Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-09
[EVEN CONTRACTSAWARDED
~ the Diamond State Steel
" Co.'s New Plant.
EIL Be ONE GENERAL BUILDING
~ Feet Long and l25 Feet
Wide.

|s7 Feet Long and 1875 Feet
Wide.
1, said THAT Other Manufacturing Plants
.,ns iron and steel Industry VIII Prob |
sr he Established in south Wilmington
"a the Near Future.
rbo Diamond State Steel Go. has let all
,ho contracts for the new steel plant
tsich is in course of erection adjoln-
= tbe Old Ferry mills in South Will
inplon, the contractors being as fol-
rTg: we The steel work building and
s,naces, W. w. Lindsay a. Go. Of
~ilalelphia; bloom mill, tho Ehrnix
nm Co. of Ph9nixville, Pa, through
II. Thompson OF this city; the six
oers, Edge Moor Iron Co. +; electric
suerator, Westinghouse Co. of Pitts
MOI Pa. engines to drive the genera.
NJ the Fischer Manufacturing Co. of
i,.burg: the two mill engines,
illiam Todd & Co. of Youngstown,
electric cranes, Morgan Engine Go.
Alliance, o.; hydraulic pumps
rilb a working pressure of $50 pounds
the square inch), Wilson-Snyder Co.
pttsburg two ls-tcn locomotives,
Baldwin Locomotive Go. of pbiladel-
I'M, automatic electric charging ma
AiDps, Welman- -Seayer Engine Co, of
leyeland, o.. bloom mill machinery,
tsts Machine Co. of PittsbuIg.
rank X. Wills of this CITY is driving
hp pllina. Edwin II. Martin, the steel
hut manager, is experimenting the
instruction of the buildings and ma
iinery, having designed the works.
ID has moved his family from Coates.
Ie, Pa, to this city and taken UP his
eidenco at No. 9l4 Delaware avenue.
o reporter of the Gazette he ex-
rpssed satisfaction with the progress
K the work and gave an interesting
sCription Of the prospective plant.
The brick work for two OF the
furnaces, which are to be l5 feet high,
has reached q height of seven feet, the
oppdation for two others mas been
ampeted and the piling is being
ryen for the fifth. The piling for the
HNtern end of the building has also
ben driven and some of the concrete
,ers arc ready to receive the iron work.
Ihe digging for the foundations is
tary completed. A large force Of men
Lss been at work on the site of the
liant, getting the. foundations ready
|nd building the furnaces. for several
recks and great deal has already
en accomplished.
The plant, which will be in one gen-
bal building S57 feet long and 125 feet
Tide, will be divided into three de-
uments, the steel furnace depart
ncnt, the soaking mill and the bloom,
hil The woIK is being done in a
lbstantal manner. Piling will be
tiven throughout the building, about
900 pieces being required. The driy-
4 Big Of pies revealed solid foundation,
huch being rock, at depth of from
to % feet. This was very gratifying,
some weieuf the opinion that it was
pxt.to an impossibility to find a solid
Ottom at anything like 25 feet As
matter of fact, according to Mr..
Aartn, tho locality is an admirable
lace for manufacturing plant of thu
lind now going up, one that require:
pod ground as foundation for heav!
1tnaces and machinery. Under th'
Oom mill, which is to be at the east
IN end, a fine sand and gravel bottom
has found at depth OF about min,
Rt The site OF the plant extends il
westerly direction from the Oh
Fury mill, and as some of the groun,
below the bank along the Christians
has been filled in with materia
drelged from the stream.
The furnaces rest on piling from % t
j feet deep, on which timbers l2X1
Inches have been placed one way AM
banking l2xG inches on the timber
he other way. On top of this is ihre
eet Of concrete; then comes foot q
irlCkwork. being the, floor of tn
uruace. About 400, 600 bricks are use
10 the construction of each furnace
Sme being firebricks, especially adapte
lo the purpose. Each Of the furnace
Aas flontage Of 63 feet and depth {
feet, and with working space be
tween them, all of the furnaces wi
make total length of 427 feet. Th
distance from the steel furnaces to til
lsed rolls will be l45 feet and from tt
ieed rolls 10 the large rolls 80 feet. !
,ddition to the bloom mill there wi
Mseveral heating furnaces. The mi
WI be driven by two reversible engin'
With cyclinders 46 inches in diamet,
and 6O-inch stroke, direct connected
The engines will rest on 1e-foot foundi
tons. The power for the cranes ar
Electric lights will he furnished by tv
etctric engines Of 225 horse power ar
ae steam will be generated in s
lollers of $500 horse power, all toll
lhe stack is to be 12 feet in diamet
a the base and It's feet high, beii
Mge enough to accommodate addition
slIls, as it may be necessary to enlaIl
,le plant in the future Provisit
thing.
a system of railway tracks of BAL
ltCh gauge will be laid throughout Il
buildings and yards and the ty
j locomotives mentioned above will
used in moving the trucks upon viii
lAe material will be handled. The ri
material will be discharged from boz
d aaa railroad cars in the yards, whe
u Will be loaded on the trucks q
SArred to the furnaces, where it W
b W deposited by automatic chargi
nariliues to be operated by electrici'
t After the raw material leaves t
! lalnaees in the western end of t
d lant it works its way gradually to I
sls'eln end, where it is finished in
sIoom mill, coming out of that depa
u,at IN commercial shape.
Mr. Martin has been advised Il
-d ', Work on all of the contracts is "
.laer way and he is doing ali no {
h v get tho plant in shape to operate
wen as possible Some of the il
VOTE for the building is expected
atlHe ahont the middle of the mot
Z sea se Its erection will be commenced
i ,. soh rs i: is on the ground. He
d WIS some of the machinery will
iete IN short time. The plant v
y saye capacity OF 500 billets {
4 Suu will be the equal of any ot
l,aerNte size in the country.
,a ~ is likely that other manufactur