The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-21
THEsUPPLY or ALUMINIUM.
Patents that Enable "a single Concern 10
Control Its Manufacture Here.

Although small articles in aluminium
have not had the popularity that was eN-
pected for them. the demand for the
metal is steadily growing. and the manu-
facturers i'm this country are cnlaislnB
their plants The manufacture OF the
metal in this country by the cheapest
process is now controlled py SinsI' III
which owns the patents. ana mas COM
PEELED all other manufacturers 10 auanuoh
the use OF the patented process anu -
tire from business. There are nut wv
factories in the country, one az Nidsal" ~
~ y the other at New keHSihs WI
Pa about twenty miles from flttru"i SUI
The New kensington factory turns ~
about a ton OF aluminium "as' ny
Niagara factory about one ana a .a i,
tons day The capacity or thc mt
will soon be doubled. The CoWles diulu'
Mum factory at Lockport y. Y. SlVse"
some time ago, I'm consequence OF n.rI
ton with the Pitisburg keduction 80
pany. Aluminium sells now IN 'ou ~ 90.
iifty cents a pound. There is a handsome
profit at this price, and II cannot pe Nelg
many years before the price = reuucev
much further, by which time me US u
the metal will have greatly increds,l' Al.
Aluminium suffers somewhat IN 'ohtaN. .
with salt water, from the tact ina. w
metal as thus far Manufacture .o,' i1iii,,,
about One-half of one per cent. OF @'"i"l','
II Is believed that II this can ne reiilo
the metal will resist the actoh oi 80.
water The production of aluminium tl"t
IL nroof against the action Of sea water
will greatly widen the neld OF the Hi,'i
II is already extensively USED as "a
stitute for iron, lead, ana copper ~ ~.
ing for various PURPOSES, ana III - iN''s
10 SUNNY the Mace of Architectural IRON
I'm some cases n Is coming INTO Use III
bicycles II IA believed that sllon-; it
pound bicycle can be made OF d.uin ,, "'l'.
processes OF producing aluminium h'' &
are not much below the weight V' '''
lighfesf steel machines. -
Meanwhile. students are M work upon
the problem Of chcapenins lue ih't".' 80
upOn that Of producing " au1olut'y -
from sodium Oddly emo w 80 Co.
processes Of producing aluminium nae, lD'
| their main object the production Oh ~
| dium. and aluminium was mercy "s
product That was in the daN- 49,
aluminium was either mercy pay e' .,.,
| of the laboratory or an expensive lAN"is
| Tho companV that controls the Iha.i"
| factiire of aluminium iu this country h's
| "A dangerous rival in "a German coHlins
I of immense capital. with WORKS a. ~
/ hansen Wurtemberg. ana ar NtDH,
/ France This concern manufacture nf
| the patented process M Su't'79l"t ~
| Gance of the American owners oi 'n'
n is believed that the foreigners can
produce the metal somewhat che"-'
| than the American manu- Il, 'll'i'' '..
| the latter are amply projected "l " ''.,'
of 10 cents per pound. The German ,9an,
| Germ produced bon Wuriemheis hi ~
| 1pO 900 hounds of aluminium "ii ~
| France 2DoOOo pounds, while in the .ail.
| wear thu, American product wa3 ~, "
) THE price Of aluminium IN Paris IN -.
I was SiOl pound. a price mat ihdu'
| even then much more Nmhau' '"a" a,
| - 1ouoh silver has since greatly
| fallen i'm price. The price of aluminium "a d,
| Putsbure i'm 1894. was 40 cents "a po""N
| being one two-hundredth of ms p,lc, %
forty wears ago. lts price last ga" az oo
| York Sun.