Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-05-09
IS CENTRALIzING
ITS OPERATIONS
New Policy of United States
Steel Corporation.
P1TTsBURa IS THE POINT

Plants at Other Places, Where They
Cannot BE Run Economically, to Be
Abandoned-Pittsburg's Population
Increased by 90, 900 Men.
PITTsBURG, May S.-The Commercial
Gazette this morning says:
''The United States Steel corporation
has adopted the policy of centralizing
operations. of abandoning its smaller
plants, those disadvantageously located,
The work heretofore done at these plants
will be transferred to those that can be
operated to the advantage of the COM
pany. OF the details can say nothing.
I only know that to work out some of
the details of this policy operating
heads of the concerns of the United
States Steel corporation have bean in
conference in New York. Undoubtedly
the plan will revert with greatest bene-
fit TO the Pittsburg district as the most
favored place in the United States Steel
corporation field"
The above is the statement of Joshua
Rhodes of Pittsburg, retired as chair
man of the board of directors of the
National Steel Tube company, now a
constituent of the United States Steel
corporation, in reply to an inquiry as to
whether the new Morgan combine had
adopted it's policy.
The adoption of this policy of central
izing operations by the United States
Steel corporation will mean to the Pitts
burg district, if carried into effect with
out delay, the bringing here within a
year of about $4,000 mill men from
plants of the company that will be
abandoned. Massing of much more OF
the operations of the company in Pitts
burg will not only add to the number of
mill men employed here, but the plants
from which the most important sup
plies of raw material are drawn in this
district will also take on more men.
This is notably the fact In certain col
ing plants of the company in Connells-
vile and adjoining fields.
New Morgan Combine.
The underlying companies of the new
Morgan com bine have been working to-
ward the plan of mobilizing operations
and abandoning the isolated and smaller
plants and those that cannot be oper-
ated economically. The American
Bridge company has had plans for
new 81 1000, 900 plant to be erected in the
Plttsburg district. The American Bridge
company has its plants scattered through
the east at points where they are at a
disadvantage to operate, and some are
considered for abandonment.
The recent announcement that the
American Sheet Steel company had
costly plant at Chester, w. Va, was
reflection of the new policy of the new
Morgan company. The equipment of
this plant will be taken to Vandergrift,
where the most modern plant of the
company, that of the Apollo Iron and
Steel company, is operated.
Since the sheet company formed it
has abandoned number of it's plants of
lesser Importance, and nearly all Of the
apparatus of these was sent to Wander
grift. Other plants of the company,
located at Cam bridge, East Liverpool,
Coshocton, Dresden, Niles, Canton, Ca
nal, Dover and P1qua, o., and Carnegie
and Ridgepark, Pa, are among those be.
ing considered to be centered in a large
plant at Van lergrift.
The sheet company is now about two
months behil in orders and the CEN
tralization OF it's scattered plants will
take time.
Another Central Point.
For the American Steel and Wire
company the United States Steel corpo-
ration is expected to carry out the plan
of the wire company to centralize all
operations possible at Neville Island,
where $4,000, 900 works are built This
has already led to the abandonment of
the plant at Worcester, Mass, and is
expected to be followed with works at
Cincinnati, the Portage works at New
burg, n. Y, and the works at Everett,
Wash. OF the American Tin Plate
company works, those at Agnew and
Johnstown, Pa, and Dover, O., are ex-
pected to be among those to be center.
ed at New Kensington, along with the
Pfttsburg works mentioned.
The Carnegie Steel and the Federal
Stee1 cola pahies' works are expected to
remain 81 DOB as they are.
Of the National Tube company plants,
among those considered for abandon
ment is the Pennsylvania Tube works,
which, although one of the most i'm
portant of the company, are not econom-
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