The sun., 1900-08-19
VAST POWER PUT TO USE.
INDUSTRIAL DEvELOPMENT VOW ~
PROGRESS Ar THK 500.
All the water Power Of Lake superior 20 ne
MAds AvallabIe-Novel Prooesses Employed
Nickel steel 10 He Msde From the Ore
Prod uetion Of wood PaIp and suiphito.

All the water Power Of Lake superior 20 NJ
MAds Avallabie-Novel Pfooesss, Employed
Nickel steel TO he Made From the Or
Prod uction of wood PuIp and ssiphito
sAuIT STE MARIE, ontario. Aug IL ~ In
dustrial development equal 10 that az NIAGARA
perhaps even SURPRISING II In chemical ant
metalurgical discoveries and new Ideas, q
under way here Not leas than $4,000 90
of Philadelphia and New York capital is belnl
invested with an implicit confidence In The
capacity Of the management though II may
b. years before tho returns will be oommen-
rirate. and though many Of the inve-tmen u
IRE along lines 40 new a. to bewilder eIpers
who arc told Of what IA being accomplished. As
the basis OF the entire work all the water power
OF Lake Superior at this point has been ac-
ouired. and before the establishments are
fully completed tho rapids Of Sainte Marie
will he dry. and all the vast now Of the lake
will be at work either turning wheels or pass
ing ship, through this canals and lock-. of tho
Bault 1t takss one-ons thousandth part
Of the wstor OF Lake Superior 10 operate the
ship looks" says p n Clsrgue. manager ~
she new enterprise, "and why should not tho
rsst be utilized In employing many thousands
In indstrie. which hut for cheap water power
oould not be carried on. and in turning 10
account natural advantages and materials
that but for cheap power would be wasted1
II IL not too much to saw that millions will
Indirectly feel the result OF the enterprises
We are installing here
Mr.. Clergue IA carrying forward his many
enterprises on two basic principles, One
OF these IA that the days Of large and steady
profits In competitive industries are over and
that such profits must hereafter be made from
original prooesse' whioh shall be TO certain
extent monopolistio the word monopolistic
L.t, al, Of
and exclusive rights and materials. The
second Of these basic propositions is that to
be successful In the broadest way industrial
development must utilize only such materials
Ingredients and methods as being natural
10 the locality can be cheaply assembled at
the point OF manufacture, and must utilize all
OF them, disrsgardng no by-product OF pos
sibe commercial value that can be econom-
loally secured,
A few years ago Clergue, a native OF Bangor,
and then living In New York. went West 10
look up for some Philadephians water power
that could be improved and sold as electrical
energy. At the lower end Of Lake Superior
Clergue saw an opportunity 70 develop an
immense power, and his people began work.
They cut a canal that furnished them 2O,ooo
horse power but when they wanted 10 sell
the power they found no takers. The locality
was new and too far west. SO In order 10 save
the original investment they were forced TO
change their policy, utilize the power them
selves and find means for development.
All about the Canadian Saut. north as far
as Hudson Bay and east and west. are vast
forests OF spruce. the Ideal wood for paper
making. The Ontario Government was will
ing TO furnish stumpags at low cost. and II
was decided that the arst development must
be a ground pulp mill. The largest mill in
the world was built and ls now making a prod
uct that sells for 100000 a year and fixes
the prioe for paper pulp in all the American
West. and ships 10 points from Japan 10 Eu-
rope. In one mail the other day came an order
from the centre OF the American paper-mak- |
ing region at Menomlnee. Wis, another from !
Nagasakl Japan. and a third from France. |
very large share OF the mills product for |
the past few months has gone to France and |
Germany. But the success OF this mill was |
not achieved without q struggle. When II |
was built all wood pulp was shipped from the
mul to the paper machines wet aud there were
paid freight charges on about IS per cent Of
water. This limited the range Of shipment.
The new company experimented and found
q process by which 1t could dry the pulp
Since then the field Of shipment has been lin |
tied only BY the demands Of the paper trade,
While mechanical pulp Is worth $50 d ton. |
nearly twice as much. and the company with |
Its unlimited supply OF the best wood In the |
world decided TO mako this also. So now the |
largest sulphite mill In the world Is nearing |
completion. It's product will be worth 81. 800 900
y year But for sulphite pulp sulphur Is ncoes- |
sary. and the cost Of sulphur Is high, Al the |
Company they are pouring into the air u thou |
sand tons daily OF sulphur fumes. Sudbury Is |
i ieo mi miles fr9!n the sa9lt and And produces the buli
there Is what is called niokeltorous pyrrhotite
and contains nickel, sulphur and iron. AZ the |
pany they we're saving the nickel, but the sui |
phur and Iron were thrown AWAY Mr.. Gergues |
now they ss 1S oe
product from the roasting OF pyrrhotlte, |
Chemical expG2Et, over the world will not believe |
scale. and this, Mr.. Clergue says. will occur in |
few months. as soon a. the REDUCTION works |
company bought u nickel mine near sud |
bury for the sulphur and s now building the |
ManItoulin and North shore Railway 70 and
With the extraction Of the sulphur, from the
whose possibilities for the manufacture OF |
piokel steel were alluring, In line with its |
hdd;out policy: the compsny set soout the nt-
dream Of metullYrgi7ts and electricians for
Of ores OF iron into steel by electricity: Furnaces
were dev ed that, TO the extent Of Il fye-ton
unit. smelted thtl soft, high nickel orc into
nickel steel, sufficient IRON ore being added TO
the mixture TO make a hard steel. The nickel
percentage OF the ferro-nickel was so great
that the resulting steel was very soft II being
y peculiar feature OF nickel that an admi1ture
Of more than OF per cent, makes the alloy
soft while per cent. Of nickel or thereabouts
makes an arnor plate. The company has a
very large machine shop, and all the hard cut
ting tools used there are made OF It's own nickel
steel smelted In L own furnaces by electricity
The plans for tho ferro-nioke works which are
now under construction propose 100 furnaces
OF Ave tons daily capacity each. The company
has closed contract with the Krupp firm OF
Germany under which large amount of this
nickel steel will be manufactured ut the SAut |
and shipped TO Germany for period OF five
years. Under this contract no metal has vet
been delivered and none may be sent for a year,
but samples have beer shown 10 the Krupps
and Mr.. Slergue states positively that the con-
tract i closed and will be carried out,
For the separation OF the copper In the Sud
bury ores the company has devised a process
nsce,sitatlng the use Of sodium and by electrosis |
salt u decomposed into Its elements, Chlorine |
il n by-product and 10 utilize IL bleaching works |
have been established TO manufacture bleach
ing liquor, and the company will use lime water
% the medium for carrying this instead of lime.
as Ia customary. The lime water makes a
better medium and carries a greater percentage
Of chlorine.
: From the roasting works the company will
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