The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
THEIR LESSON LEARNED TOO LATE
Keystone Men Not sure That They Know
Ready Money.

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ne's''no men NOT sure fhss 'heg Ano"
money
PORT MATILDA, Pa, Sept 2-Folks who
live in the central part Of Pennsylvania are won
| dering this summer whether they really know a
good thing when they sec IL A lot OF thom have
come TO the conclusion that they do not and, sad
TO relate they can prove IL The mon. too. who
are not sure whether they know prospective cash
at glance, are the ones who have hold prominent
places in their localities for years and years
hundred years or 80 ago there moved into
the central part OF tho State then a Wilderness
many families, the male members Of which knew
something about the making Of iron. They found
largo beds Of good ore almost everywhere and in
the course Of years. score or 30 OF small blast fur
naces was built They were not small for the are
though several Of them were considered lsrRp
then. The iron mado in Center, Clinton and nearby
counties soon became known all over the State,
and as the years wore on the families which owned
the furnaces became wealthy. No man became a
millionaire but down in this region there arc no
millionaircs, and It docs not take q great many
thousand dollars to make man wealthy oven
now.
In time the sons Of tho original settlers grow up.
and like their fathers, acquired orc land and built
furnaces dozen or fifteen were built In tho
twenties and thirties and for fifty years these new
furnaces continued TO make money for their own
ors Fifty years ago, 10 say nothing Of tho time
when The first furnaces were built, tho iron indus
try was not very far advanced and tho furnaces
were far from being models from the modern iron
mans point OF view. Instead OF coke charcoal was
used as fuel and IL took lot Of II TO aid in the man
ufacture OF ton Of iron. The mountains were
covered with virgin timber, however and even
II II did take much cutting and burning there was
MI rty ~ ~ H. A
burners to burn IL II cost considerable of monev
TO mako iron then, but the mon who bought Il
paid well for It, and 1t Ia to be presumed sold II for
more 80 very one was satisfied. Itis not record
that the consumers complained, for tho iron was
good and they got their moneys worth.
Ihere was not much to blast furnace In those
DAYS and as matter OF course, tho output Of q
single furnace was not largo Some OF them
could put 70 IONS OF pig iron on the market ovory
week, but not many did so we'll The trouble
was that while tho furnacomen could get some
iron out Of tho orc they could not get 1t all,
nearly aii' ana while the furnaces ran, the Stag
plies grew ias'er IMAM did anything else connected
WIN inc industry Every week these piles Of
ioiuse oonuhuoo 70 gro" ~ an amazing rate and
IN some instances acres and acres were covered
hVe and 'on 1861 deep win Stag.
All thngs change and the iron industry was
no e1oepuon 10 tho rule Andrew Carnegie and
men hko MIN found newer and better ways OF max
ing fon ana ai'er thoy had built their big furnace
OUT IN me Pl'tsourg region. the iron masters in
INC central part OF Pennsylvania began to have
troubles day and night Big furnaces like the
Lucy and tho Carrie ran out 200 tons OF pig iron
az ~ ,,,n" aa. Soui nouis, ana unoy marked
~ oDN ~ N0 'uinao'' oi0o 'hey "ore In opera
S.. ., a.,
1t. ,r..mI, 80 e tAnhoh' marina,
., u.o, n"ua ana oHronne, ior instance had
49, , oo'n Noouonou' anu aos nov long unni
.na ~, "o' M ,nony o,no.s i'uo"lhe mem 70 rack
n.r, ~ ~. c.. w. Ao, nun M .he oeh'rAi
=, ~. o $3.50 "',U 900 Noi wore 'hey aioho
:. VIC. 'o nor mNes "hd oau9h'ers
nan. ID .t,.r ,h.,, ~ T., ..I,,,a 80 hou Dooh
I'LL, ..w..,'.',,as - "''''A' ho' iouho mo
Will. Al. w. &C.,. A.,
o,t iro, -, 49, - = N 40, Hons'orS 'urnoa
,,r,. ~ ,,,..,,as;. 10y uiu nov ue'o'o much
,r.r. h,,,I, o., - ,.n All s,ae pneS ihey
~. - . ~. oe, 'nonsH rfoni year 70 year |
,,in;ne e,,v ,ons ~ ~. y. o" "n'n ORC con
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