Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14

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TIN, city of Essen is located in the
centre of a hilly valley. which aoounds
in coal and iron ore. and the digging for
both and the melting Of the ore ana
casting the metal into ing0ts ana roll
ing IL into bars have been the Occupd-
ti0ns Of the inhabitants for centuries
past. Friedrich krupp, the founder OF
The great works bearing his name, was
born in 1851 and when cruclhle cast steer
was first being introduced into England,
and its importation from there into Ger
many had been made impossible through
The edict of Napoleon called 'the con-
tineptal-spcrre" T. krupp began 10
produce crucibie cast steel. first i'm small
quantities for files stamps. rolls lor
coins. and shears. but only slowly could
he convince and persuade German manu-
factureTs 10 use his cast steel ana AFTER
ii life full Of disappOntments and hard-
ships he died in 1896 after long and
severe Illness leaving to his son. Al
fred. little else than che old homestead
which stln stands in the sidst or the
great works, and the secret Of his III
vention.
Alfred Krupp's energy and enterprise
Soon conquered His first success was 10
be able TO furnish cast steel of vary
ing degree of hardness, thereby IN
creasing its adaptability for many new
purposes. Next came the invention " the
weldless car-wbeel tires, which were
ratented i'm 1853 IN all countries and fur
nished him capital FOR charging his
rlant. In 1865 he interested himself in
ccal-mines. ron-oTe-Inines. and furnaces,
which should furnish the material for his
own works. and I'm 1861 no began to reap
tho harvest from his experiments inau-
e1Irated Ions since with steel cannon.
Since then the success of these works and
Their growth have been phenomenal, and
Nvhen Alfred Kupp closed the busy and
successful and phlanthropic work OF his
life in 1881 AT Villa Huogel, his princely
home ON the side hills Of the valley or the
Puhr. the city OF Essen, i'm recognition OF
lis creat work, erected i'm bis memory
beautiful monument ON the most promi-
rent square OF the city. and populations
from many nations mourned at bis grave.
Essen IS a city of $1,000 inhabitants,
md oyer 20OJ Of this population are
onDloved I'm the works of the able ana
energetic son Of Alfred Krupp-Friedrich
Alfred. over J 200 acres of ground are
covered with buildings and machinery
Many coal-mines furnish fuel for the
works over 100 iron-Ore mines iurmsh
The metal and large nOn-ore deposits
sn Spain. near Bilbao have been pur-
chased i'm addition. and a special fleet OF
steamers has been built which bring over
$4,000 tons Of this Spanish iron-ore from
Spain to the German coast and mp the
Rhine. Twenty furnaces at Duisburs and
Observation-Disclosures are reducing this
ore for the Krupp works, and are owned
or controlled by them.
The main street OF Essen divides the
1<rupp works into two parts, connected
overhead with innumerable mammoth
steam pipes and bridges and parallel
with g.. running east and West the
tracks Of the Rhenish railway pass the
works in the north, while in the south
the railroad leading from Dusseldorf 10
Bremen Hamburg, and Berlin skirts the
min. Innumerable tracks connect these
TWO main lines Of railroad, surrounding
3n an ineXtriCable network the buildings
and crossing the street leading 90 Muel-
helm below It's level Powerful lOcomo-
tives bring train-loads OF raw material
into the yards ana leave the works with
valuable products. finished and ready
FOR shipment To- AN parts Of the globe.
Miniature engines and cars move about
between the building on narroW-guup.
tracks. bringing material OF smaller size
from one building 10 another until il Az
finished and ready for the market.