from MOSCOW The plant
is TO DO erected In connection with the
Sarmova works, an extensive establish
ment In Nljni Ncvgarod, engaged In
manufacturing steam boilers, oars and
steamboats, and employing fully 5000
hands
Want Pipe and Tube Plant.
What the Russians want now s com
plste pipe and tuba manufacturing
plant, and their purchase In New On. tie
will give them perfect one, employ ing
about 200 hands aud having shout Que
fourth the capacity Of the Dslawaro Iron
Works
The locomotive machinery that was
shlpped to-day will have capacity for
constructing and turning out about 200
iron horses a year aud employing 000
men, or ono hfth the capacity OF PhllA-
delphia's B ldWin Llcomoive Works
The Portion 10 BE Shipped.
That portion OF the Delaware Iron
Works that NAV be shlppad away 10 the
Cars land ls o d furnace No / aud all the
d0ishlng machinery appertaining thereto,
necessary for the completion OF up TO-
date iron pips aud tubing. To tear this
down aud cut OF the works will necesi-
ts'e brief shut dowr, but Soperiutend-
ent Borle thinks that tue shAftlug can DO
o re.c Jas cd as to enable the ieaumpton
OF operation very soon afterward
All the work of removing the
machinery can bo dlHe Ia two weeks.
IL WAS at nrst thought that the big
steamship which is 30 carry away tniI
consiRnment OF over . 600 tons, could be
losded FROM lighters running from the
Tssker wharf 10 the western chanuel
fhis, however, cannot be done Every
thing will be packed la heavy wooden
cases. and then shipped to Wilmington
where II will be lowered into the vessel 3
hold
Firomen and Engineers Americans
All the fremsn aud engineers In this
new plant will be Americans aud they
must contract to remain aud Instruct
their Russian brethren four months
Among the msn who are wanted from
ANoN NAnNtE aAN AOUt " Nho utFN thilAoN
men Ia .hs employ Of 81 ,rriy, TAsksr &
Company.
u Is said that they are Designer Max
Fsldman, Night Foreman Frank B1rle.
Boss Welder Frederick e Miller aud
Boss B. lex aver g orge w Ford, the lat er
an expert IN the construction aud main
teuauce OF furnaces
Theee men are all said TO be holding OF
for their own rates OF salary for this IN
certain j,b-uncertain because Of th .
long journey, ssyere weethar that will be
on there before the last OF d lcembsr. snc
the extreme uuplessantness OF leaving
heppy homes
There little doubt about the accept
auce OF Messfs Miller and Fnrd's term,
as the men are Invaluable 20 the Russian
Ia this enterprise. IC is said that Me-
Miller thorouehly understands one ol
the most difficult polnts Ia iron plp'
mAuufscture-to get the correcs weldln,
heat. II pipe IN the furnace Is ALTO wed
to remain a mo nenu too long IL ia burns'
AID thrta ads cannot be cut upon it, 70
the metal Ia then uusouud. II not tub
jeoted to the requisite number OF heA
uui.s, the result viii be q failure In tn
| welding