Arizona republican., 1899-01-28
GREAT IRON TRADE
Illustrated by Operations of
 SpdrrOW'S Point Works.
Steel pIant Which Has Furnished an Example of American poSSibiIi- fieS = Growth of Iron Exports.

Baltimore, Md, Jan 27.-The steel land Steel company at Sparrow's Point has been banner industry to Baltimore. Although this plant has been in existence only a dozen years, it has succeeded through excellent arrangements in becoming one Of the foremcst corporations of its kind tn the world. Twelve years ago the Maryland Steel cCu:Tpany, then known as the Pennsylvania Steel company, was first started and was branch of the Pennsylvania company of Phila- delphia. Three years later it was made separate organization and it's name was changed to its present one.
 It was in that year that the first for e'gn order for steel rails that ever left Maryland was shipped from SpaTrows' Point. This order was a small one ccnsi signed to Cuba. Today they are sending Maryland-made rails to al- most every part of the globe. AS each year rolled past their business in creased, and in 1897 33,Q00 tons Of rails. bars, plates, fittings. etc. were slipped from Barrows' Pcinh In 1888 more than three times this l. 438 tons of rails were shipped to Ire land. India, Africa, Australia. Jamaica. Nova Scc'ia, Mexico, Barbados, Cuba, Russ'a, Siberia and other foreign lands.
 These rails have been sold in direct c ccmpetiticn with the Eng: g:isl-made lrails, and closely following the pur chase of Maryland steel rails for an Irish railway comes an Crder to the Maryland company from the Gale don an Railway company cf Scot and. The American rail has therefore en- tered Great Britain. Not only are the rails made here said to be superior in quality, but they are also sold much cheaper than tfnlose made in England. The Maryland-made rails can be sold for SIS a ton, while the same quality Cf English rails cost $23.
 Last year th;s company furnished the Russian government with 10000 tons of rails and has another order for nearly the same amount at resent Ireland has also sent in a new CTder for 25.000 tons, part of which has al ready been delivered. Last year Aus tria received 30000 tors and has al- ready this year filed a duplicate or der. A 5,000-ton order has also been received from Ind this year, and half that quantity has been shipped
 IL is believed that the export of rails and fittings from Baltimore this year will exceed 300,000 tens. The trade is growing rapidly and large orders are coming in daily from countries in all parts of the world. The demand for iron ore and the sudden termination of the American-Spanish war have re- vived the Cuban ore trade, and a fleet of British tramp" steamers land l thousands of tons of Cuban ore at | Sparrcws' Point weekly.
 The plant Of the Maryland Steel company is very large, covering more than 1000 acres of land and employ irg 2,000 men, which force will be in creased as the business demands it. | It is expected that within the next few | mCnths an additional 1000 men will | be taken on, in order to fill contracts. |
 The Maryland Steel ccmpany's plant is situated at Sparrcws' Point, which | is point of land that juts far out into the Patapsco river. Here the c9m- pany has it's own wharves. where it receives all of it's iron and steel ore | and from which it ships all of the pro- duets which it manufactures. It has immense blast furnaces and its output [ averages from 800 to 1000 tons of | rails per day. In 1898 the company into new venture, that of At the present time it is building two tcrped--b2st de3trcyers for the government. a large sea-going tug for the Baker Whitley Coal com pany and a large steamship for the New York & New Haven Steamboat company.
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