The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-16
ANOTHER PLANT ADDED
ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLIC
STEEL COMPANY COMPLETED.
Revised List of Plants which Have
Entered the Combination-Names
of Indiana Concerns.

CLEVELAND. o., May 15-The sale OF
the Lake Erie iron works to-day gave no.
tice OF the fact that another immense COM
bination Of iron and steel interests has been
contaminated. The Republic Steel Company
has been incorporated under the laws OF
New Jersey. with a capital of $55, 900, 900, con-
sisting of So, 0Oo.O 900 preferred and $780, 900. 900
common stock. The officers are: President,
Randolph s. Warner, Columbus, o.; first vice
president. Myron Wick, Youngstown, o.;
second vice president, Geo. ID. Wick. Youngs-
town; third vice president, Jas. G. Caldwell.
Birmingham. Ala. fourth vice president.
George NJ. Bard, Muncie. Ind. treasurer.
John +. Taylor. Youngstown; secretary.
James Llewellyn. Chicago. The general Of
fees will be In Chicago. The mills in the
combination will be operated as now. except
that business will be done in the Chicago
Office. All the present superintendent will
be retained.
The concerns In the new corporation are
the Union Rolling Mill Company, Cleveland;
the Andrews Bros. Company. Brown-Bon-
nell Iron Company and Mahoning Valley
Iron Company. of Youngstown. o.; Cherry
Valley iron works. Leetonia, o.; Sharon
iron works. Sharon, Pa; Atlantic Iron and
Steel Company. New Castle, Pa; Lake Erie
4lOh SOtupdllHt SIttGldlkut IIOH dIu
Steel Company, Massillon, o.; Toledo Roll
ing Mil Company. Toledo, o.; Mitchell.
Tranter & Co. Cincinnati; Eagle Iron and
Company, Muncie Iron and Steel Company
and White. River mills. of Muncie. Ind:
Union Steel Company. Alexandria, Ind;
erman-Stewart Iron Company, OF Marion,
Ind; Wethereld Rolling Mill Company.
F Era Eoynn lind; md india n1hi Forge In and Boiling san
Iron and Steel Company, Brazil, Ind: Terre
Haute Iron and Steel Company and Wabash
s sFSh SSImdp fron compan ay.e s%pringfield nj.
Inland Iron and Forge Company, Chicago;
Sylvan Steel Company. Moline. ILL.,: Minne-
lis: Birmingham Rolling Mill Company and
Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Com
pany, of Birmingham, Ala; Cambria Min
of N~egaunee. Mich; Franklin Iron Mining
Company, Mesaba Range, Conneilsville
Coke Company and Croton Land Company.
These mills have an annual output of over
LOCO, 600 tons of merchant bar iron. the rolled
product used by farming implement and
wagon makers, car builders and other kim
dred industries. In addition TO the rolling
mill property, there are six blast furnaces
wl5s of an p snn iron. csR rae Sap OF ,r a10p IS made
from pig iron and scrap iron. Some OF the
by-products of the combination will be-
spikes, bolts, spices, turn buckles, and.
there will be some manufacture of steel
plates and sheets. The iron ore properties
are a very important part of the combina-
ton. The Pioneer Mining and Manufac-
turing Company, of Birmingham. owns 25.6ov
acres of land. of which IA, 200 are coal, $3.50
red and brown iron ore, $50 limestone and
], 760 of other character at the furnaces and
coke plants near Thomas, Ala The Frank
lin Iron Mining Company was purchased
last month from Frank Rockefeller anc m
cludes the Franklin, Bessemer and Victoria
mines, among the largest interests on the
Mesaba range. BY these acquisitions the
other interests in the iron industry.