Daily camera., 1901-05-29

No Arabian visionary over fancied
% remarkable q birthplace for mil
lions ~ the Carnegie works ut Home
stead, writes Douglass Storey. the
English correspondent. Nesting into
the Aonongahela. on the nat ground
by the river. by day they are marked
by cloud OF smoke, at night by
dossn pillars Of iire. No man ap-
preaching the hamlet Of sheds can see
there only the crude outlines Of . steel
factory. It II the laboratory Of an al
chemist where great hills Of broken
earth and huge heaps Of scrap iron are
transmitted into gold and old-age PEN
sions, Into free libraries and art gal
leries. Everywhere there Is the sense
OF great. mysterious power laboring to
equip tho mest generous Of modern
millionaires. Human agency seems
Inadequate to eject the marvsls Of the
mills. TO manipulate the bubbiing ma
terials. to interfere with the aercs fur
naces and Aery forces q the factories.
To touch ~ electric button that re-
leases . force Of ls.a0o TONS IL easier
and MORE miraculous in IT. results
than the rubbing Of any Arabian
lamp. Yet everything here is con-
trolled by tiny levers and buttons a
woman OF . child might manage. OPP
posite to q rearing furnace . little
train Of iron trucks y standing. To 1t
comes noiselessly, mYstsriously. u
great snstne that reaches forth a
brawny iron arm. grips up one Of the
trucks. and thrusts Il Into the furnace.
Backward and forward oyer the glow
ing cqals the big iseq csrries the truck
until It Ands the hottest corner. Then.
turning the truck. emptiss Its load Of
pig iron. shayinss. limest94c or coke.
shakes Il and carries Il gently to the
waiting string Of wagons. There 10 NO
russ Of men. NO anxious couplings and
uneouplinss. Then ensane has dome
al its work unaided. save for q single
man. who sits within. Anserins . little
sheaf Of levers. Some time later one
returns to the furnace and. gazing
With blue spectacles through the peep
hole, sees the PeppliAs, sPut.erins
devils psFrtdss within. IN Tune ,Aa
dooF win BE- opened and the boiling
metal be run Oh into great caldrons
huAgrily waiting in the pit beneath.
In . single one ot these open hearth
sheds He !; farRacA. each With Its
lea tons Of metal. Under ones feet.
on moving platforms, pass vlahs al
hsaiaS. seershiAS steel. Whse the
psiodnnatist and the aqther Of the
dine novel Aavs Is9strstsa tAe nys-
teriss Of Aemesteea they viii And rsre
ppportuaitise fos sensational vlllaiay,
such - never ~ hAs appeared BE-
tween two yellow covers. One stands
on . bridge naked Of fencing and un-
derneath rattles q block Of Fsd-Ao,
petalr that would, xrtll q asAa n =
fHtpklisx. Il h'oa Its way TO the
tolleii. aud there 4 . prsssure which
Eoula GRIND him ts powder HverY-
where srp furnaces and eal4rons Of In
einsredns metal. awful hydraulic
presses and SLEPT. rsnerselsss eagines
for the maa o! meiodrHmtie ipagina-
ton Homestsad i the place o. horrible
l stood in one Of the long
sheds while . charge was being drawn.
The hot steei SssAei sYt. Z, violent
yhtte iAt A44 fnboiefSd ID golden
sparks. immensely beautifsl. AZ the air
got at It the outer edge grew grange.
ind en- the sHrysee he kothy cream
gathered and bubbled. . ruby red.
Whea the vessel vas full tAp claw Of
. great electric crane werv Ased In Its
adss AID II was swung upvard-a
proper tankard for some baechanalian
demon to qua6! A. 1t dangled above
our heads. 50 tons OF swelling steel,
mazveled at the. silent ppgss ei this
birthplsce = wealth II ssst1y thould
pre&t: W bolt snap! And I moved
hastily away from the sinister vicinity
pf the svin(iaE cal4reA. ssyen thou
sand men labor daily in the Homestead
works, bat nowhere Il their prasence
felt And yet the work daae BY one
machine would tar the muscles Of the
army that built the pyrsmids The
making Of millioas b No child's play.
sad simple pieces Of mechanism will
here perform before one feau
Of strensth that TsIs lmpos-
sible TO "a force sts . bun
ays6 thsnsaad men. IA tho armor
Plate dspertnea, Y an saxia. which
TIL e1slt ! pressure of ls.oos tons In
another shed is ! reversing engine Of
le.eoe horse Pewef There are electric
cranes that will carry hither and
thitAef weights Of 100 tons ~ easily
~ one vesld raise 4 haAdksrchies.