Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-10-01
NEW RIVAL TO KRUPP
CARNEGIE Will START GUN FOUND
RY At HOMESTEAD.
The Works VIII Employ Two Ihoc-
sand Wen - In Addition the steer
Company Il Preparing TO Go into
the SnipbuItdiuE business.

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Plans are now being prepared by the
Carnegie Steel company for gun foun.
dry TO rival that Of krupp. the grea'
German gun builder.
The plant will be located at Home
stead. within half mile Of the Home
stead armor mills. II viii employ more
than GOO men. In addition to this, the
steel company is preparing TO 20 infe
the shipbuilding business A railroad
TO strike Underwater at Newport News O
Norfolk. Va, Is now under way
June IS last the Carnegie Steel com
pany closed a deal with j. McCIufe
Hayes OF Homestead for the purchase o.
80 acres Of land il that borough, han q
mile below the arnor plate plant. Al
that time il was not known what the
object Of the company was. Yesterday
the information was given out Iha1
gun factory and shipyard were TO occupy
the site
The parcel of land purchased contains
30 acres and cost $3.50, coo. Lis fronts
GOO feet On the Moncneahela river
and has an average Depth Of 1900 feet
Three lines CT railroad run through it
it1tJ Il 4AN61ulS ALI. --esfC 4-A-S 49,
gahela division Of the Pennsylvania and
the Union. The latter is a Carnegie con
Germ. IL connects ali the plants OF the
Carnegie Steel company and IL also a
part of the Pittsburg. Bessemer and
Lake Erie, the Carnegie short line 70
Lake Erie.
The Carnegie plants at Rankin, Brad
dock, Duquesne and Homestead are now
connected by the famous Hot Metal
route of the Carnegie Steel company
This economical arrangement, coupled
with their own short ore line to Lake
Erie has enabled the Carnegie company
to dictate terms to their competitors
Heretofore the company has confined Its
business entirely to manufacturing ma
terial. Now il purposes to enter into the
business of using its own product. To
this end the shipyardS and gun foundry
are to be established and the railroad
line built to tideUater
The plans for the foundry now being
prepared are for f0ur immense build
ings. One Of these will be used as q
casting hall for guns The built mp gun,
made up OF thin strips and built by a
process known only to the Carnegie
company, will be the chief article OF
manufacture. 1t is claimed that this
gun is far in advance of anything yet
conceived, and that il viii reyolutionize
modern armament, both naval and
coast. Great machine shops viii occupy
the other buildings.
The shinyarls are to be located i'm
mediately below the gun works. The
shipyaIds of the Carnegies viii have all
the latest and most approved contriv-
ances. Steel ways Will be built into the
river and several great buildings will
be erected for the construction of the
vessels. 1t is intended to build river
craft of all kinds, lighters and small
ocean going vessels.
At the present time the Carnegie
company is constructing a railroad to
tidewater, the Monongahela Belt line.
Part of this system is now almost COM
pleted. 1t connects with the Pittsburg,
Bessemer and Lake Erie. The tidewater
line has been surveyed up the Mononga-
hela aBd Cheat river valley. through the
mountains of Virginia and strikes the
seacQasL .sitheyz a. NGxtolk q. -Newporl
pany absolutely independent of the rail-
road companies to the east. AT presen,
the company pays vast sums year fol
freight The new line to the seahoare
will tap the coke and coal fields. New
York World.