Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
IO.kAK[ ARMOR Plate
The Government May Yet Get Its
Armor Plate at q Reason
able Price.
Philadelphia Concern Ready to Lock
Horns With the Big Plate
Trust.
Midvale Company Has Quietly Been
Preparing to Make the
Best Armor.

w ~ AAS ssAS
Best Armor.
Philadelphia, June 13.-It is not in
tended that the Bethlehem and Carne-
gle companies, With their plants at
Bethlehem and Homestead. and known
as the armor plate trust. shall any long
ier arbitrarily fix the rates the govern
sment is to pay for the protection of its
sfigE ting vessels. Philadelphia enterprise
of the most substantial character has
sco,sles to the rescue. The A1idvale Steel
Works at N!cetown will soon be in read
Biness 10 proceed with the manufacture
of every class of the most improved ar
NOR plate for all classes of vessels.
For number of years the AlidNale
company has been an extensive worker
for the national government. supplying
many hundred thousands of dollars
worth Of castings s'haftings, forgings
ard the highest grade steel work for ma
val construction. and never has COM
plant been made against its work.
Some months ago this company con-
tracted for special machinery and press
IS for the: work of armor plate making.
1t has a plant covering fifty-four acres
and upon ii several great buildings
known as the arnnor plate extension,
nave been erected.
Nearly all this machinery is in posi-
ton and az soon as the oil-tempering
apparatus is completed the active max
ing of projec,ile-resistins armor can
go on. Should there be no contracts at
he
chinery can readily be employed for
heavy forge work,
The COMPANY hasa secret process of
will suprasss the Harveyized and Krupp
test at the Indian Head proving
been engaged for the new department.
for steel work is expected to be more
IplantSi is intended To be almost equal TO
that OF the Bethlehem and Homestead
plants combined.
1t Will cost the NlidvaleZ Company mil
lions of dollars before the preparations
now under way for the manufacture of
iaimor plate are completed. The cons
cern intends that the government shall
be provided With a quality OF armor
that is equally as good as the deck
lpisrcing shells il turned out during the
| Spanish american war.
Under the recent act of congress. Sec
Rotary Of the Navy Long Will have un-
limited authority To contract for armor
l5plate for any oi. oil of the five battle
ships. six armored ciuisars ana SIN pro-
itected cruisers authorized ny congress.
| Thirtyfive thousand tons of armor
| plate will be needed for these vessels
costing approximately about $4,000, Don.
! BY the time the vessels are ready for
! the armor plates the MidNale company
Mil be in a position 10 bid upon them.
The manufacture Of afmor by the
t5Alidyaie company means millions Of
/ dollars annually for the industrial class
ses Of this city. The enterprise will not
! be confined to supplying armor plate TO
| the United States. but will enter into
ieonpetition NTH foreign manufacturers.
\ Russia buys outside of her own domain
100000, 900 worth of arnlor plate annu-
l ally Great Britain finds il profitable To
1 go into the open markets and purchase
iron S2o.oo0000 TO s3o.000,000 worth of
amor plate each year.
In the ordnance department of the
plant the improved steel shells which
pierced fourteen inches of solid armor
iplate at the Indian Head proving
grounds several weeks a 20 are no longer
turned out. This was the shell Within
moss which surprised naval men all
(! over the world because of its destructive
character. The company has received
Ian order for the manufacture of solid
i twelve and fourteen inch deck piercing
shells, and the ponderous lathes used ir
4 turning out these death dealing ma.
4 chimes are being put In readiness.
1 President -. Harrah had lonf
A conference yesterday at the Marked
i Street National Bank with j. j. sSulli,
4 van. the vice president The details Of
1.-THE new enterprise With all the proba
i Utilities We're carefully discussed. Du
l.neither would talk for publication on tn,
5Iground that the company was adverse
4 to notoriety. and that government worl
Iswas4in a large measure confidential. 1
was admitted that the new plant wa:
4 almost in readiness TO operate, and tha
the company would be a competitor TO
a government work. With the machiner,
4 and physical construction of the build
4 ing, the company is said to have pu
over SS.O00,000 in the venture.
Wisconsin Democrats.
q Milwaukee, June 13.-The democratic
state convention held here yesterda!
depressed its adherence to the Chicag,
1 platform, its love for the Thomas JEFF
ferson$ of the new century, William Jen
nings Bryan" denounced the republican
party az usual hit the trusts and thel
had a good. old fashioned fight over tn
4 delegates at large, out of which Mayo
David S. Rose of Milwaukee, Captain
George b. Hilton Of Oshkosh D. L
Plummer of Wausau and Louis Bohm
rich of Kenosha emerged victorious.
q The expected fight on the floor of TIL
convention over the question OF ma
ttioral committeeman did not take place
There was found to be too strong feel
ing among the delegates against bring
ling this question before the convention
contrary to all precedent.
"A
Partial Eclipse of Moon.
Chicago, June 13.-The eclipse of tn
moon last night was hardly visible t
the naked eye. and 1t was so slight tina
but few gave it any notice. Only
small fraction of the moons diamete
was Obscured. At the most astron