New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
BIG STEEL ENTERPRISE.
p1ANs FOR THE PLANT AT SYDNEY

CAPE BRETON. WELL UNDhH
D,o,treaI Sent Is (speciaD-As the de'ai,S - W ~,
Canadian iron and steel venture on VIM" -
Whitney and his associates nave e'' .oolod
knoun the extent Of the enterprise . o.,e
49,, a,,,a1 Of s20oOoCcO the company expo"
WIN r,,, order in few years an estao-
-. ,rb,ch will probably be unique ne ~
,ru he brought TO the wharves al SS""o' Zen.
comnanvs own mine at Bell Island - a.. ,,,o
ton Raw and there 1t VIII ne 'uiH'u - hooad
ZION and then into steel This OUTPUT, ~ - ,ho
=. ,,tnizs 10 a great degree In shipou''ui"e'
rI,lhrneTt of a shipyard scale TO r''a'
.ho, ~ the Cramps being part OF the sC"ei ton
II the plans are carried through ''e ,,,,s.
treasury will be taxed for a heavy sum j" 80, 90
g. q ton is paid for iron smeiied IN Oai"' na no
90, for steel which is native maui IT
,rion Coal and steel Company eXpec'S - tro,,
'-''Y -. - $40 tons OF steel daily, all maue Ho,'
- u,, from. in this way they VIII Se. "o"V''
,oun,,es agcregatinP s. a ton 1heS WIN 49,
,oro draw $1,000 a day from the Do'n''''o"
ury or over S.NV.Vp year - Coco rreton
THO coropanys works at Sydney APE
80, ERECTED at tidewater. with whaTVes at
-, .,o largest steamers can tie up. lheie "'o
=, ne four smelling furnaces each WIN " ,
a,oc,tv of 2,O tons day. Inc s'ee' ~" -
=, near the smelling furnaces so '""' Wv ,.o
90, ho transferred there and converted nv
..l without being allowed TO cool Inc S''' &c.,
will have a minimum capacity oil ." 'o".
r., o,,,.a,,,, will make its own coke loI s'"'
80 ,,,,ensc ovens FOR this purpose are oeNe ~
r.hoee Will be 50 constructed that 'he b"9 l ~
q, tho process viii De utilized IN 'n7 .a
-, o,o ~ the blast furnaces will IL il eNpeO''U'
be in operation by August OF mex ZION nv
v,fu follow until the whole Will be ID ope''-o,.
.A con n 1901 The steel plant VIII be so'''" 40.
- d, ce..ing into operation, but the proi"0'7,
.oot ~ have the whole gigantic estaphS"''' %
co,nnlefe running order within three !''''
date. ,,,>.4,s
coAr, AND IRON FROM IT'S OWN MlNE''
Tho demand for coal will be immense ana II WIZ
~ s,,polled from the company 3 o"" ""'' -"
,te nciehborhood at price lower II IL S"'''
49, :. d. ,,,ssibe for the PittsbUrg iron men /"
-, tseir coal The company owns seven Il''''S
., s,dney canable Of yielding 100000 tons OF Goa,
annually Limestone IS abundant near -" ,
agents ~ Mr.. Whitney have peeh q"'"S
~. these properties during the last Y'r' VI sa
Colonization of the move that has no" oeeh MAJ
IN this way plenty OF "i'''''''
az low prices. -, l....o,.,or
qr,o iron mines on Bell Island. IN Conoepuon
o.. c-rf.b have been bought for NocoW' are sa'u
~ constitute a remarkable deposit OF heina''0
,rhey were purchased in 1892 by the ferroh" @''7'
.~.,,,-, of New-Clasgow. for $l2"0 tins COM
many has now sold portion Of It's holdinss io' 'e
,-o,. eoure mentioned above. The isiaho i
.,,co,l,, n mass OF iron. the veins running ui"'i
80 con The ore lodges are Of most peculiar loi-
-. +fo,. are In the shape Of segregated SuOess
Iol Tn is now being worked Is ten leel mn
s,a - vide and three miles long. II IS estl".SSo
ao6 without following the seams under Ine SO
The ore is loaded into cars which ar Ib cars are
ny AUTOMATICALLY into pockets from whlcn
the ships are loaded. The cost OF me ore is fbat
t-orI T. about 80 cents ton Jn II II sliII, 70,
pa ore lad down at the blast furnaces VIII not
c9T} tnSic .ne OF the company include number
Of the rh men Of Ca4aaa AMONG mem of the are Can
49,, Pacidc Railway; X. O. Reid the .Ns,%loounHl
iand railway magnate; James loss S o.
ana 80 Senf fSc directora,e~A H. Paget and H. f.
pmock The master mind Of the Whoe eHeTrps and
Is ,s, a. M director Mr. Whitney has announced
his intention Of making his home IN ~ l1y a. &
XanCed