Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-09
A $4,000, 900 PLANT.
Carnegie TO Build One at Con-
neaut Harbor.
TO MAEUFAGTuRETUBEs AND PIPES
Official Announcement Made That 1t VIZ,
BE tire Largest Plant Of the Kind La
tie world Believed II viii BE se-
we're Blow to Pittsburg.

Plttsbufg Jan. 0.-0ifcial announce
ment WAS made last ex. ,Llg by the
Carnegie Steel company that il in
tended erecting the large5t and finest
pipe and tube manufacturing pant
in the world at Il cost of ST. 100000
on 5000 acre site at Conneaut har-
Dor. the northern terminus of the
Pittsburg. Bessemer and Lake Ere
railroad Ii this determination BE-
carried into execution the two great
est combines of recent creation, with
j. Fierpont Morgan, John d. Rookie
Teller and the Standard Oil company
millions on the one hand. and Andrew
Carnegie and his young partners ON
the other, may be brought into bitter
competition.
The erection OF such plant on
Lake Erie will be severe blow to
Pittsburg, and the announcement Is
regarded as warning to the railroad
combination that high freight rates
are becoming insurmountable bar
riers to the successful manufacture
of iron ana steel In Pittsburg In com
The announcement Is considered In
some circles an invitation for more
tonnage from the existing tube com
bne In addition to it's warning to the
railroads. as previous attempts to To-
cate successful manufacturing plants
on Lake Erie have been futile. The
plain statement of President Charles
NJ. Scbwah of the Carnegie company,
hnr
contrary.
The statement which was author
lied and in President Sehwabs name,
said In part:
The company has purchased 5000
acres of land Immediately east of the
Conneaut harbor docks and large
part of this vast tract will be utilized
as a site for the tube works. 1t was
the intention before the plans were
commenced a year ago. to locate the
works upon the Monongaheia river.
but the enormous area of the propo;-
ed establishment made the original
site impracticable.
"Options upon land on the Ale
gheny Valley railroad at Tarentum
were then secured with the view Of
locating the works there However.
bucks Of this site were too numerous
and difficult to overcome The Ia
rentum land required a railroad to
be built in order to connect with the
Bessemer railroad. and to do this it
was found that 1t would be neces-
sarv to move the tracks Of the ALE.
ghenv Valley The site is also com.
paratvely small fer the purpose in.
nd laF]
additions
With the WORKS established at Con-
neaut. it Is the expectation TO rush
the shipments during the navigable
mouths-Arril to December thus
reduce transportation charges to not
over one-taird or even one-fourth of
the rates now charged for rail ship
ment The Bessemer railroad at
present returns hundreds of empty
ears daily to Conneaut. and with the
works on the lake shore completed
tho road win have back haul OF
cont and coke the transportation of
(which viii virtually cost nothing. It
was desirable to utilize the full hene-
FITS Of the Bessemer railroad, and the
shipment of coal and coke viii bal
ance the traffic to some extent From
Canneaut water communication is
sure 10 New York. Boston and other
eastern PORTS Win the Erie canal
soon to he cnlargRd-and the Welland
canal. aleo the large cities on the
great iakns. including Chicago Mil
.~.,'sen Cleveland. buffalo and other
points.
Luke Erie VIII furnish an abundant
water sunpIv for the tube works-a
vorv imresfqnt consideration In To-
eatiae . plant of the size proposed
The works will stretch over n mile Of
the lake front and will he the most
extensive and complete nlant of its
kind in pve4y branch ever built. It
will include al essentials in the scale
Of pine and tube manufacturing from
the ore to the finished product. The
general system OF operation will b."
continuous. the ore being ualoaded
from vessels ut one end and worked
through tie successive stages If iron
and steel making in direct line to
the finished pipe and tubing ut the
other end Electric power will be
principally employed for driving the
machinery. The blast furnaces to DO
built viii probably exceed in size and
capacity the two great stacks now
being finished by the Carnegie Steel
company at Rankin. The investment
exclusive of ground will reach about
$40 600. COO"